Bucks Lake | |
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census-designated place | |
Location in Plumas County and the state of California |
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Location in the United States | |
Coordinates: 39°52′21″N 121°10′41″W / 39.87250°N 121.17806°WCoordinates: 39°52′21″N 121°10′41″W / 39.87250°N 121.17806°W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Plumas |
Area | |
• Total | 10.35 sq mi (26.81 km2) |
• Land | 10.34 sq mi (26.78 km2) |
• Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2) 0.08% |
Elevation | 5,167 ft (1,573 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 4,282 |
• Estimate (2016) | N/A |
Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
• Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
ZIP code | 95971 |
Area code(s) | 530 |
FIPS code | 06-08744 |
GNIS feature IDs | 1853378, 2407918 |
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bucks Lake, California; U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bucks Lake, California; | |
Reference no. | 197 |
Bucks Lake (also, Bucks Lodge) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Plumas County, California, United States. Bucks Lake is located on the south shore of the lake of the same name, 13 miles (20.9 km) west-southwest of Quincy. The population was 10 at the 2010 census, down from 17 at the 2000 census.
The area was first established as a ranch by Horace Bucklin and Francis Walker in 1850. A hotel and a post office were later built on the site. In 1928, Bucks Storage Dam was built on Bucks Creek, a tributary of the Feather River, creating the Bucks Lake reservoir, inundating the original site of the town.
The Bucks Lake post office operated from 1940 to 1942.
Bucks Lake is now registered as California Historical Landmark #197.
Bucks Lake is located at 39°52′21″N 121°10′41″W / 39.87250°N 121.17806°W (39.872496, -121.178096).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 10.4 square miles (27 km2), of which, 10.3 square miles (27 km2) of it is land and 0.08% is water.
The 2010 United States Census reported that Bucks Lake had a population of 10. The population density was 1.0 people per square mile (0.4/km²). The racial makeup of Bucks Lake was 7 (70.0%) White, 0 (0.0%) African American, 0 (0.0%) Native American, 1 (10.0%) Asian, 0 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 0 (0.0%) from other races, and 2 (20.0%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3 persons (30.0%).