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Dead Horse Island

Dead Horse Island
Aerial image of an island. No horses (alive or dead) are visible.
USGS aerial imagery of Dead Horse Island.
Dead Horse Island is located in Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta
Dead Horse Island
Dead Horse Island
Dead Horse Island is located in California
Dead Horse Island
Dead Horse Island
Dead Horse Island is located in the United States
Dead Horse Island
Dead Horse Island
Geography
LocationNorthern California
Coordinates38°13′45″N 121°30′08″W / 38.2290821°N 121.5021750°W / 38.2290821; -121.5021750 (Dead Horse Island)[1]
Adjacent toSacramento–San Joaquin River Delta
Administration
State California
CountySacramento
Dead Horse Island in an aerial photo from 2015

Dead Horse Island is a 230-acre private island in the San Joaquin River delta, in California.[2][3][4][5][6][7] It is located in Sacramento County, owned by the Wilson Family[8] and managed by Reclamation District 2111.[9] Its coordinates are 38°13′45″N 121°30′08″W / 38.2290821°N 121.5021750°W / 38.2290821; -121.5021750 (Dead Horse Island).[1][10][11][12][13][14][15]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dead Horse Island
  2. ^ "Higher at Walnut Grove". The Evening Bee. Sacramento, California. 1892-05-27. p. 2.
  3. ^ "Farm Damage Mounts as New Floods Peril Valleys". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. 1936-02-25. p. 2.
  4. ^ "Floods swamp Delta". Petaluma Argus-Courier. Petaluma, California. 1986-02-20. p. 5.
  5. ^ "Crumbling levees threaten Delta; islands under water". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. 1986-02-20. p. 1.
  6. ^ "Delta". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. 1989-03-12. p. 28.
  7. ^ "More islands submerged in Delta floods". North East Bay Independent and Gazette. Berkeley, California. 1980-02-22. p. 1.
  8. ^ "Wilson, Dixie". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. 2018-08-26. p. B7.
  9. ^ "Sacramento County, California Reclamation Districts" (PDF). Sacramento Local Agency Formation Commission. August 2009. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  10. ^ "Weather". The Press Democrat. Santa Rosa, California. 1980-02-22. p. 16.
  11. ^ "Storm track veers north". Petaluma Argus-Courier. Petaluma, California. 1980-02-22. p. 1.
  12. ^ "Milder Storm Due For North State; Beleaguered Delta Area Eyes Relief". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. 1980-02-23. p. 3.
  13. ^ "New flood threatens East Bay water lines". North East Bay Independent and Gazette. Berkeley, California. 1980-10-23. p. 5.
  14. ^ "Officials fight tides, runoff to save Delta". Oroville Mercury Register. Oroville, California. 1986-02-21. p. 8.
  15. ^ "Record tides push Delta to crisis stage". The Tribune. Oakland, California. 1986-02-21. p. 10.


Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Horse_Island