Editing Shasta Lake, California

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|established_title        = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
|established_date         = July 2, 1993<ref>{{Cite web
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The city of '''Shasta Lake''', known as '''Central Valley''' or '''CV''' prior to incorporation, is a city in [[Shasta County, California|Shasta County]], [[California]], United States. It is the closest settlement to [[Shasta Dam]] and [[Shasta Lake]] reservoir, which are popular tourist destinations. Its population is 10,371 as of the 2020 census, up from 10,164 from the 2010 census.

==History==
{{Unreferenced section|date=June 2017}}
Shasta Lake City started out as five small communities named Central Valley, Toyon, Project City, Pine Grove, and Summit City, all of which came about with the beginning of construction of Shasta Dam in 1938.<ref>[http://www.ci.shasta-lake.ca.us/DocumentView.aspx?DID=40 From Boomtown to Incorporated Community: A Short History of the City of Shasta Lake]</ref> Project City was built at the intersection of [[U.S. Route 99]] and [[California State Route 151|Shasta Dam Boulevard]]; a larger Central Valley at a midpoint on Shasta Dam Boulevard; Summit City at the intersection of Shasta Dam and Lake boulevards; and Pine Grove at what today is the intersection of [[Interstate 5 in California|Interstate 5]] and Pine Grove Avenue.

=== Toyon ===
The Bureau of Reclamation built the town of Toyon, first called Government Camp. Toyon was the premier community, built on {{convert|41|acres|abbr=off}} of what was once the Seaman Ranch. By 1950 Toyon had two tennis courts, an outdoor basketball court, a Community Center, green lawns, concrete side walks, commercial water and power from Shasta Dam, its own sewage treatment plant, and its own landfill. Initially, Toyon also had two large dormitories for bachelor employees. All the residents of Toyon worked for the US Bureau of Reclamation. Bureau headquarters office and maintenance facilities were located on Kenneth Avenue, parallel to Shasta Dam Boulevard.

All bureau employees were forced to vacate Toyon by the end of 1964 when the facility was turned over to the [[Job Corps]] as a work camp as a part of President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society. The Job Corps supervision ended in 1972. Toyon was subsequently occupied by local Native Americans who hoped to stake claim and have Toyon recognized as tribal lands; this did not occur. Water and electric power were turned off after the Native Americans failed to pay a $28,000 utility bill. Conflicts between law enforcement and the occupying Native Americans continued, and a large number of the homes burned to the ground. The historic Seaman Ranch Community House and the large USBR headquarters building also burned to the ground in this era. Today, one metal storage building and the flagpole are the only remaining structures other than overgrown streets and sidewalks. The site is fenced off from Shasta Dam Boulevard.

The workers at Shasta Dam built these communities because land was cheap and most families needed low-cost housing while working on the dam. Later on, Central Valley became the commercial hub of workers on Shasta Dam. Initially, there was no water supply for these new communities, and attempts at digging wells produced very limited water supplies.

When oil production slowed down in the 1970s, [[Redding, California|Redding]] surpassed Central Valley in population in 1965 when it incorporated the community of Enterprise{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}. The population figures in 1980 were Central Valley at 3,424, Project City at 1,659, and Summit City at 1,139. Talk of incorporation spread in the early 1990s and it became a reality on July 2, 1993, when 60% of the communities' people voted for incorporation.

Several restaurants, gas stations and a few motels encompass the area of the Shasta Dam Boulevard and Interstate 5 interchange. These were all built around 2000, and several more fast food outlets and motels are planned for this interchange.

Shasta Lake is located at {{coord|40|40|41|N|122|22|12|W|type:city}} (40.678167, -122.370003).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|10.9|sqmi|km2}}, 99.93% of it land and 0.07% of it covered by water.

==Climate==
Shasta Lake has a [[hot-summer Mediterranean climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Csa]]) typical of the [[Northern California]] interior. Summers are hot and dry, with great [[diurnal temperature variation]], while winters are wet and cool.
{{Weather box
|location = Shasta Dam, California (normals 1981-2010)(extremes 1943-2020)
|single line = Y
|Jan record high F = 80
|Feb record high F = 80
|Mar record high F = 88
|Apr record high F = 97
|May record high F = 107
|Jun record high F = 111
|Jul record high F = 115
|Aug record high F = 115
|Sep record high F = 114
|Oct record high F = 104
|Nov record high F = 90
|Dec record high F = 76
|year record high F = 115
|Jan high F = 53.0
|Feb high F = 57.0
|Mar high F = 62.3
|Apr high F = 68.6
|May high F = 77.6
|Jun high F = 86.5
|Jul high F = 95.3
|Aug high F = 94.3
|Sep high F = 88.1
|Oct high F = 76.0
|Nov high F = 60.3
|Dec high F = 52.7
|year high F = 72.6
|Jan mean F = 46.3
|Feb mean F = 49.2
|Mar mean F = 53.0
|Apr mean F = 58.0
|May mean F = 66.3
|Jun mean F = 74.5
|Jul mean F = 81.8
|Aug mean F = 80.6
|Sep mean F = 75.2
|Oct mean F = 65.2
|Nov mean F = 52.9
|Dec mean F = 46.3
|year mean F = 62.4
|Jan low F = 39.5
|Feb low F = 41.4
|Mar low F = 43.6
|Apr low F = 47.4
|May low F = 55.0
|Jun low F = 62.5
|Jul low F = 68.3
|Aug low F = 66.8
|Sep low F = 62.2
|Oct low F = 54.4
|Nov low F = 45.4
|Dec low F = 40.0
|year low F = 52.5
|Jan record low F = 19
|Feb record low F = 21
|Mar record low F = 25
|Apr record low F = 28
|May record low F = 35
|Jun record low F = 38
|Jul record low F = 50
|Aug record low F = 44
|Sep record low F = 43
|Oct record low F = 34
|Nov record low F = 30
|Dec record low F = 14
|year record low F = 14
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 10.84
|Feb precipitation inch = 11.33
|Mar precipitation inch = 9.48
|Apr precipitation inch = 4.75
|May precipitation inch = 3.23
|Jun precipitation inch = 1.37
|Jul precipitation inch = 0.20
|Aug precipitation inch = 0.25
|Sep precipitation inch = 1.00
|Oct precipitation inch = 3.68
|Nov precipitation inch = 7.63
|Dec precipitation inch = 12.06
|year precipitation inch = 65.82
|Jan precipitation days = 14
|Feb precipitation days = 12
|Mar precipitation days = 12
|Apr precipitation days = 9
|May precipitation days = 7
|Jun precipitation days = 3
|Jul precipitation days = 1
|Aug precipitation days = 1
|Sep precipitation days = 3
|Oct precipitation days = 5
|Nov precipitation days = 11
|Dec precipitation days = 14
|year precipitation days = 93
|source 1 = [[NOAA]]<ref name=NOAA>{{cite web|url=https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=sto|title=Shasta Dam - NWS Sacramento NOAA Online Weather Data|publisher=NOAA|access-date=February 6, 2021}}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2000= 9008
|2010= 10164
|2020= 10371
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2000 Census===
As of the [[2000 United States Census]],<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> there were 9,008 people, 3,391 households, and 2,377 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|825.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 3,732 housing units at an average density of {{convert|342.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.

====Racial makeup==== 
* 87.82% White
* 0.72% African American
* 4.43% Native American 
* 0.36% Asian
* 0.09% Pacific Islander 
* 2.00% from other races
* 4.58% from two or more races
* 6.18% Hispanic or Latino of any race

====Household composition====
* 34.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them 
* 48.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together
* 15.8% had a female householder with no husband present
* 29.9% were non-families 
* 23.7% of all households were made up of individuals 
* 10.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older
* The average household size was 2.64 
* The average family size was 3.09

====Age ranges==== 
* 28.8% under the age of 18
* 7.9% from 18 to 24
* 27.3% from 25 to 44
* 22.9% from 45 to 64
* 13.1% were 65 years of age or older

The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.2 males.

====Income levels====
The median [[income]] for a household in the city was $26,275, and the median income for a family was $33,010. Males had a median income of $31,418 versus $20,951 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $13,678. About 16.5% of families and 20.1% of the population were below the [[Poverty threshold|poverty line]], including 25.1% of those under age 18 and 6.5% of those age 65 or over.

===2010 Census===
The [[2010 United States Census]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0671225|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715033153/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0671225|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA&nbsp;— Shasta Lake city|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref> reported that Shasta Lake had a population of 10,164. The population density was {{convert|930.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|racial makeup]] of Shasta Lake was 8,749 (86.1%) White, 67 (0.7%) African American, 389 (3.8%) Native American, 233 (2.3%) Asian, 13 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 201 (2.0%) from other races, and 512 (5.0%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 865 persons (8.5%).

The Census reported that 10,147 people (99.8% of the population) lived in households, 17 (0.2%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.

There were 3,943 households, out of which 1,325 (33.6%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 1,830 (46.4%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 566 (14.4%) had a female householder with no husband present, 280 (7.1%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 342 (8.7%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 33 (0.8%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 961 households (24.4%) were made up of individuals, and 413 (10.5%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57. There were 2,676 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (67.9% of all households); the average family size was 3.00.

The population was spread out, with 2,467 people (24.3%) under the age of 18, 844 people (8.3%) aged 18 to 24, 2,511 people (24.7%) aged 25 to 44, 2,877 people (28.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 1,465 people (14.4%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.9 males.

There were 4,209 housing units at an average density of {{convert|385.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}, of which 2,623 (66.5%) were owner-occupied, and 1,320 (33.5%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.0%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.2%. 6,588 people (64.8% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 3,559 people (35.0%) lived in rental housing units.

==Schooling==
There are five schools located within the city: Grand Oaks Elementary School (K-5), Shasta Lake School (K-8), Buckeye School of the Arts (K-8), [[Central Valley High School (Shasta Lake, California)|Central Valley High School]] (9-12) and Mountain Lakes High School (10-12). They are all a part of the Gateway Unified School District. Toyon School in Summit City was the first elementary school to open in the Central Valley area (it recently closed and is now home to Mountain Lakes High School). Subsequent schools were Project City and Central Valley elementary. Central Valley High School opened in 1956.

==Politics==
In the [[California State Legislature|state legislature]] Shasta Lake is located in {{Representative|casd|1|fmt=sdistrict}},<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://senate.ca.gov/senators |title=Senators |access-date=March 10, 2013 |publisher=State of California}}</ref> and {{Representative|caad|1|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://assembly.ca.gov/assemblymembers |title=Members Assembly |access-date=March 2, 2013 |publisher=State of California}}</ref>

Federally, Shasta Lake is in {{Representative|cacd|1|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|1|access-date=March 1, 2013}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Shasta County, California}}
{{Sacramento Valley}}
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[[Category:Cities in Shasta County, California]]
[[Category:Incorporated cities and towns in California]]
[[Category:1993 establishments in California]]