Widdows Island

{{short description|Island in California}}

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| name = Widdows Island

| image = File:NASA Worldwind, USGS imagery map, Widdows Island, California.png

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| image_caption = USGS aerial imagery of Widdows Island, with Byron Tract to its northwest, Victoria Island to its northeast and Eucalyptus Island to its southeast.

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| coordinates = {{coord|37|51|40|N|121|34|27|W|region:US-CA_source:gnis-237725|display=it|name=Widdows Island|notes=}}

| location = Northern California

| waterbody = Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta

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| country = United States

| country_admin_divisions_title = State

| country_admin_divisions = {{flag|California}}

| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = County

| country_admin_divisions_1 = San Joaquin

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File:Kings Island and others (California).png and Kings Island. Byron Tract is on the west edge, and Victoria Island is on the east edge.]]

Widdows Island is a small island in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta along the Old River distributary of the San Joaquin River. It is part of San Joaquin County, California. Its coordinates are {{coord|37|51|40|N|121|34|27|W|region:US-CA_source:gnis-237725|display=inline|name=Widdows Island|notes=}}, and the United States Geological Survey measured its elevation as {{cvt|0|ft|m}} in 1981. It appears on USGS maps of the area as dry land up to 2018; the latest 2021 topographic map shows the island now mostly flooded, with the old levee surrounding it still above water.

References

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{{cite news

| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85580151/notice-of-trustees-sale-at-public-aucti/

| date = 1933-12-06

| page = 8

| title = Notice of Trustee's Sale at Public Auction

| newspaper = The Recorder

| location = San Francisco, California

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{{cite news

| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85580196/gov-brown-proposes-recreational-project/

| date = 1966-03-31

| page = 3

| title = Gov. Brown Proposes Recreational Project in Delta

| newspaper = Contra Costa Times

| location = Walnut Creek, California

}}

{{Cite map

| author = United States Geological Survey

| title = United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey

| map = Clifton Court Forebay Quadrangle, California

| year = 2021

| scale = 1:24000

| url = https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/viewer/#15/37.8596/-121.5760

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{{Gnis|237725|Widdows Island}}

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{{Islands of Suisun Bay and the Sacramento–San Joaquin River delta}}

{{San Francisco Bay watershed}}

{{Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta}}

Category:Islands of San Joaquin County, California

Category:Islands of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta

Category:Islands of Northern California

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