Searles Valley, California

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Searles Valley, California is a sparsely populated desert community in the Mojave Desert known for its mineral extraction operations and proximity to the epicenters of notable regional earthquakes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf census-designated place
populated place
unincorporated community
climateClassification Köppen BWk (cold desert climate)
country United States of America
elevation approximately 1,700 feet above sea level
geologicalSetting Basin and Range Province
governedAs unincorporated area of San Bernardino County
hasAreaCode 442
760
hasCharacteristic company town history linked to mineral industry
remote desert location
hasCommunity Argus, California
Pioneer Point, California
Randsburg Junction area
Trona, California
hasEconomicActivity chemical processing
mining
hasEducationalInstitution Trona Joint Unified School District
hasEvent annual Gem-O-Rama mineral collecting event at Searles Dry Lake
hasFeature Searles Dry Lake brine deposits
hasIndustrialFacility Searles Valley Minerals operations
hasNearbyEarthquakeActivity Ridgecrest earthquake sequence of July 2019
hasNearbyFeature Argus Range
Panamint Valley
Slate Range
hasPostalService ZIP Code 93562 (Trona)
hasTransportation California State Route 178
knownFor borax production
mineral extraction
potash production
salt and other evaporite minerals
soda ash production
locatedIn California
Mojave Desert
San Bernardino County, California
Searles Valley (geographic valley)
linked to: Searles Valley
locatedInClimate arid desert climate
locatedInTimeZone Pacific Time Zone
locatedNear China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station
Death Valley National Park
Ridgecrest, California
locatedNearEpicenterOf 2019 Searles Valley earthquake (M6.4)
locatedOn Searles Dry Lake
partOf Inyo County–San Bernardino County desert region
populationCharacteristic sparsely populated
seismicRegion Eastern California Shear Zone
Walker Lane belt

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2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes epicenterNear Searles Valley, California