The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout the United States of America and its territories. It is a type of gazetteer. GNIS was developed by the United States Geological Survey in cooperation with the United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) to promote the standardization of feature names.
Deep Springs Valley is a high desert valley in the Inyo-White Mountains of Inyo County, California. It is east of the Owens Valley and the Sierra Nevada mountain range, and south of Fish Lake Valley, Nevada, near the California-Nevada state border.
Caliente is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California. It is located 22 miles (35 km) east-southeast of Bakersfield, at an elevation of 1,312 feet (400 m).
Merrimac is an unincorporated community in Butte County, California located along Oroville-Quincy Road about 2.1 miles (3.4 km) south of the Plumas County line. It lies at an elevation of 3999 feet. While the location is shown as official in the National Geographic Names Database, it is not known if locals use this name to describe the place today. Nearby is Rogers Cow Camp, a campground in Lassen National Forest. The USGS feature ID for this populated place is 1659117. The US Postal Service does not show a ZIP Code for this community. The location is within area code 530.
Haselbusch is a former settlement in Butte County, California. It was located 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Biggs on the Northern Electric Railroad, at an elevation of 118 feet. It still appeared on maps as late as 1912.
Helltown is an unincorporated community in Butte County, California. It lies 4 miles (6.4 km) north-northwest of Paradise, at an elevation of 873 feet.
Petersburg is a former settlement in Kern County, California. It was located on Greenhorn Creek 4.5 miles (7.2 km) west-northwest of Miracle Hot Springs, at an elevation of 4731 feet. Petersburg still appeared on maps as of 1956.
Cromir is an unincorporated community in Fresno County, California. It is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad 4 miles south-southeast of Firebaugh, at an elevation of 164 feet.
Cambio is a former settlement in Kern County, California. It was located on the Southern Pacific Railroad 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Mojave, at an elevation of 2835 feet. Cambio still appeared on maps as of 1947.
Desert Lake is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California.
Goler Heights, also known simply as Goler, is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California. It is located 6.5 miles (10 km) northwest of Randsburg, at an elevation of 2,579 feet (786 m). The town is named after John Goller, a German immigrant who discovered a placer gold deposit that was later mined and named in his honor.
{{Infobox settlement |name = Jastro Winkle |other_name = Jastro Winkle,California 93308 |native_name = Jastro Diamond |nickname = Jastro Diamond Field |settlement_type =[[Sovereign State] [unincorporated]] |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |pushpin_map =California#USA |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_mapsize = |pushpin_map_caption =Location in California |pushpin_image=California Locator Map with US.PNG |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name =United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = California |subdivision_type2 =County |subdivision_name2 = Kern County |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = | |established_title = |established_date = |coordinates = 35°22′36″N119°04′20″W |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m =121 |elevation_ft =397 |footnotes =Jastro Winkle, California is the 14 acre site where Mr. H.A. Jastro established a designated Autonomous Electoral District in Kern County California. The Community is situated atop of a Kimberley Pipe and is also known as the Center of the Oil Patch }} Jastro also known as Winkle is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California. It is located on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Bakersfield, at an elevation of 397 feet.
Magunden is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California. It is located 4 miles (6.4 km) east of downtown Bakersfield, at an elevation of 440 feet.
Rand is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California.
Redrock is a former settlement in Kern County, California.
Twin Lakes is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California. It is located 4 miles (6.4 km) east-northeast of Liebre Twins, at an elevation of 5,171 feet (1,576 m).
Venola is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California. It is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad 5.25 miles (8.4 km) south-southwest of Bakersfield, at an elevation of 374 feet (114 m).
Warren is a former settlement in Kern County, California.
West Baker is a former settlement in Kern County, California.
The Poleta Formation is a geological unit known for the exceptional fossil preservation in the Indian Springs Lagerstätte, located in eastern California and Nevada.
