Geography | |
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Location | Northern California |
Coordinates | 38°01′40″N 121°23′06″W / 38.02778°N 121.38500°W [1] |
Adjacent to | Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta |
Highest elevation | 0 ft (0 m) [1] |
Administration | |
United States | |
State | California |
County | San Joaquin |
The Shima Tract is an island in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta. [2] [3] [4] It is part of San Joaquin County, California, and managed by Reclamation District 2115. [5] [6] Its coordinates are 38°01′40″N 121°23′06″W / 38.02778°N 121.38500°W [1], and the United States Geological Survey measured its elevation as 0 ft (0 m) in 1981. [1] It appears on a 1952 USGS map of the area. [7]
The Shima Tract was owned by (and takes its name from) George Shima, a businessman and farmer who at one point produced 85% of California's potato crop. [8]