Moose Pass, Alaska
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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Moose Pass, Alaska
|settlement_type = Census-designated place
|nickname =
|motto =
|image_skyline = Moosepassak.JPG
|imagesize =
|image_caption = Water wheel and grindstone by side of Seward Highway. The sign reads: "Moose Pass is a peaceful little town, if you have an axe to grind, do it here."
|image_flag =
|image_seal =
| image_map = Moose_Pass_Municipal_Map.png
| map_caption = Location in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = State
|subdivision_name1 = Alaska
|subdivision_type2 = Borough
|subdivision_name2 = Kenai Peninsula
|government_footnotes =
|government_type =
|leader_title = Borough mayor
|leader_name = Peter Micciche
|leader_title1 = State senator
|leader_name1 = Jesse Bjorkman (R)
|leader_title2 = State rep.
|leader_name2 = Ben Carpenter (R)
|established_title =
|established_date =
|area_magnitude =
|area_total_km2 = 46.31
|area_land_km2 = 45.88
|area_water_km2 = 0.43
|area_total_sq_mi = 17.88
|area_land_sq_mi = 17.71
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.17
|population_as_of = 2020
|population_footnotes =
|population_total = 228
|population_density_km2 = 4.97
|population_density_sq_mi = 12.87
|timezone = Alaska (AKST)
|utc_offset = -9
|timezone_DST = AKDT
|utc_offset_DST = -8
|elevation_footnotes =
|elevation_m = 144
|elevation_ft = 472
|coordinates = {{coord|60|29|16|N|149|22|15|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type = ZIP code
|postal_code = 99631
|area_code = 907
|blank_name = FIPS code
|blank_info = 02-50190
|blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
|blank1_info = 1417076
|website =
|footnotes =
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|unit_pref = Imperial
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Moose Pass is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. The population was 219 at the 2010 census,{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0250190| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Moose Pass CDP, Alaska| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=January 18, 2019}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} up from 206 in 2000.
Geography
Moose Pass is located in the north-central part of the Kenai Peninsula at {{coord|60|29|16|N|149|22|15|W|type:city}} (60.487778, -149.370833).{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}} Surrounded by the Chugach National Forest, it is located {{convert|100|mi|-1}} south of Anchorage by road, and {{convert|30|mi}} north of Seward on the Seward Highway along Upper Trail Lake. It is bordered to the south by Crown Point.
The CDP extends west {{convert|8|mi|0}} along the Seward Highway to its junction with Alaska Route 1 (the Sterling Highway) at Tern Lake, from which point it is a further {{convert|56|mi}} west to Soldotna, the borough seat.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Moose Pass CDP has a total area of {{convert|46.3|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|45.9|km2|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|0.4|km2|order=flip|1}}, or 0.94%, are water.
=Climate=
Moose Pass has a dry-summer continental subarctic climate (Köppen Dsc).
{{Weather box
| collapsed =
| location = Moose Pass, Alaska (1991–2020 normals,{{efn|Mean monthly maxima and minima (i.e. the highest and lowest temperature readings during an entire month or year) calculated based on data at said location from 1991 to 2020.}} extremes 1941–present)
| single line = Y
|Jan high F = 23.7
|Feb high F = 28.8
|Mar high F = 34.5
|Apr high F = 44.8
|May high F = 55.1
|Jun high F = 63.3
|Jul high F = 65.6
|Aug high F = 63.7
|Sep high F = 54.8
|Oct high F = 41.6
|Nov high F = 30.1
|Dec high F = 26.9
|year high F= 44.4
|Jan mean F = 16.2
|Feb mean F = 20.9
|Mar mean F = 24.4
|Apr mean F = 35.7
|May mean F = 44.6
|Jun mean F = 52.6
|Jul mean F = 56.2
|Aug mean F = 54.2
|Sep mean F = 46.2
|Oct mean F = 34.5
|Nov mean F = 23.7
|Dec mean F = 19.5
|year mean F= 35.7
|Jan low F = 8.7
|Feb low F = 12.9
|Mar low F = 14.2
|Apr low F = 26.5
|May low F = 34.0
|Jun low F = 42.0
|Jul low F = 46.8
|Aug low F = 44.8
|Sep low F = 37.7
|Oct low F = 27.4
|Nov low F = 17.4
|Dec low F = 12.1
|year low F= 27.0
| Jan avg record high F = 42.7
| Feb avg record high F = 42.0
| Mar avg record high F = 46.9
| Apr avg record high F = 57.7
| May avg record high F = 70.8
| Jun avg record high F = 80.2
| Jul avg record high F = 82.1
| Aug avg record high F = 77.8
| Sep avg record high F = 65.7
| Oct avg record high F = 54.0
| Nov avg record high F = 44.5
| Dec avg record high F = 42.1
|year avg record high F = 83.6
| Jan avg record low F = -15.9
| Feb avg record low F = -10.4
| Mar avg record low F = -8.7
| Apr avg record low F = 11.6
| May avg record low F = 26.1
| Jun avg record low F = 32.8
| Jul avg record low F = 39.0
| Aug avg record low F = 34.5
| Sep avg record low F = 25.1
| Oct avg record low F = 11.7
| Nov avg record low F = -3.9
| Dec avg record low F = -11.7
|year avg record low F = -22.7
|Jan record high F = 58
|Feb record high F = 50
|Mar record high F = 59
|Apr record high F = 65
|May record high F = 80
|Jun record high F = 90
|Jul record high F = 89
|Aug record high F = 86
|Sep record high F = 73
|Oct record high F = 60
|Nov record high F = 53
|Dec record high F = 50
|Jan record low F = -43
|Feb record low F = -48
|Mar record low F = -30
|Apr record low F = -17
|May record low F = 15
|Jun record low F = 24
|Jul record low F = 29
|Aug record low F = 27
|Sep record low F = 13
|Oct record low F = -10
|Nov record low F = -21
|Dec record low F = -37
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 3.46
|Feb precipitation inch = 5.25
|Mar precipitation inch = 2.16
|Apr precipitation inch = 2.27
|May precipitation inch = 2.10
|Jun precipitation inch = 1.74
|Jul precipitation inch = 2.43
|Aug precipitation inch = 3.76
|Sep precipitation inch = 6.04
|Oct precipitation inch = 5.41
|Nov precipitation inch = 4.23
|Dec precipitation inch = 3.35
|year precipitation inch=42.20
| Jul snow inch = 0.0
| Aug snow inch = 0.0
| Sep snow inch = trace
| Oct snow inch = 3.5
| Nov snow inch =13.6
| Dec snow inch =20.7
| Jan snow inch =13.9
| Feb snow inch =10.7
| Mar snow inch =12.2
| Apr snow inch = 3.2
| May snow inch = 0.0
| Jun snow inch = 0.0
|year snow inch =
|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 10.6
|Feb precipitation days = 8.6
|Mar precipitation days = 8.2
|Apr precipitation days = 7.2
|May precipitation days = 6.8
|Jun precipitation days = 6.0
|Jul precipitation days = 7.4
|Aug precipitation days = 10.6
|Sep precipitation days = 11.6
|Oct precipitation days = 11.4
|Nov precipitation days = 10.0
|Dec precipitation days = 11.4
|year precipitation days=
| unit snow days = 0.1 in
| Jan snow days = 6.8
| Feb snow days = 4.7
| Mar snow days = 4.0
| Apr snow days = 1.6
| May snow days = 0.0
| Jun snow days = 0.0
| Jul snow days = 0.0
| Aug snow days = 0.0
| Sep snow days = 0.0
| Oct snow days = 1.6
| Nov snow days = 4.8
| Dec snow days = 7.1
|year snow days =
|source 1 = NOAA (precip days, snow/snow days 1981–2010)
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00505894&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Moose Pass 3NW, AK (1991–2020)
|access-date = March 15, 2023
}}
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly&stations=USC00505894&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Moose Pass 3NW, AK (1981–2010)
|access-date = March 15, 2023
}}
|source 2 = National Weather Service
{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=afc
|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Anchorage
|access-date = March 15, 2023
}}
}}
=Note=
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Demographics
{{US Census population
|1940= 84
|1950= 70
|1960= 136
|1970= 53
|1980= 76
|1990= 81
|2000= 206
|2010= 219
|2020= 228
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 6, 2013}}
}}
Moose Pass first reported on the 1940 U.S. Census as an unincorporated village. It was made a census-designated place (CDP) in 1980.
As of the census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}} of 2000, there were 206 people, 84 households, and 51 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|11.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 119 housing units at an average density of {{convert|6.6|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 87.38% White, 1.46% Black or African American, 5.83% Native American, and 5.34% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.49% of the population.
There were 84 households, out of which 32.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.6% were married couples living together, 4.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.1% were non-families. 31.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.13.
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 29.1% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 35.0% from 25 to 44, 25.2% from 45 to 64, and 5.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 151.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 139.3 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $87,291, and the median income for a family was $85,463. Males had a median income of $61,563 versus $31,563 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $28,147. None of the families and none of the population were living below the poverty line.
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- [http://www.moosepassalaska.com Moose Pass Chamber of Commerce]
{{Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska}}
{{Kenai River system}}
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Category:Census-designated places in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska
Category:Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area