Dead Horse Island

Dead Horse Island is an 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 38.2290821°N 121.5021750°W / 38.2290821; -121.5021750 (Dead Horse Island)[1].[10][11][12][13][14][15]

Dead Horse Island
USGS aerial imagery of Dead Horse Island.
Dead Horse Island
Dead Horse Island
Dead Horse Island
Geography
LocationNorthern California
Coordinates38.2290821°N 121.5021750°W / 38.2290821; -121.5021750 (Dead Horse Island)[1]
Adjacent bodies of waterSacramento–San Joaquin River Delta
Administration
State California
CountySacramento
Dead Horse Island in an aerial photo from 2015

References
  1. 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.


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