Spellacy, California

Spellacy
—  Unincorporated community  —
Spellacy
Location in California
Coordinates:
Country United States
State California
County Kern County
Elevation[1] 1,676 ft (511 m)

Spellacy is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California.[1] It is located 5.25 miles (8.4 km) northwest of Maricopa,[2] at an elevation of 1676 feet (511 m).[1]

No permanent residents live in Spellacy. It is a named location within one of the most active operational zones of the huge Midway-Sunset Oil Field, and takes its name from one of the most prolific producing formations of the field, the Spellacy Sands, discovered in 1900.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Spellacy, California
  2. ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 1109. ISBN 9781884995149. 
  3. ^ California Oil and Gas Fields. Sacramento: California Department of Conservation. 1998. pp. 283. http://www.conservation.ca.gov/dog/pubs_stats/Pages/dvds_cds.aspx.