THE DILLINGHAM CENSUS AREA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Ahklun and Kilbuck Mountains setting.
Dillingham Census Area has 18,353.2 square miles of land in Alaska. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Dillingham Census Area: Ahklun and Kilbuck Mountains, Bristol Bay-Nushagak Lowlands, Interior Forested Lowlands and Uplands.
Rugged mountain groups are separated by broad valleys and lowlands in southwestern Alaska. Tundra dominates higher ground, with shrubs and some forest in sheltered valleys.
Regional context: Ahklun and Kilbuck Mountains ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Dillingham Census Area intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Ahklun and Kilbuck Mountains41.7%
- Bristol Bay-Nushagak Lowlands39.9%
- Interior Forested Lowlands and Uplands18.4%
Bristol Bay-Nushagak Lowlands in Dillingham Census Area
Rolling glacial deposits form lowland terrain inland from Bristol Bay. Shrub tundra, wetlands and scattered lakes create a varied landscape rather than a uniformly flat coastal plain.
Read the regional source ↗Interior Forested Lowlands and Uplands in Dillingham Census Area
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.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Dillingham Census Area
The atlas lists 10 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Dillingham Census Area, including Manokotak, Togiak, New Stuyahok. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Dillingham Census Area by land and water
The Census records 2,274.9 square miles of water within Dillingham Census Area, or 11% of its total area. That share is close to Dillingham Census Area’s 11%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Dillingham Census Area has 699.6 times the land area of nearby Aleknagik city (26.2 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Bethel Census Area, Bristol Bay Borough, Lake and Peninsula Borough within Alaska. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

