The San Joaquin Valley Air
Pollution Control District
Kern County Boundary
Legal Description of the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District Boundary
The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (SJVAPCD) follows the same legal boundary as the San Joaquin Valley Air Basin (SJVAB). The Kern County portion of the San Joaquin Valley Air Basin includes that portion of Kern County which lies west and north of a line described as follows:
Beginning at the Kern-Los Angeles County boundary and running north and east along the northwest boundary of the Rancho La Liebre Land Grant to the point of intersection with the range line common to R.16.W and R.17.W, San Bernardino Base and Meridian (SBB&M);
then north along the range line to the point of intersection with the Rancho El Tejon Land Grant boundary;
then southeast, northeast, and northwest along the boundary of the Rancho El Tejon Land Grant to the northwest corner of S.3, T.11.N, R.17.W, SBB&M;
then west 1.2 miles;
then north to the Rancho El Tejon Land Grant boundary;
then northwest along the Rancho El Tejon line to the southeast corner of S.34, T.32.S, R.30.E, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian (MDB&M);
then north to the northwest corner of S.35, T.31.S, R.30.E, MDB&M;
then northeast along the boundary of the Rancho El Tejon Land Grant to the southwest corner of S.18, T.31.S, R.31.E, MDB&M;
then east to the southeast corner of S.13, T.31.S, R.31.E, MDB&M;
then north along the range line common to R.31.E, and R.32.E, to the northwest corner of S.6, T.29.S, R.32.E, MDB&M;
then east to the southwest corner of S.31, T.28.S, R.32.E, MDB&M; and
then north along the range line common to R.31.E and R.32.E, the northwest corner of S.6, T.28.S, R.32.E, MDB&M;
then west to the southeast corner of S.36, T.27.S, R.31.E, MDB&M;
then north along the range line common to R.31.E, and R.32.E,to the Kern -Tulare County boundary.
Maps of the Kern County Boundary