Clear Creek California Map

About Clear Creek, California

Clear Creek is a locality in Lassen County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 175. The population density is 59.6 people per km². Clear Creek is located at 40.3071°N, 121.0554°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 96039, 96137.

Clear Creek emerges from the golden, sun-bleached grasses of the interior, where the land stretches out in quiet, expansive plains before rising toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Cascade Range. It lies 22.4 miles west-southwest of Susanville, CA (from Susanville, CA: bearing 249°T), and is situated 6.3 miles east-northeast of Lake Almanor. Dry Creek carves a shallow, rhythmic path through the terrain, its seasonal flow shaping the parched earth into a series of subtle depressions that catch the low, honeyed light of late afternoon. Only a mile away, the quiet surface of Mountain Meadows Reservoir mirrors the sky, providing a cool contrast to the arid warmth that defines the surrounding vegetation. Within the immediate vicinity, Clear Creek Park offers a localized expanse of open space, its fields serving as a tether between the wild, unkempt beauty of the nearby Lassen National Forest and the human-scale patterns of the land.

History lingers in the soil here, a quiet record of an economy once tethered to the extraction of resources and the modest persistence of inland agriculture. Clear Creek maintains a pace that feels deliberately measured, an existence defined by the seasonal drying of the hills and the long, shimmering heat of the summer months. Those who traverse the region often look toward the higher elevations, perhaps planning a trek along the Johnson Trail some six miles distant, where the air grows thinner and the scent of pine replaces the dry, sweet smell of sun-baked brush. Life in Clear Creek remains anchored to these fundamental rhythms, where the horizon serves as a constant reminder of the vast, rugged geography that defines the character of the inland interior.

About This Clear Creek Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Clear Creek, California. Coordinates: 40.307086, -121.0554. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Clear Creek includes the ZIP code (96039, 96137), telephone area code (530), county seat of Lassen County (Susanville), and school district assignment (Westwood Unified School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.