Shaver Lake, California

Shaver Lake
Location in Fresno County and the state of California
Location in Fresno County and the state of California
Shaver Lake is located in the United States
Shaver Lake
Shaver Lake
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 37°06′15″N 119°19′03″W / 37.10417°N 119.31750°W / 37.10417; -119.31750
Country United States
State California
CountyFresno
Government
 • State SenatorAngelique Ashby (D)[1]
 • State AssemblyMarc Berman (D)[2]
 • U. S. CongressMike Thompson (D)[3]
Area
 • Total34.491 sq mi (89.330 km2)
 • Land32.214 sq mi (83.433 km2)
 • Water2.277 sq mi (5.897 km2)  6.60%
Elevation5,627 ft (1,715 m)
Population
 • Total580
 • Density17/sq mi (6.5/km2)
Time zoneUTC-8 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP codes
93634, 93642, 93664
Area code559
FIPS code06-71246
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.[7] The original town of Shaver was buried under the lake when the Thomas A. Edison Company purchased and enlarged the lake in 1919.[8]

  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. ^ "US Census Bureau". www.census.gov. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1105. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.