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Port Clarence
| Current Population: |
23
(2008 Estimated Population (not Certified))
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| Incorporation Type: |
Unincorporated |
| Borough Located In: |
Unorganized |
| Taxes: |
No taxing authority
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| Coastal Management District: |
Bering Straits CRSA |
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| Location
and Climate |
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Port Clarence is west of Teller on the Seward Peninsula. It was built on the northern tip of a sand spit in Port Clarence. The community
lies at approximately 65.262220° North Latitude
and -166.845830° West Longitude.
(Sec. 3, T003S, R040W, Kateel River Meridian.)
Port Clarence is located in the
Cape Nome Recording District.
The Seward Peninsula has a maritime climate with continental influences when the Bering Sea freezes. Summer temperatures average 44 to 57; winter temperatures average from -9 to 8. Annual precipitation is 11.5 inches, with 50 inches of snowfall. |
Topographic
map of
Port Clarence
area
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| History, Culture
and Demographics |
| The 1893 U.S. Census listed a collective village at this site with a population of 485, of which 236 were native and 249 were foreign. Their descendants are the residents of nearby Brevig Mission, Teller, and Wales. Port Clarence is currently a Coast Guard LORAN station.
The population of the community consists of 0%
Alaska Native or part Native.
Port Clarence is currently a U.S. Coast Guard Base. All residents live in private rooms in a group quarters facility.
During the 2000 U.S. Census,
total housing units numbered 0, and vacant housing units numbered 0.
U.S. Census data for Year
2000 showed 21 residents
as employed. The unemployment rate at that time was
0 percent,
although
0 percent of
all adults were not in the work force. The median household
income was $0, per capita income was $35,286, and
5.98 percent of residents
were living below the poverty level.
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| Facilities,
Utilities, Schools and Health Care |
| The Station operates a piped water and sewer system. All residents live in private rooms in group quarters. A 250,000-gal. tank holds filtered and chlorinated water. The sewage system is a slurry holding and processing tank with a leachfield.
Electricity is provided by U.S. Coast Guard Generator.
There are no state operated schools located in the community.
Local hospitals or health clinics include U.S.C.G. staff.
Port Clarence is classified as an isolated village, it is found in EMS Region 5A in the Norton Sound Region. Emergency Services have coastal and air access. Emergency service is provided by the military
Auxiliary health care is provided by U.S.C.G. medical staff.
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| Economy
and Transportation |
Port Clarence is a military work site, established to operate LORAN equipment.
A private 4,500' lighted paved runway is owned and operated by the U.S. Coast Guard in Port Clarence, with restricted access. |
Organizations
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