Mettler California Map

About Mettler, California

Mettler is a locality in Kern County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 90. The population density is 149.1 people per km². Mettler is located at 35.0639°N, 118.9701°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 93313.

Mettler sits upon the parched floor of a vast basin, where the land stretches out in flat, unyielding expanses toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Sierra Nevada. It lies 12.8 miles southwest of Arvin, CA (from Arvin, CA: bearing 219°T), and is situated 13.9 miles south-southwest of Lamont. The air here holds a dry, heavy stillness, punctuated only by the low hum of transit that defines the rhythm of the horizon. A mile away, the shallow bed of Tecuya Creek traces a vein through the dust, offering a sparse reprieve of green against the encroaching brown of the summer fields. To the west, the rugged terrain of Coal Oil Canyon breaks the monotony of the plain, while the expansive slopes of Wind Wolves Preserve rise to the south, holding the quiet, wild spirit of the landscape in their shadow.

Mettler serves as a functional nexus where the commerce of the earth meets the endless motion of the interstate. The local economy remains anchored to the soil, with vast tracts of agricultural land surrounding the settlement, feeding the cycle of planting and harvest that dictates the pace of life. While Tejon Reservoir Number One lies thirteen miles distant, the true lifeblood of Mettler is the irrigation that sustains the orchards and rows of crops. The character of the place is forged in the labor of the fields and the brief, transient presence of those passing through, creating a quiet resilience that persists even as the sun bleaches the color from the wooden structures and turns the tall grasses into brittle, golden tinder.

About This Mettler Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mettler, California. Coordinates: 35.063856, -118.970102. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Mettler includes the ZIP code (93313), telephone area code (661), county seat of Kern County (Bakersfield), and school district assignment (General Shafter Elementary School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.