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.
Midway-Sunset Oil Field
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The Midway-Sunset Oil Field is a large oil field in Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California in the United States. It is the largest known oilfield in California and also the largest oil field in t
McKittrick, California
…all of it land. The town is in the center of a large oil-producing region in western Kern County. Along State Route 33 to the south of the town is the Midway-Sunset Oil Field, the second-largest oil field in the contiguous United States; within the town itself, as well as to the west is the McKittrick Field; to the northwest…
Midway Field Well 2-6 in 1909, known as the first gusher
Oil wells and storage tanks west of Highway 33, on the Midway-Sunset field
The Lakeview #2 gusher (not the more famous Lakeview #1 gusher), 20 May 1914
Steam pipes emerging from the Midway Sunset Cogeneration Plant to steam the field. Note the hundreds of pumping units in the background; this is among the most densely developed parts of the field.