Pine Mountain Club, California

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Pine Mountain Club, California
settlement_type = Private community


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map_caption = Location in Kern County and the state of California


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_name1 = California
subdivision_name2 = Kern
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leader_title = N/A
leader_name =
leader_title1 = Senate
leader_name1 = Roy Ashburn (R)
leader_title2 = Assembly
leader_name2 = Jean Fuller (R)
leader_title3 = U. S. Congress
leader_name3 = Kevin McCarthy (R)
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area_total_km2 = 43.9
area_total_sq_mi = 17
area_land_km2 = 43.9
area_land_sq_mi = 17
area_water_km2 = 0
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elevation_ft = 5554
elevation_m = 1693
population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1600
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population_density_km2 = 36.4
population_density_sq_mi = 94.1
timezone = PST
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latd = 34 |latm = 50 |lats = 58 |latNS = N
longd = 119 |longm = 9 |longs = 29 |longEW = W
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postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 93222
area_code = 661
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blank_info = 06-57240
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Pine Mountain Club (often abbreviated as PMC) is a private community in Kern County, California, northwest of the San Fernando Valley and west of Gorman. It sits in a deep valley on the San Andreas fault, in the same area where the California condors range.

Geography

Pine Mountain Club has an area of 17.0 square miles (43.9 km²). It ranges from 4,901 feet (1,494 m) in elevation to 6,400 feet (1,951 m) in elevation.

The town lies between Apache Saddle and Pinon Pines Estates along Mil Potrero Highway. It is surrounded by Los Padres National Forest.

Population

"Source for this information was [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFFacts?_event=Search&geo_id=&_geoContext=&_street=&_county=Pine+Mountain+Club&_cityTown=Pine+Mountain+Club&_state=04000US06&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&show_2003_tab=&redirect=Y|U.S. Census Bureau, American FactFinder.] "

The 2000 census found that lmost all the 1,600 residents (91 percent) were white. There were only nine blacks. There were 146 Hispanics or Latinos of any race. Other residents included 19 American Indians or Alaska natives and 12 Asians.

It was a relatively aged population, the median age being 45 years compared with 35 years for the nation as a whole.

PMC also had more veterans than its share — 263, or 21 percent, compared to 13 percent around the country.

In contrast with the country at large, where 64 percent of the people were working, Pine Mountain Club had just 56 percent employed. Those who were working had to travel about an hour to their jobs, compared to 25 minutes for most Americans.

It was a high-income area — $62,750 median family income, compared to $50,046 in the nation at large.

Yet there were still 55 families (or 15 percent) below the poverty level in Pine Mountain Club in 2000. That is greater than the 12 percent for the country as a whole.

Pine Mountain Club is unusual in that almost two-thirds of its 1,737 housing units (61.5 percent) were vacant when the censusGR|2 was taken in March 2000. They were, in fact, second homes, vacation retreats, or spaces held for rental to seasonal tourists — especially during the peak winter months. Fact|date=October 2008

Owners lived in about eight of every 10 occupied units (84 percent), renters in the other two (16 percent).

Community management

The PMC community is managed by the Pine Mountain Club Property Owners Association, Inc. [ cite web|title=PMCPOA Inc. |url=http://www.pinemountainclub.net/association/about.html |accessdate=2007-10-24 ] which is governed by a nine-member volunteer board of directors [http://www.pinemountainclub.net/association/0607bod.html] and a group of documents: the Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions (CC&R's [http://www.pinemountainclub.net/association/gov%20docs/ccr.pdf] ), bylaws, the association rules, and an Environmental Control (EC) code [http://www.pinemountainclub.net/association/eccode.html] . The association maintains several recreational facilities [http://www.pinemountainclub.net/recreation/] , including a nine-hole golf course, pool, clubhouse, and stables. It manages the Pine Mountain Patrol [http://www.pinemountainclub.net/association/patrol/] , publishes a monthly newspaper, the "Condor" [http://www.pinemountainclub.net/association/condor/] and keeps up various trails used for hiking and cross-country skiing.

Communication

Wired telephone numbers in Pine Mountain Club follow the format (661) 242-xxxx. The ZIP Code is 93222, with the neighboring city's (Frazier Park) being 93225.

Additional sources

*Bailey, Richard C., "Kern County Place Names", (Bakersfield, California: Merchant's Printing and Lithography Co., 1967).
*US Geological Survey 7.5-minute quadrangle, "Sawmill Mountain, California" (1995).
*United States Postal Service web site, 2006.
*PMCPOA website, 2007.

References

External links

*The "Mountain Enterprise" - Local Newspaper [http://www.MountainEnterprise.com]