 On August 3, 2006, a major fire destroyed approximately fifteen acres of the city including thirty-five structures, twelve homes, the elementary school, middle school, high school, teacher housing complex, stores, offices and storage shelters, leaving 70 people homeless.Hooper Bay is located at (61.528980, -166.096196), south of Cape Romanzof and south of Scammon Bay in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.The city is separated into two sections