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Searles Valley
Searles Valley is a valley in the northern Mojave Desert of California, with the northern half in Inyo County and the southern half in San Bernardino County, California, United States. Searles Valley is located between the Argus Range to the west and the Slate Range to the east. Death Valley is to the northeast. The valley contains the landform features of Searles Lake and the Trona Pinnacles. The valley was named after John Wemple Searles. Settlements The Searles Valley Minerals company town of Trona is the primary settlement. Other towns in the Searles Valley include: Westend, Argus, Borosolvay, Pioneer Point, Homewood Canyon, and Searles Valley. Sometimes Argus, Westend, Pioneer Point, and Trona are collectively referred to as Trona. See also * Trona Railway * Panamint Valley *Indian Wells Valley Indian Wells Valley is an arid north–south basin in east-central California. In the geologic sense, it is a southern extension of Owens Valley to the north, with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Searles Valley, California
Searles Valley is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Searles Valley of the Mojave Desert, in northwestern San Bernardino County, California, United States. Geography Searles Valley includes the Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated communities of Argus, California, Argus, Pioneer Point, California, Pioneer Point, Searles Valley (town), and Trona, San Bernardino County, California, Trona. Searles Valley is located at (35.765181, -117.382803). Searles Valley CDP is at the western edge of Searles Lake, a dry lakebed in the lowest part of the Searles Valley. Searles Valley CDP is about 170 miles northeast of Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles, on California State Route 178, State Route 178. It is southwest of Death Valley and the Panamint Range. Ridgecrest, California, Ridgecrest and China Lake are to the west. According to the United States Census Bureau, Searles Valley has a total area of , all land. The population was 1,739 at the 2010 census. The ZIP code i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mojave Desert
The Mojave Desert (; ; ) is a desert in the rain shadow of the southern Sierra Nevada mountains and Transverse Ranges in the Southwestern United States. Named for the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous Mohave people, it is located primarily in southeastern California and southwestern Nevada, with small portions extending into Arizona and Utah. The Mojave Desert, together with the Sonoran Desert, Sonoran, Chihuahuan Desert, Chihuahuan, and Great Basin Desert, Great Basin deserts, form a larger List of North American deserts, North American desert. Of these, the Mojave is the smallest and driest. It displays typical basin and range topography, generally having a pattern of a series of parallel mountain ranges and valleys. It is also the site of Death Valley, which is the lowest elevation in North America. The Mojave Desert is often colloquially called the "high desert", as most of it lies between . It supports a diversity of flora and fauna. The desert supports a numb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argus, California
Argus is an unincorporated community in the Searles Valley of the Mojave Desert, in northwestern San Bernardino County, California. Argus is east-northeast of Ridgecrest. Argus Cogeneration Plant Argus was home to the last coal fired circulating fluidized bed (CFB) combustion plant in the state of California, which produced 96 megawatts of power. The plant was shut down due to changing emissions regulations in the state of California. Searles Valley census-designated place Argus and the communities of Pioneer Point, Trona, and Searles Valley (community) make up the Searles Valley census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte .... See also * References Unincorporated communities in San Bernardino County, California Populated places in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valleys Of San Bernardino County, California
A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains and typically containing a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams over a very long period. Some valleys are formed through erosion by glacial ice. These glaciers may remain present in valleys in high mountains or polar areas. At lower latitudes and altitudes, these glacially formed valleys may have been created or enlarged during ice ages but now are ice-free and occupied by streams or rivers. In desert areas, valleys may be entirely dry or carry a watercourse only rarely. In areas of limestone bedrock, dry valleys may also result from drainage now taking place underground rather than at the surface. Rift valleys arise principally from earth movements, rather than erosion. Many different types of valleys are described by geographers, using terms that may be global in use or else applied only locally. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Searles Valley
Searles Valley is a valley in the northern Mojave Desert of California, with the northern half in Inyo County and the southern half in San Bernardino County, California, United States. Searles Valley is located between the Argus Range to the west and the Slate Range to the east. Death Valley is to the northeast. The valley contains the landform features of Searles Lake and the Trona Pinnacles. The valley was named after John Wemple Searles. Settlements The Searles Valley Minerals company town of Trona is the primary settlement. Other towns in the Searles Valley include: Westend, Argus, Borosolvay, Pioneer Point, Homewood Canyon, and Searles Valley. Sometimes Argus, Westend, Pioneer Point, and Trona are collectively referred to as Trona. See also * Trona Railway * Panamint Valley *Indian Wells Valley Indian Wells Valley is an arid north–south basin in east-central California. In the geologic sense, it is a southern extension of Owens Valley to the north, with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Potash Wars (California)
The Potash wars were a series of events that took place from 1910 to 1915 in the Searles Valley near Searles Lake, a dry lake (also called Slate Range Lake and Borax Lake), near the current town of Trona in the San Bernardino County of California. The Potash wars gained national and international news at the time due to the involvement of famous lawman Wyatt Earp and the importance of the valley's supply of potash at the time. Potash is an important crop fertilizer and the Searles Valley was a major supplier in the 1910s. Background In the mid-19th century and earlier, potash was produced almost exclusively on asheries from burning wood or kelp, but by 1861 Germans pioneered mining potassium salts and American farmers soon started using them as fertilizers on a wide scale. In 1863, John W. Searles (1828-1897) discovered concentrated minerals in the saline deposits in Slate Range in the Mojave Desert southwest of Death Valley. John and his brother Dennis Searles disco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Wells Valley
Indian Wells Valley is an arid north–south basin in east-central California. In the geologic sense, it is a southern extension of Owens Valley to the north, with the recent volcanics of the Coso Range being the separator. It is defined by a major fault on the west side of the valley. Unlike Owens Valley, it is bound by a fault to the south, the Garlock Fault (within the El Paso Mountains). The valley is part of California's South Lahontan hydrologic region. Owens Peak, located west of the Indian Wells Valley, overlooks the basin from the west at 8,452 feet, making it the tallest peak in the southern Sierra Nevada range. Other mountain ranges surrounding the valley include the Argus Range in the east, the Coso Range in the north, and the El Paso Mountains in the south. Geography The Indian Wells Valley is shared by three separate counties; Inyo County encompassing the north, Kern County making up the south-central and western part of the valley, and San Bernardino County m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panamint Valley
Panamint Valley is a long basin located east of the Argus and Slate ranges, and west of the Panamint Range in the northeastern reach of the Mojave Desert, in eastern California, United States. Geography The northern end of the valley is in Death Valley National Park and Inyo County, California. The valley lies in a north–south direction, and stretches from the Panamint Dunes in the north to the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in San Bernardino County in the south. The valley is approximately 65 miles (105 km) in length, and is more than 10 miles (16 km) wide in the Hall Canyon area. Features * The ghost town of Ballarat is located in Panamint Valley about three miles east of Trona Road, near Happy Canyon. * The Panamint Springs Resort, on Highway 190 west of Panamint Valley Road near Rainbow Canyon, provides the only lodging, dining, and gas in the area. *The former Epsom Salts Monorail crossed the valley on a wooden trestle. * A radar station is located n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trona Railway
The Trona Railway is a short-line railroad owned by Searles Valley Minerals. The TRC interchanges with the Lone Pine Subdivision of the Union Pacific Railroad (former Southern Pacific Transportation Company) at Searles, California. History The railroad was built by the American Trona Company in 1914, to bring the mining company's potash to an interchange with the Southern Pacific Railroad. The company and its Trona Railway has had various subsequent owners, including American Potash & Chemical Corporation, Kerr-McGee Corporation, IMC Global, Sun Capital, LLC, before the current ownership of Searles Valley Minerals, Inc. On Dec. 27 2007, Karnavati Holdings, a subsidiary of Nirma Limited, acquired all of Searles Valley Minerals, Inc. In the 1920s, the Epsom Salts Monorail delivered epsomite to the Trona Railway at Magnesium Siding, about south of Trona. This unique system extended eastwards into the Owlshead Mountains, was in use from 1924 to 1926, and was dismantled in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homewood Canyon, California
Homewood Canyon is a census-designated place (CDP) in Inyo County, California. Homewood Canyon sits at an elevation of . The 2020 United States census reported Homewood Canyon's population was 40. Prior to the 2010 census, the former CDP of Homewood Canyon-Valley Wells was split into Homewood Canyon and Valley Wells. Demographics Homewood Canyon first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. Census formed along with the Valley Wells CDP out of the dissolved Homewood Canyon-Valley Wells CDP. 2020 The 2020 United States census reported that Homewood Canyon had a population of 40. The population density was . The racial makeup of Homewood Canyon was 34 (85%) White and six (15%) from two or more races. There were four (10%) Hispanic or Latino people of any race. There were 18 households, out of which seven (39%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, eight (44%) were married-couple households, four (22%) were cohabiting couple households, zero (0%) h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pioneer Point, California
Pioneer Point is an unincorporated community in the Searles Valley of the Mojave Desert, in northern San Bernardino County, California. Pioneer Point is northeast of Ridgecrest. ;Searles Valley census-designated place Pioneer Point and the communities of Argus, Trona, and Searles Valley (community) make up the Searles Valley census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte .... See also * References Unincorporated communities in San Bernardino County, California Populated places in the Mojave Desert Searles Valley Unincorporated communities in California {{SanBernardinoCountyCA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
