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Soil Suitability Study `?S-92-67 <br /> raising Arabian horses , the remainder of the present_ 51 . 73 acres <br /> oar. c:el is devoted to the agricultural use of growing sugar beers <br /> Soil Profile 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 /> No . 2 , at the location shown on the attached "Parcel Kap" . Two (2) <br /> basic soil lavers were found in excavating to the 10-foot depth . <br /> From the ground surface to a depth of seven (7) feet . the soil in <br /> some reference books is identified as San Joaquin Loam. visual <br /> ; nspection gives the appearance of a gray clay . Cracks exist in the <br /> ground indicating expansion with exposure to moisture an,''. <br /> ont;action with drying. From seven ( 7 ) to ten ( 10 ) feet below the <br /> ,,zround surface , the soil was noted to be a whitish gray hardpan <br /> wil. ch was extremely difficult to excavate with hand operated tools . <br /> N;o water was encountered in excavating to the 10-foot depth . The <br /> S,in .Joaquin County Flood Control And Water Conservation Vap <br /> entitled "Lines Of Equal Depth To 'nater Wells" , dated Fall 1990 . <br /> shows The water to be in excess of 1t0 feet. below the grocind ' <br /> surFace . <br /> Percolation Tests : <br /> Three ( 3) percolation test holes , two (2) on Parcel No . ? . <br /> Ldpntified as test holes P1 3nc' P^ and one. ( 1 ) en Parcel No . i , <br /> i(lentif. ied as test hole P3 were excavated to about a 3-foot. depth . <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 /> Education and Welfare and the requirements of the San Joaquin <br /> Count.v Public Health Service , Environmental Health Division . <br /> Between May S , 1992 and May 7 , 1992 , three percolation tests <br /> were performed or. the ;subject property under my direction cn <br /> conformance with the San Joaquin County Public Health Service , <br /> -.nvir.onmental Health Division regulations and the San Joagclin <br /> Cocintv Ordinance Code Standards . <br /> Percolation Test Hole Nos . P , P2 and P3 resulted in the <br /> oercolation rates and determinations shown on the attached <br /> "percolation Data Sheetsand are tabulated as follows : <br /> 3 <br /> Part and Jacqueline Polk <br />