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Map of the United States with Alaska highlighted. Alaska is a state of the United States in the northwest extremity of the North American continent.According to the 2020 United States Census, Alaska is the 3rd least populous state with 733,391 inhabitants [1] but is the largest by land area spanning 570,640.95 square miles (1,477,953.3 km 2). [2]
Map Location in Alaska The Swan Lake Fire was a large lightning-caused wildfire that burnt between Sterling and Cooper Landing on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska from June 5, 2019, until the autumn of that year. [ 2 ]
Noorvik (Inupiaq: Nuurvik, meaning "A place to move to") is an Iñupiat city in the Northwest Arctic Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 694, up from 668 in 2010. [4] Located in the NANA Region Corp, Noorvik has close ties with the largest city in the region, Kotzebue.
Two fast-spreading Alaska wildfires have forced a series of evacuations, destroyed up to 45 homes and forced authorities to restrict traffic on a major highway connecting two of the state's ...
The Miller’s Reach Fire, also known as the Big Lake Fire, was a wildfire that began on June 2, 1996 in an area around Miller’s Reach Road near Houston, Alaska, approximately 33 miles (53 km) north of Anchorage, Alaska.
Editor's note: This file captures the news of the California wildfires from Tuesday, Jan. 14. For the latest updates on the LA fires, follow USA TODAY's live coverage for Wednesday, Jan. 15 ...
But recent fire seasons have shattered records for the largest, deadliest and most destructive fires in California, and 2024’s fire season is already more active than the year-to-date average of ...
An aerial view of Nome, Alaska, in July 2006. Nome is located at (64.503889, −165.399444 According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 21.6 square miles (56 km 2), of which 12.5 square miles (32 km 2) is land and 9.1 square miles (23.6 km 2) (41.99%) is water.