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Culture:
Nulato residents are predominantly Koyukon Athabascans, with a trapping and subsistence lifestyle. Virtually all of the residents are Catholic.

Facilities:
Water is derived from wells and is treated. A piped water and sewer system was completed in 1996 for 53 homes in the Nulato new (upper) townsite, with bathroom and kitchen plumbing. The washeteria has recently undergone major renovations. 34 unserved residences in the lower townsite haul water from the Blackberry Well or the Church, and use honeybuckets or outhouses. A new sewage lagoon is under construction in the lower townsite area. A landfill feasibility study is also underway.

Transportation:
The State-owned 3,000' lighted airstrip provides year-round access. The airport has recently undergone major improvements. The River is the primary mode of local transportation -- barges deliver cargo during summer months, and it becomes an ice road during winter for vehicles and snowmachines. Numerous trails are used for trapping and woodcutting. Cars, trucks, snowmachines, ATVs and skiffs are used by residents.

Climate:
The area experiences a cold, continental climate with extreme temperature differences. The average daily maximum during July is in the lower 70s; the average daily minimum during January is well below zero. Several consecutive days of -40 degrees is common each winter. The highest temperature ever recorded is 90; the lowest is -55. Average precipitation is 15.6 inches, with 74 inches of snowfall annually. The Yukon River is ice-free from mid-May through mid-October.

 


 

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