1952 Map of Knights Landing

About this map

Knights Landing serves as the focal point for this survey of the Sacramento Valley, where the Sacramento River makes several tight bends including Railroad Bend and Fourmile Bend. The landscape is defined by massive water management infrastructure, most notably the broad Sutter Bypass and the Knights Landing Ridge Cut, designed to control the volatile floodwaters of the Central Valley. Agriculture dominates the flats between the river and the bypass, supported by an intricate network of pumping stations and drainage canals like the Colusa Basin Drainage Canal. The presence of the Southern Pacific Railroad and the Sacramento Northern line through the town of Robbins highlights the importance of rail transport for moving the region's agricultural harvest. Scattered throughout the floodplain are local landmarks such as Knights School and several oxbow water bodies like Mary Lake and Horseshoe Lake.