---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 51.23"
title: "43"
number: "51.23"
heading: "Rural determinations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/51.23"
---

# §51.23. Rural determinations.

- (a) The Board has determined all communities and areas to be rural in accordance with [§ 51.15](/cfr/43/51.15.md) except the following: Fairbanks North Star Borough; Homer area—including Homer, Anchor Point, Kachemak City, and Fritz Creek; Juneau area—including Juneau, West Juneau, and Douglas; Kenai area—including Kenai, Soldotna, Sterling, Nikiski, Salamatof, Kalifornsky, Kasilof, and Clam Gulch; Municipality of Anchorage; Seward area—including Seward and Valdez, and Wasilla/Palmer area—including Wasilla, Palmer, Sutton, Big Lake, Houston, and Bodenburg Butte.
- (b) You may obtain maps delineating the boundaries of nonrural areas from the Office of Subsistence Management or online at https://www.doi.gov/subsistence.

## Notes

### Amendments

[80 FR 68248, Nov. 4, 2015, as amended at 86 FR 17717, Apr. 6, 2021. Redesignated and amended at 90 FR 34148, July 18, 2025; 90 FR 34157, July 18, 2025]

### Source

Source: 64 FR 1293, Jan. 8, 1999, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 90 FR 34148, July 18, 2025.

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 3, 472, 551, 668dd, 3101-3126; 18 U.S.C. 3551-3586; 43 U.S.C. 1733.

### Amendments

[80 FR 68248, Nov. 4, 2015, as amended at 86 FR 17717, Apr. 6, 2021. Redesignated and amended at 90 FR 34148, July 18, 2025; 90 FR 34157, July 18, 2025]