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2012 Map of Denverton

Name: 2012 Topographic Map of Denverton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2012
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2012

About this map

Travis Air Force Base occupies the northern reaches of this Solano County landscape, where the urban edge of Fairfield meets the expansive marshes of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. The transition from terrestrial to aquatic environments is marked by the Potrero Hills and Luco Hill, which rise above a complex network of waterways including Montezuma Slough and Nurse Slough. This region is defined by its historic landings—Beldons Landing, Lingos Landing, and Meins Landing—remnants of a water-based transport system that served the local ranching and agricultural economy long before modern roads like Petersen Rd or Creed Rd dominated the area.

Waterways like Denverton Slough and Island Slough carve through Grizzly Island and Bradmoor Island, illustrating the intricate drainage patterns that characterize the Suisun Marsh. Settlement patterns are sparse outside the military installation, with small locales such as Denverton, Rio Vista Junction, and Montezuma serving as key reference points for local history and genealogy. The presence of Molena and Lucol Hollow in the southeast further emphasizes the varied topography between the hills and the delta's edge.