Shaver Lake, California
Shaver Lake | |
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Location in Fresno County and the state of California | |
| Coordinates: 37°06′15″N 119°19′03″W / 37.10417°N 119.31750°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Fresno |
| Government | |
| • State Senator | Angelique Ashby (D) |
| • State Assembly | Marc Berman (D) |
| • U. S. Congress | Mike Thompson (D) |
| Area | |
• Total | 34.491 sq mi (89.330 km2) |
| • Land | 32.214 sq mi (83.433 km2) |
| • Water | 2.277 sq mi (5.897 km2) 6.60% |
| Elevation | 5,627 ft (1,715 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 580 |
| • Density | 17/sq mi (6.5/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP codes | 93634, 93642, 93664 |
| Area code | 559 |
| FIPS code | 06-71246 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1659635, 2408722 |
Shaver Lake (formerly, Musick Creek and Musick Creek Heights) 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). 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. The original town of Shaver was buried under the lake when the Thomas A. Edison Company purchased and enlarged the lake in 1919.