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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]
Federal, state, and local governments all interact with reclamation districts. In states like California the districts can operate under their own authority. The California Reclamation Districts occupy mostly the Central Valley area that drains into the San Francisco Bay.
The 5,500 ha (14,000 acres) island, mostly managed by Reclamation District 341, [2] is the meeting point of Sacramento, Solano, and Contra Costa Counties, and is bordered on the north and northwest by the Sacramento River, on the northeast by Three Mile Slough, and on the east, and south west by the San Joaquin River. Sherman Island is a widely ...
Grizzly Bay, in which Joice Island is located, is part of Suisun Bay, itself a part of San Francisco Bay. [2] It is part of Solano County, and partially administered by Reclamation District 2141. [3] It is bordered on the east by Montezuma Slough, on the south by Morrow Island, on the west by Suisun Slough, and on the north by Cutoff Slough. [1]
Morrow Island is a small island located off the shore of Grizzly Bay (part of Suisun Bay) in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. [2] It is part of Solano County, California, [3] and partially administered by Reclamation District 2138. [4]
United States Geological Survey map of Palm and Orwood Tracts in 1913. [2] 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]
At the time of statehood it was known as Kings Island, [8] and is labeled as such on an 1850 survey map of the San Francisco Bay area made by Cadwalader Ringgold [9] as well as an 1854 map of the area by Henry Lange. [10] It is labeled, along with Deadman Island, Joice Island, Grizzly Island, Simmons Island, and Roe Island, on a 1902 USGS map ...
Winter Island is part of Contra Costa County, and managed by Reclamation District 2122. [5] It is shown, labeled "Ruckels Island", on an 1850 survey map of the San Francisco Bay area made by Cadwalader Ringgold [6] and an 1854 map of the area by Henry Lange. [7]