Meteorites Found in California: 269 Documented

California has 269 officially recognized meteorites — 5 witnessed falls and 264 finds. The largest, Owens Valley, weighed 192.8 kg.

Name	Classification	Mass	Fell / Found	Year
Owens Valley	Iron, IIIAB	192.8 kg	Found	1913
Bruceville	L6	83 kg	Found	1998
Ivanpah	Iron, IIIAB	58 kg	Found	1880
Red Rock	Iron, IIIAB	47.6 kg	Found	1976
Needles	Iron, IID	45.3 kg	Found	1962
Shingle Springs	Iron, ungrouped	39 kg	Found	1869
San Emigdio	H4	36 kg	Found	1887
Ocotillo	Iron, IAB-MG	28.6 kg	Found	1990
Oroville	Iron, IIIAB	24.5 kg	Found	1893
Twentynine Palms	L	19.7 kg	Found	1944
Littlerock	H6	19.1 kg	Found	1979
Halloran Spring	Iron, IIIAB	18.2 kg	Found	2019
Pinto Mountains	L6	17.9 kg	Found	1954
Neenach	L6	13.8 kg	Found	1948
Danby Dry Lake	H6	9 kg	Found	2000
Canyon City	Iron, IIIAB	8.6 kg	Found	1875
Ventura	Iron, IAB-ung	7.7 kg	Found	1953
Coyote Dry Lake 033	H5	5.2 kg	Found	1999
Essex	H5	5 kg	Found	2002
Coyote Dry Lake 349	H6	4 kg	Found	2015
North Edwards	L6	3 kg	Found	1976
Cargo Muchacho Mountains	CO3	2.9 kg	Found	2000
Coyote Dry Lake 024	H5	2.4 kg	Found	1999
Borrego	L6	2.1 kg	Found	1930
Coyote Dry Lake 061	H5	2.1 kg	Found	1999
Grass Flat	Iron, IAB-MG	2.1 kg	Found	1979
Winterhaven	Howardite	2.1 kg	Found	—
Chuckwalla	Iron, IAB-MG	1.8 kg	Found	1992
Nova 062	L5	1.5 kg	Found	2016
Surprise Springs	Iron, IAB-sLL	1.5 kg	Found	1899
Coyote Dry Lake 115	H5-6	1.4 kg	Found	1999
Coyote Dry Lake 064	H5	1.4 kg	Found	1999
Ivanpah Dry Lake	H4	1.1 kg	Found	2014
Cleghorn Lakes	LL3	1.1 kg	Found	2018
Sutter's Mill	C	993 g	Fell	2012
Rosamond Dry Lake	L	850 g	Found	1940
Chocolate Mountains	Ureilite	699 g	Found	2004
Los Angeles	Martian (shergottite)	698 g	Found	1999
Creston	L6	688 g	Fell	2015
Indio	H5	566 g	Found	2013
Willow Wash	H3.5	552 g	Found	2006
Coyote Dry Lake 223	L6	512 g	Found	2004
Lake Los Angeles	H6	445 g	Found	2013
Coyote Dry Lake 067	L6	412 g	Found	1999
Coyote Dry Lake 054	H5	393 g	Found	1999
Stewart Valley 009	LL5	375 g	Found	2003
Coyote Dry Lake 040	H4	344 g	Found	1999
Coyote Dry Lake 001	H5	338 g	Found	1995
Superstition Mountain	H5	333 g	Found	2000
Novato	L6	314 g	Fell	2012
Superior Valley 020	L6	308 g	Found	2003
Dale Dry Lake	L3.7	300 g	Found	1957
Coyote Dry Lake 351	H5	292 g	Found	2021
Coyote Dry Lake 338	H6	282 g	Found	2013
Coyote Dry Lake 080	H5	278 g	Found	1999
El Mirage Dry Lake 004	LL6	271 g	Found	2011
San Bernardino Wash	L5	258 g	Found	2010
Coyote Dry Lake 003	H5	256 g	Found	1998
Muroc Dry Lake	L6	223 g	Found	1936
Cargo Muchacho Mountains (c)	L4	219 g	Found	2020
Silver Dry Lake 001	L4	219 g	Found	2000
Zulu Queen	L3.7	200 g	Found	1976
Coyote Dry Lake 176	H6	187.6 g	Found	2003
Lake Los Angeles (b)	L6	177.3 g	Found	2014
Harper Dry Lake 007	H5	166.7 g	Found	2000
Coyote Dry Lake 117	H3	162 g	Found	1999
Robbers Roost	H4	161 g	Found	2020
Paymaster Mine	L5	159 g	Found	2004
Superior Valley 002	L6	145 g	Found	2000
Coyote Dry Lake 129	H5	140 g	Found	2000
Valley Wells	L6	129.9 g	Found	1929
Cuddeback Dry Lake 023	H5	123 g	Found	1986
Harper Dry Lake 019	L6	118.7 g	Found	2007
Coyote Dry Lake 134	H5	117.5 g	Found	2000
Superior Valley 009	L6	116.4 g	Found	2001
Randsburg	L5	112.9 g	Found	2005
Coyote Dry Lake 002	H5-6	106.7 g	Found	1998
Lucerne Valley 044	L6	106.2 g	Found	2004
Cuddeback Dry Lake 007	L4	96.7 g	Found	2000
Cuddeback Dry Lake 002	L6	95 g	Found	2000
Harper Dry Lake 003	L6	95 g	Found	1999
Coyote Dry Lake 151	H6	90 g	Found	2001
Harper Dry Lake 036	L6	85.5 g	Found	2010
Coyote Dry Lake 235	LL6	81.4 g	Found	2004
Superior Valley 006	H6	78.5 g	Found	2001
Superior Valley 008	L6	77.4 g	Found	2001
Coyote Dry Lake 160	H5	76.9 g	Found	2002
Stewart Valley 001	H6	75.6 g	Found	2001
Coyote Dry Lake 249	H4	71.8 g	Found	2004
Nova 064	H5	70.9 g	Found	2016
Coyote Dry Lake 110	H4	68 g	Found	1999
Coyote Dry Lake 063	H4	67.6 g	Found	1999
Superior Valley 007	L6	67.2 g	Found	2001
Superior Valley 003	H6	65.6 g	Found	2001
Johannesburg	H4	63 g	Found	2012
Sheephole Valley	H4	62.1 g	Found	1999
Coyote Dry Lake 105	H5	61.5 g	Found	1999
Somesbar	H6	60 g	Found	1977
San Juan Capistrano	H6	56 g	Fell	1973
Coyote Dry Lake 221	H4	54.3 g	Found	2003
Stewart Valley 014	LL4	54.3 g	Found	2003
Blackhawk Mountain (b)	L6	52.4 g	Found	2016
Sunfair	L6	49.8 g	Found	2006
Stewart Valley 011	H6	49.6 g	Found	2003
Coyote Dry Lake 276	H6	47.2 g	Found	2006
Silurian Dry Lake	LL6	43.8 g	Found	2000
Lucerne Valley 120	L6	43.1 g	Found	2010
Coyote Dry Lake 164	H5	43 g	Found	2002
Coyote Dry Lake 165	L6	42.6 g	Found	2002
Old Dominion Mine	H4	42 g	Found	2000
Stewart Valley 010	H5	41.7 g	Found	2003
Cuddeback Dry Lake 004	H6	40 g	Found	2000
Harper Dry Lake 018	H6	39.7 g	Found	2007
Stewart Valley 016	H6	39.1 g	Found	2006
Superior Valley 022	H5	38.9 g	Found	2004
Lucerne Valley 045	L6	38.6 g	Found	2004
Lucerne Valley 004	L6	37.4 g	Found	1963
Harper Dry Lake 004	LL3	37 g	Found	1999
Coyote Dry Lake 175	H6	36.3 g	Found	2002
Cuddeback Dry Lake 005	H5	35 g	Found	2000
Superior Valley 005	H6	32.9 g	Found	2001
Cuddeback Dry Lake 001	L6	32.5 g	Found	1999
Coyote Dry Lake 142	H4	32.2 g	Found	2000
Emerson Dry Lake	L6	32 g	Found	2006
Cuddeback Dry Lake 021	L6	31.7 g	Found	2004
Lucerne Valley 090	L5	30.7 g	Found	2007
Lucerne Valley 047	L6	30.4 g	Found	2004
Stewart Valley 002	L6	28.9 g	Found	2001
Lucerne Valley 006	H4	26.9 g	Found	1963
Superior Valley 010	L4	26.3 g	Found	2001
Chicago Valley	L5	26 g	Found	2004
Harper Dry Lake 006	H6	26 g	Found	1999
Harper Dry Lake 005	H6	24 g	Found	1999
Cuddeback Dry Lake 017	H6	23.1 g	Found	2008
Coyote Dry Lake 222	L5	22.5 g	Found	2004
Cuddeback Dry Lake 029	H4	22.2 g	Found	2008
Cargo Muchacho Mountains (b)	H4	21.3 g	Found	2009
Coyote Dry Lake 277	H5	21.3 g	Found	2006
Lucerne Valley 025	H4	21 g	Found	2003
Blackhawk Mountain	H4	20.2 g	Found	2012
Rabbit Dry Lake	L6	20 g	Found	2000
Cuddeback Dry Lake 028	L5	19.5 g	Found	2008
Cuddeback Dry Lake 009	H5	19 g	Found	2000
Coyote Dry Lake 120	H5	18.5 g	Found	1999
Lucerne Valley 020	H6	18.4 g	Found	2002
Muroc	L	18.4 g	Found	1936
Red Canyon Lake	H5	18.4 g	Fell	2007
Coyote Dry Lake 138	H5	18.3 g	Found	2000
Nova 063	H5	18.3 g	Found	2016
Cuddeback Dry Lake 008	L6	18 g	Found	2000
Coyote Dry Lake 159	H5	17.7 g	Found	2001
Coyote Dry Lake 132	H4	17.4 g	Found	2000
Coyote Dry Lake 155	H4	17 g	Found	2001
Coyote Dry Lake 163	H5	16.7 g	Found	2002
Lucerne Valley 022	LL4	16.5 g	Found	2002
Silver Dry Lake 002	H6	16.5 g	Found	2000
Coyote Dry Lake 230	H6	16.4 g	Found	2004
Harper Dry Lake 017	H6	16.4 g	Found	2007
Troy Dry Lake	L6	16.3 g	Found	2017
Coyote Dry Lake 275	H4	16.2 g	Found	2006
Lucerne Valley 001	L6	15.8 g	Found	1963
Superior Valley 026	L4	15.8 g	Found	2006
Superior Valley 004	L6	15.3 g	Found	2001
Sunfair 002	H5	14.6 g	Found	2013
Coyote Dry Lake 121	H4	14.2 g	Found	1999
Buckhorn Lake	H4	14.1 g	Found	2008
Lucerne Valley 013	L5	14 g	Found	1992
Coyote Dry Lake 153	H5	13.9 g	Found	2001
Coyote Dry Lake 334	LL3	13.6 g	Found	2013
Lucerne Valley 057	L6	13.1 g	Found	2005
El Mirage Dry Lake 002	H4	13 g	Found	2001
Harper Dry Lake 001	LL3	13 g	Found	1999
Lucerne Valley 017	L6	12.8 g	Found	1999
Lucerne Valley 091	H4	12.7 g	Found	2007
Hinkley	H4	12.6 g	Found	2021
Harper Dry Lake 008	H6	12.5 g	Found	2000
Lucerne Valley 015	LL6	12.5 g	Found	1998
Harper Dry Lake 002	H6	12 g	Found	1999
Lucerne Valley 032	CK4	11.9 g	Found	2004
Harper Dry Lake 029	H6	11.6 g	Found	2008
Coyote Dry Lake 339	H4	11.4 g	Found	2013
Rosamond	LL3	11.1 g	Found	2012
Coyote Dry Lake 152	H5	10.8 g	Found	2001
Cuddeback Dry Lake 011	L6	10.7 g	Found	2000
Cuddeback Dry Lake 010	L5	10.5 g	Found	2000
Coyote Dry Lake 139	H4	10.4 g	Found	2000
Lucerne Valley 046	L6	10.3 g	Found	2004
Cuddeback Dry Lake 019	L6	10.1 g	Found	2008
Lucerne Valley 029	CK4	10.1 g	Found	2003
Coyote Dry Lake 162	H5	9.9 g	Found	2002
Stewart Valley 018	H6	9.9 g	Found	2007
Coyote Dry Lake 341	H4	9.7 g	Found	2013
Ridgecrest	H5	9.7 g	Found	1958
Lucerne Valley 049	L6	9.2 g	Found	2004
Superior Valley 032	H5	9.1 g	Found	2014
Cuddeback Dry Lake 018	H4	8.5 g	Found	2008
Lucerne Valley 023	L6	7.6 g	Found	2002
Coyote Dry Lake 274	H4	7.5 g	Found	2006
Cuddeback Dry Lake 003	L6	7.5 g	Found	2000
Lucerne Valley 003	H6	7.5 g	Found	1963
Lucerne Valley 096	L5	7.3 g	Found	2008
Coyote Dry Lake 318	H5	7.2 g	Found	2009
El Mirage Dry Lake 003	H6	6.9 g	Found	2010
Lucerne Valley 050	H4	6.8 g	Found	2005
Stewart Valley 003	H4	6.8 g	Found	2001
Lucerne Valley 097	CK4	6.5 g	Found	2008
Lucerne Valley 010	H4	6.4 g	Found	1965
Lucerne Valley 124	H5	6.4 g	Found	2014
Lucerne Valley 123	H4	6.3 g	Found	2014
Coyote Dry Lake 130	H4	6.1 g	Found	2000
Lucerne Valley 051	L5	6 g	Found	2003
Lucerne Valley 002	LL4	5.8 g	Found	1963
Lucerne Valley 026	L5	5.6 g	Found	2003
Stewart Valley 021	H5	5.6 g	Found	2013
Lucerne Valley 040	L6	5.2 g	Found	2004
Lucerne Valley 007	OC	4.8 g	Found	1963
Coyote Dry Lake 116	H6	4.4 g	Found	1999
Harper Dry Lake 037	L6	4.4 g	Found	2014
Sheephole Valley 002	L4	4.4 g	Found	1999
Lucerne Valley 030	CK4	4.1 g	Found	2004
Lucerne Valley 016	L5	4.1 g	Found	1998
Imperial	H4	4 g	Found	1908
Lucerne Valley 101	CK4	4 g	Found	2008
Lucerne Valley 093	L6	3.9 g	Found	2007
Lucerne Valley 021	H6	3.9 g	Found	2002
Lucerne Valley 019	L6	3.9 g	Found	2002
Lucerne Valley 011	L6	3.8 g	Found	1968
Lucerne Valley 094	CK5	3.5 g	Found	2008
Coyote Dry Lake 319	H5	3.4 g	Found	2006
Lucerne Valley 014	L5	3.4 g	Found	1998
Superior Valley 001	H5	3.4 g	Found	2000
Lucerne Valley 031	CK4	3.2 g	Found	2004
Coyote Dry Lake 119	H5	3.2 g	Found	1999
Lucerne Valley 099	CK5	3.2 g	Found	2008
Lucerne Valley 005	L6	3.1 g	Found	1963
Lucerne Valley 027	L6	3.1 g	Found	2003
Lucerne Valley 009	H4	3 g	Found	1965
Lucerne Valley 028	CK4	3 g	Found	2003
Stewart Valley 022	LL6	2.8 g	Found	2013
Superior Valley 013	L5	2.7 g	Found	2002
Superior Valley 018	H5	2.7 g	Found	2002
Lucerne Valley 024	L6	2.7 g	Found	2003
Lucerne Valley 089	L5	2.6 g	Found	2007
Superior Valley 011	H6	2.5 g	Found	2001
Lucerne Valley 036	CK4	2.5 g	Found	2004
Lucerne Valley 122	H5	2.3 g	Found	2012
Lucerne Valley 048	H4	2.3 g	Found	2004
Lucerne Valley 042	L6	2.2 g	Found	2004
Lucerne Valley 008	H4	2 g	Found	1964
Superior Valley 014	Acapulcoite	1.8 g	Found	2002
Lucerne Valley 043	L4	1.8 g	Found	2004
Cuddeback Dry Lake 013	H4	1.6 g	Found	2008
El Mirage Dry Lake 001	H5	1.5 g	Found	2000
Lucerne Valley 098	CK4	1.5 g	Found	2008
Coyote Dry Lake 194	L6	1.5 g	Found	2004
Lucerne Valley 012	H6	1.2 g	Found	1968
Goldstone Dry Lake	H6	1.1 g	Found	1999
Lucerne Valley 095	CK5	1.1 g	Found	2008
Lucerne Valley 018	H6	1 g	Found	2002
Lucerne Valley 035	CK4	0.9 g	Found	2004
Lucerne Valley 037	CK4	0.9 g	Found	2004
Lucerne Valley 058	L6	0.9 g	Found	2006
Lucerne Valley 041	L6	0.8 g	Found	2004
Lucerne Valley 100	CK5	0.8 g	Found	2008
Cuddeback Dry Lake 012	H5	0.7 g	Found	2002
Lucerne Valley 092	H5	0.6 g	Found	2007
Cuddeback Dry Lake 006	H6	0.5 g	Found	2000
Goose Lake	Iron, IAB-sLL	—	Found	1938
Old Woman	Iron, IIAB	—	Found	1976

Frequently Asked Questions

How many meteorites have been found in California?

269 meteorites from California are officially recognized in the scientific record — 5 witnessed falls and 264 finds. The largest is Owens Valley at 192.8 kg.

Can I hunt for meteorites in California?

On BLM-managed public land, casual collecting is legal without a permit: surface finds, up to 10 lb per person per year, personal use only. National parks prohibit all collecting, and on private land the meteorite belongs to the landowner. Always verify land status before hunting.

How do I know if a rock is a meteorite?

Quick field checks: meteorites are unusually dense, most attract a magnet (iron-nickel content), fresh ones have a thin black fusion crust, and many show regmaglypts (thumbprint-like depressions). Slag and magnetite are the common false alarms.

⚠️ Always verify current regulations, weather conditions, and access requirements before visiting any location. Information provided is based on community submissions and may not be current or accurate.

Coordinates are historical find locations from the scientific record, often approximate — not guaranteed collecting spots; verify land status and permissions before hunting. Source of record: Meteoritical Bulletin Database (Meteoritical Society).