Little Mandeville Island
Little Mandeville Island is located in Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta
Little Mandeville Island
Little Mandeville Island
Little Mandeville Island is located in California
Little Mandeville Island
Little Mandeville Island
Little Mandeville Island is located in the United States
Little Mandeville Island
Little Mandeville Island
Geography
LocationNorthern California
Coordinates38°00′38″N 121°33′54″W / 38.0104776°N 121.5649522°W / 38.0104776; -121.5649522 (Little Mandeville Island)[1]
Adjacent toSacramento–San Joaquin River Delta
Administration
United States
State California
CountySan Joaquin

Little Mandeville Island is a small, mostly submerged island in the San Joaquin River delta, in California.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] It is part of San Joaquin County, and its coordinates are 38°00′38″N 121°33′54″W / 38.0104776°N 121.5649522°W / 38.0104776; -121.5649522 (Little Mandeville Island)[1].[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] In 1994, 376 acres (152 ha) of former farmland was inundated with water after a levee broke.[19]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Little Mandeville Island
  2. ^ "More islands submerged in Delta floods". North East Bay Independent and Gazette. Berkeley, California. 1980-02-22. p. 1.
  3. ^ "Weather". The Press Democrat. Santa Rosa, California. 1980-02-22. p. 16.
  4. ^ "Storm track veers north". Petaluma Argus-Courier. Petaluma, California. 1980-02-22. p. 1.
  5. ^ "Milder Storm Due For North State; Beleaguered Delta Area Eyes Relief". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. 1980-02-23. p. 3.
  6. ^ "New flood threatens East Bay water lines". North East Bay Independent and Gazette. Berkeley, California. 1980-10-23. p. 5.
  7. ^ "Officials fight tides, runoff to save Delta". Oroville Mercury Register. Oroville, California. 1986-02-21. p. 8.
  8. ^ "Record tides push Delta to crisis stage". The Tribune. Oakland, California. 1986-02-21. p. 10.
  9. ^ "Delta island w/ rm & vu, a fix-upper". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. 1990-09-21. p. 13.
  10. ^ "Delta island yours for $2.5 million". The Fresno Bee. Fresno, California. 1990-09-21. p. 5.
  11. ^ "350-acre Delta Island". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. 1990-09-21. p. 27.
  12. ^ "350-acre Delta Island". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. 1990-09-21. p. 29.
  13. ^ "Delta island can be yours for $2.5 million". The Modesto Bee. Modesto, California. 1990-09-23. p. 29.
  14. ^ "Tiny Delta isle floods after levee gives way". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. 1994-08-06. p. 15.
  15. ^ "Delta report". Riverbank News. Riverbank, California. 2006-04-19. p. 13.
  16. ^ "Delta/Stockton". The Fresno Bee. Fresno, California. 2006-08-30. p. D5.
  17. ^ "Delta study sees some hope". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. 2007-02-08. p. B1.
  18. ^ "Fish Report, Delta/Stockton". The Modesto Bee. Modesto, California. 2019-12-04. p. B5.
  19. ^ "ISLAND GOES 6 FEET UNDER SHWN DELTA LEVEE BREAKS". recordnet.com. 1 August 1994.


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