Deltana

History

In 1904, the U.S. Army Signal Corps built the McCarty Telegraph station on a site near a roadhouse established the previous year at the confluence of the Tanana and Delta rivers. The Chisana gold strike of 1913 brought many hopeful prospectors to the area. In the 1920s, many American bison were brought to the area, and in 1927, the name was changed to Buffalo Center. In 1942, five miles south of Deltana, Fort Greely was constructed. Beef cattle were shipped during the 1950s, and during the 1970s, the local economy was given another boost with the completion of the trans-Alaska pipeline. In 1980, of land were set aside as the Delta Bison Range to confine the bison and separate the expanding herd from local farmland.

Geography

Deltana is located at (63.963825, -145.408931). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (0.52%) is water.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• White-crowned Sparrow

  Zonotrichia leucophrys (J.R.Forster, 1772) · Aves
  647
• Swainson's Thrush

  Catharus ustulatus (Nuttall, 1840) · Aves
  485
• Dark-eyed Junco

  Junco hyemalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  460
• Yellow-rumped Warbler

  Setophaga coronata (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  249
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  244
• Common Raven

  Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  217
• Savannah Sparrow

  Passerculus sandwichensis (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
  166
• Fox Sparrow

  Passerella iliaca (Merrem, 1786) · Aves
  160

Most recent

• M 3.1 — 2026-08-06
  28 km SSW of Dry Creek, Alaska
• M 3 — 2026-07-17
  32 km SSW of Dry Creek, Alaska
• M 2.8 — 2026-06-08
  84 km SW of Fort Greely, Alaska
• M 2.6 — 2026-05-23
  36 km SSW of Dry Creek, Alaska
• M 3 — 2026-03-26
  8 km NW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska
• M 2.7 — 2026-02-16
  36 km ENE of Paxson, Alaska