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{{Short description|Island in California}}
{{Infobox islands
| name                              = Ryer Island
| image                             = Ryer Island (California).png
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| image_caption                     = [[USGS]] aerial imagery of the island.
| image_alt                         = An aerial photograph of an island covered in farmland and surrounded by rivers.
| pushpin_map                       = United States Sacramento Delta#USA California#USA
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| coordinates                       = {{coord|38.24357|-121.63101|region:US-CA_type:isle_source:gnis-234597|display=it}}
| location                          = [[Northern California]]
| waterbody                         = [[Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta]]
| area_acre                         = 11700
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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         = [[Solano County, California|Solano]]
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{{distinguish|Ryer Island (Suisun Bay)}}
[[File:Sacramento River Deep Water Ship Canal and sloughs.jpg|thumb|An aerial photo looking northwest, taken in 2018. Ryer Island can be seen on the bottom.]] 
'''Ryer Island''' is an island in the [[Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta]] surrounded by Miner Slough and [[Steamboat Slough]] at their confluence with the [[Sacramento River]], 6.5 miles north-northeast of [[Rio Vista, California|Rio Vista]].<ref name="CGN"/> It is in [[Solano County, California]], and managed by [[California Reclamation Districts|Reclamation District]] 501.<ref name="solanoLAFCO"/> The {{convert|4750|ha|abbr=on|sing=on}} island is named in honor of a California pioneer, Dr. Washington M. Ryer, and his family. A map prepared at the time of statehood shows the area divided by the west fork of the Sacramento River, with the western half identified as Priest Island and the eastern half identified as Sutter Island.<ref name="survey1850"/>

The [[California Department of Transportation]] (Caltrans) operates two vehicle ferry services to the island, connecting the following state highways:<ref name="restrictions"/>
* {{jct|state=CA|CA|84|dir1=South|road|Ryer Island Ferry}}, towards [[Rio Vista, California|Rio Vista]]
* {{jct|state=CA|CA|220|dir1=East|road|Howard Landing Ferry}}, towards [[Ryde, California|Ryde]]

Highway 220 then terminates at Highway 84 on Ryer Island, while the latter leaves the island north on a bridge, and towards [[West Sacramento, California|West Sacramento]].

==See also==
* [[List of islands of California]]
* [[Ryer Island Ferry]]
* [[Howard Landing Ferry]]

==References==
<references>
<ref name="CGN">David L. Durham, ''California's  Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of This State''.  p. 693. Quill Driver Books. (1998) {{ISBN|1-884995-14-4}}.</ref>
<ref name="restrictions">{{cite web | url=http://www.dot.ca.gov/trafficops/trucks/restrict-list.html | title=Special Route Restrictions | publisher=Caltrans | access-date=2016-06-17}}</ref>
<ref name="survey1850">{{cite web
 |url         = https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~24355~890046?id=1-1-24355-890046&name=General+chart,+San+Francisco+Bay#
 |title       = General Chart embracing Surveys of the Farallones Entrance to the Bay of San Francisco, Bays of San Francisco and San Pablo, Straits of Carquines and Suisun Bay, and the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, to the Cities of Sacramento and San Joaquin, California
 |last1       = Ringgold
 |first1      = Cadwalader
 |last2       = Stuart
 |first2      = Fred D.
 |last3       = Everett
 |first3      = Chas.
 |last4       = Harrison
 |website     = David Rumsey Map Collection
 |publisher   = San Francisco Common Council
 |date        = 1850
 |access-date = 25 February 2021
 |quote       = 
}}</ref>
<ref name="solanoLAFCO">{{cite web
|url = https://www.solanolafco.com/Studies/MSR/SpecialDistricts/WaterMSRfinalApril132009.pdf
|title = Municipal Service Review: Solano County Water, Irrigation, Reclamation, and Flood Management Agencies
|last =
|first =
|website = Solano County LAFCO
|publisher = Michael Brandman Associates
|date = 13 April 2009
|access-date = 25 February 2021
|quote =
}}</ref>
</references>

==External links==
* {{gnis|234597}}

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

[[Category:Islands of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta]]
[[Category:Islands of Northern California]]
[[Category:Islands of Solano County, California]]
[[Category:Islands of the San Francisco Bay Area]]


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