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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%AC%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%AA%D8%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="ریدجکرزت، کالیفورنیا – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ریدجکرزت، کالیفورنیا" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridgecrest_(California)" title="Ridgecrest (California) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Ridgecrest (California)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82_(%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4,_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Риджкрест (град, Калифорния) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Риджкрест (град, Калифорния)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridgecrest_(Calif%C3%B2rnia)" title="Ridgecrest (Califòrnia) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Ridgecrest (Califòrnia)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridgecrest_(lungsod_sa_Tinipong_Bansa,_California)" title="Ridgecrest (lungsod sa Tinipong Bansa, California) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Ridgecrest (lungsod sa Tinipong Bansa, California)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridgecrest_(Kalifornien)" title="Ridgecrest (Kalifornien) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Ridgecrest (Kalifornien)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nv mw-list-item"><a href="https://nv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ts%C3%A9ndeelk%CA%BCid%C3%AD" title="Tséndeelkʼidí – Navajo" lang="nv" hreflang="nv" data-title="Tséndeelkʼidí" data-language-autonym="Diné bizaad" data-language-local-name="Navajo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Diné bizaad</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridgecrest_(California)" title="Ridgecrest (California) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Ridgecrest (California)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridgecrest_(Kalifornia)" title="Ridgecrest (Kalifornia) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Ridgecrest (Kalifornia)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AC%E2%80%8C%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="ریج‌کرست، کالیفرنیا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ریج‌کرست، کالیفرنیا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridgecrest" title="Ridgecrest – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Ridgecrest" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AC%E2%80%8C%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA_(%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A4%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7)" title="ریج‌کرست (کاليفؤرنيا) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="ریج‌کرست (کاليفؤرنيا)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A6%AC%EC%A7%80%ED%81%AC%EB%A0%88%EC%8A%A4%ED%8A%B8_(%EC%BA%98%EB%A6%AC%ED%8F%AC%EB%8B%88%EC%95%84%EC%A3%BC)" title="리지크레스트 (캘리포니아주) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="리지크레스트 (캘리포니아주)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridgecrest_(Kalifornija)" title="Ridgecrest (Kalifornija) – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Ridgecrest (Kalifornija)" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridgecrest_(California)" title="Ridgecrest (California) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Ridgecrest (California)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridgecrest,_Kalif%C3%B2ni" title="Ridgecrest, Kalifòni – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Ridgecrest, Kalifòni" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridgecrest_(California)" title="Ridgecrest (California) – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Ridgecrest (California)" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridgecrest_(Kalifornia)" title="Ridgecrest (Kalifornia) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Ridgecrest (Kalifornia)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A1%E0%B5%8D%E2%80%8D%E0%B4%9C%E0%B5%8D%E2%80%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D" title="റിഡ്‍ജ്‍ക്രെസ്റ്റ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="റിഡ്‍ജ്‍ക്രെസ്റ്റ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%AC%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA_(%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7)" title="ريدجكريست (كاليفورنيا) – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ريدجكريست (كاليفورنيا)" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AC%E2%80%8C%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA_(%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7)" title="ریج‌کرست (کالیفورنیا) – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="ریج‌کرست (کالیفورنیا)" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridgecrest_(Californi%C3%AB)" title="Ridgecrest (Californië) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Ridgecrest (Californië)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Kern_County_California_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Ridgecrest_Highlighted.svg/500px-Kern_County_California_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Ridgecrest_Highlighted.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="2250" data-file-height="1050" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location in <a href="/wiki/Kern_County,_California" title="Kern County, California">Kern County</a> and the state of California</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="switcher-container"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap 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style="top:53.106%;left:12.325%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Ridgecrest"><img alt="Ridgecrest" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Ridgecrest</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Ridgecrest (the United States)</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of the United States</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style 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class="geo">35.62250; -117.67083</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_California.svg/23px-Flag_of_California.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_California.svg/35px-Flag_of_California.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_California.svg/45px-Flag_of_California.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_California" title="List of counties in California">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kern_County,_California" title="Kern County, California">Kern</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Municipal_corporation" title="Municipal corporation">Incorporated</a></th><td class="infobox-data">November 29, 1963<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Travis W. Endicott<sup id="cite_ref-CC_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/California%27s_16th_State_Senate_district" class="mw-redirect" title="California's 16th State Senate district">State senator</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Melissa_Hurtado" title="Melissa Hurtado">Melissa Hurtado</a> (<a href="/wiki/California_Democratic_Party" title="California Democratic Party">D</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/California%27s_34th_State_Assembly_district" title="California's 34th State Assembly district">Assemblymember</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Lackey" title="Tom Lackey">Tom Lackey</a> (<a href="/wiki/California_Republican_Party" title="California Republican Party">R</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/California%27s_20th_congressional_district" title="California's 20th congressional district">U. S. rep.</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vince_Fong" title="Vince Fong">Vince Fong</a> (<a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">R</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-CenPopGazetteer2019_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CenPopGazetteer2019-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">21.53 sq mi (55.76 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">20.88 sq mi (54.08 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">0.65 sq mi (1.69 km<sup>2</sup>)  3.04%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-gnis_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,290 ft (698 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">April 1, 2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">27,959</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,300/sq mi (500/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9208:00" title="UTC−08:00">UTC−08:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone" title="Pacific Time Zone">Pacific</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9207:00" title="UTC−07:00">UTC−07:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pacific_Daylight_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Daylight Time">PDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ZIP_Code" title="ZIP Code">ZIP Codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">93555–93556</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/North_American_Numbering_Plan" title="North American Numbering Plan">Area codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_codes_442_and_760" class="mw-redirect" title="Area codes 442 and 760">442 and 760</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Information Processing Standard">FIPS</a> code</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US0660704">06-60704</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_Names_Information_System" title="Geographic Names Information System">GNIS</a> feature IDs</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/1652783">1652783</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/2410944">2410944</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ridgecrest-ca.gov/">www<wbr />.ridgecrest-ca<wbr />.gov</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ridgecrest</b> is a city in <a href="/wiki/Kern_County,_California" title="Kern County, California">Kern County, California</a>, United States, along <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_395_in_California" title="U.S. Route 395 in California">U.S. Route 395</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Wells_Valley" title="Indian Wells Valley">Indian Wells Valley</a> in northeastern Kern County, adjacent to the <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Weapons_Station_China_Lake" title="Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake">Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake</a> (NAWS, or China Lake). It was incorporated as a city in 1963. The population was 27,959 at the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a>, up slightly from 27,616 at the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 United States Census">2010 census</a>, making it the third-largest city in Kern County.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ridgecrest is surrounded by four <a href="/wiki/Mountain" title="Mountain">mountain</a> ranges; the <a href="/wiki/Sierra_Nevada" title="Sierra Nevada">Sierra Nevada</a> on the west, the <a href="/wiki/Coso_Range" title="Coso Range">Coso</a> Range on the north, the <a href="/wiki/Argus_Range" title="Argus Range">Argus Range</a> on the east, and the <a href="/wiki/El_Paso_Mountains" title="El Paso Mountains">El Paso Mountains</a> on the south. The most isolated community in Kern county, it is approximately 82 miles (132 km) from the <a href="/wiki/Lancaster,_California" title="Lancaster, California">Lancaster</a>/<a href="/wiki/Palmdale,_California" title="Palmdale, California">Palmdale</a> area, 110 miles (177 km) from <a href="/wiki/Bakersfield,_California" title="Bakersfield, California">Bakersfield</a>, and 120 miles (193 km) from <a href="/wiki/San_Bernardino,_California" title="San Bernardino, California">San Bernardino</a>, the three nearest major urban centers. Private air travel in and out of the city is provided through the <a href="/wiki/Inyokern_Airport" title="Inyokern Airport">Inyokern Airport</a>. There are currently no scheduled commercial flights. </p><p>The city has been near the epicenter of major <a href="/wiki/Earthquake" title="Earthquake">earthquakes</a>, including one in 1995 and <a href="/wiki/2019_Ridgecrest_earthquakes" title="2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes">a series of quakes in July 2019</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ridgecrest,_California&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a> tribes of the Paiute, <a href="/wiki/Shoshone" title="Shoshone">Shoshone</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kawaiisu" title="Kawaiisu">Kawaiisu</a> thrived in the Indian Wells Valley.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Shoshone tribe left behind petroglyphs in the Coso Range that can be found in <a href="/wiki/Big_and_Little_Petroglyph_Canyons" title="Big and Little Petroglyph Canyons">Big and Little Petroglyph Canyons</a>. Their petroglyphs and artwork are displayed in the Maturango Museum and Petroglyph Park.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the mid-1800s, travelers began crossing through the Indian Wells Valley. In 1826, <a href="/wiki/Jedediah_Smith" title="Jedediah Smith">Jedediah Smith's</a> beaver trappers arrived, followed in 1834 by Joseph Walker when he crossed <a href="/wiki/Walker_Pass" title="Walker Pass">Walker Pass</a> into the Indian Wells Valley. Throughout the rest of the 19th century, <a href="/wiki/Mining" title="Mining">mining</a> booms brought more settlers to the valley. In the 1880s, Chinese railroad workers briefly settled in the area, giving local <a href="/wiki/China_Lake,_Kern_County,_California" title="China Lake, Kern County, California">China Lake</a> its name.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Until the 20th century, non-permanent settlers had arrived and traveled throughout the Indian Wells Valley. This changed, however, when the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Aqueduct" title="Los Angeles Aqueduct">Los Angeles Aqueduct</a> was built and finished from 1908-1913. This, plus the arrival of the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Pacific_Railroad" title="Southern Pacific Railroad">Southern Pacific Railroad</a> brought lasting settlers to the Indian Wells Valley.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The settlement that would eventually become Ridgecrest began as a farming community called <b>Crumville</b> in 1912,<sup id="cite_ref-CGN_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CGN-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> honoring James and Robert Crum, local dairymen.<sup id="cite_ref-CGN_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CGN-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first post office opened in 1941. By 1943, Ridgecrest had grown to 115 homes and 196 residents. Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) was established in November 1943, providing a strong job base for the years to come.<sup id="cite_ref-CGN_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CGN-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ridgecrest incorporated in 1963.<sup id="cite_ref-CGN_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CGN-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During this era the growth of Ridgecrest was governed by the continuing needs of the high tech industries coupled to the Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS) programs for testing arms and guidance systems. Today, the city serves as an essential housing and business community for NAWS China Lake. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ridgecrest,_California&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>, the city has a total area of 21.4 square miles (55.4 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 20.8 sq mi (53.9 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 0.7 sq mi (1.8 km<sup>2</sup>) of it (3.04%) is water. Ridgecrest is located in Indian Wells Valley, which is a southern extension of <a href="/wiki/Owens_Valley" title="Owens Valley">Owens Valley</a>, broken up by the volcanic <a href="/wiki/Coso_Range" title="Coso Range">Coso Range</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1995_earthquake">1995 earthquake</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ridgecrest,_California&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1995 earthquake"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The area, associated with the <a href="/wiki/Walker_Lane" title="Walker Lane">Eastern California Shear Zone</a>, has in the past experienced numerous <a href="/wiki/Earthquake_swarm" title="Earthquake swarm">earthquake swarms</a>, groups of several thousand quakes under magnitude 6.0 or so, often with no obvious mainshock. The 1995 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence started on August 17, when a <a href="/wiki/Richter_magnitude_scale" class="mw-redirect" title="Richter magnitude scale">magnitude</a> 5.4 quake, centered 18 kilometers (11 mi) north of the town of Ridgecrest, shook the area and spawned over 2,500 <a href="/wiki/Aftershocks" class="mw-redirect" title="Aftershocks">aftershocks</a> over the course of the following five weeks. Then, on September 20, 1995, the second large quake struck the area: it measured <a href="/wiki/Richter_magnitude_scale" class="mw-redirect" title="Richter magnitude scale">magnitude</a> 5.8, and was at that time the largest earthquake to hit <a href="/wiki/Southern_California" title="Southern California">southern California</a> since the <a href="/wiki/1994_Northridge_earthquake" title="1994 Northridge earthquake">1994 Northridge earthquake</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2019_earthquakes">2019 earthquakes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ridgecrest,_California&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2019 earthquakes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2019_Ridgecrest_earthquakes" title="2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes">2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes</a></div> <p>Between July 4 and 5, 2019, the city of Ridgecrest and surrounding communities experienced a series of significant earthquakes, including the strongest to impact the area in decades—a magnitude 7.1 mainshock. The epicenter of the main earthquake was located approximately 10 miles northeast of Ridgecrest.<sup id="cite_ref-USGS_Mainshock_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USGS_Mainshock-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The sequence began on July 4 with a 4.0-magnitude quake approximately 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) southwest of <a href="/wiki/Searles_Valley,_California" title="Searles Valley, California">Searles Valley</a>. Later that morning, at 10:33 A.M., a 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck around 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) southwest of Searles Valley.<sup id="cite_ref-HarrietRyan_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HarrietRyan-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This initial sequence triggered over 1,400 aftershocks in the Ridgecrest and Searles Valley regions.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 5, 2019, at 8:19 P.M., the magnitude 7.1 mainshock, known as the Ridgecrest mainshock<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> occurred, significantly impacting the Ridgecrest area.<sup id="cite_ref-USGS_Mainshock_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USGS_Mainshock-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ridgecrest,_California&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The weather in the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Wells_Valley" title="Indian Wells Valley">Indian Wells Valley</a> is predominantly influenced by its <a href="/wiki/High_Desert_(California)" title="High Desert (California)">high desert</a> location. The climate is characterized by hot days and cool nights with extremely arid conditions prevailing throughout the summer months. The mean annual maximum <a href="/wiki/Temperature" title="Temperature">temperature</a> for the Ridgecrest area is 75 °F (24 °C) while the mean annual minimum temperature is 48 °F (9 °C). There are wide annual temperature fluctuations that occur from a high of 119 °F (48 °C) to a low of 1 °F (−17 °C). On average, annual rainfall is less than 5 inches (130 mm) "equivalent rainfall" per year, which includes less than 2 inches (51 mm) of <a href="/wiki/Snow" title="Snow">snow</a>. The area is known to have wind as high as 75 mph (121 km/h). December is the coolest month with an average maximum temperature of 60 °F (16 °C) and an average minimum temperature of 30 °F (−1 °C). The all-time minimum temperature of 1 °F (−17 °C) was recorded on December 23, 1963, and January 7, 1973. </p><p>July is the hottest month with an average maximum temperature of 103 °F (39 °C) and an average minimum temperature of 66 °F (19 °C). The all-time maximum temperature of 119 °F (48 °C) was <a href="/wiki/Public_records" title="Public records">recorded</a> on July 11, 2021, tied with July 1988 and July 1993. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for China Lake NAF, California (normals 1981-2010, extremes 1945-2020, precipitation 1944-1973) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89<br />(32) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91<br />(33) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92<br />(33) </td> <td style="background: #FF0A00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">104<br />(40) </td> <td style="background: #EA0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">109<br />(43) </td> <td style="background: #A50000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">118<br />(48) </td> <td style="background: #A50000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">119<br />(48) </td> <td style="background: #A50000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">119<br />(48) </td> <td style="background: #C00000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">114<br />(46) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">103<br />(39) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93<br />(34) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81<br />(27) </td> <td style="background: #A50000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">119<br />(48) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF860D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72<br />(22) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77<br />(25) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85<br />(29) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94<br />(34) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">102<br />(39) </td> <td style="background: #F80000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">108<br />(42) </td> <td style="background: #CE0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">113<br />(45) </td> <td style="background: #DC0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">111<br />(44) </td> <td style="background: #FF0300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">106<br />(41) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">96<br />(36) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83<br />(28) </td> <td style="background: #FF860D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71<br />(22) </td> <td style="background: #CE0000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">113<br />(45) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFB164; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.3<br />(15.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.4<br />(18.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF8811; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71.1<br />(21.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77.8<br />(25.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF4700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87.9<br />(31.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">96.9<br />(36.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF0D00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">103.3<br />(39.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF1300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">101.7<br />(38.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF3000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93.9<br />(34.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.5<br />(27.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF9022; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.9<br />(20.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFB66E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.0<br />(15.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">80.6<br />(27.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFEBD8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.2<br />(7.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.8<br />(9.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFC387; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55.8<br />(13.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA56; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.1<br />(16.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF850C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71.7<br />(22.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79.8<br />(26.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF4E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">86.2<br />(30.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">84.5<br />(29.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">76.7<br />(24.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFA042; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.7<br />(18.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52.9<br />(11.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFEFDF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.3<br />(6.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFA143; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">64.5<br />(18.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #E0E0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.1<br />(−1.1) </td> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.2<br />(1.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFFCFA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">40.6<br />(4.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFE7D0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.3<br />(7.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFC489; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55.4<br />(13.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFA851; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.7<br />(17.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9021; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.1<br />(20.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF962E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.3<br />(19.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFB46A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.5<br />(15.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFE1C3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.9<br />(8.8) </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.8<br />(2.7) </td> <td style="background: #DFDFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.6<br />(−1.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFBF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">48.4<br />(9.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20<br />(−7) </td> <td style="background: #CBCBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23<br />(−5) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29<br />(−2) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34<br />(1) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44<br />(7) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51<br />(11) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF60; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60<br />(16) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57<br />(14) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49<br />(9) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37<br />(3) </td> <td style="background: #D1D1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24<br />(−4) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19<br />(−7) </td> <td style="background: #BBBBFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">18<br />(−8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #9B9BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6<br />(−14) </td> <td style="background: #ABABFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12<br />(−11) </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21<br />(−6) </td> <td style="background: #D6D6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27<br />(−3) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35<br />(2) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42<br />(6) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50<br />(10) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51<br />(11) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39<br />(4) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20<br />(−7) </td> <td style="background: #B6B6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16<br />(−9) </td> <td style="background: #A0A0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8<br />(−13) </td> <td style="background: #9B9BFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">6<br />(−14) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #EEFFEE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.45<br />(11) </td> <td style="background: #E4FFE4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.62<br />(16) </td> <td style="background: #F7FFF7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.20<br />(5.1) </td> <td style="background: #F9FFF9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.13<br />(3.3) </td> <td style="background: #FAFFFA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.11<br />(2.8) </td> <td style="background: #FEFFFE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.01<br />(0.25) </td> <td style="background: #FAFFFA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.13<br />(3.3) </td> <td style="background: #FBFFFB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.10<br />(2.5) </td> <td style="background: #F6FFF6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.22<br />(5.6) </td> <td style="background: #FAFFFA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.12<br />(3.0) </td> <td style="background: #E9FFE9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.55<br />(14) </td> <td style="background: #EBFFEB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.50<br />(13) </td> <td style="background: #F5FFF5; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2.90<br />(74) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days </th> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.0 </td> <td style="background: #D7D7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.9 </td> <td style="background: #EDEDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.4 </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.0 </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.8 </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3 </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.7 </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.7 </td> <td style="background: #F4F4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.8 </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.8 </td> <td style="background: #E5E5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.0 </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.0 </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">15.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a href="/wiki/NOAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NOAA">NOAA</a><sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Weapons_Station_China_Lake" title="Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake">Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78<br />(26) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89<br />(32) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92<br />(33) </td> <td style="background: #FF0A00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">104<br />(40) </td> <td style="background: #F80000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">108<br />(42) </td> <td style="background: #A50000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">118<br />(48) </td> <td style="background: #A50000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">119<br />(48) </td> <td style="background: #C00000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">114<br />(46) </td> <td style="background: #EA0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">109<br />(43) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">103<br />(39) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89<br />(32) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77<br />(25) </td> <td style="background: #A50000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">119<br />(48) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFAD5C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.3<br />(16.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFA44A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.7<br />(17.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.4<br />(23.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">76.1<br />(24.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85.9<br />(29.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF2000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">98.2<br />(36.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF1200; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">101.8<br />(38.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF1200; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">101.9<br />(38.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF2F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94.3<br />(34.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.2<br />(27.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFA246; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.3<br />(17.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFB872; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.5<br />(14.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">80.1<br />(26.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #E2E2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.6<br />(−0.8) </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.6<br />(1.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">40.1<br />(4.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFE9D4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.6<br />(7.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52.8<br />(11.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFA64E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.1<br />(17.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9226; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.4<br />(20.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF962D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.4<br />(19.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFB56B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.4<br />(15.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFBF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48.3<br />(9.1) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.8<br />(1.0) </td> <td style="background: #D4D4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.1<br />(−3.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFE2C6; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">47.5<br />(8.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #9B9BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6<br />(−14) </td> <td style="background: #ABABFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12<br />(−11) </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21<br />(−6) </td> <td style="background: #D6D6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27<br />(−3) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38<br />(3) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42<br />(6) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50<br />(10) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51<br />(11) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39<br />(4) </td> <td style="background: #D1D1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24<br />(−4) </td> <td style="background: #BBBBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18<br />(−8) </td> <td style="background: #A0A0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8<br />(−13) </td> <td style="background: #9B9BFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">6<br />(−14) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #DEFFDE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.88<br />(22) </td> <td style="background: #DEFFDE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.79<br />(20) </td> <td style="background: #E1FFE1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.78<br />(20) </td> <td style="background: #F9FFF9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.13<br />(3.3) </td> <td style="background: #FAFFFA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.11<br />(2.8) </td> <td style="background: #FEFFFE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.02<br />(0.51) </td> <td style="background: #FBFFFB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.09<br />(2.3) </td> <td style="background: #F3FFF3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.31<br />(7.9) </td> <td style="background: #F5FFF5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.24<br />(6.1) </td> <td style="background: #F8FFF8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.18<br />(4.6) </td> <td style="background: #F4FFF4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.27<br />(6.9) </td> <td style="background: #EDFFED; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.47<br />(12) </td> <td style="background: #F1FFF1; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">4.27<br />(108.41) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowfall inches (cm) </th> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.8<br />(2.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #EBEBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.5<br />(1.3) </td> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1.3<br />(3.3) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for <a href="/wiki/Inyokern,_California" title="Inyokern, California">Inyokern, California</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80<br />(27) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">86<br />(30) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93<br />(34) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">100<br />(38) </td> <td style="background: #DC0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">112<br />(44) </td> <td style="background: #C00000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">114<br />(46) </td> <td style="background: #A50000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">119<br />(48) </td> <td style="background: #C00000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">114<br />(46) </td> <td style="background: #EA0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">110<br />(43) </td> <td style="background: #FF0300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">105<br />(41) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">88<br />(31) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">84<br />(29) </td> <td style="background: #A50000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">119<br />(48) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFB46A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.6<br />(15.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFA042; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.8<br />(18.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8B17; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.3<br />(21.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77.7<br />(25.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF4B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87.0<br />(30.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF2600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">96.7<br />(35.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF0F00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">102.7<br />(39.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF1500; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">101.2<br />(38.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF2F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94.2<br />(34.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83.2<br />(28.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF9021; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.0<br />(20.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFB368; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.7<br />(15.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">80.5<br />(27.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #E2E2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.8<br />(−0.7) </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.6<br />(1.4) </td> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.7<br />(3.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFEFDF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.3<br />(6.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52.9<br />(11.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFB163; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.5<br />(15.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66.2<br />(19.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFA143; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.6<br />(18.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA75; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.1<br />(14.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48.2<br />(9.0) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.3<br />(2.9) </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.2<br />(−1.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFE4C9; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">47.2<br />(8.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #8A8AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1<br />(−17) </td> <td style="background: #A0A0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9<br />(−13) </td> <td style="background: #B6B6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15<br />(−9) </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21<br />(−6) </td> <td style="background: #D6D6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26<br />(−3) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38<br />(3) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46<br />(8) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45<br />(7) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35<br />(2) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20<br />(−7) </td> <td style="background: #B0B0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14<br />(−10) </td> <td style="background: #9595FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5<br />(−15) </td> <td style="background: #8A8AFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1<br />(−17) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #E2FFE2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.74<br />(19) </td> <td style="background: #D7FFD7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.95<br />(24) </td> <td style="background: #EAFFEA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.55<br />(14) </td> <td style="background: #F8FFF8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.17<br />(4.3) </td> <td style="background: #FCFFFC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.07<br />(1.8) </td> <td style="background: #FEFFFE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.02<br />(0.51) </td> <td style="background: #F8FFF8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.16<br />(4.1) </td> <td style="background: #F6FFF6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.22<br />(5.6) </td> <td style="background: #F7FFF7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.20<br />(5.1) </td> <td style="background: #FBFFFB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.10<br />(2.5) </td> <td style="background: #F0FFF0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.38<br />(9.7) </td> <td style="background: #E8FFE8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.59<br />(15) </td> <td style="background: #F1FFF1; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">4.15<br />(105.61) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowfall inches (cm) </th> <td style="background: #F3F3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3<br />(0.76) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1<br />(0.25) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.2<br />(0.51) </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">0.6<br />(1.52) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ridgecrest,_California&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>2,028</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>5,099</td><td></td><td>151.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>7,629</td><td></td><td>49.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>15,929</td><td></td><td>108.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>27,725</td><td></td><td>74.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>24,927</td><td></td><td>−10.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>27,616</td><td></td><td>10.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2019 (est.)</th><td class="us-census-pop-estimate">28,973</td><td><sup id="cite_ref-USCensusEst2019CenPopScriptOnlyDirtyFixDoNotUse_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusEst2019CenPopScriptOnlyDirtyFixDoNotUse-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>4.9%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-DecennialCensus_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DecennialCensus-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010">2010</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ridgecrest,_California&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2010"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 United States Census">2010 United States Census</a><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> reported that Ridgecrest had a population of 27,616. The population density was 1,289.5 inhabitants per square mile (497.9/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of Ridgecrest was 21,387 (77.4%) <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 1,113 (4.0%) <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">African American</a>, 341 (1.2%) <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 1,209 (4.4%) <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 143 (0.5%) <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 1,836 (6.6%) from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 1,587 (5.7%) from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> of any race were 4,941 persons (17.9%). </p><p> The Census reported that 27,420 people (99.3% of the population) lived in households, 109 (0.4%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 87 (0.3%) were institutionalized.</p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RidgecrestCA.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/RidgecrestCA.JPG/250px-RidgecrestCA.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/RidgecrestCA.JPG/330px-RidgecrestCA.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/RidgecrestCA.JPG/500px-RidgecrestCA.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2432" /></a><figcaption>Overview shot of Ridgecrest, from the west on CA-178</figcaption></figure><p>There were 10,781 households, out of which 3,901 (36.2%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 5,211 (48.3%) were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">opposite-sex married couples</a> living together, 1,352 (12.5%) had a female householder with no husband present, 609 (5.6%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 681 (6.3%) <a href="/wiki/POSSLQ" title="POSSLQ">unmarried opposite-sex partnerships</a>, and 64 (0.6%) <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_partnerships" class="mw-redirect" title="Same-sex partnerships">same-sex married couples or partnerships</a>. 2,978 households (27.6%) were made up of individuals, and 1,001 (9.3%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54. There were 7,172 <a href="/wiki/Family_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Family (U.S. Census)">families</a> (66.5% of all households); the average family size was 3.10. </p><p>The population was spread out, with 7,544 people (27.3%) under the age of 18, 2,654 people (9.6%) aged 18 to 24, 7,157 people (25.9%) aged 25 to 44, 6,844 people (24.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 3,417 people (12.4%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.9 males. </p><p>There were 11,915 housing units at an average density of 556.3 units per square mile (214.8 units/km<sup>2</sup>), of which 6,525 (60.5%) were owner-occupied, and 4,256 (39.5%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.9%; the rental vacancy rate was 9.2%. 16,520 people (59.8% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 10,900 people (39.5%) lived in rental housing units. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000">2000</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ridgecrest,_California&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2000"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sunset_in_Ridgecrest,_CA.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Sunset_in_Ridgecrest%2C_CA.jpg/250px-Sunset_in_Ridgecrest%2C_CA.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="191" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Sunset_in_Ridgecrest%2C_CA.jpg/330px-Sunset_in_Ridgecrest%2C_CA.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Sunset_in_Ridgecrest%2C_CA.jpg/440px-Sunset_in_Ridgecrest%2C_CA.jpg 2x" data-file-width="455" data-file-height="396" /></a><figcaption>Sunset in Ridgecrest, California</figcaption></figure> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a><sup id="cite_ref-GR2_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of 2000, there were 24,927 people, 9,826 households, and 6,691 families residing in the city. The <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> was 1,179.9 inhabitants per square mile (455.6/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 11,309 housing units at an average density of 535.3/sq mi (206.7/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the city was 82.02% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">White</a>, 3.53% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Black</a> or <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">African American</a>, 1.08% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Native American</a>, 3.88% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Asian</a>, 0.58% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 4.93% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 3.98% from two or more races. 12.04% of the population were <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Latino</a> of any race. </p><p>There were 9,826 households, out of which 35.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.2% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 11.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.9% were non-families. 27.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.06. </p><p>In the city, the population was spread out, with 29.1% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 28.1% from 25 to 44, 23.0% from 45 to 64, and 11.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.9 males. </p><p>The median income for a household in the city was $44,971, and the median income for a family was $52,725. Males had a median income of $46,993 versus $29,558 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the city was $21,312. About 10.2% of families and 12.3% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 17.5% of those under age 18 and 5.1% of those age 65 or over. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1215345927">@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .multicol-float{width:auto!important}}.mw-parser-output .multicol-float{clear:none;float:left}.mw-parser-output .multicol-float-clear{clear:both}</style><div class="multicol-float" style=""> <ul><li>Crime index: 40.0% safe city</li> <li>High school or higher: 87.4%</li> <li>Bachelor's degree or higher: 24.4%</li> <li>Graduate or professional degree: 8.5%</li> <li>Unemployed: 6.8%</li> <li>Mean travel time to work: 14.9 minutes</li></ul> </div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215345927" /><div class="multicol-float" style=""> <ul><li>Never married: 22.1%</li> <li>Now married: 56.7%</li> <li>Separated: 2.6%</li> <li>Widowed: 6.6%</li> <li>Divorced: 12.1%</li></ul> </div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215345927" /><div class="multicol-float" style=""> <ul><li>Males: 12,924 – (49.9%)</li> <li>Females: 12,971 – (50.1%)</li> <li>Median resident age: 35.5 years</li> <li>California median age: 33.3 years</li></ul> </div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215345927" /><div class="multicol-float" style=""> <p>People in group quarters:<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>987 people in military barracks, etc.</li> <li>87 people in nursing homes</li> <li>33 people in other non-institutional group quarters</li> <li>22 people in state prisons</li></ul> </div><div class="multicol-float-clear" style=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ridgecrest,_California&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:U.S_Rte._395_south.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/U.S_Rte._395_south.jpg/250px-U.S_Rte._395_south.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/U.S_Rte._395_south.jpg/330px-U.S_Rte._395_south.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/U.S_Rte._395_south.jpg/500px-U.S_Rte._395_south.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>China Lake Blvd</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Weapons_Station_China_Lake" title="Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake">Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake</a> (NAWS China Lake) is an airborne weapons testing and training range located adjacent to Ridgecrest and operated by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> and its contractors. Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake provides the majority of employment in the city at just under 8,000 jobs in 2018. This includes the government civilian workforce, active duty military personnel and private contractors.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>AltaOne Federal Credit Union has its corporate headquarters in Ridgecrest.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Searles_Valley_Minerals" title="Searles Valley Minerals">Searles Valley Minerals</a> plant is located adjacent to the <a href="/wiki/Searles_Dry_Lake" class="mw-redirect" title="Searles Dry Lake">Searles Dry Lake</a> near the town of <a href="/wiki/Trona,_San_Bernardino_County,_California" title="Trona, San Bernardino County, California">Trona, California</a>, about thirty miles east of Ridgecrest. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Top_employers">Top employers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ridgecrest,_California&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Top employers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The principal employers in Ridgecrest in 2020 were:<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Rank </th> <th>Employer </th> <th>Employees </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Weapons_Station_China_Lake" title="Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake">NAWS China Lake</a> </td> <td>7,995 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ridgecrest_Regional_Hospital" title="Ridgecrest Regional Hospital">Ridgecrest Regional Hospital</a> </td> <td>840 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Searles_Valley_Minerals" title="Searles Valley Minerals">Searles Valley Minerals</a> </td> <td>700 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Sands_Unified_School_District" title="Sierra Sands Unified School District">Sierra Sands Unified School District</a> </td> <td>527 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Walmart" title="Walmart">Walmart</a> </td> <td>333 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Albertsons" title="Albertsons">Albertsons</a> </td> <td>173 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cerro_Coso_Community_College" title="Cerro Coso Community College">Cerro Coso Community College</a> </td> <td>152 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td>Alta One Federal Credit Union </td> <td>123 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td>City of Ridgecrest </td> <td>116 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Home_Depot" title="Home Depot">Home Depot</a> </td> <td>116 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Local_features_and_activities">Local features and activities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ridgecrest,_California&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Local features and activities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Desert_flowers_in_the_Ridgecrest_Area.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/38/Desert_flowers_in_the_Ridgecrest_Area.jpg/220px-Desert_flowers_in_the_Ridgecrest_Area.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/38/Desert_flowers_in_the_Ridgecrest_Area.jpg/330px-Desert_flowers_in_the_Ridgecrest_Area.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/38/Desert_flowers_in_the_Ridgecrest_Area.jpg/440px-Desert_flowers_in_the_Ridgecrest_Area.jpg 2x" data-file-width="489" data-file-height="309" /></a><figcaption>Wildflowers in Ridgecrest, California</figcaption></figure> <p>The most notable feature in the nearby area is the <a href="/wiki/Coso_People" class="mw-redirect" title="Coso People">Coso People</a> <a href="/wiki/Rock_art" title="Rock art">rock art</a> in <a href="/wiki/Big_and_Little_Petroglyph_Canyons" title="Big and Little Petroglyph Canyons">Big and Little Petroglyph Canyons</a>. The Coso People were prolific artists and traded with distant tribes using tools crafted of stone. <a href="/wiki/Archeological" class="mw-redirect" title="Archeological">Archeological</a> recovery at coastal <a href="/wiki/Chumash_people" title="Chumash people">Chumash</a> sites in California indicates considerable trade with the <a href="/wiki/Coso_People" class="mw-redirect" title="Coso People">Coso People</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other activities in the area are: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 18em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hunting" title="Hunting">Hunting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shooting" title="Shooting">shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiking" title="Hiking">Hiking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horseback_riding" class="mw-redirect" title="Horseback riding">Horseback riding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Off-roading" title="Off-roading">Off-roading</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dirt_biking" class="mw-redirect" title="Dirt biking">dirt biking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golf" title="Golf">Golf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Road_cycling" title="Road cycling">Road cycling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camping" title="Camping">Camping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aviation" title="Aviation">Flying</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gliding" title="Gliding">gliding</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Maturango_Museum">Maturango Museum</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ridgecrest,_California&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Maturango Museum"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Maturango_Museum" title="Maturango Museum">Maturango Museum</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MaturangoMuseum.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/MaturangoMuseum.JPG/250px-MaturangoMuseum.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/MaturangoMuseum.JPG/330px-MaturangoMuseum.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/MaturangoMuseum.JPG/500px-MaturangoMuseum.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2432" /></a><figcaption>The front of the Maturango Museum</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Maturango Museum</b> is located in Ridgecrest. The museum is best known for the guided tours to Little Petroglyph Canyon on China Lake Naval Weapons Station (NAWS).<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The museum offers <a href="/wiki/Art_exhibition" title="Art exhibition">exhibits</a> and displays featuring both the <a href="/wiki/Natural" class="mw-redirect" title="Natural">natural</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Cultural" class="mw-redirect" title="Cultural">cultural</a> <a href="/wiki/History" title="History">history</a> and <a href="/wiki/Biodiversity" title="Biodiversity">diversity</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Mojave_Desert" title="Mojave Desert">Northern Mojave Desert</a> with exhibits of <a href="/wiki/Plants" class="mw-redirect" title="Plants">plants</a>, <a href="/wiki/Animals" class="mw-redirect" title="Animals">animals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a> artifacts, <a href="/wiki/Geology" title="Geology">geology</a> and contemporary arts and crafts.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Coso_Rock_Art_District">Coso Rock Art District</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ridgecrest,_California&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Coso Rock Art District"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Coso_archaic.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Coso_archaic.jpg/250px-Coso_archaic.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Coso_archaic.jpg/330px-Coso_archaic.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Coso_archaic.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="235" /></a><figcaption>Archaic abstract curvilinear-style petroglyphs near Ridgecrest, CA</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Coso_Rock_Art_District" title="Coso Rock Art District">Coso Rock Art District</a></div> <p><b>Coso Rock Art District</b>, sometimes equated with the <b><a href="/wiki/Big_and_Little_Petroglyph_Canyons" title="Big and Little Petroglyph Canyons">Big and Little Petroglyph Canyons</a></b> is a site containing over 20,000 Native American <a href="/wiki/Petroglyphs" class="mw-redirect" title="Petroglyphs">petroglyphs</a><sup id="cite_ref-nhl_summary_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nhl_summary-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> now located within <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Weapons_Station_China_Lake" title="Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake">Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake</a>, near <a href="/wiki/China_Lake,_Kern_County,_California" title="China Lake, Kern County, California">China Lake</a> and Ridgecrest, California. In fact, there are several other distinct canyons to the Coso Rock Art District besides the Big and Little Petroglyph Canyons. The most popular subjects are bighorn sheep, deer, and antelope.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Big and Little Petroglyph Canyons were declared a <a href="/wiki/National_Historic_Landmark" title="National Historic Landmark">National Historic Landmark</a> in 1964. In 2001, they were incorporated into a larger <a href="/wiki/National_Historic_Landmark_District" title="National Historic Landmark District">National Historic Landmark District</a>, called Coso Rock Art District. In 2014, the <a href="/wiki/Ridgecrest_Petroglyph_and_Heritage_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Ridgecrest Petroglyph and Heritage Festival">Ridgecrest Petroglyph Festival</a>, a celebration of the petroglyphs, native culture, and Ridgecrest as a California tourist destination was created as an annual event. It was named as one of <a href="/wiki/Groupon" title="Groupon">Groupon</a>'s "10 Most Unique Autumn Festivals in the Country"<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Walker_Pass">Walker Pass</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ridgecrest,_California&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Walker Pass"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Walker_Pass" title="Walker Pass">Walker Pass</a></div> <p><b>Walker Pass</b> (elevation 5,250 ft (1.60 km)) is a <a href="/wiki/Mountain_pass" title="Mountain pass">mountain pass</a> by <a href="/wiki/Lake_Isabella" title="Lake Isabella">Lake Isabella</a> in the southern <a href="/wiki/Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sierra Nevada (U.S.)">Sierra Nevada</a> mountains. It is located in northeastern <a href="/wiki/Kern_County,_California" title="Kern County, California">Kern County</a>, approximately 53 mi (85 km) ENE of <a href="/wiki/Bakersfield,_California" title="Bakersfield, California">Bakersfield</a> and 10 mi (16 km) WSW of Ridgecrest. The pass provides a route between the <a href="/wiki/San_Joaquin_Valley" title="San Joaquin Valley">San Joaquin Valley</a> on the west and the <a href="/wiki/Mojave_Desert" title="Mojave Desert">Mojave Desert</a> on the east.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Trona_Pinnacles">Trona Pinnacles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ridgecrest,_California&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Trona Pinnacles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Trona_Pinnacles" title="Trona Pinnacles">Trona Pinnacles</a></div> <p><b>Trona Pinnacles</b> featured in many notable films are located near Ridgecrest. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Red_Rock_Canyon_State_Park">Red Rock Canyon State Park</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ridgecrest,_California&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Red Rock Canyon State Park"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Red_Rock_Canyon_State_Park_(California)" title="Red Rock Canyon State Park (California)">Red Rock Canyon State Park (California)</a></div> <p><b>Red Rock Canyon State Park</b> is also very close to Ridgecrest and provides the community with hiking and camping opportunities. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ridgecrest,_California&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cerro_Coso_Community_College-iwv.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Cerro_Coso_Community_College-iwv.jpg/250px-Cerro_Coso_Community_College-iwv.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Cerro_Coso_Community_College-iwv.jpg/330px-Cerro_Coso_Community_College-iwv.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Cerro_Coso_Community_College-iwv.jpg 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="270" /></a><figcaption>Cerro Coso Community College</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Sands_Unified_School_District" title="Sierra Sands Unified School District">Sierra Sands Unified School District</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which serves the city of Ridgecrest, Inyokern, and the surrounding communities, includes the following elementary schools: Las Flores Elementary, Faller Elementary, Richmond Elementary currently displaced to Vieweg Elementary due to damage in recent earthquakes,<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gateway Elementary, Pierce Elementary, and Inyokern Elementary. For middle-schoolers the <a href="/wiki/School_district" title="School district">school district</a> includes James Monroe Middle School, and Murray Middle School. The district's primary <a href="/wiki/High_school_(North_America)" title="High school (North America)">high school</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sherman_E_Burroughs_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Sherman E Burroughs High School">Sherman E Burroughs High School</a>, serves Ridgecrest, China Lake NAWC, <a href="/wiki/Inyokern,_California" title="Inyokern, California">Inyokern</a>, Buttermilk Acres, Red Mountain, and <a href="/wiki/Randsburg,_California" title="Randsburg, California">Randsburg</a>. There is also an <a href="/wiki/Alternative_school#Alternative_high_school" title="Alternative school">alternative high school</a>, Mesquite High School.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ridgecrest Elementary Academy for Language, Music, and Science (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rcrealms.org">REALMS</a>)is a public charter school sponsored by the Kern County Office of Education. Opened in 2019, the school educates children from Transitional K to the 6th grade. The school campus was formerly a Transitional K to 8th grade school which operated from 2001 to 2018 under the name Ridgecrest Charter School. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Sierra Sands Unified School District </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Grades </th> <th>School </th> <th>City </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/K-5_(education)" title="K-5 (education)">K-5</a> </td> <td>Faller Elementary School </td> <td rowspan="2">Ridgecrest </td></tr> <tr> <td>Gateway Elementary School </td></tr> <tr> <td>Inyokern Elementary School </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Inyokern,_California" title="Inyokern, California">Inyokern</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Las Flores Elementary School </td> <td rowspan="3">Ridgecrest </td></tr> <tr> <td>Pierce Elementary School </td></tr> <tr> <td>Richmond Elementary School </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rand Elementary School </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Johannesburg,_California" title="Johannesburg, California">Johannesburg</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Middle_school" title="Middle school">6-8</a> </td> <td>James Monroe Middle School </td> <td rowspan="4">Ridgecrest </td></tr> <tr> <td>Murray Middle School </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/High_school" class="mw-redirect" title="High school">9-12</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sherman_E._Burroughs_High_School" title="Sherman E. Burroughs High School">Sherman E. Burroughs High School</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mesquite High School (<a href="/wiki/Alternative_school" title="Alternative school">alternative</a>) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="College">College</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ridgecrest,_California&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: College"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Cerro_Coso_Community_College" title="Cerro Coso Community College">Cerro Coso Community College</a></div> <p>Cerro Coso Community College, a part of the <a href="/wiki/Kern_Community_College_District" title="Kern Community College District">Kern Community College District</a>, was established in 1973 and has a full-time enrollment of 2,347.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 420 acres (1.7 km<sup>2</sup>) Indian Wells Valley Campus (IWV) is located in the upper <a href="/wiki/Mojave_Desert" title="Mojave Desert">Mojave Desert</a> near Ridgecrest.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The IWV Campus is the largest of the Cerro Coso campuses. It serves a population of about 50,000. The college serves the communities of Ridgecrest, <a href="/wiki/China_Lake" class="mw-redirect" title="China Lake">China Lake</a>, <a href="/wiki/Inyokern" class="mw-redirect" title="Inyokern">Inyokern</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Trona,_San_Bernardino_County,_California" title="Trona, San Bernardino County, California">Trona</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Public_library">Public library</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ridgecrest,_California&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Public library"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ridgecrest Branch Library, a branch of the <a href="/wiki/Kern_County_Library" title="Kern County Library">Kern County Library</a>, serves Ridgecrest, Inyokern, China Lake, Trona and surrounding communities. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Public_safety">Public safety</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ridgecrest,_California&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Public safety"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RidgecrestCACityHall.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/RidgecrestCACityHall.png/330px-RidgecrestCACityHall.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/RidgecrestCACityHall.png/500px-RidgecrestCACityHall.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/RidgecrestCACityHall.png/960px-RidgecrestCACityHall.png 2x" data-file-width="2208" data-file-height="1242" /></a><figcaption>Ridgecrest City Hall and Police Headquarters</figcaption></figure> <p>Ridgecrest has its own police department, as well as a regional station of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.co.kern.ca.us/sheriff/">Kern County Sheriff's Department</a>. The Kern County Fire Department<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> provides fire protection and emergency medical services. Full-time law enforcement employees in 2008 numbered 56 (41 officers). </p><p>Crime statistics for 2011 (reported by the Ridgecrest Police Department):<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115" /><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 18em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Homicide" title="Homicide">Homicide</a>: 1</li> <li>Manslaughter by negligence: 0</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robbery" title="Robbery">Robbery</a>: 15</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rape" title="Rape">Rape</a>: 11</li> <li>Assault: 337</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burglary" title="Burglary">Burglary</a>: 192</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theft" title="Theft">Theft</a>: 292</li> <li>Auto theft: 37</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arson" title="Arson">Arson</a>: 14</li> <li>Total violent crimes: 364</li> <li>Total <a href="/wiki/Property_crime" title="Property crime">property crimes</a>: 535</li> <li>Total crimes: 899</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Percentage" title="Percentage">Percentage</a> change since prior period: -9%</li> <li>Calls for service: 33,440</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ridgecrest,_California&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Notable natives include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rebekka_Armstrong" title="Rebekka Armstrong">Rebekka Armstrong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Playboy_Playmate" title="Playboy Playmate">Playboy Playmate</a> and <a href="/wiki/HIV" title="HIV">HIV/AIDS</a> activist<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Bachman" title="Ted Bachman">Ted Bachman</a>, former American football <a href="/wiki/Defensive_end" title="Defensive end">defensive end</a>, attended Burroughs High.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lacy_Barnes-Mileham" title="Lacy Barnes-Mileham">Lacy Barnes-Mileham</a>, (b. 1964), graduated Burroughs High (1983) and Fresno State (1988). Won U.S.A. Track and Field discus championships in 1999 and 1991, and competed in the <a href="/wiki/1996_Atlanta_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="1996 Atlanta Olympics">1996 Atlanta Olympics</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerome_Davis_(sprinter)" title="Jerome Davis (sprinter)">Jerome Davis (sprinter)</a>, sprinter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Hoppus" title="Mark Hoppus">Mark Hoppus</a>, co-lead singer and bassist of the rock band <a href="/wiki/Blink-182" title="Blink-182">Blink-182</a><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Monks" title="Jason Monks">Jason Monks</a>, politician and member of the <a href="/wiki/Idaho_House_of_Representatives" title="Idaho House of Representatives">Idaho House of Representatives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabaa_Tahir" title="Sabaa Tahir">Sabaa Tahir</a>, author</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ridgecrest,_California&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Looking_south_in_Ridgecrest,_CA.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b5/Looking_south_in_Ridgecrest%2C_CA.jpg/500px-Looking_south_in_Ridgecrest%2C_CA.jpg" decoding="async" width="375" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b5/Looking_south_in_Ridgecrest%2C_CA.jpg/563px-Looking_south_in_Ridgecrest%2C_CA.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b5/Looking_south_in_Ridgecrest%2C_CA.jpg 2x" data-file-width="617" data-file-height="255" /></a><figcaption>Looking south in Ridgecrest</figcaption></figure> <p>Ridgecrest has one TV station, KZGN-LD, owned by Wiknich Broadcasting Corp., that has 3 channels serving the entire Indian Wells Valley over the air and on Mediacom Cable. KZGN provides local news, weather and sports. KZGN also provides a daily local interview program, <i>Ridgecrest Talk</i>. Ridgecrest is served by two newspapers, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Independent_(Ridgecrest)" title="The Daily Independent (Ridgecrest)">The Daily Independent</a></i> and the <i>News Review</i>, as well as a mixture of local broadcast stations and <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_translator" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadcast translator">repeaters</a> from <a href="/wiki/Radio_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio station">radio</a> and <a href="/wiki/TV_station" class="mw-redirect" title="TV station">TV stations</a> based in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles, California">Los Angeles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bakersfield,_California" title="Bakersfield, California">Bakersfield</a>. The repeaters are operated by the IWV TV Booster. Radio stations in the area include <a href="/wiki/KRSF" class="mw-redirect" title="KRSF">KRSF</a> 89.3 a Christian radio format with <a href="/wiki/Radio_74" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio 74">Radio 74</a>; <a href="/wiki/KZFX" title="KZFX">KZFX</a> 93.7 a classic rock format with ABC and California news and weather; <a href="/w/index.php?title=KSSI_(FM)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="KSSI (FM) (page does not exist)">KSSI (FM)</a> 102.7, broadcasting rock music, local news and weather; <a href="/wiki/KLOA_(AM)" title="KLOA (AM)">KLOA (AM)</a> 1240, broadcasting <a href="/wiki/CBS_Sports_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="CBS Sports Radio">CBS Sports Radio</a>; KZIQ 92.7, featuring adult contemporary music; KRAJ The Heat 100.9 FM, featuring a hip-hop format; and K296AI the 107.1, with <a href="/wiki/KCNV" title="KCNV">KCNV</a> <a href="/wiki/Classical_music" title="Classical music">classical music</a> feed. KRCK-1360, "Ridgecrest Radio", went off the air in the 1970s. TV repeater K05FO 5 rebroadcasts <a href="/wiki/KTLA" title="KTLA">KTLA</a>; and K35HO-D 35 rebroadcasts <a href="/wiki/KBAK-TV" title="KBAK-TV">KBAK</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ridgecrest,_California&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The town of Junktown in the video game <a href="/wiki/Fallout_(video_game)" title="Fallout (video game)">Fallout</a> is based on a post-apocalyptic version of Ridgecrest.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /><table class="infobox" style="clear: right; float:right;margin:0 0 1.5em 1.5em"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:115%">External videos</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="video icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/16px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/24px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/32px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></span></span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k8f2gJjXkQ">Sony - No More Shakes</a>,<br /> YouTube video</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In a 1984 Sony commercial, Ridgecrest is known as the "Earthquake Capital of the World..." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ridgecrest,_California&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ridgecrest is located at the junction of highways <a href="/wiki/California_State_Route_178" title="California State Route 178">California State Route 178</a> and <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_395" title="U.S. Route 395">U.S. Route 395</a> (business route). </p><p>The city of Ridgecrest provides the Ridgecrest Transit shuttle bus service to and from Inyokern, connecting with the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Sierra_Transit_Authority" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Sierra Transit Authority">Eastern Sierra Transit Authority</a> bus that serves <a href="/wiki/Bishop,_California" title="Bishop, California">Bishop</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mammoth_Lakes" class="mw-redirect" title="Mammoth Lakes">Mammoth Lakes</a> to the north, and <a href="/wiki/Lancaster_(Metrolink_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lancaster (Metrolink station)">Lancaster (Metrolink station)</a>, with connections to the San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles, to the south. <a href="/wiki/Kern_Transit" title="Kern Transit">Kern Transit</a> connects Ridgecrest to <a href="/wiki/Lake_Isabella" title="Lake Isabella">Lake Isabella</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mojave,_California" title="Mojave, California">Mojave</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ridgecrest,_California&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a 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