Sleetmute

Geography

Sleetmute is located on the east bank of the Kuskokwim River, 1.5 miles north of its junction with the Holitna River. It lies 79 miles east of Aniak, 166 miles northeast of Bethel, and 243 miles west of Anchorage. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (5.49%) is water. Climate data is sparse; the weather station was only operated in fourteen of the years between its setup in 1924 and its closure in 1963, and many of those years have incomplete records. Nearby Aniak has a similar climate with more complete records.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Common Raven

  Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  4
• Violet-green Swallow

  Tachycineta thalassina (Swainson, 1827) · Aves
  4
• Tree Swallow

  Tachycineta bicolor (Vieillot, 1808) · Aves
  3
• Common Redpoll

  Acanthis flammea (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3
• Northern Waterthrush

  Parkesia noveboracensis (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
  3
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  3
• Fox Sparrow

  Passerella iliaca (Merrem, 1786) · Aves
  2
• Yellow-rumped Warbler

  Setophaga coronata (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  2

Largest nearby schools

• Jack Egnaty Sr. School
  Other · Sleetmute · 14 students · 7:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 3.1 — 2026-08-23
  48 km ENE of Stony River, Alaska
• M 2.8 — 2023-01-31
  79 km SW of Lime Village, Alaska
• M 3.5 — 2018-10-02
  20 km E of Crooked Creek, Alaska
• M 2.8 — 2016-07-23
  61 km N of Stony River, Alaska
• M 2.7 — 2015-05-17
  46 km SSW of Sleetmute, Alaska
• M 2.9 — 2014-06-26
  65 km SE of Chuathbaluk, Alaska