Gravina Island Revillagigedo Island

7 Mile
5 Mile
Talbot
Lake
Gateway Recreation Center
Ketchikan Aquatic Center
Mike Smithers Pool
Fire Stations
Thornton
Mnt.
North Tongass Fire Station #6
North Tongass Fire Station #8
South Tongass Fire Station #4
South Tongass Fire Station #5
Lak
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Public Schools
Slide Ridge
Fawn Mountain Elementary School
Houghtaling Elementary School
Ketchikan Charter School
Ketchikan High School (Kayhi)
Point Higgins Elementary School
Revilla High School
Schoenbar Middle School
Tongass School of Arts and Sciences
(Section 1, Chapter 52, Session Laws of Alaska 1963)
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Administration
15 Mile
Borough Hall (White Cliff Building)
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Pat Wise Animal Shelter
Transportation
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8 Mile
11 Mile
10 Mile
Signal
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Walsh Creek
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Refuge Cove
South Point
Higgins Beach
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Carlanna
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The boundaries of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough originally
encompassed 1,733 square miles. On May 19, 2008, the
Borough annexed 5,167 square miles. The current boundaries
encompass 6,900 square miles (4,915 square miles are land).
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Map prepared by the Ketchikan Gateway
Borough GIS Department to provide general
information concerning the Borough.
Issue Date:February 10, 2012
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Copies of this map are available through the:
Borough Manager's Office
1900 First Ave. Suite 210
Ketchikan, Alaska 99901
Tel.: (907)228-6625
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Fawn Mountain
Elementary School
Fawn Mountain
Track & Field
South Tongass
Fire Station #5
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Mike Smithers Pool
Forest Park Wastewater
Treatment Plant
South Tongass
Service Area
Mountain Point Water
Treatment Plant
Nichols View
Service Area
6 Mile
Homestead
Service Area
Houghtaling Field
2 Mile
3 Mile
East Tongass Narrows
Pennock
Island
Rotary Beach
(Bugge's Beach)
Gold Nugget
Service Area
Houghtaling Elementary School
Revilla High School
West Tongass Narrows
5 Mile
South Tongass
Fire Station #4
Mountain Point
Wastewater
Treatment Plant
Ketchikan Transit
Bus Routes
Blue Line
Green Line
Red Line
Services and Functions
Gravina
Island
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8 Mile
4 Mile
Gravina Access Highway
Ketchikan Gateway Borough
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Airport Reserve
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2010 US Census
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Part of South Tongass Service Area
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Part of North Tongass Service Area
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Service Area is located within a larger
census block. Actual population may
be lower than indicated.
5
Not part of a Service Area
Area
Totem Heritage
Playground
Ketchikan International Airport
City of Ketchikan
8,050
North Tongass
3,000
South Tongass
1,849
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Forest Park
528
City of Saxman
411
3,4
Mud Bight
297
2
Gold Nugget
108
3
Waterfall
102
4
Long Arm / Deep Bay
19
2
Homestead
9
Loring
4
Vallenar Bay
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Nichols View
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Pennock Island
83
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Gravina Island
30
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Other
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Borough Total
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Airport Ferry
Whitman Lake
Booster Station
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Forest Park
Service Area
Schoenbar
Lund St. Park
Middle
School
Whale Park
Grant St. Playground
Borough Hall (White Cliff Building)
Ketchikan High School
Dudley Field
Monroe St. Playground
5 Mile
3 Mile
City Park
Ketchikan Transit Center
Alder Park
Tongass Narrows
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Ketchikan Charter School
Valley Park Field
Ketchikan Aquatic Center
Gateway Recreation Center
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Minerva Walker Field
Tongass School of
Mnt. Arts and Sciences
City of Ketchikan
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7 Mile
Ward Cove
North Tongass
Fire Station #8
North Tongass
Fire Station #6
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Homestead
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North Tongass
Service Area
Mud Bight
Service Area
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Forest Park Wastewater Treatment Plant
Mountain Point Wastewater Treatment Plant
Mountain Point Water Treatment Plant
Whitman Lake Booster Station
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Revillagigedo
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Point Higgins
Elementary School
Ward
Lake
Public Works
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Airport Ferry
Ketchikan International Airport
Ketchikan Transit Center
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No area incorporated as an organized
borough shall be deprived of state services,
revenues or assistance or otherwise be
penalized because of incorporation.
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Forest Park
10 Mile
Birch Circle
Anchor Ridge Road
Blueberry Drive
Big Rock Road
Northbird
Bullpine Place
Cliff Road
Peak
Dogwood Place
Fawn Mountain Road
Fireweed Lane
Misty Mountain Road
Forest Park Drive
Old Homestead Road
Roy Jones
Huckleberry Circle
Mountain
Mud Bight
Mountain Ash Heights
Heron Lane
Salmonberry Circle
Hummingbird Circle
Willow Circle
Granite
Kestrel Court
Basin
Gold Nugget
Rhea Road
Snowgoose Road
Double Eagle Lane
Spruce Hen Drive
Lode Lane
Martin Bugge Road
Waterfall
Nugget Lane
Cascade Road
Waterfall Road
The Ketchikan Gateway Borough was incorporated on
September 13, 1963. Prior to incoproration, the State of
Alaska Legislature and Governor stated in law that:
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Recreation Facilities
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Grant St. Playground Monroe St. Playground
Lund St. Park Totem Heritage Playground
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Playgrounds
Waterfall
Service Area
Deep Bay
Service Area
Mahoney
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South Point
Alder Park
Higgins Beach
City Park
Whale Park
Rotary Beach
(Bugge's Beach)
18 Mile
Lower Silvas
Lake
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Parks
Long Arm
Service Area
12 Mile
Upper Mahoney
Lake
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Naha Bay
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Dudley Field
Walker Field
Fawn Mountain Weiss Field
Track & Field Valley Park Field
Houghtaling Field
Loring
Dock
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Borough Facilities
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Judy Hill
Borough Boundary
Russia
-Library
-Sewage disposal
Canada
Land Ownership
Federal Government:
Native Corporations:
State of Alaska:
Local Governments:
Other Tax Exempt:
Taxable:
96.5% Private ownership:
1.5%
1.3%
0.3%
0.1%
99.7%
-Ketchikan
International Airport
-Airport Ferry System
-Borough Bus System
-Gateway Recreation
Center
- Aquatic Center
0.3%
Area of enlargement
-Economic
Development
-Regulation of
Alcohol
Nonareawide:
-Solid waste
-Regulation of drug paraphernalia
Service Areas:
Area enlarged
at right
Tax Exempt:
-Education
-Planning
-Platting
-Land Use Regulation
-Assessment and
Collection of taxes
Areawide:
The Borough provides various additional services
as described below on a service area basis with the
following 12 service areas:
(Roads & Docks)
-Nichols View (Roads) -Long Arm
(Roads & Docks)
-Waterfall
(Roads) -Deep Bay
(Roads & Water Utilities)
-Forest Park
(Roads) -Mud Bight
-Gold Nugget (Roads) -South Tongass (Fire & EMS, Water Utilities)
-Vallenar Bay (Roads) -North Tongass (Fire & EMS)
-Loring
(Docks)
-Homestead
(Roads)