Shaver Lake, California

Coordinates: 37°06′15″N 119°19′03″W / 37.10417°N 119.31750°W / 37.10417; -119.31750
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This article is about the unincorporated community. For the lake itself, see Shaver Lake. For the nearby place, see Shaver Lake Heights, California.

Shaver Lake
FIPS code
06-71246
GNIS feature IDs1659635, 2408722

Shaver Lake (formerly, Musick Creek and Musick Creek Heights)[5] is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fresno County, California, United States. The population was 634 at the 2010 census, down from 705 at the 2000 census. Shaver Lake is on the southwest end of the lake of the same name, 10 miles (16 km) east of New Auberry, at an elevation of 5,627 ft (1,715 m).[5] The name honors C.B. Shaver, founder of the Fresno Flume and Irrigation Company that built the dam, creating the lake. The lake served as a mill pond for the Shaver Sawmill and the source for a flume that ran 65 miles (105 km) to Clovis.[6] The original town of Shaver was buried under the lake when the Thomas A. Edison Company purchased and enlarged the lake in 1919.[7]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 34.5 square miles (89 km2), of which, 32.2 square miles (83 km2) of it is land and 2.3 square miles (6.0 km2) of it (6.60%) is water.

Climate

Shaver Lake has a warm-summer mediterranean climate that is characterized by warm, dry summers, with periodic thunderstorms, and cold, snowy winters.

Climate data for Shaver Lake, California (1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 43.5
(6.4) 		42.6
(5.9) 		45.5
(7.5) 		52.3
(11.3) 		60.4
(15.8) 		73.0
(22.8) 		80.8
(27.1) 		79.5
(26.4) 		73.4
(23.0) 		61.3
(16.3) 		50.9
(10.5) 		42.7
(5.9) 		58.8
(14.9)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 26.1
(−3.3) 		24.4
(−4.2) 		27.0
(−2.8) 		31.3
(−0.4) 		39.0
(3.9) 		48.4
(9.1) 		54.5
(12.5) 		52.9
(11.6) 		48.6
(9.2) 		40.1
(4.5) 		31.3
(−0.4) 		24.1
(−4.4) 		37.3
(2.9)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 6.1
(150) 		5.8
(150) 		4.9
(120) 		2.7
(69) 		1.3
(33) 		0.4
(10) 		0.1
(2.5) 		0.1
(2.5) 		0.4
(10) 		1.8
(46) 		3.2
(81) 		5.1
(130) 		31.9
(804)
Average snowfall inches (cm) 21.2
(54) 		23.1
(59) 		24.6
(62) 		9.1
(23) 		1.2
(3.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		1.4
(3.6) 		6.3
(16) 		20.5
(52) 		107.4
(272.6)
Source: Weather-US[8]

Demographics

2010

The

Latino
of any race were 44 persons (6.9%).

The Census reported that 634 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.

There were 292 households, out of which 54 (18.5%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 184 (63.0%) were

families
(70.5% of all households); the average family size was 2.54.

The population was spread out, with 93 people (14.7%) under the age of 18, 34 people (5.4%) aged 18 to 24, 88 people (13.9%) aged 25 to 44, 266 people (42.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 153 people (24.1%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 54.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 110.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 108.1 males.

There were 2,117 housing units at an average density of 61.4 per square mile (23.7/km2), of which 292 were occupied, of which 236 (80.8%) were owner-occupied, and 56 (19.2%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 12.0%; the rental vacancy rate was 39.3%. 511 people (80.6% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 123 people (19.4%) lived in rental housing units.

2000

As of the

Latino
of any race.

There were 303 households, out of which 23.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.0% were married couples living together, 2.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.4% were non-families. 20.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.64.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 18.7% under the age of 18, 3.0% from 18 to 24, 20.1% from 25 to 44, 40.7% from 45 to 64, and 17.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 49 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.4 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $42,250, and the median income for a family was $51,250. Males had a median income of $40,956 versus $32,019 for females. The

poverty line
, including 13.4% of those under age 18 and 5.7% of those age 65 or over.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Senators". State of California. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  2. ^ "Members Assembly". State of California. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  3. ^ "California's 4th Congressional District - Representatives & District Map". Civic Impulse, LLC. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  4. ^ "2010 Census U.S. Gazetteer Files – Places – California". United States Census Bureau.
  5. ^ a b c "Shaver Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  6. ^ Bryant, Ralph Clement (1913). Logging: The Principles and General Methods of Operation in the United States (First ed.). New York: Wiley and Sons. p. 399.
  7. ISBN 1-884995-14-4
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  8. ^ "Climate and monthly weather forecast, Shaver Lake, CA". ezoic. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
  9. ^ "2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Shaver Lake CDP". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
  10. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
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