Cummings Valley is in California's Tehachapi Mountains.
Cummings Valley was settled by the Kawaiisu people before the arrival of white Americans, largely of Irish origin[1][note 1], in the 1850s.[2] The region's agriculture began with livestock and dry farming as water was not imported until 1973.[2] This water consists of 20,000 acre-feet of water annually from the State Water Project pumped 3,425 vertical feet from the Grapevine area.[3] These imports, including their use to recharge the natural water basin have been impacted by the ongoing climate-change-caused megadrought.[4]
Agriculture remains a large part of the Cummings Valley economy, including greenhouses and vineyards.[5]
Stallion Springs and the California Correctional Institution are both located in Cummings Valley.
The dominant geographical feature in Cummings Valley is Cummings Mountain to the southeast.[6] Many portions of the valley retain their valley oak-dominated, natural savannah state.[7] Other oaks in Cummings Valley include black oaks.[8]
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