Maps of Ryer Island


Below are Ryer Island more current maps. You can also view some historic maps that include Ryer Island locations. Click on maps and links to see viewable documents. There are two Ryer Islands in Solano County, so do not be surprised if the maps show different island locations! The current maps had information added, to emphasize the location of the "Real" Ryer Island. If you want to see historic maps up close, we suggest looking at the 1890 original map located in the Solano County Offices, 5th Floor, Dept. of Environmental Services, or the 1913 map found at the Rio Vista Museum. We also found many historic California maps available online, and have sections of those maps showing the Delta region as it was, with reference to Ryer Island. See our Historic Maps page. and the Wrong Maps page

Ryer Island by Steamboat Slough and Cache Slough	Note: 9/15/08: Webmaster has traced the labeling of Long Point Island as "Ryer Island" to a 2006 report that then refers to soils tests reports and map that were done in 1999. The 2006 and 1999 reports and/or data were used to compile other maps and reports, but the persons compiling the new reports may have inadvertently assumed the data was attributed to the Ryer Island by Steamboat Slough instead of the actual location where the raw data was collected-Long Point Island!
Take a look at the two maps below, both found in Department of Water Resources reports from 2006 to 2008. Very different looking maps, showing supposedly the same data, only something between these maps were made someone in DWR or their consultants substantially inflated Delta islands flood occurrences.

Seismic maps comparison Flood Maps Comparison	United States--California--Solano County. 1890-found at the office of Solano Count on West Texas St in Fairfield
1995 map of soils samples showing Ryer Island-Suisun Bay 2007 map of soils samples showing Ryer Island by Steamboat Slough-note that the map no longer shows the name of the "other" Ryer Island!	2008 map

California in the past	Online are great historic maps of California. Go to lcweb2.loc.gov We also found maps at lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D However, online maps seem to get moved and the links change. Please go to our Historic Maps page for many examples of what it was like over the last 150 years in the Delta region.