Eagle, Alaska
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Eagle, Alaska Tthee T’äwdlenn |
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Steamer Hannah at Eagle landing, circa 1900
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 Location of Eagle, Alaska |
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| Coordinates: 64°47′15″N 141°12′5″W / 64.78750°N 141.20139°WCoordinates: 64°47′15″N 141°12′5″W / 64.78750°N 141.20139°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Census Area | Southeast Fairbanks |
| Incorporated | February 9, 1901 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Donald Woodruff |
| • State senator | Click Bishop (R) |
| • State rep. | Dave Talerico (R) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.0 sq mi (2.6 km2) |
| • Land | 1 sq mi (2.6 km2) |
| Elevation | 853 ft (260 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 86 |
| • Density | 86/sq mi (33/km2) |
| Time zone | Alaska (AKST) (UTC-9) |
| • Summer (DST) | AKDT (UTC-8) |
| ZIP code | 99738 |
| Area code | 907 |
| FIPS code | 02-20380 |
Eagle (Tthee T’äwdlenn in Hän Athabascan) is a city located along the south bank of the Yukon River near the Canada–US border in the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, United States. It includes the Eagle Historic District, a U.S. National Historic Landmark. The population was 86 at the 2010 census. Every February, Eagle hosts a checkpoint for the long-distance Yukon Quest sled dog race.
Eagle is located at 64°47′10″N 141°12′0″W / 64.78611°N 141.20000°W (64.786022, -141.199917).
Eagle is located on the southern bank of the Yukon River, 8 miles (13 km) west of the border between Alaska and the Yukon Territory of Canada at the end of the Taylor Highway.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.0-square-mile (2.6 km2), all land.
Like most of Alaska, Eagle has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc) with long, cold winters occasionally moderated by chinook winds, and short, warm summers. In the absence of chinook moderation, winter temperatures can be dangerously cold: in the notoriously cold month of December 1917, the temperature did not rise above −25 °F or −31.7 °C and it averaged −46 °F or −43.3 °C. When chinooks occur, winter temperatures can get above 32 °F or 0 °C, doing so on an average of five days per winter.
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