Evansville

Geography

Evansville is located on the southeast bank of the Koyukuk River at (66.902950, -151.499190). The community is on the former Hickel Highway, that now connects to the Dalton Highway as a winter ice road only and crosses the Jim River. Evansville is north of the Arctic Circle, just south of the Brooks Range, home of the Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (0.85%) is water. As with much of Interior Alaska, Evansville experiences a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc) with very long, frigid winters and short, warm summers, and is located in USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 1, indicating the coldest temperature of the year is typically at or below . Temperatures usually remain consistently below freezing from late October to late March, and the majority of the year's snow occurs from October to April, with lighter amounts in May and September; the average annual snowfall stands at . In summer, temperatures reach on 37 days and on 6.4, with an average of 1 night not falling below . The first frost of the season usually begins in late August, but sometimes it can happen during the first half of that month. A majority of the annual precipitation of occurs during summer as well. Extreme temperatures have ranged from , recorded on January 4, 1975, up to , set on July 6, 1986. ;Notes:

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Common Redpoll

  Acanthis flammea (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  50
• Gray Jay

  Perisoreus canadensis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  44
• Swainson's Thrush

  Catharus ustulatus (Nuttall, 1840) · Aves
  41
• White-crowned Sparrow

  Zonotrichia leucophrys (J.R.Forster, 1772) · Aves
  40
• Dark-eyed Junco

  Junco hyemalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  39
• Spotted Sandpiper

  Actitis macularius (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  38
• Yellow-rumped Warbler

  Setophaga coronata (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  37
• Bank Swallow

  Riparia riparia (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  35

Most recent

• M 2.5 — 2026-03-30
  35 km NW of Alatna, Alaska
• M 3.1 — 2026-01-27
  54 km SE of Bettles, Alaska
• M 2.5 — 2024-06-13
  48 km SE of Bettles, Alaska
• M 3 — 2024-02-12
  68 km ESE of New Allakaket, Alaska
• M 2.5 — 2023-12-28
  56 km NW of Stevens Village, Alaska
• M 2.8 — 2021-12-19
  53 km NW of Stevens Village, Alaska