McKittrick, California
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McKittrick is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California, United States. McKittrick is 14 miles northwest of Taft, at an elevation of 1,056 feet. The population was 102 at the 2020 census,
Historic landmark sign along SR58.
View of the community from the south.
McKittrick Oil Field
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The McKittrick Oil Field is a large oil and gas field in western Kern County, California. The town of McKittrick overlies the northeastern portion of the oil field. Recognized as an oil field in the 1
McKittrick, California
…more famous La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, contain an assemblage of bones of ice age mammals. They are a series of surface seeps from the underlying McKittrick Oil Field. The first post office at McKittrick opened in 1910. The name honors Capt. William McKittrick, local landowner and rancher. McKittrick incorporated in…
The McKittrick Oil Field in Kern County, California. Other oil fields are shown in gray.
Oil wells and piping on the McKittrick Field, about a mile west of the town of McKittrick.
McKittrick Tar Seep North of Highway 58. The person is lighting a natural-gas bubble.
Outcrop of diatomite with streaks of oil, McKittrick oilfield. There are numerous oil seeps in this area. 2000 photo.