Editing California City, California (section)

==Geography==
Although one of California's smaller cities in terms of population, California City is the third largest city in California by land area.<ref>{{cite news | date = July 28, 2015 | title = California City: How A Developer's Failed Dream Became The State's Biggest Water Waster | url = https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2015/07/28/california-city-how-a-developers-failed-dream-became-the-states-biggest-water-waster/ | work = CBS Sacramento | access-date = September 15, 2019 | archive-date = December 19, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191219015351/https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2015/07/28/california-city-how-a-developers-failed-dream-became-the-states-biggest-water-waster/ | url-status = live }}</ref> Satellite photos underscore its claim to being California's third-largest city by land area (40th largest in the United States).<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Hardy |first=Michael |url=https://www.wired.com/story/california-ghost-metropolis-gallery/ |title=The Unbuilt Streets of California's Ghost Metropolis |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |date=September 5, 2019 |access-date=September 6, 2019 |archive-date=September 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190907080127/https://www.wired.com/story/california-ghost-metropolis-gallery/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="lat">{{cite web |last=Anton |first=Mike |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-aug-14-la-me-cal-city-20100814-story.html |title=A desert city that didn't fan out |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=August 14, 2010 |access-date=September 6, 2019 |url-access=limited |archive-date=September 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190906045341/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-aug-14-la-me-cal-city-20100814-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Located in the northern [[Antelope Valley]] in [[Kern County, California|Kern County]], [[California]], the city is {{convert|18|mi}} northwest of [[Edwards Air Force Base]], {{convert|28|mi}} east of [[Tehachapi, California|Tehachapi]], {{convert|40|mi}} north of [[Lancaster, California|Lancaster]], {{convert|49|mi}} southwest of [[Ridgecrest, California|Ridgecrest]], {{convert|67|mi|km}} east of the city of [[Bakersfield, California|Bakersfield]], and {{convert|101|mi|km}} north of the city of [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]].

===Geology===
In 2000, the depth to groundwater was {{convert|370|feet}}.<ref name="spl_pdf_plan"/>

The [[Garlock Fault]] runs nearby.

===Climate===
{{Weather box/concise F
| location=California City, CA
| source=The Weather Channel<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USCA0152
| title=Monthly Averages for California City, CA
| publisher=The Weather Channel
| year=2011
| access-date=January 5, 2011
| archive-date=April 5, 2011
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110405011725/http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USCA0152
| url-status=live
}}</ref>
|58|62|66|72|81|91|97|96|90|79|66|58  <!--highs-->
|34|37|41|46|54|62|67|66|59|49|39|33  <!--lows-->
|1.34|1.51|1.13|0.22|0.15|0.05|0.16|0.27|0.28|0.28|0.43|0.81  <!--rain-->
}}