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Location:
Koyukuk is located on the Yukon River near the mouth of the Koyukuk River, 30 miles west of Galena and 290 air miles west of Fairbanks. It lies adjacent to the Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge and the Innoko National Wildlife Refuge. It lies at approximately 64.88093° North Latitude and -157.70103° West Longitude. (Sec. 17, T007S, R006E, Kateel River Meridian.) Koyukuk is located in the Nulato Recording District. The area encompasses 6.2 sq. miles of land and 0.0 sq. miles of water. The area experiences a cold, continental climate with extreme temperature differences. The average daily high temperature during July is in the low 70s; the average daily low temperature during Jan. ranges from 10 to below zero. Sustained temperatures of -40 degrees are common during winter. Extreme temperatures have been measured from -64 to 92. Annual precipitation is 13 inches, with 60 inches of snowfall annually. The River is ice-free from mid-May through mid-October.
Culture:
Residents are primarily Koyukon Athabascans with a subsistence lifestyle.
Facilities:
The City delivers treated well water from the washeteria and hauls honeybuckets. Households are not plumbed. The school and washeteria use City water, with sewage disposal into a lagoon. As of May 2003 seven households are on the flush/haul system. The landfill is newly-completed.
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