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NAME AND ADDRESS OF PROPERTY OWNER_;. <br /> Valley Wholesale Drugs, same address <br /> NAME & PHONE NO. OF RESPONSIBLE PARTY: <br /> Paul E. Souva, Controller; (209) 466--0131, ext. 224 <br /> LEGAL DESCRIPTION: The property consists of approximately 1 <br /> acre, (APN 135-25-31) as shown on EXHIBIT A. EXHIBIT B is a <br /> copy of the Grant Deed that property. <br /> REGIONAL SETTING: <br /> The property is located in the southwestern part of the City of <br /> Stockton, directly beneath I-5. The Stockton Deepwater Channel <br /> is approximately one block to the south, near the terminus of <br /> Mormon Slough. The area is one of light manufacturing & varied <br /> small to medium sized businesses. Valley Wholesale Drugs is a <br /> wholesale, distributor of phamaceuticals; there are no manufac- <br /> turing activities on the property. PLATE I is a portion of a <br /> city map of Stockton showing the location of the site. <br /> GEOLOGIC & GEOMORPHIC PROVINCE: <br /> The site is located in the southern portion of what is referred <br /> to as the Sacramento Valley, which is within the geomorphic <br /> province called the Great Valley of California_ This large <br /> basin, which contains in Excess of 25, 000 of sediments, extends <br /> from Red Bluff on the north to the Transverse Ranges on the <br /> south. The sediments have been derived primarily from erosion of <br /> the Sierra Nevada Batholith to the east; they have been period- <br /> ically reworked and redeposited by the many rivers and streams in <br /> the area. The surface elevation is between 5' & 10 ' , with the <br /> regional gradient to the west at about 5' /mile. PLATE II is <br /> from a USGS topographic map showing surface features in the area. <br /> SOILS CLASSIFICATION: <br /> According to the publication issued by the University of Calif. , <br /> Berkeley, in 1952, the surface soils consist of "madeland, " (fill <br /> brought in from other areas. ) The predominant native soil in the <br /> area is Stockton adobe clay, which covers most of this portion of <br /> Stockton. A brief examination of the spoil which was returned to <br /> the hole shows it to be primarily a fine, sandy silt. PLATE III <br /> is from that publication. <br /> 2 <br />