Official Name: | Steele Creek, Alaska |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Mapsize: | 260px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Alaska |
Subdivision Type2: | Borough |
Leader Title: | Borough mayor |
Leader Name: | Bryce J. Ward |
Leader Title1: | State senator |
Leader Name1: | Robert Myers (R) |
Leader Title2: | State reps. |
Leader Name2: | Mike Prax (R) Frank Tomaszewski (R) |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 240.63 |
Area Land Km2: | 240.59 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.04 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 92.91 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 92.89 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 6437 |
Population Density Km2: | 26.76 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 69.30 |
Timezone: | Alaska (AKST) |
Utc Offset: | -9 |
Timezone Dst: | AKDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -8 |
Elevation Ft: | 500 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 99712[2] |
Area Code: | 907 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 02-72985 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2582718 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Steele Creek is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Fairbanks, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,437, down from 6,662 in 2010.[3] [4] It is the eighth-most populated CDP in Alaska.
Steele Creek is located northeast of Fairbanks and east of the Steese Highway. The community is named for the creek which flows from north to south across the western part of the CDP, rising on Tungsten Hill and flowing towards the Chena River. The CDP extends east as far as the Little Chena River and Iowa Creek. The CDP is bounded by Two Rivers to the east, Badger to the south, Fairbanks to the southwest, Farmers Loop to the west, and Fox to the northwest.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Steele Creek CDP has a total area of 240.5sqkm, of which 0.01sqkm, or 0.01%, is water.[4]
As of the census[5] of 2010, there were 6,662 people, 2,525 households, and 1,806 families residing in the CDP. There were 2,743 housing units. The racial makeup of the CDP was 87.4% White, 0.8% Black or African American, 3.8% Native American, 0.9% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 1.1% from other races, and 5.9% from two or more races. 3.2% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.