Jones Tract
Island in California / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Jones Tract is an island containing Lower Jones Tract and the Upper Jones Tract in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, fifteen kilometres west of Stockton. The 4,900 ha (12,000 acres) island is bounded on the north by Empire Cut, on the northeast by Whiskey Slough, on the southeast by Trapper Slough, and on the west, Middle River. The tracts are bifurcated by the parallel running Mokelumne Aqueduct, West Lower Jones Road, and a railroad originally built by the Achison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, which now carries freight trains of the BNSF Railway and Amtrak California's San Joaquin. It is in San Joaquin County, and managed by Reclamation District 2039.[1] It appears on 1913 and 1952 United States Geological Survey maps of the area.[2][3]
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Location | Northern California |
Coordinates | 37.937158°N 121.486473°W / 37.937158; -121.486473 |
Adjacent to | Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta |
Area | 12,000 acres (4,900 ha) |
Administration | |
State | California |
County | San Joaquin |