Ridgecrest, California

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city municipality

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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Ridgecrest 2
Ridgecrest (California) 1

Statements (45)

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)

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ