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The Kimball soils have a prime farm land status. <br /> The Xerofluvents (which are not prime agricultural soils) constitute the lake bottom of <br /> Tracy Lakes and their development has been influenced by local flooding of the Jahant <br /> Slough watershed. These soils have been farmed historically, but are capable of <br /> supporting seasonal wetlands. <br /> 2.4 Hydrology <br /> Buckeye Ranch lies within the 100-year flood plain of the Mokelumne River. The <br /> hydrology of the site has historically been controlled by the Mokelumne River,Jahant <br /> Slough, and Dry Creek. Flooding from Jahant Slough is locally influenced, whereas <br /> flooding from the Mokelumne River is regionally influenced. In historic times, Jahant <br /> Slough and the Mokelumne River were interconnected on a frequent basis. Water likely <br /> flowed into the Tracy Lakes from the Mokelumne River. Historical hydrological <br /> conditions have been greatly altered due the placement of dams on the Mokelumne River <br /> and local alterations of the landscape. <br /> This section includes a brief overview of the historical land use and general hydrology of <br /> Tracy Lake. The goal of the water management plan is to restore the lake to its condition <br /> before the Mokelumne River was dammed, which we are considering to be its natural state. <br /> The water management plan is presented in Section 5.3. <br /> Tracy Lake <br /> Tracy Lake, shown in Figure 1, actually consists of two separate lake areas that represent <br /> the terminal drainage sink for the Jahant Slough watershed. The lakes appear to have been <br /> Buckeye Ranch Resource Plan (November, 1993) <br /> 25 <br />