Decker Island

Decker Island is a small island in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River delta, in California.[2][3][4][5][6] It is part of Solano County.[7][8][9][10] Its coordinates are 38.0904745°N 121.7191214°W / 38.0904745; -121.7191214 (Decker Island)[1]. Part of the island is the Decker Island Wildlife Area, operated by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Decker Island
An aerial photograph taken looking north in 2015. Sherman Island is below it.
Decker Island
Decker Island
Decker Island
Decker Island
Geography
LocationNorthern California
Coordinates38.0904745°N 121.7191214°W / 38.0904745; -121.7191214 (Decker Island)[1]
Adjacent toSacramento–San Joaquin River Delta
Administration
State California
CountySolano

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Decker Island
  2. California State Automobile Association (1999). San Francisco Bay Region (Map). 1:190,000. American Automobile Association.
  3. "Country Roll". The Record-Union. Sacramento, California. 1884-02-02. p. 7.
  4. "A down-river island". The Evening Bee. Sacramento, California. 1893-05-08. p. 8.
  5. "In What County Lies This Land?". The Evening Bee. Sacramento, California. 1899-03-07. p. 5.
  6. "What the Supervisors Did: Dispute over the Solano boundary". The Record-Union. Sacramento, California. 1899-03-08. p. 5.
  7. "Decker Island is Awarded to Hansen". The San Francisco Call. San Francisco, California. 1899-12-20. p. 3.
  8. "Ownership of Decker Island". The Record-Union. Sacramento, California. 1899-12-20. p. 8.
  9. "Sinking Delta Creeps From The Pipeline". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. 1964-09-22. p. 13.
  10. "Warm Weather Is Fly In Sportsman's Outdoor Ointment". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. 1964-09-25. p. 65.


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