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LEGAL DESCRIPTION: <br /> The property consists of approximately 1/10th acre, located on <br /> the southwest corner of No E1 Dorado Ave & Castle Street <br /> The Assessors parcel number as 125-100-17 <br /> REGIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SETTING <br /> The property is situated in a primarily residential area of the <br /> city of Stockton, approximately midway between Interstate I-5 to <br /> the west & Highway 99 to the east City Hall & County Government <br /> buildings are about 1 1/2 miles to the south, and the University <br /> of the Pacific is a short distance to the northwest Refer to <br /> PLATE I for more details <br /> GEOLOGIC & GEOMORPHIC PROVINCE <br /> The site is located near the southern end of the Sacramento <br /> Valley, a sub-province of what is known as the Great Valley of <br /> California. The Sacramento Valley is composed of in excess of <br /> 25, 000 feet of sediments derived from erosion and uplift of the <br /> Sierra Nevada Batholith to the east The sediments range in age <br /> from Recent to Cretaceous & possibly older, and consist of sands, <br /> gravels, silts, & clays produced by repeated reworking of the <br /> outwash from the Sierras <br /> Relief is very flat, less than 5 ' /mile, with drainage to the <br /> southeast towards the Sacramento-Stockton Delta area The <br /> Calaveras River is about one mile to the north-northeast, and <br /> Mormon Slough is roughly 2 merles to the south PLATE II, from a <br /> USGS topographic sheet, shows the location of the site in <br /> relation to other nearby features . <br /> SOIL CLASSIFICATION <br /> According to the 1952 publication issued by the University of <br /> California, Berkley, the soil is this area is known as Stockton <br /> Adobe Clay It is a dark grey to brown alluvial soil derived as <br /> outwash from basic igneous sources, (ie, the Sierra Nevada Bath- <br /> olith. ) It is considered to have imperfect drainage, having <br /> hardpan subsoil layers generally underlain with unconsolidated <br /> material The Storie Index, 28 , gives it a classification as <br /> poor PLATE III is a portion of a soils profile map from the <br /> above publication <br /> DEPTH TO GROUNDWATER <br /> Based upon the spring 1993 water table map issued by the San <br /> 2 <br />