Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta · CA
Antioch
Smith's Landing, at the western door of the Delta.
- Population
- 115,291 (2020 census)
- Founded
- 1849
- Incorporated
- 1872
- Tides
- Two highs, two lows, uneven
Then
- 1849
The Smith brothers found Smith's Landing. It is renamed Antioch on July 4, 1851.
- About 1859
Coal is found in the hills to the south. Black Diamond Mines Regional Park now covers the old mines.
- 1872
Antioch incorporates.
- 1980
Antioch Dunes becomes the first national wildlife refuge set up to protect endangered plants and insects.
Now
The deepwater ship channel to Stockton passes the waterfront. This place reaches through the Delta's maze of sloughs and islands from Pittsburg and Collinsville east toward Holt.
On the water
From NOAA's predictions for Antioch, CA over the next 365 days. Heights are in feet above mean lower low water (MLLW).
- Pattern
- Two highs and two lows a day, one noticeably bigger than the other
- Typical daily range
- 3.9 ft
- Biggest swing
- 5.6 ft on Dec 23
- Smallest swing
- 1.9 ft on Jan 12
- Highest high
- 4.8 ft, Jan 21 at 12:59 PM
- Lowest low
- −0.8 ft, Nov 25 at 10:39 PM
21 tide stations around Antioch
- Antioch1.2 mi
- Pittsburg, New York Slough4.6 mi
- Collinsville5.3 mi
- Montezuma Slough6.6 mi
- Mallard Island Ferry Wharf6.7 mi
- False River8.8 mi
- Dutch Slough9.1 mi
- Meins Landing, Montezuma Slough10.6 mi
- Irish Landing, Sand Mound Slough12.3 mi
- Orwood, Old River14.2 mi
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- Prisoners Point14.2 mi
- Korths Harbor, San Joaquin River14.4 mi
- Georgiana Slough entrance14.9 mi
- Borden Highway Bridge, Old River15.0 mi
- Wards Island, Little Connection Slough17.1 mi
- Terminous, South Fork18.3 mi
- Borden Highway Bridge, Middle River19.0 mi
- Holt, Whiskey Slough20.8 mi
- Blackslough Landing21.0 mi
- Bishop Cut, Disappointment Slough21.2 mi
- New Hope Bridge23.0 mi