McDonald Island (California)

McDonald Island is an island in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, in San Joaquin County, California, 53 km (33 mi) south of Sacramento. The 2,400 ha (5,900-acre) island is bounded on the north by San Joaquin River, on the west by Middle River and Latham Slough, and on the south by Empire Cut.

References

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: McDonald Island (California)

Coordinates: 38°00′05″N 121°29′24″W / 38.001311°N 121.489951°W / 38.001311; -121.489951

Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta

Counties

Cities and towns

Islands

Andrus
Bacon
Bethel
Bishop
Bouldin
Brack
Bradford
Browns
Byron
Canal Ranch
Chipps
Coney
Deadhorse
Decker
Empire
Fabian
Fay
Franks (flooded)
Glanville
Grand
Hastings
Holland
Hotchkiss
Jersey
Jones
King
Kings
Liberty (flooded)
Little Franks
Little Mandeville
Little Tinsley
Mandeville
McCormack Williamson
McDonald
Medford
Merritt
Mildred
Netherlands
Neville
New Hope
Orwood
Palm
Pierson
Prospect
Quimby
Rhode
Rindge
Rio Blanco
Roberts
Rough and Ready
Ryer
Sargent Barnhart
Sherman
Shima
Shin Kee
Staten
Stewart
Sutter
Sycamore
Terminous
Twitchell
Tyler
Union
Van Sickle
Veale
Venice
Victoria
Webb
West
Winter
Woodward
Wright-Elmwood

Waterways

Rivers, creeks and sloughs	American River Beaver Slough Broad Slough Cache Slough Calaveras River Connection Slough Disappointment Slough Dutch Slough Elk Slough False River Fourteenmile Slough French Camp Slough Georgiana Slough Hog Slough Indian Slough Latnam Slough Lindsey Slough Lookout Slough Marsh Creek Mayberry Slough Middle River Miner Slough Mokelumne River North Fork South Fork New York Slough Old River Potato Slough Prospect Slough Sacramento River San Joaquin River Sand Mound Slough Sevenmile Slough Shag Slough Snodgrass Slough Steamboat Slough Sycamore Slough Taylor Slough Rock Slough Threemile Slough Tom Paine Slough Trapper Slough Whiskey Slough White Slough

Man-made channels	Bishop Cut Columbia Cut Delta Cross Channel Fishermans Cut Hastings Cut Holland Cut Honker Cut North Victoria Canal Paradise Cut Sacramento River Deep Water Ship Channel Victoria Canal Woodward Canal

Other features

California Coast Ranges
- Black Hills
- Diablo Range
Montezuma Hills
Sherman Lake
Suisun Bay
Yolo Bypass

Water supply
infrastructure

Designated areas

Big Break Regional Shoreline
Brannan Island State Recreation Area
Franks Tract State Recreation Area
Sherman Island Waterfowl Management Area
Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
Woodbridge Ecological Reserve

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