Hinkley, California
| Hinkley | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
 Hinkley
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| Coordinates: 34°56′N 117°12′W / 34.933°N 117.200°WCoordinates: 34°56′N 117°12′W / 34.933°N 117.200°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | San Bernardino |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 1,915 |
| Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP codes | 92347 |
| Area codes | 442/760 |
| FIPS code | 06-33924 |
| GNIS feature ID | 243490 |
Hinkley is an unincorporated community in the Mojave Desert, in San Bernardino County, California, U.S., 14 miles (23 km) northwest of Barstow, 59 miles (95 km) east of Mojave, 47 miles (76 km) north of Victorville and about 121 miles (195 km) driving distance north-northeast of Los Angeles. Just north of California State Highway 58, the residents have faced concerns over chromium-6 in their well water from the world’s largest plume of this cancer-causing chemical.
Between the 1960s and 1980s, several miles west of Hinkley along Highway 58, the Hawes Radio Tower (a guyed mast) was used for military communication in the LF-range.
In 2015, Hinkley was one of the filming locations for Sky as well as Barstow, Bombay Beach, Joshua Tree, Landers, Lenwood, Ludlow, Newberry Springs, and Victorville, California.
Hinkley, California, had its groundwater contaminated with hexavalent chromium starting in 1952, resulting from a compressor station for natural gas transmission pipelines. Legal action against Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) followed and residents of Hinkley filed a class action.
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