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Roberts Island
An aerial photograph of an island covered in farmland and surrounded by rivers.
Roberts Island (California) is located in Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta
Roberts Island (California)
Location within Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta
Roberts Island (California) is located in California
Roberts Island (California)
Location within California
Roberts Island (California) is located in the United States
Roberts Island (California)
Location within the United States
Geography
LocationNorthern California
Coordinates37°54′18″N 121°23′07″W / 37.9049250°N 121.3852250°W / 37.9049250; -121.3852250 (Roberts Island)[1]
Adjacent toSacramento–San Joaquin River Delta
Administration
United States
State
 California
County
San Joaquin

Roberts Island is an island in the San Joaquin River delta, in California.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] It is part of San Joaquin County, and managed by Reclamation Districts 544 (Upper Roberts Island), 524 (Middle Roberts Island) and 684 (Lower Roberts Island).[10] Its coordinates are 37°54′18″N 121°23′07″W / 37.9049250°N 121.3852250°W / 37.9049250; -121.3852250 (Roberts Island).[1]

The community of Holt is on Roberts Island. BNSF Railway's Stockton Subdivision and California State Route 4 cross the island.

References

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  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Roberts Island
  2. ↑ California State Automobile Association (2007). Coast and Valley: Bay Area to Southern California (Map). 1:560,000. American Automobile Association.
  3. ↑ "Commercial". Daily Evening Herald. Stockton, California. 1875-03-12. p. 3.
  4. ↑ "Large Transfers". Daily Evening Herald. Stockton, California. 1875-04-08. p. 3.
  5. ↑ "A broken levee: Roberts' Island threatened with a serious flood". The Mail. Stockton, California. 1880-06-07. p. 3.
  6. ↑ "Waters Break out of Paradise Cut on Both Sides". The Evening Mail. Stockton, California. 1914-01-28. p. 10.
  7. ↑ "Rancher Declares Productive Worth of Roberts Island Leads Many of Higher-Value Sections by 5 to 1". The Evening Mail. Stockton, California. 1914-08-26. p. 6.
  8. ↑ "Roberts Island Rifle club to hold big turkey shoot at its new club house tomorrow". Stockton Daily Evening Record. Stockton, California. 1919-11-22. p. 32.
  9. ↑ "Water wars returning to boil over 'peripheral tunnel'". The Modesto Bee. Modesto, California. 2012-08-12. p. A15.
  10. ↑ "Municipal Service Review: Selected San Joaquin County Reclamation Districts" (PDF). San Joaquin Local Agency Formation Commission. E Mulberg & Associates. 18 March 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 March 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
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