Port Alsworth

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Port Alsworth

Total population

199

Elevation218 m

Weather25°F · Partly Cloudy

Coordinates60.16°, -154.34°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Port Alsworth is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. It is 165 miles (266 km) by air southwest of Anchorage. Its population was 186 at the 2020 census, up from 159 in 2010. It is the most populated community in the borough.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Port Alsworth, AK from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Nearby places in Alaska

• Nondalton
  22.1 mi away · pop. 103
• Pedro Bay
  26.4 mi away · pop. 14
• Pope-Vannoy Landing
  40.7 mi away
• Nikolaevsk
  97.4 mi away · pop. 245
• Happy Valley
  98.6 mi away · pop. 775
• Clam Gulch
  100.9 mi away · pop. 238
• Ninilchik
  101.3 mi away · pop. 965
• Nanwalek
  101.3 mi away · pop. 199
• Port Graham
  103.5 mi away · pop. 83
• Seldovia
  103.9 mi away · pop. 202
• Homer
  104.1 mi away · pop. 5,877
• Cohoe
  104.7 mi away · pop. 1,598

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Port Alsworth

Subsistence harvests and uses of wild resources in Iliamna, Newhalen, Nondalton, Pedro Bay, and Port Alsworth, Alaska, 2004

James A. Fall · 2006

Sudoku Genius Mind Exercises Volume 1

Port Alsworth State of Mind Collection · 2019

More readings from One man's wilderness

Richard Proenneke · 2005

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Rusty Tussock Moth

Orgyia antiqua

Seen 2026-09-07

Purple Saxifrage

Saxifraga oppositifolia

Seen 2026-08-23

Moss Heather

Harrimanella stelleriana

Seen 2026-08-23

Arctic bell-heather

Cassiope tetragona

Seen 2026-08-23

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria

Seen 2026-08-19

birch polypore

Fomitopsis betulina

Seen 2026-08-08

Northern Red-banded Yellowjacket

Vespula intermedia

Seen 2026-07-30

Western Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

Seen 2026-07-26

fireweed

Chamaenerion angustifolium

Seen 2026-07-26

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Nearest stream gauge

Live readings from USGS NWIS · measured 2026-09-30 23:30 UTC.