Ridgecrest, California

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Ridgecrest, California is a small Mojave Desert city in Kern County best known as the civilian community adjacent to the U.S. Navy’s China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station.

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Ridgecrest 2
Ridgecrest (California) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipality
adjacentTo China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station
surface form: Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake
areaCode 442
760
climate hot desert climate
country United States of America
county Kern County, California NERFINISHED
daylightSavingTimeZone Pacific Time Zone
surface form: Pacific Daylight Time
economySector aerospace
defense
government services
elevation 2287 ft
697 m
FIPSCode 06-61308
GNISFeatureID 1652764
governmentType council–manager government
hasNearbyAttraction Maturango Museum
Petroglyphs of Coso Rock Art District (on NAWS China Lake)
incorporationDate 1963-11-29
isPartOf Kern County, California NERFINISHED
China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station
surface form: United States Navy community region around China Lake
knownFor being civilian community serving Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake
proximity to military weapons testing and research facilities
KöppenClimateClassification BWh
landArea approximately 21.4 square miles
approximately 55.4 square kilometers
locatedIn Indian Wells Valley
Mojave Desert
near Death Valley
Sierra Nevada
surface form: Sierra Nevada (United States)
notableEvent 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes
populationCensus2010 27647
populationCensus2020 approximately 28000
postalCode 93555
93556
primaryEconomicDriver China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station
surface form: Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake
region High Desert
surface form: High Desert (California)

Southern California
schoolDistrict Sierra Sands Unified School District
servedBy Inyokern Airport
state California, United States
surface form: California
timeZone Pacific Time Zone
transportation State Route 178
U.S. Route 395
surface form: U.S. Route 395 (nearby)

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East Kern County contains Ridgecrest, California
this entity surface form: Ridgecrest
eastern California contains Ridgecrest, California
subject surface form: Eastern California
this entity surface form: Ridgecrest (California)
Kern County containsCity Ridgecrest, California
this entity surface form: Ridgecrest
Lone Pine, California locatedNorthOf Ridgecrest, California
Walker Pass near Ridgecrest, California
Garlock Fault nearbyCity Ridgecrest, California
China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station nearestCity Ridgecrest, California
U.S. Route 395 servesCity Ridgecrest, California