Canyon Lake, California
| City of Canyon Lake | |
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Entrance of Canyon Lake, CA
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 Canyon Lake in Riverside County |
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 City of Canyon Lake
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| Coordinates: 33°41′3″N 117°15′20″W / 33.68417°N 117.25556°WCoordinates: 33°41′3″N 117°15′20″W / 33.68417°N 117.25556°W | |
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 United States
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| State |
 California
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| County | Riverside |
| Incorporated | December 1, 1990 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.671 sq mi (12.099 km2) |
| • Land | 3.928 sq mi (10.173 km2) |
| • Water | 0.743 sq mi (1.926 km2) 15.92% |
| Elevation | 1,384 ft (422 m) |
| Population (April 1, 2010) | |
| • Total | 10,561 |
| • Density | 2,300/sq mi (870/km2) |
| Time zone | Pacific (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP code | 92587 |
| Area code | 951 |
| FIPS code | 06-10928 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1668254, 2409979 |
| Website | www |
Canyon Lake is a city and gated community on Canyon Lake reservoir, located in western Riverside County, California, United States.
It is one of five gated incorporated cities currently in California,
Canyon Lake began as a master-planned community developed by Corona Land Company in 1968. The “City of Canyon Lake” was incorporated on December 1, 1990. Railroad Canyon Dam was built in 1927, and impounds the San Jacinto River to fill the reservoir, which covers 383 acres (1.55 km2) and has 14.9 miles (24.0 km) of shoreline.
The affluent city of Canyon Lake is located east of Lake Elsinore and Interstate 15, in the southern foothills of the Temescal Mountains. The mountain range is on the western edge of the Perris Block and east of the Elsinore Fault Zone.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.7 square miles (12 km2) or 2,017 acres (816 ha), of which, 3.9 square miles (10 km2) of it is land and 0.7 square miles (1.8 km2) of it (15.92%) is water. The lake has 14.9 miles (24.0 km) of shoreline.
The 2010 United States Census reported that Canyon Lake had a population of 10,561. The population density was 2,260.8 people per square mile (872.9/km²). The racial makeup of Canyon Lake was 9,495 (89.9%) White (81.7% Non-Hispanic White), 128 (1.2%) Black or African American, 61 (0.6%) Native American, 190 (1.8%) Asian American, 36 (0.3%) Pacific Islander, 316 (3.0%) from other races, and 335 (3.2%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1,303 persons (12.3%).
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