THE UNALAKLEET LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Interior Forested Lowlands and Uplands setting.
Unalakleet city has 2.85 square miles of land in Nome Census Area. Its Census reference point is in Interior Forested Lowlands and Uplands.
Interior Alaska's lowlands and uplands form a varied mosaic of spruce, hardwoods and wet areas. Local relief, surface water and ground conditions create substantial differences across this broad inland region.
Regional context: Interior Forested Lowlands and Uplands ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Unalakleet and Nome Census Area
Unalakleet is associated with Nome Census Area in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Unalakleet by land and water
The Census records 2.1 square miles of water within Unalakleet, or 42.4% of its total area. It is 23.6 percentage points higher than the 18.8% recorded for Nome Census Area. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Unalakleet city has 2.7 times the land area of nearby Shaktoolik city (1.07 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.