Official Name: | Chisana |
Native Name: | Tsetsaan' Na' |
Settlement Type: | CDP |
Pushpin Map: | Alaska |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Alaska |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Alaska |
Subdivision Type2: | Census Area |
Subdivision Name2: | Copper River |
Leader Title: | State senator |
Leader Name: | Click Bishop (R) |
Leader Title1: | State rep. |
Leader Name1: | Mike Cronk (R) |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 205.74 |
Area Land Km2: | 205.61 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.13 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 79.44 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 79.39 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.05 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 0 |
Timezone: | Alaska (AKST) |
Utc Offset: | -9 |
Timezone Dst: | AKDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -8 |
Elevation M: | 1027 |
Elevation Ft: | 3369 |
Coordinates: | 62.0661°N -142.0408°W |
Area Code: | 907 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 02-13890 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1400321 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population Density Km2: | 0.00 |
Chisana Historic District | |
Nrhp Type: | hd |
Nocat: | yes |
Location: | Extending west 0.25miles from the southern end of Chisana Airstrip |
Nearest City: | Northway |
Coordinates: | 62.0655°N -142.0468°W |
Area: | 30acres |
Built: | 1913 |
Added: | November 29, 1985 |
Refnum: | 85002999 |
Designated Other1: | Alaska Heritage Resources Survey |
Designated Other1 Name: | Alaska Heritage Resources Survey |
Designated Other1 Date: | 1984 |
Designated Other1 Color: |
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Designated Other1 Abbr: | AHRS |
Designated Other1 Number: | NAB-042 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Chisana Historic Mining Landscape | |
Nrhp Type: | hd |
Nocat: | yes |
Nearest City: | Northway |
Area: | 27216acres |
Built: | 1913 |
Added: | May 14, 1998 |
Refnum: | 98000436 |
Chisana (also Shushanna) (Tsetsaan' Na in Ahtna) is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Copper River Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2010 Census,[2] the population of the CDP was 0. The English name Chisana derives from the Ahtna Athabascan name Tsetsaan' Na, meaning literally 'copper river' (not to be confused with the river known in English as the Copper River). The Chisana River joins the Nabesna River just north of Northway Junction, Alaska, to form the Tanana River, a major tributary of the Yukon River.[3] The Chisana Airport consists of a turf and gravel runway which is largely serviced by flights from Tok, Alaska.
In 1985, the community was listed as Chisana Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district.[4] [5]
In 1998 the Chisana Historic Mining Landscape historic district, comprising the community and a wide 27000acres area located partly in Copper River Census Area and partly in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[6] [7]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 86.7sqmi, of which 86.7sqmi of it is land and 0.1sqmi of it is water. The total area is 0.10% water.
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Chisana has a subarctic climate, abbreviated "Dfc" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Chisana was 90F on June 19 - 20, 2004, while the coldest temperature recorded was -53F on January 7, 2013.
Chisana first appeared on the 1920 U.S. Census as an unincorporated community. It appeared twice more in 1930 and 1940. It would not appear again until 2000, when it was made a census-designated place (CDP). However, in both 2000 and 2010, it reported no residents.