Which neighborhoods are built on landfill in San Francisco?

USGS liquefaction susceptibility map of San Francisco -- red indicates regions that exhibit "very high susceptibility" and corresponds to areas of land fill. Yellow regions to the west, which exhibit "moderate" susceptibility, are built on levelled sand dunes, (legend). read more

The federal government built most of Treasure Island in the 1930s out of quarried rock, sand dredged from the bottom of the bay, and topsoil. There are some major trade-offs to making your own land. For one, you can’t go very far in the San Francisco Bay Area without being reminded that its wetlands and many of their flora and fauna are endangered. read more

China Basin is a neighborhood built on landfill along the San Francisco Bay. It lies north of Mission Creek and the Mission Bay neighborhood, and includes AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants, numerous restaurants, and the Caltrain railroad station. read more