THE FRENCH GULCH LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Eastern Klamath Low Elevation Forests setting.
French Gulch CDP has 12.3 square miles of land in Shasta County. Its Census reference point is in Eastern Klamath Low Elevation Forests, within Klamath Mountains/California High North Coast Range.
Dissected ridges, valleys and foothills combine varied rock types with diverse conifer and hardwood forests. The Klamath and Siskiyou ranges differ geologically from the volcanic Cascades to the east.
Regional context: Klamath Mountains/California High North Coast Range ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
French Gulch and Shasta County
French Gulch is associated with Shasta County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
French Gulch by land and water
The Census records 0.04 square miles of water within French Gulch, or 0.3% of its total area. It is 1.6 percentage points lower than the 1.9% recorded for Shasta County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, French Gulch CDP has 61.6% of the land area of nearby Lewiston CDP (20 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

