Agenda packet — Porterville City Council, March 17, 2026 (part 2 of 3)

To assess a project's energy impacts and determine significance, Appendix F outlines the following criteria:

1. Energy Requirements and Efficiency: Quantify the project's energy requirements and use efficiencies by amount and fuel type for each stage (construction, operation, maintenance, and removal). Consider the energy intensiveness of materials, where relevant.

2. Impact on Energy Supplies and Capacity: Analyze the project's effects on local and regional energy supplies and the need for additional capacity.

3. Impact on Peak and Base Period Demands: Evaluate the project's influence on peak and base period demands for electricity and other energy forms.

4. Compliance with Energy Standards: Determine the project's compliance with existing energy efficiency standards.

5. Impact on Energy Resources: Assess the project's effects on overall energy resources.

6. Transportation Energy Use: Analyze the project's projected transportation energy use requirements and its incorporation of efficient transportation alternatives.

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Building Energy Efficiency Standards – Title 24
The California Energy Commission updates the Building Energy Efficiency Standards (Title 24, Parts 6 and 11) every three years as part of the California Code of Regulations. The standards were established in 1978 in an effort to reduce the state’s energy consumption. They apply for new construction of, and additions and alterations to, residential and nonresidential buildings and relate to various energy efficiencies including but not limited to ventilation, air conditioning, and lighting. The California Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen), Part 11, Title 24, California Code of Regulations, was developed in 2007 to meet the state goals for reducing Greenhouse Gas emissions pursuant to AB32. CALGreen covers five (5) categories: planning and design, energy efficiency, water efficiency and conservation, material and resource efficiency, and indoor environmental quality. 14 The 2022 Building Energy Efficiency Standards went into effect on January 1, 2023. Additionally, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) oversees air pollution control efforts, regulations, and programs that contribute to reduction of energy consumption. Compliance with these energy efficiency regulations and programs ensures that development will not result in wasteful, inefficient, or unnecessary consumption of energy sources.

California Energy Action Plan
The Energy Action Plan (EAP) for California was approved in 2003 and updated in 2008. The California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) approved the Energy Action Plan (EAP) for California in 2003, with an update in 2008. The 2008 EAP established goals and next steps to integrate and coordinate energy efficiency demand and response programs and actions. 15
Methodology
CalEEMod is a statewide model designed to provide a uniform platform for government agencies, land use planners, and environmental professionals to quantify potential criteria pollutant and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from land use projects. The model quantifies direct emissions from construction and operation (including vehicle use), as well as indirect emissions, such as emissions from energy use, solid waste disposal, vegetation planting and/or removal, and water use. The model also identifies mitigation measures to reduce criteria pollutant and GHG emissions.

4.6.2 Impact Assessment
Would the Project:
a) Result in potentially significant environmental impact due to wasteful, inefficient, or unnecessary consumption of energy resources, during Project construction or operation? Less than Significant Impact. The Project proposes 30 single-family lots. Energy would be consumed through Project construction and operations. Energy outputs for short-term construction and long-term operations were estimated using CalEEMod (Appendix A). Traffic impacts related to vehicle trips were considered through a Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) analysis contained in Section 4.17. Results are summarized in Table 4-7. Based on the data, the 14 California Department of General Services. (2020). 2019 California Green Building Standards Code. Accessed on October 3, 2025, https://codes.iccsafe.org/content/CGBC2019P3 15 State of California. (2008). Energy Action Plan 2008 Update. Accessed on October 3, 2025, https://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/word_pdf/REPORT/28715.pdf

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energy demand associated with the proposed Project would be less than one (1) percent of Tulare County’s total demand (Criterion 1).

Table 4-7 Project Energy Consumption
Energy Type1 Project
Annual Energy Consumption
Tulare County
Annual Energy Consumption
Project Percentage of
County Consumption
Electricity2 0.266594 GWh 4,957.696254 GWh 0.0053773%
Natural Gas2 1,095.330 MMBTu 16,462,910.9 MMBTu 0.0066533% Notes:

1. Southern California Edison (SCE) would serve the site for electricity.

2. Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) would serve the site for natural gas.

3. Energy consumption data for Tulare County (2022) is provided by the California Energy Commission, “Electricity Consumption by County” accessed on October 16, 2025, http://ecdms.energy.ca.gov/elecbycounty.aspx and “Gas Consumption by County” accessed on October 16, 2025, https://ecdms.energy.ca.gov/gasbycounty.aspx
Construction
Construction would be short-term and temporary. There are no unusual project characteristics or construction processes that would require the use of equipment that would be more energy intensive than is used for comparable activities. Construction activities would include removal/demolition of all on-site trees and existing structures/improvements, typical site preparation, grading, paving, architectural coating, and trenching – all of which would require the transportation of building materials and equipment. Therefore, the primary source of energy for construction activities would be diesel and gasoline (i.e., petroleum fuels). All construction equipment shall conform to current emissions standards and related fuel efficiencies including applicable CARB regulations (Airborne Toxic Control Measure), California Code of Regulations (Title 13, Motor Vehicles), and Title 24 standards.

Compliance with existing regulations would ensure that the short-term, temporary construction activities would not result in wasteful, inefficient, or unnecessary consumption of energy resources consistent with Criterion 4.

Operations
Operations would involve heating, cooling, equipment, and vehicle trips. Energy consumption related to operations would be associated with natural gas, electricity, and fuel. As for new construction, the Project would also be required to meet all mandatory requirements for residential buildings as outlined in the 2022 Energy Code.

Mandatory requirements apply to building envelopes, ventilation and indoor air quality, space conditioning systems, water heating systems, outdoor and indoor lighting, electric power distribution, covered process for pools, solar ready buildings, and electric ready buildings. Compliance would be verified through the building permit process. Therefore, the Project would meet mandatory state building energy codes, which are designed to reduce wasteful, inefficient, or unnecessary consumption of energy sources, consistent with Criterion 4.

Energy consumption and peak demand for the state are forecasted in Volume IV – California Energy Demand Forecast of the CEC’s Integrated Energy Policy Report. As shown in Figure 10 and Figure 4 of the Volume IV Report, the CEC forecasts a 1.3 to 2.3 percent annual average growth rate for electricity and a 0.1 to 0.9 percent annual average growth rate for natural gas between 2021 and 2030. The Project’s anticipated operational energy consumption for electricity and natural gas are shown in Table 4-7. The anticipated consumption of electricity and natural gas would represent 0.0054 percent and 0.0066 percent based on Countywide usage, which would be

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significantly below CEC’s forecast. Therefore, the Project would not require additional energy capacity or supplies in accordance with Criterion 2. In addition, as a residential development, energy consumption can be expected to peak in the day similar to other residential developments. Through compliance with energy conservation requirements under the 2022 Energy Code, the Project would not result in unique or more intensive peak or base period electricity demand in accordance with Criterion 3.

Furthermore, Southern California Edison, the city’s electricity provider, is subject to the state’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) which requires investor-owned utilities, electric service providers, and community choice aggregators to increase procurement from eligible renewable resources to 33 percent of total procurement by 2020 to 60 percent of total procurement by 2030. The increase in reliance of renewable resources further ensures that the Project would not result in wasteful, inefficient, or unnecessary consumption of energy sources, consistent with Criterion 5.

Development of the Project site would also result in fuel consumption through vehicle trips. The Project would generate an estimated 283 average daily trips, which is below significance thresholds for VMT. Therefore, energy usage associated with vehicle trips for the proposed Project would be minimal in comparison to the gasoline and diesel fuel consumption for the County. In addition, the Project does not propose any unusual features that would result in excessive long-term operational fuel consumption (Criterion 2). Further, annual energy use related to vehicles is expected to decrease over time as a result of vehicle fuel efficiency standards.

Therefore, the Project would not cause wasteful, inefficient, and unnecessary consumption of building energy during Project operation, or preempt future energy development or future energy conservation. A less than significant impact would occur.
b) Conflict with or obstruct a state or local plan for renewable energy or energy efficiency? Less than Significant Impact. As discussed under criterion a), the construction and operations of the Project would be subject to compliance with applicable energy efficiency regulations including CALGreen, Title 24, and CARB.

Additionally, the General Plan Open Space and Conservation Element established policies to reduce and conserve energy use in existing and new development, including adopting incentives for green building standards and ensuring City code allow for green building techniques. Since the General Plan energy conservation policies are implemented at the city level, the Project would not conflict with said policies. In addition, state law ensures construction vehicle idling will be limited. Therefore, through compliance, the Project would not conflict with or obstruct any state or local plan for energy efficiency and a less than significant impact would occur as a result of the Project.

4.6.3 Mitigation Measures
None required.

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4.7 GEOLOGY AND SOILS
Would the Project:

Potentially
Significant
Impact
Less than
Significant with
Mitigation
Incorporated
Less than
Significant
Impact
No
Impact
a) Directly or Indirectly cause potential
substantial adverse effects, including
the risk of loss, injury, or death
involving:

i. Rupture of a known
earthquake fault, as
delineated on the most
recent Alquist-Priolo
Earthquake Fault Zoning Map
issued by the State Geologist
for the area or based on other
substantial evidence of a
known fault? Refer to Division
of Mines and Geology Special
Publication 42.

X
ii. Strong seismic ground
shaking? X
iii. Seismic-related ground
failure, including
liquefaction?
X
iv. Landslides? X
b) Result in substantial soil erosion or the
loss of topsoil? X
c) Be located on a geologic unit or soil
that is unstable, or that would become
unstable as a result of the Project, and
potentially result in on- or off-site
landslide, lateral spreading,
subsidence, liquefaction or collapse?
X
d) Be located on expansive soil, as
defined in Table 18-1-B of the Uniform
Building Code (1994), creating
substantial risks to life or property?
X
e) Have soils incapable of adequately
supporting the use of septic tanks or
alternative wastewater disposal
systems where sewers are not
available for the disposal of waste
water?
X
f) Directly or indirectly destroy a unique
paleontological resource or site or
unique geologic feature?
X

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4.7.1 Environmental Setting
The City of Porterville is located along the western slope of a northwest-trending belt of rocks comprising the Sierra Nevada and within the southern portion of the Cascade Range. The City is within the Sierra Nevada geomorphic province, which is primarily composed of cretaceous granitic plutons and remnants of Paleozoic and Mesozoic metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks, and Cenozoic volcan and sedimentary rocks. The City’s Planning Area elevation ranges between 400 and 800 feet, with the eastern portion that is within the Sierra Nevada foothills reaching almost 1,800 feet. Geographically, the city, inclusive of the Project Site, has stable geological formation and is in a seismically inactive region. 16 A brief discussion of the likelihood of seismic activities occurring in the City’s Planning Area, inclusive of the Project Site, is provided below. The discussion is based on the 2023 Tulare County Multi-Jurisdictional Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP) as well as the Porterville 2030 General Plan Environmental Impact Report (EIR). 17
Faulting
There are no known active faults in the City’s Planning Area. 18No Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault zoning has been established for the City’s Planning Area. The nearest active faults to the Planning Area are the Owens Valley fault group, 40 miles to the east, and White Wolf fault, 56 miles to the south. 19Due to the distance from an active fault, there is low potential for ground rupture in the City.

Ground Shaking
The City of Porterville is in Seismic Risk Zone III, which is a zone expected to experience moderate effects from earthquakes. Major historical earthquakes, including the 1906 San Francisco, 1952 Kern County, and 1983 Coalinga, were felt by residents and caused minor to moderate property damage in the city. According to the HMP’s hazards ranking, ground shaking is of low significance in the City.

Liquefaction
Liquefaction primarily occurs in areas of recently deposited sands and silts and in areas of high groundwater levels (where the water table is 30 feet below the surface). Susceptible areas include sloughs and marshes that have been filled in and developed over. In addition to necessary soil conditions, liquefaction is induced by intense and prolonged ground shaking, usually above a ground acceleration of 0.3g before liquefaction occurs within sandy soil with relative densities typical of the San Joaquin alluvial deposits. Based on historic aerial imagery and search of the National Wetlands Inventory (Section 4.10), the Project site does not include former or current waters (streams, 16 City of Porterville. (2007). Draft Environmental Impact Report 2023 General Plan (SCH No. 2006011033). 17 Tulare County Office of Emergency Services. (2023). Tulare County Multi-Jurisdictional Local Hazard Mitigation Plan.

Accessed on October 3, 2025, https://tularecounty.ca.gov/rma/rma-documents/planning-documents/tulare-county-2023- multi-jurisdictional-local-hazard-mitigation-plan-mjlhmp/ 18 According to the California Department of Conservation, “An active fault, for the purposes of the Alquist-Priolo Act, is one that has ruptured in the last 11,000 years.”
19 California Department of Conservation. “CGS Seismic Hazard Program: Alquist-Priolo Fault Hazard Zones.” Accessed on October 3, 2025, https://gis.data.ca.gov/maps/ee92a5f9f4ee4ec5aa731d3245ed9f53/explore?location=37.213952%2C117.946341%2C7.19

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drainages, wetlands) that have been drained, filled, and developed. Additionally, the city is far from faults and consists of stable geological formation. As such, the city is in an area with low susceptibility to liquefaction.

Erosion
Wind and flowing water are the primary agents of erosion in the San Joaquin Valley. The primary types of erosion identified by the HMP are erosion and slumping of soils that can occur along bluffs along the Kaweah, Kern, and Tule Rivers.

Ground Subsidence
Ground subsidence is the settling or sinking of surface soil deposits with little or no horizontal motion, typically caused by the pumping of underground water, oil, or natural gas. Soils with high silt or clay content are particularly subject to subsidence. The Planning Area, particularly areas with soils high in silt or clay content, is susceptible to subsidence.

Subsurface Soils
A search of the Web Soil Survey by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service indicates that the Project Site comprises the two (2) following soil types. Figure 4-3 shows the location of these soils. 20 135 - San Joaquin loam: slopes 0-2 percent, moderately well drained. The depth to the water table is more than 80 inches with no ponding and flooding being very rare. The 135 San Joaquin loam soil type accounts for 97.8% of the Project site.
154 – San Joaquin loam: slopes 0-2 percent, moderately well drained. The depth to the water table is more than 80 inches with no ponding or flooding. The 154 San Joaquin loam soil type accounts for 2.2% of the Project site.

California Building Code
The California Code of Regulations (CCR) Title 24 is assigned to the California Building Standards Commission, which, by law, is responsible for coordinating all building standards. The California Building Code incorporates by reference the International Building Code with necessary California amendments. About one-third of the text within the California Building Standards Code has been tailored for California earthquake conditions. These standards are applicable to all new buildings and are required to provide the necessary safety from earthquake related effects emanating from fault activity.

Porterville 2030 General Plan
The Porterville 2030 General Plan includes policies relevant to natural hazards in the Public Health and Safety Element since minimizing risks from geologic and seismic hazards, as listed below.

Guiding Policy PHS-G-1 Minimize risks of property damage and personal injury posed by geologic and seismic hazards.
20 United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service. “Web Soil Survey.” Accessed on October 3, 2025, https://websoilsurvey.sc.egov.usda.gov/App/WebSoilSurvey.aspx

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Implementation Policy PHS-I-1 Amend the Zoning Ordinance to include provisions for a geologic hazards abatement district for hillside areas to ensure that geologic hazards are properly mitigated by developers or avoided prior to, or during, development.

Implementation Policy PHS-I-2 Maintain and enforce appropriate building standards and codes to avoid and/or reduce risks associated with geologic constraints and to ensure that all new construction is designed to meet current safety regulations.

Implementation Policy PHS-I-3 Provide information and incentives for property owners to rehabilitate existing buildings using construction techniques to protect against seismic hazards.

Implementation Policy PHS-I-4 Support continued investigation by State agencies of geologic conditions within the City’s Planning Area to promote public awareness of potential geologic and seismic hazards.

Implementation Policy PHS-I-5 Require, as part of the preliminary soil report, a construction dust management plan when it has been determined that soils contain naturally-occurring asbestos.

Implementation Policy PHS-I-6 If asbestos is present require construction work be done when soil moisture is sufficient to adequately compact the tread and prevent visible dust, which may contain airborne asbestos emissions.

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Figure 4-3 Soils Map

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4.7.2 Impact Assessment
Would the Project:
a) Directly or indirectly cause potential substantial adverse effects, including the risk of loss, injury, or death involving:
i. Rupture of a known earthquake fault, as delineated on the most recent Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Map issued by the State Geologist for the area or based on other substantial evidence of a known fault? Refer to Division of Mines and Geology Special Publication 42.

No Impact. The Project site is not located within an Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zone, nor is there any other evidence of a known fault on or adjacent to the site. Therefore, the risk of fault rupture is considered negligible, and no impact would occur.
ii. Strong seismic ground shaking?
Less than Significant Impact. The Project Site is within Seismic Risk Zone III, which is a zone expected to experience moderate effects from earthquakes. The Project would be required to comply with the current seismic design and construction standards of the California Building Code (CBC). These standards incorporate numerous provisions specifically designed to mitigate the effects of strong ground shaking, including requirements for reinforced foundations, shear walls, and ductile connections, for example. In addition, according to the General Plan Implementation Policy PHS-I-2, the Project would be reviewed to ensure compliance with appropriate building standards and codes to avoid and/or reduce risks associated with geologic constraints and to ensure that all new construction is designed to meet current safety regulations. Compliance with the CBC and General Plan would significantly reduce the potential for structural damage and collapse, thereby minimizing the risk of loss, injury, or death associated with ground shaking. Therefore, while the potential for strong ground shaking exists in the region, adherence to the CBC's stringent seismic standards and General Plan policies would reduce the risk of substantial adverse effects, including loss, injury, or death, to a less than significant level. Impacts would be less than significant. iii. Seismic-related ground failure, including liquefaction? Less than Significant Impact. The city of Porterville is characterized by a low potential for seismic-related ground failure. There are no known active earthquake faults within the city, and no Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zones have been established for the area. The nearest active faults are 40 to 56 miles away, resulting in low potential for ground rupture at the Project site. Further, the city is in Seismic Risk Zone III which anticipates moderate seismic effects; however, the overall hazard ranking for ground shaking in the city is considered to be of low significance.

Regarding liquefaction, liquefaction primarily occurs in loose, saturated granular soils like sands and silty sands with a high groundwater table and sufficient seismic shaking. While the Project site entirely comprises loamy soil types, both soils have a deep water table, extending more than 80 inches below the surface. This deep water table significantly reduces their susceptibility to liquefaction. Furthermore, the Project site is not located in areas of former or current wetlands that have been drained, filled, and developed, which are typically more prone to liquefaction.

Although the General Plan and HMP identify moderate liquefaction risks near the Tule River, the Project site is approximately 3.5 miles north of the river, removing it from these higher-risk areas. Additionally, the dominant San

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Joaquin loam soil type is a well-drained loam, which is generally less susceptible to liquefaction than silts or sands.

The Project site exhibits no known geologic hazards or unstable soil conditions. Therefore, the overall hazard ranking for liquefaction is considered to be low.

All future development on the Project site would be required to comply with provisions of the CBC which incorporate specific amendments for California's earthquake conditions. Additionally, the Project would adhere to the City's grading and drainage standards, and any specific requirements addressing liquefaction or other seismic hazards as determined during the design and permitting phases. Therefore, compliance with the CBC’s seismic design standards and adherence to the City’s grading and drainage requirements would reduce the risk of seismicrelated ground failure, including liquefaction, to a less than significant level. Impacts would be less than significant. iv. Landslides?
Less than Significant Impact. Landslides, encompassing rockfalls, slope failures, and mud/debris flows, are primarily triggered by a combination of factors, including steep slopes, unstable geological formations, inadequate drainage, and sometimes vegetation removal. The Project site's flat topography eliminates the most significant of these risk factors. In addition, the site consists of stable, native soils and is not located near any rivers, creeks, or other features that would increase the risk of landslides. Therefore, the potential for landslides at the Project site is considered negligible. Impacts would be less than significant. b) Result in substantial soil erosion or the loss of topsoil? Less than Significant Impact. Soil erosion and topsoil loss could occur due to both natural processes (wind, water) and human activities, such as construction. The Project would involve typical site preparation activities like grading and trenching, which have the potential to cause short-term soil disturbance and erosion during construction.

Water use during construction could also contribute to this potential. Because the Project site is larger than one (1) acre, a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) is required to be developed and implemented by a certified Qualified SWPPP Developer (QSD). The SWPPP would include a detailed assessment of potential erosion risks associated with construction activities and would specify a range of Best Management Practices (BMPs) to control erosion and sediment runoff. BMPs would be implemented throughout the construction process to minimize soil erosion and topsoil loss. In addition to short-term construction-related erosion, the Project's design would also incorporate measures to prevent ongoing erosion after construction is complete. These measures include permanent landscaping and engineered drainage systems. Therefore, through the implementation of a comprehensive SWPPP with appropriate BMPs during construction, and the incorporation of long-term erosion control measures in the Project design, the potential for substantial soil erosion or topsoil loss will be minimized to a less than significant level. Impacts would be less than significant. c) Be located on a geologic unit or soil that is unstable, or that would become unstable as a result of the Project, and potentially result in on- or off-site landslide, lateral spreading, subsidence, liquefaction, or collapse? Less than Significant Impact. Due to the site’s flat topography, stable, native soils and distance to rivers, creeks, or other features that would increase the risk of landslide, the potential for landslides is considered negligible.

Lateral spreading is typically associated with liquefaction in loose, saturated sands. The Project site comprises welldrained, loamy soils which minimizes the potential for prolonged saturation, a key factor in liquefaction.

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The depth to the water table is also relatively deep (more than 80 inches), which lessens the likelihood of saturation necessary for liquefaction. Historical aerial imagery and the National Wetlands Inventory also indicate no evidence of filled former or current water bodies (streams, drainages, wetlands) on the Project site, which are often associated with increased liquefaction risk. Therefore, the potential for lateral spreading is considered low.

Subsidence is often associated with areas of groundwater withdrawal or oil/gas extraction. There is no history of such activity on or near the Project site, and the soil type lacks the high silt or clay content that makes soils susceptible to significant subsidence. The risk of subsidence is therefore considered low.

As discussed previously, the potential for liquefaction is considered low due to the well-drained soils, relatively deep (more than 80 inches) depth to water table, and lack of evidence of filled former or current water bodies (streams, drainage, wetlands) which are often associated with increased liquefaction risk. In addition, the Project would be required to comply with the CBC, which includes stringent seismic design and construction standards to mitigate the effects of ground shaking and potential liquefaction, such as requirements for foundation design in liquefiable soils and soil stabilization techniques. Further, the Project would be required to adhere to the City of Porterville’s grading and drainage standards, which would further minimize the risk of saturation and instability.

Therefore, compliance with the CBC’s seismic design standards and adherence to the City’s grading and drainage requirements would reduce the risk of seismic-related ground failure, including liquefaction, to a less than significant level.

Soil collapse can occur in areas with expansive clays or highly compressible. The soils on the Project site are not expansive clays and have been shown to have adequate bearing capacity. The risk of collapse is therefore considered low.

Therefore, considering the site’s soil characteristics, flat topography, and compliance with the CBC and grading and drainage requirements, the potential for unstable soil conditions or geologic hazards is less than significant. Impacts would be less than significant.
d) Be located on expansive soil, as defined in Table 18-1-B of the Uniform Building Code (1994, as updated), creating substantial direct or indirect risks to life or property? Less than Significant Impact. Table 18-1-B of the Uniform Building Code (UBC) classifies soils based on their expansion potential, typically using parameters such as the plasticity index or expansion index. Soils with a high clay content and a high plasticity index are classified as expansive, as they exhibit significant shrink-swell behavior. The Project site comprises San Joaquin loam. San Joaquin loam is a soil mixture containing sand, silt, and a relatively small amount of clay; because its characterized as well drained, there is low potential for water retention that would lead to significant swelling. Therefore, based on its general characteristics, these soils are not expected to be expansive. Impacts would be less than significant.
e) Have soils incapable of adequately supporting the use of septic tanks or alternative wastewater disposal systems where sewers are not available for the disposal of wastewater? No Impact. The Project would be required to connect to the municipal sewer system for wastewater disposal.

Therefore, no permanent septic tanks or alternative wastewater disposal systems would be installed, and no impact would occur.

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f) Directly or indirectly destroy a unique paleontological resource or site or unique geologic feature? Less than Significant Impact with Mitigation Incorporated. There are no known paleontological resources or unique geological features known to the City on the Project site or in the Project Area. Nevertheless, there is some possibility that a non-visible, buried site may exist and may be uncovered during ground disturbing construction activities which would constitute a significant impact. However, Mitigation Measure CUL-1 requires that if unknown paleontological resources are discovered during construction activities, work would cease until a qualified paleontologist determined the appropriate course of action. With implementation of Mitigation Measure CUL-1, the Project would have a less-than-significant impact.

4.7.3 Mitigation Measures
Mitigation Measure CUL-1: In order to avoid the potential for impacts to historic and prehistoric archaeological resources, the following measures shall be implemented in conjunction with the construction of each phase of the Project:

If previously unknown historical, archeological, cultural, or paleontological resources are encountered before or during grading activities, construction shall stop in the immediate vicinity of the find and a qualified archeologist, historical resources specialist, or paleontologist, shall be consulted to determine whether the resource requires further study. Notification of discovery shall be provided to the City of Porterville Community Development Department.

The qualified archeologist, historical resources specialist, or paleontologist shall make recommendations to the project proponent on the measures that shall be implemented to protect the discovered resources, including but not limited to excavation of the finds and evaluation of the finds in accordance with Section 15064.5 of the CEQA Guidelines and City’s policies and procedures related to historical, cultural, and paleontological resources.

Notification of the measures shall be provided to the City of Porterville Community Development Department.

If the resources are determined to be unique historical resources as defined under Section 15064.5 of the CEQA Guidelines, measures shall be identified by the monitor and recommended to the project proponent, who shall notify the City of Porterville Community Development Department. Appropriate measures for significant resources could include avoidance or capping, preservation in-place, recordation, additional archeological resting, incorporation of the site in green space, parks, or open space, or data recovery excavations of the finds.

No further grading shall occur in the area of the discovery until the City of Porterville Community Development Department approves the measures to protect these resources. Any historical, archeological, cultural, or paleontological artifacts recovered as a result of mitigation shall be provided to a City‐approved institution or person who is capable of providing long‐term preservation to allow future scientific study.

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4.8 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
Would the Project:

Potentially
Significant
Impact
Less than
Significant with
Mitigation
Incorporated
Less than
Significant
Impact
No
Impact
a) Generate greenhouse gas emissions,
either directly or indirectly, that may
have a significant impact on the
environment?
X
b) Conflict with an applicable plan, policy
or regulation adopted for the purpose
of reducing the emissions of
greenhouse gases?
X

4.8.1 Environmental Setting
In assessing the significance of impacts from GHG emissions, Section 15064.4(b) of the CEQA Guidelines states that a lead agency may consider the following:
• The extent to which the project may increase or reduce GHG emissions as compared to the environmental setting;
• Whether the project emissions exceed a threshold of significance that the lead agency determines applies to the project;
• The extent to which the project complies with regulations or requirements adopted to implement a statewide, regional, or local plan for the reduction or mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions.

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) 2022 Climate Change Scoping Plan and guidance from the SJVAPCD are discussed below and are utilized as thresholds of significance. 2022 Climate Change Scoping Plan
The CARB 2022 Climate Change Scoping Plan is the adopted statewide plan for reduction and mitigation of GHGs to implement Assembly Bill (AB) 1279. AB 1279 was issued on August 12, 2022, to require California to achieve “net zero greenhouse gas emissions” as soon as possible and to further reduce anthropogenic GHG emissions thereafter.

It sets a statewide goal to reduce emissions 85% below 1990 levels no later than 2045.

Consequently, the Scoping Plan involves several measures for cost-effective reduction of GHG emissions, including continuing existing programs such as Renewable Portfolio Standard, Advanced Clean Cars, Low Carbon Fuel Standard, etc., and achieving new mandates to decarbonize several sectors. Along with reducing emissions, environmental justice policies are included to address the ongoing air quality disparities.

Appendix D of the 2022 Scoping Plan include recommendations to build momentum for local government actions to align with State goals, including through CEQA review. The Appendix outlines the priority GHG reduction

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strategies for local governments, including transportation electrification, VMT reduction, and building decarbonization. 21
SJVAPCD CEQA Air Quality Guidelines
The SJVAPCD’s Guidance for Valley Land Use Agencies in Addressing GHG Impacts for New Projects Under CEQA (2009) provides screening criteria for climate change analyses, as well as draft guidance for the determination of significance. 22, 23 These criteria are used to evaluate whether a project would result in a significant climate change impact (see below). Projects that meet one of these criteria would have less than significant impact on the global climate.
• Does the project comply with an adopted statewide, regional, or local plan for reduction or mitigation of GHG emissions? If no, then:
• Does the project achieve 29% GHG reductions by using approved Best Performance Standards (BPS)? If no, then • Does the project achieve AB 32 targeted 29% GHG emission reductions compared with Business As Usual (BAU)?
Assembly Bill (AB) 32 was enacted by the California State legislature in 2006 with the aim to reduce GHG emissions to levels of 1990 by 2020. Recommended actions to achieve these aims were adopted by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) in 2008 (i.e., the Climate Change Scoping Plan). However, the 29% GHG emission reductions compared to BAU threshold is outdated since it is aimed to meet AB 32’s 2020 goals, thus this threshold would not be used for analysis.

San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District
SJVAPCD adopted Guidance for Valley Land‐use Agencies in Addressing GHG Emission Impacts for New Projects under CEQA and the policy District Policy—Addressing GHG Emission Impacts for Stationary Source Projects Under CEQA When Serving as the Lead Agency in 2009. It recognized that project-specific emissions are cumulative and could be considered cumulatively considerable without mitigation. SJVAPCD suggested that the requirement to reduce GHG emissions for all projects is the best method to address this cumulative impact.

The SJVAPCD requires quantification of GHG emissions for all projects which the lead agency has determined that an EIR is required. Although an EIR is not required for the Project, the GHG emissions are quantified below. Shortterm construction and long-term operational GHG emissions for project buildout were estimated using CalEEModTM (version 2022.1.1.30). (See Appendix A). CalEEMod is a statewide model designed to provide a uniform platform for government agencies, land use planners, and environmental professionals to quantify GHG emissions from land use projects. The model quantifies direct GHG emissions from construction and operation (including vehicle use), as well as indirect GHG emissions, such as GHG emissions from energy use, solid waste disposal, vegetation planting 21 California Air Resources Board. (2022). 2022 Scoping Plan Appendix D. Accessed on October 3, 2025, https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/default/files/2022-11/2022-sp-appendix-d-local-actions.pdf 22 San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District. (2009). Guidance for Valley Land-use Agencies in Addressing GHG Emission Impacts for New Projects under CEQA. Accessed October 3, 2025, http://www.valleyair.org/Programs/CCAP/12-17- 09/3%20CCAP%20-%20FINAL%20LU%20Guidance%20-%20Dec%2017%202009.pdf. 23 San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District. (2000). Environmental Review Guidelines: Procedures for Implementing the California Environmental Quality Act. Accessed October 3, 2025, http://www.valleyair.org/transportation/CEQA%20Rules/ERG%20Adopted%20_August%202000_.pdf

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and/or removal, and water use. Emissions are expressed in annual metric tons of CO2 equivalent units of measure (i.e., MTCO2e), based on the global warming potential of the individual pollutants.

4.8.2 Impact Assessment
Would the Project:
a) Generate greenhouse gas emissions, either directly or indirectly, that may have a significant impact on the environment?
Less than Significant Impact. The 2024 CEQA Guidelines do not establish a quantitative threshold of significance for GHG impacts, leaving lead agencies the discretion to establish such thresholds for their respective jurisdictions. The City of Porterville does not have an adopted climate action plan (CAP) that establishes thresholds for GHG emissions. Since the SJVAPCD and the City of Porterville do not have established GHG significance emissions thresholds, the Project is assessed based on its consistency with the CARB’s latest adopted Scoping Plan, including the Project’s compliance with relevant Scoping Plan measures, in addition to the latest RTP/SCS for the region.

Of note, the Scoping Plan is consistent with AB 1276 GHG reduction targets toward achieving carbon neutrality by 2045 and reducing anthropogenic emissions to 85% below 1990 levels by 2045. Therefore, consistency with CARB’s Scoping Plan would also demonstrate consistency with carbon neutrality requirements of AB 1279. This analysis provides a qualitative assessment of the Project’s compliance with the applicable plans, policies, and regulations for the purpose of reducing GHGs to determine whether the project would have a significant impact on the environment relative to GHGs.

Short-term construction and long-term operational GHG emissions for project buildout were estimated using CalEEModTM (version 2022.1.1.30). See Appendix A for output files. The Project’s estimated construction and operation-related GHG emissions are provided for the purposes of disclosure.

Construction Emissions
In regard to construction, the SJVAPCD does not recommend assessing pollution associated with construction, as pollution-related construction will be temporary. These construction GHG emissions are a one-time release. As such, it can be anticipated that these construction emissions would not generate a significant contribution to global climate change over the lifetime of the Project. The overall annual unmitigated construction GHG emissions associated with buildout of the Project is 509.8 MT CO2e based on the CalEEMod run.

Operational Emissions
Regarding the long-term operational related GHG emissions, the estimated operational emissions for buildout of the Project incorporates the potential area source and vehicle emissions, and emissions associated with utility and water usage, and wastewater and solid waste generation. The annual unmitigated operational GHG emissions associated with buildout of the Project is 157 MT CO2e based on the CalEEMod run.

Further, the Project would not exceed the thresholds of significance for construction or operational emissions as discussed in Section 4.3. Additionally, as discussed in more detail below, the Project would be generally consistent with the applicable goals and policies related to GHG reduction measures, including CARB’s 2022 Scoping Plan and SJVAPCD guidelines, and the Porterville 2030 General Plan goals and policies that aim to reduce air emissions and improve air quality, which reduces GHG emissions as a result. Cumulatively, these emissions would not generate a

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significant contribution to global climate change over the lifetime of the proposed Project. As such, it can be determined that the Project would not occur at a scale or scope with potential to contribute substantially or cumulatively to the generation of GHG emissions and therefore the impact would be less than significant. b) Conflict with an applicable plan, policy or regulation adopted for the purpose of reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases?
Less than Significant Impact. The compatibility of the Project with the 2022 Scoping Plan and the Porterville 2030 General Plan.

Consistency with the 2022 Climate Change Scoping Plan
Based on the evaluation shown in Table 4-8, the Project is consistent with the reduction measures identified in the 2022 Scoping Plan. The reduction measures are derived from the 2022 Scoping Plan Table 1 – Priority GHG Reduction Strategies, which provides three (3) priority areas to assist jurisdictions with developing local climate action plans.

Table 4-8 Scoping Plan Priority GHG Reduction Strategies Consistency Analysis Priority Areas Priority GHG Reduction Strategies Consistency/Applicability Determination Transportation
Electrification
Convert local government fleets to ZEVs and
provide EV charging at public sites.

Not Applicable. The Project proposes residential
units and is thus not intended to be accessible
to the public.

Create a jurisdiction-specific ZEV ecosystem to
support deployment of ZEVs statewide (such as
building standards that exceed state building
codes, permit streamlining, infrastructure siting,
consumer education, preferential parking
policies, and ZEV readiness plans).

Not Applicable. This is a city-wide strategy thus
is not applicable to the Project.

VMT Reduction

Reduce or eliminate minimum parking
standards.

Not Applicable. This is a city-wide strategy thus
is not applicable to the Project.

Implement Complete Streets policies and
investments, consistent with General Glan
Circulation Element requirements.

Consistent. Road frontages and internal roads
proposed within the subdivision are designed to
include curb, gutter, and sidewalks.

Increase access to public transit by increasing
density of development near transit, improving
transit service by increasing service frequency,
creating bus priority lanes, reducing or
eliminating fares, microtransit, etc.

Consistent. The nearest public transit stop is
more than one (1) mile south of the Project
site at the intersection of Newcomb Street
and Westfield Avenue. The Project would
develop a vacant site, planned for residential
uses, with residential uses, thereby increasing
the density of development within the Project
area.

Increase public access to clean mobility options
by planning for and investing in electric shuttles,
bike share, car share, and walking.

Consistent. The Project proposes pedestrian
facilities (i.e., sidewalks) within the site.

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Implement parking pricing or transportation
demand management pricing strategies.

Not Applicable. The Project proposes residential
development; thus, parking spaces and garages
are provided at no additional cost for residents.

Amend zoning or development codes to enable
mixed-use, walkable, transit-oriented, and
compact infill development (such as increasing
the allowable density of a neighborhood)
Not Applicable. This is a city-wide strategy thus
is not applicable to the Project.

Preserve natural and working lands by
implementing land use policies that guide
development toward infill areas and do not
convert “greenfield” land to urban uses (e.g.,
green belts, strategic conservation easements)
Consistent. The Project site is adjacent to
urbanized areas and is planned for urbanized
uses. Additionally, the General Plan contains
policies intended to provide safeguards for
agricultural lands and encourage the retention
of agriculture and open space areas around the
City. As such, while the Project would convert
“greenfield” land to urban uses, the site is
contiguous with existing urban development,
and the conversion is compliant with the
General Plan.

Building
Decarbonization
Adopt all-electric new construction reach codes
for residential and commercial uses.

Not Applicable. This is a city-wide strategy thus
is not applicable to the Project.

Adopt policies and incentive programs to
implement energy efficiency retrofits for
existing buildings, such as weatherization,
lighting upgrades, and replacing energyintensive appliances and equipment with more efficient systems (such as Energy Star-rated
equipment and equipment controllers).

Not Applicable. This is a city-wide strategy thus
is not applicable to the Project. In addition, the
Project does not include retrofits for existing
buildings.

Adopt policies and incentive programs to
electrify all appliances and equipment in existing
buildings such as appliance rebates, existing
building reach codes, or time of sale
electrification ordinances
Not Applicable. This is a city-wide strategy thus
is not applicable to the Project. In addition, the
Project does not include retrofits for existing
buildings.

Facilitate deployment of renewable energy
production and distribution and energy storage
on privately owned land uses (e.g., permit
streamlining, information sharing)
Not Applicable. This is a city-wide strategy thus
is not applicable to the Project.

Deploy renewable energy production and
energy storage directly in new public projects
and on existing public facilities (e.g., solar
photovoltaic systems on rooftops of municipal
buildings and on canopies in public parking lots,
battery storage systems in municipal buildings)
Not Applicable. This is a city-wide strategy
pertaining to public facilities. The Project is a
private development.

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Consistency with the Porterville 2030 General Plan
The Porterville 2030 General Plan established several policies to reduce air emissions, as listed below. These policies are mostly implemented at the city level. The Project would be subject to energy efficient regulations including CalGreen, Title 24, and CARB, as discussed in Section 4.6. As such, the Project would be generally consistent with the policies identified in the General Plan.

Implementation Policy OSC-I-58 Continue to assess air quality impacts through environmental review and require developers to implement best management practices to reduce air pollutant emissions associated with the construction and operation of development projects.

Implementation Policy OSC-I-59 Require preparation of a Health Risk Assessment for any development subject to the Air Toxics “Hot Spots” Act.

Implementation Policy OSC-I-69 Establish regulations to allow flexibility in site planning, solar orientation, roof design, and landscaping to decrease summer cooling and winter heating needs.

Implementation Policy OSC-I-70 Ensure City codes allow for environmentally acceptable alternative forms of energy production and green building techniques.

In conclusion, the Project contains features that would reduce GHG emissions in compliance with CARB 2022 Climate Change Scoping Plan and the Porterville 2030 General Plan. As such, the Project would not conflict with any applicable plan, policy, or regulation adopted for the purpose of reducing the emissions of GHGs, and therefore the impact would be less than significant.

4.8.3 Mitigation Measures
None required.

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4.9 HAZARDS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIAL
Would the Project:

Potentially
Significant
Impact
Less than
Significant with
Mitigation
Incorporated
Less than
Significant
Impact
No
Impact
a) Create a significant hazard to the
public or the environment through
the routine transport, use, or disposal
of hazardous materials?
X
b) Create a significant hazard to the
public or the environment through
reasonably foreseeable upset and
accident conditions involving the
release of hazardous materials into
the environment?
X
c) Emit hazardous emissions or handle
hazardous or acutely hazardous
materials, substances, or waste within
one-quarter mile of an existing or
proposed school?
X
d) Be located on a site which is included
on a list of hazardous materials sites
compiled pursuant to Government
Code Section 65962.5 and, as a result,
would it create a significant hazard to
the public or the environment?
X
e) For a Project located within an airport
land use plan or, where such a plan
has not been adopted, within two
miles of a public airport or public use
airport, would the Project result in a
safety hazard for people residing or
working in the Project Area?
X
f) Impair implementation of or
physically interfere with an adopted
emergency response plan or
emergency evacuation plan?
X
g) Expose people or structures, either
directly or indirectly, to a significant
risk of loss, injury or death involving
wildland fires?
X

4.9.1 Environmental Setting
For the purposes of this section, the term “hazardous materials” refers to "injurious substances," which include flammable liquids and gases, poisons, corrosives, explosives, oxidizers, radioactive materials, and medical supplies and waste. These materials are either generated or used by various commercial and industrial activities. Hazardous

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wastes are injurious substances that have been or will be disposed. Potential hazards arise from the transport of hazardous materials, including leakage and accidents involving transporting vehicles. There also are hazards associated with the use and storage of these materials and wastes. Hazardous materials are grouped into the following four categories based on their properties:
• Toxic: causes human health effect
• Ignitable: has the ability to burn
• Corrosive: causes severe burns or damage to materials • Reactive: causes explosions or generates toxic gases
“Hazardous wastes” are defined in California Health and Safety Code Section 25141(b) as wastes that: “…because of their quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics, [may either] cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious illness or pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed.” A hazardous waste is any hazardous material that is discarded, abandoned, or slated to be recycled. If improperly handled, hazardous materials and hazardous waste can result in public health hazards if released into the soil or groundwater or through airborne releases in vapors, fumes, or dust. Soil and groundwater having concentrations of hazardous constituents higher than specific regulatory levels must be handled and disposed of as hazardous waste when excavated or pumped from an aquifer. The California Code of Regulations, Title 22, Sections 66261.20‐24 contains technical descriptions of toxic characteristics that could cause soil or groundwater to be classified as hazardous waste.

Hazardous waste generators may include industries, businesses, public and private institutions, and households.

Federal, state, and local agencies maintain comprehensive databases that identify the location of facilities using large quantities of hazardous materials, as well as facilities generating hazardous waste. Some of these facilities use certain classes of hazardous materials that require risk management plans to protect surrounding land uses. The release of hazardous materials would be subject to existing federal, State, and local regulations and is similar to the transport, use, and disposal of hazard materials.

Regulatory Setting
The California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA), established in 1991, plays a key role in environmental protection. CalEPA oversees the Unified Program, implemented locally by Certified Unified Program Agencies (CUPAs), which consolidates six environmental programs to regulate the handling of hazardous waste and materials. In Tulare County, the Environmental Health Department (TCEHD) serves as the local CUPA. 24 The TCEHD has several responsibilities related to hazardous materials and waste, including:
• Inspecting facilities that handle hazardous materials, generate or treat hazardous waste, or operate underground or aboveground storage tanks (including petroleum tanks). • Overseeing facilities subject to the California Accidental Release Program. 24 San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department. Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA). Accessed on October 3, 2025, https://www.sjgov.org/department/envhealth/programs/certified-unified-program-agency-(cupa)

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• Enforcing the Hazardous Waste Control Act through its Hazardous Waste Generator Program. • Issuing permits to businesses that handle hazardous materials or waste above specific quantity thresholds (55 gallons, 500 pounds, or 200 cubic feet of compressed gas, whichever is greater).

Businesses that meet these quantity thresholds are required to develop and implement a Hazardous Materials Management Plan (HMMP). The HMMP must include a detailed inventory of hazardous materials and waste, and outline emergency response procedures for incidents involving these substances.

The Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) is a key California agency responsible for regulating hazardous waste, conducting inspections, providing emergency response for hazardous materials incidents, protecting water resources from contamination, and overseeing waste removal. The DTSC operates under the authority of the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the California Health and Safety Code, implementing regulations found in California Code of Regulations (CCR) Title 22, Division 4.5.

Government Code Section 65962.5 mandates that the DTSC compile and annually update a comprehensive list of hazardous waste sites in California. This list, known as the Cortese List, includes:

1. Hazardous waste facilities subject to corrective action (HSC Section 25187.5).

2. Land designated as hazardous waste property or border zone property (HSC Division 20, Chapter 6.5, Article 11, commencing with Section 25220).

3. Information on hazardous waste disposals on public land (HSC Section 25242).

4. Sites listed pursuant to HSC Section 25356.

5. Sites included in the Abandoned Site Assessment Program.

The DTSC distributes the Cortese List to all cities and counties in California. CCR Title 22 stipulates that soils excavated from a site containing hazardous materials are considered hazardous waste and must be handled accordingly. Cleanup requirements for contaminated soil are determined on a case-by-case basis by the relevant jurisdiction.

Record Search
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) 25, California Department of Toxic Substance Control’s EnviroStor database 26, and the State Water Resources Control Board’s GeoTracker database 27 include hazardous release and contamination sites. A search of each database was conducted on October 3, 2025. A search of the GeoTracker database revealed a former leaking underground storage tank (LUST) cleanup located within the Project site. According to GeoTracker, a diesel leak was discovered 25 United States Environmental Protection Agency. Superfund National Priorities List. Accessed October 3, 2025, 2https://epa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=33cebcdfdd1b4c3a8b51d416956c41f1 26California Department of Toxic Substances Control. Envirostor. Accessed October 3, 2025, https://www.envirostor.dtsc.ca.gov/public/ 27 California State Water Resources Control Board. GeoTracker. Accessed October 3, 2025, https://geotracker.waterboards.ca.gov/

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and stopped on August 24, 1990, and reported shortly thereafter on September 19, 1990. According to GeoTracker, the cleanup status is currently completed, with the case closed as of December 18, 1991.

Porterville 2030 General Plan
The Porterville 2030 General Plan Public Health and Safety Element includes policies to protect soils, surface water, and groundwater from contamination from hazardous materials, as listed below.

Implementation Policy PHS-I-17 Require remediation and cleanup of sites contaminated with hazardous substances.

Implementation Policy PHS-I-19 Ensure that all specified hazardous facilities conform to the Tulare County Hazardous Waste Management Plan.

Implementation Policy PHS-I-20 Prohibit specified hazardous waste residual repositories and onsite facilities utilizing incineration methods unless the facility demonstrates that it will produce insignificant levels of emissions.

Implementation Policy PHS-I-23 Require applicants of projects in areas of known or suspected hazardous materials occurrences such as petroleum hydrocarbon contamination, CAM 17 metals, USTs, location of asbestos rocks and other such contamination to perform comprehensive soil and groundwater contamination assessments in accordance with regulatory agency testing standards, and if contamination exceeds regulatory action levels, require the project applicant to undertake remediation procedures prior to grading and development under the supervision of appropriate agencies, such as Tulare County Department of Environmental Heath, Department of Toxic Substances Control, or Regional Water Quality Control Board.

Implementation Policy C-I-28 Designate specific truck routes to provide for the safe movement of goods and hazardous materials throughout the City, ensure that adequate pavement depth, lane widths, and turn radii are maintained on the designated truck routes, and prohibit commercial trucks from non-truck routes except for deliveries.

The General Plan also includes policies to reduce the potential impact on adopted emergency response plans and emergency evacuation plans, as listed below.

Implementation Policy PHS-I-29 Maintain and periodically update the City’s Emergency Management Plan. This plan will be updated as necessary in consultation with City departments, community leaders, the school districts, Sierra View District Hospital, SCE, and relevant regional and State agencies.

Implementation Policy PHS-I-30 Initiate periodic public information programs that explain the City’s emergency preparedness programs and evacuation routes and encourage each household to be self-sufficient for 72 hours after a manmade or natural disaster.

Implementation Policy PHS-I-31 Maintain multi-jurisdictional communication systems and cooperation for emergency training, planning and management.

Implementation Policy PHS-I-32 Work with owners and operators of critical use facilities to ensure that they can provide alternate sources of electricity, water, and sewerage in the event that regular utilities are interrupted in a disaster.

Public utilities are lifeline services for Emergency Command Centers, police and fire departments, and hospitals.

Keeping them open and operative is especially crucial in the 72 hours after a major disaster.

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Implementation Policy C-I-3 Provide for greater street connectivity by:
• Incorporating in subdivision regulations requirements for a minimum number of access points to existing local or collector streets for each development;
• Encouraging roundabouts over signals, where feasible and appropriate; • Requiring the bicycle and pedestrian connections from cul-de-sacs to nearby public areas and main streets; and • Requiring new residential communities on undeveloped land planned for urban uses to provide stubs for future connections to the edge of the property line. Where stubs exist on adjacent properties, new streets within the development should connect to these stubs.

Emergency Operations Plan
The City adopted an Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) in 2004, pursuant California Government Code Section 8550- 8668, California Emergency Services Act, which requires all cities to prepare and maintain an emergency plan for natural and manmade emergencies. The EOP works in conjunction with the Tulare County Emergency Operations Plan and the State Emergency Plan. In addition, the City’s Fire Department includes specific procedures for emergency response to incidents involving hazardous materials and waste.

4.9.2 Impact Assessment
Would the Project:
a) Create a significant hazard to the public or the environment through the routine transport, use, or disposal of hazardous materials?
Less than Significant Impact. The Project proposes residential development, and the hazardous materials associated with its operation would be typical of residential uses, such as household cleaning supplies, landscaping chemicals, and HVAC refrigerants. While these materials are potentially hazardous, the quantities involved are generally small and do not pose a significant risk to the public or the environment under normal conditions of use and storage.

Certain appliances and electronics used by residents may contain hazardous components (e.g., refrigerants, oils).

However, the handling and disposal of these components are strictly regulated by the EPA under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and Clean Air Act (CAA), the U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of Hazardous Materials Safety, for transport regulations, as implemented in California by Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations (CCR), and the California Building Code and Uniform Fire Code, as adopted by the City of Porterville.

Compliance with these regulations would ensure that the use, storage, and disposal of such items within the residences do not create a significant hazard.

During Project construction, the use of fuels, lubricants, and other potentially hazardous materials associated with construction equipment is anticipated. These potential impacts will be short-term and temporary and would be reduced through compliance with a comprehensive set of regulations, including EPA's oil spill prevention and preparedness regulations (e.g., Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure plans), California Office of Emergency Services regulations related to hazardous materials accident prevention, California Department of Toxic Substances Control permitting and regulations for hazardous waste generation and handling, Tulare County's environmental health regulations related to hazardous materials, and standard equipment operating practices and best management practices (BMPs) as specified in operator manuals and construction management plans.

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Therefore, because the hazardous materials associated with the Project's operation are typical of residential uses and are subject to extensive federal and state regulations, and because construction-related hazardous materials would be managed according to a comprehensive regulatory framework, the Project would not create a significant hazard to the public or the environment through the routine transport, use, or disposal of hazardous materials.

Impacts would be less than significant.
b) Create a significant hazard to the public or the environment through reasonably foreseeable upset and accident conditions involving the release of hazardous materials into the environment? Less than Significant Impact. The Project's operational activities would involve only small quantities of hazardous materials typical of residential use (e.g., household cleaning supplies, landscaping chemicals). Given the limited quantities and nature of these materials, the risk of a significant hazard to the public or the environment from reasonably foreseeable upset and accident conditions is considered low. Construction activities would involve the temporary use of limited quantities of potentially hazardous materials, such as fuels, lubricants, and cleaning solvents. Standard construction safety practices and BMPs would be implemented through compliance with local, state, and federal regulations to prevent spills and releases. Given the limited quantities and temporary nature of these materials, the risk of a significant hazard to the public or the environment from reasonably foreseeable upset and accident conditions during construction is considered low. Impacts would be less than significant. c) Emit hazardous emissions or handle hazardous or acutely hazardous materials, substances, or waste within one-quarter mile of an existing or proposed school?
Less than Significant Impact. There are no schools within one-quarter mile of the Project site. The nearest school to the Project site is Sequoia Middle School located approximately 0.7 miles southeast of the Project site. As described under criteria a) and b) above, the Project is not anticipated to emit hazard emissions or handle hazardous materials, substances, or waste that would pose a risk or threat to the schools or surrounding area. Impacts would be less than significant.
d) Be located on a site which is included on a list of hazardous materials sites compiled pursuant to Government Code Section 65962.5 and, as a result, would it create a significant hazard to the public or the environment? Less than Significant Impact with Mitigation Incorporated. The Project site has been checked against the hazardous materials site lists compiled pursuant to Government Code Section 65962.5, commonly known as the Cortese List.

This check included a review of the following databases: National Priorities List (NPL), EnviroStor (DTSC’s database of hazardous waste sites), and GeoTracker (SWRCB’s database of leaking underground storage tanks and other sites).

According to the GeoTracker database, the Project site includes one (1) Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) cleanup site, the “Landeros Property”. The database lists diesel fuel as the potential contaminant of concern and soil as the potential media of concern. According to the database, the leak was discovered and stopped on August 24, 1990, and reported to the water board on September 19, 1990. Site remediation began on June 18, 1991, and was completed and the case closed on December 18, 1991.

Additionally, due to the historic agricultural activities that occurred on the site, there is the possibility of an unreported release of hazardous materials (e.g., agricultural chemicals) and potential soil contamination that could create a hazard to the public or environment. Mitigation Measures HAZ-1 and HAZ-2 establishe further assessment

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to ensure that these potential issues are addressed. As such, the Project would not create a significant hazard to the public or environment with mitigation measures incorporated. Impacts would be less than significant.

MM HAZ-1: Prior to the issuance of a grading permit, the project proponentshall complete a Phase I ESA (performed in accordance with the current ASTM Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process [E 1527]) to ascertain the presence or absence of Recognized Environmental Conditions (RECs), Historical Recognized Environmental Condition (HRECs), and Potential Environmental Concerns (PECs). The findings and conclusions of the Phase I ESA shall become the basis for potential recommendations for follow-up investigation, including Phase II ESA, site characterization, and/or remedial activities if found to be warranted.

MM HAZ-2: In order to minimize the potential of introducing contaminated fill material onto a site, it is necessary to verify through documentation that the fill source is appropriate and/or to have the fill material analyzed for potential contaminants based on the location and history of the source area. Fill documentation shall include detailed information on the previous use of the land from where the fill is taken, whether an environmental site assessment was performed and its findings, and the results of any testing performed. Any such documentation must be signed by an appropriately licensed (CA-registered) individual. If such documentation is not available or is inadequate, samples of the fill material should be chemically analyzed. Analysis of the fill material should be based on the source of the fill and knowledge of the prior land use. Detectable amounts of compounds of concern within the fill material should be evaluated for risk in accordance with the Department of Toxic Substances Control Preliminary Endangerment Assessment (PEA) Guidance Manual, in addition to Regional Water Quality Control Board guidelines for reuse of non-hazardous petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated soil. If metal analyses are performed, only those metals (CAM 17 / Title 22) to which risk levels have been assigned need to be evaluated. The findings and conclusions of the documentation and analysis shall become the basis for potential recommendations for follow-up investigation, including Phase I ESA, II ESA, site characterization, and/or remedial activities if found to be warranted.

Regulatory concurrence shall be provided by a State of California environmental regulatory agency such as California Department of Toxic Substances Control, Regional Water Quality Control Board, Tulare County Environmental Health Division, or a local agency that meets the requirements of Assembly Bill AB 304. Concurrence shall indicate the site is safe for construction and the proposed use.
e) For a Project located within an airport land use plan or, where such a plan has not been adopted, within two miles of a public airport or public use airport, would the Project result in a safety hazard for people residing or working in the Project area?
No Impact. The nearest public airport or public use airport is the Porterville Municipal Airport located approximately 5 miles southwest of the Project site. The Project site is not located within any land use plan or within two (2) miles of a public airport or public use airport. As such, the project would not result in a safety hazard for people residing or working in the Project area and no impact would occur. f) Impair implementation of or physically interfere with an adopted emergency response plan or emergency evacuation plan?

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Less than Significant Impact. The Project would not involve any new or altered infrastructure associated with evacuation, emergency response, and emergency access routes within the City of Porterville or Tulare County.

Construction may require lane closure; however, these activities would be short-term and access would be maintained through standard traffic control. Following construction, these roadways would continue to provide access to the site. Furthermore, the Project would be subject to compliance with applicable standards for on-site emergency access including turn radii and fire access. Therefore, through compliance, the Project would not impair implementation of or physically interfere with an adopted emergency response plan or emergency evacuation plan and impacts would be less than significant.
g) Expose people or structures, either directly or indirectly, to a significant risk of loss, injury, or death involving wildland fires?
Less than Significant Impact. The Project site is located on a relatively flat, highly disturbed property with minimal slope. The site is not situated in a wildland or a Cal Fire-designated Fire Hazard Severity Zone (FHSZ). Furthermore, the site is within an “area of local responsibility.” The flat terrain, lack of wildland vegetation, absence of prevailing winds that would exacerbate fire risk, and location outside a FHSZ reduces wildfire risk and the potential to expose people or structures to wildland fires. In addition, the development itself would be constructed in compliance with the CBC and local fire safety regulations, including the Wildland Urban Interface Codes and Standards of the CBC Chapter 7A, which include measures to minimize fire risk. The transition from a vacant site to a developed site with impervious surfaces (e.g., pavement, roofs) would also reduce the potential for wildfire to spread compared to existing conditions. Therefore, impacts are less than significant.

4.9.3 Mitigation Measures
MM HAZ-1: Prior to the issuance of a grading permit, the project proponentshall complete a Phase I ESA (performed in accordance with the current ASTM Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process [E 1527]) to ascertain the presence or absence of Recognized Environmental Conditions (RECs), Historical Recognized Environmental Condition (HRECs), and Potential Environmental Concerns (PECs). The findings and conclusions of the Phase I ESA shall become the basis for potential recommendations for follow-up investigation, including Phase II ESA, site characterization, and/or remedial activities if found to be warranted.

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should be evaluated for risk in accordance with the Department of Toxic Substances Control Preliminary Endangerment Assessment (PEA) Guidance Manual, in addition to Regional Water Quality Control Board guidelines for reuse of non-hazardous petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated soil. If metal analyses are performed, only those metals (CAM 17 / Title 22) to which risk levels have been assigned need to be evaluated. The findings and conclusions of the documentation and analysis shall become the basis for potential recommendations for follow-up investigation, including Phase I ESA, II ESA, site characterization, and/or remedial activities if found to be warranted.

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4.10 HYDROLOGY AND WATER QUALITY
Would the Project:

Potentially
Significant
Impact
Less than
Significant with
Mitigation
Incorporated
Less than
Significant
Impact
No
Impact
a) Violate any water quality standards or
waste discharge requirements or
otherwise substantially degrade
surface or ground water quality?
X
b) Substantially decrease groundwater
supplies or interfere substantially with
groundwater recharge such that the
Project may impede sustainable
groundwater management of the
basin?
X
c) Substantially alter the existing
drainage pattern of the site or area,
including through the alteration of the
course of a stream or river, or through
the addition of impervious surfaces, in
a manner which would:

i. Result in a substantial erosion
or siltation on- or off-site; X
ii. Substantially increase the rate
or amount of surface runoff in
a manner which would result
in flooding on- or off-site:

X
iii. Create or contribute runoff
water which would exceed
the capacity of existing or
planned stormwater drainage
systems or provide
substantial additional sources
of polluted runoff; or
X
iv. Impede or redirect flood
flows? X
d) In flood hazard, tsunami, or seiche
zones, risk release of pollutants due to
Project inundation? X
e) Conflict with or obstruct
implementation of a water quality
control plan or sustainable
groundwater management plan?
X

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4.10.1 Environmental Setting
The Project would be annexed into Porterville’s city limits and would be required to connect to the City’s water and stormwater services. The City’s water and stormwater services are described as follows.

Water
The City of Porterville Public Works Department maintains and operates the City’s water system. The City’s water system consists of approximately 276 miles of distribution pipeline ranging from four (4)-inches to 18-inches in diameter, 36 active municipal wells, and seven (7) hillside reservoirs with a total of 11,350,000 gallons of capacity.

According to the 2020 UWMP, the City provides potable water services to approximately 17,063 metered connections and supplies 3,647 million gallons (MG) within its service area as of 2020. 28 Porterville meets its demand for domestic water entirely from groundwater sources, which is recharged from the Tule Basin Aquifer, which gets water from the Tule River. Rainfall also contributes to groundwater recharge at an annual average rainfall of 11.63 inches. The City does not receive raw or potable water, either by import or purchase, to supply their municipal distribution system. Although the City doesn’t purchase water to service their system, the City has acquired water rights for approximately 900 acre feet annually from the Pioneer Ditch Company and Porter Slough Ditch Company.

The Porterville 2030 General Plan establishes a goal of reducing groundwater pumping to match the aquifer safe yield. Additionally, the General Plan aims to reduce per capita demand by ten percent. The General Plan includes the following goals and policies in its Open Space and Conservation Element and Public Utilities Element to promote water quality and conservation, as listed below.

Guiding Policy OSC-G-8: Ensure adequate water quality and supply for the entire Porterville community.

Implementation Policy OSC-I-37: Establish watershed protection standards and review procedures in the Zoning Ordinance to protect groundwater resources.

Implementation Policy OSC-I-40: Support the identification of degraded surface water and groundwater resources and promote restoration where appropriate.

Implementation Policy OSC-I-45: Work with the Regional Water Quality Control Board to ensure that all point source pollutants are adequately mitigated (as part of the CEQA review and project approval process) and monitored to ensure long-term compliance.

Guiding Policy PU-G-1: Ensure an adequate supply of fresh water to serve existing and future needs of the City.

Guiding Policy PU-G-2: Promote the conservation of water within Porterville.

Implementation Policy PU-I-3: Periodically review and update development impact fees, water connection charges, and monthly service charges to ensure that adequate funds are collected to operate and maintain existing facilities and to construct new facilities.

Implementation Policy PU-I-4: Support efforts to expand surface water supply and storage that benefits the City. 28 City of Porterville. (2022). 2020 Urban Water Management Plan. Accessed October 3, 2025, https://cms9files.revize.com/PortervilleCA/Draft%202020%20Urban%20Water%20Management%20Plan.pdf

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Implementation Policy PU-I-5: Require that necessary water supply infrastructure and storage facilities are in place coincident with new development, and approve development plans only when a dependable and adequate water supply to serve the development is assured.

Implementation Policy PU-I-7: Continue to require water meters in all new development.

Implementation Policy PU-I-8: Require that agricultural water rights be assigned to the City when agricultural land is annexed to the City for urban development, consistent with this General Plan.

Implementation Policy PU-I-9: Work cooperatively toward a program of conjunctive surface water use with local water purveyors and irrigation districts to retain surface water rights and supply following annexation and urban development so as to protect against aquifer overdrafts and water quality degradation.

Implementation Policy PU-I-10: Encourage private sector use of alternative water sources to achieve a water balance, including reclaimed water for irrigation and landscaping purposes.

Implementation Policy PU-I-11: Promote the continued use of surface water for agriculture to reduce groundwater table reductions.

Implementation Policy PU-I-12: Establish a comprehensive program for water conservation.

Implementation Policy PU-I-13: Undertake a program to retrofit public buildings with water conservation features.

Stormwater
The City’s Public Works Department manages drainage facilities on City-owned property such as public right-of-way or public easements. Drainage on private property or within privately held easements are typically managed by the underlying property owner. The stormwater system consists of a system of natural water channels, drains, and ponding basins located throughout the City. The system operates by conveying captured runoff to recharge basins or directly to flood channels throughout the City. The City owns approximately 38 stormwater basins that provide groundwater recharge and are currently sized to accept floodwater and surface water recharge.

4.10.2 Impact Assessment
Would the Project:
a) Violate any water quality standards or waste discharge requirements or otherwise substantially degrade surface or ground water quality?
Less than Significant Impact. The Project's construction activities, including grading, excavation, and loading, could temporarily increase runoff, erosion, and sedimentation. Potential stormwater pollutants may originate from construction materials, equipment maintenance, and earthmoving. Project operations could also generate potential pollutants, such as fertilizers and pesticides from landscaping, pet waste, vehicle fluids from driveways and parking areas, and household chemicals. However, a required SWPPP, compliant with the Construction General Permit, and City approved grading/drainage plans would significantly minimize these risks. The SWPPP will assess sediment risk and incorporate BMPs for erosion, sediment, tracking, and waste management. Implementing the SWPPP would minimize soil erosion and topsoil loss, preventing violations of waste discharge requirements and substantial degradation of surface or groundwater quality. Furthermore, Project runoff would be managed by the City, complying with the Storm Drainage Master Plan and approved grading/drainage plans. Therefore, adherence

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to existing regulations, including the Construction General Permit, BMPs, and the Storm Drainage Master Plan, ensures that potential water quality and waste discharge impacts would be less than significant. b) Substantially decrease groundwater supplies or interfere substantially with groundwater recharge such that the Project may impede sustainable groundwater management of the basin? Less than Significant Impact. The City’s long-term water resource planning for existing and future demand is addressed in the City’s 2020 Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP). The City’s sole source of water supply is the underlying groundwater basin, the east side of the Tule Subbasin. The City currently has 36 active wells throughout the community that pump directly into the water distribution system and surrounding above ground water storage tanks. As population and development within the City increases, the UWMP planned 3 new wells to be installed, 12 new wells to be added to the water system in 2040, and the implementation of a surface water exchange program to increase water supply.

The City’s existing and projected potable water demands by land use type are shown in Table 4-9 per the 2020 UWMP. Single-family users make up the largest demand for potable water, accounting for 56% of potable water use citywide in 2020. According to the UWMP, the City’s per capita water usage is expected to increase with population growth and favorable hydrologic conditions. However, while the City utilizes 179 gallons per capita per day (gpcd) as a conservative approach to projecting water demand, the actual water consumption was only 133 gpcd in 2020 and 130 gpcd in 2015.

Table 4-9 City of Porterville Existing and Projected Potable Water Demands by Use Type, 2020 - 2040 Use Type 2020 * 2025 2030 2035 2040
Single Family Residential 2,025 3,182 3,607 4,074 4,621 Multi-Family Residential 390 612 694 784 889
Commercial and Institutional 448 704 798 901 1,022
Industrial 10 16 18 20 23
Landscape 223 351 398 449 509
Losses 403 232 263 297 337
Other 148 634 719 811 920
Total 3,647 5,731 6,497 7,337 8,322
Source: City of Porterville, 2020 UWMP, Table 4.1 Retail: Demands for Potable and Non-Potable Water-Actual, Table

4.2 Retail: Use for Potable and Non-Potable Water-Projected *actual use.

To determine the estimated water use for the Project, the UWMP calculation methods were used. According to the UWMP, the average household size in Porterville is 4.39 people per household. Applying a 4.39 average would equal approximately 132 people (4.39 people per household x 30 units = 132 people). At 179 gpcd, the Project would require approximately 8.6MG per year of potable water per year (132 residents x 179 gpcd x 365 days = 8,624,220 gallons of potable water per year) or 26.47 acre/feet per year (AFY) (8,624,220 gallons per year / 325,851 gallons =

26.47 acre/feet). Development of the Project site as proposed would account for a less than one percent increase above the City’s 2020 water demand of 3,647 AFY in 2020. In addition, the minimal increase in demand would not exceed available groundwater supplies during a normal year water supply estimate of 5,655 AFY. Therefore, the Project would be accommodated by existing groundwater supplies and impacts would be less than significant.

In addition, development of the Project Site would increase impervious surfaces which could increase stormwater runoff and reduce groundwater recharge. According to the UWMP, the City maintains stormwater facilities that convey captured runoff to retention/recharge basins or directly to flood channels that run throughout the City.

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Runoff resulting from the Project would be managed in compliance with the Storm Water Management Program in addition to approved grading and drainage plans. Thus, compliance would ensure potential impacts related to groundwater recharge are less than significant.

Furthermore, adherence to connection requirements and recommendations pursuant to the City’s water conservation efforts (e.g., compliance with California Plumbing Code, efficient appliances, efficient landscaping, etc.) should not negatively impact water supply or impede water management. In particular, the Project would be built accordance with all mandatory outdoor water use requirements as outlined in the applicable California Green Building Standards Code, Title 24, Part 11, Section 4.304 – Outdoor Water Use and verified through the building permit process. As a residential development that would contain landscaping pursuant to PMC regulations, the Project shall comply with the updated Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance (MWELO) (California Code of Regulations, Title 23, Chapter 2.7, Division 2), as implemented and enforced through the building permit process.

Therefore, through compliance, the potential for the Project to substantially decrease groundwater supplies is limited and impacts would be less than significant.

Overall, based on the information collected from the UWMP and the City of Porterville, the proposed Project would not generate significant water demand. As a result, it can be presumed that the existing and planned water distribution system and supplies should be adequate to serve the Project, and the Project would thereby not interfere substantially with groundwater recharge or impede sustainable groundwater management of the basin.

In addition, adherence to connection requirements and recommendations pursuant to the City’s water supply planning efforts (i.e., compliance with California Plumbing Code, efficient appliances, efficient landscaping, etc.) should not negatively impact the City’s water provision. Lastly, compliance with approved grading and drainage plans would ensure impacts to groundwater recharge are less than significant. For these reasons, a less than significant impact would occur.
c) Substantially alter the existing drainage pattern of the site or area, including through the alteration of the course of a stream or river, or through the addition of impervious surfaces, in a manner which would:
i. Result in substantial erosion or siltation on- or off-site? Less than Significant Impact. While construction activities on the primarily undeveloped site could temporarily increase runoff, erosion, and sedimentation, the Project would implement erosion controls and BMPs as required by the SWPPP. These BMPs, such as covering/binding soil surfaces and using barriers like straw bales and sandbags, would minimize soil detachment and transportation. Post-construction, the increase in impervious surfaces could increase the runoff volume. However, this is balanced by a significant reduction in exposed soil, which minimizes long-term erosion and siltation potential. Furthermore, the Project will maintain the existing site drainage pattern in accordance with an approved grading and drainage plan. Therefore, compliance with these requirements will prevent substantial alteration of the drainage pattern that could lead to substantial erosion or siltation, resulting in a less than significant impact.
ii. Substantially increase the rate or amount of surface runoff in a manner, which would result in flooding on- or off-site?
Less than Significant Impact. Construction activities would disturb vegetation and soil, potentially altering the Project site's natural hydrology and increasing runoff volume and velocity, which could increase the risk of flooding.

However, compliance with the SWPPP, approved grading and drainage plan, and implementation of BMPs would

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control and direct runoff. These measures would reduce potential for increased runoff leading to on- or off-site flooding during construction, resulting in a less than significant impact. iii. Create or contribute runoff water, which would exceed the capacity of existing or planned stormwater drainage systems or provide substantial additional sources of polluted runoff? Less than Significant Impact. Construction activities would temporarily disturb vegetation and soil, altering the Project site's natural hydrology. However, compliance with the SWPPP, approved grading and drainage plan, and BMP implementation would control and direct runoff, reducing construction-related impacts on runoff volume and pollution, and preventing exceedance of existing or planned stormwater drainage systems. Post-construction, the increase in impervious surfaces would increase runoff. However, compliance with approved grading and drainage plans would reduce the potential for substantial additional polluted runoff or runoff exceeding the capacity of existing or planned drainage systems. Therefore, both construction and operational impacts are considered less than significant.
iv. Impede or redirect flood flows?
Less than Significant Impact. While the Project would increase impervious surfaces, it would be required to maintain the existing site drainage pattern through City-reviewed and approved project-specific grading and drainage plans.

This compliance would minimize or eliminate the potential to impede or redirect flood flows, resulting in a less than significant impact.
d) In flood hazard, tsunami, or seiche zones, risk release of pollutants due to Project inundation? Less than Significant Impact. As shown in Figure 4-4, the Project site is in FEMA Flood Zone X, per the most recent Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) No. 06107C1635E effective June 16, 2009. According to FEMA, Zone X is a minimal flood hazard area with a 0.2% annual chance of flooding and a 1% annual chance flood with shallow depths or small drainage areas. In addition, the Project site is not in a tsunami or seiche zone (i.e., standing waves on rivers, reservoirs, ponds, and lakes), therefore the risk of inundation is unlikely. For these reasons, the Project would have a less than significant impact.

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e) Conflict with or obstruct implementation of a water quality control plan or sustainable groundwater management plan?
Less than Significant Impact. A revised groundwater sustainability plan was adopted for the Tule Groundwater Subbasin in July of 2024 by the Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency (ETGSA), of which the City of Porterville is a member. 29 The goal of the Tule subbasin and ETGSA is to ensure that the subbasin maintains a reliable water supply for current and future beneficial uses without experiencing undesirable results through 2040. The proposed Project is required to comply with the adopted plan to meet the 2040 sustainability deadline for the basin. During the preparation of the City’s 2020 UWMP, the City coordinated with the Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency, Porterville Irrigation District, and County of Tulare to ensure that the city’s UWMP is in compliance with the goals of these agencies. As such, compliance with the City’s 2020 UWMP would ensure that the Project does not conflict or obstruct the implementation of the ETGSA plan. In addition, the City has largely attained the balanced use of groundwater supplies well ahead of the legislative requirement of 2040, thus making the City compliant with the Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Plan goals. As mentioned above, impacts to groundwater supplies from the proposed Project will not be beyond those analyzed in the General Plan, PEIR, or UWMP. For these reasons, a less than significant impact would occur because of the Project.

4.10.3 Mitigation Measures
None required.
29 Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency (2024). Groundwater Sustainability Plan. Accessed October 16, 2025, https://easterntulegsa.com/gsp/

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4.11 LAND USE PLANNING
Would the Project:

Potentially
Significant
Impact
Less than
Significant with
Mitigation
Incorporated
Less than
Significant
Impact
No
Impact
a) Physically divide an established
community? X
b) Cause a significant environmental
impact due to a conflict with any land
use plan, policy, or regulation adopted
for the purpose of avoiding or
mitigating an environmental effect?
X

4.11.1 Environmental Setting
The Project site is currently outside of Porterville city limits but is within the City’s Urban Development Boundary.

The Project proposes annexing the Project site into the city limits of Porterville. The Project site is located at the southwest corner of N. Newcomb Street and W. Linda Vista Avenue. The Project site is currently vacant with no onsite improvements (i.e., road, curb, gutter, sidewalk). The Project site is surrounded by orchards and single-family residences to the north, rural, single-family residences to the south, single-family residences to the east, and a single-family residence to the west.

The Project site has a City of Porterville General Plan Land Use designation of Low Density Residential (LDR).

According to the General Plan, the purpose of the LDR designation is to accommodate “typical single-family subdivisions” with a maximum density of 6.0 units per gross acre.

The Project site is currently within the City’s RS-2 Low Density Residential zone district. According to the Porterville Development Ordinance (PDO; Chapter 21 of the Porterville Municipal Code, or PMC), the purpose of the RS-2 district is to “provide areas for attached or detached single family homes with a maximum residential density of 7.5 units per net acre. This district also allows for limited uses such as day care homes, parks, and religious facilities that are appropriate in a low-density residential environment.”

4.11.2 Impact Assessment
Would the Project:
a) Physically divide an established community?
Less than Significant Impact. The physical division of an established community typically involves the construction of a barrier, such as a highway or railroad tracks, or the removal of a crucial access point, thereby impairing community connectivity. This Project, a single-family residential development on a vacant site, does not involve any such division. It will not construct a dividing feature, nor will it remove an essential access route. Instead, the Project would be designed in accordance with the General Plan, PMC, and other applicable standards to ensure a cohesive site and circulation plan that integrates with the surrounding community. Therefore, this Project would not physically divide an established community, and the impact is less than significant.

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b) Cause a significant environmental impact due to a conflict with any land use plan, policy, or regulation adopted for the purpose of avoiding or mitigating an environmental effect? Less than Significant Impact. The Project proposes a 30-lot residential development with the approval of the associated tentative subdivision map and annexation. No land use or zoning changes are required. Generally, policy conflicts have environmental impacts when they would result in direct physical impacts or where those conflicts relate to avoiding or mitigating environmental impacts. As such, associated physical environmental impacts are discussed in this document under specific topical sections, such as Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, and Tribal Cultural Resources. A discussion of general plan land use policies that are applicable to the Project are included in Table 4-10. As discussed, the Project is generally consistent with the General Plan.

Table 4-10 Discussion on Land Use Policies in the General Plan for Residential Development General Plan Policy Project Consistency
Guiding Policy L-G-6 Provide for residential development with strong community identities, appropriate and
compatible scales of development, identifiable centers
and edges and well-defined public spaces for recreation and civic activities.

Consistent. The Project proposes a residential
development with would create a cohesive
neighborhood.

Guiding Policy LU-G-9 Provide sufficient land with
appropriate parcel sizes to support a full range of housing types and prices.

Consistent. The Project proposes 30 lots with sizes
ranging from 10,762 square feet to 17,011 square
feet that would provide a range of home sizes and
prices.

Guiding Policy LU-I-18 Protect existing residential
neighborhoods from the encroachment of incompatible
activities and land uses, and environmental hazards.

Consistent. The Project Site is generally surrounded
by existing single-family residential development.

The Project also proposes residential development,
which is compatible with the existing character of
the area.

Implementation Policy LU-I-11 Only allow gated
communities in very low density, planned development
areas, and Resort Residential areas.

Consistent. The Project does not propose a gated
community.

Implementation Policy LU-I-12 Require residential
development on slopes over six percent to comply with
the Hillside Development Ordinance.

This ordinance establishes a Hillside Development zoning district with standards and review procedures tailored to the City’s needs and expectation for hillside development.

Not Applicable. The Project site is not within the
Hillside Development zoning district.

Implementation Policy LU-I-13 Discourage residential
development within the Airport Safety Zone. If residential development is approved in the County within the Airport Safety Zone, it must comply with Tulare County Airport
Land Use Commission’s land-use compatibility standards
and density restrictions.

Consistent. The Project site is not within the airport
influence area of the Porterville Municipal Airport,
nor is it within a safety zone.

Implementation Policy LU-I-15 Adopt community design
standards for new residential development.

These could include but are not limited to:
• Maximum block length;
• Maximum ratio of block length to width;
Consistent. The Project is generally consistent since
there are limited dead-end streets, structures
would be oriented towards internal roadways, and
connectivity is provided to street frontages via two
(2) access points. The maximum block length and

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• Limited use of dead-end streets;
• Orientation of residential building; and
• Required connectivity
Exceptions may be provided for infill sites and projects in the Hillside Development Zone.
ratio of block length and width are reviewed by the
Planning, Engineering, and Fire Departments to
ensure that they do not pose a hazard to the
community.

Implementation Policy LU-I-16 Require that all new
subdivisions preserve natural, cultural, and biological resources, including stands of large trees and rock
outcroppings, to the maximum extent feasible.

Consistent. A discussion of the Project’s impacts on
cultural and biological resources are discussed in
Section 4.4 and Section 4.5.

Further, through the entitlement process, the Projectwould be reviewed for compliance with applicable regulations inclusive of those adopted for the purpose of avoiding or mitigating environmental effects. Overall, the entitlement process would ensure that the Project complies with the General Plan, PMC, and any other applicable policies and regulations. As such, a less than significant impact would occur.

4.11.3 Mitigation Measures
None required.

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4.12 MINERAL RESOURCES
Would the Project:

Potentially
Significant
Impact
Less than
Significant with
Mitigation
Incorporated
Less than
Significant
Impact
No
Impact
a) Result in the loss of availability of a
known mineral resource that would
be of value to the region and the
residents of the state?
X
b) Result in the loss of availability of a
locally-important mineral resource
recovery site delineated on a local
general plan, specific plan or other
land use plan?
X

4.12.1 Environmental Setting
Mineral resources include commercially viable oil and gas deposits, and nonfuel mineral resources deposits.

Nonfuel mineral resources include metals such as gold, silver, iron, and copper; industrial metals such as boron compounds, rare-earth elements, clays, limestone, gypsum, salt, and dimension stone; and construction aggregate, including sand, gravel, and crushed stone. California is the largest producer of sand and gravel in the nation.

The California Geological Survey (CGS) classifies and designates areas within California that contain or potentially contain significant mineral resources. Lands are classified into Aggregate and Mineral Resource Zones (MRZs), which identify known or inferred significant mineral resources. According to the California Department of Conservation, CGS’s Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (SMARA) Mineral Lands Classification (MLC) data portal, the Mineral Land Classification Map in 1997 shows that the Project is not within a mineral resource zone. 30 The Geologic Energy Management Division’s (CalGEM) online mapping application, Well Finder, presents California’s oil and gas industry information, including the location of oil/gas wells, geothermal wells, gas/oil facilities (i.e., tank, vessel, sump), underground gas storage, as well as the boundaries of CalGEM-recognized oil/gas fields. According to Well Finder, the Project Site is not within a CalGEM-recognized oil/gas field. 31 Porterville 2030 General Plan
According to the Porterville 2030 General Plan, the most economically significant mineral resources in Tulare County are sand, gravel, and crushed stone. These sources are usually alluvial deposits found in riverbeds and floodplains, and hard rock quarries. There are currently three (3) active construction grade sand and gravel mining sites in the City’s Planning Area along the Tule River. The General Plan established the following policies to protect mineral resources in the City’s Planning Area.
30 California Department of Conservation. (1997). Mineral Lands Classification. Accessed on October 3, 2025, https://maps.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/informationwarehouse/index.html?map=mlc 31 California Department of Conservation Geologic Energy Management Division. Well Finder. Accessed on October 3, 2025, https://maps.conservation.ca.gov/doggr/wellfinder/

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Guiding Policy OSC-G-6 Protect significant mineral resources.

Implementation Policy OSC-I-24 Require all mining and sand extraction operations to mitigate completely environmental impacts, including operations affecting water quality, habitat preservation, aesthetics and bridge undermining, and to submit reclamation and ultimate use plans for City approval prior to initiating operations.

Implementation Policy OSC-I-25 Work with Tulare County to ensure that reclamation and ultimate use plans for mining operations land are consistent with the General Plan.

4.12.2 Impact Assessment
Would the Project:
a) Result in the loss of availability of a known mineral resource that would be of value to the region and the residents of the state?
No Impact. There are no identified mineral deposits of significance or active mine operations on the Project site.

Therefore, the Project would not result in the loss of availability of a known mineral resource that would be of value to the region and the residents of the state. Therefore, no impact would occur. b) Result in the loss of availability of a locally important mineral resource recovery site delineated on a local general plan, specific plan, or other land use plan?
No Impact. There are no identified mineral deposits of significance or active mine operations on the Project site. As a result, the Project would not result in the loss of availability of a known mineral resource that would be of value to the region and the residents of the state. Further, the site is not delineated in the General Plan, a Specific Plan, or other land use plan as a locally important mineral resource recovery site, thus it would not result in the loss of availability of a locally important mineral resource. Therefore, no impact would occur.

4.12.3 Mitigation Measures
None required.

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4.13 NOISE
Would the Project:

Potentially
Significant
Impact
Less than
Significant with
Mitigation
Incorporated
Less than
Significant
Impact
No
Impact
a) Generation of a substantial temporary
or permanent increase in ambient
noise levels in the vicinity of the
Project in excess of standards
established in the local general plan or
noise ordinance, or applicable
standards of other agencies?
X
b) Generation of excessive groundborne
vibration or groundborne noise
levels?
X
c) For a Project located within the
vicinity of a private airstrip or an
airport land use plan or, where such a
plan has not been adopted, within two
miles of a public airport or public use
airport, would the Project expose
people residing or working in the
Project area to excessive noise levels?
X

4.13.1 Environmental Setting
In general, there are two (2) types of noise sources: 1) mobile sources and 2) stationary sources. Mobile source noises are typically associated with transportation including automobiles, trucks, trains, and aircraft. Stationary sounds are sources that do not move such as machinery or construction sites. Stationary sources can also include events, recreational uses, amplified systems, automotive repair facilities, building mechanical systems, and landscape maintenance. These sources can vary based on factors such as site conditions, equipment operated, and specific activities conducted. Noises generated are also directional but can vary based on site and operational characteristics.

Nosie-related impacts typically affect sensitive receptors, and land uses such as residential, schools, churches, nursing homes, hospitals, and open space/recreation areas. Commercial, farmland, and industrial areas are not considered noise sensitive and generally have higher tolerances for exterior and interior noise levels. Noise levels for noise-sensitive receptors will vary depending on location, distance from the source, shielding by terrain and structures, and ground attenuation rates.

Porterville 2030 General Plan
The Porterville 2030 General Plan Noise Element sets noise compatibility standards for transportation noise sources in terms of the Day‐Night Average Level (Ldn). The Ldn is the time‐weighted average noise level for a 24‐hour day with a penalty of 10 dB added to noise levels occurring during the nighttime hours (10:00 p.m.‐7:00 a.m.).

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The Noise Element establishes a land use compatibility criterion of 60 dB Ldn for exterior noise levels in outdoor activity areas of residential developments. Outdoor activity areas generally include backyards of single‐family residences and outdoor common use areas as well as individual patios or decks of multi‐family developments. The intent of the exterior noise level requirement is to provide an acceptable noise environment for outdoor activities and recreation.

The Noise Element also provides land use compatibility guidelines for community noise exposure levels. Figure 4-5 (Table 9‐1 in the General Plan Nosie Element) summarizes land use compatibility guidelines for various noise exposure levels within the community. An exterior noise level up to 60 dB Ldn is considered “Normally Acceptable” and an exterior noise level between 60 dB Ldn and 70 dB Ldn is considered “Conditionally Acceptable” for residential land uses within the City of Porterville. Exterior noise levels above 70 dB Ldn are generally considered unacceptable for residential land uses.

Figure 4-5 Land Use Compatibility for Community Noise Environments Land Use Category
Residential - Low Density Single Family.

D uplex. Mobile Homes
Residential - Multi Family
M ixed-Use & H igh Density Residential
Transient l odging - Motels, Hotels
Schools. Libraries. Churches. H ospitals.

Nursing Homes
Auditoriums, Concerts, Halls.

Amphit heaters
Sports Area. Outdoor Spectator Sports
Playgrounds. Neighborhood Parks
Golf Cour ses. Riding Stables. Water
Recreation. Cemeter ies
O ffice Buildings. Businesses Commercial
and Professional
Industrial, Manufacturing Utilities,
Agriculture
Interpretation:

Normally
Acceptable
Conditionally
Acceptable
• Normally Unacceptable
- Clearly Unacceptable
Source: City of Pon~rvDI!, 2006.
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Specified land use is satisfactory, based upon the assumption that any building involved is of normal conventional construction. without any special noise insulation requirements.

New construction or development should be undertaken only after a detailed analysis of the noise reduction requirements is made and needed noi,e insulation features inc·luded in the design. Conventional construct ion, but with closed wmdows and fresh air supply systems or air conditioning will normally suffice.

New construction or development should generally be discouraged. If new construction or development does proceed, a detailed analysis ot the noise reduction requirements must be n-.ade and needed no~e Insulation fEatures Included In the design.

New construction or development should not be undertaken.

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The City Code of Porterville, California
The PMC, Chapter 18, Article IX, provides standards for noise levels, as discussed below.

Section 18-90.4 – Exterior Noise Standards provides thresholds of the creation of noise when measured at any affected residence, school, hospital, church or public library, as listed in Table 4-11. Additionally, each noise level shall be further reduced by five (5) dBA for pure tone noises, noises consisting primarily of speech or music, or for recurring impulsive noises.

Table 4-11 Exterior Noise Level Standards, dBA
Category Daytime
7:00 A.M. To 10:00 P.M.

Nighttime
10:00 P.M. To 7:00 A.M.

Hourly Leq 50 45
Maximum sound level (LMAX) 70 65
Section 18-90.5 – Residential Interior Noise Standards provides thresholds of noise measured inside a dwelling unit.

The maximum sound level allowed is 55 dBA LMAX during the daytime and 45 dBA LMAX during the nighttime. Similarly, each noise level shall be further reduced by five (5) dBA for pure tone noises, noises consisting primarily of speech or music, or for recurring impulsive noises.

Section 18-90.6 – Noise Source Exemptions provides a list of activities exempted from the provisions of Article IX.

Some activities associated with Project construction and residential activities are listed below:

B. Noises resulting from any authorized emergency vehicle, when responding to an emergency call or acting in time of emergency.

E. Any mechanical device, apparatus or equipment used, related to, or connected with emergency activities or emergency work.

F. Noise sources associated with construction, whether private or public, within five hundred feet (500') of the uses mentioned in subsection 18-90.4 of this article, provided such activities do not take place before six o'clock (6:00) A.M. or after nine o'clock (9:00) P.M. on any day except Saturday or Sunday, or before seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. or after five o'clock (5:00) P.M. on Saturday or Sunday.

G. Noise sources associated with the maintenance of residential property provided such activities take place between the hours of six o'clock (6:00) A.M. and nine o'clock (9:00) P.M. on any day except Saturday or Sunday, or between the hours of seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. and nine o'clock (9:00) P.M. on Saturday or Sunday.

I. Noise sources associated with the collection of waste or garbage.

Existing Ambient Noise Environment
The Project Site’s existing noise environment is impacted by various noise sources. As previously discussed, the Project site is largely surrounded by residential uses, with agricultural orchards to the north. Associated noise from residential uses includes vehicles and typical neighborhood noise (i.e. talking, car doors shutting, dogs barking, etc.), which are usually minimized by trees and landscaping. Associated noise from agricultural orchard activities can include large trucks, tractors, and equipment, as well as automobiles from workers. Noise associated with

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agricultural activities would be generally seasonal. Other sources of noise include the vehicular traffic on N.

Newcomb Street.

Caltrans Transportation and Construction Vibrance Guidance Manual Some additional vibration guidance is provided by the Caltrans Transportation and Construction Vibration Guidance Manual. The Manual provides guidance for determining annoyance potential criteria and damage potential threshold criteria. These criteria are provided below in Table 4-12 (Acoustical Analysis Table III) and Table 4-11 (Acoustical Analysis Table IV), and are presented in terms of peak particle velocity (PPV) in inches per second (in/sec).

Table 4-12 Guideline Vibration Annoyance Potential Criteria (Acoustical Analysis Table III)

Human Response
Maximum PPV (in/sec)
Transient Sources Continuous/Frequent
Intermittent Sources
Barely Perceptible 0.04 0.01
Distinctly Perceptible 0.25 0.04
Strongly Perceptible 0.90 0.10
Severe 2.0 0.4
Source: Caltrans
Table 4-13 Guideline Vibration Damage Potential Threshold Criteria (Acoustical Analysis Table IV)

Structure and Condition
Maximum PPV (in/sec)
Transient Sources Continuous/Frequent
Intermittent Sources
Extremely fragile, historic buildings, ancient monuments 0.12 0.08 Fragile buildings 0.20 0.10
Historic and some old buildings 0.50 0.25
Older residential structures 0.50 0.30
New residential structures 1.0 0.50
Modern industrial/commercial buildings 2.0 0.50
Source: Caltrans

4.13.2 Impact Assessment
a) Generation of a substantial temporary or permanent increase in ambient noise levels in the vicinity of the Project in excess of standards established in the local general plan or noise ordinance, or in other applicable local, state, or federal standards?
Less than Significant Impact. Noise generating activities of the Project would include traffic noise and stationerysource noise, such as operations and construction as described below. It is not anticipated that the Project would generate substantial temporary or permanent increase in ambient noise levels in the vicinity of the Project in excess of standards established in the local general plan or noise ordinance, or in other applicable local, state, or federal standards, given the type of development proposed (i.e., residential).

Traffic Noise Exposure
Mobile source noises are typically associated with transportation including automobiles, trains, and aircraft.

Sensitive land uses include residential, schools, churches, nursing homes, hospitals, and open space-recreation areas. Commercial, farmland, and industrial areas are not considered noise sensitive and generally have higher

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tolerances for exterior and interior noise levels. The nearest sensitive land uses are single-family residences to the west and east of the Project site. The primary source of exterior, on-going noise from buildout of the Project would be from vehicles traveling to and from the site. Future build-out of the Project site would generate an increase in traffic on roadways in the Project vicinity. However, the number of new trips (i.e., 282.9 ADTs) associated with buildout of the Project site is not likely to increase the ambient noise levels by a significant amount as the area is active with vehicles. Additionally, increased traffic noise levels on adjacent roadways due to buildout of the Project is expected to be minimal since the trips generated do not include trucks. Accordingly, it is expected that the traffic noise levels will increase minimally and will not have a significant impact. Impacts would be less than significant.

Operational Noise Exposure
The proposed residential use is expected to generate typical neighborhood noise (i.e. talking, car doors shutting, dogs barking, etc.). These noises are expected to be minimal due to the relatively low number of units proposed (i.e., 30 units), and will not introduce a new significant source of noise that isn’t already occurring in the area. In addition, household machinery sounds (e.g., HVAC systems, refrigerators, etc.) will be confined within the interior of the buildings. As such, it is expected that the operational noise generated by the Project will be minimal and most likely not cause significant impact to existing uses. Impacts would be less than significant.

Construction Noise Exposure
Construction noise will result from construction activities through the use of construction equipment for grading the site and building the proposed structures. Construction phases would include demolition, site preparation, grading, building construction, architectural coating, and paving. Of all construction phases, it is anticipated that grading would produce the loudest noise.

Construction noise was estimated using the FHWA Roadway Construction Noise Model (RCNM) Version 1.0. For the purpose of this noise assessment, general construction equipment, including air compressors, mixers, cranes, forklifts, generator sets, graders, pavers, paving equipment, rollers, dozers, tractors, and welders, are included in the construction noise modeling. According to existing and anticipated land use within and around the Project site, the baseline and receptors that are analyzed in the RCNM are shown in Table 4-14.

Table 4-14 Receptors and Baseline Analyzed in the RCNM
Location Land Use Total dB Lmax * Total dB Leq **
50 feet from the site
(south, west)
Residential

89.5 88.3
* Total Lmax is the value for the loudest piece of equipment. ** This number estimates noise when all equipment is used at the same time.

Short-term construction noises include traffic noise generated from transporting construction equipment and materials and construction worker commuting. These activities would raise noise levels near the site. According to modeling of the FHWA RCNM Version 1.0, construction noise generated from the offroad equipment is estimated to be 88.3 dB Leq if all equipment was used at the same time. Ambient noise from construction activities would cease upon completion of construction.

Although the nearby residential uses would experience elevated noise levels from construction, these activities would be temporary and would generally take place in accordance with PMC Section 18-90.6, which regulates permissible hours of construction between the hours of 6:00 am and 9:00 pm on weekdays and 7:00 am and 9:00

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pm on weekends. According to the FHWA Highway Construction Noise Handbook, noise exceeding 90 Lmax in the daytime (7 am to 6 pm) and 85 Lmax in the evening (6 pm to 10 pm) is considered significant. It is not expected that the construction of the Project would exceed the construction noise thresholds of the FHWA since 1) not all construction equipment is expected to be used at the same time and 2) trees between the site and nearby residences, as well as windows and walls of the residences would provide noise reduction.

Overall, Project construction is not expected to result in a significant impact because the noise would be regulated by the PMC. Noise would thereby be generated during daylight hours and not during evening or more noisesensitive time periods; and the increase in noise would cease upon complete build-out of the Project. For these reasons, a less than significant impact would occur.

Although the Project would result in increased ambient noise levels at the Project site, compliance with the General Plan policies and PMC requirements would result in the Project’s compliance with applicable standards. Overall, the Project would result in a less than significant impact in regard to noise. b) Generation of excessive groundborne vibration or groundborne noise levels? Less than Significant Impact. Ground borne vibration may result from operations and/or construction, depending on the use of equipment (e.g., pile drivers, bulldozers, jackhammers, etc.), distance to affected structures, and soil type. Depending on the method, equipment-generated vibrations could spread through the ground and affect nearby buildings. The dominant sources of man‐made vibration are sonic booms, blasting, pile driving, pavement breaking, demolition, diesel locomotives, and rail‐car coupling. None of these activities are anticipated to occur with construction or operation of the proposed Project.

The existing single-family residences located to the west of the Project site were built in 2007 and can be categorized as “new residential structures. The existing single-family residences located to the south of the Project sire were built circa 1945 and can be categorized as “older residential structures.” Typical vibration levels at distances of 25 feet to 300 feet are summarized by Table 4-15. Most of these levels are barely perceptible at 25 feet according to the vibration annoyance potential thresholds shown in Table 4-12 and Table 4-13. The vibration levels are also not expected to cause damage to the older residential structures located south of the Project site, according to the damage potential thresholds shown in Table 4-13.

Table 4-15 Typical Vibration Levels During Construction Equipment PPV (in/sec)
At 25 feet At 50 feet At 100 feet At 300 feet
Bulldozer (Large) 0.089 0.0415 0.011 0.006
Bulldozer (Small) 0.003 0.0014 0.0004 0.00019
Loaded Truck 0.076 0.0355 0.01 0.005
Jackhammer 0.035 0.0163 0.005 0.002
Vibratory Roller 0.210 0.098 0.03 0.013
Caisson Drilling 0.089 0.0415 0.01 0.006
Source: California Department of Transportation
As a result, it is not expected that construction activities would exceed any significant threshold levels for annoyance or damage. Additionally, operational activities related to residential uses are non-perceptible (i.e., vibration from HVAC, refrigerators, etc.) thus would not create any vibration impacts. As such, the Project would have a less than significant impact.

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c) For a Project located within an airport land use plan or, where such a plan has not been adopted, within two miles of a public airport or public use airport, would the Project expose people residing or working in the Project area to excessive noise levels?
No Impact. The Project site is located approximately 7 miles north of Porterville Municipal Airport and is not within the airport influence area. Per the General Plan Noise Element, the Project site is not within the airport noise contour and is more than 7 miles north of the closest noise contour of the airport. Therefore, the Project would not expose people residing or working in the Project area to excessive noise levels. No impact would occur.

4.13.3 Mitigation Measures
None required.

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4.14 POPULATION AND HOUSING
Would the Project:

Potentially
Significant
Impact
Less than
Significant with
Mitigation
Incorporated
Less than
Significant
Impact
No
Impact
a) Induce substantial unplanned
population growth in an area, either
directly (for example, by proposing
new homes and businesses) or
indirectly (for example, through
extension of roads or other
infrastructure)?
X
b) Displace substantial numbers of
existing people or housing,
necessitating the construction of
replacement housing elsewhere?
X

4.14.1 Environmental Setting
CEQA Guidelines Section 15126.2(d) requires a CEQA document discuss the ways in which the proposed Project could foster economic or population growth, or the construction of additional housing, either directly or indirectly, in the surrounding environment. The CEQA Guidelines provide an example of a major expansion of a wastewater treatment plant that may allow for more construction within the service area. The CEQA Guidelines also note that the evaluation of growth inducement should consider the characteristics of a Project that may encourage or facilitate other activities that could significantly affect the environment. Direct and Indirect Growth Inducement consists of activities that directly facilitate population growth, such as construction of new dwelling units. A key consideration in evaluating growth inducement is whether the activity in question constitutes “planned growth.” Porterville 2030 General Plan
Development under the 2030 General Plan is discussed in the Introduction chapter of the General Plan. Full development under the General Plan is referred to as “buildout.” The total housing units expected under General Plan buildout is 34,250 units, with a buildout population of 107,300.

Porterville 2023-2031 Housing Element
Recent trends in population and housing for the City of Porterville discussed in the 2023-2031 Housing Element.

According to the Housing Element, the City’s population per the American Community Survey 2016-2020 5-Year Estimates is 62,623, with 18,654 housing units.

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4.14.2 Impact Assessment
Would the Project:
a) Induce substantial unplanned population growth in an area, either directly (for example, by proposing new homes and businesses) or indirectly (for example, through extension of roads or other infrastructure)? Less than Significant Impact. The Project proposes the development of a 30-lot single-family residential development. The Project would also include off-site improvements (e.g., curb, gutter, sidewalk) and connections to existing utilities (e.g., water, sewer, power, stormwater drainage). These improvements are limited in scope and would connect to and improve the existing street and utility network. No further extension of roads or other infrastructure that could cause unplanned population growth would occur.

Based on an average household size of 4.39 per the 2020 UWMP (See Section 4.10 Hydrology and Water Quality), 30 units could generate approximately 131 new residents, thereby increasing the city’s population from 62,623 to 62,754. The 30 units would also increase the total number of housing units from 18,654 to 18,684. Overall, the population and housing units generated by the proposed Project would be within the General Plan buildout.

Therefore, the Project's contribution to population growth is minimal and would not induce substantial unplanned population growth, either directly or indirectly. Impacts are considered less than significant. b) Displace substantial numbers of existing people or housing, necessitating the construction of replacement housing elsewhere?
Less than Significant Impact. There are no residential buildings currently onsite. Therefore, the Project would not displace any existing people or housing and would not necessitate the construction of replacement housing elsewhere. Impacts would be less than significant.

4.14.3 Mitigation Measures
None required.

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4.15 PUBLIC SERVICES
Would the Project:

Potentially
Significant
Impact
Less than
Significant with
Mitigation
Incorporated
Less than
Significant
Impact
No
Impact
a) Result in substantial adverse physical
impacts associated with the provision
of new or physically altered
governmental facilities, need for new
or physically altered governmental
facilities, the construction of which
could cause significant environmental
impacts, in order to maintain
acceptable service ratios, response
times or other performance
objectives for any of the public
services:

i. Fire protection? X
ii. Police protection? X
iii. Schools? X
iv. Parks? X
v. Other public facilities? X

4.15.1 Environmental Setting
The Project site would be annexed into Porterville city limits and thus, would be subject to fees for the construction, acquisition, and improvements for public services and facilities. Public services and facilities are further described below.

Fire Protection Services
Fire protection services in the City are provided by the Porterville Fire Department (PFD). The PFD operates a total of three (3) fire stations that serve the city, with Fire Station 72 closest to the Project site at 500 N Newcomb Street, Porterville, CA 93257. Fire Station 72 is located approximately 2.0 miles south of the Project site. The total staffing for PFD includes 61 personnel, 53 sworn firefighters, 1 Fire Marshall, 4 code enforcement officers, and 3 administrative staff. In 2024, PFD responded to 6,280 calls for service and 456 calls for fires. The response time goal for fire protection and emergency services is to provide service within five (5) minutes and twenty (20) seconds of the dispatch 90% of the time. 32
32 Porterville Fire Department (2024). 2024 Annual Report. Accessed on October 6, 2025. https://cms9files.revize.com/PortervilleCA/departments/Fire/2024%20Annual%20Report.pdf

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Porterville 2030 General Plan
The General Plan Public Health & Safety Element includes the following goals and policies to ensure reductions in the potential for fire hazards and fire demand:

Guiding Policy PHS-G-3 Protect Porterville’s residents and businesses from potential fire hazards.

Implementation Policy PHS-I-13 Maintain automatic and/or mutual aid agreements with surrounding jurisdictions for fire protection.

Implementation Policy PHS-I-14 Enforce weed abatement programs and building and fire code requirements to assure adequate fire protection.

Implementation Policy PHS-I-15 Develop and expand existing public fire safety and emergency life support education programs in order to promote public awareness of fire hazards and emergency procedures.

Implementation Policy PHS-I-16 Establish fire hazard standards and review procedures at least equivalent to State requirements to protect new development on or adjacent to the hillsides.

The Subdivision Ordinance and the Zoning Ordinance standards will require new development on the urban fringe to incorporate fuel breaks, fuel reduction and buffer zones to minimize potential fire losses.

Further, projects are subject to review by the PFD and to regulations and standards such as the California Uniform Fire Code (UFC), which includes regulations on construction, maintenance and building use. The UFC addresses fire department access, fire hydrants, sprinklers, fire alarm system, etc., for new buildings.

Police Protection Services
Police protection services in the City are provided by the Porterville Police Department (PPD). The PPD is located at 350 North D Street, Porterville, CA 93257, which is approximately 3.0 miles southeast of the Project site. According to the General Plan, there are 57 peace sworn officers, and 22 civilian staff members employed, which provides a ratio of approximately 1.3 officers per thousand residents. According to the PPD, a ratio of 1.2 police officers per thousand residents would support adequate law enforcement efforts at buildout of the General Plan.

Schools
Educational services within the City of Porterville are provided by Porterville Unified School District, Burton School District, and Tulare County Office of Education (TCOE). The three (3) school districts operate 28 public schools within the City’s Planning Area. The Project Site is located within the Porterville Unified School District (PUSD), which includes 10 elementary schools, four (4) middle schools, eight (8) high schools, adult school, preschool programs, and a community day school. The nearest school is Sequoia Middle School located approximately 0.7 miles southeast of the site.

The Porterville 2030 General Plan projected the generation of 13,069 new students at buildout of the General Plan, resulting in a total of 30,814 students, which would produce a demand of 12 new elementary schools, two (2) new middle schools, and three (3) new high schools. Funding for schools and school facilities impacts is outlined in Education Code Section 17620 and Government Code Section 65995 et. seq. (State statutes) which govern the amount of fees that can be levied against new development. These fees are used to construct new or expanded school facilities. Payment of fees authorized by the statute is deemed “full and complete mitigation.” A School District Developer Fee would be assessed for development based on the rates in place at the time payment is due.

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Parks and Recreation
Park and recreation facilities are overseen by the City of Porterville Parks & Leisure Services Department. According to the General Plan, there are 15 planned and existing parks within the City, totaling 295 acres of parkland, which provides a parkland to population ratio of 4.7 acres of parkland per thousand people in 2020. This meets the 1975 Quimby Act, which requires a minimum of three (3) acres per thousand residents. However, it does not meet the City’s park standard for neighborhood and community parks, which requires five (5) acres per thousand residents.

This could be provided through in-lieu fees that would be used for any capacity-building park and recreation facility improvements.

Porterville 2030 General Plan
The General Plan Parks, Schools, and Community Facilities Element also established policies for parks and recreational facilities, as listed below.

Guiding Policy PSCF-G-1 Establish and maintain a high-quality, enjoyable, and attractive public park system for the entire community.

Guiding Policy PSCF-G-2 Provide park and recreation facilities within close proximity to residents they are intended to serve.

Implementation Policy PSCF-I-5 Require developers for new neighborhoods to agree to the establishment of, or annexation into, a Park Maintenance District in new neighborhoods.

Implementation Policy PSCF-I-8 Provide lighted facilities for active community recreation areas in order to extend usability, whenever possible.

Address compatibility with surrounding uses and use energy-efficient lighting design with limited glare and spillover.

Implementation Policy PSCF-I-9 Design park and recreation facilities to be as flexible as possible, so that they may adapt to changes in the population served and in the recreation programs offered.

Changing neighborhood demographics can lead to different user requirements over the life of a park. By having flexible park facilities, this will enable the park to adapt to the changing needs of the adjacent neighborhood.

Implementation Policy PSCF-I-10 Place neighborhood and community parks at the core of new neighborhoods and co-locate parks and school sites where possible, as depicted on the General Plan Land Use Diagram.

Implementation Policy PSCF-I-11 Combine use of park, recreation, and open space lands with drainage facilities and school facilities, where feasible.

Implementation Policy PSCF-I-14 Develop a safe and efficient trail network throughout the City that links parks and other key City destinations.

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4.15.2 Impact Assessment
Would the Project:
a) Would the Project result in substantial adverse physical impacts associated with the provision of new or physically altered governmental facilities, or the need for new or physically altered governmental facilities, the construction of which could cause significant environmental impacts, in order to maintain acceptable service ratios, response times, or other performance objectives for any of the public services:
i. Fire protection?
Less than Significant Impact. Once annexed, the Project site would be served by the Porterville Fire Department (PFD). The nearest Fire Station to the Project site is PFD Fire Station 72, which is located approximately 2.0 miles south of the Project site. The Project’s proximity to the existing fire station would support adequate service ratios, response times, and other performance objectives for fire protection services. Additionally, through the entitlement and building permit process, the Project would be required to comply with the CBC and Uniform Fire Code to ensure fire safety elements are incorporated into Project design. Proposed interior streets would be required to provide appropriate widths and turning radii to safely accommodate emergency response and the transport of emergency/public safety vehicles. The Project would also be designed to meet City requirements regarding water flow, water storage requirements, hydrant spacing, infrastructure sizing, and emergency access.

Through compliance, impacts would be less than significant. ii. Police protection?
Less than Significant Impact. The Project Site would be served by the Porterville Police Department (PPD). The PPD is located at 350 North D Street, Porterville, CA 93257, which is approximately 3.0 miles southeast of the Project site. The Project’s proximity to the existing station would support adequate service ratios, response times, and other performance objectives for police protection services. For these reasons, it can be determined that the Project would not result in the need for new or altered facilities that could have an environmental impact and a less than significant impact would occur.
iii. Schools?
Less than Significant Impact. The Project Site is within the Porterville Unified School District (PUSD). The nearest school is Sequoia Middle School located approximately 0.7 miles southeast of the site. Since residential development is proposed, the Project would introduce residents to the area and therefore could generate new students that would increase the school districts’ enrollment. To offset impacts of the development, a School District Developer Fee would be assessed for the Project based on the rates in place at the time payment is due. As stated in Government Code Section 65995 et seq., payment of a school impact fee is deemed full and complete mitigation for potential impacts to schools caused by development. Therefore, payment of the assessed School District Developer Fee would reduce impacts related to new school facilities resulting from implementation of the Project and impacts would be less than significant.
iv. Parks?
Less than Significant Impact. Park and recreational facilities are typically impacted by an increase in use from residential development. The Project proposes residential development that would introduce residents to the area and therefore could increase the demand for and use of existing public parks or other recreational facilities. The

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City aims to maintain a standard of five (5) acres of combined park and open space land per 1,000 residents. The Project would be required to pay in-lieu fees to mitigate any potential remaining impacts to the City’s existing park and recreation facilities generated by the incremental population increase. The payment of in-lieu fees would reduce any impacts resulting from increased residential demand for park and recreational facilities so as to not cause substantial physical deterioration of the public facilities. For these reasons, the Project would have a less than significant impact.
v. Other public facilities?
Less than Significant Impact. The Project would introduce new residents to the area, which could incrementally increase demand for various public facilities such as courts, libraries, and hospitals. However, the Project’s contribution to this increased demand is not expected to result in a substantial need for new or physically altered public facilities. The City and surrounding region are served by existing courts, libraries, and hospitals. These facilities are designed to accommodate a certain level of population growth, and the Project’s contribution to that growth is relatively small in the context of the overall service area. While the Project would add new residents, the increase in demand for these public services is expected to be incremental and within the capacity of existing facilities. The Project’s impact on these services would be dispersed among the broader population served by these facilities. If such facilities are proposed for future expansion, the expansion would be subject to CEQA and further environmental review. The Project may also contribute impact fees that support the provision of public services, helping to ensure that service levels are maintained as the city grows. Impacts would be less than significant.

4.15.3 Mitigation Measures
None required.

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4.16 RECREATION
Would the Project:

Potentially
Significant
Impact
Less than
Significant with
Mitigation
Incorporated
Less than
Significant
Impact
No
Impact
a) Increase the use of existing
neighborhood and regional parks or
other recreational facilities such that
substantial physical deterioration of
the facility would occur or be
accelerated?
X
b) Does the Project include recreational
facilities or require the construction or
expansion of recreational facilities
which might have an adverse physical
effect on the environment?
X

4.16.1 Environmental Setting
See Section 4.15. Public Facilities.

4.16.2 Impact Assessment
Would the Project:
a) Increase the use of existing neighborhood and regional parks or other recreational facilities such that substantial physical deterioration of the facility would occur or be accelerated? Less than Significant Impact. Park and recreational facilities are typically impacted by an increase in use from residential development. The Project proposes residential development that would introduce residents to the area and therefore could increase the demand for and use of existing public parks or other recreational facilities. The City aims to maintain a standard of five (5) acres of combined park and open space land per 1,000 residents. The Project would be required to pay in-lieu fees to mitigate any potential remaining impacts to the City’s existing park and recreation facilities generated by the incremental population increase. The payment of in-lieu fees would reduce any impacts from increased demand for park and recreational facilities to not cause substantial physical deterioration of the public facilities. Impacts would be less than significant. b) Include recreational facilities or require the construction or expansion of recreational facilities that might have an adverse physical effect on the environment?
Less than Significant Impact. The Project proposes a single-family residential development consisting of singlefamily lots with typical yard space as required per the PMC. The Project would not require the construction or expansion of off-site recreational facilities. As a result, a less than significant impact would occur.

4.16.3 Mitigation Measures
None required.

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4.17 TRANSPORTATION
Would the Project:

Potentially
Significant
Impact
Less than
Significant with
Mitigation
Incorporated
Less than
Significant
Impact
No
Impact
a) Conflict with a program, plan,
ordinance or policy addressing the
circulation system, including transit,
roadway, bicycle and pedestrian
facilities?
X
b) Conflict or be inconsistent with CEQA
Guidelines § 15064.3, subdivision (b)? X
c) Substantially increase hazards due to
a geometric design feature (e.g., sharp
curves or dangerous intersections) or
incompatible uses (e.g., farm
equipment)?
X
d) Result in inadequate emergency
access? X

4.17.1 Environmental Setting
The Project site is currently vacant with no structures or on-site improvements (i.e., roads, curb, gutter, sidewalk).

The Project site has street frontage along N. Newcomb Street on the western edge and along W. Linda Vista Avenue along the northern edge. Both N. Newcomb Street and W. Linda Vista Avenue are designated as Collectors in the Porterville 2030 General Plan Circulation Network.
2022 Regional Active Transportation Plan for the Tulare County Region The 2022 Regional Active Transportation Plan (RATP) for the Tulare County Region, approved April 18, 2022, was prepared as a response to recognition of the benefits of active transportation and a more diverse transportation for the county. The objective of the RATP is 1) provide a foundation for the pedestrian and bicycle component of the Tulare County Regional Transportation Plan / Sustainable Communities Strategy (RTP/SCS), and 2) identify highpriority projects to better compete for federal, state, and regional funding. 33 The RATP provides assessment and identifies priority projects for the county as well as cities within the County, including the City of Porterville.

According to the RATP, 1.7% of commuters walked to work and 0.5% of commuters biked to work in the City of Porterville. Traffic collisions in the City includes 27 pedestrian victims (1 killed, 4 severely injured) and 24 bicyclist victims (0 killed, 1 severely injured) in 2019. The roads with the highest numbers of collisions in the City are Henderson Avenue, Morton Avenue, Olive Avenue, Putnam Avenue and Westfield Avenue. Priority projects in the City of Porterville include:
33 Tulare County Association of Governments. (2022). 2022 Regional Active Transportation Plan for the Tulare County Region.

Accessed October 6, 2025, https://tularecog.org/sites/tcag/assets/File/TCAG%202022%20RATP_.pdf

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1. Morton Avenue crosswalk warning lights

2. Orange Avenue crosswalk warning lights

3. Main Street crosswalk warning lights

4. Tule River Parkway multi-use trail, Phase IV

5. Porterville citywide bikeway network

6. Putnam and Elderwood Pedestrian Corridor

7. Butterfield Stage Corridor
Porterville 2030 General Plan
The Circulation Element of the Porterville 2030 General Plan established policies to maintain the operations of existing roadway systems as new development occurs. These policies aim to prevent negative impacts caused by new developments and ensure that adequate transportation system is provided. The following goals and policies are generally applicable to the proposed Project.

Implementing Policy C-I-2 Require all new developments to provide right-of-way and improvements consistent with the General Plan street designations and City street section standards.

Implementing Policy C-I-3 Provide for greater street connectivity by:
• Incorporating in subdivision regulations requirements for a minimum number of access points to existing local or collector streets for each development;
• Encouraging roundabouts over signals, where feasible and appropriate; • Requiring the bicycle and pedestrian connections from cul-de-sacs to nearby public areas and main streets; and
• Requiring new residential communities on undeveloped land planned for urban uses to provide stubs for future connections to the edge of the property line. Where stubs exist on adjacent properties, new streets within the development should connect to these stubs.

Implementing Policy C-I-5 Install traffic calming devices, such as signage and bulbs, as needed and appropriate in existing neighborhoods.

Implementing Policy C-I-6 Require the installation of landscaping in center medians and at major intersections to minimize summer heat and enhance the character of the streetscapes.

For small-lot subdivisions (with an average lot size of 6,000 square feet or less), the planter strip for a local street may be omitted if:
• A five-foot sidewalk is provided on both sides of the street and trees are provided in the front yards of private lots parallel with the sidewalk at the minimum frequency required for street trees; and/or • Street trees are provided in landscaped bulb-outs into the parking lane at intersections.

Alternatively, where a planter strip is provided along a local street, the front setback for buildings may be reduced an additional two feet from the normally required setback.

Implementing Policy C-I-7 Require street tree planting as part of an urban forestry program.

Guiding Policy C-G-6 Maintain acceptable levels of service and ensure that future development and the circulation system are in balance.

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Implementing Policy C-I-8 Develop and manage the roadway system to obtain LOS D or better during the peak hour for all major roadways and intersections in the City. This policy does not extend to residential streets (i.e., streets with direct driveway access to homes) or state highways and their intersections, where Caltrans policies apply.

Exceptions to LOS D policy may be allowed by the City Council in areas such as downtown and at highway interchanges, where allowing a lower LOS would result in clear public benefits.

No new development will be approved unless it can be shown that required level of service can be maintained on the affected roadways or there are specific benefits that justify accepting a lower level of service.

Implementing Policy C-I-9 Develop and manage local residential streets (i.e., streets with direct driveway access to homes) to limit average daily vehicle traffic volumes to 2,500 or less and 85th percentile speeds to 25 miles per hour or less.

Neighborhood traffic control measures to be considered include: regulatory devices, such as right-of-way controls, speed limits, and parking regulations; as well as geometric fixtures such as roundabouts, semi-diverters, and diagonal diverters.

Implementing Policy C-I-10 Require traffic impact studies for all General Plan amendments that will generate more than 100 peak hour trips.

Exceptions may be granted where traffic studies have been completed for adjacent development. The City’s new traffic model developed for the 2030 General Plan will facilitate this analysis.

Guiding Policy C-G-7 Ensure that new development pays its fair share of the costs of transportation facilities.

Implementing Policy C-I-12 Continue to require that new development pay a fair share of the costs of street and other traffic and local transportation improvements based on traffic generated and impacts on traffic service levels.

Implementing Policy C-I-14 Require new development that will have an impact on regional transportation facilities to pay a regional transportation impact fee.

Implementing Policy C-I-16 Ensure that new development is designed to make transit a viable choice for residents.

Design options include:
• Have neighborhood focal points with sheltered bus stops; • Locate medium-high density development whenever feasible near streets served by transit; and • Link neighborhoods to bus stops by continuous sidewalks or pedestrian paths.

The General Plan Circulation Element also planned bikeway networks within the City. Within the vicinity of the Project Site, there are no existing or proposed bicycle facilities.

Implementing Policy C-I-17 Establish bicycle lanes, bike routes and bike paths consistent with the General Plan.

Implementing Policy C-I-19 Increase bicycle safety by:
• Sweeping and repairing bicycle lanes and paths on a regular basis; • Ensuring that bikeways are delineated and signed in accordance with Caltrans’ standards, and lighting is provided, where needed;
• Providing bicycle paths or lanes on bridges and overpasses;

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• Ensuring that all new and improved streets have bicycle-safe drainage grates and are free of hazards such as uneven pavement and gravel;
• Provide adequate signage and markings warning vehicular traffic of the existence of merging or crossing bicycle traffic where bike routes and paths make transitions into or across roadways; and • Work with the school districts to promote classes on bicycle safety in the schools.

Implementing Policy C-I-20 Give bikes equal treatment in terms of provisions for safety and comfort on arterials and collectors as motor vehicles.

Implementing Policy C-I-21 Develop a series of continuous walkways within new office parks, commercial districts, and residential neighborhoods so they connect to one another.

SB 743 Technical Advisory
In April 2018, the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) issued the Technical Advisory on Evaluating Transportation Impacts in CEQA (Technical Advisory) (revised December 2018) to provide technical recommendations regarding VMT, thresholds of significance, and mitigation measures for a variety of land use Project types.

The Technical Advisory includes screening thresholds for agencies to use in order to identify when a Project should be expected to cause a less-than-significant impact without conducting a detailed study. • Screening Thresholds for Small Project. Absent substantial evidence indicating that a Project would generate a potentially significant level of VMT, or inconsistency with a Sustainable Communities Strategy (SCS) or general plan, Projects that generate or attract fewer than 110 trips per day generally may be assumed to cause a lessthan significant transportation impact. This threshold is based on a CEQA categorical exemption for existing facilities, including additions to existing structures of up to 10,00 square feet, so long as the Project is in an area where public infrastructure is available to allow for maximum planned development and the Project is not in an environmentally sensitive area.
• Map-Based Screening Threshold for Residential and Office Projects. Residential and office Projects that locate in areas with low VMT, and that incorporate similar features (i.e., density, mix of uses, transit accessibility), will tend to exhibit similarly low VMT. Maps created with VMT data, for example from a travel survey or a travel demand model, can illustrate areas that are currently below threshold VMT. Because new development in such locations would likely result in a similar level of VMT, such maps can be used to screen out residential and office Projects from needing to prepare a detailed VMT analysis. • Presumption of Less Than Significant Impact Near Transit Thresholds. Proposed CEQA Guideline Section 15064.3, subdivision (b)(1), states that lead agencies generally should presume that certain Projects (including residential, retail, and office Projects, as well as Projects that are a mix of these uses) proposed within ½ mile of an existing major transit stop or an existing stop along a high quality transit corridor will have a less-thansignificant impact on VMT. This presumption would not apply, however, if Project-specific or location-specific information indicates that the Project will still generate significant levels of VMT. • Presumption of Less Than Significant Impact for Affordable Residential Development. Adding affordable housing to infill locations generally improves jobs-housing match, in turn shortening commutes and reducing VMT.

Therefore, a Project consisting of a high percentage of affordable housing may be a basis for the lead agency to find a less-than-significant impact on VMT.

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According to the Technical Advisory, lead agencies, using more location-specific information, may develop their own more specific thresholds, which may include other land use types. The City of Porterville has not developed their own specific thresholds; however, the City does use Tulare County’s SB 743 Guidelines.

County of Tulare SB 743 Guidelines
In June of 2020, the County of Tulare published their own specific thresholds and guidelines related to VMT and SB 743 titled “County of Tulare SB 743 Guidelines,” which were adopted by the City of Porterville on September 21, 2021. The Guidelines are based on statewide guidance provided by OPR, but include clarifications and details tailored for and specific to local conditions in Tulare County. The Guidelines provide guidance for land development projects on screening criteria, VMT analysis, significance thresholds and potential mitigation.

The Guidelines outline screening criteria for projects that would have a less than significant transportation impact due to project size or project type. If a project meets at least one of the screening criteria, it would not require a detailed VMT analysis. The screening criteria most relevant to the proposed Project is “Small Projects.” For Tulare County, projects that generate less than 500 trips per day can be presumed to have a less than significant impact.

4.17.2 Impact Assessment
Would the Project:
a) Conflict with a program, plan, ordinance or policy addressing the circulation system, including transit, roadway, bicycle and pedestrian facilities?
Less Than Significant Impact. The Project would be required to comply with all project-level requirements implemented by a program, plan, ordinance, or policy addressing the circulation system, including transit, roadway, bicycle, and pedestrian facilities. Compliance is further discussed below. Overall, the Project would not conflict with a program plan, ordinance, or policy addressing the circulation system. Impacts would be less than significant.

Roadway Facilities
The Project proposes an internal network of local streets with one (1) point of ingress/egress on N. Newcomb Street, one (1) point of ingress/egress on W. Linda Vista Avenue, and one (1) street stub to the south in the southwestern portion of the site. All roadways within the proposed subdivision would be designed in accordance with City standards and would have curb, gutter, and sidewalk. In addition, N. Newcomb Street and W. Linda Vista Avenue in proximity to the Project site would be improved to their ultimate rights-of-way, with curb, gutter, and sidewalk, in addition to landscaping. The Project would be required to submit public improvement plans for off-site improvements through the building permit process, for review and approval by the City to ensure improvements would be consistent with adopted standards, specifications, and approved street plans. Through compliance, the Project would result in improvements to the roadway network consistent with the goals, objectives, and policies of the General Plan as shown on the Circulation Diagram and described in the Circulation Element.

Pedestrian and Bicycle Facilities
There are no existing pedestrian or bicycle facilities along the street frontages in proximity to the Project Site. The General Plan Circulation Element does not identify any future facilities in this area. However, the Project would result in public street improvements, including concrete curb, gutter, sidewalk, and paving per City of Porterville Standard Plans and Specifications. Off-site improvements would be verified and ensured through the Building

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Permit process. Provision of the pedestrian facilities would be ensured through the Building Permit process. The Project would be consistent with the General Plan and thereby would not conflict with a program, plan, ordinance, or policy addressing bicycle and pedestrian facilities.

Transit Facilities
There are no existing or planned transit facilities adjacent to the Project Site as identified by the General Plan. The closest bus stop to the Project is more than one (1) mile southeast of the Project site at Westfield and Atkins. The Project would not conflict with a program, plan, ordinance, or policy addressing transit facilities. b) Would the Project conflict or be inconsistent with CEQA Guidelines section 15064.3, subdivision (b)? Less than Significant Impact. The Project proposes 30 single-family lots. Using the 11th Edition Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Trip Generation Manual, 30 single-family lots are expected to generate 282.9 average daily trips (ADTs) (9.43 average rate x 30 dwelling units = 282.9 ADTs). Per the Tulare County VMT Guidelines, projects that generate less than 500 trips per day can be presumed to have a less than significant impact.

Because the Project would generate less than 500 trips, it can be presumed to have a less than significant impact.

Therefore, the Project would not conflict or be inconsistent with CEQA Guidelines section 15064.3(b) and impacts would be less than significant.
c) Substantially increase hazards due to a geometric design feature (e.g., sharp curves or dangerous intersections) or incompatible uses (e.g., farm equipment)? Less than Significant Impact. The Project design does not contain any geometric design features that would create hazards. Implementation of the Project would not require the improvement and expansion of the roadway network serving the Project site, other than improvements of the ultimate right of way. All roadways within the proposed subdivision would be designed in accordance with City standards and would have curb, gutter, and sidewalk. The Project would be required to submit public improvement plans through the Building Permit process for review and approval by the City to ensure offsite improvements would be consistent with adopted City Standards, Specifications, and the approved street plans. Compliance with such standards, specifications, and plans would ensure that any traffic hazards are minimized. Lastly, the Project proposes a residential development of a site that is within an area comprising existing and planned residential uses. Therefore, the Project does not propose an incompatible use because it is consistent with the existing development in the area and is similar in nature to the surrounding uses. As a result, implementation of the Project would result in a less than significant impact related to hazards due to roadway design features or incompatible uses. d) Result in inadequate emergency access?
Less than Significant Impact. The Project site would be accessible via the existing roadway network, with proposed ingress/egress on adjacent streets. The Project would not alter or impede any primary evacuation routes. While temporary lane closures may occur during construction, these would be managed through approved traffic control plans and encroachment permits to maintain emergency vehicle access. Post-construction, the Project would maintain adequate emergency access, including appropriate turning radii for emergency vehicles, clearly marked fire lanes, and sufficient hydrant access. The City's review and approval process would ensure compliance with all applicable codes and regulations related to emergency access and evacuation. Therefore, the Project would not impair emergency response or evacuation plans, and the impact is considered less than significant.

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4.17.3 Mitigation Measures
None required.

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4.18 TRIBAL CULTURAL RESOURCES
Would the Project:

Cause a substantial adverse change in the
significance of a tribal cultural resource,
defined in PRC Section 21074 as either a
site, feature, place, cultural landscape that
is geographically defined in terms of the size
and scope of the landscape, sacred place, or
object with cultural value to a California
Native American tribe, and that is:

Potentially
Significant
Impact
Less than
Significant with
Mitigation
Incorporated
Less than
Significant
Impact
No
Impact
a) Listed or eligible for listing in the
California Register of Historical
Resources, or in a local register of
historical resources as defined in PRC
Section 5020.1(k), or,
X
b) A resource determined by the lead
agency, in its discretion and
supported by substantial evidence, to
be significant pursuant to criteria set
forth in subdivision (c) of PRC Section
5024.1. In applying the criteria set
forth in subdivision (c) of PRC Section
5024.1, the lead agency shall consider
the significance of the resource to a
California Native American tribe.

4.18.1 Environmental Setting
See Section 4.5. Cultural Resources.

4.18.2 Impact Assessment
Would the Project cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a tribal cultural resource, defined in Public Resources Code Section 21074 as either a site, feature, place, cultural landscape that is geographically defined in terms of the size and scope of the landscape, sacred place, or object with cultural value to a California Native American tribe, and that is:
a) Listed or eligible for listing in the California Register of Historical Resources, or in a local register of historical resources as defined in Public Resources Code Section 5020.1(k), or Less than Significant Impact with Mitigation Incorporated. Public Resources Code Section 21074 defines a "tribal cultural resource" as a site, feature, place, cultural landscape, sacred place, or object with cultural value to a California Native American tribe, and that is listed or eligible for listing in the California Register of Historical Resources or listed in a local register of historical resources. Public Resources Code (PRC) Section 5020.1(k) further clarifies that a local register of historical resources is a list of properties officially designated as historically significant by a city or county through a local ordinance or resolution.

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As discussed in Section 4.5 Cultural Resources, a CHRIS record search, tribal consultation notices, and a Sacred Lands File check were conducted for the Project site and surrounding area. These efforts, which specifically sought to identify known tribal cultural resources, did not identify any such resources within the Project boundaries.

Therefore, the Project would not impact any known tribal cultural resources listed or eligible for listing in the California Register or a local register.

However, recognizing the possibility of encountering undiscovered tribal cultural resources during grounddisturbing activities, the Project would incorporate Mitigation Measure CUL-1. This measure would protect any inadvertently discovered cultural resources, including tribal cultural resources as defined in PRC Section 21074.

Specifically, this measure outlines a stop-work and assess procedure during the construction phases of the project including stop work, expert consultation, City notification, resource evaluation and protection, and long-term preservation to avoid or minimize potential impacts. This measure directly addresses potential impacts to undiscovered tribal cultural resources that might meet the criteria of PRC Section 21074.

Therefore, considering the negative findings of the record search and no comments received from tribal consultation regarding known resources, and the implementation of Mitigation Measure CUL-1 to address potential impacts to undiscovered resources, the Project is not anticipated to cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a tribal cultural resource. Potential impacts to unknown resources, if any, will be reduced to a less than significant level through the procedures outlined in Mitigation Measure CUL-1. Impacts would be less than significant.
b) A resource determined by the lead agency, in its discretion and supported by substantial evidence, to be significant pursuant to criteria set forth in subdivision (c) of Public Resources Code Section 5024.1. In applying the criteria set forth in subdivision (c) of Public Resource Code Section 5024.1, the lead agency shall consider the significance of the resource to a California Native American tribe.

Less than Significant Impact with Mitigation Incorporated. Public Resources Code (PRC) Section 5024.1 outlines criteria for determining the historical significance of a resource. While the Project site has not been formally designated as a historical resource by the City of Porterville under this section, undiscovered tribal cultural resources, potentially meeting the criteria of PRC 5024.1, could be encountered during ground-disturbing activities.

As discussed previously, a CHRIS record search, tribal consultation notices, and a Sacred Lands File check were conducted. These efforts did not identify any known tribal cultural resources on the Project site. However, the possibility of encountering undiscovered resources, potentially meeting the significance criteria of PRC Section 5024.1, remains.

To address this possibility, the Project would incorporate Mitigation Measure CUL-1. This measure would protect any inadvertently discovered cultural resources, including tribal cultural resources as defined in PRC Section 21074.

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resources, if any, will be reduced to a less than significant level through incorporation of Mitigation Measure CUL1. Impacts would be less than significant.

4.18.3 Mitigation Measures
Mitigation Measure CUL-1: In order to avoid the potential for impacts to historic and prehistoric archaeological resources, the following measures shall be implemented in conjunction with the construction of each phase of the Project:

Notification of the measures shall be provided to the City of Porterville Community Development Department.

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4.19 UTILITIES AND SERVICE SYSTEMS
Would the Project:

Potentially
Significant
Impact
Less than
Significant with
Mitigation
Incorporated
Less than
Significant
Impact
No
Impact
a) Require or result in the relocation or
construction of new or expanded
water, wastewater treatment or storm
water drainage, electric power, natural
gas, or telecommunications facilities,
the construction or relocation of which
could cause significant environmental
effect?
X
b) Have sufficient water supplies available
to serve the Project and reasonably
foreseeable future development
during normal, dry and multiple dry
years?
X
c) Result in a determination by the
wastewater treatment provider, which
serves or may serve the Project that it
has adequate capacity to serve the
Project’s Projected demand in addition
to the provider’s existing
commitments?
X
d) Generate solid waste in excess of state
or local standards, or in excess of the
capacity of local infrastructure, or
otherwise impair the attainment of
solid waste reduction goals?
X
e) Comply with federal, state, and local
management and reduction statutes
and regulations related to solid waste?
X

4.19.1 Environmental Setting
The Project Site would be annexed into Porterville city limits and thus would be required to connect to the city’s water, wastewater, and stormwater services. Natural gas, electricity, and telecommunications are provided by private companies. Each utility system is described below.

Water
Water supply, usage, and services are described in Section 4.10.

Wastewater
The City of Porterville Public Works Department operates and maintains the City’s municipal wastewater facilities.

There are approximately 150 miles of sewer pipe with diameters between six (6) inches to 36 inches; the majority of the sewer pipe is 12-inch. The primary existing trunk line adjacent to the Project Site is located within N.

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Newcomb Street. This sewer system services the entire General Plan Planning Area, which includes approximately

75.2% of the City’s Urban Area Boundary and all of the City’s Urban Development Boundary. The remaining area that is within the Urban Area Boundary but outside the Urban Development Boundary is supported by on-site private septic systems. 34
The City’s wastewater is processed through the Porterville Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTF), which has a capacity of eight million gallons per day. Due to the City’s flat topography, the sewer flows are conveyed via 18 different lift stations throughout the City.

Solid Waste
The City of Porterville Public Works department providessolid waste collection servicesfor residential, commercial, and industrial developments in the City. The City provides self-hauled waste services, and contracts with Pena's disposal for the transfer of recyclables and organic waste. The City hauls regular waste to the Woodville Landfill.

This landfill is permitted to receive a maximum of 1,070 Tons Per Day. The remaining capacity is 9,331,760 Cubic Yards. Teapot Dome Landfill is now closed.
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Stormwater services are described in Section 4.10.

Natural Gas and Electricity
According to the Porterville 2030 General Plan, Southern California Edison is the electricity service provider. Power is provided through both overhead and undergrounded lines, with all new development required to underground power transmission lines. Natural gas is provided to residents through Southern California Gas Company.

Telecommunications
Telecommunications providers in the area incrementally expand and update their service systems in response to usage and demand. Upon request, the site would be connected to existing broadband infrastructure and subject to applicable connection and service fees.

4.19.2 Impact Assessment
Would the Project:
a) Require or result in the relocation or construction of new or expanded water, wastewater treatment or storm water drainage, electric power, natural gas, or telecommunications facilities, the construction or relocation of which could cause significant environmental effects?
Less than Significant Impact. The Project would connect to existing municipal water mains in the adjacent roadways.

The existing mains would not require upsizing or relocation to facilitate the proposed development. The water system improvements for the Project would be designed and constructed in accordance with City standards and 34 2030 Porterville General Plan Public Utilities Element, Accessed October 6, 2025, http://www.ci.porterville.ca.us/depts/communitydevelopment/documents/Chapter8PublicUtilities_000.pdf 35 2030 Porterville General Plan Public Utilities Element, Accessed October 6, 2025, http://www.ci.porterville.ca.us/depts/communitydevelopment/documents/Chapter8PublicUtilities_000.pdf

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requirements, as verified through the building permit process. As discussed in criterion b), the Project’s estimated water demand would be 26.26 AFY which would fall within the projected supplies for all normal years and dry years.

Further, the Project's adherence to regulatory requirements, implementation of water conservation measures, and payment of capacity and connection fees would ensure its water demand remains within acceptable limits, thus minimizing its impact on groundwater supplies and resulting in a less than significant impact.

The Project would also connect to existing municipal sanitary sewer mains in the adjacent roadways. The existing mains would not require upsizing or relocation to facilitate the proposed development. The sewer system improvements for the Project would be designed and constructed in accordance with City standards and requirements, as verified through the building permit process. As discussed in criterion c), the Project’s estimated wastewater demand would be 23,449 gpd. The estimated generation for the Project represents less than one (1) percent of Porterville’s allocated capacity and falls within the wastewater treatment facility’s existing capacity to treat the Project’s wastewater. Further, the Project’s would be required to pay sewer facilities development fees and connection fees, contributing to the funding of adequate sewer facilities. For these reasons, impacts would be less than significant.

The Project would connect to existing storm drain facilities in adjacent roadways. The Project would incorporate storm water drainage infrastructure designed in compliance with all applicable codes and standards to manage stormwater runoff effectively, as ensured through City reviewed and approved grading and drainage plans. As discussed in Section 4.10, the Project’s compliance with the SWPPP, approved grading and drainage plan, and implementation of BMPs would control and direct runoff. The existing facilities would not require relocation or expansion of new facilities to facilitate the proposed development. Impacts would be less than significant.

Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) would provide natural gas and Southern California Edison (SCE) would provide electricity, and a telecommunications provider would serve the site. The Project would relocate and underground the utilities on the site. The construction and operations of the Project would be subject to compliance with applicable energy efficiency regulations including CALGreen, Title 24, and CARB. No new expanded facilities would be required for electric, gas, or telecommunications facilities. Impacts would be less than significant. b) Have sufficient water supplies available to serve the Project and reasonably foreseeable future development during normal, dry and multiple dry years?
Less than Significant Impact. Water supply reliability is assessed in the City’s 2020 Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) based on the characteristics of the City’s water supplies during various water year types, including Normal Year, Single Dry Year, and Multiple Dry Years (or Five-Consecutive-Year Drought). The supply, demand, and surplus for the three hydrologic conditions are shown in Table 4-16. As shown, water supply is assumed to be 100 percent reliable through the three (3) hydrologic conditions over the timeframe.

Table 4-16 City of Porterville Water Supply and Demand Comparison, Hydrologic Conditions, 2025 - 2040 2025 2030 2035 2040
Normal Year
Total Supply 8,542 8,834 9,166 9,539
Total Demand 5,731 6,497 7,337 8,322
Surplus 2,812 2,337 1,829 1,217
Single Dry Year
Total Supply 8,345 8,589 8,862 9,168
Total Demand 4,789 5,364 6,007 6,728

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Surplus 3,556 3,225 2,855 2,440
Multiple Dry Year
Year 1
Total Supply 8,542 8,834 9,166 9,539
Total Demand 4,430 4,961 5,556 6,223
Surplus 4,113 3,873 3,610 3,316
Year 2
Total Supply 8,012 8,245 8,511 8,809
Total Demand 4,726 5,294 5,929 6,640
Surplus 3,285 2,952 2,582 2,168
Year 3
Total Supply 7,879 8,098 8,347 8,626
Total Demand 4,789 5,364 6,007 6,728
Surplus 3,090 2,734 2,340 1,898
Year 4
Total Supply 7,215 7,361 7,528 7,714
Total Demand 4,342 4,863 5,447 6,101
Surplus 2,873 2,498 2,081 1,613
Year 5
Total Supply 7,215 7,361 7,528 7,714
Total Demand 3,491 3,910 4,379 4,905
Surplus 3,724 3,451 3,148 2,809
Source: City of Porterville 2020 Urban Water Management Plan To determine the estimated water use for the Project, the UWMP calculation methods were used. According to the UWMP, the average household size in Porterville is 4.39 people per household. Applying a 4.39 average would equal approximately 131 people (4.39 people per household x 30 units = 131.7 people). At 179 gpcd, the Project would require approximately 9.1MG per year of potable water per year (131 residents x 179 gpcd x 365 days = 8,558,885 gallons of potable water per year) or 26.26 acre/feet per year (AFY) (8,558,885 gallons per year / 325,851 gallons =

26.26 acre/feet). Project demands would fall within the projected supplies for all normal years and dry years.

Therefore, the City would have sufficient water supplies to serve the Project and planned future demands, and impacts would be less than significant.

Furthermore, as discussed under Section 4.10, adherence to connection requirements and recommendations pursuant to the City’s conservation efforts (e.g., compliance with California Plumbing Code, efficient appliances, efficient landscaping, etc.) should not negatively impact water supply or impede water management. In particular, the proposed Project would be required to be built accordance with all mandatory outdoor water use requirements as outlined in the applicable California Green Building Standards Code, Title 24, Part 11, Section 4.304 – Outdoor Water Use and verified through the building permit process. As a residential development that would contain landscaping pursuant to SMC regulations, future development shall comply with the updated Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance (MWELO) (California Code of Regulations, Title 23, Chapter 2.7, Division 2), as implemented and enforced through the building permit process. Therefore, through compliance, the potential for the Project to substantially decrease groundwater supplies is limited and impacts would be less than significant.

Overall, based on the information collected from the UWMP, the Project would not generate significantly greater water demand that would substantially decrease groundwater supplies. Additionally, adherence to connection requirements and recommendations pursuant to water conservation efforts as well as compliance with applicable

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California Green Building Standards Code and MWELO would reduce water demand and reduce the potential for the Project to substantially decrease water supply available to serve the Project and reasonably foreseeable future development during normal, dry, and multiple dry years. For these reasons, the Project would have a less than significant impact.
c) Result in a determination by the wastewater treatment provider, which serves or may serve the Project that it has adequate capacity to serve the Project’s Projected demand in addition to the provider’s existing commitments?
Less than Significant Impact. According to the 2020 UWMP, the City owns and operates a citywide wastewater collection and treatment system. The City’s existing sewer collection system consists of 2,728 manholes, 24 lift stations, 9,880 feet of force mains, and 48.4 miles of gravity sewer pipes. The City owns and operates the existing wastewater treatment facility (WWTF) under the current Waste Discharge Requirements (WDRs) Order No. R5- 2008-304. The WWTF is located on the corner of N. Prospect Street and W. Morton Avenue near Veterans Park.

The WWTF was originally designed with a hydraulic capacity of approximately 1.8 mgd. It was upgraded to 4.0 mgd in 1978 and again in 1994 to 8.0 mgd. The City’s Waste Discharge Requirements Orderrestricts the monthly average daily discharge to 5.3 mgd. According to the City’s 2020 UWMP the City contributed a total of 1,712 MG (4.69 mgd) of wastewater flow into the WWTF.

Sanitary sewer service would be provided to the site by the City through connections in adjacent roadways. If wastewater generation accounts for approximately 100 percent of water use, maximum buildout of the Project site would result in an estimated wastewater generation of approximately 23,449 gpd. This would account for less than one percent of the WWTF capacity. Therefore, the wastewater treatment plant would have the capacity to meet the wastewater generated from maximum buildout of the site and the Project’s impacts on wastewater facilities would be less than significant.
d) Generate solid waste in excess of State or local standards, or in excess of the capacity of local infrastructure, or otherwise impair the attainment of solid waste reduction goals? Less than Significant Impact. The Porterville 2030 General Plan Public Utilities Element contains Guiding Policy PUG-5 which requires the City to achieve and maintain the State’s solid waste management goals. Solid waste services are subject to the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 (AB 939), which requires each jurisdiction in California to divert at least 50% of its waste stream away from landfills either through waste reduction, recycling, or other means.

The City of Porterville provides solid waste, recycling, and composting services. The City disposes solid waste at the Teapot Dome Landfill (SWIS Number 55-AA-0004). This landfill is permitted to receive a maximum of 600 tons per day and has a remaining capacity of 998,468 cubic yards, with an estimated closure date that lapsed in 2004. As of 2022, Teapot Dome was no longer taking non-refuse disposal, nor is it open to the public. Once Teapot Dome reaches capacity, waste will be diverted to Woodville Landfill (SWIS Number 54-AA-0008). Woodville Landfill is

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permitted to receive a maximum of 1,078 tons per day and has a remaining capacity of 7,093,145 cubic yards and is expected to cease operations in 2043.
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CALGreen mandates locally permitted new residential building construction and demolition to recycle and/or salvage for reuse a minimum 65% of the nonhazardous construction and demolition debris generated during the Project. Further, the recycling of construction and demolition materials is required for any City-issued building or demolition permit that generates at least eight cubic yards of material by volume. Therefore, the Project would be required to implement techniques to reduce and recycle waste during construction activities in accordance with mandatory requirements under CALGreen as implemented through the building permit process. Compliance would be ensured through the building permit process. Therefore, through compliance, solid waste generated through construction activities is not anticipated to generate solid waste in excess of state or local standards, in excess of the capacity of the local infrastructure, or otherwise impair the attainment of solid waste reduction goals.

Therefore, the Project would have a less than significant impact.

Operations
The Project is anticipated to generate approximately 30.1 tons of solid waste per year as estimated by CalEEMod (Appendix A). The estimation accounts for compliance with AB 939. Solid waste generated through Project operations would account for less than 0.1 percent of the daily permitted throughput capacity of the landfill. As such, Project operations are not anticipated to generate solid waste in excess of state or local standards, in excess of the capacity of the local infrastructure, or otherwise impair the attainment of solid waste reduction goals.

Therefore, the Project would have a less than significant impact. e) Comply with federal, state, and local management and reduction statutes and regulations related to solid waste?
Less than Significant Impact. As described under criterion d), Project construction and operational activities that generate solid waste would be handled, transported, and disposed of in accordance with AB 939 and CALGreen regulations related to solid waste. Compliance would be ensured through the building permit process. Therefore, through compliance, the Project would comply with laws and regulations that would ensure impacts related to solid waste are reduced to less than significant levels.

4.19.3 Mitigation Measures
None required.
36 California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (2023). “SWIS Facility/Site Search.” Accessed on October 14, 2025, https://www2.calrecycle.ca.gov/SolidWaste/Site/Search

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4.20 WILDFIRE
If located in or near state responsibility or
lands classified as very high fire hazard
severity zones, Would the Project:

Potentially
Significant
Impact
Less than
Significant with
Mitigation
Incorporated
Less than
Significant
Impact
No
Impact
a) Substantially impair an adopted
emergency response plan or
emergency evacuation plan?
X
b) Due to slope, prevailing winds, and
other factors, exacerbate wildfire
risks, and thereby expose Project
occupants to pollutant concentrations
from a wildfire or the uncontrolled
spread of a wildfire?
X
c) Require the installation or
maintenance of associated
infrastructure (such as roads, fuel
breaks, emergency water sources,
power lines or other utilities) that may
exacerbate fire risk or that may result
in temporary or ongoing impacts to
the environment?
X
d) Expose people or structures to
significant risks, including downslope
or downstream flooding or landslides,
as a result of runoff, post-fire slope
instability, or drainage changes?
X

4.20.1 Environmental Setting
According to the General Plan EIR, Porterville is highly urbanized and is less susceptible to wildland fires. The risk of wildland fires increases in the grasslands and other vegetation cover outside of the City’s urban core. The area located in the northeast portion of the City’s Planning Area near Lake Success is considered to have a high to very high risk of fire since it is heavily vegetated. The Project Site is not located in or near state responsibility or lands classified as moderate, high, or very high fire hazard severity zones as identified by CAL FIRE. 37 Rather, the Project Site is within an “area of local responsibility” and in an area of low fire risk. As an area of local responsibility, the Porterville Fire Department is responsible for providing fire protection services (See Section 4.15). 37 California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Fire Hazard Severity Zone Viewer. Accessed on October 6, 2025, https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/6a9cb66bb1824cd98756812af41292a0

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4.20.2 Impact Assessment
If located in or near state responsibility or lands classified as very high fire hazard severity zones, Would the Project:
a) Substantially impair an adopted emergency response plan or emergency evacuation plan? Less than Significant Impact. The Project site would be accessible via the existing roadway network, with proposed ingress/egress on adjacent roadways. The Project would not alter or impede any primary excavation routes identified by the City’s adopted emergency response plan or emergency evacuation plan. While construction activities may require temporary lane closures, these would be short-term and managed through approved traffic control plans and encroachment permits to ensure that emergency vehicle access is always maintained. Postconstruction, the Project would maintain emergency access that support emergency response, such as adequate turning radii for emergency vehicles, clearly marked fire lanes, and sufficient hydrant access. The Project has been reviewed and conditioned by the City for compliance with all applicable codes and regulations, including those related to emergency access and evacuation, to ensure that the Project would not conflict with or impair emergency response plans or emergency evacuation plans. Therefore, impacts would be less than significant. b) Due to slope, prevailing winds, and other factors, exacerbate wildfire risks, and thereby expose Project occupants to pollutant concentrations from a wildfire or the uncontrolled spread of a wildfire? Less than Significant Impact. The Project site is located on a relatively flat, highly disturbed property with minimal slope. The site is not situated in a wildland or a Cal Fire-designated Fire Hazard Severity Zone (FHSZ). Furthermore, the site is within an “area of local responsibility.” The flat terrain, lack of wildland vegetation, absence of prevailing winds that would exacerbate fire risk, and location outside a FHSZ reduces wildfire risk and the potential to expose occupants to significant pollutant concentrations from a wildfire or contribute to the uncontrolled spread of a wildfire. In addition, the development itself would be constructed in compliance with the CBC and local fire safety regulations, which include measures to minimize fire risk, such as sprinkler systems and fire hydrants. The transition from a vacant site to a developed site with impervious surfaces (e.g., pavement, roofs) would also reduce the potential for wildfire to spread compared to existing conditions. Therefore, impacts are less than significant. c) Require the installation or maintenance of associated infrastructure (such as roads, fuel breaks, emergency water sources, power lines or other utilities) that may exacerbate fire risk or that may result in temporary or ongoing impacts to the environment?
Less than Significant Impact. The Project site is served by existing, maintained infrastructure, including roads and utilities. The Project itself would include off-site improvements (e.g., curb, gutter, sidewalk) and connections to existing utilities (e.g., water, sewer, power, stormwater drainage). These improvements are limited in scope and would connect to and improve the existing street and utility network. The addition of curb, gutter, and sidewalk and connection to existing utilities are not anticipated to exacerbate fire risk. These improvements would not introduce new ignition sources. The design and construction of these improvements would be required to comply with all applicable City codes and regulations, including those related to fire safety, environmental protection, and traffic management. Through compliance, such infrastructure would not exacerbate fire risk or result in temporary or ongoing impacts to the environment and impacts would be less than significant.

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d) Expose people or structures to significant risks, including downslope or downstream flooding or landslides, as a result of runoff, post-fire slope instability, or drainage changes? Less than Significant Impact. The Project site is located on relatively flat terrain with stable, native soil and is not in or near state responsibility areas or areas classified as Fire Hazard Severity Zones, or rivers or creeks that would be more susceptible to landslides. The Project would incorporate drainage infrastructure designed in compliance with all applicable codes and standards to manage stormwater runoff effectively, as ensured through City reviewed and approved grading and drainage plans. Therefore, the Project is not anticipated to expose people or structures to significant risks, including downslope or downstream flooding or landslides because of runoff, post-fire slop instability, or drainage changes. Impacts would be less than significant.

4.20.3 Mitigation Measures
None required.

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4.21 MANDATORY FINDINGS OF SIGNIFICANCE
Would the Project:

Potentially
Significant
Impact
Less than
Significant with
Mitigation
Incorporated
Less than
Significant
Impact
No
Impact
a) Does the Project have the potential to
degrade the quality of the
environment, substantially reduce the
habitat of a fish or wildlife species,
cause a fish or wildlife population to
drop below self-sustaining levels,
threaten to eliminate a plant or animal
community, reduce the number or
restrict the range of a rare or
endangered plant or animal or
eliminate important examples of the
major periods of California history or
prehistory?
X
b) Does the Project have impacts that
are individually limited, but
cumulatively considerable?
("Cumulatively considerable" means
that the incremental effects of a
Project are considerable when viewed
in connection with the effects of past
Projects, the effects of other current
Projects, and the effects of probable
future Projects)?
X
c) Does the Project have environmental
effects which will cause substantial
adverse effects on human beings,
either directly or indirectly?
X

4.21.1 Impact Assessment
a) Does the Project have the potential to substantially degrade the quality of the environment, substantially reduce the habitat of a fish or wildlife species, cause a fish or wildlife population to drop below self-sustaining levels, threaten to eliminate a plant or animal community, substantially reduce the number or restrict the range of an endangered, rare, or threatened species, or eliminate important examples of the major periods of California history or prehistory?
Less than Significant Impact with Mitigation Incorporated. The analyses of environmental issues contained in this Initial Study indicate that the Project is not expected to have substantial impact on the environment or on any resources identified in the Initial Study. Standard requirements that will be implemented through the entitlement process and the attached mitigation monitoring and reporting program have been incorporated in the project to

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reduce all potentially significant impacts to less than significant, including Mitigation Measures BIO-1, BIO-2, BIO3, BIO-4, BIO-5, BIO-6, CUL-1, HAZ-1, and HAZ-2.. Therefore, the Project would have a less than significant impact with mitigation incorporated.
b) Does the Project have impacts that are individually limited, but cumulatively considerable? (“Cumulatively considerable” means that the incremental effects of a Project are considerable when viewed in connection with the effects of past Projects, the effects of other current Projects, and the effects of probable future Projects.)
Less than Significant Impact with Mitigation Incorporated. CEQA Guidelines Section 15064(i) states that a Lead Agency shall consider whether the cumulative impact of a project is significant and whether the effects of the project are cumulatively considerable. The assessment of the significance of the cumulative effects of a project must, therefore, be conducted in connection with the effects of past projects, other current projects, and probable future projects. Due to the nature of the Project and consistency with environmental policies, incremental contributions to impacts are considered less than cumulatively considerable. Standard requirements that will be implemented through the entitlement process and the attached mitigation monitoring and reporting program have been incorporated in the project to reduce all potentially significant impacts to less than significant, including Mitigation Measures BIO-1, BIO-2, BIO-3, BIO-4, BIO-5, BIO-6, CUL-1, HAZ-1, and HAZ-2. The Project would not contribute substantially to adverse cumulative conditions, or create any substantial indirect impacts (i.e., increase in population could lead to an increased need for housing, increase in traffic, air pollutants, etc.). As such, Project impacts are not considered to be cumulatively considerable given the insignificance of project induced impacts.

The impact is therefore less than significant with mitigation incorporated. c) Does the Project have environmental effects that will cause substantial adverse effects on human beings, either directly or indirectly?
Less than Significant Impact with Mitigation Incorporated. The analyses of environmental issues contained in this Initial Study indicate that the project is not expected to have substantial impact on human beings, either directly or indirectly. Standard requirements that will be implemented through the entitlement process and the attached mitigation monitoring and reporting program have been incorporated in the project to reduce all potentially significant impacts to less than significant, including Mitigation Measures BIO-1, BIO-2, BIO-3, BIO-4, BIO-5, BIO-6, CUL-1, HAZ-1, and HAZ-2. Therefore, the Project would have a less than significant impact with mitigation incorporated.

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5 MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM

MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM FOR RAMIREZ RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION PRC 2024-026-S AND ANNEXATION (ANX) 2026-001
This mitigation measure monitoring and reporting checklist was prepared pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15097 and Section 21081.6 of the Public Resources Code (PRC). The timing of implementing each mitigation measure is identified in in the checklist, as well as identifies the entity responsible for verifying that the mitigation measures applied to a Project are performed. Project applicants are responsible for providing evidence that mitigation measures are implemented. As lead agency, the City of Porterville is responsible for verifying that mitigation is performed/completed.

Mitigation Measures
Party
Responsible
for
Implementing
Mitigation
Timing of
Verification
Responsible for
Monitoring
Verification
Verification of
Completion
Date Initials
Biological Resources
Mitigation Measure BIO-1 (Protected Birds including Swainson’s Hawk): To mitigate potential impacts on protected birds, including Swainsons Hawk, and to avoid “take” as defined by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) and California Fish and Game Code, the following measures will be implemented.
1) Avoidance of Nesting Season: If feasible, all grounddisturbing activities (including grading, grubbing, or mobilization of construction equipment and materials) and vegetation removal will occur outside the typical nesting season for migratory birds in the San Joaquin Valley
(generally February 1 through August 31).
2) Pre-Construction Survey (If Work During Nesting Season): If ground disturbance or vegetation removal must be initiated or continue during the nesting season (February 1 through Project
Applicant
Prior to
construction
City of Porterville

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August 31), a qualified biologist will conduct a preconstruction survey for nesting birds, including specialstatus species such as Swainson's Hawk, within the Project footprint and a suitable buffer (e.g., 500 feet for raptors like Swainson's Hawk, 250 feet for other protected birds, or as determined by the biologist based on species and site
conditions). The survey will be conducted no more than 14 days prior to the start of any ground disturbance or
vegetation removal within the Project footprint. The survey results will be reported by the biologist to the Project proponent, who will then report to the City of Porterville Community Development Department for mitigation
monitoring compliance. If no active nests are detected, no further species-specific mitigation for nesting birds is required.
3) Minimize Impacts (If Active Nests Found): If active nests are found in or near the construction zone/area, the qualified biologist will establish and implement an appropriate
species-specific non-disturbance buffer (as recommended by CDFW). This buffer will be clearly delineated, and no construction activities will occur within this buffer until the qualified biologist determines that the nesting effort has concluded (e.g., young have fledged and are no longer
reliant on the nest) and the nest is no longer active. The biologist will prepare a plan detailing the avoidance,
monitoring, and minimization actions, and the results of these efforts will be reported by the biologist to the
California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), Project proponent, and the City of Porterville Community
Development Department for mitigation monitoring
compliance.

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Mitigation Measure BIO-2 (American Badger): To mitigate potential impacts on the American badger and avoid “take” under state law, the following measures will be implemented.
1) Avoidance of Denning Season: If feasible, ground disturbance (including grading, grubbing, or mobilization of construction equipment and materials) in suitable and identified American badger habitat (e.g., grasslands, shrublands with friable soils, or areas with known burrow complexes) will be scheduled outside their primary denning season (typically February through July) when young may be present. Construction activities will avoid filling or altering known or potential badger dens.
2) Pre-Construction Survey (If Work During Denning Season): A qualified biologist will conduct a pre-construction survey for American badgers and their dens within the Project footprint and a suitable buffer (e.g., 50 feet) at least 30 days prior to ground disturbance. The survey results will be reported by the biologist to the Project proponent, CDFW, and the City of Porterville Community Development Department for mitigation monitoring compliance. If no badgers or active dens are detected, no further species-specific mitigation is required. 3) Minimize Impacts (If Badgers/Dens Found): If American badgers or their active dens are found and complete avoidance is not feasible, the qualified biologist will prepare a plan that describes proposed avoidance, monitoring, minimization, and/or
mitigation actions to reduce impacts to a less than significant level and avoid "take." This plan may include establishing buffer zones around active dens (e.g., 50-foot non-disturbance buffer), installing exclusion fencing, passively relocating to suitable, protected habitat, etc. The plan will be implemented in consultation with the qualified biologist, CDFW, and the Project proponent in accordance with CDFW guidelines related to the species. The plan and results of efforts will be reported by the biologist to the CDFW and the City of Porterville Community Project
Applicant
Prior to
construction
City of Porterville

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Development Department for mitigation monitoring
compliance.

Mitigation Measure BIO-3 (Northern California Legless Lizard): To mitigate potential impacts on the Northern California legless lizard and avoid “take” under state law, the following measures will be implemented:
1) Pre-Construction Survey: A qualified biologist will conduct a preconstruction survey at least 30 days prior to ground disturbance in suitable legless lizard habitat (e.g., areas with loose sandy soils, leaf litter, or dense vegetation cover) to identify the presence/absence of legless lizards. The survey may involve hand-raking through loose soil and leaf litter. The results of efforts will be reported by the biologist to the Project proponent, CDFW, and the City of Porterville Community Development Department for mitigation monitoring compliance. If no legless lizards are detected, no further species-specific mitigation is required.
2) Avoidance: If feasible, ground disturbance (including grading, grubbing, or mobilization of construction equipment and materials) in suitable legless lizard habitat will be minimized.

Construction activities will avoid filling or altering known or potential legless lizard habitat where feasible.
3) Minimize Impacts (If Legless Lizards Found): If legless lizards are found and complete avoidance is not feasible, the qualified biologist will prepare a plan that describes proposed avoidance, monitoring, minimization, and/or mitigation actions to reduce impacts to a less than significant level and avoid "take." This plan may include establishing exclusion fencing, salvaging and relocating to suitable, protected habitat, monitoring, etc. The plan will be implemented in consultation with the qualified biologist, CDFW, and the Project proponent in accordance with CDFW guidelines related to the species. The plan and results of efforts will be reported by the biologist to the Project proponent, Project
Applicant
Prior to
construction
City of Porterville

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CDFW, and the City of Porterville Community Development Department for mitigation monitoring compliance.

Mitigation Measure BIO-4 (San Joaquin Kit Fox): To mitigate potential impacts on the San Joaquin kit fox and avoid “take” under the Federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) and California Endangered Species Act (CESA), the following measures will be implemented:
1) Pre-Construction Survey: Prior to ground disturbance, a qualified biologist will conduct a pre-construction survey for San Joaquin kit fox and their dens within the Project footprint and a suitable buffer (e.g., 200-500 feet, as per agency guidelines) at least 30 days prior to ground disturbance. This survey will strictly follow current U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) protocols.

The survey results will be reported by the biologist to the Project proponent, CDFW, USFWS, and the City of Porterville
Community Development Department for mitigation
monitoring compliance. If presence is not detected, no further species-specific mitigation is required, but adherence to standard avoidance measures (e.g., pre-activity surveys, speed limits) may still be required by agencies.
2) Avoidance of Pupping Season: If feasible, ground disturbance (including grading, grubbing, or mobilization of construction equipment and materials) in suitable San Joaquin kit fox habitat (e.g., arid grasslands, scrublands, and areas with potential dens) will be scheduled outside their primary pupping season (typically February through May) to avoid impacts to vulnerable young. Construction activities will avoid filling or altering known or potential kit fox dens.
3) Minimize Impacts (If Kit Foxes/Dens Found): If San Joaquin kit foxes or their dens (natal, pupping, or known active dens) are found and complete avoidance is not feasible, the qualified biologist will prepare a plan that describes proposed avoidance, monitoring, minimization, and mitigation actions, including Project
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compensatory mitigation, to reduce impacts to a less than significant level and avoid "take." This plan will be developed in consultation with and approved by USFWS and CDFW. The plan and results of efforts will be reported by the biologist to the USFWS, CDFW, and the City of Porterville Community
Development Department for mitigation monitoring
compliance.
4) Worker Environmental Awareness Program (WEAP): Prior to any ground disturbance, all construction personnel will attend a WEAP conducted by a qualified biologist. The program will include a detailed description of the San Joaquin kit fox and its habitat, legal protection, and the critical importance of avoiding "take." It will also outline specific measures to be implemented during construction, such as speed limits, trash management, and reporting procedures for observations of kit foxes or dens. 5) Designated Biologist: A qualified biologist will be available during all ground-disturbing activities to ensure compliance with mitigation measures and agency conditions, and to
monitor for the presence of San Joaquin kit fox.
6) Compensatory Mitigation: If impacts to San Joaquin kit fox habitat cannot be avoided and are authorized by USFWS and CDFW, compensatory mitigation (e.g., purchase of conservation easements or credits at an approved conservation bank) will be required to offset habitat loss. The amount of compensatory mitigation will be determined in consultation with the agencies.

Mitigation Measure BIO-5 (Crotch’s Bumble Bee): To mitigate potential impacts on the Crotch’s bumble bee and avoid “take” under CESA, the following measures will be implemented:
1) Pre-Construction Survey: Prior to ground disturbance, a qualified biologist or entomologist shall conduct a preconstruction survey no more than 30 days prior to ground disturbance to identify sensitive bumble bee species and Project
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potential foraging or nesting habitat. If presence is not detected, no further species-specific mitigation is required. 2) Avoidance of Peak Activity Periods: To the extent feasible, largescale vegetation removal or heavy ground disturbance in areas identified as existing or potential bumble bee foraging or nesting habitat will be scheduled outside of peak bumble bee foraging and nesting periods (typically spring through fall) to avoid direct harm to active bees and nests.
3) Minimize Impacts (If Bumble Bees/Habitat Found): If sensitive bumble bee species or active nests are found, or if complete avoidance of foraging or nesting habitat is not feasible, the qualified biologist or entomologist will prepare a plan that describes proposed avoidance, monitoring, minimization, and/or mitigation actions to reduce impacts to a less than significant level and avoid "take." This plan may include establishing buffers, enhancing landscaping with native, pollinator-friendly flowering plants that provide continuous bloom throughout the year, etc. The plan will be implemented in consultation with the qualified biologist, CDFW, and the Project proponent in accordance with CDFW guidelines related to the species. The plan and results of efforts will be reported by the biologist and submitted to the CDFW and the City of Porterville Community Development Department for mitigation monitoring compliance.

Mitigation Measure BIO-6 (Vernal Pool Fairy Shrimp): To mitigate potential impacts on the Vernal Pool Fairy Shrimp and avoid “take” under the federal ESA, the following measures will be implemented:
1) Pre-Construction Wet Season Surveys: Prior to any ground disturbance that could impact potential vernal pool habitat, a protocol-level wet season survey will be conducted by a qualified biologist during the appropriate inundation periods (typically December through April) to determine the presence or absence of vernal pool fairy shrimp. These surveys will follow Project
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current USFWS guidelines. If presence is not detected, no further mitigation is required.
2) Avoidance: Prior to any ground disturbance, a qualified biologist will identify and delineate all vernal pools and other suitable ephemeral wetland habitats within the Project area. All identified vernal pools and suitable ephemeral wetland habitats will be avoided to the maximum extent practicable. A nondisturbance buffer (e.g., 250 feet or as specified by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - USFWS) will be established around all such features. This buffer will be clearly delineated with fencing and signage, and no ground disturbance, vehicle access, or material storage will occur within this zone. No activities that could alter the hydrology of vernal pools (e.g., changes in drainage patterns, increased runoff, introduction of pollutants) will be permitted.
3) Minimize Impacts (If Avoidance Not Feasible): If impacts to vernal pool fairy shrimp habitat are unavoidable (and presence is confirmed or assumed based on surveys), minimization and/or compensatory mitigation will be implemented in
consultation with and approval from the USFWS to avoid "take." Measures may include reducing the footprint of impact,
implementing erosion control measures, ensuring no pollutants enter the habitat, compensatory mitigation etc. The results of efforts will be documented by the biologist and submitted to the USFWS and the City of Porterville Community Development Department for mitigation monitoring compliance
Cultural Resources
Mitigation Measure CUL-1: In order to avoid the potential for impacts to historic and prehistoric archaeological resources, the following measures shall be implemented in conjunction with the construction of each phase of the Project:

Project
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construction
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If previously unknown historical, archeological, cultural, or paleontological resources are encountered before or during grading activities, construction shall stop in the immediate vicinity of the find and a qualified archeologist, historical resources specialist, or paleontologist, shall be consulted to determine whether the resource requires further study. Notification of discovery shall be provided to the City of Porterville Community Development Department.

Notification of the measures shall be provided to the City of Porterville Community Development Department.

No further grading shall occur in the area of the discovery until the City of Porterville Community Development Department approves the measures to protect these resources. Any historical,

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archeological, cultural, or paleontological artifacts recovered as a result of mitigation shall be provided to a City‐approved institution or person who is capable of providing long‐term preservation to allow future scientific study.

Geology and Soils
See Cultural Resources
Hazards and Hazardous Materials
MM HAZ-1: Prior to the issuance of a grading permit, the project proponent shall complete a Phase I ESA (performed in accordance with the current ASTM Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process [E 1527]) to ascertain the presence or absence of Recognized Environmental Conditions (RECs), Historical Recognized
Environmental Condition (HRECs), and Potential Environmental Concerns (PECs). The findings and conclusions of the Phase I ESA shall become the basis for potential recommendations for follow-up investigation, including Phase II ESA, site characterization, and/or remedial activitiesif found to be warranted. Regulatory concurrence shall be provided by a State of California environmental regulatory agency such as California Department of Toxic Substances Control, Regional Water Quality Control Board, Tulare County Environmental Health Division, or a local agency that meets the requirements of Assembly Bill AB 304. Concurrence shall indicate the site is safe for construction and the proposed use.

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MM HAZ-2: In order to minimize the potential of introducing contaminated fill material onto a site, it is necessary to verify through documentation that the fill source is appropriate and/or to have the fill material analyzed for potential contaminants based on the location and history of the source area. Fill documentation shall include detailed information on the previous use of the land from where the fill is taken, whether an environmental site assessment was performed and its findings, and the results of any testing performed. Any such documentation must be signed by an
appropriately licensed (CA-registered) individual. If such documentation is not available or is inadequate, samples of the fill material should be chemically analyzed. Analysis of the fill material should be based on the source of the fill and knowledge of the prior land use. Detectable amounts of compounds of concern within the fill material should be evaluated for risk in accordance with the Department of Toxic Substances Control Preliminary Endangerment Assessment (PEA) Guidance Manual, in addition to Regional Water Quality Control Board guidelines for reuse of non-hazardous petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated soil. If metal analyses are performed, only those metals (CAM 17 / Title 22) to which risk levels have been assigned need to be evaluated. The findings and conclusions of the documentation and analysis shall become the basis for potential recommendations for follow-up investigation, including Phase I ESA, II ESA, site characterization, and/or remedial activities if found to be warranted. Regulatory concurrence shall be provided by a State of California environmental regulatory agency such as California Department of Toxic Substances Control, Regional Water Quality Control Board, Tulare County Environmental Health Division, or a local agency that meets the requirements of Assembly Project
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Bill AB 304. Concurrence shall indicate the site is safe for construction and the proposed use.

Tribal Cultural Resources
See Cultural Resources

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6 REPORT PREPARATION
Names of Persons Who Prepared or Participated in the Initial Study:

Lead Agency
Lead Agency
City of Porterville
Community Development
Department
(559) 782-7460
Caludia Calderon, Community
Development Director
Initial Study Consultant
Initial Study
Precision Civil Engineering
1234 O Street
Fresno, CA 93721
(559) 449-4500
Bonique Emerson, AICP, VP of Planning
Jenna Chilingerian, AICP, Senior Planner
Isaiah Medina, Associate Planner

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7 APPENDICES

7.1 Appendix A: Air Quality/Energy/Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reference Materials CalEEMod Results
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Table of Contents

1. Basic Project Information

1.1. Basic Project Information

1.2. Land Use Types

1.3. User-Selected Emission Reduction Measures by Emissions Sector

2. Emissions Summary

2.2. Construction Emissions by Year, Unmitigated

2.5. Operations Emissions by Sector, Unmitigated

5. Activity Data

5.9. Operational Mobile Sources

5.9.1. Unmitigated

5.11. Operational Energy Consumption

5.11.1. Unmitigated

5.12. Operational Water and Wastewater Consumption

5.12.1. Unmitigated

5.13. Operational Waste Generation
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1. Basic Project Information

1.1. Basic Project Information
Data Field Value
Project Name Ramirez Subdivision
Construction Start Date 7/1/2026
Operational Year 2028
Lead Agency —
Land Use Scale Project/site
Analysis Level for Defaults County
Windspeed (m/s) 2.10
Precipitation (days) 25.6
Location 36.10471546255016, -119.05515034345898
County Tulare
City Unincorporated
Air District San Joaquin Valley APCD
Air Basin San Joaquin Valley
TAZ 2728
EDFZ 9
Electric Utility Southern California Edison
Gas Utility Southern California Gas
App Version 2022.1.1.30

1.2. Land Use Types
Land Use Subtype Size Unit Lot Acreage Building Area (sq ft) Landscape Area (sq ft)
Special Landscape
Area (sq ft)
Population Description
Single Family
Housing

30.0 Dwelling Unit 11.5 58,500 351,386 — 101 —
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1.3. User-Selected Emission Reduction Measures by Emissions Sector No measures selected

2. Emissions Summary

2.2. Construction Emissions by Year, Unmitigated
Criteria Pollutants (lb/day for daily, ton/yr for annual) and GHGs (lb/day for daily, MT/yr for annual) Year TOG ROG NOx CO SO2 PM10E PM10D PM10T PM2.5E PM2.5D PM2.5T BCO2 NBCO2 CO2T CH4 N2O R CO2e Daily -
Summer
(Max)
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
2026 3.83 3.23 29.2 29.6 0.06 1.24 19.8 21.0 1.14 10.1 11.3 — 6,717 6,717 0.28 0.06 0.42 6,741 2027 1.29 1.08 9.51 13.4 0.02 0.34 0.08 0.41 0.31 0.02 0.33 — 2,526 2,526 0.10 0.03 0.35 2,538 Daily -
Winter
(Max)
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
2026 1.33 1.12 9.99 13.4 0.02 0.38 0.08 0.46 0.35 0.02 0.37 — 2,521 2,521 0.10 0.03 0.01 2,534 2027 18.5 18.4 9.52 13.3 0.02 0.34 0.08 0.41 0.31 0.02 0.33 — 2,519 2,519 0.10 0.03 0.01 2,531 2028 18.4 18.4 0.81 1.18 < 0.005 0.02 0.01 0.03 0.01 < 0.005 0.02 — 144 144 0.01 < 0.005 < 0.005 145 Average
Daily
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
2026 0.82 0.69 6.07 6.74 0.01 0.24 1.33 1.57 0.22 0.58 0.81 — 1,370 1,370 0.06 0.01 0.06 1,376 2027 1.30 1.16 6.44 9.05 0.02 0.23 0.05 0.28 0.21 0.01 0.23 — 1,689 1,689 0.07 0.02 0.10 1,697 2028 0.61 0.61 0.03 0.04 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 — 4.82 4.82 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 4.84 Annual — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
2026 0.15 0.13 1.11 1.23 < 0.005 0.04 0.24 0.29 0.04 0.11 0.15 — 227 227 0.01 < 0.005 0.01 228 2027 0.24 0.21 1.17 1.65 < 0.005 0.04 0.01 0.05 0.04 < 0.005 0.04 — 280 280 0.01 < 0.005 0.02 281 2028 0.11 0.11 < 0.005 0.01 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 — 0.80 0.80 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 0.80

2.5. Operations Emissions by Sector, Unmitigated
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Criteria Pollutants (lb/day for daily, ton/yr for annual) and GHGs (lb/day for daily, MT/yr for annual) Sector TOG ROG NOx CO SO2 PM10E PM10D PM10T PM2.5E PM2.5D PM2.5T BCO2 NBCO2 CO2T CH4 N2O R CO2e Daily,
Summer
(Max)
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Mobile 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Area 2.89 2.11 0.36 6.88 0.02 0.99 — 0.99 0.95 — 0.95 163 316 479 0.77 < 0.005 — 498 Energy 0.03 0.02 0.28 0.12 < 0.005 0.02 — 0.02 0.02 — 0.02 — 740 740 0.06 < 0.005 — 742 Water — — — — — — — — — — — 2.45 29.2 31.6 0.25 0.01 — 39.8 Waste — — — — — — — — — — — 16.2 0.00 16.2 1.62 0.00 — 56.8 Refrig. — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0.42 0.42
Total 2.92 2.13 0.64 6.99 0.03 1.01 0.00 1.01 0.97 0.00 0.97 182 1,085 1,266 2.70 0.01 0.42 1,337 Daily,
Winter
(Max)
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Mobile 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Area 2.89 2.11 0.36 6.88 0.02 0.99 — 0.99 0.95 — 0.95 163 316 479 0.77 < 0.005 — 498 Energy 0.03 0.02 0.28 0.12 < 0.005 0.02 — 0.02 0.02 — 0.02 — 740 740 0.06 < 0.005 — 742 Water — — — — — — — — — — — 2.45 29.2 31.6 0.25 0.01 — 39.8 Waste — — — — — — — — — — — 16.2 0.00 16.2 1.62 0.00 — 56.8 Refrig. — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0.42 0.42
Total 2.92 2.13 0.64 6.99 0.03 1.01 0.00 1.01 0.97 0.00 0.97 182 1,085 1,266 2.70 0.01 0.42 1,337 Average
Daily
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Mobile 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Area 1.70 1.52 0.08 1.54 0.01 0.22 — 0.22 0.21 — 0.21 36.6 71.0 108 0.17 < 0.005 — 112 Energy 0.03 0.02 0.28 0.12 < 0.005 0.02 — 0.02 0.02 — 0.02 — 740 740 0.06 < 0.005 — 742 Water — — — — — — — — — — — 2.45 29.2 31.6 0.25 0.01 — 39.8 Waste — — — — — — — — — — — 16.2 0.00 16.2 1.62 0.00 — 56.8 Refrig. — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0.42 0.42
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Total 1.73 1.54 0.36 1.66 0.01 0.24 0.00 0.24 0.24 0.00 0.24 55.3 840 895 2.10 0.01 0.42 951 Annual — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Mobile 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Area 0.31 0.28 0.01 0.28 < 0.005 0.04 — 0.04 0.04 — 0.04 6.06 11.7 17.8 0.03 < 0.005 — 18.5 Energy 0.01 < 0.005 0.05 0.02 < 0.005 < 0.005 — < 0.005 < 0.005 — < 0.005 — 122 122 0.01 < 0.005 — 123 Water — — — — — — — — — — — 0.41 4.83 5.24 0.04 < 0.005 — 6.59 Waste — — — — — — — — — — — 2.69 0.00 2.69 0.27 0.00 — 9.41 Refrig. — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0.07 0.07
Total 0.32 0.28 0.07 0.30 < 0.005 0.04 0.00 0.04 0.04 0.00 0.04 9.16 139 148 0.35 < 0.005 0.07 157

5. Activity Data

5.9. Operational Mobile Sources

5.9.1. Unmitigated
Land Use Type Trips/Weekday Trips/Saturday Trips/Sunday Trips/Year VMT/Weekday VMT/Saturday VMT/Sunday VMT/Year Total all Land Uses 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

5.11. Operational Energy Consumption

5.11.1. Unmitigated
Electricity (kWh/yr) and CO2 and CH4 and N2O and Natural Gas (kBTU/yr) Land Use Electricity (kWh/yr) CO2 CH4 N2O Natural Gas (kBTU/yr) Single Family Housing 266,594 532 0.0330 0.0040 1,095,330

5.12. Operational Water and Wastewater Consumption

5.12.1. Unmitigated
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Land Use Indoor Water (gal/year) Outdoor Water (gal/year) Single Family Housing 1,276,880 6,198,137

5.13. Operational Waste Generation

5.13.1. Unmitigated
Land Use Waste (ton/year) Cogeneration (kWh/year)
Single Family Housing 30.1 —

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7.2 Appendix B: Biological Resources Database Results
IPaC and CNDDB Occurrences reports
Spea hammondii
western spadefoot
Element Code: AAABF02020
Federal:

State:

Proposed Threatened
None
Listing Status: CNDDB Element Ranks: Global:

State:

G2G3
S3S4
Other: BLM_S-Sensitive, CDFW_SSC-Species of Special Concern, IUCN_NT-Near Threatened General: OCCURS PRIMARILY IN GRASSLAND HABITATS, BUT CAN BE FOUND IN VALLEY-FOOTHILL HARDWOOD WOODLANDS.

Micro: VERNAL POOLS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR BREEDING AND EGG-LAYING.

Habitat:

Occurrence No. 881 Map Index: B2638 EO Index: 114572 Element Last Seen: 2010-03-16 Occ. Rank: Fair Site Last Seen: 2010-03-16
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2019-03-19
Quad Summary: Cairns Corner (3611922)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.1524 / -119.2415
UTM: Zone-11 N4003180 E298353
PLSS: T20S, R25E, Sec. 35, NW (M)
Accuracy: 80 meters
Elevation (ft): 304
Acres: 5.0
Location: ABOUT 0.5 MI W OF ROAD 152 AT AVENUE 200, 1.1 MI NNW OF AVENUE 192 AT ROAD 152, SE OF TULARE.

Detailed Location: MAPPED TO THE PROVIDED COORDINATES. TULARE COUNTY WOODVILE LANDFILL CONSERVATION AREA.

POOL IS HEAVILY VEGETATED WITH A MAXIMUM DEPTH OF 9 IN. SURROUNDING AREA USED FOR AGRICULTURE AND LANDFILL. PROPERTY IS A CONSERVATION AREA, THOUGH LACK OF GRAZING IS CREATING DENSE VEGETATION AND THATCH. NO LISTED FAIRY SHRIMP OBSERVED.

Ecological:

General: 1 LARVAE OBSERVED ON 16 MAR 2010. CAPTURED IN A DIP NET DURING BRANCHIOPOD SAMPLING.

Owner/Manager: TUL COUNTY
Quad IS (Porterville (3611911) OR Cairns Corner (3611922) OR Lindsay (3611921) OR Frazier Valley (3611828) OR Woodville (3611912) OR Success Dam (3611818)) Query Criteria:

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California Department of Fish and Wildlife
California Natural Diversity Database
Gymnogyps californianus
California condor
Element Code: ABNKA03010
Federal:

State:

Endangered
Endangered
Listing Status: CNDDB Element Ranks: Global:

State:

G1
S2
Other: CDF_S-Sensitive, CDFW_FP-Fully Protected, IUCN_CR-Critically Endangered General: REQUIRE VAST EXPANSES OF OPEN SAVANNAH, GRASSLANDS, AND FOOTHILL CHAPARRAL IN MOUNTAIN RANGES OF MODERATE ALTITUDE.

Micro: DEEP CANYONS CONTAINING CLEFTS IN THE ROCKY WALLS PROVIDE NESTING SITES. FORAGES UP TO 100 MILES FROM ROOST/NEST.

Habitat:

Occurrence No. 5 Map Index: 00136 EO Index: 14754 Element Last Seen: 1976-09-17 Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 1976-09-17
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 1989-08-10
Globe (3611817), Success Dam (3611818), Springville (3611827), Frazier Valley (3611828), Dennison Peak (3611837), Chickencoop Canyon (3611838), Kaweah (3611848)
Quad Summary:

County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.24720 / -118.88806
UTM: Zone-11 N4013020 E330356
PLSS: T19S, R28E, Sec. 25, SE (M)
Accuracy: specific area
Elevation (ft): 1000
Acres: 124200.5
Location: BLUE RIDGE CONDOR AREA.

Detailed Location:

Ecological:

General: ROOSTING AREA, APRIL THROUGH SEPTEMBER.

Owner/Manager: BLM, PVT
Buteo swainsoni
Swainson's hawk
Element Code: ABNKC19070
Federal:

State:

None
Threatened
Listing Status: CNDDB Element Ranks: Global:

State:

G5
S4
Other: BLM_S-Sensitive, IUCN_LC-Least Concern
General: BREEDS IN GRASSLANDS WITH SCATTERED TREES, JUNIPER-SAGE FLATS, RIPARIAN AREAS, SAVANNAHS, AND AGRICULTURAL OR RANCH LANDS WITH GROVES OR LINES OF TREES.

Micro: REQUIRES ADJACENT SUITABLE FORAGING AREAS SUCH AS GRASSLANDS, OR ALFALFA OR GRAIN FIELDS SUPPORTING RODENT POPULATIONS.

Habitat:

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California Natural Diversity Database
Occurrence No. 777 Map Index: 41944 EO Index: 41944 Element Last Seen: 2000-05-21 Occ. Rank: Fair Site Last Seen: 2000-05-21
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2000-07-28
Quad Summary: Cairns Corner (3611922)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.21310 / -119.20828
UTM: Zone-11 N4009845 E301494
PLSS: T20S, R25E, Sec. 01, SW (M)
Accuracy: 80 meters
Elevation (ft): 320
Acres: 0.0
ALONG OUTSIDE CREEK, 0.5 MILE WNW OF THE INTERSECTION OF FARMERSVILLE ROAD AND HIGHWAY 137, 12 MILES SOUTH OF VISALIA.

Location:

Detailed Location: NEST WAS LOCATED IN THE NE SIDE OF AN OAK, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF OUTSIDE CREEK/CANAL.

NEST TREE IS AN OAK; SURROUNDED BY GRAINFIELDS IN ALL DIRECTIONS, WITH SOME AG FURTHER NORTH AND ORCHARDS FURTHER SOUTH.

Ecological:
1 LIGHT/1 DARK ADULT OBSERVED NESTING ON 22 APR 1999. 1 LIGHT/1 DARK ADULT AND 2 NESTLINGS OBSERVED IN THE NEST ON 21 MAY 2000.

General:

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
Occurrence No. 2516 Map Index: 90298 EO Index: 91336 Element Last Seen: 2016-03-22 Occ. Rank: Good Site Last Seen: 2016-03-22
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2019-07-10
Quad Summary: Cairns Corner (3611922)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.21044 / -119.22168
UTM: Zone-11 N4009578 E300283
PLSS: T20S, R25E, Sec. 12, NW (M)
Accuracy: specific area
Elevation (ft): 313
Acres: 10.0
Location: ALONG HWY 137 ABOUT 0.6-0.7 MILE EAST OF THE RD 152 (=J15/BLISS AVE), ABOUT 4.5 MILES EAST OF TULARE. 2008: NEST SITE SOUTH OF HWY 137, MAPPED TO POINT DRAWN ON TOPO PROVIDED WITH FIELD SURVEY FORM; LESS THAN A MILE WEST OF JAMES K HERBERT WETLAND PRAIRIE PRESERVE. 2016: NEST SITE N OF HWY 137, MAPPED TO COORDINATES PROVIDED ON FSF.

Detailed Location:
2008 NEST IN EUCALYPTUS SURROUNDED BY ORCHARDS; NEST TREE ABOUT 30 M FROM CANAL (INSIDE CREEK); SURVEYOR NOTED THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE 2008 HAWKS WERE THE SAME PAIR THAT NESTED AT OCC #777 IN 2000.

DISTURBANCE FROM FARMING, TRAFFIC.

Ecological:
1 ADULT SITTING LOW IN NEST, 2ND ADULT PERCHED IN OAK TREE ACROSS THE STREET OBSERVED ON 17 APR 2008. 1 ADULT REPORTEDLY OBSERVED SITTING IN "HISTORIC NEST" ON 22 MAR 2016.

General:

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN, PVT
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Occurrence No. 2796 Map Index: B3407 EO Index: 115322 Element Last Seen: 2017-07-01 Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 2017-07-01
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2019-07-09
Quad Summary: Cairns Corner (3611922)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.2042 / -119.17202
UTM: Zone-11 N4008784 E304733
PLSS: T20S, R26E, Sec. 8, NE (M)
Accuracy: 80 meters
Elevation (ft): 331
Acres: 5.0
W SIDE OF ROAD 180 (T AVE) ABOUT 0.5 MI S OF THE CA-137 (AVE 232) INTERSECTION & 5.2 MI WSW OF TODDS HILL IN LINDSAY.

Location:

Detailed Location: MAPPED TO PROVIDED COORDINATES. COLBURN RANCH PROPERTY.

NEST IN ROADSIDE SYCAMORE ON RANCH USED FOR EVENTS, SURROUNDED BY AGRICULTURE. DISTURBANCE FROM AMPLIFIED EVENT WAS NOTED.

Ecological:

General: NESTING PAIR WITH 1 YOUNG IN NEST REPORTEDLY OBSERVED ON 1 JUL 2017.

Owner/Manager: PVT
Occurrence No. 2798 Map Index: B3411 EO Index: 115326 Element Last Seen: 2017-07-09 Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 2017-07-09
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2019-07-09
Quad Summary: Porterville (3611911)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.08059 / -119.08444
UTM: Zone-11 N3994898 E312313
PLSS: T21S, R27E, Sec. 20, SW (M)
Accuracy: 80 meters
Elevation (ft): 412
Acres: 5.0
N SIDE OF W HENDERSON ST (AVE 160) JUST W OF FRIANT-KERN CANAL & 0.9 MI NW OF N WESTWOOD ST & W MORTON AVE, PORTERVILLE.

Location:

Detailed Location: MAPPED TO PROVIDED COORDINATES.

NEST IN CORK OAK ON EDGE OF CANAL, NEAR TULE RIVER, ON THE EDGE OF TOWN. HARVESTED GRAIN FIELD ON EAST BANK OF CANAL.

Ecological:

General: ADULT PAIR & 1 FLEDGLING OBSERVED PERCHING ON UTILITY POLES & VALLEY OAK NEAR NEST ON 9 JUL 2017.

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
Agelaius tricolor
tricolored blackbird
Element Code: ABPBXB0020
Federal:

State:

None
Threatened
Listing Status: CNDDB Element Ranks: Global:

State:

G1G2
S2
Other: BLM_S-Sensitive, CDFW_SSC-Species of Special Concern, IUCN_EN-Endangered, USFWS_BCC-Birds of Conservation Concern
General: HIGHLY COLONIAL SPECIES, MOST NUMEROUS IN CENTRAL VALLEY AND VICINITY. LARGELY ENDEMIC TO CALIFORNIA.

Micro: REQUIRES OPEN WATER, PROTECTED NESTING SUBSTRATE, AND FORAGING AREA WITH INSECT PREY WITHIN A FEW KM OF THE COLONY.

Habitat:

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Occurrence No. 684 Map Index: 97594 EO Index: 98918 Element Last Seen: 1971-05-05 Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 1971-05-05
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2015-09-22
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.05480 / -118.92480
UTM: Zone-11 N3991741 E326631
PLSS: T21S, R28E, Sec. 35 (M)
Accuracy: 3/5 mile
Elevation (ft): 545
Acres: 0.0
VICINITY OF SUCCESS LAKE DAM, ABOUT 0.8 MI NE OF HWY 190 & ROAD 284 INTERSECTION, 5.2 MI ESE OF PORTERVILLE POST OFFICE.

Location:

LOCATION DESCRIBED ONLY AS "SUCCESS DAM, 8 MILES EAST OF PORTERVILLE." MAPPED AS BEST GUESS BY CNDDB TO JUST BELOW SUCCESS LAKE DAM.

Detailed Location:

Ecological:

ABOUT 1500 BIRDS OBSERVED ON 5 MAY 1971 (DEHAVEN); BIRDS OBSERVED CARRYING INSECTS TO NESTLINGS IN AN INACCESSIBLE AREA.

General:

Owner/Manager: TUL COUNTY-BARTLETT PARK
Occurrence No. 685 Map Index: 97596 EO Index: 98921 Element Last Seen: 2012-04-20 Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 2014-04-19
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2015-12-09
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.09780 / -118.90840
UTM: Zone-11 N3996482 E328202
PLSS: T21S, R28E, Sec. 13 (M)
Accuracy: 1 mile
Elevation (ft): 655
Acres: 0.0
S OF AVENUE 176, ~1.3 MI SE OF RD 288 INTERSECTION, 1.5 MI SW OF HOLDRIDGE DR INTERSECTION, 5.3 MI SW OF SPRINGVILLE PO.

Location:

TRICOLORED BLACKBIRDS MAY HAVE OCCUPIED SEVERAL DIFFERENT LOCATIONS WITHIN CLOSE PROXIMITY. COLONY DATA STORED IN UC DAVIS TRICOLORED BLACKBIRD PORTAL; SITE NAME "LAKE SUCCESS." COORDINATES PROVIDED FOR 2012 OBSERVATION.

Detailed Location:

FORAGE SUBSTRATE WAS GRASSLAND (2005). NESTING IN MILK THISTLE ALONG "HOLBROOKE RD" (2011). MUGWORT, NETTLE, & MUSTARD (2012). SITE COULD BE ACCESSED FROM HOLDRIDGE RD & US ACOE GILL UNIT GATE OR FROM AVE 175 TO RS 292 W/ PERMISSION.

Ecological:

PRESENT 1993. ~12K BIRDS ON 23 APR, 1K BY 3 JUN 2005. ~150 BIRDS ON 25 APR 2008; SINGING, CARRYING NEST MATERIAL. ~300 ON 16 APR 2011; SINGING. ~3K ON 20 APR 2012; COLONY QUIET, INCUBATION INFERRED. 59 OBS ON 19 APR 2014; FLY OVER.

General:

Owner/Manager: DOD-COE
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Occurrence No. 687 Map Index: 97599 EO Index: 98925 Element Last Seen: 1935-05-13 Occ. Rank: None Site Last Seen: 1935-05-13
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Possibly Extirpated
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2015-12-09
Quad Summary: Sausalito School (3511982), Pixley (3511983), Alpaugh (3511984), Woodville (3611912), Tipton (3611913) County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 35.96858 / -119.29177
UTM: Zone-11 N3982891 E293349
PLSS: T22S, R25E, Sec. 32 (M)
Accuracy: 5 miles
Elevation (ft): 271
Acres: 49683.0
Location: PIXLEY.

Detailed Location: LOCATION DESCRIBED ONLY AS "NEAR PIXLEY." HABITAT DESCRIBED AS CATTAIL MARSH. COLONY PRESUMED EXTIRPATED BY BEEDY (1991). SLOUGHS IN THE VICINITY THAT LIKELY HAD CATTAILS ARE NO LONGER VISIBLE IN AERIAL IMAGERY.

Ecological:

General: A BREEDING COLONY COMPOSED OF ABOUT 1500 NESTS OBSERVED ON 13 MAY 1935 (NEFF 1937).

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
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Corynorhinus townsendii
Townsend's big-eared bat
Element Code: AMACC08010
Federal:

State:

None
None
Listing Status: CNDDB Element Ranks: Global:

State:

G4
S2
Other: BLM_S-Sensitive, CDFW_SSC-Species of Special Concern, IUCN_LC-Least Concern, USFS_S-Sensitive General: THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA IN A WIDE VARIETY OF HABITATS. MOST COMMON IN MESIC SITES.

Micro: ROOSTS IN THE OPEN, HANGING FROM WALLS AND CEILINGS. ROOSTING SITES LIMITING. EXTREMELY SENSITIVE TO HUMAN DISTURBANCE.

Habitat:

Occurrence No. 349 Map Index: 66634 EO Index: 93266 Element Last Seen: 1941-04-04 Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 1941-04-04
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2014-04-29
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.02702 / -118.91546
UTM: Zone-11 N3988642 E327412
PLSS: T22S, R28E, Sec. 11 (M)
Accuracy: 1 mile
Elevation (ft): 900
Acres: 0.0
Location: ABOUT 2.4 MI SSW OF MINE HILL AND ABOUT 5 MI ESE OF PORTERVILLE.

EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN. MAPPED APPROXIMATELY TO LOCALITY OF "5 MI ESE OF PORTERVILLE" USING COORDINATES GIVEN IN VERTNET, WITH UNCERTAINTY OF 2011.68 METERS.

Detailed Location:

Ecological:

General: 1 FEMALE COLLECTED ON 4 APR 1941 BY W. RICHARDSON (MVZ #189937).

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
Occurrence No. 515 Map Index: 92956 EO Index: 94111 Element Last Seen: 1988-07-27 Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 1988-07-27
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2014-06-30
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.08500 / -118.96380
UTM: Zone-11 N3995161 E323186
PLSS: T21S, R28E, Sec. 21 (M)
Accuracy: 1 mile
Elevation (ft): 1760
Acres: 0.0
Location: ABOUT 4.8 MI NE OF ALL AMERICA CITY HWY AT W POPLAR AVE AND ABOUT 8.7 MI SW OF HATCHET PEAK.

EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN. GIVEN TRS T19S R27E SEC 7 FOR "PORTERVILLE MINE" POINTS TO ROCKY HILL, BUT LOCATION WAS QUESTIONABLE DUE TO MINES BEING 15.5 MI NNW OF PORTERVILLE. MAPPED TO ROCKY HILL 2-3 MI NE OF PORTERVILLE.

Detailed Location:

Ecological:

General: 2 BATS OBSERVED ON 27 JUL 1988 IN PORTERVILLE MINE #1 AND #2.

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
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Antrozous pallidus
pallid bat
Element Code: AMACC10010
Federal:

State:

None
None
Listing Status: CNDDB Element Ranks: Global:

State:

G4
S3
Other: BLM_S-Sensitive, CDFW_SSC-Species of Special Concern, IUCN_LC-Least Concern, USFS_S-Sensitive General: DESERTS, GRASSLANDS, SHRUBLANDS, WOODLANDS AND FORESTS. MOST COMMON IN OPEN, DRY HABITATS WITH ROCKY AREAS FOR ROOSTING.

Micro: ROOSTS MUST PROTECT BATS FROM HIGH TEMPERATURES. VERY SENSITIVE TO DISTURBANCE OF ROOSTING SITES.

Habitat:

Occurrence No. 304 Map Index: 66634 EO Index: 66777 Element Last Seen: 1946-07-13 Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 1946-07-13
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2006-10-05
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.02702 / -118.91546
UTM: Zone-11 N3988642 E327412
PLSS: T22S, R28E, Sec. 11 (M)
Accuracy: 1 mile
Elevation (ft): 900
Acres: 0.0
Location: 5 MI ESE OF PORTERVILLE.

Detailed Location: MAPPED ACCORDING TO LAT/LONG COORDINATES GIVEN IN MANIS, WITH UNCERTAINTY OF 2011.68 M.

Ecological:
7 FEMALES AND 1 MALE COLLECTED BY WILLIAM B. RICHARDSON ON 28 & 30 MAR AND 5 APR, 1941, MVZ #189921- 189928. 1 FEMALE AND 1 MALE COLLECTED BY CARL B. KOFORD AND MARY C. RAMAGE ON 13 JUL 1946, MVZ #105205- 105206.

General:

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
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Eumops perotis californicus
western mastiff bat
Element Code: AMACD02011
Federal:

State:

None
None
Listing Status: CNDDB Element Ranks: Global:

State:

G4G5T4
S3S4
Other: BLM_S-Sensitive, CDFW_SSC-Species of Special Concern General: MANY OPEN, SEMI-ARID TO ARID HABITATS, INCLUDING CONIFER AND DECIDUOUS WOODLANDS, COASTAL SCRUB, GRASSLANDS, CHAPARRAL, ETC.

Micro: ROOSTS IN CREVICES IN CLIFF FACES, HIGH BUILDINGS, TREES AND TUNNELS.

Habitat:

Occurrence No. 150 Map Index: 66408 EO Index: 66503 Element Last Seen: 1994-10-11 Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 1994-10-11
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2006-09-25
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.08216 / -118.91225
UTM: Zone-11 N3994754 E327821
PLSS: T21S, R28E, Sec. 23 (M)
Accuracy: non-specific area
Elevation (ft):

Acres: 2507.0
Location: LAKE SUCCESS.

MAPPED ACCORDING TO LOCALITY DESCRIPTION, AS A LARGE NONSPECIFIC POLYGON AROUND LAKE SUCCESS, BECAUSE LAT/LONG COORDINATES GIVEN IN SOURCE ARE IN SHASTA COUNTY.

Detailed Location:

Ecological:

General: MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS DETECTED 11 OCT 1994.

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
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Dipodomys nitratoides nitratoides
Tipton kangaroo rat
Element Code: AMAFD03152
Federal:

State:

Endangered
Endangered
Listing Status: CNDDB Element Ranks: Global:

State:

G2T1T2
S2
Other: IUCN_VU-Vulnerable
General: SALTBRUSH SCRUB AND SINK SCRUB COMMUNITIES IN THE TULARE LAKE BASIN OF THE SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY.

Micro: NEEDS SOFT FRIABLE SOILS WHICH ESCAPE SEASONAL FLOODING. DIGS BURROWS IN ELEVATED SOIL MOUNDS AT BASES OF SHRUBS.

Habitat:

Occurrence No. 101 Map Index: 65358 EO Index: 65437 Element Last Seen: 1943-10-25 Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 1943-10-25
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2006-07-24
Quad Summary: Woodville (3611912), Cairns Corner (3611922) County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.12399 / -119.22034
UTM: Zone-11 N3999984 E300183
PLSS: T21S, R25E, Sec. 01 (M)
Accuracy: 1 mile
Elevation (ft): 320
Acres: 0.0
Location: 7 MI NE OF TIPTON.

HISTORICAL MUSEUM RECORD; EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN. MAPPED AS BEST GUESS ABOUT 2.43 AIR MI NNW OF WOODVILLE, JUST SOUTHWEST OF INTERSECTION OF BLISS LANE AND STRATHMORE RD.

Detailed Location:

Ecological:
1 FEMALE SPECIMEN COLLECTED ON 25 OCT 1943 AT "7 MI NE OF TIPTON" BY SETH B. BENSON AND DONALD T. TAPPE.

MVZ #101160.

General:

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
Vulpes macrotis mutica
San Joaquin kit fox
Element Code: AMAJA03041
Federal:

State:

Endangered
Threatened
Listing Status: CNDDB Element Ranks: Global:

State:

G4T2
S3
Other:

General: ANNUAL GRASSLANDS OR GRASSY OPEN STAGES WITH SCATTERED SHRUBBY VEGETATION.

Micro: NEED LOOSE-TEXTURED SANDY SOILS FOR BURROWING, AND SUITABLE PREY BASE.

Habitat:

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Occurrence No. 31 Map Index: 46031 EO Index: 46031 Element Last Seen: 2001-07-09 Occ. Rank: Fair Site Last Seen: 2001-07-09
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2001-10-03
Quad Summary: Lindsay (3611921)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.23289 / -119.11826
UTM: Zone-11 N4011860 E309635
PLSS: T19S, R26E, Sec. 36, NE (M)
Accuracy: 80 meters
Elevation (ft): 350
Acres: 0.0
EAST SIDE OF SPRUCE AVE, 0.10 MILES NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF SPRUCE AVE AND ACACIA AVE. 2.6 MILES NW OF LINDSAY.

Location:

Detailed Location:

HABITAT CONSISTS OF AN ORANGE GROVE AND VINEYARD. AREA HEAVILY CULTIVATED WITH CITRUS AND OLIVE TREE GROVES AND VINEYARDS.

Ecological:

General: 1 ADULT FOUND DEAD (HIT BY CAR) ALONG ROAD.

Owner/Manager: CALTRANS
Occurrence No. 193 Map Index: 55678 EO Index: 55678 Element Last Seen: 1992-04-21 Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 1992-04-21
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2004-05-28
Quad Summary: Porterville (3611911)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.01926 / -119.10308
UTM: Zone-11 N3988131 E310487
PLSS: T22S, R27E, Sec. 18, NW (M)
Accuracy: non-specific area
Elevation (ft): 400
Acres: 128.8
TULARE CO LANDFILL - TEAPOT DOME. ON AVE 128 (AKA TEAPORT DOME AVE) EAST OF ROAD 208 & WEST OF FRIANTKERN CANAL.Location:

Detailed Location:

Ecological: BARE GROUND; SCATTERED WEEDS. LANDFILL. SURROUNDING AREA IS ORCHARDS AND ROW CROPS.

General: 4/21/1992: FOUR INDIVIDUALS OF UNKNOWN AGE WERE SIGHTED.

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
Occurrence No. 608 Map Index: 67365 EO Index: 67529 Element Last Seen: 1989-04-09 Occ. Rank: Poor Site Last Seen: 1989-04-09
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2006-12-12
Quad Summary: Porterville (3611911)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.02449 / -119.07122
UTM: Zone-11 N3988649 E313370
PLSS: T22S, R27E, Sec. 08, SE (M)
Accuracy: 80 meters
Elevation (ft): 430
Acres: 0.0
Location: N OF TEAPOT DOME AVE, SW CORNER OF THE PORTERVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

Detailed Location: MAPPED IN SE 1/4 OF SE 1/4 OF SECTION 8 ACCORDING TO MAP PROVIDED BY SOURCE.

Ecological: FALLOW FIELD ADJACENT TO WHEAT AND CITRUS FIELDS.

General: FORAGING SITE. 1 ADULT OBSERVED ON 9 APR 1989.

Owner/Manager: CITY OF PORTERVILLE
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Occurrence No. 623 Map Index: 67383 EO Index: 67551 Element Last Seen: 1975-07-XX Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 1975-07-XX
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2007-01-17
Quad Summary: Cairns Corner (3611922), Exeter (3611932) County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.25021 / -119.14925
UTM: Zone-11 N4013844 E306892
PLSS: T19S, R26E, Sec. 27 (M)
Accuracy: 2/5 mile
Elevation (ft): 350
Acres: 0.0
Location: ABOUT 4.5 MI NW OF LINDSAY, SE OF INTERSECTION OF BELMONT AVE AND SYCAMORE AVE (AVE 256).

Detailed Location:

Ecological:

General: KIT FOX OBSERVATION(S) IN 1973. DEN OBSERVED SOMETIME FROM 1972 THROUGH JUL 1975.

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
Occurrence No. 624 Map Index: 67384 EO Index: 67552 Element Last Seen: 1975-07-XX Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 1975-07-XX
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2007-01-17
Quad Summary: Cairns Corner (3611922)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.23600 / -119.13944
UTM: Zone-11 N4012248 E307739
PLSS: T19S, R26E, Sec. 34 (M)
Accuracy: 2/5 mile
Elevation (ft): 340
Acres: 0.0
Location: ABOUT 3.6 MI NW OF LINDSAY, NW OF INTERSECTION OF ACACIA AND CAIRNS AVE.

Detailed Location:

Ecological:

General: KIT FOX OBSERVATION(S) IN 1973. OBSERVATION SOMETIME FROM 1972 THROUGH JUL 1975.

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
Occurrence No. 625 Map Index: 67385 EO Index: 67553 Element Last Seen: 1975-07-XX Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 1975-07-XX
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2007-01-23
Quad Summary: Cairns Corner (3611922)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.21748 / -119.16833
UTM: Zone-11 N4010250 E305097
PLSS: T20S, R26E, Sec. 04 (M)
Accuracy: non-specific area
Elevation (ft): 323
Acres: 631.0
Location: ABOUT 4.9 MI WNW OF LINDSAY, 1.2 MI W OF INTERSECTION OF HWY 137 AND BELMONT RD.

Detailed Location:

Ecological:

General: KIT FOX OBSERVATION(S) IN 1972. SIGHTING AT DEN FROM 1972 THROUGH JUL 1975.

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
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Occurrence No. 626 Map Index: 67386 EO Index: 67554 Element Last Seen: 1975-07-XX Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 1975-07-XX
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2007-01-17
Quad Summary: Cairns Corner (3611922)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.13544 / -119.23227
UTM: Zone-11 N4001279 E299138
PLSS: T21S, R25E, Sec. 01 (M)
Accuracy: 1/5 mile
Elevation (ft): 310
Acres: 0.0
Location: ABOUT 3.4 MI NW OF WOODVILLE, S OF INTERSECTION OF STRATHMORE RD (AVE 192) AND BLISS LANE (RD 152).

Detailed Location:

Ecological:

General: KIT FOX OBSERVATION(S) IN 1973. ROAD KILL FROM 1972 THROUGH JUL 1975.

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
Occurrence No. 627 Map Index: 67387 EO Index: 67555 Element Last Seen: 1973-XX-XX Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 1973-XX-XX
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2007-01-17
Quad Summary: Woodville (3611912), Tipton (3611913), Cairns Corner (3611922), Tulare (3611923) County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.11984 / -119.25002
UTM: Zone-11 N3999585 E297501
PLSS: T21S, R25E, Sec. 11 (M)
Accuracy: 2/5 mile
Elevation (ft): 300
Acres: 0.0
Location: ABOUT 3.3 MI NW OF WOODVILLE, S OF INTERSECTION OF AVE 184 & ROAD 144.

Detailed Location:

Ecological:

General: SIGHTING, ROAD KILL OR DEN PRIOR TO 1972. KIT FOX OBSERVATION(S) IN 1973.

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
Occurrence No. 629 Map Index: 67390 EO Index: 67561 Element Last Seen: 1972-XX-XX Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 1972-XX-XX
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2007-01-17
Quad Summary: Woodville (3611912)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.07606 / -119.22343
UTM: Zone-11 N3994673 E299784
PLSS: T21S, R25E, Sec. 25 (M)
Accuracy: 2/5 mile
Elevation (ft): 320
Acres: 0.0
Location: ABOUT 1.7 MI SW OF WOODVILLE, SE OF INTERSECTION OF ROAD 152 AND AVE 160.

Detailed Location:

Ecological:

General: 1 ACTIVE DEN OBSERVED IN 1970. SIGHTING, ROAD KILL OR DEN PRIOR TO 1972.

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
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Occurrence No. 639 Map Index: 67408 EO Index: 67574 Element Last Seen: 1975-07-XX Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 1975-07-XX
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2007-01-16
Quad Summary: Fountain Springs (3511888), Ducor (3511981), Success Dam (3611818), Porterville (3611911) County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 35.99978 / -118.99607
UTM: Zone-11 N3985767 E320086
PLSS: T22S, R28E, Sec. 19 (M)
Accuracy: non-specific area
Elevation (ft): 510
Acres: 1979.0
Location: ABOUT 3.1 MILES NE OF TERRA BELLA, NEAR DEER CREEK.

Detailed Location:

Ecological:

General: ROAD KILL OBSERVED IN 1972 AND SIGHTING IN 1973. 3 ROAD KILLS AND 1 SIGHTING FROM 1972 THROUGH JUL 1975.

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
Occurrence No. 641 Map Index: 67410 EO Index: 67578 Element Last Seen: 1973-XX-XX Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 1973-XX-XX
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2006-12-13
Quad Summary: Porterville (3611911)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.08884 / -119.01691
UTM: Zone-11 N3995686 E318412
PLSS: T21S, R27E, Sec. 24 (M)
Accuracy: 3/5 mile
Elevation (ft): 460
Acres: 0.0
Location: JUST N OF PORTERVILLE, IN VICINITY OF SCENIC HEIGHTS.

Detailed Location:

Ecological:

General: ROAD KILL OBSERVED IN 1973.

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
Occurrence No. 642 Map Index: 67412 EO Index: 67580 Element Last Seen: 1975-07-XX Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 1975-07-XX
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2007-01-17
Quad Summary: Lindsay (3611921)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.14720 / -119.08277
UTM: Zone-11 N4002285 E312620
PLSS: T20S, R27E, Sec. 31 (M)
Accuracy: 1/5 mile
Elevation (ft): 390
Acres: 0.0
Location: ABOUT 1.2 MI W OF STRATHMORE ON STRATHMORE HWY.

Detailed Location:

Ecological:

General: ACTIVE DENS OBSERVED IN 1973. DEN OBSERVED SOMETIME FROM 1972 THROUGH JUL 1975.

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
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Occurrence No. 815 Map Index: 67670 EO Index: 67825 Element Last Seen: 1975-07-XX Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 1975-07-XX
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2007-01-11
Quad Summary: Porterville (3611911)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.03203 / -119.10262
UTM: Zone-11 N3989546 E310558
PLSS: T22S, R27E, Sec. 07 (M)
Accuracy: 2/5 mile
Elevation (ft): 400
Acres: 0.0
Location: ABOUT 2.8 MI SE OF POPLAR, BETWEEN ROCKFORD RD AND FRIANT KERN CANAL.

Detailed Location:

Ecological:

General: DEN OBSERVED SOMETIME FROM 1972 THROUGH JUL 1975.

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
Occurrence No. 816 Map Index: 67671 EO Index: 67826 Element Last Seen: 1975-07-XX Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 1975-07-XX
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2007-01-11
Quad Summary: Porterville (3611911)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.01475 / -119.03046
UTM: Zone-11 N3987491 E317021
PLSS: T22S, R27E, Sec. 14 (M)
Accuracy: non-specific area
Elevation (ft):

Acres: 676.0
Location: ABOUT 5.3 ROAD MI S OF PORTERVILLE ON HWY 65, BETWEEN HESS AVE AND MACOMBER RD.

Detailed Location:

Ecological:

General: ROAD KILL AND DEN OBSERVED SOMETIME FROM 1972 THROUGH JUL 1975.

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
Occurrence No. 900 Map Index: 67777 EO Index: 67929 Element Last Seen: 1971-XX-XX Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 1971-XX-XX
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2007-02-20
Quad Summary: Woodville (3611912)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.05151 / -119.21638
UTM: Zone-11 N3991935 E300357
PLSS: T21S, R25E, Sec. 36 (M)
Accuracy: 2/5 mile
Elevation (ft): 330
Acres: 0.0
Location: ABOUT 3 MI SSW OF WOODVILLE, 0.9 ROAD MI E OF LAIRDS CORNER ON HWY 190.

Detailed Location:

Ecological:

General: SIGHTING, ROAD KILL OR DEN PRIOR TO 1972.

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
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Occurrence No. 901 Map Index: 67778 EO Index: 67930 Element Last Seen: 1975-07-XX Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 1975-07-XX
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2007-01-17
Quad Summary: Porterville (3611911), Lindsay (3611921)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.12099 / -119.06854
UTM: Zone-11 N3999349 E313839
PLSS: T21S, R27E, Sec. 09 (M)
Accuracy: non-specific area
Elevation (ft): 400
Acres: 418.0
Location: ABOUT 1.9 MI SSW OF STRATHMORE, NEAR INTERSECTION OF WESTWOOD DR AND DAVIS AVE.

Detailed Location:

Ecological:

General: SIGHTING AT DEN FROM 1972 THROUGH JUL 1975.

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
Taxidea taxus
American badger
Element Code: AMAJF04010
Federal:

State:

None
None
Listing Status: CNDDB Element Ranks: Global:

State:

G5
S3
Other: CDFW_SSC-Species of Special Concern, IUCN_LC-Least Concern General: MOST ABUNDANT IN DRIER OPEN STAGES OF MOST SHRUB, FOREST, AND HERBACEOUS HABITATS, WITH FRIABLE SOILS.

Micro: NEEDS SUFFICIENT FOOD, FRIABLE SOILS AND OPEN, UNCULTIVATED GROUND. PREYS ON BURROWING RODENTS. DIGS BURROWS.

Habitat:

Occurrence No. 328 Map Index: 57702 EO Index: 57718 Element Last Seen: XXXX-XX-XX Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: XXXX-XX-XX
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2004-10-26
Quad Summary: Porterville (3611911)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.02870 / -119.07082
UTM: Zone-11 N3989116 E313416
PLSS: T22S, R27E, Sec. 09 (M)
Accuracy: 1 mile
Elevation (ft): 430
Acres: 0.0
Location: 4 MI SW PORTERVILLE.

Detailed Location: LOCATION MAPPED IN THE VICINITY OF THE PORTERVILLE AIRPORT.

Ecological:

General: 1 COLLECTED, AMNH (AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, NEW YORK).

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
Anniella pulchra
Northern California legless lizard
Element Code: ARACC01020
Federal:

State:

None
None
Listing Status: CNDDB Element Ranks: Global:

State:

G3
S2S3
Other: CDFW_SSC-Species of Special Concern, USFS_S-Sensitive General: SANDY OR LOOSE LOAMY SOILS UNDER SPARSE VEGETATION.

Micro: SOIL MOISTURE IS ESSENTIAL. THEY PREFER SOILS WITH A HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT.

Habitat:

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Occurrence No. 108 Map Index: A5267 EO Index: 106990 Element Last Seen: 1940-04-02 Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 1940-04-02
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2017-07-12
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818), Porterville (3611911) County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.06947 / -119.01629
UTM: Zone-11 N3993536 E318425
PLSS: T21S, R27E, Sec. 25 (M)
Accuracy: 1 mile
Elevation (ft): 460
Acres: 1987.0
Location: PORTERVILLE.

EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN. MAPPED NON-SPECIFICALLY TO THE CENTER OF THE TOWN OF PORTERVILLE AS DEPICTED ON 1940S TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS. MODERN COLLECTION LOCATIONS ARE KNOWN FROM THE VALLEY ESE OF PORTERVILLE BELOW SUCCESS DAM.

Detailed Location:

Ecological:

ONE COLLECTED ON 1 APR 1936 AND ONE COLLECTED ON 2 APR 1940. NEARBY MODERN COLLECTIONS EXPERTLY IDENTIFIED AS A. PULCHRA WITH RESPECT TO NEWLY DESCRIBED ANNIELLA SPECIES.

General:

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
Occurrence No. 109 Map Index: A5270 EO Index: 106992 Element Last Seen: 2017-04-23 Occ. Rank: Excellent Site Last Seen: 2017-04-23
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2022-01-04
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.04675 / -118.97512
UTM: Zone-11 N3990939 E322081
PLSS: T22S, R28E, Sec. 5, NW (M)
Accuracy: specific area
Elevation (ft): 500
Acres: 9.0

0.5 MILES SE OF THE INTERSECTION OF EAST POPLAR AVENUE & BLUE HERON PARKWAY, YAUDANCHI ECOLOGICAL RESERVE, PORTERVILLE.

Location:

Detailed Location:

YAUDANCHI ER IS DESCRIBED AS A 161 ACRE RESERVE OF LOW-LYING FLATLANDS AND RIPARIAN HABITAT, PRIMARILY ESTABLISHED TO PROTECT A SIGNIFICANT GREAT BLUE HERON ROOKERY. THE SURROUNDING AREA APPEARS TO BE HOMESTEADS AND ORCHARDS.

Ecological:
2 DETECTED ON 27 MAR 2013. 2 COLLECTED ON 8 MAR 2014, AND 4 COLLECTED IN MAR 2015. 4 COLLECTED ON 23 APR 2017. EXPERTLY IDENTIFIED BY T. PAPENFUSS AS NEWLY DESCRIBED CONCEPT OF A. PULCHRA (SEE PAPENFUSS & PARHAM 2013).

General:

Owner/Manager: DFG-YAUDANCHI ER
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Occurrence No. 110 Map Index: A5273 EO Index: 106996 Element Last Seen: 2002-04-27 Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 2002-04-27
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2017-07-12
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.04581 / -118.95231
UTM: Zone-11 N3990793 E324134
PLSS: T22S, R28E, Sec. 4, NE (M)
Accuracy: 1/5 mile
Elevation (ft): 520
Acres: 70.0
ABOUT 0.75 MILES WSW OF ROAD 284 AT HWY 190, N OF HWY 190 & S OF CAMPBELL-MORLAND DITCH, 4 MILES ESE OF PORTERVILLE.

Location:

LOCATION STATED AS EAGLE'S NEST RESORT AND MAPPED GENERALLY TO THAT LOCATION; HOWEVER ROAD MILES AND STATED COORDINATES ARE PLUS/MINUS ABOUT 0.25 MILES.

Detailed Location:

EAGLE'S NEST RESORT IS AN RV AND TENT CAMPING CAMPROUND. IT'S UNCLEAR IF THIS WAS COLLECTED ON THE PARCEL IMMEDIATELY EAST WHICH APPEARS TO BE A SAND/GRAVEL MINING OPERATION.

Ecological:

ONE COLLECTED ON 27 APR 2002 AND USED AS A GENETIC REFERENCE FOR NEWLY DESCRIBED ANNIELLA CONCEPTS, SPECIFICALLY A. PULCHRA.

General:

Owner/Manager: PVT
Occurrence No. 111 Map Index: A5277 EO Index: 106997 Element Last Seen: 2016-03-23 Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 2016-03-23
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2017-07-12
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.05693 / -118.92665
UTM: Zone-11 N3991981 E326471
PLSS: T21S, R28E, Sec. 35, SW (M)
Accuracy: 80 meters
Elevation (ft): 550
Acres: 5.0

0.3 MI SSW OF SUCCESS DAM SPILLWAY, 0.6 MI NE OF ROAD 284 AT WORTH DR, 5 MI E OF PORTERVILLE, BARTLETT COUNTY PARK.

Location:

ADDRESS OF PARK IS 28801 WORTH DR. LOCATION OF COLLECTION APPEARS TO BE JUST SOUTH OF THE PARK OFFICE NEAR A SERVICE ROAD WHERE BRUSH AND OTHER ITEMS ARE STORED.

Detailed Location:

BARTLETT PARK IS ON THE NW BANK OF TULE RIVER AT THE FOOT OF SUCCESS DAM & APPEARS BE SHADED LAWNS WITH PICNIC FACILITIES. SURROUNDING AREA APPEARS TO BE STEEP GRASSLAND SLOPES, WITH ORCHARDS & SAND/GRAVEL MINING ON THE VALLEY FLOOR.

Ecological:

ONE COLLECTED ON 23 MAR 2016 AND EXPERTLY IDENTIFIED AS A. PULCHRA WITH RESPECT TO NEWLY DESCRIBED SPECIES CONCEPTS.

General:

Owner/Manager: TUL COUNTY-BARTLETT PARK
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Northern Claypan Vernal Pool
Element Code: CTT44120CA
Federal:

State:

None
None
Listing Status: CNDDB Element Ranks: Global:

State:

G1
S1.1
Other:

General:

Micro:

Habitat:

Occurrence No. 8 Map Index: 00019 EO Index: 26435 Element Last Seen: 1980-04-26 Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 1980-04-26
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 1998-07-15
Quad Summary: Fountain Springs (3511888), Ducor (3511981), Success Dam (3611818), Porterville (3611911) County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 35.99744 / -118.98926
UTM: Zone-11 N3985494 E320695
PLSS: T22S, R28E, Sec. 19, S (M)
Accuracy: 1 mile
Elevation (ft): 510
Acres: 0.0
SOUTH OF PORTERVILLE, ABOUT 3 MILES NE OF TERRA BELLA, NORTH OF DEER CREEK, AND JUST EAST OF RR CROSSING.

Location:

Detailed Location:

HORDEUM GENTICULATUM: 80-100% COVER. LUSH ANNUAL GRASSLAND INVADING POOLS. LASTHENIA ON BLUFFS ALONG DEER CREEK (1980). UNABLE TO CONVERT TO FLORISTIC CLASSIFICATION, LACKS SPP. INFO.

Ecological:

SEE HTTPS://WILDLIFE.CA.GOV/DATA/VEGCAMP/NATURAL-COMMUNITIES TO INTERPRET AND ADDRESS THE PRESENCE OF RARE COMMUNITIES.

General:

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
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Branchinecta lynchi
vernal pool fairy shrimp
Element Code: ICBRA03030
Federal:

State:

Threatened
None
Listing Status: CNDDB Element Ranks: Global:

State:

G3
S3
Other: IUCN_VU-Vulnerable
General: ENDEMIC TO THE GRASSLANDS OF THE CENTRAL VALLEY, CENTRAL COAST MOUNTAINS, AND SOUTH COAST MOUNTAINS, IN ASTATIC RAIN-FILLED POOLS.

Micro: INHABIT SMALL, CLEAR-WATER SANDSTONE-DEPRESSION POOLS AND GRASSED SWALE, EARTH SLUMP, OR BASALT-FLOW DEPRESSION POOLS.

Habitat:

Occurrence No. 317 Map Index: 47950 EO Index: 47950 Element Last Seen: 2002-07-22 Occ. Rank: Poor Site Last Seen: 2002-07-22
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2014-10-28
Quad Summary: Porterville (3611911)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.03680 / -119.03950
UTM: Zone-11 N3989954 E316258
PLSS: T22S, R27E, Sec. 10 (M)
Accuracy: 1/5 mile
Elevation (ft): 425
Acres: 0.0
Location: VICINITY OF THE INTERSECTION OF AVENUE 136 AND HIGHWAY 65, SOUTH OF PORTERVILLE.

POOL IDS: TK-01, TK-02, TK-15 AND TK-16. MAPPED TO INCLUDE LOCATIONS GIVEN FOR OCCUPIED POOLS, WHICH APPEAR TO BE OF VARIED ACCURACY.

Detailed Location:

VERNAL POOLS WITHIN A SINGLE WATERSHED, ON AN ALLUVIAL PLAIN THAT SLOPES FROM EAST TO WEST AND IS BISECTED BY THE HIGHWAY; LOW QUALITY HABITAT, SUBJECT TO DISTURBANCES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROXIMITY TO HIGHWAY.

Ecological:

INDIVIDUALS NUMBERING IN THE 100S OBSERVED ON 7 FEB, 20 FEB, AND 3 APR 2002. COLLECTED FEB-JUL 2002 AND DEPOSITED IN CAS.

General:

Owner/Manager: STATE, PVT
Occurrence No. 337 Map Index: 48486 EO Index: 48486 Element Last Seen: 2002-07-22 Occ. Rank: Poor Site Last Seen: 2002-07-22
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2014-10-27
Quad Summary: Porterville (3611911)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.02117 / -119.03991
UTM: Zone-11 N3988222 E316184
PLSS: T22S, R27E, Sec. 15, NE (M)
Accuracy: specific area
Elevation (ft): 455
Acres: 25.0
Location: WEST SIDE OF HIGHWAY 65, 3 MILES SOUTH OF PORTERVILLE.

Detailed Location: POOL IDS TK-03, TK-04, TK-05, TK-06.

VERNAL POOLS WITHIN A SINGLE WATERSHED ON AN ALLUVIAL PLAIN THAT SLOPES FROM EAST TO WEST, BISECTED BY THE HIGHWAY; LOW QUALITY HABITAT, SUBJECT TO DISTURBANCES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROXIMITY TO HIGHWAY.

Ecological:
100S-1000S OBSERVED IN 2 POOLS ON 20 FEB; 1000S IN 1 POOL ON 3 APR; ABOUT 100 IN 1 POOL ON 22 JULY 2002.

COLLECTIONS IN CAS (CASIZ #161981, 161994, 161983, 161979, 162003, 166583, 166585, 166586, & 166590).

General:

Owner/Manager: STATE, PVT
Desmocerus californicus dimorphus
valley elderberry longhorn beetle
Element Code: IICOL48011
Federal:

State:

Threatened
None
Listing Status: CNDDB Element Ranks: Global:

State:

G3T3
S3
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General: OCCURS ONLY IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY OF CALIFORNIA, IN ASSOCIATION WITH BLUE ELDERBERRY (SAMBUCUS MEXICANA).

Micro: PREFERS TO LAY EGGS IN ELDERBERRIES 2-8 INCHES IN DIAMETER; SOME PREFERENCE SHOWN FOR "STRESSED" ELDERBERRIES.

Habitat:

Occurrence No. 62 Map Index: 31067 EO Index: 19327 Element Last Seen: 1991-04-21 Occ. Rank: Fair Site Last Seen: 1991-04-21
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 1998-08-11
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.00781 / -118.95432
UTM: Zone-11 N3986581 E323868
PLSS: T22S, R28E, Sec. 16, SE (M)
Accuracy: 80 meters
Elevation (ft): 550
Acres: 0.0
Location: DEER CREEK (NORTH BANK), ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF AVENUE 120, 4 MILE SE OF PORTERVILLE.

REPORT ON: TAXONOMY; DISTRIBUTION; LIFE HISTORY; HABITAT; FIELD TECHNIQUES & OBSERVATIONS; BEETLE RECOVERY.

Detailed Location:

HABITAT CONSISTS OF BOTTOMLAND WITH SCATTERED SAMBUCUS, SURROUNDED BY ORCHARDS, GRASSLANDS, AND PASTURES.

Ecological:

General: 5 ELDERBERRY CLUMPS, INCLUDING 3 HUGE ONES, WERE CHECKED FOR VELB. ONE OLD EXIT HOLE OBSERVED.

Owner/Manager: PVT
Occurrence No. 63 Map Index: 31064 EO Index: 19335 Element Last Seen: 1991-04-21 Occ. Rank: Good Site Last Seen: 1991-04-21
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 1998-08-11
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.04558 / -118.99347
UTM: Zone-11 N3990842 E320425
PLSS: T22S, R28E, Sec. 06, NW (M)
Accuracy: non-specific area
Elevation (ft): 490
Acres: 10.6
SOUTH SIDE OF CAMPBELL-MORELAND DITCH, TRIBUTARY TO TULE RIVER, BETWEEN WORTH AVE AND HWY 190, JUST SE OF PORTERVILLE.

Location:

REPORT ON: TAXONOMY; DISTRIBUTION; LIFE HISTORY; HABITAT; FIELD TECHNIQUES & OBSERVATIONS; BEETLE RECOVERY.

Detailed Location:

HABITAT CONSISTS OF A BRUSHY AREA WITH A FEW TREES (OAKS AND ASHES), ELDERBERRIES, AND CHOKED WITH BLACKBERRY BRAMBLES.

Ecological:

MANY HOST PLANTS (SAMBUCUS RACEMOSA MICROBOTRYS) WITH NUMEROUS EXIT HOLES; 1 ADULT FEMALE OBSERVED.

General:

Owner/Manager: PVT-AT&SF RR
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Occurrence No. 64 Map Index: 31066 EO Index: 12654 Element Last Seen: 1991-04-30 Occ. Rank: Good Site Last Seen: 1991-04-30
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 1998-08-11
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.04869 / -118.93730
UTM: Zone-11 N3991085 E325492
PLSS: T22S, R28E, Sec. 03, NE (M)
Accuracy: non-specific area
Elevation (ft): 520
Acres: 14.8
Location: TULE RIVER (SOUTH BANK), AT ROAD 284, JUST NORTH OF HWY 190, 2 MILES EAST OF PORTERVILLE.

REPORT ON: TAXONOMY; DISTRIBUTION; LIFE HISTORY; HABITAT; FIELD TECHNIQUES & OBSERVATIONS; BEETLE RECOVERY.

Detailed Location:

HABITAT CONSISTS OF A NARROW BAND OF RIPARIAN FOREST BORDERED BY OPEN FIELDS WITH SCATTERED ELDERBERRIES.

Ecological:

MANY ELDERBERRIES CAN BE FOUND ALONG THE TULE RIVER AND IN GRASSY FIELDS EAST OF PORTERVILLE. MANY RECENT AND OLD EXIT HOLES WERE PRESENT IN THE 3 CLUMPS THAT WERE CHECKED. WOOD SAMPLES WERE TAKEN OF LIVE WOOD WITH VELB GALLERIES.

General:

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
Occurrence No. 65 Map Index: 31065 EO Index: 12655 Element Last Seen: 1991-04-30 Occ. Rank: Poor Site Last Seen: 1991-04-30
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 1998-08-11
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.05688 / -118.92713
UTM: Zone-11 N3991976 E326426
PLSS: T21S, R28E, Sec. 35, SW (M)
Accuracy: non-specific area
Elevation (ft): 550
Acres: 28.8
TULE RIVER (NORTH BANK), ADJACENT TO BARTLETT PARK, JUST BELOW LAKE SUCCESS DAM, 3 MILES EAST OF PORTERVILLE.

Location:

REPORT ON: TAXONOMY; DISTRIBUTION; LIFE HISTORY; HABITAT; FIELD TECHNIQUES & OBSERVATIONS; BEETLE RECOVERY.

Detailed Location:

HABITAT CONSISTS OF THE ROAD MARGIN ADJOINING A MANICURED PUBLIC PARK; 3 LARGE ELDERBERRY TREES HAD BEEN SEVERELY PRUNED AND TRIMMED.

Ecological:

BOTH RECENT AND OLD EXIT HOLES WERE PRESENT ON 30 APRIL 1991. WOOD SAMPLES TAKEN OF DEAD WOOD WITH VELB GALLERIES.

General:

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
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molestan blister beetle
Element Code: IICOL4C030
Federal:

State:

None
None
Listing Status: CNDDB Element Ranks: Global:

State:

G2
S2
Other:

General: INHABITS THE CENTRAL VALLEY OF CALIFORNIA, FROM CONTRA COSTA TO KERN AND TULARE COUNTIES.

Micro:

Habitat:

Occurrence No. 8 Map Index: 15915 EO Index: 22649 Element Last Seen: 19XX-XX-XX Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 19XX-XX-XX
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2006-03-30
Quad Summary: Lindsay (3611921)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.17688 / -119.01872
UTM: Zone-11 N4005455 E318453
PLSS: T20S, R27E, Sec. 23, NW (M)
Accuracy: 1/5 mile
Elevation (ft): 480
Acres: 0.0
Location: EL MIRADOR, APPROX 4 MI ESE OF LINDSAY.

Detailed Location: FOUND IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY FROM CONTRA COSTA TO TULARE AND KERN COUNTIES.

Ecological:

General: SEASONAL DISTRIBUTION: APRIL 3 TO JULY 1. COLLECTED IN APRIL; YEAR OF COLLECTION UNKNOWN.

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
Lytta morrisoni
Morrison's blister beetle
Element Code: IICOL4C040
Federal:

State:

None
None
Listing Status: CNDDB Element Ranks: Global:

State:

G1G2
S2
Other:

General: INHABITANT OF THE SOUTHERN CENTRAL VALLEY OF CALIFORNIA.

Micro:

Habitat:

Occurrence No. 7 Map Index: 57100 EO Index: 57116 Element Last Seen: 1939-05-01 Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 1939-05-01
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2006-03-29
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818), Porterville (3611911) County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.04408 / -119.00817
UTM: Zone-11 N3990703 E319097
PLSS: T22S, R27E, Sec. 01 (M)
Accuracy: 1 mile
Elevation (ft):

Acres: 0.0
Location: PLANO, TULARE COUNTY.

Detailed Location:

Ecological:
1990 REPORTING OF 1 MALE AND 1 FEMALE SPECIMEN, COLLECTED 1 MAY 1939 THAT ARE HOUSED AT TULARE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE IN VISALIA.

General:

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
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Rhaphiomidas trochilus
San Joaquin Valley giant flower-loving fly
Element Code: IIDIP05010
Federal:

State:

None
None
Listing Status: CNDDB Element Ranks: Global:

State:

G1
S1
Other:

General: HISTORICALLY KNOWN FROM, AND ENDEMIC TO, SANDY SOILS OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY FROM ANTIOCH DUNES IN CONTRA COSTA CO SOUTH TO SAND RIDGE IN KERN CO. ASSOCIATED WITH SANDY SOILS SUCH AS RIVERINE DEPOSITS AND SAND DUNES WITH RELATIVELY SPARSE VEGETATION.

Micro: ADULT FLIGHT FROM JUL TO OCT AND LIFE SPAN IS ABOUT 3 DAYS AND DO NOT VISIT FLOWERS/NECTAR.

FEMALES DEPOSIT EGGS IN AND ON THE SURFACE OF SANDY SOIL. LARVAE BURROW IN FINE SANDS UP TO 10 FEET DEEP AND ARE KNOWN TO LIVE FOR 3 YEARS PRIOR TO PUPATION.

Habitat:

Occurrence No. 4 Map Index: 30057 EO Index: 121296 Element Last Seen: 1920-08-20 Occ. Rank: None Site Last Seen: 1920-08-20
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Extirpated
Trend: Decreasing Record Last Updated: 2022-07-01
Quad Summary: Lindsay (3611921)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.20321 / -119.08972
UTM: Zone-11 N4008511 E312130
PLSS: T20S, R27E, Sec. 07 (M)
Accuracy: 1 mile
Elevation (ft): 380
Acres: 0.0
Location: LINDSAY.

Detailed Location: MAPPED NON-SPECIFICALLY TO TOWN OF LINDSAY. SPECIMEN RECORD ONLY NOTED AS "LINDSAY" (CAZIER 1985).

THIS SPECIES WAS THOUGHT TO BE EXTINCT BY 1979 AFTER THE LAST DETECTION AT THE TIME WAS IN 1974 (ANTIOCH DUNES). THE SPECIES WAS REDISCOVERED IN 1997 IN KERN COUNTY AND IS NOW ONLY KNOWN FROM ONE SITE.

Ecological:

General: 1 MALE COLLECTED BY MILHAUS ON 20 AUG 1920.

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
Bombus crotchii
Crotch's bumble bee
Element Code: IIHYM24480
Federal:

State:

None
Candidate Endangered
Listing Status: CNDDB Element Ranks: Global:

State:

G2
S2
Other: IUCN_EN-Endangered
General: COASTAL CALIFORNIA EAST TO THE SIERRA-CASCADE CREST AND SOUTH INTO MEXICO.

Micro: FOOD PLANT GENERA INCLUDE ANTIRRHINUM, PHACELIA, CLARKIA, DENDROMECON, ESCHSCHOLZIA, AND ERIOGONUM.

Habitat:

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Occurrence No. 71 Map Index: 64848 EO Index: 98757 Element Last Seen: 1960-06-15 Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 1960-06-15
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2025-07-15
Quad Summary: Frazier Valley (3611828), Chickencoop Canyon (3611838), Lindsay (3611921), Rocky Hill (3611931) County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.27766 / -119.02264
UTM: Zone-11 N4016644 E318333
PLSS: T19S, R27E, Sec. 14 (M)
Accuracy: 5 miles
Elevation (ft): 600
Acres: 0.0
Location: YOKOHL VALLEY.

MAPPED TO LOCALITY YOKOHL VALLEY (1956) AND "10 MI NW MILO, TULARE CO., CA" (1960). EXACT COLLECTION LOCATIONS UNKNOWN. MAPPED BY CNDDB IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF YOKOHL VALLEY, EAST OF EXETER.

Detailed Location:

Ecological: 1956 INDIVIDUALS NOTED TO BE INTERACTING WITH COMMON SUNFLOWER.

General: 4 MALES COLLECTED 30 JUL 1956. 5 COLLECTED 15 JUN 1960.

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
Occurrence No. 73 Map Index: 22816 EO Index: 98762 Element Last Seen: 1963-06-13 Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 1963-06-13
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2015-09-10
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818), Porterville (3611911) County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.07216 / -119.00473
UTM: Zone-11 N3993812 E319471
PLSS: T21S, R27E, Sec. 25 (M)
Accuracy: 1 mile
Elevation (ft): 500
Acres: 0.0
Location: PORTERVILLE.

Detailed Location: EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN. MAPPED BY CNDDB IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF PORTERVILLE.

Ecological:

General: COLLECTIONS WERE MADE IN THIS VICINITY ON 31 MAY 1958, 10 MAY 1959, AND 13 JUN 1963.

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
Occurrence No. 738 Map Index: C2653 EO Index: 134950 Element Last Seen: 2024-05-03 Occ. Rank: Good Site Last Seen: 2024-05-03
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2025-07-14
Quad Summary: Porterville (3611911)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.10746 / -119.00958
UTM: Zone-11 N3997737 E319116
PLSS: T21S, R27E, Sec. 13, N (M)
Accuracy: specific area
Elevation (ft): 917
Acres: 15.0
LEWIS HILL, ABOUT 0.7 MILES N OF REID AVE AT N PLANO ST, 2 MILES ESE OF ZANTE AND 2.5 MILES N OF DOWNTOWN PORTERVILLE.

Location:

Detailed Location: MAPPED TO PROVIDED COORDINATES. MAPPED BY CNDDB AS THREE-PART POLYGON AT LEWIS HILL PRESERVE.

INDIVIUDALS OBSERVED WITH STRIPED ADOBE--LILY, STINGING PHACELIA, AND CALIFORNIA MILKWEED. SURROUNDING LAND CONSISTS OF GRASSLAND HABITAT, ORCHARDS, AND PRIVATE RESIDENCES.

Ecological:

General: 1 FEMALE SEEN 31 MAR 2024. 1 FEMALE SEEN 24 FEB 2024. 1 FEMALE SEEN 3 MAY 2024.

Owner/Manager: SEQUOIA RVERLANDS TRUST
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Occurrence No. 739 Map Index: C2658 EO Index: 134954 Element Last Seen: 2024-05-04 Occ. Rank: Good Site Last Seen: 2024-05-04
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2025-07-14
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.07997 / -118.98137
UTM: Zone-11 N3994636 E321594
PLSS: T21S, R28E, Sec. 29, NW (M)
Accuracy: 80 meters
Elevation (ft): 972
Acres: 5.0
ABOUT 0.7 MI NE OF HILLCREST ST AT E MORTON AVE, 0.8 MI N OF GRANITE HILLS HIGH SCHOOL, 2.1 MI ENE OF PORTERVILLE.

Location:

MAPPED TO PROVIDED COORDINATES. SITE ALONG ROAD LEADING TO EAST PORTERVILLE FM RADIO TOWER LOCATED AT THE WESTERN-FACING BASE OF ROCKY HILL.

Detailed Location:

INDIVIDUAL OBSERVED WITH CALIFORNIA MILKWEED. SURROUNDING LAND CONSISTS OF GRASSLAND HABITAT, ORCHARDS, AND PRIVATE RESIDENCES.

Ecological:

General: 1 FEMALE SEEN 4 MAY 2024.

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
Occurrence No. 740 Map Index: C2659 EO Index: 134957 Element Last Seen: 2021-04-06 Occ. Rank: Good Site Last Seen: 2021-04-06
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2025-07-14
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.07149 / -118.93019
UTM: Zone-11 N3993602 E326183
PLSS: T21S, R28E, Sec. 27, SE (M)
Accuracy: 80 meters
Elevation (ft): 950
Acres: 5.0
ABOUT 0.9 MILES NW OF SUCCESS DAM, 1.2 MILES SSW OF COMMON THUMB COVE, 4.8 MILES E OF DOWNTOWN PORTERVILLE.

Location:

Detailed Location: MAPPED TO PROVIDED COORDINATES. SITE LOCATED ALONG WASH JUST WEST OF LAKE SUCCESS.

INDIVIDUAL SEEN ON CALIFORNIA MILKWEED. SURROUNDING LAND CONSISTS OF GRASSLAND, SHRUBLAND, ORCHARDS, AND RIPARIAN HABITAT.

Ecological:

General: 1 FEMALE SEEN 6 APR 2021.

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
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Occurrence No. 771 Map Index: C2715 EO Index: 135012 Element Last Seen: 2025-06-15 Occ. Rank: Good Site Last Seen: 2025-06-15
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2025-07-22
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.09933 / -118.90786
UTM: Zone-11 N3996651 E328255
PLSS: T21S, R28E, Sec. 13, SW (M)
Accuracy: 80 meters
Elevation (ft): 655
Acres: 5.0
OFF HOLDRIDGE RD, JUST N OF OLD HORN COVE, 0.8 MI SE OF RD 292 AT AVE 175, 1.6 MI W OF LITTLE CAMPBELL, LAKE SUCCESS.

Location:

MAPPED TO PROVIDED COORDINATES. SITE LOCATED OFF HOLDRIDGE ROAD IN THE VICINTIY OF GILL COVE RECREATION AREA, LAKE SUCCESS.

Detailed Location:

INDIVIDUAL SEEN ON NARROWLEAF MILKWEED. SURROUNDING LAND CONSISTS OF GRASSLAND, RIPARIAN HABITAT, AND PRIVATE RESIDENCES.

Ecological:

General: 1 MALE SEEN 15 JUN 2025.

Owner/Manager: USACE
Eryngium spinosepalum
spiny-sepaled button-celery
Element Code: PDAPI0Z0Y0
Federal:

State:

None
None
Listing Status: CNDDB Element Ranks: Global:

State:

G2
S2
Other: Rare Plant Rank - 1B.2, BLM_S-Sensitive, SB_SBBG-Santa Barbara Botanic Garden General: VERNAL POOLS, VALLEY AND FOOTHILL GRASSLAND.

Micro: SOME SITES ON CLAY SOIL OF GRANITIC ORIGIN; VERNAL POOLS, WITHIN GRASSLAND. 15-1270 M.

Habitat:

Occurrence No. 1 Map Index: 91154 EO Index: 35387 Element Last Seen: 1954-06-26 Occ. Rank: None Site Last Seen: 1987-10-02
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Possibly Extirpated
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2013-12-31
Quad Summary: Globe (3611817), Success Dam (3611818)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.10088 / -118.86873
UTM: Zone-11 N3996754 E331780
PLSS: T21S, R29E, Sec. 17 (M)
Accuracy: non-specific area
Elevation (ft): 800
Acres: 79.0
Location: TULE RIVER VALLEY, 4.5 MILES BELOW SPRINGVILLE.

EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN. MAPPED AS BEST GUESS BY CNDDB AROUND 4.5 ROAD MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGVILLE ALONG HIGHWAY 190, WHERE THE HIGHWAY CROSSES THE TULE RIVER VALLEY.

Detailed Location:

Ecological: MEADOW. SUMMER-DRY RAIN POOL.

MAIN SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR THIS OCCURRENCE IS A 1954 COLLECTION BY HOWELL. ALSO COLLECTED IN 1938 FROM "BELOW SPRINGVILLE," IN 1943 FROM "MEADOW W OF SPRINGVILLE, 750FT," & 1954 FROM SPRINGVILLE. NO PLANTS SEEN NEAR SPRINGVILLE IN 1987.

General:

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
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Occurrence No. 99 Map Index: B0859 EO Index: 112741 Element Last Seen: 2016-03-28 Occ. Rank: Good Site Last Seen: 2016-03-28
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2018-09-27
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.09862 / -118.94708
UTM: Zone-11 N3996642 E324723
PLSS: T21S, R28E, Sec. 16, SE (M)
Accuracy: specific area
Elevation (ft): 660
Acres: 5.0
Location: NEAR NW SHORELINE OF LAKE SUCCESS, SOUTH OF FRAZIER DIKE.

MAPPED AS 2 POLYGONS ACCORDING TO 2016 PROVANCE COORDINATES, IN THE WEST 1/2 OF THE SW 1/4 OF SECTION 15 AND THE EAST 1/2 OF THE SE 1/4 OF SECTION 16.

Detailed Location:

INTERMITTENTLY FLOODED ROAD. COMPACT SILTY CLAY, IN BROMUS DIANDRUS/AVENA DOMINATED GRASSLAND BORDERING ATRIPLEX POLYCARPA WITH SAMBUCUS. SOME PLANTS IN BROMUS MADRITENSIS/HORDEUM MURINUM DOMINATED MOIST MEADOW.

Ecological:

APPROXIMATELY 100 PLANTS OBSERVED IN 2016. PLANTS STERILE; COLLECTED AS ERYNGIUM PINNATISECTUM BUT LIKELY E. SPINOSEPALUM BASED ON PROXIMITY TO KNOWN E. SPINOSEPALUM OCCURRENCE ACCORDING TO PROVANCE.

General:

Owner/Manager: USACE
Occurrence No. 100 Map Index: B0860 EO Index: 112743 Element Last Seen: 2017-05-11 Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 2017-05-11
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2018-09-28
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.10428 / -118.94234
UTM: Zone-11 N3997262 E325162
PLSS: T21S, R28E, Sec. 15, NW (M)
Accuracy: specific area
Elevation (ft): 660
Acres: 1.0
Location: AT THE BASE OF THE FRAZIER DIKE (NORTH SIDE) 400 METERS SW OF SPRINGVILLE SUBSTATION, LAKE SUCCESS.

Detailed Location: MAPPED ACCORDING TO 2016 PROVANCE COORDINATES, IN THE SOUTH 1/2 OF THE NW 1/4 OF SECTION 15.

VERNAL POOL ON HEAVY BLACK ADOBE NOW DRY. ASSOCIATES INCLUDE ELEOCHARIS MACROSTACHYA, LYTHRUM HYSSOPIFOLIA, LOLIUM, RUMEX.

Ecological:

General: APPROXIMATELY 200 PLANTS OBSERVED IN 2016 AND 2017.

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Lasthenia chrysantha
alkali-sink goldfields
Element Code: PDAST5L030
Federal:

State:

None
None
Listing Status: CNDDB Element Ranks: Global:

State:

G2
S2
Other: Rare Plant Rank - 1B.1
General: VERNAL POOLS.

Micro: ALKALINE. 0-200 M.

Habitat:

Occurrence No. 18 Map Index: 98721 EO Index: 118546 Element Last Seen: 1998-03-25 Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 1998-03-25
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2020-05-27
Quad Summary: Cairns Corner (3611922)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.14912 / -119.23719
UTM: Zone-11 N4002807 E298732
PLSS: T20S, R25E, Sec. 35, NW (M)
Accuracy: non-specific area
Elevation (ft): 305
Acres: 160.0
Location: COUNTY LANDFILL PROPERTY, 5.7 MILES EAST OF TULARE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

Detailed Location: MAPPED BY CNDDB IN THE NW 1/4 SECTION 35 BASED ON A 1998 PRESTON COLLECTION.

IN ALKALI RAIN POOLS, WITH LEPIDIUM DICTYOTUM, PLAGIOBOTHRYS HUMISTRATUS, SPERGULARIA MARINA, HEMIZONIA PUNGENS, AND THE RARE PUCCINELLIA SIMPLEX.

Ecological:

General: ONLY SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR THIS SITE IS A 1998 PRESTON COLLECTION. NEEDS FIELDWORK.

Owner/Manager: TUL COUNTY
Pseudobahia peirsonii
San Joaquin adobe sunburst
Element Code: PDAST7P030
Federal:

State:

Threatened
Endangered
Listing Status: CNDDB Element Ranks: Global:

State:

G1
S1
Other: Rare Plant Rank - 1B.1, SB_CalBG/RSABG-California/Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden General: VALLEY AND FOOTHILL GRASSLAND, CISMONTANE WOODLAND.

Micro: GRASSY VALLEY FLOORS AND ROLLING FOOTHILLS IN HEAVY CLAY SOIL. 115-795 M.

Habitat:

Occurrence No. 8 Map Index: 30797 EO Index: 56154 Element Last Seen: 1935-03-28 Occ. Rank: None Site Last Seen: 1990-04-08
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Extirpated
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2011-04-28
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.02211 / -118.95016
UTM: Zone-11 N3988160 E324275
PLSS: T22S, R28E (M)
Accuracy: 1 mile
Elevation (ft): 1700
Acres: 0.0
Location: 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORTERVILLE.

Detailed Location: MAPPED BY CNDDB AS BEST GUESS APPROXIMATELY 4 AIR MILES SE OF PORTERVILLE.

Ecological:

SITE BASED ON A 1935 RICHARDSON COLLECTION. SITE VISITED IN 1990, NO PLANTS FOUND; MOST LANDS IN THIS VICINITY HAVE BEEN CONVERTED TO INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE. SITE IS PRESUMED EXTIRPATED.

General:

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Occurrence No. 10 Map Index: 00141 EO Index: 7986 Element Last Seen: 2010-03-31 Occ. Rank: Poor Site Last Seen: 2010-03-31
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2017-03-27
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.06040 / -118.92835
UTM: Zone-11 N3992368 E326324
PLSS: T21S, R28E, Sec. 34, NE (M)
Accuracy: specific area
Elevation (ft): 700
Acres: 5.0
Location: APPROXIMATELY 0.25 AIR MILE WEST OF SUCCESS DAM, NORTH OF BARTLETT PARK, EAST OF PORTERVILLE.

ALONG ROAD TO SUCCESS DAM APPROXIMATELY 0.35 MILE BELOW SPILLWAY ON ROADBANK, 0.15 MILE ABOVE ENTRANCE TO BARTLETT PARK. NEAR BASE OF BIG HILL.

Detailed Location:

GROWING ON PORTERVILLE CLAY SOILS IN ASSOCIATION WITH AMSINCKIA INTERMEDIA, AVENA BARBATA, BROMUS DIANDRUS, B. RUBENS, SISYMBRIUM, AND SILYBUM.

Ecological:
~30 PLANTS OBSERVED IN 1974. ~100 PLANTS IN 1985, 45 PLANTS IN 1990, 40 PLANTS SEEN IN 2010. PLANTS OCCUR BETWEEN ROAD AND FENCE, NO PLANTS OBSERVED BEHIND FENCE IN OVERGRAZED GRASSLAND. INCLUDES FORMER OCCURRENCE #9.

General:

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Occurrence No. 12 Map Index: 64848 EO Index: 18466 Element Last Seen: 1953-03-17 Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 2010-XX-XX
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2015-09-25
Quad Summary: Frazier Valley (3611828), Chickencoop Canyon (3611838), Lindsay (3611921), Rocky Hill (3611931) County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.27766 / -119.02264
UTM: Zone-11 N4016644 E318333
PLSS: T19S, R27E, Sec. 14 (M)
Accuracy: 5 miles
Elevation (ft): 600
Acres: 0.0
Location: YOKOHL VALLEY ROAD, EXETER.

EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN. MAPPED AROUND THE ENTIRE YOKOHL VALLEY VICINITY WHICH IS JUST EAST OF EXETER. IN 1973 AND 1974, D. JOHNSON LOCATED P. HEERMANNII IN THIS AREA BUT DID NOT FIND ANY P. PEIRSONII.

Detailed Location:

Ecological:

SITE BASED ON 1939 AND 1953 COLLECTIONS. PORTIONS OF AREA SEARCHED IN 1973, 1974, 1986, 1990, & 2010 BUT POPULATION HAS NOT BEEN RELOCATED. SUITABLE HABITAT STILL EXISTS. 1930 PARKS COLLECTION FROM "EXETER NEAR ROCKY HILL" ATTRIBUTED HERE.

General:

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Occurrence No. 19 Map Index: 00152 EO Index: 7987 Element Last Seen: 2006-04-17 Occ. Rank: Poor Site Last Seen: 2010-XX-XX
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Fluctuating Record Last Updated: 2011-05-10
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.07639 / -118.92366
UTM: Zone-11 N3994134 E326781
PLSS: T21S, R28E, Sec. 26, NW (M)
Accuracy: specific area
Elevation (ft): 700
Acres: 47.0
Location: 1.5 KM (0.9 MI) NORTH OF SPILLWAY OF LAKE SUCCESS AT THE BASE OF ROCKY HILL.

Detailed Location: 3 POLYGONS MAPPED BY CNDDB ACCORDING TO MAPS PROVIDED.

GROWING ON PORTERVILLE AND CIBO CLAY SOILS IN DEGRADED NON-NATIVE GRASSLAND HABITAT. THE DOMINANT ASSOCIATES INCLUDE BRASSICA NIGRA, AVENA FATUA, ETC. THE RARE FRITILLARIA STRIATA HAS BEEN OBSERVED AT THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE OCCURRENCE.

Ecological:

APPROX. 225 PLANTS SEEN IN 1985, 50 SEEN IN 1986, 200 IN 1989, 200 IN 1990. 150 PLANTS SEEN IN 2002 BY CYPHER. 30 PLANTS OBSERVED IN NORTH AND EAST POLYGONS IN 2006. NOT OBSERVED IN 2010 (SITE HEAVILY MODIFIED).

INCLUDES FORMER OCC #20.

General:

Owner/Manager: DOD-COE
Occurrence No. 21 Map Index: 00226 EO Index: 7985 Element Last Seen: 1985-04-06 Occ. Rank: Poor Site Last Seen: 1990-03-22
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Decreasing Record Last Updated: 2011-05-04
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.06933 / -118.88731
UTM: Zone-11 N3993286 E330041
PLSS: T21S, R29E, Sec. 30, SW (M)
Accuracy: 80 meters
Elevation (ft): 700
Acres: 0.0
Location: LAKE SUCCESS, SOUTH FORK TULE RIVER ARM, APPROXIMATELY 1 MI NNE OF MINE HILL SUMMIT.

Detailed Location: IN LOW RAVINE JUST ABOVE HIGH WATER LEVEL.

GROWING ON HEAVY PORTERVILLE CLAY IN SEVERELY IMPACTED NON-NATIVE GRASSLAND. DOMINANT SPECIES INCLUDE AMSINCKIA INTERMEDIA, BROMUS RUBENS, AND ERODIUM CICUTARIUM.

Ecological:
31 DEPAUPERATE PLANTS SEEN IN 1985, NONE FOUND BY STEBBINS IN 1986 OR 1990. THERE IS SOME QUESTION WHETHER STEBBINS VISITED THE SAME SITE IN 1990 AS IN 1985 (MAPS DON'T MATCH EXACTLY). SITE WAS NOT ACCESSIBLE IN 2010.

General:

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Occurrence No. 26 Map Index: 22182 EO Index: 7968 Element Last Seen: 2016-03-18 Occ. Rank: Poor Site Last Seen: 2016-03-18
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2017-03-27
Quad Summary: Porterville (3611911)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.10729 / -119.01186
UTM: Zone-11 N3997723 E318909
PLSS: T21S, R27E, Sec. 13, N (M)
Accuracy: specific area
Elevation (ft): 650
Acres: 98.2
Location: LEWIS HILL, NORTH OF PORTERVILLE.

LOCATED WITHIN THE SE 1/4 OF THE SE 1/4 OF SECTION 11, N 1/2 SEC 13, AND S 1/2 SEC 12. INCLUDES FORMER OCC #27.

Detailed Location:

GROWING ON CIBO CLAY AND CIBO ROCK OUTCROP COMPLEX SOILS IN ABANDONED WHEAT FIELD. ASSOCIATES

INCLUDE HORDEUM LEPORINUM, ACHYRACHAENA MOLLIS, AVENA BARBATA, BROMUS MOLLIS, SENECIO, MEDICAGO, STELLARIA, AMSINCKIA, AND ERODIUM CICUTARIUM.

Ecological:
71 PLANTS SEEN IN 1988 IN 3 NORTH POLYGONS. SOUTH POLYGON: <100 PLANTS SEEN IN 2001, UNKNOWN NUMBER IN 2015, 148 IN 2016. SITE MAY BENEFIT IF LEFT UNDER PRESENT GRAZING REGIME RATHER THAN REVERTING BACK TO CULTIVATED AGRICULTURE (1988).

General:

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Occurrence No. 28 Map Index: 22184 EO Index: 7967 Element Last Seen: 1988-03-27 Occ. Rank: Poor Site Last Seen: 1990-04-12
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2011-05-09
Quad Summary: Porterville (3611911)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.10081 / -119.01106
UTM: Zone-11 N3997002 E318967
PLSS: T21S, R27E, Sec. 13, SW (M)
Accuracy: 80 meters
Elevation (ft): 590
Acres: 0.0
SOUTH SLOPE OF LEWIS HILL, 1.8 KM (1.1 MI) NNW OF INTERSECTION OF LOCUST STREET AND GREVILLA STREET IN PORTERVILLE.

Location:

WITHIN THE NE 1/4 OF THE SW 1/4 OF SECTION 13, 0.2 KM (0.1 MI) WEST OF GREVILLA STREET, 0.6 KM (0.35 MI) SOUTH OF ELEV. 1028 ON LEWIS HILL ON TOPO MAP.

Detailed Location:

GROWING ON CIBO CLAY AND CIBO ROCK OUTCROP COMPLEX SOILS IN ABANDONED WHEAT FIELD. ASSOCIATES

INCLUDE HORDEUM LEPORINUM, ACHYRACHAENA MOLLIS, AVENA BARBATA, BROMUS MOLLIS, SENECIO, MEDICAGO, STELLARIA, AMSINCKIA, AND ERODIUM CICUTARIUM.

Ecological:
300 PLANTS SEEN IN 1988. NO PLANTS SEEN IN 1990, BUT SURVEY MAY HAVE BEEN TOO LATE. SITE MAY BENEFIT IF LEFT UNDER CURRENT GRAZING REGIME RATHER THAN REVERTING BACK TO CULTIVATED AGRICULTURE. SITE NOT ACCESSIBLE IN 2010.

General:

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Occurrence No. 32 Map Index: 22198 EO Index: 7992 Element Last Seen: 1990-04-12 Occ. Rank: Good Site Last Seen: 1990-04-12
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2011-05-04
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.11612 / -118.99378
UTM: Zone-11 N3998668 E320557
PLSS: T21S, R28E, Sec. 07, SW (M)
Accuracy: specific area
Elevation (ft): 900
Acres: 51.1
Location: WEST OF FRAZIER VALLEY, 3.5 KM (2 MI) WNW OF ROAD 276/AVE 176 JUNCTION.

Detailed Location: 1.5-2.1 MILES NORTH OF ROCKY HILL.

GROWING ON PORTERVILLE COBBLY CLAY AND CIBO CLAY SOILS. DOMINANTS IN NON-NATIVE GRASSLAND INCLUDE

HORDEUM LEPORINUM, VULPIA MYUROS, AVENA BARBATA, AGOSERIS HETEROPHYLLA, ERODIUM MOSCHATUM, BROMUS MOLLIS, AND B. RUBENS.

Ecological:
140 PLANTS SEEN IN 1988, 150 SEEN IN 1990. SITE WAS NOT ACCESSIBLE IN 2010 BUT HABITAT APPEARED UNMODIFIED AND SUITABLE (VIEWED FROM A DISTANCE).

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Occurrence No. 33 Map Index: 22197 EO Index: 7989 Element Last Seen: 2010-04-01 Occ. Rank: Fair Site Last Seen: 2010-04-01
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Decreasing Record Last Updated: 2011-05-12
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.11099 / -118.97029
UTM: Zone-11 N3998056 E322660
PLSS: T21S, R28E, Sec. 08, S (M)
Accuracy: specific area
Elevation (ft): 800
Acres: 348.0
WEST OF FRAZIER VALLEY, APPROXIMATELY 0.5 TO 1.5 MILES WEST OF ROAD 276 / AVE 176 JUNCTION, NORTH OF ROCKY HILL.

Location:

MAPPED BY CNDDB AS 3 POLYGONS TO ENCOMPASS MAP DATA FROM A 1988 HANSEN MAP AND 2010 VOLLMAR DIGITAL DATA.

Detailed Location:

GROWING ON PORTERVILLE COBBLY CLAY AND CIBO CLAY SOILS. DOMINANTS IN NON-NATIVE GRASSLAND INCLUDE

HORDEUM LEPORINUM, VULPIA MYUROS, AVENA BARBATA, AGOSERIS HETEROPHYLLA, ERODIUM MOSCHATUM, BROMUS MOLLIS, AND B. RUBENS.

Ecological:

General: 5000+ PLANTS SEEN IN 1988, 500 PLANTS SEEN IN 1990. APPROXIMATELY 200 PLANTS SEEN IN 2010.

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Occurrence No. 34 Map Index: 22196 EO Index: 7991 Element Last Seen: 1988-04-09 Occ. Rank: Fair Site Last Seen: 1988-04-09
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2011-05-09
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.10894 / -118.99899
UTM: Zone-11 N3997881 E320072
PLSS: T21S, R28E, Sec. 18, NW (M)
Accuracy: 80 meters
Elevation (ft): 900
Acres: 0.0
Location: WEST OF FRAZIER VALLEY, APPROXIMATELY 2.5 MILES WEST OF ROAD 276/AVE 176 JUNCTION, NORTH OF ROCKY HILL.

Detailed Location: LOCATED IN EXTREME NW CORNER OF SECTION 18.

GROWING ON PORTERVILLE CLAY/CIBO CLAY/CIBO ROCK OUTCROP COMPLEX SOILS. ASSOCIATES INCLUDE HORDEUM

LEPORINUM, AVENA BARBATA, BRODIAEA LUTEA, LOMATIUM, RANUNCULUS, SENECIO, AMSINCKIA, BROMUS MOLLIS, VULPIA, MEDICAGO, AND BRASSICA NIGRA.

Ecological:

General: 2 PLANTS SEEN IN 1988. SITE WAS NOT ACCESSIBLE IN 2010.

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Occurrence No. 35 Map Index: 22195 EO Index: 7988 Element Last Seen: 1990-03-22 Occ. Rank: Poor Site Last Seen: 1990-03-22
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2011-05-04
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.08287 / -118.98393
UTM: Zone-11 N3994962 E321369
PLSS: T21S, R28E, Sec. 19, SE (M)
Accuracy: 80 meters
Elevation (ft): 660
Acres: 0.0
WEST OF ROCKY HILL, APPROXIMATELY 1.2 MILES NORTH OF CLATTE DRIVE/HOLCOMB ROAD JUNCTION IN PORTERVILLE.

Location:

Detailed Location: WITHIN THE SE 1/4 OF THE SE 1/4 OF SECTION 19, 0.6 KM (0.4 MI) EAST OF LINDA LANE.

ON CIBO CLAY SOILS GROWING IN HEAVILY GRAZED NON-NATIVE GRASSLAND. ASSOCIATES INCLUDE BRASSICA NIGRA, STELLARIA MEDIA, MEDICAGO POLYMORPHA, VULPIA MYUROS, AND AMSINCKIA INTERMEDIA.

Ecological:
3 PLANTS SEEN IN 1988, 12 SEEN IN 1990. STEBBINS INDICATES THAT DUE TO SMALL POPULATION SIZE, THIS SITE MAY BE MARGINAL IN VIABILITY. SITE WAS NOT ACCESSIBLE IN 2010 BUT HABITAT APPEARED SUITABLE FROM THE ROAD IN 2010.

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Occurrence No. 37 Map Index: 30057 EO Index: 5259 Element Last Seen: 1928-03-XX Occ. Rank: None Site Last Seen: 1990-04-08
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Extirpated
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2011-05-04
Quad Summary: Lindsay (3611921)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.20321 / -119.08972
UTM: Zone-11 N4008511 E312130
PLSS: T20S, R27E, Sec. 07 (M)
Accuracy: 1 mile
Elevation (ft):

Acres: 0.0
Location: LINDSAY, TULARE COUNTY.

Detailed Location:

Ecological:

ONLY LOCATION INFORMATION IS A 1928 HATHER COLLECTION. GENERAL AREA SURVEYED IN 1990; MOST OF THE AREAS SUPPORTING THE PREFERRED HEAVY CLAY SOILS HAVE BEEN CONVERTED TO CITRUS OR OLIVE ORCHARDS.

General:

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Occurrence No. 45 Map Index: 74595 EO Index: 75595 Element Last Seen: 2006-04-21 Occ. Rank: Fair Site Last Seen: 2006-04-21
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2011-05-04
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.08555 / -118.91814
UTM: Zone-11 N3995141 E327299
PLSS: T21S, R28E, Sec. 23, SE (M)
Accuracy: specific area
Elevation (ft): 682
Acres: 0.0
Location: SOUTHERN PORTION OF BOAT ISLAND, LAKE SUCCESS.

Detailed Location: MAPPED IN THE NW 1/4 OF THE SE 1/4 OF SECTION 23. "BOAT ISLAND" IS NOT LABELED ON USGS TOPO MAP.

IN TALL AVENA FATUA ANNUAL GRASSLAND, UNGRAZED, WITH SPARSE VEGETATIVE COVER AT GROUND LEVEL.

GENTLY SLOPING, S-FACING ALLUVIAL FAN. THE RARE CLARKIA SPRINGVILLENSIS OCCURS UPSLOPE AT BASE OF RHYOLITIC ROCK OUTCROPS.

Ecological:

General: APPROXIMATELY 45 PLANTS OBSERVED IN 2006. SITE NOT VISITED IN 2010.

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Occurrence No. 46 Map Index: 74597 EO Index: 75602 Element Last Seen: 2006-04-17 Occ. Rank: Fair Site Last Seen: 2010-XX-XX
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Decreasing Record Last Updated: 2011-05-16
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.06507 / -118.92548
UTM: Zone-11 N3992881 E326593
PLSS: T21S, R28E, Sec. 35, NW (M)
Accuracy: specific area
Elevation (ft): 720
Acres: 1.0
Location: ROCKY HILL RECREATION AREA, ON NORTH SIDE OF WORTH ROAD, NW SIDE OF DAM AT LAKE SUCCESS.

Detailed Location: MAPPED IN THE NW 1/4 OF THE NW 1/4 OF SECTION 35, APPROX. 300 FEET UPSLOPE FROM ROAD.

SE-FACING SLOPE IN HEAVY CLAY. SOIL IS LAS POSAS-ROCK OUTCROP COMPLEX. ASSOCIATES INCLUDE ASCLEPIAS

SPECIOSA, BROMUS MADRITENSIS RUBENS, LEONTODON TARAXACOIDES, PLAGIOBOTHRYS NOTHOFULVUS, AND THE RARE CONVOLVULUS SIMULANS.

Ecological:

APPROXIMATELY 120 PLANTS OBSERVED IN 2006. NO PLANTS WERE OBSERVED IN 2010; SITE HAS BEEN HEAVILY MODIFIED AND IS ADJACENT TO LAKE SUCCESS.

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Senecio aphanactis
chaparral ragwort
Element Code: PDAST8H060
Federal:

State:

None
None
Listing Status: CNDDB Element Ranks: Global:

State:

G3
S2
Other: Rare Plant Rank - 1B.2, SB_CalBG/RSABG-California/Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, SB_CRES-San Diego Zoo CRES Native Gene Seed Bank
General: CHAPARRAL, CISMONTANE WOODLAND, COASTAL SCRUB.

Micro: DRYING ALKALINE FLATS. 20-1020 M.

Habitat:

Occurrence No. 67 Map Index: A5970 EO Index: 107724 Element Last Seen: 1982-03-20 Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 1982-03-20
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2017-08-17
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.06709 / -118.89678
UTM: Zone-11 N3993055 E329183
PLSS: T21S, R28E, Sec. 25, SE (M)
Accuracy: 1/5 mile
Elevation (ft): 1200
Acres: 70.0
Location: MINE HILL SOUTHEAST OF CA HIGHWAY 190 ABOVE LAKE SUCCESS AND SOUTH OF SOUTH FORK TULE RIVER.

MAPPED AS BEST GUESS BY CNDDB AROUND PORTION OF MINE HILL THAT IS WITHIN GIVEN SECTION 25 AND AROUND GIVEN ELEVATION OF 1200 FT.

Detailed Location:

Ecological: ON CLAY-LIKE SOILS ON STEEP NORTH-FACING SLOPE IN A BLUE OAK WOODLAND.

SITE IS BASED ON A 1982 SHEVOCK COLLECTION, ANNOTATED AS SENECIO APHANACTIS BY TROCK IN 2012. NEEDS FIELDWORK.

General:

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Monolopia congdonii
San Joaquin woollythreads
Element Code: PDASTA8010
Federal:

State:

Endangered
None
Listing Status: CNDDB Element Ranks: Global:

State:

G2
S2
Other: Rare Plant Rank - 1B.2, SB_UCBG-UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley General: CHENOPOD SCRUB, VALLEY AND FOOTHILL GRASSLAND.

Micro: ALKALINE OR LOAMY PLAINS; SANDY SOILS, OFTEN WITH GRASSES AND WITHIN CHENOPOD SCRUB. 55-840 M.

Habitat:

Occurrence No. 111 Map Index: 99233 EO Index: 100761 Element Last Seen: 1881-03-XX Occ. Rank: None Site Last Seen: 1881-03-XX
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Possibly Extirpated
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2019-08-15
Posey (3511876), Johnsondale (3511885), California Hot Springs (3511886), Gibbon Peak (3511887), Fountain Springs (3511888), Ducor (3511981), Sausalito School (3511982), Pixley (3511983), Alpaugh (3511984), Success Dam (3611818) Quad Summary:

County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.00692 / -118.95842
UTM: Zone-11 N3986490 E323497
PLSS: T22S, R28E, Sec. 21 (M)
Accuracy: non-specific area
Elevation (ft):

Acres: 4128.0
Location: DEER CREEK, TULARE COUNTY.

Detailed Location: EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN. MAPPED AS A BEST GUESS ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF DEER CREEK.

Ecological:

General: TYPE LOCALITY. SITE BASED ON AN 1881 CONGDON COLLECTION. NEEDS FIELDWORK.

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Atriplex minuscula
lesser saltscale
Element Code: PDCHE042M0
Federal:

State:

None
None
Listing Status: CNDDB Element Ranks: Global:

State:

G2
S2
Other: Rare Plant Rank - 1B.1, SB_CalBG/RSABG-California/Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden General: CHENOPOD SCRUB, PLAYAS, VALLEY AND FOOTHILL GRASSLAND.

Micro: IN ALKALI SINK AND GRASSLAND IN SANDY, ALKALINE SOILS. 0-225 M.

Habitat:

Occurrence No. 32 Map Index: B0726 EO Index: 56694 Element Last Seen: 2010-09-24 Occ. Rank: Good Site Last Seen: 2010-09-24
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2018-09-19
Quad Summary: Cairns Corner (3611922)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.14895 / -119.2359
UTM: Zone-11 N4002785 E298848
PLSS: T20S, R25E, Sec. 35, N (M)
Accuracy: specific area
Elevation (ft): 300
Acres: 120.0
Location: BOTH SIDES OF BLISS ROAD, 0.5-1 MILE N OF STRATHMORE ROAD, 5.7 MILES SE OF TULARE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

MAPPED AS SEVERAL POLYGONS ACCORDING TO 1999 PRESTON MAP (NON-SPECIFIC SQUARE PORTION IN THE SW 1/4 OF THE NE 1/4 OF SECTION 35) AND 2010 PRESTON DIGITAL DATA (PORTION IN THE NW 1/4 OF SECTION 35).

Detailed Location:

IN SWALES AND MARGINS OF SLICKSPOTS IN ANNUAL GRASSLAND. WITH SUAEDA MOQUINII, HORDEUM MARINUM SSP.

GUSSONEANUM, AND HEMIZONIA PUNGENS. INTERMIXED WITH THE RARE ATRIPLEX SUBTILIS AND A. ERECTICAULIS.

Ecological:

UNKNOWN NUMBER OF PLANTS SEEN IN 1997, 1998, AND 1999. 3400 PLANTS OBSERVED IN 2010; PORTION OF OCCURRENCE IN SW 1/4 OF THE NE 1/4 OF SECTION 35 HAS BEEN ELIMINATED BY LANDFILL EXPANSION. INCLUDES FORMER OCCURRENCE #33.

General:

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Atriplex subtilis
subtle orache
Element Code: PDCHE042T0
Federal:

State:

None
None
Listing Status: CNDDB Element Ranks: Global:

State:

G1
S1
Other: Rare Plant Rank - 1B.2, BLM_S-Sensitive
General: VALLEY AND FOOTHILL GRASSLAND.

Micro: ALKALINE SOILS. 20-100 M.

Habitat:

Occurrence No. 25 Map Index: 56674 EO Index: 56690 Element Last Seen: 1999-08-17 Occ. Rank: Excellent Site Last Seen: 1999-08-17
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2011-05-24
Quad Summary: Cairns Corner (3611922)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.14902 / -119.23658
UTM: Zone-11 N4002795 E298786
PLSS: T20S, R25E, Sec. 35, NW (M)
Accuracy: specific area
Elevation (ft): 305
Acres: 215.1
Location: BOTH SIDES OF BLISS ROAD, 0.5-1 MILE NORTH OF STRATHMORE ROAD, 5.7 MILES SE OF TULARE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

Detailed Location: MAPPED WITHIN THE NW 1/4 AND THE SW 1/4 NE 1/4 SECTION 35 ON TULARE COUNTY LANDFILL PROPERTY.

IN SWALES AND MARGINS OF SLICKSPOTS IN ANNUAL GRASSLAND. WITH SUAEDA MOQUINII, HORDEUM MARINUM SSP.

GUSSONEANUM, AND HEMIZONIA PUNGENS. INTERMIXED WITH THE RARE ATRIPLEX MINUSCULA AND A. ERECTICAULIS.

Ecological:

General: 1000'S OF INDIVIDUALS OBSERVED BY PRESTON IN 1999.

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Atriplex cordulata var. erecticaulis
Earlimart orache
Element Code: PDCHE042V0
Federal:

State:

None
None
Listing Status: CNDDB Element Ranks: Global:

State:

GNRT1
S1
Other: Rare Plant Rank - 1B.2, BLM_S-Sensitive
General: VALLEY AND FOOTHILL GRASSLAND.

Micro: 60-115 M.

Habitat:

Occurrence No. 20 Map Index: B5725 EO Index: 66427 Element Last Seen: 2010-09-24 Occ. Rank: Good Site Last Seen: 2010-09-24
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2020-06-22
Quad Summary: Cairns Corner (3611922)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.14941 / -119.23575
UTM: Zone-11 N4002836 E298862
PLSS: T20S, R25E, Sec. 35, N (M)
Accuracy: specific area
Elevation (ft): 308
Acres: 164.0
Location: TULARE COUNTY LANDFILL PROPERTY, 5.7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TULARE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

MAPPED AS SEVERAL POLYGONS ACCORDING TO 1999 PRESTON MAP AND 2010 PRESTON DIGITAL DATA. PLANTS IN THE SW 1/4 OF THE NE 1/4 OF SECTION 35 HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED BY 2010 DUE TO LANDFILL EXPANSION; REMAINING PLANTS IN CONSERVATION PARCEL.

Detailed Location:

IN SWALES AND MARGINS OF SLICKSPOTS IN ANNUAL GRASSLAND, WITH SUAEDA MOQUINII AND HEMIZONIA PUNGENS.

OTHER ASSOCIATES INCLUDE BROMUS DIANDRUS, HORDEUM DEPRESSUM, A. SUBTILIS AND A. MINISCULA. SOILS ALKALINE.

Ecological:

UNKNOWN NUMBER OF PLANTS OBSERVED IN 1997 AND 1999. 6200 PLANTS OBSERVED IN THE NW 1/4 OF SECTION 35 IN 2010.

General:

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Sidalcea keckii
Keck's checkerbloom
Element Code: PDMAL110D0
Federal:

State:

Endangered
None
Listing Status: CNDDB Element Ranks: Global:

State:

G2
S2
Other: Rare Plant Rank - 1B.1, SB_CalBG/RSABG-California/Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden General: CISMONTANE WOODLAND, VALLEY AND FOOTHILL GRASSLAND.

Micro: GRASSY SLOPES IN BLUE OAK WOODLAND. ON SERPENTINE-DERIVED, CLAY SOILS, AT LEAST SOMETIMES. 85-505 M.

Habitat:

Occurrence No. 5 Map Index: 21637 EO Index: 17766 Element Last Seen: 1992-04-15 Occ. Rank: None Site Last Seen: 2002-XX-XX
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Extirpated
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2019-08-12
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.03383 / -118.92572
UTM: Zone-11 N3989416 E326503
PLSS: T22S, R28E, Sec. 11, NW (M)
Accuracy: 80 meters
Elevation (ft): 750
Acres: 0.0
Location: APPROXIMATELY 1.5 AIR MILES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 190, 2 MILES SW OF SUCCESS DAM.

Detailed Location: 0.2 MILE WEST OF SCE POWERLINES. NEAR MINE HILL, ON LOWER LATERAL SLOPES (EAST OF PORTERVILLE).

SW-FACING SLOPE WITH SPARSE COMPETITIVE ANNUAL GRASSES. IN CENTERVILLE CLAY SOILS. ASSOCIATED WITH BROMUS RUBENS, LEPIDIUM NITIDUM, PLANTAGO HOOKERIANA, SENECIO VULGARIS, AND SILENE GALLICA.

Ecological:
60 PLANTS SEEN IN 1992. THIS SPECIES WAS CONSIDERED POSSIBLY EXTINCT; FIRST TIME SEEN IN 53 YEARS IN 1992.

EXTIRPATED IN OR BEFORE 2002 BY ORANGE GROVES ACCORDING TO STEBBINS.

General:

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Occurrence No. 20 Map Index: B3670 EO Index: 116583 Element Last Seen: 1954-05-08 Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 1954-05-08
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2019-08-12
Quad Summary: Globe (3611817), Success Dam (3611818)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.09988 / -118.87017
UTM: Zone-11 N3996646 E331649
PLSS: T21S, R29E, Sec. 17 (M)
Accuracy: 1 mile
Elevation (ft): 800
Acres: 1987.0
Location: TULE RIVER VALLEY, 4.5 MILES BELOW SPRINGVILLE.

EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN. MAPPED AS BEST GUESS BY CNDDB CENTERED AROUND 4.5 ROAD MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGVILLE ALONG HIGHWAY 190, WHERE THE HIGHWAY CROSSES THE TULE RIVER VALLEY. GIVEN ELEVATION IS 800 FEET.

Detailed Location:

Ecological: GRASSY FLAT.

General: ONLY SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR THIS SITE IS A 1954 HOWELL & BARNEBY COLLECTION. NEEDS FIELDWORK.

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
Clarkia springvillensis
Springville clarkia
Element Code: PDONA05120
Federal:

State:

Threatened
Endangered
Listing Status: CNDDB Element Ranks: Global:

State:

G2
S2
Other: Rare Plant Rank - 1B.2, SB_UCSC-UC Santa Cruz
Habitat: General: CHAPARRAL, CISMONTANE WOODLAND, VALLEY AND FOOTHILL GRASSLAND.

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Micro: CUTBANKS AND OPENINGS IN BLUE OAK WOODLAND. DECOMPOSED GRANITE LOAM. 210-2255 M.

Occurrence No. 19 Map Index: 55935 EO Index: 55951 Element Last Seen: 2002-04-16 Occ. Rank: Fair Site Last Seen: 2002-04-16
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2017-11-09
Quad Summary: Porterville (3611911)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.10634 / -119.00562
UTM: Zone-11 N3997606 E319469
PLSS: T21S, R27E, Sec. 13, NE (M)
Accuracy: 80 meters
Elevation (ft): 800
Acres: 0.0
Location: NE OF PORTERVILLE, WEST SIDE OF PLANO STREET, BELOW LEWIS HILL PRESERVE. APPROX 0.25 MI E OF LEWIS HILL.

Detailed Location: BETWEEN ROAD SHOULDER AND FENCE, OUTSIDE OF FENCE OF PRESERVE.

Ecological: ALIEN GRASSES ARE ASSOCIATES. ON STEEP W-FACING SLOPE.

General: ABOUT 5 PLANTS SEEN BY STEWART IN 2002.

Owner/Manager: USFS-SEQUOIA NF
Occurrence No. 29 Map Index: A7894 EO Index: 109680 Element Last Seen: 2016-03-29 Occ. Rank: Good Site Last Seen: 2016-03-29
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2018-01-05
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.06347 / -118.92498
UTM: Zone-11 N3992703 E326635
PLSS: T21S, R28E, Sec. 35, NW (M)
Accuracy: specific area
Elevation (ft): 700
Acres: 4.0
Location: WEST END OF LAKE SUCCESS DAM; NEAR SPILLWAY AND ARMY CORP PARKING LOT.

MAPPED ACCORDING TO 2006 BEYERL MAP AND 2016 PROVANCE COORDINATES. IN THE NW 1/4 OF THE NW 1/4 OF SECTION 35.

Detailed Location:

GRASSY SLOPE DOMINATED BY BROMUS DIANDRUS/AVENA BARBATA. NATIVE ANNUALS COMMON INCLUDING PHACELIA CICUTARIA, CLAYTONIA, TRITELEIA LAXA, T. IXIOIDES, LESSINGIA FILAGINIFOLIA. PLANTS ONLY FOUND ON NE AND N ASPECTS.

Ecological:

APPROXIMATELY 300 PLANTS OBSERVED IN 2006 AND 200 PLANTS OBSERVED IN 2016. PLANTS COMPARED WITH POPULATION AT LEWIS HILL (EO #19). ID NEEDS VERIFICATION; CLARKIA PLANTS ON BOAT ISLAND HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS C. EXILIS BY FRANK VASEK.

General:

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Occurrence No. 30 Map Index: A7895 EO Index: 109681 Element Last Seen: 2017-05-11 Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 2017-05-11
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2018-01-02
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.09831 / -118.95334
UTM: Zone-11 N3996619 E324158
PLSS: T21S, R28E, Sec. 16, SE (M)
Accuracy: 80 meters
Elevation (ft): 815
Acres: 5.0
1/4 MILE SE OF INTERSECTION OF FRAZIER DIKE ROAD AND PRIVATE ROAD, NORTH END OF ROCKY HILL, NW END OF LAKE SUCCESS.

Location:

Detailed Location: MAPPED ACCORDING TO 2017 GORDON-BLACKWOOD COORDINATES, IN THE NW 1/4 OF THE SE 1/4 OF SECTION 16.

Ecological: OAK WOODLAND FOOHILL. AMONG ROCKS AND CLARKIA CYLINDRICA. 25 PLANTS OBSERVED IN 2017. ID NEEDS VERIFICATION; NEARBY CLARKIA PLANTS ON BOAT ISLAND AT LAKE SUCCESS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS C. EXILIS BY FRANK VASEK.

General:

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
Leptosiphon serrulatus
Madera leptosiphon
Element Code: PDPLM09130
Federal:

State:

None
None
Listing Status: CNDDB Element Ranks: Global:

State:

G3
S3
Other: Rare Plant Rank - 1B.2, BLM_S-Sensitive, SB_SBBG-Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, USFS_S-Sensitive General: CISMONTANE WOODLAND, LOWER MONTANE CONIFEROUS FOREST.

Micro: DRY SLOPES; OFTEN ON DECOMPOSED GRANITE IN WOODLAND. 80-1645 M.

Habitat:

Occurrence No. 18 Map Index: 30797 EO Index: 13155 Element Last Seen: 1935-03-28 Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 1935-03-28
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 1995-03-03
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.02211 / -118.95016
UTM: Zone-11 N3988160 E324275
PLSS: T22S, R28E (M)
Accuracy: 1 mile
Elevation (ft): 1000
Acres: 0.0
Location: 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORTERVILLE.

MAPPED AT CNDDB APPROX 1.5 MILES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 190 AND APPROX 2 MILES W OF ROAD 298, AND 4 MILES DUE SE OF PORTERVILLE.

Detailed Location:

Ecological:

General: ONLY SOURCE OF INFORMATION IS A 1935 COLLECTION BY RICHARDSON. NEEDS FIELDWORK.

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
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Navarretia nigelliformis ssp. radians
shining navarretia
Element Code: PDPLM0C0J2
Federal:

State:

None
None
Listing Status: CNDDB Element Ranks: Global:

State:

G4T2T3
S2S3
Other: Rare Plant Rank - 1B.2, BLM_S-Sensitive
General: CISMONTANE WOODLAND, VALLEY AND FOOTHILL GRASSLAND, VERNAL POOLS.

Micro: APPARENTLY IN GRASSLAND, AND NOT NECESSARILY IN VERNAL POOLS. 60-975 M.

Habitat:

Occurrence No. 77 Map Index: B0126 EO Index: 111985 Element Last Seen: 2016-06-06 Occ. Rank: Excellent Site Last Seen: 2016-06-06
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2018-07-25
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.07663 / -118.92837
UTM: Zone-11 N3994169 E326359
PLSS: T21S, R28E, Sec. 27, NE (M)
Accuracy: specific area
Elevation (ft): 810
Acres: 2.0
LAKE SUCCESS AREA; TRANSMISSION LINE CORRIDOR ABOUT 1 MILE NNW OF THE SPILLWAY, ABOUT 5 MILES E OF PORTERVILLE.

Location:

MAPPED ACCORDING TO 2016 PROVANCE COORDINATES, ON THE SECTION LINE BETWEEN THE NE 1/4 OF SECTION 27 AND THE NW 1/4 OF SECTION 26.

Detailed Location:

GENTLE SLOPE; ANNUAL GRASSLAND DOMINATED BY AVENA AND BROMUS HORDEACEUS, WITH HOLOCARPHA HEERMANNII. ADOBE SOILS.

Ecological:

General: ABOUT 2000 PLANTS SEEN IN 2016.

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Delphinium recurvatum
recurved larkspur
Element Code: PDRAN0B1J0
Federal:

State:

None
None
Listing Status: CNDDB Element Ranks: Global:

State:

G2?
S2
Other: Rare Plant Rank - 1B.2, BLM_S-Sensitive, SB_SBBG-Santa Barbara Botanic Garden General: CHENOPOD SCRUB, VALLEY AND FOOTHILL GRASSLAND, CISMONTANE WOODLAND.

Micro: ON ALKALINE SOILS; OFTEN IN VALLEY SALTBUSH OR VALLEY CHENOPOD SCRUB. 3-790 M.

Habitat:

Occurrence No. 82 Map Index: 98907 EO Index: 58418 Element Last Seen: 2010-04-30 Occ. Rank: Good Site Last Seen: 2010-04-30
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2016-01-22
Quad Summary: Cairns Corner (3611922)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.14867 / -119.23647
UTM: Zone-11 N4002755 E298795
PLSS: T20S, R25E, Sec. 35, N (M)
Accuracy: non-specific area
Elevation (ft): 305
Acres: 159.0
TULARE COUNTY LANDFILL PROPERTY, BOTH SIDES OF BLISS ROAD ABOUT 0.5 TO 1 MILE NORTH OF STRATHMORE ROAD.

Location:

POLYGONS ON WEST SIDE OF ROAD ARE SPECIFIC BASED ON DIGITAL DATA FROM 1998, 2006, AND 2010. POLYGON ON

EAST SIDE OF ROAD IS NON-SPECIFIC BASED ON TRS INFORMATION AND PRESTON NOTE THAT PLANTS HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED FROM THIS AREA.

Detailed Location:

IN GRASSLANDS WITH BROMUS DIANDRUS, HORDEUM DEPRESSUM, B. HORDEACEUS, LACTUCA SERRIOLA, AMSINCKIA MENZIESII, SUAEDA MOQUINII, CENTROMADIA PUNGENS. SOILS ALKALINE.

Ecological:

General: 500+ PLANTS SEEN IN 1998. 1,231 PLANTS IN 2006. 1,217 PLANTS IN 2010.

Owner/Manager: TUL COUNTY
Occurrence No. 136 Map Index: 64848 EO Index: 117097 Element Last Seen: 1937-05-02 Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 1937-05-02
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2019-10-10
Quad Summary: Frazier Valley (3611828), Chickencoop Canyon (3611838), Lindsay (3611921), Rocky Hill (3611931) County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.27766 / -119.02264
UTM: Zone-11 N4016644 E318333
PLSS: T19S, R27E, Sec. 14 (M)
Accuracy: 5 miles
Elevation (ft):

Acres: 0.0
Location: YOKOHL VALLEY.

Detailed Location: EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN. MAPPED BY CNDDB TO ENCOMPASS YOKOHL VALLEY.

Ecological:

General: ONLY SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR THIS SITE IS A 1937 WINBLAD COLLECTION. NEEDS FIELDWORK.

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
Diplacus pictus
calico monkeyflower
Element Code: PDSCR1B240
Federal:

State:

None
None
Listing Status: CNDDB Element Ranks: Global:

State:

G2
S2
Other: Rare Plant Rank - 1B.2, BLM_S-Sensitive, SB_CalBG/RSABG-California/Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden Habitat: General: BROADLEAFED UPLAND FOREST, CISMONTANE WOODLAND.

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Micro: IN BARE GROUND AROUND GOOSEBERRY BUSHES OR AROUND GRANITE ROCK OUTCROPS. 180-1280 M.

Occurrence No. 21 Map Index: 00073 EO Index: 17680 Element Last Seen: 1983-04-26 Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 1983-04-26
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2016-11-04
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.07436 / -118.93782
UTM: Zone-11 N3993934 E325502
PLSS: T21S, R28E, Sec. 27 (M)
Accuracy: 1/5 mile
Elevation (ft): 1440
Acres: 0.0
IN SADDLE OF ROCKY HILL BETWEEN ELEVATION POINTS 1593 AND 1567, WEST OF LAKE SUCCESS AND EAST OF PORTERVILLE.

Location:

Detailed Location: MAPPED BY CNDDB IN THE SE 1/4 OF THE NW 1/4 OF SECTION 27 BASED ON 1983 SHEVOCK FIELD SURVEY.

Ecological: AT BASE OF RIBES QUERCETORUM AND GRANITIC BOULDERS.

ABOUT 20 PLANTS OBSERVED IN 1983. COLLECTIONS FROM "PORTERVILLE", "3 MI E OF PORTERVILLE", "LOWEST FOOTHILLS ABOUT 2 MI E OF PORTERVILLE", AND "ROCKY HILL JUST E OF PORTERVILLE" ARE ATTRIBUTED TO THIS OCCURRENCE. INCLUDES FORMER OCC #24.

General:

Owner/Manager: PVT
Occurrence No. 25 Map Index: 30057 EO Index: 64806 Element Last Seen: 1921-04-19 Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 1921-04-19
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2016-11-03
Quad Summary: Lindsay (3611921)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.20321 / -119.08972
UTM: Zone-11 N4008511 E312130
PLSS: T20S, R27E, Sec. 07 (M)
Accuracy: 1 mile
Elevation (ft):

Acres: 0.0
Location: LINDSAY.

Detailed Location:

Ecological:

General: ONLY SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR THIS SITE IS 1921 COLLECTION BY FENN. NEEDS FIELDWORK.

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
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Occurrence No. 36 Map Index: 64848 EO Index: 64927 Element Last Seen: 1935-03-XX Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 1935-03-XX
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2015-09-25
Quad Summary: Frazier Valley (3611828), Chickencoop Canyon (3611838), Lindsay (3611921), Rocky Hill (3611931) County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.27766 / -119.02264
UTM: Zone-11 N4016644 E318333
PLSS: T19S, R27E, Sec. 14 (M)
Accuracy: 5 miles
Elevation (ft): 600
Acres: 0.0
Location: YOKOHL VALLEY.

Detailed Location: MAPPED TO INCLUDE ENTIRE YOKOHL VALLEY BY CNDDB. SOURCE DATA VAGUE.

Ecological:

General: ONLY SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR THIS SITE IS 1935 COLLECTION BY WOGLUM. NEEDS FIELDWORK.

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
Fritillaria striata
striped adobe-lily
Element Code: PMLIL0V0K0
Federal:

State:

None
Threatened
Listing Status: CNDDB Element Ranks: Global:

State:

G1
S1
Other: Rare Plant Rank - 1B.1, BLM_S-Sensitive, SB_CalBG/RSABG-California/Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, SB_SBBGSanta Barbara Botanic Garden, SB_USDA-US Dept of Agriculture, USFS_S-Sensitive General: CISMONTANE WOODLAND, VALLEY AND FOOTHILL GRASSLAND.

Micro: HEAVY CLAY ADOBE SOILS IN OAK GRASSLAND. 135-1460 M.

Habitat:

Occurrence No. 8 Map Index: 22816 EO Index: 7994 Element Last Seen: 1927-03-13 Occ. Rank: None Site Last Seen: 1927-03-13
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Extirpated
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2006-06-09
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818), Porterville (3611911) County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.07216 / -119.00473
UTM: Zone-11 N3993812 E319471
PLSS: T21S, R27E, Sec. 25 (M)
Accuracy: 1 mile
Elevation (ft): 450
Acres: 0.0
Location: PORTERVILLE.

Detailed Location:

Ecological:

HERBARIUM LABEL IS ONLY SOURCE OF LOCATION INFORMATION FOR THIS SITE. ACCORDING TO SHEVOCK, THIS AREA HAS BEEN PLOWED FOR AGRICULTURE AND ALL ADOBE SOILS ARE GONE.

General:

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
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Occurrence No. 9 Map Index: 22813 EO Index: 64957 Element Last Seen: 1988-04-01 Occ. Rank: Poor Site Last Seen: 1988-04-01
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2006-06-15
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.11091 / -118.98101
UTM: Zone-11 N3998067 E321695
PLSS: T21S, R28E, Sec. 08, SW (M)
Accuracy: 80 meters
Elevation (ft): 900
Acres: 0.0
Location: NORTH OF ROCKY HILL, 1.4 MILE WEST OF THE JUNCTION OF ROAD 276 AND AVE 176.

Detailed Location:

GROWING IN A NON-NATIVE GRASSLAND. CIBO-ROCK COMPLEX SOILS. ASSOCIATES INCLUDE HORDEUM LEPORINUM,

VULPIA MYUROS, BROMUS MOLLIS, AVENA BARBATA, NAVARRETIA, ACHYRACHAENA MOLLIS, SENECIO VULGARE, BRODIAEA LAXA, SANICULA, AND ERODIUM.

Ecological:
86 PLANTS OBSERVED IN 1988 WITHIN AN AREA OF 36 SQUARE METERS. 1936 AND 1958 COLLECTIONS BY HOOVER FROM "FRAZIER VALLEY" ATTRIBUTED HERE. INCLUDES FORMER OCCURRENCE #22.

General:

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
Occurrence No. 11 Map Index: 64879 EO Index: 64958 Element Last Seen: 1938-03-01 Occ. Rank: None Site Last Seen: 1983-XX-XX
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Extirpated
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2006-06-15
Quad Summary: Frazier Valley (3611828), Chickencoop Canyon (3611838), Lindsay (3611921), Rocky Hill (3611931) County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.20961 / -119.00691
UTM: Zone-11 N4009065 E319590
PLSS: T20S, R27E, Sec. 12 (M)
Accuracy: 5 miles
Elevation (ft):

Acres: 0.0
Location: 5 MILES EAST OF LINDSEY.

Detailed Location: EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN. MAPPED BY CNDDB AS BEST GUESS CENTERED 5 AIR MILES EAST OF LINDSAY.

Ecological:

OCCURRENCE BASED ON TWO COLLECTIONS: HARTER IN 1928 FROM LINDSEY, AND WINDBLAD IN 1938 FROM 5 MILES EAST OF LINDSEY. OCCURRENCE EXTIRPATED BY 1983 ACCORDING TO SHEVOCK. AREA PLOWED AND UNDER AGRICULTURE, ALL ADOBE SOILS ARE GONE.

General:

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
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Occurrence No. 21 Map Index: 00213 EO Index: 21996 Element Last Seen: 198X-XX-XX Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 198X-XX-XX
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 1989-08-11
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.05688 / -118.89537
UTM: Zone-11 N3991919 E329287
PLSS: T21S, R28E, Sec. 36, SE (M)
Accuracy: 1 mile
Elevation (ft): 1700
Acres: 0.0
Location: MINE HILL, NEAR LAKE SUCCESS.

Detailed Location:

Ecological: ON ADOBE SOIL.

General: REPORTED FROM HERE BY JIM SHEVOCK.

Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN
Occurrence No. 23 Map Index: 22814 EO Index: 7993 Element Last Seen: 1990-03-29 Occ. Rank: Fair Site Last Seen: 1990-03-29
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 1993-03-03
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.07098 / -118.92952
UTM: Zone-11 N3993544 E326242
PLSS: T21S, R28E, Sec. 27, SE (M)
Accuracy: 80 meters
Elevation (ft): 950
Acres: 0.0
Location: SOUTHEAST OF ROCKY HILL, WEST OF LAKE SUCCESS; 1.2 KM (0.8 MI) NNE OF HILLTOP "WORTH, 1518" ON TOPO MAP.

Detailed Location:

Ecological: GROWING IN A FOOTHILL GRASSLAND COMMUNTY DOMINATED BY ANNUAL GRASSES.

General: ONLY 2 PLANTS FOUND.

Owner/Manager: PVT
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Occurrence No. 24 Map Index: 22815 EO Index: 7995 Element Last Seen: 2007-03-01 Occ. Rank: Good Site Last Seen: 2007-03-01
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2009-04-02
Quad Summary: Porterville (3611911)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.10899 / -119.01147
UTM: Zone-11 N3997910 E318949
PLSS: T21S, R27E, Sec. 13, NW (M)
Accuracy: specific area
Elevation (ft): 900
Acres: 23.0
Location: LEWIS HILL, NORTH OF PORTERVILLE.

INCLUDES N 1/2 OF NW 1/4 OF SECTION 13 AND THE SW 1/4 OF THE SW 1/4 OF SECTION 12. THERE APPEARS TO BE ABUNDANT SUITABLE HABITAT, HOWEVER ONLY UNGRAZED AREAS HAVE FRITILLARIA STRIATA.

Detailed Location:

GROWING IN NON-NATIVE GRASSLAND ON A CIBO-ROCK OUTCROP COMPLEX. ASSOCIATES INCLUDE HORDEUM LEPORINUM, BRODIAEA LAXA, AVENA BARBATA, DICHELOSTEMMA PULCHELLUM, LOMATIUM SPP., OROBANCHE UNIFLORA, VULPIA MYUROS, AND BROMUS MOLLIS.

Ecological:
1310 PLANTS OBSERVED IN 1988. APPROX. 30 PLANTS IN CENTER POLYGON AND 30 MORE PLANTS "FURTHER UPSLOPE...AT CA. 900 FT." IN 2007. # PROBABLY UNDERESTIMATED; ENTIRE SITE NOT INVESTIGATED. COMPATABLE GRAZING REGIME SHOULD BE DETERMINED.

General:

Owner/Manager: PVT
Occurrence No. 28 Map Index: 74278 EO Index: 75325 Element Last Seen: 1998-XX-XX Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 1998-XX-XX
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2009-04-02
Quad Summary: Success Dam (3611818)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.07952 / -118.92667
UTM: Zone-11 N3994486 E326517
PLSS: T21S, R28E, Sec. 26, NW (M)
Accuracy: specific area
Elevation (ft): 700
Acres: 8.0
Location: ESE OF ROCKY HILL, WEST OF LAKE SUCCESS, 0.6 TO 0.7 AIR MILE NE OF HILLTOP 1567 ON TOPO MAP.

Detailed Location: MAPPED IN THE NW 1/4 OF THE NW 1/4 OF SECTION 26.

Ecological: THE RARE PSEUDOBAHIA PIERSONII OCCURS NEARBY.

UNKNOWN NUMBER OF PLANTS OBSERVED IN 1997 AND 1998. SURVEYS WERE CONDUCTED BY DWR FOR USACE.

CNDDB DOES NOT HAVE THE COMPLETE DATA, ONLY MAPPED LOCATIONS.

General:

Owner/Manager: DOD
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Puccinellia simplex
California alkali grass
Element Code: PMPOA53110
Federal:

State:

None
None
Listing Status: CNDDB Element Ranks: Global:

State:

G2
S2
Other: Rare Plant Rank - 1B.2, BLM_S-Sensitive
General: MEADOWS AND SEEPS, CHENOPOD SCRUB, VALLEY AND FOOTHILL GRASSLANDS, VERNAL POOLS.

Micro: ALKALINE, VERNALLY MESIC. SINKS, FLATS, AND LAKE MARGINS. 1-915 M.

Habitat:

Occurrence No. 34 Map Index: 98721 EO Index: 100188 Element Last Seen: 1998-03-25 Occ. Rank: Unknown Site Last Seen: 1998-03-25
Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence
Presence: Presumed Extant
Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2016-01-07
Quad Summary: Cairns Corner (3611922)
County Summary: Tulare
Lat/Long: 36.14912 / -119.23719
UTM: Zone-11 N4002807 E298732
PLSS: T20S, R25E, Sec. 35, NW (M)
Accuracy: non-specific area
Elevation (ft): 305
Acres: 160.0
Location: COUNTY LANDFILL PROPERTY, 5.7 MILES EAST OF TULARE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

Detailed Location: MAPPED BY CNDDB BASED ON TRS PROVIDED: T25E R20S NW 1/4 SECTION 35.

IN ALKALI RAIN POOLS WITH LASTHENIA CHRYSANTHA, PLAGIOBOTHRYS HUMISTRATUS, LEPIDIUM DICTYOTUM, SPERGULARIA MARINA, AND HEMIZONIA PUNGENS.

Ecological:

General: ONLY SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR THIS SITE IS A 1998 PRESTON COLLECTION. NEEDS FIELDWORK.

Owner/Manager: TUL COUNTY
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IPaC resource list
This report is an automatically generated list of species and other resources such as critical habitat (collectively referred to as trust resources) under the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (USFWS) jurisdiction that are known or expected to be on or near the project area referenced below. The list may also include trust resources that occur outside of the project area, but that could potentially be directly or indirectly affected by activities in the project area. However, determining the likelihood and extent of effects a project may have on trust resources typically requires gathering additional site-specific (e.g., vegetation/species surveys) and project-specific (e.g., magnitude and timing of proposed activities) information.

Below is a summary of the project information you provided and contact information for the USFWS office(s) with jurisdiction in the defined project area. Please read the introduction to each section that follows (Endangered Species, Migratory Birds, USFWS Facilities, and NWI Wetlands) for additional information applicable to the trust resources addressed in that section.

Location
Tulare County, California
Local office
Sacramento Fish And Wildlife Office
 (916) 414-6600
 (916) 414-6713
Federal Building
IPaC U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
1STA AVE
2800 Cottage Way, Room W-2605
Sacramento, CA 95825-1846
Endangered species
This resource list is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an analysis of project level impacts.

The primary information used to generate this list is the known or expected range of each species.

Additional areas of influence (AOI) for species are also considered. An AOI includes areas outside of the species range if the species could be indirectly affected by activities in that area (e.g., placing a dam upstream of a fish population even if that fish does not occur at the dam site, may indirectly impact the species by reducing or eliminating water flow downstream). Because species can move, and site conditions can change, the species on this list are not guaranteed to be found on or near the project area. To fully determine any potential effects to species, additional sitespecific and project-specific information is often required.

Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act requires Federal agencies to "request of the Secretary information whether any species which is listed or proposed to be listed may be present in the area of such proposed action" for any project that is conducted, permitted, funded, or licensed by any Federal agency. A letter from the local office and a species list which fulfills this requirement can only be obtained by requesting an official species list from either the Regulatory Review section in IPaC (see directions below) or from the local field office directly.

For project evaluations that require USFWS concurrence/review, please return to the IPaC website and request an official species list by doing the following:

1. Draw the project location and click CONTINUE.

2. Click DEFINE PROJECT.

3. Log in (if directed to do so).

4. Provide a name and description for your project.

5. Click REQUEST SPECIES LIST.

Listed species and their critical habitats are managed by the Ecological Services Program of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the fisheries division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA Fisheries ).

Species and critical habitats under the sole responsibility of NOAA Fisheries are not shown on this list. Please contact NOAA Fisheries for species under their jurisdiction.

1. Species listed under the Endangered Species Act are threatened or endangered; IPaC also shows species that are candidates, or proposed, for listing. See the listing status page for more information. IPaC only shows species that are regulated by USFWS (see FAQ).

2. NOAA Fisheries, also known as the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), is an office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration within the Department of Commerce. 1 2
The following species are potentially affected by activities in this location:

Mammals
Birds
Reptiles
Amphibians

NAME STATUS
San Joaquin Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis mutica
Wherever found
No critical habitat has been designated for this species. https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/2873
Endangered
Tipton Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys nitratoides nitratoides
Wherever found
No critical habitat has been designated for this species. https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/7247
Endangered

NAME STATUS
California Condor Gymnogyps californianus
There is final critical habitat for this species. Your location does not overlap the critical habitat.
https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/8193
Endangered

NAME STATUS
Blunt-nosed Leopard Lizard Gambelia silus
Wherever found
No critical habitat has been designated for this species. https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/625
Endangered
Northwestern Pond Turtle Actinemys marmorata
Wherever found
No critical habitat has been designated for this species. https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/1111
Proposed Threatened

NAME STATUS
Western Spadefoot Spea hammondii
No critical habitat has been designated for this species.

Proposed Threatened
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Insects
Crustaceans
Flowering Plants
Critical habitats
Potential effects to critical habitat(s) in this location must be analyzed along with the endangered species themselves.

There are no critical habitats at this location.

You are still required to determine if your project(s) may have effects on all above listed species.

NAME STATUS
Monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus
Wherever found
There is proposed critical habitat for this species. Your location does not overlap the critical habitat.
https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/9743
Proposed Threatened

NAME STATUS
Vernal Pool Fairy Shrimp Branchinecta lynchi
Wherever found
There is final critical habitat for this species. Your location does not overlap the critical habitat.
https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/498
Threatened

NAME STATUS
San Joaquin Adobe Sunburst Pseudobahia peirsonii
Wherever found
No critical habitat has been designated for this species. https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/2931
Threatened
Springville Clarkia Clarkia springvillensis
Wherever found
No critical habitat has been designated for this species. https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/8309
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Bald & Golden Eagles
There are Bald Eagles and/or Golden Eagles in your project area.

Measures for Proactively Minimizing Eagle Impacts
For information on how to best avoid and minimize disturbance to nesting bald eagles, please review the National Bald Eagle Management Guidelines. You may employ the timing and activityspecific distance recommendations in this document when designing your project/activity to avoid and minimize eagle impacts. For bald eagle information specific to Alaska, please refer to Bald Eagle Nesting and Sensitivity to Human Activity.

The FWS does not currently have guidelines for avoiding and minimizing disturbance to nesting Golden Eagles. For site-specific recommendations regarding nesting Golden Eagles, please consult with the appropriate Regional Migratory Bird Office or Ecological Services Field Office.

If disturbance or take of eagles cannot be avoided, an incidental take permit may be available to authorize any take that results from, but is not the purpose of, an otherwise lawful activity. For assistance making this determination for Bald Eagles, visit the Do I Need A Permit Tool. For assistance making this determination for golden eagles, please consult with the appropriate Regional Migratory Bird Office or Ecological Services Field Office.

Ensure Your Eagle List is Accurate and Complete
If your project area is in a poorly surveyed area in IPaC, your list may not be complete and you may need to rely on other resources to determine what species may be present (e.g. your local FWS field office, state surveys, your own surveys). Please review the Supplemental Information Bald and Golden Eagles are protected under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) . Any person or organization who plans or conducts activities that may result in impacts to Bald or Golden Eagles, or their habitats, should follow appropriate regulations and consider implementing appropriate avoidance and minimization measures, as described in the various links on this page.

Additional information can be found using the following links:

Eagle Management https://www.fws.gov/program/eagle-management Measures for avoiding and minimizing impacts to birds
https://www.fws.gov/library/collections/avoiding-and-minimizing-incidental-take-migratory-birds Nationwide avoidance and minimization measures for birds https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/documents/nationwide-standard-conservationmeasures.pdf Supplemental Information for Migratory Birds and Eagles in IPaC https://www.fws.gov/media/supplemental-information-migratory-birds-and-bald-and-goldeneagles-may-occur-project-action 2 1
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on Migratory Birds and Eagles, to help you properly interpret the report for your specified location, including determining if there is sufficient data to ensure your list is accurate.

For guidance on when to schedule activities or implement avoidance and minimization measures to reduce impacts to bald or golden eagles on your list, see the "Probability of Presence Summary" below to see when these bald or golden eagles are most likely to be present and breeding in your project area.

Review the FAQs
The FAQs below provide important additional information and resources.

BREEDING SEASON
Probability of Presence Summary
The graphs below provide our best understanding of when birds of concern are most likely to be present in your project area. This information can be used to tailor and schedule your project activities to avoid or minimize impacts to birds. Please make sure you read "Supplemental Information on Migratory Birds and Eagles", specifically the FAQ section titled "Proper Interpretation and Use of Your Migratory Bird Report" before using or attempting to interpret this report.

How is the probability of presence score calculated? The calculation is done in three steps:

1. The probability of presence for each week is calculated as the number of survey events in the week where the species was detected divided by the total number of survey events for that week. For example, if in week 12 there were 20 survey events and the Spotted Towhee was found in 5 of them, the probability of presence of the Spotted Towhee in week 12 is 0.25.

2. To properly present the pattern of presence across the year, the relative probability of presence is calculated. This is the probability of presence divided by the maximum probability of presence across all weeks. For example, imagine the probability of presence in week 20 for the Spotted Towhee is 0.05, and that the probability of presence at week 12 (0.25) is the NAME
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
This is not a Bird of Conservation Concern (BCC) in this area, but warrants attention because of the Eagle Act or for potential susceptibilities in offshore areas from certain types of development or activities.
https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/1680
Breeds Jan 1 to Aug 31
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probability of presence breeding season survey effort no data maximum of any week of the year. The relative probability of presence on week 12 is 0.25/0.25 = 1; at week 20 it is 0.05/0.25 = 0.2.

3. The relative probability of presence calculated in the previous step undergoes a statistical conversion so that all possible values fall between 0 and 10, inclusive. This is the probability of presence score.

To see a bar's probability of presence score, simply hover your mouse cursor over the bar.

Breeding Season ( )
Yellow bars denote a very liberal estimate of the time-frame inside which the bird breeds across its entire range. If there are no yellow bars shown for a bird, it does not breed in your project area.

Survey Effort ( )
Vertical black lines superimposed on probability of presence bars indicate the number of surveys performed for that species in the 10km grid cell(s) your project area overlaps. The number of surveys is expressed as a range, for example, 33 to 64 surveys.

To see a bar's survey effort range, simply hover your mouse cursor over the bar.

No Data ( )
A week is marked as having no data if there were no survey events for that week.

Survey Timeframe
Surveys from only the last 10 years are used in order to ensure delivery of currently relevant information. The exception to this is areas off the Atlantic coast, where bird returns are based on all years of available data, since data in these areas is currently much more sparse.

SPECIES JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Golden Eagle
Non-BCC
Vulnerable
Bald & Golden Eagles FAQs
What does IPaC use to generate the potential presence of bald and golden eagles in my specified location?
The potential for eagle presence is derived from data provided by the Avian Knowledge Network (AKN). The AKN data is based on a growing collection of survey, banding, and citizen science datasets and is queried and filtered to return a list of those birds reported as occurring in the 10km grid cell(s) which your project intersects, and that have been identified as warranting special attention because they are an eagle (Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act requirements may apply).

Proper interpretation and use of your eagle report
On the graphs provided, please look carefully at the survey effort (indicated by the black vertical line) and for the existence of the "no data" indicator (a red horizontal line). A high survey effort is the key component. If the survey effort is high, then the probability of presence score can be viewed as more dependable. In contrast, a low ■
survey effort line or no data line (red horizontal) means a lack of data and, therefore, a lack of certainty about presence of the species. This list is not perfect; it is simply a starting point for identifying what birds have the potential to be in your project area, when they might be there, and if they might be breeding (which means nests might be present). The list and associated information help you know what to look for to confirm presence and helps guide you in knowing when to implement avoidance and minimization measures to eliminate or reduce potential impacts from your project activities or get the appropriate permits should presence be confirmed.

How do I know if eagles are breeding, wintering, or migrating in my area? To see what part of a particular bird's range your project area falls within (i.e. breeding, wintering, migrating, or resident), you may query your location using the RAIL Tool and view the range maps provided for birds in your area at the bottom of the profiles provided for each bird in your results. If an eagle on your IPaC migratory bird species list has a breeding season associated with it (indicated by yellow vertical bars on the phenology graph in your “IPaC PROBABILITY OF PRESENCE SUMMARY” at the top of your results list), there may be nests present at some point within the timeframe specified. If "Breeds elsewhere" is indicated, then the bird likely does not breed in your project area.

Interpreting the Probability of Presence Graphs
Each green bar represents the bird's relative probability of presence in the 10km grid cell(s) your project overlaps during a particular week of the year. A taller bar indicates a higher probability of species presence. The survey effort can be used to establish a level of confidence in the presence score.

How is the probability of presence score calculated? The calculation is done in three steps:

The probability of presence for each week is calculated as the number of survey events in the week where the species was detected divided by the total number of survey events for that week. For example, if in week 12 there were 20 survey events and the Spotted Towhee was found in 5 of them, the probability of presence of the Spotted Towhee in week 12 is 0.25.

To properly present the pattern of presence across the year, the relative probability of presence is calculated.

This is the probability of presence divided by the maximum probability of presence across all weeks. For example, imagine the probability of presence in week 20 for the Spotted Towhee is 0.05, and that the probability of presence at week 12 (0.25) is the maximum of any week of the year. The relative probability of presence on week 12 is 0.25/0.25 = 1; at week 20 it is 0.05/0.25 = 0.2.

The relative probability of presence calculated in the previous step undergoes a statistical conversion so that all possible values fall between 0 and 10, inclusive. This is the probability of presence score.

Breeding Season ()
Yellow bars denote a very liberal estimate of the time-frame inside which the bird breeds across its entire range.

If there are no yellow bars shown for a bird, it does not breed in your project area.

Survey Effort ()
Vertical black lines superimposed on probability of presence bars indicate the number of surveys performed for that species in the 10km grid cell(s) your project area overlaps.

No Data ()
A week is marked as having no data if there were no survey events for that week.

Migratory birds
Measures for Proactively Minimizing Migratory Bird Impacts Your IPaC Migratory Bird list showcases birds of concern, including Birds of Conservation Concern (BCC), in your project location. This is not a comprehensive list of all birds found in your project area. However, you can help proactively minimize significant impacts to all birds at your project location by implementing the measures in the Nationwide avoidance and minimization measures for birds document, and any other project-specific avoidance and minimization measures suggested at the link Measures for avoiding and minimizing impacts to birds for the birds of concern on your list below.

Ensure Your Migratory Bird List is Accurate and Complete If your project area is in a poorly surveyed area, your list may not be complete and you may need to rely on other resources to determine what species may be present (e.g. your local FWS field office, state surveys, your own surveys). Please review the Supplemental Information on Migratory Birds and Eagles document, to help you properly interpret the report for your specified location, including determining if there is sufficient data to ensure your list is accurate.

For guidance on when to schedule activities or implement avoidance and minimization measures to reduce impacts to migratory birds on your list, see the "Probability of Presence Summary" below to see when these birds are most likely to be present and breeding in your project area.

Review the FAQs
The FAQs below provide important additional information and resources.

BREEDING SEASON
The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) prohibits the take (including killing, capturing, selling, trading, and transport) of protected migratory bird species without prior authorization by the Department of Interior U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service).

1. The Migratory Birds Treaty Act of 1918.

2. The Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act of 1940.

Additional information can be found using the following links:

Eagle Management https://www.fws.gov/program/eagle-management Measures for avoiding and minimizing impacts to birds
https://www.fws.gov/library/collections/avoiding-and-minimizing-incidental-take-migratory-birds Nationwide avoidance and minimization measures for birds Supplemental Information for Migratory Birds and Eagles in IPaC https://www.fws.gov/media/supplemental-information-migratory-birds-and-bald-and-goldeneagles-may-occur-project-action 1 NAME
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Belding's Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
beldingi
This is a Bird of Conservation Concern (BCC) only in particular Bird Conservation Regions (BCRs) in the continental USA
https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/8
Breeds Apr 1 to Aug 15
Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii
This is a Bird of Conservation Concern (BCC) only in particular Bird Conservation Regions (BCRs) in the continental USA
Breeds Mar 21 to Jul 25
California Gull Larus californicus
This is a Bird of Conservation Concern (BCC) throughout its range in the continental USA and Alaska.

Breeds Mar 1 to Jul 31
Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
This is a Bird of Conservation Concern (BCC) throughout its range in the continental USA and Alaska.

Breeds Jun 1 to Aug 31
Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas sinuosa
This is a Bird of Conservation Concern (BCC) only in particular Bird Conservation Regions (BCRs) in the continental USA
https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/2084
Breeds May 20 to Jul 31
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
This is not a Bird of Conservation Concern (BCC) in this area, but warrants attention because of the Eagle Act or for potential susceptibilities in offshore areas from certain types of development or activities.
https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/1680
Breeds Jan 1 to Aug 31
Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
This is a Bird of Conservation Concern (BCC) throughout its range in the continental USA and Alaska.
https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/9464
Breeds Mar 20 to Sep 20
Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
This is a Bird of Conservation Concern (BCC) only in particular Bird Conservation Regions (BCRs) in the continental USA
https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/8350
Breeds Apr 1 to Sep 15
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Probability of Presence Summary
The graphs below provide our best understanding of when birds of concern are most likely to be present in your project area. This information can be used to tailor and schedule your project activities to avoid or minimize impacts to birds. Please make sure you read "Supplemental Information on Migratory Birds and Eagles", specifically the FAQ section titled "Proper Interpretation and Use of Your Migratory Bird Report" before using or attempting to interpret this report.

Probability of Presence ( )
Each green bar represents the bird's relative probability of presence in the 10km grid cell(s) your project overlaps during a particular week of the year. (A year is represented as 12 4-week months.) A taller bar indicates a higher probability of species presence. The survey effort (see Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
This is a Bird of Conservation Concern (BCC) only in particular Bird Conservation Regions (BCRs) in the continental USA
https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/9410
Breeds Apr 1 to Jul 20
Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus
This is a Bird of Conservation Concern (BCC) throughout its range in the continental USA and Alaska.
https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/9656
Breeds Mar 15 to Jul 15
Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
This is a Bird of Conservation Concern (BCC) throughout its range in the continental USA and Alaska.
https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/3914
Breeds May 20 to Aug 31
Santa Barbara Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia graminea
This is a Bird of Conservation Concern (BCC) only in particular Bird Conservation Regions (BCRs) in the continental USA
https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/5513
Breeds Mar 1 to Sep 5
Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
This is a Bird of Conservation Concern (BCC) throughout its range in the continental USA and Alaska.
https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/3910
Breeds Mar 15 to Aug 10
Western Grebe aechmophorus occidentalis
This is a Bird of Conservation Concern (BCC) throughout its range in the continental USA and Alaska.
https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/6743
Breeds Jun 1 to Aug 31
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probability of presence breeding season survey effort no data below) can be used to establish a level of confidence in the presence score. One can have higher confidence in the presence score if the corresponding survey effort is also high.

How is the probability of presence score calculated? The calculation is done in three steps:

To see a bar's probability of presence score, simply hover your mouse cursor over the bar.

To see a bar's survey effort range, simply hover your mouse cursor over the bar.

No Data ( )
A week is marked as having no data if there were no survey events for that week.

SPECIES JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Belding's
Savannah
Sparrow

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BCC - BCR
California Gull
BCC Rangewide
(CON)
Clark's Grebe
BCC Rangewide
(CON)
Common
Yellowthroat

BCC - BCR
Golden Eagle
Non-BCC
Vulnerable
Lawrence's
Goldfinch
BCC Rangewide
(CON)
Northern Harrier

BCC - BCR
Nuttall's
Woodpecker

BCC - BCR
Oak Titmouse
BCC Rangewide
(CON)
Olive-sided
Flycatcher
BCC Rangewide
(CON)
Santa Barbara
Song Sparrow

BCC - BCR

SPECIES JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Tricolored
Blackbird
BCC Rangewide
(CON)
Western Grebe
BCC Rangewide
(CON)
Migratory Bird FAQs
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Additional measures or permits may be advisable depending on the type of activity you are conducting and the type of infrastructure or bird species present on your project site.

What does IPaC use to generate the list of migratory birds that potentially occur in my specified location?
The Migratory Bird Resource List is comprised of Birds of Conservation Concern (BCC) and other species that may warrant special attention in your project location, such as those listed under the Endangered Species Act or the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act and those species marked as “Vulnerable”. See the FAQ “What are the levels of concern for migratory birds?” for more information on the levels of concern covered in the IPaC migratory bird species list.

The migratory bird list generated for your project is derived from data provided by the Avian Knowledge Network (AKN). The AKN data is based on a growing collection of survey, banding, and citizen science datasets and is queried and filtered to return a list of those birds reported as occurring in the 10km grid cell(s) with which your project intersects. These species have been identified as warranting special attention because they are BCC species in that area, an eagle (Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act requirements may apply), or a species that has a particular vulnerability to offshore activities or development.

Again, the Migratory Bird Resource list includes only a subset of birds that may occur in your project area. It is not representative of all birds that may occur in your project area. To get a list of all birds potentially present in your project area, and to verify survey effort when no results present, please visit the Rapid Avian Information Locator (RAIL) Tool.

Why are subspecies showing up on my list?
Subspecies profiles are included on the list of species present in your project area because observations in the AKN for the species are being detected. If the species are present, that means that the subspecies may also be present. If a subspecies shows up on your list, you may need to rely on other resources to determine if that subspecies may be present (e.g. your local FWS field office, state surveys, your own surveys).

What does IPaC use to generate the probability of presence graphs for the migratory birds potentially occurring in my specified location?
The probability of presence graphs associated with your migratory bird list are based on data provided by the Avian Knowledge Network (AKN). This data is derived from a growing collection of survey, banding, and citizen science datasets.

Probability of presence data is continuously being updated as new and better information becomes available. To learn more about how the probability of presence graphs are produced and how to interpret them, go to the Probability of Presence Summary and then click on the "Tell me about these graphs" link.

How do I know if a bird is breeding, wintering, or migrating in my area? To see what part of a particular bird's range your project area falls within (i.e. breeding, wintering, migrating, or resident), you may query your location using the RAIL Tool and view the range maps provided for birds in your area at the bottom of the profiles provided for each bird in your results. If a bird on your IPaC migratory bird -----------
species list has a breeding season associated with it (indicated by yellow vertical bars on the phenology graph in your “IPaC PROBABILITY OF PRESENCE SUMMARY” at the top of your results list), there may be nests present at some point within the timeframe specified. If "Breeds elsewhere" is indicated, then the bird likely does not breed in your project area.

What are the levels of concern for migratory birds?
Migratory birds delivered through IPaC fall into the following distinct categories of concern:

1. "BCC Rangewide" birds are Birds of Conservation Concern (BCC) that are of concern throughout their range anywhere within the USA (including Hawaii, the Pacific Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands);

2. "BCC - BCR" birds are BCCs that are of concern only in particular Bird Conservation Regions (BCRs) in the continental USA; and

3. "Non-BCC - Vulnerable" birds are not BCC species in your project area, but appear on your list either because of the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act requirements (for eagles) or (for non-eagles) potential susceptibilities in offshore areas from certain types of development or activities (e.g. offshore energy development or longline fishing).

Although it is important to avoid and minimize impacts to all birds, efforts should be made, in particular, to avoid and minimize impacts to the birds on this list, especially BCC species. For more information on avoidance and minimization measures you can implement to help avoid and minimize migratory bird impacts, please see the FAQ “Tell me more about avoidance and minimization measures I can implement to avoid or minimize impacts to migratory birds”.

Details about birds that are potentially affected by offshore projects For additional details about the relative occurrence and abundance of both individual bird species and groups of bird species within your project area off the Atlantic Coast, please visit the Northeast Ocean Data Portal. The Portal also offers data and information about other taxa besides birds that may be helpful to you in your project review. Alternately, you may download the bird model results files underlying the portal maps through the NOAA NCCOS Integrative Statistical Modeling and Predictive Mapping of Marine Bird Distributions and Abundance on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf project webpage.

Proper interpretation and use of your migratory bird report The migratory bird list generated is not a list of all birds in your project area, only a subset of birds of priority concern. To learn more about how your list is generated and see options for identifying what other birds may be in your project area, please see the FAQ "What does IPaC use to generate the migratory birds potentially occurring in my specified location". Please be aware this report provides the "probability of presence" of birds within the 10 km grid cell(s) that overlap your project; not your exact project footprint. On the graphs provided, please look carefully at the survey effort (indicated by the black vertical line) and for the existence of the "no data" indicator (a red horizontal line). A high survey effort is the key component. If the survey effort is high, then the probability of presence score can be viewed as more dependable. In contrast, a low survey effort bar or no data bar means a lack of data and, therefore, a lack of certainty about presence of the species. This list does not represent all birds present in your project area. It is simply a starting point for identifying what birds of concern have the potential to be in your project area, when they might be there, and if they might be breeding (which means nests might be present). The list and associated information help you know what to look for to confirm presence and helps guide implementation of avoidance and minimization measures to eliminate or reduce potential impacts from your project activities, should presence be confirmed. To learn more about avoidance and minimization measures, visit the FAQ "Tell me about avoidance and minimization measures I can implement to avoid or minimize impacts to migratory birds".

How is the probability of presence score calculated? The calculation is done in three steps:

To properly present the pattern of presence across the year, the relative probability of presence is calculated.

Breeding Season ()
Yellow bars denote a very liberal estimate of the time-frame inside which the bird breeds across its entire range.

If there are no yellow bars shown for a bird, it does not breed in your project area.

Survey Effort ()
Vertical black lines superimposed on probability of presence bars indicate the number of surveys performed for that species in the 10km grid cell(s) your project area overlaps.

No Data ()
A week is marked as having no data if there were no survey events for that week.

Facilities
National Wildlife Refuge lands
Any activity proposed on lands managed by the National Wildlife Refuge system must undergo a 'Compatibility Determination' conducted by the Refuge. Please contact the individual Refuges to discuss any questions or concerns.

There are no refuge lands at this location.
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Fish hatcheries
There are no fish hatcheries at this location.

Wetlands in the National Wetlands Inventory
(NWI)
Impacts to NWI wetlands and other aquatic habitats may be subject to regulation under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, or other State/Federal statutes.

For more information please contact the Regulatory Program of the local U.S. Army Corps of Engineers District.

This location did not intersect any wetlands mapped by NWI.

NOTE: This initial screening does not replace an on-site delineation to determine whether wetlands occur. Additional information on the NWI data is provided below.

Data limitations
The Service's objective of mapping wetlands and deepwater habitats is to produce reconnaissance level information on the location, type and size of these resources. The maps are prepared from the analysis of high altitude imagery. Wetlands are identified based on vegetation, visible hydrology and geography. A margin of error is inherent in the use of imagery; thus, detailed on-the-ground inspection of any particular site may result in revision of the wetland boundaries or classification established through image analysis.

The accuracy of image interpretation depends on the quality of the imagery, the experience of the image analysts, the amount and quality of the collateral data and the amount of ground truth verification work conducted. Metadata should be consulted to determine the date of the source imagery used and any mapping problems.

Wetlands or other mapped features may have changed since the date of the imagery or field work. There may be occasional differences in polygon boundaries or classifications between the information depicted on the map and the actual conditions on site.

Data exclusions
Certain wetland habitats are excluded from the National mapping program because of the limitations of aerial imagery as the primary data source used to detect wetlands. These habitats include seagrasses or submerged aquatic vegetation that are found in the intertidal and subtidal zones of estuaries and nearshore coastal waters.

Some deepwater reef communities (coral or tuberficid worm reefs) have also been excluded from the inventory.

These habitats, because of their depth, go undetected by aerial imagery.

Data precautions
Federal, state, and local regulatory agencies with jurisdiction over wetlands may define and describe wetlands in a different manner than that used in this inventory. There is no attempt, in either the design or products of this inventory, to define the limits of proprietary jurisdiction of any Federal, state, or local government or to establish the geographical scope of the regulatory programs of government agencies. Persons intending to engage in activities involving modifications within or adjacent to wetland areas should seek the advice of appropriate Federal, state, or local agencies concerning specified agency regulatory programs and proprietary jurisdictions that may affect such activities.

INITIAL STUDY / MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION
January 2026
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7.3 Appendix C: Cultural Resources Reference Materials
Southern San Joaquin Valley Information Center CHRIS record search results and California Native American Heritage Commission correspondence
To: Isaiah Mdina Record Search 25-394
Precision Civil Engineering
1234 O Street
Fresno, CA 93721
Date: October 6, 2025
Re: Ramirez TSM (TSM, ANX)
County: Tulare
Map(s): Porterville 7.5’

CULTURAL RESOURCES RECORDS SEARCH
The California Office of Historic Preservation (OHP) contracts with the California Historical Resources Information System’s (CHRIS) regional Information Centers (ICs) to maintain information in the CHRIS inventory and make it available to local, state, and federal agencies, cultural resource professionals, Native American tribes, researchers, and the public. Recommendations made by IC coordinators or their staff regarding the interpretation and application of this information are advisory only. Such recommendations do not necessarily represent the evaluation or opinion of the State Historic Preservation Officer in carrying out the OHP’s regulatory authority under federal and state law.

The following are the results of a search of the cultural resource files at the Southern San Joaquin Valley Information Center. These files include known and recorded cultural resources sites, inventory and excavation reports filed with this office, and resources listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the OHP Built Environment Resources Directory, California State Historical Landmarks, California Register of Historical Resources, California Inventory of Historic Resources, and California Points of Historical Interest. Due to processing delays and other factors, not all of the historical resource reports and resource records that have been submitted to the OHP are available via this records search. Additional information may be available through the federal, state, and local agencies that produced or paid for historical resource management work in the search area.

PRIOR CULTURAL RESOURCE STUDIES CONDUCTED WITHIN THE PROJECT AREA AND THE ONE-HALF MILE RADIUS
According to the information in our files, there have been no previous cultural resource studies completed within the project area. There have been four studies completed within the one-half mile radius:

TU-00190, TU-00348, TU-00691, and TU-01865.
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Mail Stop: 72 DOB
9001 Stockdale Highway
Bakersfield, California 93311-1022
(661) 654-2289
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.csub.edu/ssjvic
Record Search 25-394

KNOWN/RECORDED CULTURAL RESOURCES WITHIN THE PROJECT AREA AND THE ONE-HALF MILE RADIUS According to the information in our files, there are no recorded cultural resources within the project area, and it is not known if any exist in most of it. There is one recorded resource within the one-half mile radius: P-54-004614, an historic era canal.

Resource P-54-004614, the Friant-Kern Canal, has a California Historical Resource Status Code of 2S2, indicating it has been individually determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places by consensus through the Section 106 process. It is also listed in the California Register of Historical Resources.

There are no other recorded cultural resources within the project area or radius that are listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the California Register of Historical Resources, the California Points of Historical Interest, California Inventory of Historic Resources, or the California State Historic Landmarks.

COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
We understand this project consists of a Tentative Subdivision Map to subdivide the project site into 30 single-family residential lots and a Minor Annexation to annex the project site into Porterville City Limits.

Further, we understand the project site is currently vacant. Because a cultural resources study has not been completed on this property, it is unknown if any cultural resources are present. Construction does not appear to be part of this project but does appear to be planned for the future. For the immediate purpose of the subdivision and annexation, no further cultural resource investigation is recommended. However, prior to any future ground disturbance activities, we recommend a qualified, professional consultant conduct a field survey to determine if any cultural resources are present. A list of qualified consultants can be found at www.chrisinfo.org.

We also recommend that you contact the Native American Heritage Commission in Sacramento. They will provide you with a current list of Native American individuals/organizations that can assist you with information regarding cultural resources that may not be included in the CHRIS Inventory and that may be of concern to the Native groups in the area. The Commission can consult their "Sacred Lands Inventory" file to determine what sacred resources, if any, exist within this project area and the way in which these resources might be managed. Finally, please consult with the lead agency on this project to determine if any other cultural resource investigation is required. If you need any additional information or have any questions or concerns, please contact our office at (661) 654-2289.

By:

Celeste M. Thomson, Coordinator Date: October 6, 2025
Please note that invoices for Information Center services will be sent under separate cover from the California State University, Bakersfield Accounting Office.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA Gavin Newsom, Governor

NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE COMMISSION

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