Figure 1. Central Valley California High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area
Map showing the Central Valley California High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area.
The Central Valley California HIDTA counties are Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Shasta, and Tulare counties.
Fresno, Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose are major cities with over 250,000 people. Bakersfield, Modesto, and Stockton, California and Reno Nevada are major cities with 100,000-249,999 people. Arden-Arcade, Citrus Heights, Redding, and Visalia are cities with 75,000-99,999 people.
The interstates shown are I-5, I-15, I-80, and I 505.
The state highway shown is route 99.
Note: Populations are from U.S. Census Bureau Census 2000 data.
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Figure 2. Cannabis Plants Eradicated in the Central Valley HIDTA, by County, 2008*
Map showing the number of cannabis plants eradicated in Central Valley HIDTA in 2008, broken down by site, national forest, and county.
20,000 or more plants were eradicated from one site in Kern County, three sites in Shasta County and three sites in Tulare County.
10,000-19,999 plants were eradicated from one site in Fresno County, one site in Kern County, four sites in Madera County, seven sites in Shasta County, and nine sites in Tulare County.
5,000-9,999 plants were eradicated from five sites in Fresno County, two sites in Kern County, three sites in Madera County, one site in San Joaquin County, ten sites in Shasta County, and nine sites in Tulare County.
1-4,999 plants were eradicated from fifteen sites in Fresno County, seven sites in Kern County, three sites in Madera County, two sites in Merced County, two sites in San Joaquin County, twenty-one sites in Shasta County, one site in Stanislaus County, and twenty-three sites in Tulare County.
372,986 plants were eradicated from the Sequoia National Forest, located in Kern and Tulare Counties.
240,741 plants were eradicated from the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, located in and around Shasta County.
221,498 plants were eradicated from the Los Padres National Forest, located near Kern County.
191,709 plants were eradicated from the Sierra National Forest, located in Fresno and Madera Counties.
37,656 plants were eradicated from the Lassen National Forest, located in and near Shasta County.
34,137 plants were eradicated from the Inyo National Forest, located near Fresno, Madera, and Tulare Counties
* Source: Drug Enforcement Administration San Francisco Field Division, Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program; California's Campaign Against Marijuana Planting.
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