Bass Lake is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

Madera County Madera County (), officially the County of Madera, is a county at the geographic center of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 156,255. The county seat is Madera. Madera County comprises the Madera, CA Metr ...

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, United States. It is located southeast of Yosemite Forks, at an elevation of . The population was 575 at the 2020 census. Bass Lake is situated in the

Sierra National Forest Sierra National Forest is a U.S. national forest located on the western slope of central Sierra Nevada in Central California and bounded on the northwest by Yosemite National Park and the south by Kings Canyon National Park. The forest is kno ...

approximately from the south entrance of

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. Established in 1895 as "Bass Lake Village", the community grew up around the newly created Bass Lake reservoir that supplied the first hydroelectric generating project in

Central California Central California is generally thought of as the middle third of the state, north of Southern California, which includes Los Angeles, and south of Northern California, which includes San Francisco. It includes the northern portion of the San J ...

. Much of the community and the reservoir is devoted to the tourism industry. The original post office at Bass Lake opened in 1912. The ZIP Codes for Bass Lake are 93604 and 93669, and it is in the 559 area code.

Geography

According to the

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, the CDP has an area of , of it land, and of it (24.36%) water. Bass lake pic

Demographics

At the 2010 census Bass Lake had a population of 527. The population density was . The racial makeup of Bass Lake was 503 (95.4%) White, 1 (0.2%) African American, 10 (1.9%) Native American, 1 (0.2%) Asian, 0 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 2 (0.4%) from other races, and 10 (1.9%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 22 people (4.2%). The whole population lived in households, no one lived in non-institutionalized group quarters and no one was institutionalized. There were 275 households, 30 (10.9%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 138 (50.2%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 19 (6.9%) had a female householder with no husband present, 9 (3.3%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 16 (5.8%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 2 (0.7%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 92 households (33.5%) were one person and 57 (20.7%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 1.92. There were 166 families (60.4% of households); the average family size was 2.35. The age distribution was 57 people (10.8%) under the age of 18, 18 people (3.4%) aged 18 to 24, 55 people (10.4%) aged 25 to 44, 169 people (32.1%) aged 45 to 64, and 228 people (43.3%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 62.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.3 males. There were 1,059 housing units at an average density of 424.8 per square mile, of the occupied units 230 (83.6%) were owner-occupied and 45 (16.4%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 11.1%; the rental vacancy rate was 48.9%. 428 people (81.2% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 99 people (18.8%) lived in rental housing units.

References

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External links

Official National Weather Service Reporting Station

Bass Lake weather and lake conditions

Bass Lake, CA Chamber of Commerce

Oakhurst Area Chamber of Commerce
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