Welcome. Dogwood Mountain is a subdivision in the Sierra Nevada near Shaver Lake, California. This web site serves property owners and their guests.
The Fresno county water WWD has now cancelled the boiling of tap water as of April 16, 2025.
On April 12, 2025, a water main broke, affecting Dogwood Mountain.
On April 14, Patty Chilpigian reported:
County Update: Water is scheduled to be restored this afternoon.
Crews are on site.
Dogwood will be on a "boil water" status until 2 consecutive water tests are confirmed sanitary.
This may take up to one week.
Alvin Mendonca will be resigning as Treasurer on Jan 1, 2025, but will remain on the board. The board has nominated and voted Ester Zambataro to serve as interim Treasurer.
On August 3, 2024, we met at the Shaver Lake Community Center. Read more details, including the minutes.
After more than 8 years, Jennifer Cavalla, our contact at Special Districts in Fresno Department of Public Works and Planning is moving on. Her replacement is Cybil Luna (see our links page.
The Creek Fire started Sep 4, 2020. You can find more information at the Sierra National Forest and Sierra 911 Info Facebook groups. Sierra National Forest declared the fire 100% contained on Dec 24 and announced the cause of the fire as “undetermined” on Jul 16, 2021.
If you believe that there is a code or zoning violation affecting Dogwood Mountain subdivision residents, the Fresno County Development Services Division processes violations of the County Building Code and Zoning Ordinance on a “complaint” basis. Please select this link (PDF) to complete a complaint form.
You may also check the Dogwood Mountain covenants, created at the time of incorporation,
to see what is allowed by our homeowners association:
CC&Rs (PDF)
For your convenience, copies of the Association legal documents (CC&Rs) are now available in our About Dogwood page.
The National Weather Service at Hanford provides forecasts for Shaver Lake and automated weather observations from a location near Shaver Lake.
Sierra Marina operates a weather station and a Web Camera on the lake.
Some nearby Purple Air sensors are reporting real-time air quality on this map.