THE SHASTA LAKE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Foothill Ridges and Valleys setting.
Shasta Lake city has 10.9 square miles of land in Shasta County. Its Census reference point is in Foothill Ridges and Valleys, within Central California Foothills and Coastal Mountains.
Oak woodland, chaparral and grassland occupy foothills and low coastal mountains around the Central Valley. Narrow agricultural valleys interrupt this landscape of dry summers and wetter winters.
Regional context: Central California Foothills and Coastal Mountains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Shasta Lake and Shasta County
Shasta Lake 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.
Shasta Lake by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Shasta Lake, or 0.1% of its total area. It is 1.8 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, Shasta Lake city has 5.5 times the land area of nearby Mountain Gate CDP (1.98 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

