Port Clarence, Alaska

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Port Clarence, Alaska
CDP
Bering Strait.jpeg
Bering Strait. Port Clarence bay is the large bight in the southeast.
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Location of PortClarence, Alaska
Coordinates: 65°15′58″N166°51′10″W / 65.26611°N 166.85278°W / 65.26611; -166.85278
CountryUnited States
State Alaska
Census Area Nome
Government
 •  State senator Donald Olson (D)
 •  State rep. Neal Foster (D)
Area
[1]
 • Total35.02 sq mi (90.71 km2)
 • Land34.05 sq mi (88.20 km2)
 • Water0.97 sq mi (2.51 km2)
Elevation
16 ft (5 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total0
 • Density0.00/sq mi (0.00/km2)
Time zone UTC-9 (Alaska (AKST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-8 (AKDT)
ZIP code
99762 [2]
Area code 907
FIPS code 02-63170
GNIS feature ID1408213

Port Clarence is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Nome Census Area of Alaska. The population was 0 at the 2020 census, down from 24 in 2010. [3] It is located on the spit separating Port Clarence Bay from the Bering Strait.

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History

Missionary Sheldon Jackson's greatest success with his Teller Reindeer Station at Port Clarence, figured in the Overland Relief Expedition in 1897 to save marooned whalers near Point Barrow.

During the 1898-1899 gold rush in Nome, smaller quantities of both gold and high-grade tin were mined in Port Clarence. [4]

The Harriman Alaska Expedition visited Port Clarence in 1899, making a photographic record of Alaska Natives. [5]

In 1900, the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey charted the coastline. [4]

From 1961 to 2010 Port Clarence was a LORAN-C station administered by the United States Coast Guard. [6] The LORAN-C Program was terminated on February 8, 2010. [7] The Coast Guard commissioned a 1,350-foot (411.48-metre) tall Loran-C tower at the station in 1961, and it was the tallest structure in Alaska until its demolition in 2010. [8]

Geography

Port Clarence is located at 65°15′58″N166°51′10″W / 65.26611°N 166.85278°W / 65.26611; -166.85278 (65.265974, -166.852765). [3]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 36.5 square miles (95 km2), of which, 35.5 square miles (92 km2) of it is land and 1.0 square mile (2.6 km2) of it (2.74%) is water.

Demographics

The Bering Sea shore just south-east of Port Clarence Seward Peninsula coast between Nome and Port Clarence - P1040602.JPG
The Bering Sea shore just south-east of Port Clarence
Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1890 485—
1980 29—
1990 26−10.3%
2000 21−19.2%
2010 2414.3%
2020 0−100.0%
U.S. Decennial Census [9]

Port Clarence first appeared on the 1890 U.S. Census as an unincorporated area of 485 residents. [10] Of those, 276 were White, 144 were Natives, 62 were "Other" and 3 were Asian. The census enumerators included 11 small native villages of Anelo, Chainruk, Kachegaret, Kalulegeet, Kaveazruk, Kovogzruk, Metukatoak, Nuk, Perebluk, Shinnapago & Toakzruk. They also included the following six vessels that were in the area as well: the whaling steamers J.H. Freeman & Grampus; barques Bounding Billow & Reindeer; and the brigs F.A. Barstow & W.H. Meyer. Port Clarence would not be separately reported again on the census until 1980, when it was made a census-designated place (CDP).

As of the census of 2000, [11] there were 21 people, 4 households, and 3 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 0.6 inhabitants per square mile (0.23/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 90.48% White. 4.76% (i.e., one person) of the population was Black or African American, 4.76% were from other races, and 4.76% were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

In the CDP, the age distribution of the population shows 33.3% from 18 to 24, 66.7% from 25 to 44. The median age was 28 years. The 21 residents counted by the census included one woman and 20 men.

The per capita income for the CDP was $35,286. There were no families and none of the population living below the poverty line.

Climate

Port Clarence has a subarctic climate (Köppen: Dfc) closely bordering on a tundra climate (ETf).

Climate data for Port Clarence, Alaska
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Record high °F (°C)42
(6)		45
(7)		35
(2)		48
(9)		64
(18)		76
(24)		81
(27)		80
(27)		72
(22)		51
(11)		43
(6)		35
(2)		81
(27)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C)9.4
(−12.6)		4.7
(−15.2)		7.2
(−13.8)		20.7
(−6.3)		36.1
(2.3)		48.9
(9.4)		56.5
(13.6)		54.2
(12.3)		46.6
(8.1)		33.1
(0.6)		20.3
(−6.5)		10.7
(−11.8)		29.0
(−1.7)
Daily mean °F (°C)2.8
(−16.2)		−1.6
(−18.7)		1.0
(−17.2)		12.9
(−10.6)		30.2
(−1.0)		43.1
(6.2)		50.9
(10.5)		49.8
(9.9)		41.8
(5.4)		29.1
(−1.6)		15.4
(−9.2)		4.7
(−15.2)		23.3
(−4.8)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C)−3.8
(−19.9)		−8.1
(−22.3)		−5.5
(−20.8)		5.1
(−14.9)		24.4
(−4.2)		37.2
(2.9)		45.4
(7.4)		44.8
(7.1)		36.9
(2.7)		24.9
(−3.9)		10.5
(−11.9)		−1.4
(−18.6)		17.5
(−8.1)
Record low °F (°C)−44
(−42)		−48
(−44)		−36
(−38)		−28
(−33)		−6
(−21)		20
(−7)		20
(−7)		25
(−4)		18
(−8)		−5
(−21)		−12
(−24)		−30
(−34)		−48
(−44)
Average precipitation inches (mm)1.11
(28)		1.47
(37)		0.15
(3.8)		0.46
(12)		0.27
(6.9)		0.70
(18)		0.98
(25)		1.82
(46)		1.48
(38)		0.92
(23)		0.64
(16)		1.26
(32)		11.26
(286)
Average snowfall inches (cm)4.4
(11)		11.7
(30)		3.0
(7.6)		1.9
(4.8)		0.4
(1.0)		0.0
(0.0)		0.0
(0.0)		0.0
(0.0)		0.0
(0.0)		3.5
(8.9)		5.2
(13)		6.4
(16)		36.5
(93)
Source: WRCC [12]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Port Clarence AK ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2023. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
  3. 1 2 "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  4. 1 2 "Alaska History and Cultural Studies - Northwest and Arctic - 1897-1920 GOLD". Archived from the original on December 3, 2010. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
  5. ↑ "::: Harriman Alaska Expedition of 1899 :::".
  6. ↑ "District Seventeen".
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  8. ↑ Dan Joling (April 30, 2010). "Coast Guard takes down Alaska's tallest structure". The Associated Press. Archived from the original on May 3, 2010. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
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