Upper Kalskag (Russian: Аппер-Калскаг) is a city in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. It is thirty miles west of Aniak. At the 2010 census the population was 210, down from 230 in 2000.
| Name: | Upper Kalskag city |
|---|---|
| LSAD Code: | 25 |
| LSAD Description: | city (suffix) |
| State: | Alaska |
| County: | Bethel Census Area |
| Incorporated: | February 13, 1975 |
| Elevation: | 39 ft (12 m) |
| Total Area: | 4.00 sq mi (10.36 km²) |
| Land Area: | 3.56 sq mi (9.21 km²) |
| Water Area: | 0.45 sq mi (1.15 km²) |
| Total Population: | 212 |
| Population Density: | 59.63/sq mi (23.02/km²) |
| ZIP code: | 99607 |
| Area code: | 907 |
| FIPS code: | 0281320 |
| GNISfeature ID: | 1404378 |
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Geography
Upper Kalskag is located at 61°32′15″N 160°18′58″W / 61.53750°N 160.31611°W / 61.53750; -160.31611 (61.537440, -160.316070).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.1 square miles (11 km), of which, 3.8 square miles (9.8 km) of it is land and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km) of it (8.47%) is water.
Upper Kalskag, referred to by the locals as just “Upper”, is linked to Lower Kalskag (Lower) by a single two mile maintained gravel/dirt road.
Upper Kalskag is accessible only by small plane, boat, and automobile via the river “ice road” (Winter only). The ice road is constructed each winter from Aniak to Bethel by drilling and marking holes in the ice every 100 yards and subsequently marking and plowing a route on the river where the ice depth is sufficient.
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