Biohazard and Pathogen Disinfection in Hydaburg, AK

Hydaburg is a first-class city in the Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area in southeastern Alaska, and it is the southernmost city on Prince of Wales Island.

The 2020 census counted 380 residents in Hydaburg, up slightly from 376 in 2010, with 138 households and 145 housing units.

Hydaburg was formed in 1911 by the consolidation of three Haida villages on Cordova Bay: Howkan on Long Island, Sukkwan on Sukkwan Island, and Klinkwan at the mouth of Hunter Bay.

The city was incorporated on October 4, 1927, and its Haida name is Higdáa G̱ándlaay; the name Hydaburg itself refers to the Haida people.

Hydaburg is located on the north shore of Sukkwan Strait and has the only port facility and public road access on Cordova Bay.

The Hydaburg Cooperative Association, established in 1938 shortly after the Indian Reorganization Act was extended to Alaska, was the first IRA-recognized Village Council in Alaska, and it remains the federally recognized Haida tribe headquartered in Hydaburg.

The area was designated as the Hydaburg Indian Reservation from 1912 to 1926, was returned to the Tongass National Forest at community request in 1926, and was established again under the Indian Reorganization Act in 1949 before being invalidated by a U.S. District Court decision in 1952.

Hydaburg was designated a second-class city in the late 1960s and became a first-class city in 1973.

Hydaburg is home to Hydaburg Totem Park, and 83.7 percent of its 2020 residents were American Indian or Alaska Native.

Hydaburg covers only about 0.29 square miles, all land, and uses ZIP code 99922.