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Fritz Creek
AlaskaCDP
Fritz Creek
Total population
2,383
Median home value
$344,100
Bachelor's+
Median income
$89,531
Air quality index
Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Fritz Creek is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States, northeast of Homer. At the 2020 census the population was 2,248, up from 1,932 in 2010.
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Geography
Fritz Creek is located at , covering an area northeast of Homer. It sits on the north side of Kachemak Bay and is bordered to the southwest by the city of Kachemak, to the west by the Diamond Ridge CDP, and to the northeast by the Fox River CDP. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all of it recorded as land. Climbing from sea level to over , Fritz Creek offers views of the Kenai Mountains and Kachemak Bay.
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Demographics & economy
Race & ethnicity
Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Current forecast
Forecast for Fritz Creek, AK from NOAA NWS API.
Air quality
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Industrial & pollution facilities
Natural hazard risk
Health (adults)
Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves5,404
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves4,509
- Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens J.F.Naumann, 1840 · Aves3,170
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves2,582
- Short-billed GullLarus brachyrhynchus Richardson, 1831 · Aves2,485
- Rock PigeonColumba livia J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves2,379
- American RobinTurdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves2,359
- Black-billed MagpiePica hudsonia (Sabine, 1823) · Aves2,325
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Schools
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 3.4 — 2026-10-0123 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska
- M 3 — 2026-10-0138 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska
- M 2.7 — 2026-09-2813 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
- M 3.6 — 2026-09-2842 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska
- M 2.6 — 2026-09-2765 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska
- M 2.8 — 2026-09-2356 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Nearby places in Alaska
- Kachemak7.2 mi away · pop. 805
- Homer10.4 mi away · pop. 5,877
- Nikolaevsk12.1 mi away · pop. 245
- Happy Valley13.4 mi away · pop. 775
- Fox River13.9 mi away · pop. 741
- Ninilchik22.1 mi away · pop. 965
- Seldovia Village22.3 mi away · pop. 213
- Seldovia25.9 mi away · pop. 202
- Clam Gulch32.2 mi away · pop. 238
- Port Graham34.2 mi away · pop. 83
- Cohoe35.9 mi away · pop. 1,598
- Kasilof39.6 mi away · pop. 313
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about Fritz Creek
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Nearest stream gauge
Live readings from USGS NWIS · measured 2026-10-13 22:30 UTC.
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • US Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates)
- • NOAA National Weather Service
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • USGS NWIS (water data)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • CDC PLACES
- • Open-Elevation
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library