California City, CA: how dark is the sky here?

California City reads as dark sky on this dataset's scale. Among the darkest skies of any US city in this dataset. The Milky Way should be visible overhead on clear, moonless nights. California City's sky is brighter than 0.1% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

California City is already about as dark as this dataset gets

Nothing in this dataset's 3,206 US cities measures a darker sky than California City. That doesn't mean nowhere is darker, unincorporated land and wilderness aren't part of this dataset at all, only incorporated cities of 10,000 people or more.

How California City compares nationally

California City, CA has a population of about 13,174, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. California City places 4 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.