Natomas, Sacramento, California

Natomas
Natomas
Neighborhood of Sacramento
	Natomas marker sign (right foreground) and Sleep Train Arena (now demolished) (left background)
	Interactive map of Natomas
	Coordinates: 38°38′45″N 121°30′48″W / 38.6459°N 121.5132°W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Sacramento
City	Sacramento
Government
• Mayor	Kevin McCarty
• Sacramento City Councilmember	Lisa Kaplan
• Sacramento County Representative	Phil Serna
Area
• Total	20.15 sq mi (52.19 km2)
Elevation	26 ft (8 m)
Time zone	UTC-8 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code	95833/95834/95835
Area codes	916, 279

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Natomas is a community in the northwestern section of the city of Sacramento, in the U.S. state of California.

Natomas is generally divided into two areas by Interstate 80: North Natomas and South Natomas. North Natomas was historically an agricultural area on the floodplains of the Sacramento River, but grew quickly starting in the mid-1990s with extensive residential development, office park, and retail construction. South Natomas developed predominantly as residential subdivisions from the 1950s to the 1980s, but in 1982, amended its community plan to permit 2.4 million square feet of new office parks along Interstate 5.

As a major center of employment, retail and entertainment facilities, Natomas is recognized as one of Greater Sacramento's most important edge cities (suburban economic centers) by Joel Garreau, who popularized the term. Natomas is generally defined as south of the Sacramento County line, north of the Garden Highway and the American River, west of the Steelhead Creek, and east of the Sacramento River. The neighborhood school district is Natomas Unified School District.