To
Contents
National Drug Intelligence Center
Northern California High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Drug Market Analysis
2009
April 2009
Figure 1. Northern California High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area
Map showing the Northern California High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area.
Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Francisco, and San Jose are major cities with a population over 250,000.
Berkeley, Concord, Daly City, Fremont, Hayward, Modesto, Salinas, Santa Clara, Santa Rosa, Stockton, Sunnyvale, and Vallejo are major cities with a population between 100,000 and 249,999.
Antioch, Redwood City, Richmond, San Leandro, and San Mateo are cities with a population between 75,000 and 99,999.
Cotati is a place of interest.
San Francisco and Oakland are major seaports.
San Francisco is an international airport.
The interstates are I-5, I-80, I-205, I-280, and I-505.
Route 101 is a U.S. highway.
Route 99 is a state highway.
The Northern California HIDTA counties consist of Alameda, Contra Costa, Lake, Marin, Monterey, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Sonoma.
Note: Populations are from U.S. Census Bureau Census 2000 data.
Return to Figure 1.
Figure 2. Cannabis Plants Eradicated, by Site and by HIDTA County, 2008
Map showing the number of cannabis plants eradicated, by site and by HIDTA county, in 2008.
There were over 10,000 cannabis plants eradicated, in 2008, at select sites in Lake, Sonoma, Santa Clara, and Monterey Counties.
There were between 1,000 and 9,999 cannabis plants eradicated, in 2008, at select sites in Lake, Sonoma, Alameda, Santa Clara, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, and Monterey Counties.
There were between 100 and 999 cannabis plants eradicated, in 2008, at select sites in Lake, Sonoma, and San Mateo Counties.
There were between 50 and 99 cannabis plants eradicated, in 2008, at select sites in Santa Clara County.
There is Federal land in Lake, Marin, Alameda, San Mateo, San Francisco, Santa Clara, and Monterey Counties.
Lake County had 495,035 cannabis plants eradicated in 2008.
The number of cannabis plants eradicated, in 2008, in Sonoma County was 145,132 and 176,502 in Santa Clara County.
The number of cannabis plants eradicated, in 2008, in Alameda County was 25,768; 30,368 in Santa Cruz County; 19,184 in San Mateo County; and 94,004 in Monterey County.
There were no cannabis plants eradicated, in 2008, in Marin, San Francisco, and Contra Costa Counties.
There is State land in Lake, Sonoma, Marin, Contra Costa, Alameda, San Francisco, Santa Clara, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, and Monterey Counties.
Source: Drug Enforcement Administration San Francisco Field Division, Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program.
Return to Figure 2.
End of page.