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SITE SURVEY SUMMARY SHEET

FORDERP-FUDS SITE NO. J09CA001300

STOCKTON MTI..ITARY AIRFIELD

SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

SITE NAME: Stockton Military Airfield, also known as Stockton Field, Stockton Air Force

Station, Stockton Airfield, Stockton Army Airfield, and is currently known primarily as

Stockton Metropolitan Airport.

LOCATION: San Joaquin County, 4 miles southwest of Stockton, California (see map M-3).

SITE mSTORY: Stockton Military Airfield was acquired by lease from the City of Stockton

on 21 July 1941 and used as an advanced training center for the U.S. Army Air Corps. Manyimprovements were added including: concrete runways, housing, shops, a medical center, gas

mask instruction chamber, and ordnance storage facilities. In 1946 a majority of the site wasdeclared surplus by the Army and returned to the City of Stockton and County of San Joaquin. In

1948 the Army returned the rest of Stockton Field, with the exception of Sharpe General Depot,

to the city and county. Sharpe General Depot provided maintenance, repair, and supplies for

aircraft assigned to the,Sixth Army and operated until it was vacated in 1973, thus ending any

DOD presence at Stockton Field. A separate INPR for Sharpe General Depot (J09CA094800)

was done in 1991.

The last of all former DOD structures were demolished in 1985. Currently the majority of landthat comprised the Stockton Military Airfield is now occupied by the Stockton Metropolitan

Airport. The site of the ordnance magazine is a Regional Sports Complex, and the remaining





STOCKTON MILITARY AIRFIELD


A letter o f resp on sibility from th e S an Jo aqu in C ou nty E nv iro nm en tal H ealth D ivision w as

received by the C orps in June of 1995. T he letter nam es the C orps as one of several parties seen

as resp on sible for the co st o f in vestigatio n and clean up of the con tam inated soil at the form erU ST farm site. O n Septem ber 26,1995 M ike M etro and R oslyn Tobe of the A rm y C orps of

E ng in eers S acram en to D istrict m et w ith M a ry M e ays of th e S an Joaq uin C oun ty E nv iro nm ental

H ealth D iv isio n and M ike B roo ks o f the S tock to n A irpo rt to d iscuss the soil co ntam in ation

re su ltin g from th e u nd erg ro un d sto ra ge tank farm . T he m eetin g co nclud ed w ith the reg ulato r and

the C orps agreeing that the IN PRwould be revised to recommend a PR PIH TW project.

SITE VISIT: D ue to im pending construction of a sports com plex, of w hich portions w ere to be

bu ilt o ver an old o rdn ance area, a site inv estig atio n w as perfo rm ed to ensure n o ch em ical w arfare

m aterial rem ained. O n A ugust 15-16, 1984 a team from CEHND , led by R obert D . D em psey,

co nd ucted a site su rvey o f the fu tu re spo rts com plex site located at the form er S to ckton M ilitary

A irfield. N o exp lo sive ord nan ce m aterials w ere disco vered , bu t it w as recomm end ed that an

E xp lo sive O rdn an ce D ispo sal (E OD ) team sho uld b e called in to sw eep the area.

T he 8 7th O rd nan ce D etachment (E OD ) o f the P resid io o f S an F ran cisco con du cted a site surv ey

on M ay 10, 1985. N o additional evidence w as found detailing the presence of ordnance orex plosiv e w aste on site.







AVAILABLE STUDIES AND REPORTS:

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Huntsville Division; Archives Search Report: Stockton MilitatyAirfield; June 1993.

Letter of Responsibility from the San Joaquin County Environmental Health Division, dated

June 8, 1995.

PA POC: Mr. William Mullery, CESPK-ED-EB, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento

District, (916) 557-6944.



DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION PROGRAM

FORMERLY USED DEFENSE SITES

FINDINGS ANDDETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY



SITE NO. J09CA001300

FINDINGS OF FACT

1. Stockton Military Airfield, composed of 1397 acres, was acquired by lease from the City of

Stockton on 21 July 1941 and used as an advanced training center for the Army Air Corps until

1946. Many improvements were added including: runways, housing, shops, a medical center,

gas instruction chamber, and ordnance storage facilities.

2. On 20 October 1946, approximately 1100 acres were declared surplus by the Army and

transferred to the War Assets Administration and subsequently returned to the City of Stockton

and County of San Joaquin.

3. On 23 December 1948, the Army returned the rest of Stockton Field to the city and county,

with the exception of Sharpe General Depot that consisted of 138.58 fee acres and 2.90 easement

acres for a total acreage of 141.48. Sharpe General Depot provided maintenance, repair, and

supplies for aircraft assigned to the Sixth Army.

4. Sharpe General Depot was vacated in 1973, ending any DOD presence at Stockton Field.



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