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96079

ZIP 96079 is in Shasta Lake, California, in Shasta County; area code 530; Pacific time. Shasta Lake has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 96019 and 96089.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Shasta
Metro area
Redding, CA
Coordinates
40.6866, -122.3348

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 96003, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 96079 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 96079
  • 🔢 Type 96079 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GLOgG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 96079 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111011101001111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 96078 (Proberta, CA, 43 mi away) and 96080 (Red Bluff, CA, 36 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 96079 becomes 97069, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 15 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (07699, 76099, 76909, 79096, 79906, 79960, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96970 in Ebeye, MH, 4,739 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 96%.
  • 🎯1,250 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 96079 and you would come out at 40.69°S, 57.67°E — 855 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 15m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 96079

ZIPCityDistance
96003 Redding, CA 1.6 mi
96049 Redding, CA 2.0 mi
96099 Redding, CA 3.0 mi
96019 Shasta Lake, CA 3.4 mi
96089 Shasta Lake, CA 5.2 mi
96070 Obrien, CA 8.1 mi
96073 Palo Cedro, CA 9.5 mi
96001 Redding, CA 9.8 mi
96002 Redding, CA 11.0 mi
96008 Bella Vista, CA 12.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 96079?

96079 is in Shasta Lake, California, in Shasta County, part of the Redding, CA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.6866, -122.3348.

What county is 96079 in?

96079 lies in Shasta County.

What area code is 96079?

Shasta Lake uses area code 530, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 96079 in?

96079 uses America/Los_Angeles.

What ZIP codes are near 96079?

The closest are 96003 (1.6 mi), 96049 (2 mi), 96099 (3 mi), 96019 (3.4 mi) and 96089 (5.2 mi).

Is 96079 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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