Lake Hughes, California

Lake Hughes, California
Unincorporated community
Census designated place
Hughes Lake
Hughes Lake
Location in Los Angeles County, California
Location in Los Angeles County, California
Lake Hughes is located in California
Lake Hughes
Lake Hughes
Location within the State of California
Lake Hughes is located in the United States
Lake Hughes
Lake Hughes
Lake Hughes (the United States)
Coordinates: 34°40′37″N 118°26′42″W / 34.677°N 118.445°W / 34.677; -118.445
Country United States
State California
County Los Angeles
Settled1873
Area
[1]
 • Total
10.687 sq mi (27.680 km2)
 • Land10.623 sq mi (27.514 km2)
 • Water0.064 sq mi (0.166 km2)  0.60%
Elevation
[2]
3,228 ft (984 m)
Population
 (2020)[3]
 • Total
544
 • Density51/sq mi (20/km2)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP codes
93532
Area code661
FIPS code06-39556
GNIS feature IDs1660877, 2583050
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lake Hughes, California; U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lake Hughes, California

Lake Hughes is an unincorporated community in northern Los Angeles County, California. It is in the Sierra Pelona Mountains, northwest of Palmdale and north of the Santa Clarita Valley, in the Angeles National Forest. It is on the sag pond waters of Lake Hughes and Elizabeth Lake. The community is rural in character, with a population of 649 in 2010, but also has a strong recreational element centered on the three lakes in the vicinity. The community of Elizabeth Lake is located just east of Lake Hughes, sharing the same ZIP code.

History

Nearby Elizabeth Lake, known then as La Laguna de Chico Lopez, was a watering locale on Spanish colonial and Mexican El Camino Viejo in Alta California and the Gold Rush era Stockton – Los Angeles Road. From 1858 to 1861, Lake Hughes was on the route of the Butterfield Overland Mail, between the Widow Smith's Station and Mud Spring stage stops. The lake area was to the west of Rancho La Liebre, an 1846 Mexican land grant now part of Tejon Ranch.

Lake Hughes was named for Judge Griffith (Patrick) Hughes, who homesteaded the area around the turn of the 20th century.[4] Settlers were drawn to the area because water was more plentiful than in the drier Antelope Valley.

In 1907 William Mulholland, superintendent of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, started work on the Elizabeth Lake Tunnel for transporting water in the Los Angeles Aqueduct from Owens Valley to Los Angeles. Less than a half a mile east of Lake Hughes, the five-mile-long (8 km) tunnel is 285 feet (87 m) under the valley floor. The tunnel was driven from both ends. The north portal is at Fairmont Reservoir and the south in Bear Canyon (now Portal Canyon) just off of Green Valley. This 11-foot-wide (3.4 m) tunnel was driven 27,000 ft (8.2 km) through solid rock and met in the center within 1+1⁄2 inches (3.8 cm) in line and 5⁄8 inch (1.6 cm) in depth. Work was around the clock and averaged about 11 feet (3.4 m) per day. The Elizabeth Lake Tunnel was the largest single construction project on the Los Angeles Aqueduct and set speed records in its day.

C.A. Austin promoted Lake Hughes as a summer resort in 1924, as a "fine mountain resort on the edge of Antelope Valley."[5]

The 2020 Lake fire was also first reported here.

Geography

Lake Hughes is generally centered on the intersection of Elizabeth Lake Road and Lake Hughes Road, both of which are county highways. Hughes Lake and Munz Lakes are located within the community. In addition, a third lake, Lake Elizabeth is located just to the east within the community of Elizabeth Lake. Lakes Hughes and Lake Elizabeth are in the canyons along the San Andreas Fault. Both lakes periodically dry up depending on rainfall cycles. Lake Hughes was previously known as West Elizabeth Lake.[6][7]

Climate

Lake Hughes has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate. Its location in the San Gabriel Mountains allows for more moderate and less extreme temperatures and more precipitation in contrast to the neighboring Antelope Valley, which is the west end of the Mojave Desert. Summers are warm to hot and dry with highs normally at 90 °F and lows in the mid 60s. Winters are cool and wet with temperatures commonly reaching below 32 °F with highs in the low 50s . Lake Hughes mainly receives precipitation between October and April with an average of 18 inches per year while snowfall amounts are very small but not unseen, as the seasonal average is around 5 inches.

Climate data for Lake Hughes, California
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 83
(28) 		84
(29) 		90
(32) 		101
(38) 		102
(39) 		108
(42) 		116
(47) 		114
(46) 		113
(45) 		102
(39) 		90
(32) 		84
(29) 		116
(47)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 53
(12) 		57
(14) 		60
(16) 		66
(19) 		74
(23) 		83
(28) 		90
(32) 		90
(32) 		85
(29) 		74
(23) 		62
(17) 		54
(12) 		71
(22)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 35
(2) 		38
(3) 		40
(4) 		43
(6) 		50
(10) 		58
(14) 		65
(18) 		64
(18) 		59
(15) 		50
(10) 		41
(5) 		35
(2) 		48
(9)
Record low °F (°C) 13
(−11) 		20
(−7) 		23
(−5) 		21
(−6) 		31
(−1) 		36
(2) 		40
(4) 		43
(6) 		35
(2) 		28
(−2) 		22
(−6) 		17
(−8) 		13
(−11)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 3.64
(92) 		4.30
(109) 		3.50
(89) 		1.00
(25) 		0.43
(11) 		0.08
(2.0) 		0.07
(1.8) 		0.15
(3.8) 		0.32
(8.1) 		0.47
(12) 		1.18
(30) 		2.43
(62) 		17.56
(446)
Average snowfall inches (cm) 1.5
(3.8) 		1.0
(2.5) 		0.2
(0.51) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		2.5
(6.4) 		5.2
(13.21)
Source: [8]

Government and associations

Rock Inn, Lake Hughes. A notable water hole since 1929.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) operates the Palmdale Station in Palmdale, serving Lake Hughes.[9]

Lake Hughes has its own community town council, The Lakes Town Council, which meets twice a month at the Lakes Community Center. The council helps plan community events (such as the yearly 49ers day festival and parade), hosts socials and mixers, and works with Los Angeles County officials on community planning and community standards.[10][11]

There are many clubs and associations within the Lake Hughes and Elizabeth Lake area. The most prominent is the Ranch Club, the town's country club and golf course. It has been open for over 60 years. The 8,400-square-foot (780 m2) clubhouse incorporates the historic Frakes homestead of Samuel H. T. Frakes and Almeda Mudgett Frakes which was once a way station along the old stagecoach route.[12][13] Others include the Lakes Women's Club, The Go for Fun Club, Lakes And Valleys Conservancy Group, Lakes & Valleys Art Guild, Fire Safe Council and the Lakes Baseball & Softball Teams.[14][15][16][17]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
U.S. Decennial Census[18]

The 2010 United States Census[19] reported that Lake Hughes had a population of 649. The population density was 60.7 inhabitants per square mile (23.4/km2). The racial makeup of Lake Hughes was 544 (83.8%) White (77.5% Non-Hispanic White),[20] 19 (2.9%) African American, 7 (1.1%) Native American, 5 (0.8%) Asian, 1 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 54 (8.3%) from other races, and 19 (2.9%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 104 persons (16.0%).

The Census reported that 626 people (96.5% of the population) lived in households, 23 (3.5%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.

There were 300 households, out of which 55 (18.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 114 (38.0%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 26 (8.7%) had a female householder with no husband present, 16 (5.3%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 23 (7.7%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 4 (1.3%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 111 households (37.0%) were made up of individuals, and 26 (8.7%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.09. There were 156 families (52.0% of all households); the average family size was 2.76.

The population was spread out, with 105 people (16.2%) under the age of 18, 53 people (8.2%) aged 18 to 24, 143 people (22.0%) aged 25 to 44, 273 people (42.1%) aged 45 to 64, and 75 people (11.6%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.0 males.

There were 400 housing units at an average density of 37.4 per square mile (14.4/km2), of which 175 (58.3%) were owner-occupied, and 125 (41.7%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 4.9%; the rental vacancy rate was 9.9%. 381 people (58.7% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 245 people (37.8%) lived in rental housing units.

According to the 2010 United States Census, Lake Hughes had a median household income of $53,281, with 29.0% of the population living below the federal poverty line.[21]

Education

In 1869 the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors designated Elizabeth Lake School District to serve the area. Its school was the only one between Los Angeles and Bakersfield. A wooden structure was built that lasted until it was replaced in the early 1930s by the adobe structure on the east side of Elizabeth Lake Road, a quarter mile north of Andrada Corner (intersection of San Francisquito and Elizabeth Lake Roads).[22] The district's name was changed to Hughes-Elizabeth Lakes Union School District.[23]

The Hughes-Elizabeth Lakes Union Elementary School District is a California Distinguished School and serves kindergarten through 8th grade students. Children from the communities of Lake Hughes, Elizabeth Lake and Green Valley, as well as parts of Leona Valley and Pine Canyon, make up the student population, which is 81% White, 11% Hispanic and 8% other ethnic groups. The district has an approximate enrollment of 330 students.[24]

Notable residents

In the spring of 1947 Roy Rogers purchased a new retreat at Lake Hughes. He named his home the "Sky Haven Ranch" and it is still referred to as this today.[25] Cheryl Rogers, the first Rogers child of school age, began 1st grade at Lake Hughes School. The school was a large one-room house "up the school road" (a dirt road) from the trading post, which consisted of the post office and a filling station.[26]

See also

References

  1. ^ "2010 Census U.S. Gazetteer Files – Places – California". United States Census Bureau.
  2. ^ "Lake Hughes". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
  3. ^ "US Census Bureau". www.census.gov. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  4. ^ "Looking Back - Lake Hughes Being Rescued From Pollution," Daily News of Los Angeles (CA), February 25, 1989. Author: Patricia Farrell Aidem Daily News Staff Writer.
  5. ^ "Fine Mountain Resort On The Edge Of Antelope Valley," Antelope Valley Ledger-Gazette (CA)," December 18, 1925
  6. ^ Reynolds, Jerry (1976–1994). "Chapter 30. The North Forty, History of the Santa Clarita Valley". The Signal. Retrieved March 22, 2009.
  7. ^ Harold Wellman Fairbanks (1906). "Lower Lake Elizabeth on the Line of the Rift". The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved March 22, 2009.
  8. ^ "Zipcode 93532". www.plantmaps.com. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  9. ^ "Palmdale Sheriff's Station". Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
  10. ^ "The Lakes Community Center". www.thelakescommunitycenter.org.
  11. ^ "The Lakes Town Council (Lakes Town Council)". www.sites.google.com/a/lakestowncouncil.com/lakes-town-council-inc/.
  12. ^ "The Ranch at Elizabeth Lake - About Us". Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
  13. ^ "Lake Elizabeth Golf and Ranch Club, Lake Elizabeth, CA. 93532". Oocities.org. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
  14. ^ "LVAG". Archived from the original on February 1, 2011. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
  15. ^ "Districts & Clubs". Archived from the original on April 15, 2011. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
  16. ^ "California Fire Safe Council - Mobilizing Californians to protect their homes, communities and environments from wildfire". www.firesafecouncil.org.
  17. ^ "Home". Archived from the original on April 17, 2011. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
  18. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  19. ^ "2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Lake Hughes CDP". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
  20. ^ "Data".
  21. ^ "data".
  22. ^ Ameluxen, Jack and Louise. Discover Green Valley Local History, Folktales and Facts (Second ed.). p. 36.
  23. ^ "Hughes-Elizabeth Lakes Union". www.heluesd.org.
  24. ^ "Hughes-Elizabeth Lakes Union". www.heluesd.org.
  25. ^ "California Fool's Gold – A Northwest Los Angeles County Primer". Amoeblog. April 4, 2011. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  26. ^ Roy Rogers: A Biography, Radio History, Television Career Chronicle, Discography, Filmography, Comicography, Merchandising and Advertising History. Pages 31–33

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