2015 Map of Sanborn Slough

About this map

Butte Creek meanders through the heart of the Sacramento Valley, anchoring a complex hydrologic network at the intersection of Butte, Sutter, and Colusa Counties. This 2015 survey illustrates a landscape dominated by agricultural water management and natural drainage, where the Sanborn Slough and Drumheller Slough provide critical irrigation and overflow paths across the Central Valley. To the southwest, the distinctive volcanic profiles of the Sutter Buttes begin to rise above the flat valley floor, marked by W Butte Rd and N Butte Rd. The western edge is defined by the Sacramento River at Boggs Bend, showing the deep connection between the river's path and the arterial road network, including River Rd and Gridley Rd, which serve the rural farmsteads and agricultural tracts of this fertile region.