Steele Creek, Alaska
CDP
About Steele Creek
Steele Creek is a small unincorporated community in northern Alaska.
Steele Creek holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 92.89 square miles.
📰 Steele Creek News Today
- Cultural Resources: Archaeology: Alaska: Steele Creek Bureau of Land Management (.gov) · Mar 5
- Steele Creek, AK Weather Forecast AccuWeather · Aug 5
- Steele Creek: History in the heart of the Alaska’s Fortymile region Bureau of Land Management (.gov) · Mar 18
- Steele Creek Fire updated map Alaska Wildland Fire Information · Jun 17
- Multiple fires trigger evacuation notices throughout Fairbanks area Alaska's News Source · Jun 20
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Steele Creek Unique
- The only place in America named Steele Creek — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- One of the northernmost communities in the lower 48 states.
- Alaska living: vast wilderness, midnight sun in summer, and true frontier spirit.
- Positioned in northern Alaska, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 9 miles.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Paws For Adventure · Attraction
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateAlaska
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area92.89 sq mi
Coordinates64.9256, -147.4351