Simmons Island
Sad-looking aerial photo of an island suffused with muck.
USGS aerial photo of Simmons Island
Simmons Island is located in Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta
Simmons Island
Simmons Island
Simmons Island is located in San Francisco Bay Area
Simmons Island
Simmons Island
Simmons Island is located in California
Simmons Island
Simmons Island
Simmons Island is located in the United States
Simmons Island
Simmons Island
Geography
LocationNorthern California
Coordinates38°05′49″N 121°59′26″W / 38.09694°N 121.99056°W / 38.09694; -121.99056 (Simmons Island)[1]
Adjacent toSuisun Bay
Administration
State California
CountySolano
A 2015 aerial photo of Grizzly Bay taken from the southeast; Simmons Island can be seen on the left, with Ryer Island to its southwest, Freeman Island to its south, Dutton Island to its southeast, Wheeler Island and Hammond Island to its east, Grizzly Island to its north, and Grizzly Bay to its northwest and west.

Simmons Island is a small island in Grizzly Bay (part of Suisun Bay) in the San Francisco Bay Area of California.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] [16] It is part of Solano County, and included within Reclamation District 2127.[17] Its coordinates are 38°05′49″N 121°59′26″W / 38.09694°N 121.99056°W / 38.09694; -121.99056 (Simmons Island)[1]. It is shown as "Simmons Island" on an 1850 survey map of the San Francisco Bay area made by Cadwalader Ringgold,[18] and as "Simons Island" on an 1854 map of the area by Henry Lange.[19] It is labeled, along with Deadman Island, Joice Island, Grizzly Island, Ryer Island and Roe Island, on a 1902 USGS map of the area.[20]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Simmons Island
  2. ^ "Duck Club Keeper Found Drowned". Contra Costa Gazette and Martinez Daily Standard. Martinez, California. 1932-06-21. p. 4.
  3. ^ "Rod and Gun". The San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, California. 1946-11-22. p. 26.
  4. ^ "Sportsmen's Corner". Visalia Times-Delta. Visalia, California. 1951-10-17. p. 10.
  5. ^ "Rod and Gun". The San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, California. 1951-11-13. p. 26.
  6. ^ "Fight Among Fishermen Leads To $30,000 Suit". Contra Costa Gazette. Martinez, California. 1955-04-18. p. 2.
  7. ^ "Sports Afield: Duck Hunters Grin as Opener Shows Bumper Crop of Birds". The San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, California. 1960-10-18. p. 51.
  8. ^ "Sports Afield: Waterfowl Filberts Sacking Limits of Sprig and Mallard". The San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, California. 1960-10-25. p. 52.
  9. ^ "Duck Hunting Areas Full". The San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, California. 1960-12-13. p. 64.
  10. ^ "State Resets Suisun Bay Oil-Gas Bidding Date". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. 1967-11-08. p. 39.
  11. ^ "Legal Notice". Concord Transcript. Concord, California. 1967-11-09. p. 10.
  12. ^ "$3.9 Million Project Aimed At Protecting Suisun Marsh". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. 1978-12-20. p. 5.
  13. ^ "Supreme Court scuttles Sierra Club case against Central Valleys Project". The Fresno Bee. Fresno, California. 1981-05-05. p. 31.
  14. ^ "Weather threatens oil spill cleanup". The Hanford Sentinel. Hanford, California. 1988-04-28. p. 7.
  15. ^ "Grizzly Island offers taste of the wild life". The Press Democrat. Santa Rosa, California. 1989-03-30. p. 23.
  16. ^ California State Automobile Association (1999). San Francisco Bay Region (Map). 1:190,000. American Automobile Association.
  17. ^ "Municipal Service Review: Solano County Water, Irrigation, Reclamation, and Flood Management Agencies" (PDF). Solano County LAFCO. Michael Brandman Associates. 13 April 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 March 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  18. ^ Ringgold, Cadwalader; Stuart, Fred D.; Everett, Chas.; Harrison (1850). "General Chart embracing Surveys of the Farallones Entrance to the Bay of San Francisco, Bays of San Francisco and San Pablo, Straits of Carquines and Suisun Bay, and the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, to the Cities of Sacramento and San Joaquin, California". David Rumsey Map Collection. San Francisco Common Council. Archived from the original on 7 July 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  19. ^ Lange, Henry (1854). "Bai San Francisco und Vereinigung des Sacramento mit dem San Joaquin". David Rumsey Map Collection. George Westermann. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  20. ^ Goode, R.U.; Fletcher, L.C. (1902), Topography, State of California: Woodward Island Quadrangle, United States Geological Survey


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