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i' <br /> Soil Suitability Study <br /> NS-92-57 <br /> raising Arabian horses , the remainder of the present 51 . 73 acres <br /> oarcei is devoted to the agricultural use of growing sugar beets . <br /> ? <br /> SOILProfile Test : <br /> Excavation to a depth of ten ( 10 ) feet below the ground <br /> surface was performed for the Soil Profile investigation on Parcel. <br /> 2 , at the location shown on the attached "Parcel Map" . Two <br /> ' basi_c sol ]. layers were found in excavating to the 10-foot. depth . <br /> n nSj ( 7 ) feet , the soil in <br /> From the ground surface to a depth of s en <br /> some reference books is ! identified as San Joaquin Loam . Visual <br /> inspection gives the appearance of a gray clay . Cracks exist in <br /> ground indicating expaision with exposure to moisture an ' <br /> ;onrrac: " ion with drying . from seven (7 ) to ten ( .10} Feet below the <br /> ` ground surface , the soil' was noted to be a whitish gray hardpan <br /> which was extremely difficult to excavate w�. tY� hand operated foals <br /> i <br /> No water was encountered ! in excavating to the 10-foot depth . The <br /> i <br /> sAn .Joaquin County Flood Control And Water Conservation Map <br /> entitled "Lines Of Equaiikepth To Water Wells" , dated Fall 1990 , <br /> shows the water to be iin <br /> excess of <br /> 110 feet below the ground <br /> surface . <br /> Percolation Tests : <br /> i <br /> I' Three 3) percolati,'pn test Holes <br /> wo {2) on Parcel No . 2 , <br /> h identified as test holes! P1 and P2 and one ( 1) on Parcel No . 1 , <br /> oenti Pied as test hot eP3 were excavated to about a 3-foot depth . <br /> 1 <br /> The location of the three test holes are shown on the attached <br /> " Parcel Map" <br /> All percolation tests conducted were performed in accordance <br /> with the percolation test procedures outlined in the "Manual Of <br /> septic Tank Practice" published by the Department Of Health <br /> requirements of the San Joaquin <br /> Education And Welfare and the <br /> county Public Health Serlkv.ice , Environmental Health Division . <br /> Between May 5 , 1992 and May 7 , 1992 , three percolation tests <br /> were performed , on the ;�sub3ect property under my direction in <br /> conformance with the San Joaquin County Public health Servace , <br /> Environmental Health D>:,v:ision regulations and the San Joagiiin <br /> County Ordinance Code Standards . <br /> PPco_lation Test Kole Nios . Pl . P? and P3 resulted in the <br /> r' <br /> .ecolation rates and determinations shown on the attached <br /> "percolation Data Sheets" and are tabulated as follows : <br /> I� <br /> . p <br /> 3 <br /> pant and Jacque Line Polk <br />