Fort Wainwright is located in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska. It is considered part of the City of Fairbanks by the United States Census Bureau, and is directly adjacent to the city.
The University of AlaskaFairbanks, Water and Environmental Center (WERC) in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District, (COE) are investigating ground-water and surface-water conditions on FortWainwright, Alaska.
Project results are contributing to the understanding of ground-water flow in discontinuous permafrost environments and environmental hydrology in arctic climates.
General resources are also provided to help environmental investigations on FortWainwright.
At FortWainwright, arctic soldiers work and train in temperatures ranging from 80 degrees F in the summer to minus 50 degrees F in the winter.
FortWainwright has a population of 4,490 active duty soldiers, 7,633 family members and 1,513 civilians.
The housing on FortWainwright is quite limited for the number of people assigned to the installation, which can lead to a wait of 6 months or more for on post housing.
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