Ketchikan Gateway County, AK

ZIP 99901

In ZIP 99901, 3 of the 12 things we check have at least one part graded D or F.

• Drinking water: Kake Municipal Water meets every EPA legal limit; 7 contaminants are above health goals, led by trichloroacetic acid at 535× California’s Public Health Goal.
• Closer to Superfund sites than 57% of U.S. neighborhoods, with no listed site within 10 miles of its center.
• Largest share of modeled toxic air from industry: Vigor Alaska (100%), mostly copper compounds.
• Fine particles (PM2.5) average 2.8 µg/m³; the WHO guideline is 5 and the EPA annual standard is 9.

Grades for ZIP 99901

• Superfund sites nearbyA to C
• Factories and industrial sitesA to F
• Oil and gas wellsA
• Parks and nature nearbyA to B
• Air qualityA
• Drinking water qualityC to F
• Neighborhood health statusB to F
• Past wildfire impactsA
• Past flood impactsA
• Radiation signalsB

Based on 6 census tracts · compiled October 25, 2026 · how each grade works and its sources

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