Shaver Lake, California
| Shaver Lake | |
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| Census-designated place | |
 Location in Fresno County and the state of California |
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 Shaver Lake
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| Coordinates: 37°06′15″N 119°19′03″W / 37.10417°N 119.31750°WCoordinates: 37°06′15″N 119°19′03″W / 37.10417°N 119.31750°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 California
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| County | Fresno |
| Government | |
| • State Senator | Tom Berryhill (R) |
| • State Assembly | Jim Patterson (R) |
| • U. S. Congress | (R) |
| 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 (2010) | |
| • Total | 634 |
| • Density | 18/sq mi (7.1/km2) |
| Time zone | PST (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP codes | 93634, 93642, 93664 |
| Area code(s) | 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 5627 feet (1715 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 to 42 miles to Clovis, CA. The original town of Shaver was buried under the lake when the Thomas A. Edison Company purchased and enlarged the lake in 1919. l
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.
The 2010 United States Census reported that Shaver Lake had a population of 634. The population density was 18.4 people per square mile (7.1/km²). The racial makeup of Shaver Lake was 611 (96.4%) White, 0 (0.0%) African American, 5 (0.8%) Native American, 3 (0.5%) Asian, 0 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 8 (1.3%) from other races, and 7 (1.1%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 44 persons (6.9%).
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