Aerial view of Denverton Creek and California Highway 12 (Rio Vista Road), Oct. 28, 1963 - Sonoma County Library Digital Collections -- Colecciones Digitales de la Biblioteca del Condado de Sonoma

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Title

Aerial view of Denverton Creek and California Highway 12 (Rio Vista Road), Oct. 28, 1963

Creation Date (Original)

1963

Description

Denverton Road is visible on the lower left corner; California Highway 12 (Rio Vista Road) crosses Denverton Creek/Denverton Slough at the the lower right.

Item Format or Genre

["aerial photographs","black-and-white photographs"]

Contributor(s) (Person)

["Wallace, Henry N."]

Local History and Culture Theme

["Environment"]

Subject (Topical)

["Roads","Wetlands","Rivers"]

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection"]

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_026420

Item Details
Image Details

Item Details

Title

Aerial view of Denverton Creek and California Highway 12 (Rio Vista Road), Oct. 28, 1963

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Contributor(s) (Person)

["Wallace, Henry N."]

Description

Denverton Road is visible on the lower left corner; California Highway 12 (Rio Vista Road) crosses Denverton Creek/Denverton Slough at the the lower right.

Biographical or Historical Note

Natural gas was discovered near Denverton in 1966. A 2018 paper, "Denverton Creek gas field, Solano County, California," by G. Lindblom and J. Jacobson, noted "The Denverton Creek gas field is located in Solano County, California, 40 mi northeast of San Francisco on the west side of the Sacramento Valley. The field was discovered in 1966 by the Mobil Oil Corporation Trojan Powder 1 well from a sand of Paleocene age within the Martinez channel. During 1967 and 1968, new pool discoveries were made in other Paleocene sands. Commercial gas deliveries began in March 1967 and ceased in 1971, and the field was abandoned in 1973 with a cumulative production of 712 million cu. feet of gas from three wells. Increases in natural gas prices during the middle and late 1970s, coupled with sound geological concepts supported by improved seismic data, led to a number of discoveries in the valley. Included in this effort was reestablishment of production at Denverton Creek in 1977 by new drilling. Chevron USA, in joint ventures with Cities Service and Channel Exploration, has drilled nine wells in the field, which developed two new pool discoveries. In 1986, the field produced 5 bcf of gas from 11 wells. (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/255050676_Denverton_Creek_gas_field_Solano_County_California)

Creation Date (Original)

1963

Item Type

["Still image"]

Item Format or Genre

["aerial photographs","black-and-white photographs"]

Number of Parts or Pages

1 photographic print

Other Physical Details

Black-and-white

Item Physical Dimensions

23 x 23 cm

Local History and Culture Theme

["Environment"]

Subject (Time Period)

1963

Subject (Topical)

["Roads","Wetlands","Rivers"]

Country

["United States"]

State or Province

["California"]

California County

["Solano"]

District

["Denverton"]

Geographic Feature

["Denverton Creek","Denverton Slough","California Highway 12 (Calif.)"]

Street Address

Denverton Road and California Highway 12, Suisun City, California

Latitude

38.2339147

Longitude

-121.8976544

Geocoding Status

["Approximate geocoding"]

Creator Note

Henry N. Wallace, Sonoma County Surveyor. May 29, 1968.

Other Notes

10-28-63; 991; Area 8; 8500'; 8 1/4; 5

Original Collection Name

["Henry A. Wallace collection"]

Credit line

Courtesy, Sonoma County Library

Local System Identifier

828853

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_026420

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection"]

Digital Collections Area Group(s)

["Local History & Culture"]

Digital Collections Topical Subgroup(s)

["Aerial Imagery of Sonoma County and Northern California"]

Physical Item Barcode(s)

-1056527 (ANNEX PHOTO 26420)

Item Call Number(s)

ANNEX PHOTO 26420

Shelving Location of Physical Item(s)

Sonoma County History & Genealogy Library, 211 E Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95401 (https://sonomalibrary.org/locations/sonoma-county-history-and-genealogy-library)

Copyright Statement

The Sonoma County Library makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to digitized images and can claim only physical ownership of the image(s) described in this records. However, these images are intended for Personal or Research use only. Any other kind of use, including, but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication in any medium or format, public exhibition, or use online or in a web site, may be subject to additional restrictions including but not limited to the copyrights held by parties other than the Library. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permissions and/or paying associated fees necessary for the proposed use. Preferred credit line is: Courtesy, the Sonoma County Library. Please see additional reproduction and reuse information at https://sonomalibrary.org/locations/sonoma-county-history-and-genealogy-library/order-photo

Project Affiliation

Sonoma County Tourism Grant (2004-2005)

Contributing Organizations

Sonoma County Library, 211 E Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95401 (http://www.sonomalibrary.org)

Fiscal Sponsor

Grant provided to the Sonoma County Library through the Sonoma County Advertising Program

Date Digitized

2011

Digitizing Agency

Backstage Library Works, 533 East 1860 South, Provo UT 84606 (http://www.bslw.com)

Archival File Data Quality

["High resolution master file image (600 ppi)"]

Acquisition Type

["Gift"]

Date of Acquisition

2001

Filename

cstr_pho_026420.jp2

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