Ponding at Shea Parkside
Last updated November 29, 2006
In California, land can be considered a wetlands if
surface ponding is observed for between 7 and 18 consecutive days
per
season. Certain areas of the Parkside property do meet this
standard in certain years.
The "ponding" standard actually calls for determining soil
saturation at 12 inches below ground surface. Because I do not
have the right to dig test pits on this property, I consider the
following scenarios likely to produce saturation at 12 inches below
ground surface:
- surface ponding (most pictures)
- mud so moist it reflects the sun or the sky (several pictures)
- mud still moist enough to be very dark in color (a few pictures)
Click each summary map below to view a detailed web page for that
particular season. The season detail web pages have been designed
for monitors running at a resolution
of 1024x768 or greater with pictures presented in rows of two.
Click on each thumbnail picture to view the uncompressed
full-resolution original photograph. Note that you may need to
view some photographs at their full resolution in order to adequately
see the ponding evidence.
For besting printing results using Microsoft Internet Explorer, click
Tools, Internet Options, Advanced, then check "Print background colors
and images".
The standardized summary ponding maps for all seasons have been
digitally overlaid into a single map which demonstrates that a large
portion of the property meets the 7-18 day ponding standard. :-)
Ponding Season Quick Links
Just click on these quick links
to go directly to a specific season's detail page:
Only seasons for which ponding imagery exists are listed. Seasons
for which imagery could not be obtained or the imagery did not show any
ponding have been omitted.
Cumulative Digital Overlay
(1958-2006)
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1997-1998
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1992-1993
1991-1992
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