Description: <span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Arial; font-size:12px; text-align:center;">'The Storie Index is a soil rating based on soil characteristics that govern the land's potential utilization and agricultural capacity. Lands with an index score of 80-100 or Grade 1 are statutorily defined as prime agricultural land. This land valuation is independent of other physical or economic factors that might determine the desirability of growing certain plants in a given location. The characteristics evaluated include suitable soil profiles, surface texture, slope, and dynamic properties. Preserving prime agricultural lands and open space is a key statutory mandate of California's Local Agency Formation Commissions (Cortese-Knox Hertzberg Act 2000, Gov. Code ยง56301).</span><div><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Arial; font-size:12px; text-align:center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="text-align:center;"><br /></span></div>