Historic California Posts, Camps,
Stations and Airfields
Travis Air Force Base Air Defense
Missile Site
US Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles
District History (1995)
Location: Travis Air Defense Missile Site is located in
the City of Elmira, Solano County, California. Approximately
23 miles southwest of Sacramento and 10 miles northeast of Vacaville.
The site is located off of Sievers Road.
Site History:
Travis Air Defense Missile Site consisted of 106.34 fee acres
acquired from Otto Sievers, et ux. by Declaration of Taking filed
September 23, 1959. Travis Air Defense Missile Site was designated
to protect major metropolitan areas and strategic military installations
from aerial attack. The site was to be operated by the AIr Force
and armed with the BOMARC air defense missile. This was separate
from the Army's Nike-Ajax and Nike-Hercules air defense missile
program.
The property was reported excess to GSA
on April 18, 1961. By quitclaim deed dated 27 July, 1962, the
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) conveyed 19.57
fee acres to the City of Dixon, reserving to the U.S. a road
easement over 0.08 acres and a water well easement over 0.02
acres; the 0.1 acre easement reserved in fee disposal was then
conveyed by HEW to the Dixon Unified School District of Solano
County by quitclaim deed dated September 11, 1962. By quitclaim
deed dated August 27, 1962, HEW conveyed 59.12 fee acres to the
Vacaville Union High School District. The remaining 27.65 acres
fee was conveyed by HEW to the Dixon Unified School District
of Solano County by quitclaim deed dated September 11, 1962.