Drinking water stations with addresses in Chefornak and their reported violations in the past:
CHEFORNAK WATER SYSTEM (Population served: 408, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between JAN-2006 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule
- CCR INADEQUATE REPORTING - Between OCT-2005 and DEC-2025, Consumer Confidence Rule
- Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between JUL-2005 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule
- Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JAN-2005 and DEC-2005, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
- Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JAN-2005 and DEC-2005, Contaminant: TTHM
- 8 routine major monitoring violations
- 28 regular monitoring violations
- 9 other older monitoring violations
Average household size:
| This city: |  5.3 people | | Alaska: |  2.7 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This city: | 84.0% | | Whole state: | 68.7% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This city: | 2.7% | | Whole state: | 7.5% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2008:
| This city: | 25.1% | | Whole state: | 9.4% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2008:
| This city: | 6.5% | | Whole state: | 4.0% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Chefornak, AK
Chefornak compared to Alaska state average:
- Median house value above state average.
- Unemployed percentage above state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage significantly below state average.
- Number of rooms per house significantly below state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (96%)
- Wood (4%)
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Other Government Administration |
2 | $3,056 | $18,336 | 20 | $15,462 |
| Totals for Government |
2 | $3,056 | $18,336 | 20 | $15,462 |
Chefornak government finances in 2002:
- Charges - All Other: $4,000
- Current Operations - Electric Utilities: $170,000
Financial Administration: $75,000
Central Staff Services: $9,000
General - Other: $5,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $25,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $102,000
Interest Earnings: $9,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $307,000
- Revenue - Electric Utilities: $273,000
- State Intergovernmental - All Other: $87,000
General Support: $26,000
- Tax - Property: $3,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $135,000
6.00% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($38,351 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.00% | | Alaska average: | 9.33% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
7.43% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($42,804 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 7.43% | | Alaska average: | 9.43% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Chefornak:
- KYUK (640 AM; 10 kW; BETHEL, AK; Owner: BETHEL BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KICY (850 AM; 50 kW; NOME, AK; Owner: ARCTIC BROADCASTING ASSOCIATION)
- KNOM (780 AM; 25 kW; NOME, AK; Owner: CATHOLIC BISHOP OF NORTHERN ALASKA)
- KDLG (670 AM; 10 kW; DILLINGHAM, AK; Owner: DILLINGHAM CITY SCHOOLS)
- KENI (650 AM; 50 kW; ANCHORAGE, AK; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KFQD (750 AM; 50 kW; ANCHORAGE, AK; Owner: MCC RADIO, LLC)
- KJNP (1170 AM; 50 kW; NORTH POLE, AK; Owner: EVAN. ALASKA MISSIONARY FELLOWSHIP)
- KSKO (870 AM; 10 kW; MCGRATH, AK; Owner: KUSKOKWIM PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORP.)
- KOTZ (720 AM; 10 kW; KOTZEBUE, AK; Owner: KOTZEBUE BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KBYR (700 AM; 10 kW; ANCHORAGE, AK; Owner: COBB COMMUNICATIONS,INC.)
- KBBI (890 AM; 10 kW; HOMER, AK; Owner: KACHEMAK BAY BROADCASTING INC)
- KIAM (630 AM; 10 kW; NENANA, AK; Owner: VOICE OF CHRIST MINISTRIES, INC.)
- KSLD (1140 AM; 10 kW; SOLDOTNA, AK; Owner: KSRM, INC)
TV broadcast stations around Chefornak:
- K02LO (Channel 2; CHEFORNAK, AK; Owner: STATE OF ALASKA)
- K04MK (Channel 4; CHEFORNAK, AK; Owner: STATE OF ALASKA)
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 1- Within The Village Of Chefornak, Type: Tower, Structure height: 39.6 m, Overall height: 40.8 m, Call Sign: WPOJ850
Assigned Frequencies : 880.020 MHz, 835.020 MHz, 891.510 MHz, 846.510 MHz, 835.020 MHz, 880.020 MHz
Grant Date: 06/30/1999, Expiration Date: 06/30/2009, Certifier: Steve Hamlen
Registrant: Wireless Applications Corp., 111-108th Ave Ne, Suite 160, Bellevue, WA 98004, Phone: (425) 643-5000, Fax: (425) 649-5675, Email:
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 1- David Heimke, Within The Village Of Chefornak, Type: Tower, Structure height: 39.6 m, Overall height: 40.8 m, , Licensee ID: L00002081
Registrant: United Utilities, Inc., 5450 A Street, Anchorage, AK 99518, Phone: (907) 273-5289, Email:
FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers: 4- Lat: 60.199222 Lon: -164.085639, Type: Building, Overall height: 6 m, Call Sign: KYU646, Licensee ID: L00532807
Assigned Frequencies : 156.450 MHz, 156.500 MHz, 156.800 MHz
Grant Date: 06/25/2002, Expiration Date: 08/07/2012
Registrant: Elizabeth Kusaiak, Box 14, Chefornak, AK 99561 - Near, Type: Building, Call Sign: WHD634
Assigned Frequencies : 156.450 MHz, 156.500 MHz, 156.800 MHz
Grant Date: 03/04/1996, Expiration Date: 05/03/2001, Cancelation Date: 08/05/2001
Registrant: Peter Matthew Sr, Chefornak, AK 99561 - Near, Type: Building, Overall height: 9 m, Call Sign: WHX697, Licensee ID: L00529062
Assigned Frequencies : 156.425 MHz, 156.450 MHz, 156.800 MHz, 156.975 MHz
Grant Date: 06/11/2002, Expiration Date: 08/25/2012
Registrant: Alexie Flynn, Chefornak, AK 99561 - Chefornak Airport, Type: Tower, Call Sign: WWY6
Assigned Frequencies : 130.900 MHz
Grant Date: 07/07/2004, Expiration Date: 05/25/2009
Registrant: Wiley Rein LLP, 1776 K Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20006-2304, Phone: (202) 719-7235, Fax: (202) 719-7049, Email:
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- #11 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Cooks and food preparation workers"
- #13 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Department and other general merchandise stores"
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- #14 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Educational services"
- #20 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Utilities"
- #24 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of workers with very short commute times (9 minutes or less)"
- #33 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the highest average humidity"
- #40 on the list of "Top 100 cities with shortest commuting times"
- #10 (99561) on the list of "Top 101 zip codes with the largest percentage of residents speaking other language at home"
- #9 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of births per 1000 residents 2000-2003"
- #101 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2003"
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