The Mokelumne River defines the setting of Mokelumne City — low, cultivated land and leveed waterways place this San Joaquin County community on the eastern side of the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta. It belongs to a working agricultural district shaped by irrigation, drainage channels and river transport rather than urban development. The settlement takes its name from the Mokelumne, which flows west from the Sierra Nevada foothills toward the Delta. Mokelumne City developed during the nineteenth century, when river landings linked rural communities to California’s inland trade. Quiet roads and open fields still characterize the area. Explore additional webcams around Mokelumne City and the Delta to see how this river country relates to its surroundings.
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