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A reclamation district represents former wetlands that were drained for agriculture. The reclamation districts were created by acts of State Legislature, mostly in the early 1900s in order to allow land to be used for agriculture. For example, Reclamation District No. 1000 was created on April 8, 1911. [4]
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 ...
On November 25, 1914, Reclamation District 1607 was established to handle drainage, irrigation, and levee maintenance. [2] The island was subdivided into several parcels, upon which landowners pay assessments to fund District operations. [3] The district is governed by a five-member Board of Trustees, elected by the landowners to serve 4-year ...
Tinsley Island is part of San Joaquin County, California, and managed by Reclamation District 2108. [2] Its coordinates are 38°02′16″N 121°29′45″W / 38.03778°N 121.49583°W / 38.03778; -121.49583 ( Tinsley Island ) [ 1 ] , and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) measured its elevation as 0 ft (0 m) in
USGS aerial imagery of Holland Tract. The Holland Tract is an island in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta. [2] [3] It is part of Contra Costa County, California, and managed by Reclamation District 2025.
Contact us; Contribute Help; ... California, and managed by Reclamation District 755. ... on an 1850 survey map of the San Francisco Bay area made by Cadwalader ...
The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office accused Momeni, 40, of committing the murder after his sister told him she’d been sexually assaulted by a man who Lee introduced her to.
In the 1880s, San Jose built a simple sewage disposal system that discharged untreated wastewater directly into the San Francisco Bay. It was the largest sewage disposal system in the South Bay, with enough capacity for 250,000 people despite a population under 15,000, in order to discharge organic waste from the city's many fruit canneries.