Somerton, AZ Night Sky Brightness
Somerton, AZ's night sky, measured from orbit
Satellite radiance puts Somerton in the rural band. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. That's brighter than 8.2% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.
Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
How far Somerton is from a meaningfully darker sky
The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Buckeye, AZ, roughly 132 miles away in a straight line, rated dark sky. Road distance will be more.
Buckeye, AZ is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
How Somerton compares nationally
Somerton, AZ has a population of about 14,902, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Somerton's position, 261 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.