Location
Crows Landing is located in California's Central Valley, about 20 miles southwest of Modesto, one mille off I-5. We are approximately 80 miles southeast of San Francisco, and about 70 miles east of San Jose. The area of Stanislaus County in which Sundance Corporate Supply is located is designated HUBzone by the U.S. government, based on census data.
Crows Landing Flight Facility
The NASA Crows Landing Flight Facility was commissioned in 1943 as Naval Auxiliary Landing Field (NALF), Crows Landing. The former NALF served primarily as an auxiliary air field for operations from Moffett Field and other Navy facilities in the general area, as well as serving other federal and state agencies, including NASA, Ames Research Center. In 1999, NASA transferred the facility to Stanislaus County, and the county is currently considering bids to develop the facility into an industrial/distribution complex.
The former airfield represents a significant opportunity for job creation and industrial/commercial development on the west side of the county, with its ideal location less than one mile from I-5, existing railroad tracks, and a regional connection with the Tracy Triangle (20 miles north) and the urban Bay Area (75 miles west).
A 1947 Navy photo of the air fieldThe former airfield represents a significant opportunity for job creation and industrial/commercial development on the west side of the county, with its ideal location less than one mile from I-5, existing railroad tracks, and a regional connection with the Tracy Triangle (20 miles north) and the urban Bay Area (75 miles west).
History
Walter Crow and two of his sons came to California in 1849 looking for gold. Walter returned to Missouri and bought cattle to drive to California to sell in the mines. He decided to locate in the rich San Joaquin Valley rather than in the foothills of the Sierra. Crow and his sons established a ranch on Orestimba Creek and it was for him and his family that the town of Crows Landing, in the San Joaquin River bottom south of Patterson, was named. When the railroad came to the area, the town relocated from the river to the railroad nearby, along what is now Highway 33.