A former census-designated place (CDP), the population was 931 at the 2000 census.

This climate type is usually found in the outskirts of true deserts in low-latitude, semiarid regions.

It has a cooler, wetter winter resulting from the higher latitude and mid-latitude frontal cyclone activity.

Annual precipitation totals are greater than in tropical and subtropical desert climates.

Yearly variations in amount are not as extreme as in the true deserts but are nevertheless large.