THE YAKUTAT LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Coastal Western Hemlock-Sitka Spruce Forests setting.
Yakutat CDP has 100.4 square miles of land in Yakutat City and Borough. Its Census reference point is in Coastal Western Hemlock-Sitka Spruce Forests.
Deep bays, steep valley walls and an irregular shoreline reveal intense past glaciation. Wet maritime forests of hemlock and Sitka spruce characterize southeastern and south-central coastal Alaska.
Regional context: Coastal Western Hemlock-Sitka Spruce Forests ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Yakutat and Yakutat City and Borough
Yakutat is associated with Yakutat City and Borough 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.
Yakutat by land and water
The Census records 3.37 square miles of water within Yakutat, or 3.3% of its total area. It is 13.5 percentage points lower than the 16.8% recorded for Yakutat City and Borough. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Yakutat CDP has 1.3 times the land area of nearby Mosquito Lake CDP (77.2 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.