Editing Port Clarence, Alaska

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Port Clarence, Alaska
| settlement_type    = [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = <!-- Images -->
| image_skyline      = Bering Strait.jpeg
| image_caption      = [[Bering Strait]]. Port Clarence bay is the large [[bight (geography)|bight]] in the  southeast.
| imagesize          = 250px
| image_flag         = 
| image_seal         = <!-- Maps -->
| image_map          = AKMap-doton-PortClarence.PNG
| mapsize            = 250px
| map_caption        = Location of Port Clarence, Alaska
| image_map1         = 
| mapsize1           = 
| map_caption1       = <!-- Location -->
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Alaska]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of boroughs and census areas in Alaska|Census Area]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Nome Census Area, Alaska|Nome]]
| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = [[Alaska Senate|State senator]]
| leader_name        = [[Donny Olson|Donald Olson]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])
| leader_title1      = [[Alaska House of Representatives|State rep.]]
| leader_name1       = [[Neal Foster]] (D)
| established_title  = 
| established_date   = <!-- Area -->
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_02.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 29, 2021}}</ref>
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 90.71
| area_land_km2      = 88.20
| area_water_km2     = 2.51
| area_total_sq_mi   = 35.02
| area_land_sq_mi    = 34.05
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.97

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 0
| population_density_km2 = 0.00
| population_density_sq_mi = 0.00

<!-- General information -->| timezone           = [[Alaska Time Zone|Alaska (AKST)]]
| utc_offset         = -9
| timezone_DST       = AKDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -8
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 5
| elevation_ft       = 16
| coordinates        = {{coord|65|15|58|N|166|51|10|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 99762<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zipdatamaps.com/99762|title=Port Clarence AK ZIP Code|publisher=zipdatamaps.com|year=2023|access-date=June 16, 2023}}</ref>
| area_code          = [[Area code 907|907]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 02-63170
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 1408213
| website            = 
| footnotes          = 
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| unit_pref          = Imperial
}}
'''Port Clarence''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in the [[Nome Census Area, Alaska|Nome Census Area]] of [[Alaska]]. The population was 0 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], down from 24 in 2010.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is located on the [[spit (landform)|spit]] separating [[Port Clarence Bay]] from the [[Bering Strait]].

==History==
Missionary [[Sheldon Jackson]]'s greatest success with his [[Teller Reindeer Station]] at Port Clarence, figured in the [[Overland Relief Expedition]] in 1897 to save marooned whalers near [[Point Barrow]].

During the 1898-1899 [[gold rush]] in [[Nome, Alaska|Nome]], smaller quantities of both [[gold]] and high-grade [[tin]] were mined in Port Clarence.<ref name="akhistorycourse.org">{{Cite web |url=http://www.akhistorycourse.org/articles/article.php?artID=66 |title=Alaska History and Cultural Studies - Northwest and Arctic - 1897-1920 GOLD |access-date=May 18, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203051824/http://www.akhistorycourse.org/articles/article.php?artID=66 |archive-date=December 3, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The [[Harriman Alaska Expedition]] visited Port Clarence in 1899, making a photographic record of [[Alaska Natives]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://content.lib.washington.edu/harrimanweb/index.html|title = ::: Harriman Alaska Expedition of 1899 :::}}</ref>

In 1900, the [[United States Coast and Geodetic Survey]] charted the coastline.<ref name="akhistorycourse.org"/>

From 1961 to 2010 Port Clarence was a [[LORAN-C]] station administered by the [[United States Coast Guard]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.uscg.mil/d17/loranportclarence/|title=District Seventeen}}</ref> The LORAN-C Program was terminated on February 8, 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=loranMain|title = LORAN-C General Information}}</ref> The Coast Guard commissioned a 1,350-foot (411.48-metre) tall Loran-C tower at the station in 1961, and it was the tallest structure in Alaska until its demolition in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jaCny8J9TJJUHh8Y4dEyxzXV3X3AD9FD4HKG0 |url-status=dead |title=Coast Guard takes down Alaska's tallest structure |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100503235839/https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jaCny8J9TJJUHh8Y4dEyxzXV3X3AD9FD4HKG0 |archive-date=May 3, 2010 |author= Dan Joling|date= April 30, 2010|publisher= The Associated Press|accessdate=April 30, 2010}}</ref>

==Geography==
Port Clarence is located at {{coord|65|15|58|N|166|51|10|W|type:city}} (65.265974, -166.852765).<ref name="GR1" />

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|36.5|sqmi|km2}}, of which, {{convert|35.5|sqmi|km2}} of it is land and {{convert|1.0|sqmi|km2}} of it (2.74%) is water.

==Demographics==
[[File:Seward Peninsula coast between Nome and Port Clarence - P1040602.JPG|thumb|left|The Bering Sea shore just south-east of Port Clarence]]
{{US Census population
|1890= 485
|1980= 29
|1990= 26
|2000= 21
|2010= 24
|2020= 0
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 6, 2013}}</ref>
}}
Port Clarence first appeared on the 1890 U.S. Census as an unincorporated area of 485 residents.<ref>{{cite web |title=Report on Population and Resources of Alaska at the Eleventh Census: 1890 |url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1890a_v8-01.pdf |website=United States Census Bureau |publisher=Government Printing Office}}</ref> Of those, 276 were White, 144 were Natives, 62 were "Other" and 3 were Asian. The census enumerators included 11 small native villages of Anelo, Chainruk, Kachegaret, Kalulegeet, Kaveazruk, Kovogzruk, Metukatoak, Nuk, Perebluk, Shinnapago & Toakzruk. They also included the following six vessels that were in the area as well: the whaling steamers ''J.H. Freeman'' & ''Grampus''; barques ''Bounding Billow'' & ''Reindeer''; and the brigs ''F.A. Barstow'' & ''W.H. Meyer.'' Port Clarence would not be separately reported again on the census until 1980, when it was made a census-designated place (CDP).

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Port Clarence CDP, Alaska – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Port Clarence CDP, Alaska |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US0263170&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Port Clarence CDP, Alaska |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0263170&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Port Clarence CDP, Alaska |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0263170&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|18
|20
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|85.71%
|83.33%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|1
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|4.76%
|4.17%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|1
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|4.76%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|1
|3
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|4.76%
|12.50%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''21'''
|'''24'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''0'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

===2000 census===
As of the census of 2000,<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> there were 21 people, 4 households, and 3 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|0.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 90.48% White. 4.76% (i.e., one person) of the population was Black or [[African Americans|African American]], 4.76% were from other races, and 4.76% were [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] of any race.

In the CDP, the age distribution of the population shows 33.3% from 18 to 24, 66.7% from 25 to 44. The median age was 28 years. The 21 residents counted by the census included one woman and 20 men.

The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $35,286. There were no families and none of the population living below the [[poverty line]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}

==Climate==
Port Clarence has a [[subarctic climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''Dfc'') closely bordering on a [[tundra climate]] (''ETf'').
{{Weather box
| collapsed =
| location = Port Clarence, Alaska
| single line = Y
| Jan record high F = 42
| Feb record high F = 45
| Mar record high F = 35
| Apr record high F = 48
| May record high F = 64
| Jun record high F = 76
| Jul record high F = 81
| Aug record high F = 80
| Sep record high F = 72
| Oct record high F = 51
| Nov record high F = 43
| Dec record high F = 35
| year record high F = 81
| Jan high F = 9.4
| Feb high F = 4.7
| Mar high F = 7.2
| Apr high F = 20.7
| May high F = 36.1
| Jun high F = 48.9
| Jul high F = 56.5
| Aug high F = 54.2
| Sep high F = 46.6
| Oct high F = 33.1
| Nov high F = 20.3
| Dec high F = 10.7
| year high F = 29.0
| Jan mean F = 2.8
| Feb mean F = -1.6
| Mar mean F = 1.0
| Apr mean F = 12.9
| May mean F = 30.2
| Jun mean F = 43.1
| Jul mean F = 50.9
| Aug mean F = 49.8
| Sep mean F = 41.8
| Oct mean F = 29.1
| Nov mean F = 15.4
| Dec mean F = 4.7
| year mean F = 23.3
| Jan low F = -3.8
| Feb low F = -8.1
| Mar low F = -5.5
| Apr low F = 5.1
| May low F = 24.4
| Jun low F = 37.2
| Jul low F = 45.4
| Aug low F = 44.8
| Sep low F = 36.9
| Oct low F = 24.9
| Nov low F = 10.5
| Dec low F = -1.4
| year low F = 17.5
| Jan record low F = −44
| Feb record low F = −48
| Mar record low F = −36
| Apr record low F = −28
| May record low F = -6
| Jun record low F = 20
| Jul record low F = 20
| Aug record low F = 25
| Sep record low F = 18
| Oct record low F = -5
| Nov record low F = −12
| Dec record low F = −30
| year record low F = −48
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation inch = 1.11
| Feb precipitation inch = 1.47
| Mar precipitation inch = 0.15
| Apr precipitation inch = 0.46
| May precipitation inch = 0.27
| Jun precipitation inch = 0.70
| Jul precipitation inch = 0.98
| Aug precipitation inch = 1.82
| Sep precipitation inch = 1.48
| Oct precipitation inch = 0.92
| Nov precipitation inch = 0.64
| Dec precipitation inch = 1.26
| year precipitation inch = 11.26
| Jan snow inch = 4.4
| Feb snow inch = 11.7
| Mar snow inch = 3.0
| Apr snow inch = 1.9
| May snow inch = 0.4
| Jun snow inch = 0.0
| Jul snow inch = 0.0
| Aug snow inch = 0.0
| Sep snow inch = 0.0
| Oct snow inch = 3.5
| Nov snow inch = 5.2
| Dec snow inch = 6.4
| year snow inch = 36.5
| source 1 = WRCC<ref name="climate">[http://wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?ak7669 Port Clarence, Alaska - Period of Record : 7/21/1895 to 8/31/1995] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170509021006/http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?ak7669 |date=May 9, 2017 }}. Retrieved November 10, 2019.</ref>
|date=October 2019}}

==References==
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{{Nome Census Area, Alaska}}

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Alaska]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Nome Census Area, Alaska]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Unorganized Borough, Alaska]]
[[Category:Populated coastal places in Alaska on the Pacific Ocean]]
[[Category:Populated places in the Seward Peninsula]]