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Hydaburg
(HIGH-duh-burg)
For a Map of Hydaburg click here
| Current Population: |
341
(2008 DCCED Certified Population)
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| Incorporation Type: |
1st Class City |
| Borough Located In: |
Unorganized |
| Taxes: |
Sales: None,
Property: None, Special: None
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| Coastal Management District: |
Hydaburg |
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| Location
and Climate |
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Hydaburg is located on the southwest coast of Prince of Wales Island, 45 air miles northwest of Ketchikan. It lies 36 road miles west of Hollis, site of the state ferry landing. The community
lies at approximately 55.208060° North Latitude
and -132.826670° West Longitude.
(Sec. 12, T077S, R083E, Copper River Meridian.)
Hydaburg is located in the
Ketchikan Recording District.
The area encompasses 0.3
sq. miles of land and 0.0 sq. miles
of water.
Prince of Wales Island is dominated by a cool, moist, maritime climate. Summer temperatures range from 49 to 63 °F; winter temperatures range from 32 to 42 °F. Average annual precipitation is 120 inches, with 40 inches of snow. |
Topographic
map of
Hydaburg
area
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| History, Culture
and Demographics |
| During the mid to late 1700s, the Haidas migrated to Prince of Wales, a predominantly Tlingit area, from Graham Island in the Queen Charlotte Islands, Canada. In 1911, three Haida villages combined at the present site (Sukkwan, Howkan, and Klinkwan) for their children to attend school; it was designated as the Hydaburg Indian Reservation in 1912. The new village established a trading company, store, and sawmill. However, the villagers were never comfortable with the arrangement, and, at their request in 1926, the land was restored to its former status as part of the Tongass National Forest. 189 acres of the land were reserved for the school and townsite disposals. Hydaburg was incorporated as a city in 1927, three years after its people had become citizens of the United States. The first fish processing plant opened in 1927, and three other canneries operated through the 1930s. When the Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) was amended in 1936 to include Alaska Natives, Hydaburg became the first village in Alaska to form an IRA council.
A federally-recognized tribe is located in the community -- the Hydaburg Cooperative Association.
The population of the community consists of 89.5%
Alaska Native or part Native.
Hydaburg is the largest Haida village in Alaska. Residents maintain a subsistence and commercial fishing lifestyle. A totem park, developed in the 1930s, is located in the village.
During the 2000 U.S. Census,
total housing units numbered 154, and vacant housing units numbered 21.
Vacant housing units used
only seasonally numbered 4.
U.S. Census data for Year
2000 showed 90 residents
as employed. The unemployment rate at that time was
31.3 percent,
although
66.29 percent of
all adults were not in the work force. The median household
income was $31,625, per capita income was $11,401, and
24.12 percent of residents
were living below the poverty level.
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| Facilities,
Utilities, Schools and Health Care |
| The Hydaburg River provides water, which is treated and piped throughout the city. Piped gravity sewage is treated at a secondary treatment plant, with an 800' outfall to Sukkwaw Strait. Over 95% of all homes are plumbed. Alaska Power & Telephone Company, based in Skagway, owns and operates diesel power systems in Hydaburg and Craig that provide electricity to many island communities.
Electricity is provided by Alaska Power Company.
There is one school located in the community,
attended by 69
students.
Local hospitals or health clinics include Hydaburg Clinic (907-285-3462).
Hydaburg is classified an isolated village, it is found in EMS Region 3A in the Southeast Region. Emergency Services have limited highway, marine, floatplane and helicopter access. Emergency service is provided by 911 Telephone Service, volunteers and a health aide
Auxiliary health care is provided by Hydaburg EMS (907-285-3375); Prince of Wales Island Area EMS (907-826-2367/3330).
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| Economy
and Transportation |
Hydaburg has a fishing and timber-based economy. 33 residents hold commercial fishing permits. The Haida Corporation owns a substantial timber holding, although it suspended logging in 1985 due to a decline in the timber market. The corporation's log storage facility and sort yard are leased to Sealaska Corporation, where residents are employed part-time with Southeast Stevedoring in shipping and loading timber. The city, school, Haida Corporation, and SEARHC are other leading employers. The community is interested in developing a fish processing facility, a U.S. Forest Service Visitor Center, specialty woodworking facility, and a mini-mall/retail center. Subsistence food sources include deer, salmon, halibut, shrimp, and crab.
The state owns and operates a seaplane base in Hydaburg, with an FAA-designated approach. Scheduled flights from Hydaburg connect in Ketchikan. An emergency heliport is also available. The city owns a dock and small boat harbor; they want to construct a breakwater and boat launch. A road leads to Craig, Klawock, and Hollis, where the state ferry docks. Weekly barges from Seattle deliver goods, and cargo also arrives on the ferry and is trucked to Hydaburg. |
Organizations
with Local Offices
City -
City of Hydaburg
P.O. Box 49
Hydaburg, AK 99922
Phone 907-285-3761
Fax 907-285-3760
E-mail hydaburgcity@hotmail.com
School District -
Hydaburg City School District
P.O. Box 109
Hydaburg, AK 99922-0109
Phone 907-285-3491
Fax 907-285-3391
E-mail djohnson@hydaburg.k12.ak.us, alweinberg@hydaburg.k12.ak.us
Web http://www.hydaburg.k12.ak.us
Village Corporation -
Haida Corporation
P.O. Box 89
Hydaburg, AK 99922
Phone 907-285-3721
Fax 907-285-3944
E-mail haidaceo@starband.net
Web http://www.haidacorp.com/index.htm
Village Council -
Hydaburg Cooperative Association
P.O. Box 349
Hydaburg, AK 99922
Phone 907-285-2541
Fax 907-285-3470
E-mail jjcarle@aptalaska.net
Regional
Organizations
Regional Native Corporation - Sealaska Corporation
One Sealaska Plaza, Suite 400
Juneau, AK 99801-1276
Phone 907-586-1512
Fax 907-586-2304
E-mail todd.antioquia@sealaska.com
Web http://www.sealaska.com
Regional Native Health Corporation - Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium
3245 Hospital Dr.
Juneau, AK 99801
Phone 907-463-4000
Fax 907-463-4075
E-mail admin@searhc.org
Web http://www.searhc.org/
Regional Native Non-Profit - Central Council Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska
320 W. Willoughby Ave., Suite 300
Juneau, AK 99801
Phone 907-586-1432
Fax 907-586-8970
E-mail econdev@ccthita.org
Web http://www.ccthita.org
Native Housing Authority - Hydaburg Cooperative Association
P.O. Box 349
Hydaburg, AK 99922
Phone 907-285-2541
Fax 907-285-3470
E-mail jjcarle@aptalaska.net
Regional Development - Southeast Conference
P.O. Box 21989
Juneau, 99802
Phone 907-523-2327
Fax 907-463-5670
E-mail shellyw@seconference.org
Web http://www.seconference.org
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