Editing Alameda, California (section)

==Geography==
Alameda's nickname is "The Island". Today, the city consists of three major sections:

* [[Alameda (island)|Alameda Island]] – The main original section created by dredging a channel between Oakland to the north, with the former [[Naval Air Station Alameda]] (NAS Alameda) at the west end of Alameda Island, [[South Shore, Alameda, California|South Shore]] along the southern side of Alameda Island, 
* [[Bay Farm Island]] – Part of the mainland proper, and attached to Oakland.
* [[Coast Guard Island]] – A small island between Alameda Island and Oakland, home of [[Integrated Support Command Alameda]].<ref>{{cite web |title=ISC Alameda Home |url=http://www.uscg.mil/mlcpac/iscalameda/ |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20011109232748/http://www.uscg.mil/mlcpac/iscalameda/ |archive-date=November 9, 2001 |access-date=July 13, 2017 |website=Webarchive.loc.gov}}</ref>

[[File:Zeppelin-ride-020100925-222 (5028835633).jpg|thumb|right|[[Fruitvale Bridge]], spanning the [[Oakland Estuary]], connects Alameda in the south to [[Oakland, California|Oakland]] in the north.]]

The area of the former NAS is now known as "Alameda Point." The South Shore area is separated from the main part of Alameda Island by a lagoon; the north shore of the lagoon is located approximately where the original south shore of the island was. Alameda Point, Bay Farm Island, and South Shore are largely built on bay fill.
[[File:Coast Guard Island May 2009.jpg|thumb|right|[[Coast Guard Island]]]] [[File:03-bay-farm-island.jpg|thumb|right|View of [[Bay Farm Island]]]]
Not all of Alameda Island is part of the City of Alameda; a small portion of a dump site west of the former runway at Alameda Naval Air Station extends far enough into San Francisco Bay that it is over the county line and therefore part of the [[San Francisco|City and County of San Francisco]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.militarymuseum.org/NASAlameda.html|title=Historic California Posts: Naval Air Station, Alameda|website=Militarymuseum.org|access-date=July 13, 2017}}</ref> Ballena Isle, an even smaller island, is also part of Alameda. <!-- Notice the small grey sliver on Alameda Point; it is part of San Francisco.-->

===Climate===
This region experiences warm (but not hot), dry summers, and cool (but not cold), wet winters. According to the [[Köppen climate classification]] system, Alameda has a [[Mediterranean climate#Warm-summer Mediterranean climate|warm-summer Mediterranean climate]], abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=60547&cityname=Alameda,+California,+United+States+of+America&units=|title=Alameda, California Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)|website=Weatherbase.com|access-date=July 13, 2017}}</ref> Annual precipitation is about {{cvt|22.|in}}, all rain (snow is extremely rare at sea level in the San Francisco Bay Area).

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|Feb low F = 48.9
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|Apr low F = 51.9
|May low F = 54.2
|Jun low F = 56.2
|Jul low F = 57.5
|Aug low F = 58.4
|Sep low F = 58.9
|Oct low F = 56.6
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|Jan rain inch = 4.21
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|Mar rain inch = 2.74
|Apr rain inch = 1.18
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|Aug rain days = 0.6
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|Nov rain days = 8.4
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{{cite web
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|title = ALAMEDA NAS, CA US
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|access-date = June 28, 2019
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=== Hazards ===
The low-lying island has seen sea-level and groundwater level rise threaten its infrastructure and people not just through flooding events, but through the increased [[Soil liquefaction|liquefaction]] risk from more saturated soils. The locations of increasing groundwater-induced risks and flooding risks may be most precise in private insurance company maps.<ref>City of Alameda. "THE RESPONSE OF THE SHALLOW GROUNDWATER LAYER AND CONTAMINANTS TO SEA LEVEL RISE" Silvestrum Climate Associates. September 2020.https://www.alamedaca.gov/files/assets/public/alameda-pio/slr2020.pdf</ref>