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California Reclamation Districts are legal subdivisions within California's Central Valley that are responsible for managing and maintaining the levees, fresh water channels, or sloughs (pronounced slü), [1] canals, pumps, and other flood protection structures in the area. Each is run autonomously and is run by an elected board and funded with ...
The Rindge Tract is an island in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta. [2] [3] It is part of San Joaquin County, California, and managed by Reclamation District 2037.[4] [5] Its coordinates are , and the United States Geological Survey measured its elevation as −3 ft (−0.91 m) in
Many American reclamation districts were established prior to 1900 when local land owners first started working to put new land into agricultural production. Much of the lands "reclaimed" by 19th century reclamation districts were natural wetlands. Since wetlands are subject to flooding, these lands often were adjacent to sources of water ...
The San Joaquin River throughout most of the Delta and the lower Sacramento River below its connection to the Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel are routinely dredged to allow the passage of large cargo ships. The Sacramento River corridor has been maintained to a depth of 7 ft (2.1 m) as early as 1899, and was deepened to 30 ft (9.1 m) in 1955.
Bradford Island (left), Webb Tract (right) and Bethel Island (bottom) in 2009. The Webb Tract is an island in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta. [2] [3] [4] [5 ...
The Sites Reservoir is a proposed offstream reservoir project west of Colusa in the Sacramento Valley of northern California to be built and operated by the Sites Project Authority. The project would divert water from the Sacramento River upstream of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta through existing canals to a new reservoir 14 miles ...
The Orwood Tract is an island in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is part of Contra Costa County , California . [ 5 ] [ 6 ] It, along with Palm Tract to the north, are managed by Reclamation District 2024 (Orwood and Palm Tracts). [ 7 ]
Bradford Island is a 2,172-acre (879 ha) [2] island of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, in Contra Costa County, California, United States.Bradford Island is inaccessible by roads, and is served by a ferry across the False River from nearby Jersey Island.