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Table 4 lists the Storic Index ratings and Grades for the predominant soils at the site. TABLE 4 Storie Index Rating and Grade Soil Type Storie Index Grade Capay 44 3 El Solyo 72 2 Vernalis 85 1 Xerofluents 23 4 Zacharias 81 1 PRIME FARMLAND SOILS One definition of prime farmland soils is set forth in Section 51201 of the State Government Code. Section 51201 is found in Chapter 7 of the Provisions Relating to the California Land Conservation Act of 1965 known as The Williamson Act. The definition is listed below: "Prime Agricultural Land" means any of the following: 1. All land which qualifies as Class I or Class II in the Soil Conservation Service land use capability classifications. 2. Land which qualifies for rating 80 through 100 in the Storie Index Rating. 3. Land which supports livestock used for the production of food and fiber and which has an annual carrying capacity equivalent to at least one animal unit per acre as defined by the U.S.D.A. 4. Land planted with fruit or nut bearing trees,vines, bushes or crops which have a nonbearing period of less than five years and which will normally return during the commercial bearing period on an annual basis from the production of unprocessed agricultural plant production not less than two hundred dollars ($200)per acre. 5. Land which has returned from the production of unprocessed agricultural plant products an annual gross value of not less than two hundred dollars ($200) per acre. Another method for determining prime farmland soil is listed in the Soil Survey of San Joaquin Coun . California. This method is more detailed and relies on soil chemistry, climate, water holding capacity, erodibility, frequency of flooding, rooting depth, rock fragments in the surface soil and permeability to distinguish between prime and non-prime farmland soils. The Class I and II soils mapped on this parcel are designated as prime farmland in both definitions. The Class IV soils are not prime farmlands in either definition. 9