Ketchikan, Alaska
Ketchikan is a city in Alaska, United States. Ketchikan is on Revillagigedo Island.
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| Coordinates: 55°21′00″N 131°40′24″W / 55.35000°N 131.67333°WCoordinates: 55°21′00″N 131°40′24″W / 55.35000°N 131.67333°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Alaska |
| Borough | Ketchikan Gateway |
| Incorporated | August 25, 1900[1] |
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| • Total | 4.90 sq mi (12.70 km2) |
| • Land | 3.81 sq mi (9.88 km2) |
| • Water | 1.09 sq mi (2.82 km2) |
| Elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 8,192 |
| • Density | 2,147.88/sq mi (829.19/km2) |
| • City and Borough | 13,477 |
| Time zone | UTC−9 (AKST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−8 (AKDT) |
| ZIP codes | 99901, 99950[4] |
| FIPS code | 02-38970 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1423039, 2419408 |
| Website | www |
Climate
Ketchikan has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfb), with very high precipitation. It rivals Yakutat as the wettest "city" in the United States, with a yearly precipitation (1991−2020 normals) of 153 inches (3.89 m), which falls on 229 days of the year, including 39 inches (1 m) of snow, almost all of it falling from November through April. (However, with a yearly precipitation of 197.8 inches (5.02 m), the city of Whittier has more yearly precipitation than both Ketchikan and Yakutat, which makes it the wettest city in Alaska and the United States, and Yakutat and Ketchikan the second- and third-wettest cities in Alaska, respectively.[5])
Ketchikan, Alaska Media
View of Ketchikan in the 1940s
Ketchikan waterfront ca. 1918
Example of the extremely steep roads in Ketchikan.
Ketchikan's Liquid Sunshine Gauge. The town experienced record annual rainfall in 1949, with 202.55 inches (5,144.77 mm) measured.
Ketchikan as seen from the dock near the cruise terminal.
The Ketchikan Misty Fjords Ranger station.
St John's Episcopal Church and a mission hospital, August 1904
Ketchikan sign, which arches over Mission Street. Front Street is in the immediate foreground.
Welcome sign, Ketchikan, Alaska, United States
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References
- ↑ 1996 Alaska Municipal Officials Directory. Juneau: Alaska Municipal League/Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs. January 1996. p. 78.
- ↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
- ↑ "Ketchikan city, Alaska". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
- ↑ "ZIP Codes by City". United States Postal Service. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
- ↑ "Whittier – Comprehensive Plan Update 2005" (PDF). September 26, 2005. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-21.
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