The Scodie Mountains are a sub-
mountain range
A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arise ...
of the Southern
Sierra Nevada rising from the
Mojave Desert
The Mojave Desert ( ; mov, Hayikwiir Mat'aar; es, Desierto de Mojave) is a desert in the rain shadow of the Sierra Nevada mountains in the Southwestern United States. It is named for the indigenous Mojave people. It is located primarily ...
, and located in
Kern County
Kern County is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 909,235. Its county seat is Bakersfield.
Kern County comprises the Bakersfield, California, Metropolitan statistical area. The county sp ...
,
California
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.
Geography
The range lies in an east–west direction directly west of the desert town of
Ridgecrest, and southeast of the
Kern River Valley
The Kern River Valley is a valley and region of the Southern Sierra Nevada, in Kern County, California.
History
The valley was inhabited for millennia by the indigenous Tübatulabal and Kawaiisu people, and various bedrock mortar and pictograph ...
and
Lake Isabella
Lake Isabella also called Isabella Lake, is a reservoir in Kern County, California, United States created by the earthen Isabella Dam. It was formed in 1953 when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dammed the Kern River at the junction of its two f ...
. The mountain range reaches an elevation of above sea level at Cathie's Peak.
The range was named by the U.S. Forest Service for William Scodie, who established "Scodie's Store" (ca.1860) at the mouth of what is now named Scodie Canyon.
Kiavah Wilderness
The Scodie Mountains are home to the
Kiavah Wilderness Area, managed by the
Bureau of Land Management.
BLM: Kiavah Wilderness Area
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Natural history
The Scodie Mountains are an ecotone
An ecotone is a transition area between two biological communities, where two communities meet and integrate. It may be narrow or wide, and it may be local (the zone between a field and forest) or regional (the transition between forest and gras ...
of Mojave Desert
The Mojave Desert ( ; mov, Hayikwiir Mat'aar; es, Desierto de Mojave) is a desert in the rain shadow of the Sierra Nevada mountains in the Southwestern United States. It is named for the indigenous Mojave people. It is located primarily ...
and Sierra Nevada flora, with plant communities
A plant community is a collection or association of plant species within a designated geographical unit, which forms a relatively uniform patch, distinguishable from neighboring patches of different vegetation types. The components of each plant ...
differentiated by elevation.
They lie to the north of the Jawbone-Butterbredt Area of Critical Environmental Concern.
See also
*Robbers Roost (Kern County, California)
Robbers Roost (unincorporated Kern County, California, also known as Robber's Roost and Bandit Rock) is a rock formation in the foothills of the Scodie Mountains portion of the Southern Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada Mountain Range in the Nor ...
— ''NRHP site in the Scodie Mountains''.
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References
External links
BLM: official Kiavah Wilderness Area website
Mountain ranges of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Mountain ranges of the Mojave Desert
Mountain ranges of Kern County, California
Kern River Valley
Protected areas of the Mojave Desert
Protected areas of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Bureau of Land Management areas in California
Mountain ranges of Southern California
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