Kings Beach, California

Kings Beach, California Downtown Kings Beach, 2011 Downtown Kings Beach, 2011 Location in Placer County and the state of California Location in Placer County and the state of California Kings Beach, California is positioned in the US Kings Beach, California - Kings Beach, California Location in the United States Country United States State California Water 0 sq mi (0 km2) 0% Bears at Kings Beach, August 2010 Kings Beach, Lake Tahoe, around 1945 Kings Beach is a census-designated place (CDP) in Placer County, California, United States on the north shore of Lake Tahoe.

Kings Beach is positioned at 39 14 28 N 120 1 24 W (39.241170, -120.023295). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the CDP has a total region of 3.4 square miles (8.8 km2), all of it land.

California State Route 28 passes through Kings Beach along the Lake Tahoe shore.

California State Route 267 meets Route 28 in Kings Beach and joins the town to Northstar, Truckee, and Interstate 80.

Kings Beach has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Koppen climate classification Csb) that is characterized by warm (but not hot) dry summers, and snowy winters.

Due to its high altitude Kings Beach winters tend to fall below freezing for many days amid the winter.

Climate data for Kings Beach, California (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Kings Beach had a populace of 3,796.

The ethnic makeup of Kings Beach was 3,216 (84.7%) White, 15 (0.4%) African American, 20 (0.5%) Native American, 14 (0.4%) Asian, 2 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 409 (10.8%) from other competitions, and 120 (3.2%) from two or more competitions.

The Enumeration reported that 3,717 citizens (97.9% of the population) lived in homeholds, 79 (2.1%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.

There were 1,362 homeholds, out of which 487 (35.8%) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 589 (43.2%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 106 (7.8%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 81 (5.9%) had a male homeholder with no wife present.

381 homeholds (28.0%) were made up of individuals and 72 (5.3%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

The populace was spread out with 924 citizens (24.3%) under the age of 18, 400 citizens (10.5%) aged 18 to 24, 1,405 citizens (37.0%) aged 25 to 44, 842 citizens (22.2%) aged 45 to 64, and 225 citizens (5.9%) who were 65 years of age or older.

1,379 citizens (36.3% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 2,338 citizens (61.6%) lived in rental housing units.

As of the census of 2000, there were 4,037 citizens , 1,411 homeholds, and 788 families residing in the CDP.

There were 1,411 homeholds out of which 34.8% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 39.4% were married couples living together, 8.9% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 44.1% were non-families.

28.3% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 3.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

The average homehold size was 2.86 and the average family size was 3.69.

In the CDP, the populace was spread out with 28.0% under the age of 18, 13.3% from 18 to 24, 38.0% from 25 to 44, 17.4% from 45 to 64, and 3.4% who were 65 years of age or older.

About 17.1% of families and 17.7% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 20.3% of those under age 18 and 4.1% of those age 65 or over.

In November, 2009 non-native California Golden beavers were caught in snares underwater and exterminated in Griff Creek, a stream in King's Beach, California when Placer County Department of Public Works ordered their removal for fear that the beaver would cause flooding. Although an invasive species to the area, recent studies of two other Lake Tahoe tributaries, Taylor Creek and Ward Creek, showed that beaver dam removal decreased wetland surrounding, increased stream flow, and increased total phosphorus pollutants entering Lake Tahoe - all factors which negatively impact the clarity of the lake's water.(United States Geological Survey 2002) Beavers precarious wetland areas which trap sediments and advancement water character.

Flow devices such as "Beaver Deceivers" are often used to control water heights in beaver ponds freshwater killing beavers, as the latter is typically only a temporary remedy, for beavers recolonize prime surrounding quickly.

In fact, in October 2010 Placer County officials again exterminated non-native beavers at King's Beach only to have schoolchildren protest and suggest more intact management solutions. According to Placer County officials there were four beavers who assembled three dams on Griff Creek, and they were killed by sharpshooters licensed by the county in a evening operation. The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency stated that "removing beavers is not uncommon at Lake Tahoe" but "aid the county could have "easily" removed the beaver dam in a more conscientious manner, thus preventing sediment naturally filtered by the dam from reaching Lake Tahoe". Cheryl Millham, executive director of Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care, argued that the culverts on Griff Creek could easily be protected from damming with fencing and that "municipalities all over the United States have learned to peacefully co-exist with these animals".

Depredation is likely a temporary solution as the County has had to kill beaver families two years in a row and Peter Kraatz, deputy director of the Placer County Department of Public Works, conceded that the region is "perfect surrounding for beavers". California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State.

"2010 Enumeration Interactive Population Search: CA - Kings Beach CDP".

The Effect of Beaver (Castor canadensis) Dam Removal on Total Phosphorus Concentration in Taylor Creek and Wetland, South Lake Tahoe, California (Report).

"Beaver removal sparks resident outrage in Kings Beach".

Municipalities and communities of Placer County, California, United States

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