Dead Horse Island
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| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Northern California |
| Coordinates | 38°13′45″N 121°30′08″W / 38.2290821°N 121.5021750°W[1] |
| Adjacent to | Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta |
| Administration | |
| State |  California |
| County | Sacramento |
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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.[1][10][11][12][13][14][15]
References
[edit]- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dead Horse Island
- ^ "Higher at Walnut Grove". The Evening Bee. Sacramento, California. 1892-05-27. p. 2.
- ^ "Farm Damage Mounts as New Floods Peril Valleys". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. 1936-02-25. p. 2.
- ^ "Floods swamp Delta". Petaluma Argus-Courier. Petaluma, California. 1986-02-20. p. 5.
- ^ "Crumbling levees threaten Delta; islands under water". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. 1986-02-20. p. 1.
- ^ "Delta". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. 1989-03-12. p. 28.
- ^ "More islands submerged in Delta floods". North East Bay Independent and Gazette. Berkeley, California. 1980-02-22. p. 1.
- ^ "Wilson, Dixie". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. 2018-08-26. p. B7.
- ^ "Sacramento County, California Reclamation Districts" (PDF). Sacramento Local Agency Formation Commission. August 2009. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- ^ "Weather". The Press Democrat. Santa Rosa, California. 1980-02-22. p. 16.
- ^ "Storm track veers north". Petaluma Argus-Courier. Petaluma, California. 1980-02-22. p. 1.
- ^ "Milder Storm Due For North State; Beleaguered Delta Area Eyes Relief". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. 1980-02-23. p. 3.
- ^ "New flood threatens East Bay water lines". North East Bay Independent and Gazette. Berkeley, California. 1980-10-23. p. 5.
- ^ "Officials fight tides, runoff to save Delta". Oroville Mercury Register. Oroville, California. 1986-02-21. p. 8.
- ^ "Record tides push Delta to crisis stage". The Tribune. Oakland, California. 1986-02-21. p. 10.
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