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2015 Map of Liberty Island

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Liberty Island
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

The Sacramento River Deep Water Ship Channel dominates the aquatic geography of this region, cutting a straight north-south path through the low-lying terrain of the Sacramento Valley. This landscape is defined by its complex network of sloughs and cuts, including the Liberty Cut and Shag Slough, which isolate large tracts of land such as Liberty Island and French Island. These islands, bordered by the Toe Drain and Prospect Slough, demonstrate the engineering required to manage water in the Central Valley.

Small agricultural settlements and intersections such as Lund, Daisie, and Five Points serve as local landmarks along a grid of rural roads like Ryer Ave and Co Road 107. To the east, the map captures the transition toward Ryer Island and the meandering path of Miner Slough. The distribution of features like Medora Lake and Peters Pocket underscores a territory where the boundary between land and water is constantly mediated by levees and drainage channels.