Kingsburg, CA: how dark is the sky here?

Satellite radiance puts Kingsburg in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Kingsburg's sky is brighter than 27% 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.

How far Kingsburg is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Corcoran, CA, roughly 30 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

Corcoran, CA is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.

How Kingsburg compares nationally

About 13,128 people live in Kingsburg, CA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Kingsburg places 863 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.