Ridgecrest, California College Heights Blvd., Ridgecrest College Heights Blvd., Ridgecrest Official seal of Ridgecrest, California Location in Kern County and the state of California Location in Kern County and the state of California Ridgecrest, California is positioned in the US Ridgecrest, California - Ridgecrest, California State California Ridgecrest is a town/city in Kern County, California, United States.
Route 395 in the Indian Wells Valley in northeastern Kern County, adjoining to the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake (NAWS, or China Lake).
Ridgecrest is surrounded by four mountain peaks; the Sierra Nevada on the west, the Cosos on the north, the Argus Range on the east, and the El Paso Mountains on the south.
There are presently no scheduled commercial flights in or out of Ridgecrest.
Ridgecrest is inside two hours of the highest and the lowest points in the conterminous U.S. 2.1 1995 Ridgecrest earthquake By 1943, Ridgecrest had grown to 115 homes and 196 residents.
Ridgecrest incorporated in 1963. During this era the expansion of Ridgecrest was governed by the closing needs of the high tech industries coupled to the Naval Station's programs for testing arms and guidance systems.
Overview shot of Ridgecrest, from the west on CA-178 According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 21.4 square miles (55.4 km2), of which 20.8 sq mi (53.9 km2) is territory and 0.7 sq mi (1.8 km2) of it (3.04%) is water.
Ridgecrest is positioned in Indian Wells Valley, which is a southern extension of Owens Valley, broken up by the volcanic Coso Range.
1995 Ridgecrest earthquake The 1995 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence started on August 17, when a magnitude 5.4 quake, centered 18 kilometers (11 mi) north of the town of Ridgecrest, shook the region and spawned over 2,500 aftershocks over the course of the following five weeks.
Clouds in Ridgecrest, California The weather in the Indian Wells Valley (Ridgecrest, CA) is dominantly influenced by its high desert location.
The mean annual maximum temperature for the Ridgecrest region 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).
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).
Ridgecrest is a desert, with an average of less than 5 inches (130 mm) "equivalent rainfall" per year, which includes less than 2 inches (51 mm) of snow.
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).
Average high F ( C) 61.3 Average high F ( C) 59.6 The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Ridgecrest had a populace of 27,616.
The ethnic makeup of Ridgecrest was 21,387 (77.4%) White, 1,113 (4.0%) African American, 341 (1.2%) Native American, 1,209 (4.4%) Asian, 143 (0.5%) Pacific Islander, 1,836 (6.6%) from other competitions, and 1,587 (5.7%) from two or more competitions.
The Enumeration reported that 27,420 citizens (99.3% of the population) lived in homeholds, 109 (0.4%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 87 (0.3%) were institutionalized.
There were 10,781 homeholds, out of which 3,901 (36.2%) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 5,211 (48.3%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 1,352 (12.5%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 609 (5.6%) had a male homeholder with no wife present.
2,978 homeholds (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 populace was spread out with 7,544 citizens (27.3%) under the age of 18, 2,654 citizens (9.6%) aged 18 to 24, 7,157 citizens (25.9%) aged 25 to 44, 6,844 citizens (24.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 3,417 citizens (12.4%) who were 65 years of age or older.
16,520 citizens (59.8% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 10,900 citizens (39.5%) lived in rental housing units.
Sunset in Ridgecrest, California There were 9,826 homeholds out of which 35.0% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 52.2% were married couples living together, 11.5% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 31.9% were non-families.
27.6% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
In the city, the populace 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.
About 10.2% of families and 12.3% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 17.5% of those under age 18 and 5.1% of those age 65 or over.
California median age: 33.3 years Wildflowers in Ridgecrest, California The most notable feature in the close-by area is the Coso People modern art in Big and Little Petroglyph Canyons.
The Maturango Museum is positioned in Ridgecrest.
Main article: Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake or NAWS China Lake is an airborne weapons testing and training range positioned adjoining to Ridgecrest and directed by the United States Navy and its contractors.
Archaic abstract curvilinear-style petroglyphs near Ridgecrest, CA Coso Rock Art District, sometimes equated with the Big and Little Petroglyph Canyons is a site including over 20,000 Native American petroglyphs now positioned inside Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, near China Lake and Ridgecrest, California.
In 2014, the Ridgecrest Petroglyph Festival, a celebration of the petroglyphs, native culture, and Ridgecrest as a California tourist destination was created as an annual event.
It is positioned in northeastern Kern County, approximately 53 mi (85 km) ENE of Bakersfield and 10 mi (16 km) WSW of Ridgecrest.
Annually in November: Ridgecrest Petroglyph Festival The district's major high school, Sherman E Burroughs High School, serves Ridgecrest, China Lake NAWC, Inyokern, Buttermilk Acres, Red Mountain, and Randsburg.
There is also an alternative high school, Mesquite High School. Ridgecrest Charter School is a tuition-free enhance school supported by the California State Board of Education.
It is the only school in Ridgecrest that combines both elementary and junior high. The College serves the communities of Ridgecrest, China Lake, Inyokern, and Trona.
Ridgecrest Branch Library, a branch of the Kern County Library, serves Ridgecrest, Inyokern, China Lake, Trona and encircling communities.
Ridgecrest, CA City Hall and Police Headquarters Ridgecrest has its own police department, as well as a county-wide station of the Kern County Sheriff's Department, with the Kern County Fire Department providing fire protection and Emergency Medical Services.
Crime statistics for 2011 (reported by the Ridgecrest Police Department): Looking south in Ridgecrest, CA 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 also provides a small-town interview program "Ridgecrest Talk" daily as well.
Ridgecrest is served by two newspapers, The Daily Independent and the News Review, as well as a mixture of small-town broadcast stations and repeaters from radio and TV stations based in Los Angeles and Bakersfield.
Radio stations in the region include KZFX 93.7 a Classic Rock Format with ABC and California News and weather KSSI (FM) 102.7, transmitting Rock Music, small-town news and weather, KLOA (AM) 1240, transmitting an oldies format, KZIQ 92.7, featuring Adult Contemporary Music, KRAJ The Heat 100.9 fm, featuring hip hop party modern format, K296 - AI the 107.1, with KCNV classical music feed.
KRCK, "Ridgecrest Radio", went off the air in the 1970s.
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K11 - ML 11 N/A N/A KTTV Fox 11.1, Los Angeles Good K13 - NF 13 N/A N/A KCOP My - Network TV 13.1, Los Angeles Good K15 - HJ-D N/A 15 2 KCBS-DT CBS 43, Los Angeles Off air, dead power supply in transmitter K17 - HY-D N/A 17 4 KNBC-DT NBC 36, Los Angeles Good K41 - GO N/A 19 N/A N/A N/A N/A Not in service K20 - LH-D N/A 20 N/A N/A N/A N/A Not in service K21 - IN-D N/A 21 5 KTLA-DT CW 31, Los Angeles Good K23 - IS-D N/A 23 7 KABC-DT ABC 7, Los Angeles Good K33 - ID-D N/A 33 N/A N/A N/A N/A Not in service K35 - HO-D N/A 35 41 K41 - GO City 41, Ridgecrest Good K39 - HT-D N/A 39 58 KLCS-DT PBS 41, Los Angeles Good K47 - AE-D N/A 47 11 KTTV-DT Fox 11, Los Angeles Good K49 - AA-D N/A 49 13 KCOP-DT My - Network TV 13, Los Angeles Good Ridgecrest Regional Hospital The novel Man Walks Into a Room by Nicole Krauss is set in part near a desert town called Hillcrest, a thinly disguised version of Ridgecrest, surrounded by and dedicated to military development.
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