THE NOME CENSUS AREA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Seward Peninsula setting.
Nome Census Area has 22,969.8 square miles of land in Alaska. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Nome Census Area: Seward Peninsula, Interior Forested Lowlands and Uplands, Subarctic Coastal Plains, among others.
The Seward Peninsula is largely treeless, with grass-like tundra vegetation and low shrubs. Its exposed regional setting has long cold winters and short cool summers despite nearby seas.
Regional context: Seward Peninsula ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Nome Census Area intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Seward Peninsula52.4%
- Interior Forested Lowlands and Uplands26.8%
- Subarctic Coastal Plains19.4%
- Interior Highlands1.3%
Interior Forested Lowlands and Uplands in Nome 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 ↗Subarctic Coastal Plains in Nome Census Area
Coastal plains and broad river deltas contain many lakes and winding channels. Wet tundra landscapes reflect the meeting of maritime and continental influences in western Alaska.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Nome Census Area
The atlas lists 17 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Nome Census Area, including Port Clarence, Stebbins, St. Michael. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Nome Census Area by land and water
The Census records 5,320.4 square miles of water within Nome Census Area, or 18.8% of its total area. That share is close to Nome Census Area’s 18.8%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Nome Census Area has 12,732.7 times the land area of nearby White Mountain city (1.8 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Kusilvak Census Area, Northwest Arctic Borough, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area within Alaska. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.