San Dieguito River Park by the Numbers
Watershed: 221,440 acres; 346 sq. miles
Focused Planning Area: 94,000 acres including Guejito basin
San Dieguito River Park and other publicly owned lands: about 50,000 acres
Total Del Mar Fairgrounds Property: 405 acres
350 acres Fairgrounds & Race Track West of I-5
65 acres Del Mar Horse Park East of I-5
San Dieguito Lagoon Restoration: by Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas and Electric Company
Coastal Commission Permit conditions: 150 acres net wetland to be restored of which:
• 115 acres of wetlands
• 35 acres wetland credit for keeping the inlet open in perpetuity
• extra amount of wetland was restored (4:1 ratio) to mitigate for berms
Trail Miles when completed: 80 miles plus.
Coast-to-Crest Trail will be 55-60 miles.
Trail Miles built to date: 60 miles of which about 34 miles are part of Coast-to-Crest trail.
Number of bird species in watershed: > 300 species
Dollars: San Diego Lagoon restoration by Southern California Edison: $86 M
River Park land purchases: > $ 37,700,000.
Updated: June 25 2010
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TIME LINE
2010 June 26 Sikes Adobe Historic farmstead rebuilt and re-dedicated.
2007 Witch Creek Fire burns 62 % of the Park including the Headquarters building on Sycamore Creek Rd., the Sikes Adobe farmstead and miles of trails, fences, bridges etc..
2006 Southern California Edison starts San Dieguito Lagoon Restoration project.
2005 Oct 12: California Coastal Commission approves San Dieguito Lagoon Restoration Project
1992 California Coastal Commission approves San Dieguito Lagoon as site for San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant mitigation project.
1989 San Dieguito River Valley Regional Open Space Park Joint Powers Authority is established as lead agency by San Diego, San Diego County, Poway, Escondido, Solana Beach and Del Mar.
1986 Friends of the San Dieguito River Valley is established as a non-profit 501(c)4 advocacy group for protection of the River Valley
1986 San Dieguito River Park Conservancy established as an non-profit 501(c)3 group raising funds for land purchases in the River Park.
1983 Coastal Conservancy creates 70 acre tidal basin on San Dieguito Drive.
1980/1985 SANDAG develops vision of San Dieguito River Park.
1979 Del Mar adopts San Dieguto Lagoon Enhancement program.
1974 San Dieguito Lagoon Committee established by Del Mar City Council.
1966 Construction and opening of Interstate highway I-5
1959 US Navy closes Del Mar Airport
1941 December 7: Pearl Harbor. Leads to creation of airfield .
1942-1943 Old Grand Avenue Bridge constructed to provide access to US Naval Auxiliary Air Facility.
1941-1945 Del Mar fair closes for the duration of WW II.
1937 July 3 : Del Mar Race Track opens. WPA provides initial funding.
1936 Oct 8: first San Diego County Fair opens.
1927 Major flood destroys Hwy 101 bridge.
1927 US Navy acquires land for airport site.
1926-30 CA Swamp Reclamation Act leads to filling northern wetlands of San Dieguito river mouth and construction of a golf course.
1918 Lake Hodges built. Captures San Dieguito River headwaters.
1916 Major flood leads to creation of Hodges dam.
1882 Aug 14 Southern California Rail Road service opens. First narrowing of San Dieguito Lagoon outlet.
1850 California joins the United States.
1846 Dec 6 Mule Hill Battle. Mexican American war event where America soldiers were attacked by Californios , descendants of Mexican and Spanish colonists.
1846 June 14 Bear flag raised at Sonoma. Proclamation of California Republic.
1840 Juan Maria Osuna obtains the 88,824 acres of Rancho San Dieguito: land grant from the Mexican government. Later this became Rancho Santa Fe.
1833 Secularization Act passed by Mexican Congress. Beginning of the end of mission system and opening of “ranchos” era.
1821 Mexico declares independence from Spain. California under Mexican rule.
1789 Gaston de Portolà, leader of Spanish expedition, opens San Dieguito River Valley to recorded history.
9000 BC Partial skeleton on Scripps Bluff documents human occupation in San Dieguito River Valley.
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