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Providing Sound Environmental Solutions
5902 Highway 421 South
Mountain City, TN 37683
ph/fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
October 8, 2020
Ms. Amanda Jones
US Army Corps of Engineers
151 Patton Avenue, Room 208
Asheville, NC 28801-5006
RE: Boone Hospice (Watauga County) Project -Jurisdictional Determination Request
Ms. Jones,
Enclosed please find the referenced Jurisdictional Determination Request package including
the following attachments:
1) Corps Submittal Cover Sheet
2) Jurisdictional Determination Request Form
3) Jurisdictional Determination Report with Appendices
If you have any questions or requests specific to this permit application please respond to
me directly at [e-mail] or423.727.4476.
Sincerely,
Adam Williams, PWS
Brushy Fork Environmental Consulting, Inc.
10565 Highway 421 South
Trade, TN 37691
[e-mail]

Jurisdictional Determination Report
Boone Hospice Project Site
Watauga County, North Carolina
Date:
October 23, 2020
Prepared By:
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10565 Highway 421 South
Trade, Tennessee 37691
Prepared For:
G M K Associates, Inc.
1201 Main Street, Suite 2100
Columbia, SC 29201

Table of Contents
1. INTRODUCTION AND LOCATION
2. REGULATORY DEFINITIONS
3. TECHNICAL DEFINITIONS
4. SITE DESCRIPTION
4.1. General
4.2. Soils
4.3. Wetlands
4.4. Streams
Appendices
A. Project Site Location Map
B. Project Site Topographic/Boundary Survey Map
C. Jurisdictional Site Map
D. USDA NRCS Soils Map (Project Site)
E. Wetland Determination Data Forms (W1,W2,W3,01,02,03)
F. USACE Preliminary Jurisdictional Determination Form
G. NC WAM Field Assessment Forms
H. NC SAM Field Assessment Form
I. NC DWQ Stream Identification Data Form (Brown Branch)
J. Site Photosheets
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1. INTRODUCTION AND LOCATION
A United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) jurisdictional delineation was performed for a
commercial development site near the town of Boone, North Carolina (Watauga County) on 9/12/2019.
This report presents the findings of "waters of the United States" including jurisdictional streams and
wetlands, and "waters of the State". The Development Site is located at a 10.76 ± acre Subject Property
currently owned by Carroll NC Properties, LLC. The Property is in the process of being purchased by
Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc. The property is located directly adjacent to 544 Archie Carroll
Rd in Boone, NC. A topographic/boundary survey (Tripp Register, PE GMK Associates, Inc., Boone, NC)
and USGS location map for the property are given in Appendix A.
The jurisdictional wetland delineation was conducted according to guidelines set forth in the USACE
"Regional Supplement to the Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual: Eastern Mountains and
Piedmont Region (Version 2.0)" (September 2019). As the regulating authority of Section 404/401 of the
Clean Water Act, the Corps of Engineers and North Carolina must make the final determination as to the
jurisdictional status of this site.
Three (3) jurisdictional wetland areas were identified at the potential Project Site. The wetlands are
referred to as Wetland 1 (W1), Wetland 2 (W2), and Wetland 3 (W3). Approximately 0.20 acres of
wetland area and 615 linear feet of stream occur on the Subject Property. Wetlands connect to Brown
Branch in the northern portion of the Subject Property from a spring head further upslope towards the
southern portion of the Subject Property. Adam Williams, PWS & Alyson Frisch, Environmental
Specialist, located and flagged the jurisdictional wetland area shown on the attached Site Map given in
Appendix B.
2. REGULATORY DEFINITIONS
"Waters of the United States" are regulated by the Corps of Engineers based on authority from Section
404 of the Clean Water Act. They include waters that are or could be used for interstate commerce such
as rivers, wetlands, lakes, territorial seas and ponds, as well as streams, waterways and ditches below
the "Ordinary High Water Mark (OHWM)". Manmade water bodies and farmed wetlands may also be
considered jurisdictional depending on their connection to other "waters of the U.S." if they are not
actively mined, farmed or otherwise managed for five years. A specific detailed definition of "waters of
the United States" can be found in the Federal Register (33 CFR 328.3). Activities in these areas will
require a Corps of Engineers permit if they include the discharge of dredged of fill material into "waters
of the U.S.".
"Waters of the State" are "any stream, river, brook, swamp, lake, sound, tidal estuary, bay, creek,
reservoir, waterway, or other body or accumulation of water. They can be surface or underground,
public or private, natural or artificial. Finally, they must be contained in, flow through, or border upon
any portion of this State (North Carolina) (including any portion of the Atlantic Ocean over which the
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State has jurisdiction)." This definition is provided by the North Carolina Department of Environment
and Natural Resources, Division of Water Resources, 401 Buffer Permitting Unit.
3. TECHNICAL DEFINITIONS
Wetlands are defined as areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency
and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of
vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. They are identified based on the three -
parameter approach outlined in the Corps of Engineers "Regional Supplement to the Corps of Engineers
Wetland Delineation Manual: Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Regional" (2012). The three criteria
include hydrophytic vegetation, hydric soils and wetland hydrology. All three criteria must be present
to make a positive wetland determination. The criteria are defined as follows:
Hydrophytic vegetation, due to morphological, physiological and/or reproductive adaptation(s), has the
ability to grow, effectively compete, reproduce, and/or persist in anaerobic soil conditions. Individual
species have been assigned indicator status by the USFWS - National Wetland Inventory and the National
Plant List Panel. Vegetation is considered hydric when more than 50% of the dominant species from all
strata are OBL, FACW, or FAC. Secondary vegetation rules include the species Prevalence Index which
takes non -dominant species into consideration, observed plant morphological and physiological
adaptations, and certain problematic wetland situations.
Indicator Status
Probability of Occurrence in Wetlands
Obligate Wetland - OBL
> 99%
Facultative Wetland - FACW
67-99%
Facultative - FAC
34-66%
Facultative Upland - FACU
1-33%
Obligate Upland - UPL
<1%
Hydric soils are present if they have been classified as hydric or when they possess characteristics
associated with reducing soil conditions known as hydric indicators. Wetland soils were evaluated for
hydric indicators with the USDA/NRCS report "Field Indicators of Hydric Soils in the United States, A guide
for Indentifying and Delineating Hydric Soils, Version 7.0, 2010". Hydric soils in this report are those
where an indicator for "All" or "Loamy and Clayey" soils (USDA Land Resource Region "N") is present in
the upper 12- inches. Colors were determined using the Munsell soil color chart.
Hydrology in wetlands occurs in areas inundated permanently or periodically at mean water depths of
<6.6 feet, or if the soil is saturated to the surface for approximately 9 days consecutively during the
growing season of the prevalent vegetation. Wetland hydrology indicators may be present above or
below the surface. Primary indicators include inundation, saturation in the upper 12 inches, watermarks
on standing structure, sediment deposits and hydrogen sulfide odor. A minimum of one primary
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indicator is required for the presence of a wetland. Secondary indicators (two or more required) include
drainage patterns, moss trim lines, crayfish burrows, and the FAC-neutral test.
In general, an area must meet all three criteria to be classified as a wetland. In certain "naturally
problematic" areas such as seasonal wetland which are not wet at all times, or in recently disturbed
situations, an area may be considered a wetland if only two criteria are met.
Perennial stream means a well-defined channel that contains water year round during a year of normal
rainfall with the aquatic bed located below the water table for most of the year. Groundwater is the
primary source of water for a perennial stream, but it also carries stormwater runoff. A perennial stream
exhibits the typical biological, hydrological, and physical characteristics commonly associated with the
continuous conveyance of water. [15A NCAC 02B .0233(2)(i)]
Intermittent stream means a well-defined channel that contains water for only part of the year, typically
during winter and spring when the aquatic bed is below the water table. The flow may be heavily
supplemented by stormwater runoff. An intermittent stream often lacks the biological and hydrological
characteristics commonly associated with the conveyance of water. [15A NCAC 02B .0233(2)(g)]
Ephemeral (stormwater) stream means a feature that carries only stormwater in direct response to
precipitation with water flowing only during and shortly after large precipitation events. An ephemeral
stream may or may not have a well-defined channel, the aquatic bed is always above the water table,
and stormwater runoff is the primary source of water. An ephemeral stream typically lacks the biological,
hydrological, and physical characteristics commonly associated with the continuous or intermittent
conveyance of water. [15A NCAC 02B .0233(2)(d)]
4. SITE DESCRIPTION
4.1. General
The Commercial Development Project Site (36.2284,-81.6257) is located in central Watauga County.
The site is located 0.16 miles east on Archie Carroll Rd. from the turn off on Old Highway 421 —South
(Appendix A). The entire 10.76 ± acre Subject Property was assessed for jurisdictional features. A
boundary and topographic survey was performed in September 2019; elevations on -site range between
3,150 feet to 3,410 feet above mean sea level (Appendix B). The topography within the Subject Property
occurs on a gently sloping floodplain (± 5%) for the majority of the area. The entire Property generally
slopes upward from north to south (± 33% 345 feet south northwest Property corner) (Appendix B).
The Project Site is located in the South Fork New River watershed, Meat Camp Creek sub -basin, 12-unit
Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) 050500010202. The Property and surrounding area drains to Brown Branch
(stream) which runs parallel to the northern Property boundary (Appendix C). Brown Branch flows
offsite westward, eventually draining into the South Fork of the New River. A linear wetland area (W2)
drains into a linearwetland (W1), then flows northwest into another linear wetland (W3) which connects
to Brown Branch near the northwest Property corner.
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4.2. Soils
Four (4) soil types are mapped on the Subject Property (USDA Web Soil Survey, accessed 09/2019).
Appendix D presents a soils map of the Project Site. The approximate percent (%) of each soil type at
the project site is listed in Table 1 below. Nikwasi loam (NkA) is present on the Property; it usually occurs
on 0-3% slope types. NkA is considered very poorly drained and generally occurs in depressions on
floodplains with frequent flooding. This soil type is mapped along Archie Carroll Rd. in the northern
quarter of the Property where the stream channel of Brown Branch and W3 are located. Cullasaja very
cobbly loam (CsD) is mapped to the south of NkA on the Property and usually occurs on 15-30% slopes.
CsD is considered well drained, generally occurs on fans, drainageways, and coves of mountain slopes,
and has no mapped flood frequency. W1 occurs along a jurisdictional ditch at the base of a linear
wetland and seep (W2) from a spring head within the CsD soil type. Cullasaja very cobbly loam (CsE) is
mapped to the south of CsD on the Property; usually occurs on 30-50% slopes. CsE also occurs on fans,
drainageways, and coves of mountain slopes. This soil type is considered well drained and has no
mapped flood frequency. Finally, Evard-Cowee complex, escarpment, stony is mapped to the south of
CsE on the Property and usually occurs on mountain and hill sides at 30-50% slopes. EvE is considered
well drained and has no mapped flood frequency.
The soil types which occur on the Subject Property are listed and described in detail below:
Table 1.
Project Soils Information
% Of
Project
Soil Type
Site
Landform
Drainage Class
Frequency of Flooding
Nikwasi loam, 0-3% slopes,
24.3%
Depressions on
Very poorly drained
Frequent
frequently flooded (NkA)
Floodplains
Cullasaja very cobbly loam, 15-
22.9%
Fans,
Well drained
None
30% slopes, very stony (CsD)
Drainageways,
and coves on
mountain
slopes
Cullasaja very cobbly loam, 30-
30.8%
Fans,
Well drained
None
50% slopes, very stony (CsE)
Drainageways,
and coves on
mountain
slopes
Evard-Cowee complex,
22.1%
Mountain and
Well drained
None
escarpment, 30-50% slopes, stony
hill slopes
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4.3. Wetlands
A USACE Wetland Determination was conducted for the three (3) wetland areas at the Project Site;
referred to as W1, W2, and W3. These areas were delineated on 09/12/2019. USACE Datasheets (W1,
W2, and W3, 01, 02, 03), are found in Appendix E. NC WAM Field Assessment Forms for all wetland
areas are presented in Appendix G. The boundaries and datasheet locations are presented in the
Jurisdictional Site Map given in Appendix C. W1 is approximately 0.06 acres and drains generally east to
west. W1 was historically ditched but is currently functioning as a wetland. W1 is fed by drainage from
W2 and its surrounding watershed. W2 is approximately 0.10 acres and drains generally south to north.
W2 is functioning as a seep and is fed by a spring head further south on the Property. W3 is
approximately 0.04 acres and drains generally south to north into Brown Branch. W3 is fed by drainage
from W1. W1, W2, and W3 each met the vegetative, hydrologic, and soils criteria to qualify as a wetland
on the sample date. Photosheets of the wetlands and surrounding Property are given in Appendix J.
4.4. Streams
One (1) stream occurs on the Subject Property (Brown Branch). Brown Branch is approximately 12.3
feet wide and 615 linear feet. Brown Branch runs parallel to Archie Carroll Rd. in the northern portion
of the Property. The stream continues flowing west offsite and drains in the South Fork of the New
River. Bed material consists of a large amount of non-native gravel due to the channel's proximity to a
road. Sand, silt, and fibrous rooted vegetation are common throughout the reach. Aquatic
macrophytes were present throughout the reach. Benthic macro -invertebrate sampling yielded only
larvae, suggesting poor water quality. One fish (unknown species) and some tadpoles were also
observed in the reach. Brown Branch is a first order, perennial stream. The portion of the reach on
Property appears to have been altered in the past, but does not have a substantially altered stream
profile. Brown Branch is classified as a Class C Trout Water (C; Tr) subject to special management
strategy (15A NCAC 213.0225 the Outstanding Resource Waters (ORW) rule of NC DEQ). The NC SAM
Field Assessment Form is presented in Appendix H while the NC DWQ Stream Identification Form
(Version 4.11) is presented in Appendix I. The jurisdictional area, trout buffer distance, and stream
centerline are denoted on the Jurisdictional Site Map in Appendix C.
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APPENDIX D
USDA NRCS SOILS MAP (created September 12, 2019)

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Hydric Rating by Map Unit —Watauga County, North Carolina
(Hydric Rating by Soil Unit)
MAP LEGEND
Area of Interest (AOI)
0
Area of Interest (AOI)
Soils
Soil Rating
Polygons
W
Hydric (100%)
0
Hydric (66 to 99%)
0
Hydric (33 to 65%)
0
Hydric (1 to 32%)
0
Not Hydric (0%)
0
Not rated or not available
Soil Rating
Lines
Hydric (100%)
r 0
Hydric (66 to 99%)
r 0
Hydric (33 to 65%)
r 0
Hydric (1 to 32%)
r r
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r 0
Not rated or not available
Soil Rating
Points
Hydric (100%)
Hydric (66 to 99%)
0
Hydric (33 to 65%)
0
Hydric (1 to 32%)
Not Hydric (0%)
0
Not rated or not available
Water Features
x
Streams and Canals
Transportation
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US Routes
Major Roads
Local Roads
Background
Aerial Photography
MAP INFORMATION
The soil surveys that comprise your AOI were mapped at
1:12,000.
Warning: Soil Map may not be valid at this scale.
Enlargement of maps beyond the scale of mapping can cause
misunderstanding of the detail of mapping and accuracy of soil
line placement. The maps do not show the small areas of
contrasting soils that could have been shown at a more detailed
scale.
Please rely on the bar scale on each map sheet for map
measurements.
Source of Map: Natural Resources Conservation Service
Web Soil Survey URL:
Coordinate System: Web Mercator (EPSG:3857)
Maps from the Web Soil Survey are based on the Web Mercator
projection, which preserves direction and shape but distorts
distance and area. A projection that preserves area, such as the
Albers equal-area conic projection, should be used if more
accurate calculations of distance or area are required.
This product is generated from the USDA-NRCS certified data as
of the version date(s) listed below.
Soil Survey Area: Watauga County, North Carolina
Survey Area Data: Version 17, Sep 10, 2018
Soil map units are labeled (as space allows) for map scales
1:50,000 or larger.
Date(s) aerial images were photographed: May 20, 2011—Nov
9, 2017
The orthophoto or other base map on which the soil lines were
compiled and digitized probably differs from the background
imagery displayed on these maps. As a result, some minor
shifting of map unit boundaries may be evident.
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Hydric Rating by Map Unit —Watauga County, North Carolina
Hydric Rating by Soil Unit
Hydric Rating by Map Unit
Map unit symbol
Map unit name
Rating
Acres in AOI
Percent of AOI
CsD
Cullasaja very cobbly
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2.5
22.9%
loam, 15 to 30 percent
slopes, very stony
CsE
Cullasaja very cobbly
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3.3
30.8%
loam, 30 to 50 percent
slopes, very stony
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22.1 %
escarpment, 30 to 50
percent slopes, stony
NkA
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Totals for Area of Interest
10.8
100.0%
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Hydric Rating by Map Unit —Watauga County, North Carolina
Hydric Rating by Soil Unit
Description
This rating indicates the percentage of map units that meets the criteria for hydric
soils. Map units are composed of one or more map unit components or soil
types, each of which is rated as hydric soil or not hydric. Map units that are made
up dominantly of hydric soils may have small areas of minor nonhydric
components in the higher positions on the landform, and map units that are made
up dominantly of nonhydric soils may have small areas of minor hydric
components in the lower positions on the landform. Each map unit is rated based
on its respective components and the percentage of each component within the
map unit.
The thematic map is color coded based on the composition of hydric
components. The five color classes are separated as 100 percent hydric
components, 66 to 99 percent hydric components, 33 to 65 percent hydric
components, 1 to 32 percent hydric components, and less than one percent
hydric components.
In Web Soil Survey, the Summary by Map Unit table that is displayed below the
map pane contains a column named 'Rating'. In this column the percentage of
each map unit that is classified as hydric is displayed.
Hydric soils are defined by the National Technical Committee for Hydric Soils
(NTCHS) as soils that formed under conditions of saturation, flooding, or ponding
long enough during the growing season to develop anaerobic conditions in the
upper part (Federal Register, 1994). Under natural conditions, these soils are
either saturated or inundated long enough during the growing season to support
the growth and reproduction of hydrophytic vegetation.
The NTCHS definition identifies general soil properties that are associated with
wetness. In order to determine whether a specific soil is a hydric soil or nonhydric
soil, however, more specific information, such as information about the depth and
duration of the water table, is needed. Thus, criteria that identify those estimated
soil properties unique to hydric soils have been established (Federal Register,
2002). These criteria are used to identify map unit components that normally are
associated with wetlands. The criteria used are selected estimated soil properties
that are described in "Soil Taxonomy" (Soil Survey Staff, 1999) and "Keys to Soil
Taxonomy" (Soil Survey Staff, 2006) and in the "Soil Survey Manual" (Soil Survey
Division Staff, 1993).
If soils are wet enough for a long enough period of time to be considered hydric,
they should exhibit certain properties that can be easily observed in the field.
These visible properties are indicators of hydric soils. The indicators used to
make onsite determinations of hydric soils are specified in "Field Indicators of
Hydric Soils in the United States" (Hurt and Vasilas, 2006).
References:
Federal Register. July 13, 1994. Changes in hydric soils of the United States.
Federal Register. September 18, 2002. Hydric soils of the United States.
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Hydric Rating by Map Unit —Watauga County, North Carolina
Hydric Rating by Soil Unit
Hurt, G.W., and L.M. Vasilas, editors. Version 6.0, 2006. Field indicators of hydric
soils in the United States.
Soil Survey Division Staff. 1993. Soil survey manual. Soil Conservation Service.
U.S. Department of Agriculture Handbook 18.
Soil Survey Staff. 1999. Soil taxonomy: A basic system of soil classification for
making and interpreting soil surveys. 2nd edition. Natural Resources
Conservation Service. U.S. Department of Agriculture Handbook 436.
Soil Survey Staff. 2006. Keys to soil taxonomy. 10th edition. U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Rating Options
Aggregation Method: Percent Present
Component Percent Cutoff.- None Specified
Tie -break Rule: Lower
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APPENDIX E
WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORMS (W1, W2, W3, 01, 02, and 03)

WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA SHEET — Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Region
Project/Site: Boone Hospice City/County: Watauga Sampling Date: 9/12/2019
Applicant/Owner: GMKAssociates, Inc. State: NC Sampling Point: W1
Investigator(s): AF and AW (BFEC, Inc.) Section, Township, Range:
Landform (hillside, terrace, etc.): Collection ditch Local relief (concave, convex, none): Concave Slope (%): 3
Subregion (LRR or MLRA): LRR N, MLRA 128 Lat: Long: Datum: NAD83
Soil Map Unit Name: NkA - Nikwasi loam, 0-3 % slopes, frequently flooded NWI classification: None
Are climatic / hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes X No (If no, explain in Remarks.)
Are Vegetation Soil or Hydrology significantly disturbed? Are "Normal Circumstances" present? Yes X No
Are Vegetation Soil or Hydrology naturally problematic? (If needed, explain any answers in Remarks.)
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS — Attach site map showing sampling point locations, transects, important features, etc.
Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes X No Is the Sampled Area
Hydric Soil Present? Yes X No within a Wetland? Yes X No
Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes X No
Remarks:
HYDROLOGY
Wetland Hydrology Indicators:
Secondary Indicators (minimum of two required)
Primary Indicators (minimum of one is required: check all that apply) _Surface
Soil Cracks (136)
_Surface Water (Al) _True
Aquatic Plants (1314) _Sparsely
Vegetated Concave Surface (138)
—High Water Table (A2) —Hydrogen
Sulfide Odor (Cl) _
Drainage Patterns (B10)
X Saturation (A3) X
Oxidized Rhizospheres on Living Roots (C3) _Moss
Trim Lines (1316)
_Water Marks (131) _Presence
of Reduced Iron (C4) _Dry
-Season Water Table (C2)
_Sediment Deposits (132) _Recent
Iron Reduction in Tilled Soils (C6) _Crayfish
Burrows (C8)
_Drift Deposits (133) _Thin
Muck Surface (C7) _Saturation
Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9)
_Algal Mat or Crust (134) _Other
(Explain in Remarks) _Stunted
or Stressed Plants (D1)
_Iron Deposits (135)
_Geomorphic
Position (D2)
—Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (137)
_Shallow
Aquitard (D3)
X Water -Stained Leaves (139)
_Microtopographic
Relief (D4)
Aquatic Fauna (1313)
X
FAC-Neutral Test (D5)
Field Observations:
Surface Water Present? Yes No
X Depth (inches):
Water Table Present? Yes No
X Depth (inches):
Saturation Present? Yes X No
Depth (inches): 0
Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes X No
(includes capillary fringe)
Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available:
Remarks:
Water table is greater than 8 inches down in soil profile. Soils show saturation during a drought period.
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont — Version 2.0

VEGETATION (Five Strata) - Use scientific names of plants.
Sampling Point: W1
Absolute Dominant Indicato
Tree Stratum (Plot size: ) % Cover Species? Status
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Dominance Test worksheet:
Number of Dominant Species
That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC
Total Number of Dominant
Species Across All Strata:
Percent of Dominant Species
That Are OBL. FACW. or FAC
6 (A)
7 (B)
85.7% (A/B)
=Total Cover
Prevalence Index worksheet:
50% of total cover:
20% of total cover:
Total % Cover of: Multiply by:
Sapling Stratum (Plot size: )
OBL species 15 x 1 = 15
1.
Acerrubrum
20
Yes
FAC
FACW species 57 x 2 = 114
2.
FAC species 42 x 3 = 126
3.
FACU species 22 x 4 = 88
4.
UPL species 0 x 5 = 0
5.
Column Totals: 136 (A) 343 (B)
6.
Prevalence Index = B/A = 2.52
20
=Total Cover
Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators:
50% of total cover:
10 20% of total cover:
4
_ 1 - Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation
Shrub Stratum (Plot size: )
X 2 - Dominance Test is >50%
1.
Physiocarpus opulifolius
25
Yes
FACW
X 3 - Prevalence Index is <-3.0'
2.
Alnus serrulata
15
Yes
OBL
4 - Morphological Adaptations' (Provide supporting
3.
Kalmia latifoilia
15
Yes
FACU
data in Remarks or on a separate sheet)
4.
Rhododendron maximum
5
No
FAC
-Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation' (Explain)
5
'Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must be
6.
present, unless disturbed or problematic.
Definitions of Five Vegetation Strata:
60 =Total Cover
50% of total cover:
30 20% of total cover:
12
Tree - Woody plants, excluding woody vines,
Herb Stratum (Plot size: )
approximately 20 ft (6 m) or more in height and 3 in.
1.
Packera aurea
15
Yes
FACW
(7.6 cm) or larger in diameter at breast height (DBH).
2.
Monarda didyma
15
Yes
FAC
Sapling - Woody plants, excluding woody vines,
3.
Impatiens capensis
15
Yes
FACW
approximately 20 ft (6 m) or more in height and less
4.
Solidago altissima
5
No
FACU
than 3 in. (7.6 cm) DBH.
5.
Polystichum acrostichoides
2
No
FACU
Shrub - Woody Plants, excluding woody vines,
6.
Viola blanda
2
No
FACW
approximately 3 to 20 ft (1 to 6 m) in height.
7
Herb - All herbaceous (non -woody) plants, including
8.
herbaceous vines, regardless of size, and woody
9
plants, except woody vines, less than approximately
3 ft (1 m) in height.
10.
11.
Woody Vine - All woody vines, regardless of height.
54 =Total Cover
50% of total cover:
27 20% of total cover:
11
Woody Vine Stratum (Plot size:
)
1.
Clematis virginana
2
No
FAC
2.
3.
4.
5.
Hydrophytic
2
=Total Cover
Vegetation
50% of total cover:
1 20% of total cover:
1
Present? Yes X No
Remarks: (Include photo numbers here or on a separate sheet.)
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0

SOIL Sampling Point: W1
Profile Description: (Describe to the depth needed to document the indicator or confirm the absence of indicators.)
Depth Matrix Redox Features
(inches) Color (moist) % Color (moist) % Type' Locz Texture Remarks
0-6 10YR 4/2 95 10YR 5/6 5 C M Loamy/Clayey
6-10 10YR 4/2 80 10YR 5/6 20 C M Loamy/Clayey Prominent redox concentrations
'Type: C=Concentration, D=Depletion, RM=Reduced Matrix, MS=Masked Sand Grains.
2Location: PL=Pore Lining, M=Matrix.
Hydric Soil Indicators:
Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils3:
_ Histosol (Al)
_ Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (MLRA 147, 148)
_2 cm Muck (A10) (MLRA 147)
Histic Epipedon (A2)
_Thin Dark Surface (S9) (MLRA 147, 148)
_Coast Prairie Redox (A16)
_Black Histic (A3)
_Loamy Mucky Mineral (F1) (MLRA 136)
(MLRA 147, 148)
—Hydrogen Sulfide (A4)
_ Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2)
—Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19)
_Stratified Layers (A5)
X Depleted Matrix (F3)
(MLRA 136, 147)
_2 cm Muck (A10) (LRR N)
_ Redox Dark Surface (F6)
—Red Parent Material (F21)
—Depleted Below Dark Surface (A11)
—Depleted Dark Surface (F7)
(outside MLRA 127, 1479 148)
_Thick Dark Surface (Al2)
_Redox Depressions (F8)
_Very Shallow Dark Surface (F22)
_Sandy Mucky Mineral (S1)
_Iron -Manganese Masses (F12) (LRR N,
_Other (Explain in Remarks)
_Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4)
MLRA 136)
—Sandy Redox (S5)
_ Umbric Surface (F13) (MLRA 122, 136)
3Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and
_Stripped Matrix (S6)
_Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) (MLRA 148)
wetland hydrology must be present,
Dark Surface (S7)
Red Parent Material (F21) (MLRA 127, 1479 148)
unless disturbed or problematic.
Restrictive Layer (if observed):
Type: Bedrock
Depth (inches): 10
Hydric Soil Present? Yes X No
Remarks:
This data sheet is revised from Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Regional Supplement Version 2.0 to include the NRCS Field Indicators of Hydric
Soils, Version 8.0, 2016.
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont — Version 2.0

WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA SHEET — Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Region
Project/Site: Boone Hospice City/County: Watauga Sampling Date: 9/12/2019
Applicant/Owner: GMKAssociates, Inc. State: NC Sampling Point: W2
Investigator(s): AF and AW (BFEC, Inc.) Section, Township, Range:
Landform (hillside, terrace, etc.): Seep Local relief (concave, convex, none): Concave Slope (%):
Subregion (LRR or MLRA): LRR N, MLRA 128 Lat: Long: Datum: NAD83
Soil Map Unit Name: CsD - Cullasaja very cobbly loam, 15-30 % slopes, very stony NWI classification: None
Are climatic / hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes X No (If no, explain in Remarks.)
Are Vegetation Soil or Hydrology significantly disturbed? Are "Normal Circumstances" present? Yes X No
Are Vegetation Soil or Hydrology naturally problematic? (If needed, explain any answers in Remarks.)
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS — Attach site map showing sampling point locations, transects, important features, etc.
Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes X No Is the Sampled Area
Hydric Soil Present? Yes X No within a Wetland? Yes X No
Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes X No
Remarks:
HYDROLOGY
Wetland Hydrology Indicators:
Secondary Indicators (minimum of two required)
Primary Indicators (minimum of one is required: check all that apply)
_Surface Soil Cracks (136)
X Surface Water (Al) _True
Aquatic Plants (1314)
_Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (138)
X High Water Table (A2) —Hydrogen
Sulfide Odor (Cl)
_ Drainage Patterns (B10)
X Saturation (A3) X
Oxidized Rhizospheres on Living Roots (C3)
X Moss Trim Lines (1316)
_Water Marks (131) _Presence
of Reduced Iron (C4)
_Dry -Season Water Table (C2)
_Sediment Deposits (132) _Recent
Iron Reduction in Tilled Soils (C6)
X Crayfish Burrows (C8)
X Drift Deposits (133) _Thin
Muck Surface (C7)
_Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9)
_Algal Mat or Crust (134) _Other
(Explain in Remarks)
_Stunted or Stressed Plants (D1)
_Iron Deposits (135)
_Geomorphic Position (D2)
—Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (137)
_Shallow Aquitard (D3)
X Water -Stained Leaves (139)
Microtopographic Relief (D4)
Aquatic Fauna (1313)
FAC-Neutral Test (D5)
Field Observations:
Surface Water Present? Yes X No
Depth (inches): 0.5
Water Table Present? Yes X No
Depth (inches): 0.5
Saturation Present? Yes X No
Depth (inches): 0
Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes X No
(includes capillary fringe)
Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available:
Remarks:
Water is consistenly flowing through area year-round.
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont — Version 2.0

VEGETATION (Five Strata) - Use scientific names of plants.
Sampling Point: W2
Absolute
Dominant
Indicator
Tree Stratum (Plot size: )
% Cover
Species?
Status
Dominance Test worksheet:
1.
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
45
Yes
FACW
Number of Dominant Species
2.
Betula lenta
10
No
FACU
That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 7 (A)
3.
Betula alleghaniensis
25
Yes
FAC
Total Number of Dominant
4.
Carya glabra
15
No
FACU
Species Across All Strata: 8 (B)
5.
Percent of Dominant Species
6.
That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 87.5% (A/B)
95
=Total Cover
Prevalence Index worksheet:
50% of total cover:
48 20% of total cover:
19
Total % Cover of: Multiply by:
Sapling Stratum (Plot size: )
OBL species 35 x 1 = 35
1.
FACW species 107 x 2 = 214
2.
FAC species 35 x 3 = 105
3.
FACU species 30 x 4 = 120
4.
UPL species 4 x 5 = 20
5.
Column Totals: 211 (A) 494 (B)
6.
Prevalence Index = B/A = 2.34
=Total Cover
Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators:
50% of total cover:
20% of total cover:
_ 1 - Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation
Shrub Stratum (Plot size: )
X 2 - Dominance Test is >50%
1.
Rhododendron maximum
60
Yes
FACW
X 3 - Prevalence Index is <-3.0'
2.
Alnus serrulata
30
Yes
OBL
4 - Morphological Adaptations' (Provide supporting
3
data in Remarks or on a separate sheet)
4.
-Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation' (Explain)
5.
'Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must be
6.
present, unless disturbed or problematic.
Definitions of Five Vegetation Strata:
90 =Total Cover
50% of total cover:
45 20% of total cover:
18
Tree - Woody plants, excluding woody vines,
Herb Stratum (Plot size: )
approximately 20 ft (6 m) or more in height and 3 in.
1.
Athyrium felix-femina
2
No
UPL
(7.6 cm) or larger in diameter at breast height (DBH).
2.
Rubus allegheniensis
2
No
FACU
Sapling - Woody plants, excluding woody vines,
3.
Lycopodiella prostrata
3
Yes
OBL
approximately 20 ft (6 m) or more in height and less
4.
Acerrubrum
3
Yes
FAC
than 3 in. (7.6 cm) DBH.
5.
Polystichum acrostichoides
3
Yes
FACU
Shrub - Woody Plants, excluding woody vines,
6.
Eurybia divaricata
1
No
UPL
approximately 3 to 20 ft (1 to 6 m) in height.
7.
Hydrastis canadensis
1
No
UPL
Herb - All herbaceous (non -woody) plants, including
8.
Polyganum pennsylvanicum
1
No
FACW
herbaceous vines, regardless of size, and woody
9.
Viola blanda
1
No
FACW
plants, except woody vines, less than approximately
3 ft (1 m) in height.
10.
Rhododendron maximum
5
Yes
FAC
11.
Carex baileyi
2
No
OBL
Woody Vine - All woody vines, regardless of height.
24 =Total Cover
50% of total cover:
12 20% of total cover:
4.8
Woody Vine Stratum (Plot size:
)
1.
Clematis virginana
2
No
FAC
2.
3.
4.
5.
Hydrophytic
2
=Total Cover
Vegetation
50% of total cover:
1 20% of total cover:
1
Present? Yes X No
Remarks: (Include photo numbers here or on a separate sheet.)
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0

SOIL Sampling Point: W2
Profile Description: (Describe to the depth needed to document the indicator or confirm the absence of indicators.)
Depth Matrix Redox Features
(inches) Color (moist) % Color (moist) % Type' Locz Texture Remarks
0-4 10YR 2/1 100 NONE Loamy/Clayey
4-10 10YR 4/2 95 2.5YR 5/6 5 C M Loamy/Clayey Prominent redox concentrations
'Type: C=Concentration, D=Depletion, RM=Reduced Matrix, MS=Masked Sand Grains.
2Location: PL=Pore Lining, M=Matrix.
Hydric Soil Indicators:
Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils3:
_ Histosol (Al)
_ Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (MLRA 147, 148)
_2 cm Muck (A10) (MLRA 147)
Histic Epipedon (A2)
_Thin Dark Surface (S9) (MLRA 147, 148)
_Coast Prairie Redox (A16)
_Black Histic (A3)
_Loamy Mucky Mineral (F1) (MLRA 136)
(MLRA 147, 148)
—Hydrogen Sulfide (A4)
_ Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2)
—Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19)
_Stratified Layers (A5)
X Depleted Matrix (F3)
(MLRA 136, 147)
_2 cm Muck (A10) (LRR N)
_ Redox Dark Surface (F6)
—Red Parent Material (F21)
X Depleted Below Dark Surface (A11)
_Depleted Dark Surface (F7)
(outside MLRA 127, 1479 148)
_Thick Dark Surface (Al2)
_Redox Depressions (F8)
_Very Shallow Dark Surface (F22)
_Sandy Mucky Mineral (S1)
_Iron -Manganese Masses (F12) (LRR N,
_Other (Explain in Remarks)
_Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4)
MLRA 136)
—Sandy Redox (S5)
_ Umbric Surface (F13) (MLRA 122, 136)
3Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and
_Stripped Matrix (S6)
_Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) (MLRA 148)
wetland hydrology must be present,
Dark Surface (S7)
Red Parent Material (F21) (MLRA 127, 1479 148)
unless disturbed or problematic.
Restrictive Layer (if observed):
Type: Bedrock
Depth (inches): 10
Hydric Soil Present? Yes X No
Remarks:
This data sheet is revised from Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Regional Supplement Version 2.0 to include the NRCS Field Indicators of Hydric
Soils, Version 8.0, 2016.
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont — Version 2.0

WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA SHEET — Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Region
Project/Site: Boone Hospice City/County: Watauga Sampling Date: 9/12/2019
Applicant/Owner: GMKAssociates, Inc. State: NC Sampling Point: W3
Investigator(s): AF and AW (BFEC, Inc.) Section, Township, Range:
Landform (hillside, terrace, etc.): Floodplain Local relief (concave, convex, none): Concave Slope (%): 1
Subregion (LRR or MLRA): LRR N, MLRA 128 Lat: Long: Datum: NAD83
Soil Map Unit Name: NkA - Nikwasi loam, 0 to 3 % slopes, frequently flooded NWI classification: None
Are climatic / hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes X No (If no, explain in Remarks.)
Are Vegetation Soil or Hydrology significantly disturbed? Are "Normal Circumstances" present? Yes X No
Are Vegetation Soil or Hydrology naturally problematic? (If needed, explain any answers in Remarks.)
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS — Attach site map showing sampling point locations, transects, important features, etc.
Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes X No Is the Sampled Area
Hydric Soil Present? Yes X No within a Wetland? Yes X No
Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes X No
Remarks:
HYDROLOGY
Wetland Hydrology Indicators:
Secondary Indicators (minimum of two required)
Primary Indicators (minimum of one is required: check all that apply)
_Surface Soil Cracks (136)
_Surface Water (Al) _True
Aquatic Plants (1314)
_Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (138)
X High Water Table (A2) —Hydrogen
Sulfide Odor (Cl)
_ Drainage Patterns (B10)
X Saturation (A3) _Oxidized
Rhizospheres on Living Roots (C3)
_Moss Trim Lines (1316)
_Water Marks (131) _Presence
of Reduced Iron (C4)
_Dry -Season Water Table (C2)
_Sediment Deposits (132) _Recent
Iron Reduction in Tilled Soils (C6)
X Crayfish Burrows (C8)
_Drift Deposits (133) _Thin
Muck Surface (C7)
_Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9)
_Algal Mat or Crust (134) _Other
(Explain in Remarks)
_Stunted or Stressed Plants (D1)
_Iron Deposits (135)
_Geomorphic Position (D2)
—Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (137)
_Shallow Aquitard (D3)
—Water-Stained Leaves (139)
_Microtopographic Relief (D4)
Aquatic Fauna (1313)
X FAC-Neutral Test (D5)
Field Observations:
Surface Water Present? Yes No
X Depth (inches):
Water Table Present? Yes X No
Depth (inches): 0
Saturation Present? Yes X No
Depth (inches): 0
Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes X No
(includes capillary fringe)
Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available:
Remarks:
Evidence that surface water is consistenly flowing through area year-round. Open canopy within area. Topography within wetland shows previous
ditching.
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont — Version 2.0

VEGETATION (Five Strata) - Use scientific names of plants.
Sampling Point: W3
Absolute Dominant
Indicator
Tree Stratum (Plot size: )
% Cover Species?
Status
Dominance Test worksheet:
1
Number of Dominant Species
2.
That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 2 (A)
3.
Total Number of Dominant
4.
Species Across All Strata: 2 (B)
5.
Percent of Dominant Species
6.
That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 100.0% (A/B)
=Total Cover
Prevalence Index worksheet:
50% of total cover:
20% of total cover:
Total % Cover of: Multiply by:
Sapling Stratum (Plot size: )
OBL species 85 x 1 = 85
1.
FACW species 12 x 2 = 24
2.
FAC species 0 x 3 = 0
3.
FACU species 12 x 4 = 48
4.
UPL species 20 x 5 = 100
5.
Column Totals: 129 (A) 257 (B)
6.
Prevalence Index = B/A = 1.99
=Total Cover
Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators:
50% of total cover:
20% of total cover:
_ 1 - Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation
Shrub Stratum (Plot size: )
X 2 - Dominance Test is >50%
1.
X 3 - Prevalence Index is :53.0'
2.
4 - Morphological Adaptations' (Provide supporting
3
data in Remarks or on a separate sheet)
4.
-Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation' (Explain)
5.
'Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must be
6.
present, unless disturbed or problematic.
Definitions of Five Vegetation Strata:
=Total Cover
50% of total cover:
20% of total cover:
Tree - Woody plants, excluding woody vines,
Herb Stratum (Plot size: )
approximately 20 ft (6 m) or more in height and 3 in.
1.
Polygonum sagittatum
20 No
UPL
(7.6 cm) or larger in diameter at breast height (DBH).
2.
Lobelia siphilitica
2 No
FACU
Sapling - Woody plants, excluding woody vines,
3.
Leersia oryzoides
45 Yes
OBL
approximately 20 ft (6 m) or more in height and less
4.
Plantago major
5 No
FACU
than 3 in. (7.6 cm) DBH.
5.
Erigeron annus
5 No
FACU
Shrub - Woody Plants, excluding woody vines,
6.
Polygonum pennsylvanicum
5 No
FACW
approximately 3 to 20 ft (1 to 6 m) in height.
7.
Eupatorium perfoliatum
5 No
FACW
Herb - All herbaceous (non -woody) plants, including
8.
Hydrastis canadensis
2 No
FACW
herbaceous vines, regardless of size, and woody
9.
Eleocharis obtusa
35 Yes
OBL
plants, except woody vines, less than approximately
3 ft (1 m) in height.
10.
Typha latifolia
5 No
OBL
11.
Woody Vine - All woody vines, regardless of height.
129 =Total Cover
50% of total cover:
65 20% of total cover:
26
Woody Vine Stratum (Plot size:
)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Hydrophytic
=Total Cover
Vegetation
50% of total cover:
20% of total cover:
Present? Yes X No
Remarks: (Include photo numbers here or on a separate sheet.)
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0

SOIL Sampling Point: W3
Profile Description: (Describe to the depth needed to document the indicator or confirm the absence of indicators.)
Depth Matrix Redox Features
(inches) Color (moist) % Color (moist) % Type' Locz Texture Remarks
0-8 10YR 2/1 100 NONE Loamy/Clayey
8-10 10YR 4/2 75 2.5YR 6/8 20 C M Loamy/Clayey Prominent redox concentrations
10YR 2/1 5 D M
'Type: C=Concentration, D=Depletion, RM=Reduced Matrix, MS=Masked Sand Grains.
2Location: PL=Pore Lining, M=Matrix.
Hydric Soil Indicators:
Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils3:
_ Histosol (Al)
_ Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (MLRA 147, 148)
_2 cm Muck (A10) (MLRA 147)
Histic Epipedon (A2)
_Thin Dark Surface (S9) (MLRA 147, 148)
_Coast Prairie Redox (A16)
_Black Histic (A3)
_Loamy Mucky Mineral (F1) (MLRA 136)
(MLRA 147, 148)
—Hydrogen Sulfide (A4)
_ Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2)
—Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19)
—Stratified Layers (A5)
_ Depleted Matrix (F3)
(MLRA 136, 147)
_2 cm Muck (A10) (LRR N)
_ Redox Dark Surface (F6)
—Red Parent Material (F21)
X Depleted Below Dark Surface (A11)
_Depleted Dark Surface (F7)
(outside MLRA 127, 1479 148)
_Thick Dark Surface (Al2)
_Redox Depressions (F8)
_Very Shallow Dark Surface (F22)
_Sandy Mucky Mineral (S1)
_Iron -Manganese Masses (F12) (LRR N,
_Other (Explain in Remarks)
_Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4)
MLRA 136)
—Sandy Redox (S5)
_ Umbric Surface (F13) (MLRA 122, 136)
3Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and
_Stripped Matrix (S6)
_Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) (MLRA 148)
wetland hydrology must be present,
Dark Surface (S7)
Red Parent Material (F21) (MLRA 127, 1479 148)
unless disturbed or problematic.
Restrictive Layer (if observed):
Type: Bedrock
Depth (inches): 10
Hydric Soil Present? Yes x No
Remarks:
This data sheet is revised from Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Regional Supplement Version 2.0 to include the NRCS Field Indicators of Hydric
Soils, Version 8.0, 2016.
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont — Version 2.0

WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA SHEET — Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Region
Project/Site: Boone Hospice City/County: Watauga Sampling Date: 9/12/2019
Applicant/Owner: GMKAssociates, Inc. State: NC Sampling Point: 01
Investigator(s): AF and AW (BFEC, Inc.) Section, Township, Range:
Landform (hillside, terrace, etc.): Top of ditch Local relief (concave, convex, none): None Slope (%): 3
Subregion (LRR or MLRA): LRR N, MLRA 128 Lat: Long: Datum: NAD83
Soil Map Unit Name: NkA - Nikwasi loam, 0-3 % slopes, frequently flooded NWI classification: None
Are climatic / hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes X No (If no, explain in Remarks.)
Are Vegetation Soil or Hydrology significantly disturbed? Are "Normal Circumstances" present? Yes X No
Are Vegetation Soil or Hydrology naturally problematic? (If needed, explain any answers in Remarks.)
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS — Attach site map showing sampling point locations, transects, important features, etc.
Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes X No Is the Sampled Area
Hydric Soil Present? Yes No X within a Wetland? Yes No X
Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes No X
Remarks:
HYDROLOGY
Wetland Hydrology Indicators:
Secondary Indicators (minimum of two required)
Primary Indicators (minimum of one is required: check all that apply)
_Surface Soil Cracks (136)
_Surface Water (Al) _True
Aquatic Plants (1314)
_Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (138)
—High Water Table (A2) —Hydrogen
Sulfide Odor (Cl)
_ Drainage Patterns (B10)
_Saturation (A3) _Oxidized
Rhizospheres on Living Roots (C3)
_Moss Trim Lines (1316)
_Water Marks (131) _Presence
of Reduced Iron (C4)
_Dry -Season Water Table (C2)
_Sediment Deposits (132) _Recent
Iron Reduction in Tilled Soils (C6)
_Crayfish Burrows (C8)
_Drift Deposits (133) _Thin
Muck Surface (C7)
_Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9)
_Algal Mat or Crust (134) _Other
(Explain in Remarks)
_Stunted or Stressed Plants (D1)
_Iron Deposits (135)
_Geomorphic Position (D2)
—Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (137)
_Shallow Aquitard (D3)
—Water-Stained Leaves (139)
Microtopographic Relief (D4)
Aquatic Fauna (1313)
FAC-Neutral Test (D5)
Field Observations:
Surface Water Present? Yes No
X Depth (inches):
Water Table Present? Yes No
X Depth (inches):
Saturation Present? Yes No
X Depth (inches):
Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes No X
(includes capillary fringe)
Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available:
Remarks:
Water table is greater than 8 inches. Soils show saturation during a drought period.
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont — Version 2.0

VEGETATION (Five Strata) - Use scientific names of plants.
Sampling Point: 01
Tree Stratum (Plot size: )
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
50% of total cover:
Sapling Stratum (Plot size: )
1. Acer rubrum
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Absolute Dominant Indicato
% Cover Species? Status
_=Total Cover
20% of total cover:
5 Yes FAC
Dominance Test worksheet:
Number of Dominant Species
That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC
Total Number of Dominant
Species Across All Strata:
Percent of Dominant Species
That Are OBL. FACW. or FAC
2 (A)
3 (B)
66.7% (A/B)
Total % Cover of:
Multiply by:
OBL species
0
x 1 =
0
FACW species
0
x 2 =
0
FAC species
47
x 3 =
141
FACU species
60
x 4 =
240
UPL species
0
x 5 =
0
Column Totals:
107
(A)
381 (B)
Prevalence Index =
B/A =
3.56
5 =Total Cover
Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators:
50% of total cover:
3 20% of total cover:
1
_ 1 - Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation
Shrub Stratum (Plot size: )
X 2 - Dominance Test is >50%
1.
3 - Prevalence Index is :53.0'
2.
4 - Morphological Adaptations' (Provide supporting
3
data in Remarks or on a separate sheet)
4.
-Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation' (Explain)
5.
'Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must be
6.
present, unless disturbed or problematic.
=Total Cover
Definitions of Five Vegetation Strata:
50% of total cover:
20% of total cover:
Tree - Woody plants, excluding woody vines,
Herb Stratum (Plot size: )
approximately 20 ft (6 m) or more in height and 3 in.
1. Solidago altissima
45 Yes
FACU
(7.6 cm) or larger in diameter at breast height (DBH).
2. Eutrochium purpureum
30 Yes
FAC
Sapling - Woody plants, excluding woody vines,
3. Monarda didyma
5 No
FAC
approximately 20 ft (6 m) or more in height and less
4. Erigeron annus
15 No
FACU
than 3 in. (7.6 cm) DBH.
5. Dichanthelium clandestinum
5 No
FAC
Shrub - Woody Plants, excluding woody vines,
6
approximately 3 to 20 ft (1 to 6 m) in height.
7.
Herb - All herbaceous (non -woody) plants, including
8.
herbaceous vines, regardless of size, and woody
9
plants, except woody vines, less than approximately
3 ft (1 m) in height.
10.
11.
Woody Vine - All woody vines, regardless of height.
100 =Total Cover
50% of total cover:
50 20% of total cover:
20
Woody Vine Stratum (Plot size:
)
1. Clematis virginana
2 No
FAC
2.
3.
4.
5.
Hydrophytic
2 =Total Cover
Vegetation
50% of total cover:
1 20% of total cover:
1
Present? Yes X No
Remarks: (Include photo numbers here or on a separate sheet.)
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0

SOIL
Sampling Point: 01
Profile Description: (Describe to the depth needed to document the indicator or confirm the absence of indicators.)
Depth Matrix Redox Features
(inches) Color (moist) % Color (moist) % Type' Locz Texture Remarks
0-6 5YR 5/6 100 NONE Loamy/Clayey
'Type: C=Concentration, D=Depletion, RM=Reduced Matrix, MS=Masked Sand Grains.
2Location: PL=Pore Lining, M=Matrix.
Hydric Soil Indicators:
Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils3:
_ Histosol (Al)
_ Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (MLRA 147, 148)
_2 cm Muck (A10) (MLRA 147)
Histic Epipedon (A2)
_Thin Dark Surface (S9) (MLRA 147, 148)
_Coast Prairie Redox (A16)
_Black Histic (A3)
_Loamy Mucky Mineral (F1) (MLRA 136)
(MLRA 147, 148)
—Hydrogen Sulfide (A4)
_ Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2)
—Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19)
—Stratified Layers (A5)
_ Depleted Matrix (F3)
(MLRA 136, 147)
_2 cm Muck (A10) (LRR N)
_ Redox Dark Surface (F6)
—Red Parent Material (F21)
—Depleted Below Dark Surface (A11)
—Depleted Dark Surface (F7)
(outside MLRA 127, 1479 148)
_Thick Dark Surface (Al2)
_Redox Depressions (F8)
_Very Shallow Dark Surface (F22)
_Sandy Mucky Mineral (S1)
_Iron -Manganese Masses (F12) (LRR N,
_Other (Explain in Remarks)
_Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4)
MLRA 136)
—Sandy Redox (S5)
_ Umbric Surface (F13) (MLRA 122, 136)
3Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and
_Stripped Matrix (S6)
_Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) (MLRA 148)
wetland hydrology must be present,
Dark Surface (S7)
Red Parent Material (F21) (MLRA 127, 1479 148)
unless disturbed or problematic.
Restrictive Layer (if observed):
Type: Bedrock
Depth (inches): 6
Hydric Soil Present? Yes No X
Remarks:
This data sheet is revised from Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Regional Supplement Version 2.0 to include the NRCS Field Indicators of Hydric
Soils, Version 8.0, 2016.
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont — Version 2.0

WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA SHEET — Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Region
Project/Site: Boone Hospice City/County: Watauga Sampling Date: 9/12/2019
Applicant/Owner: GMK Associates, Inc. State: NC Sampling Point: 02
Investigator(s): AF and AW (BFEC, Inc.) Section, Township, Range:
Landform (hillside, terrace, etc.): Hillside Local relief (concave, convex, none): Convex Slope (%): 30
Subregion (LRR or MLRA): LRR N, MLRA 128 Lat: Long: Datum: NAD83
Soil Map Unit Name: CsD - Cullasaja very cobbly loam, 15-30 % slopes, very stony NWI classification: None
Are climatic / hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes X No (If no, explain in Remarks.)
Are Vegetation Soil or Hydrology significantly disturbed? Are "Normal Circumstances" present? Yes X No
Are Vegetation Soil or Hydrology naturally problematic? (If needed, explain any answers in Remarks.)
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS — Attach site map showing sampling point locations, transects, important features, etc.
Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes X No Is the Sampled Area
Hydric Soil Present? Yes No X within a Wetland? Yes No X
Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes No X
Remarks:
HYDROLOGY
Wetland Hydrology Indicators:
Secondary Indicators (minimum of two required)
Primary Indicators (minimum of one is required: check all that apply)
_Surface Soil Cracks (136)
_Surface Water (Al) _True
Aquatic Plants (1314)
_Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (138)
—High Water Table (A2) —Hydrogen
Sulfide Odor (Cl)
_ Drainage Patterns (B10)
_Saturation (A3) _Oxidized
Rhizospheres on Living Roots (C3)
_Moss Trim Lines (1316)
_Water Marks (131) _Presence
of Reduced Iron (C4)
_Dry -Season Water Table (C2)
_Sediment Deposits (132) _Recent
Iron Reduction in Tilled Soils (C6)
_Crayfish Burrows (C8)
_Drift Deposits (133) _Thin
Muck Surface (C7)
_Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9)
_Algal Mat or Crust (134) _Other
(Explain in Remarks)
_Stunted or Stressed Plants (D1)
_Iron Deposits (135)
_Geomorphic Position (D2)
—Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (137)
_Shallow Aquitard (D3)
—Water-Stained Leaves (139)
Microtopographic Relief (D4)
Aquatic Fauna (1313)
FAC-Neutral Test (D5)
Field Observations:
Surface Water Present? Yes No
X Depth (inches):
Water Table Present? Yes No
X Depth (inches):
Saturation Present? Yes No
X Depth (inches):
Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes No X
(includes capillary fringe)
Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available:
Remarks:
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont — Version 2.0

VEGETATION (Five Strata) - Use scientific names of plants.
Sampling Point: 02
Absolute
Dominant
Tree Stratum (Plot size:
) % Cover
Species?
1.
Tsuga canadensis
10
No
2.
Betula alleghaniensis
15
Yes
3.
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
25
Yes
4.
Carya glabra
15
Yes
5.
6.
50% of total cover: _
Sapling Stratum (Plot size: )
1. Rhododendron maximum
2. Alnus serrulata
3. Sambucus nigra
4.
5.
6.
Status
Dominance Test worksheet:
FACU
Number of Dominant Species
FAC
That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC:
3 (A)
FACW
Total Number of Dominant
FACU
Species Across All Strata:
5 (B)
Percent of Dominant Species
That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC:
60.0% (A/B)
65 =Total Cover
33 20% of total cover: 13
65 Yes FAC
5 No OBL
5 No FAC
75 =Total Cover
50% of total cover: 38 20% of total cover: 15
Shrub Stratum (Plot size: )
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
50% of total cover:
Herb Stratum (Plot size: )
1. Rubus allegheniensis
2. Carya glabra
3. Acer rubrum
4. Solidago altissima
5. Viola blanda
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
50% of total cover: 36
Woody Vine Stratum (Plot size: )
1. Clematis virginana
2.
3.
4.
5.
_=Total Cover
20% of total cover:
55
Yes
FACU
5
No
FACU
5
No
FAC
5
No
FACU
2
No
FACW
72 =Total Cover
20% of total cover: 15
2 No FAC
2 =Total Cover
50% of total cover: 1 20% of total cover:
Remarks: (Include photo numbers here or on a separate sheet.)
Total % Cover of:
Multiply by:
OBL species
5
x 1 =
5
FACW species
27
x 2 =
54
FAC species
92
x 3 =
276
FACU species
90
x 4 =
360
UPL species
0
x 5 =
0
Column Totals:
214
(A)
695 (B)
Prevalence Index =
B/A =
3.25
_ 1 - Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation
X 2 - Dominance Test is >50%
_3 - Prevalence Index is:53.0'
4 - Morphological Adaptations' (Provide supporting
data in Remarks or on a separate sheet)
Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation' (Explain)
'Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must be
present, unless disturbed or problematic.
Definitions of Five Vegetation Strata:
Tree - Woody plants, excluding woody vines,
approximately 20 ft (6 m) or more in height and 3 in.
(7.6 cm) or larger in diameter at breast height (DBH).
Sapling - Woody plants, excluding woody vines,
approximately 20 ft (6 m) or more in height and less
than 3 in. (7.6 cm) DBH.
Shrub - Woody Plants, excluding woody vines,
approximately 3 to 20 ft (1 to 6 m) in height.
Herb - All herbaceous (non -woody) plants, including
herbaceous vines, regardless of size, and woody
plants, except woody vines, less than approximately
3 ft (1 m) in height.
Woody Vine - All woody vines, regardless of height.
Hydrophytic
Vegetation
Present? Yes X No
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0

SOIL
Sampling Point: 02
Profile Description: (Describe to the depth needed to document the indicator or confirm the absence of indicators.)
Depth Matrix Redox Features
(inches) Color (moist) % Color (moist) % Type' Locz Texture Remarks
0-10 10YR 4/4 100 NONE Loamy/Clayey
'Type: C=Concentration, D=Depletion, RM=Reduced Matrix, MS=Masked Sand Grains.
2Location: PL=Pore Lining, M=Matrix.
Hydric Soil Indicators:
Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils3:
_ Histosol (Al)
_ Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (MLRA 147, 148)
_2 cm Muck (A10) (MLRA 147)
Histic Epipedon (A2)
_Thin Dark Surface (S9) (MLRA 147, 148)
_Coast Prairie Redox (A16)
_Black Histic (A3)
_Loamy Mucky Mineral (F1) (MLRA 136)
(MLRA 147, 148)
—Hydrogen Sulfide (A4)
_ Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2)
—Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19)
—Stratified Layers (A5)
_ Depleted Matrix (F3)
(MLRA 136, 147)
_2 cm Muck (A10) (LRR N)
_ Redox Dark Surface (F6)
—Red Parent Material (F21)
—Depleted Below Dark Surface (A11)
—Depleted Dark Surface (F7)
(outside MLRA 127, 1479 148)
_Thick Dark Surface (Al2)
_Redox Depressions (F8)
_Very Shallow Dark Surface (F22)
_Sandy Mucky Mineral (S1)
_Iron -Manganese Masses (F12) (LRR N,
_Other (Explain in Remarks)
_Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4)
MLRA 136)
—Sandy Redox (S5)
_ Umbric Surface (F13) (MLRA 122, 136)
3Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and
_Stripped Matrix (S6)
_Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) (MLRA 148)
wetland hydrology must be present,
Dark Surface (S7)
Red Parent Material (F21) (MLRA 127, 1479 148)
unless disturbed or problematic.
Restrictive Layer (if observed):
Type: Bedrock
Depth (inches): 10
Hydric Soil Present? Yes No X
Remarks:
This data sheet is revised from Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Regional Supplement Version 2.0 to include the NRCS Field Indicators of Hydric
Soils, Version 8.0, 2016.
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont — Version 2.0

WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA SHEET — Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Region
Project/Site: Boone Hospice City/County: Watauga Sampling Date: 9/12/2019
Applicant/Owner: GMKAssociates, Inc. State: NC Sampling Point: 03
Investigator(s): AF and AW (BFEC, Inc.) Section, Township, Range:
Landform (hillside, terrace, etc.): Floodplain Local relief (concave, convex, none): Convex Slope (%): 3
Subregion (LRR or MLRA): LRR N, MLRA 128 Lat: Long: Datum: NAD83
Soil Map Unit Name: NkA - Nikwasi loam, 0-3 % slopes, frequently flooded NWI classification: None
Are climatic / hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes X No (If no, explain in Remarks.)
Are Vegetation Soil or Hydrology significantly disturbed? Are "Normal Circumstances" present? Yes X No
Are Vegetation Soil or Hydrology naturally problematic? (If needed, explain any answers in Remarks.)
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS — Attach site map showing sampling point locations, transects, important features, etc.
Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes No X Is the Sampled Area
Hydric Soil Present? Yes No X within a Wetland? Yes No X
Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes No X
Remarks:
HYDROLOGY
Wetland Hydrology Indicators:
Secondary Indicators (minimum of two required)
Primary Indicators (minimum of one is required: check all that apply)
_Surface Soil Cracks (136)
_Surface Water (Al) _True
Aquatic Plants (1314)
_Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (138)
—High Water Table (A2) —Hydrogen
Sulfide Odor (Cl)
_ Drainage Patterns (B10)
_Saturation (A3) _Oxidized
Rhizospheres on Living Roots (C3)
_Moss Trim Lines (1316)
_Water Marks (131) _Presence
of Reduced Iron (C4)
_Dry -Season Water Table (C2)
_Sediment Deposits (132) _Recent
Iron Reduction in Tilled Soils (C6)
_Crayfish Burrows (C8)
_Drift Deposits (133) _Thin
Muck Surface (C7)
_Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9)
_Algal Mat or Crust (134) _Other
(Explain in Remarks)
_Stunted or Stressed Plants (D1)
_Iron Deposits (135)
_Geomorphic Position (D2)
—Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (137)
_Shallow Aquitard (D3)
—Water-Stained Leaves (139)
Microtopographic Relief (D4)
Aquatic Fauna (1313)
FAC-Neutral Test (D5)
Field Observations:
Surface Water Present? Yes No
X Depth (inches):
Water Table Present? Yes No
X Depth (inches):
Saturation Present? Yes No
X Depth (inches):
Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes No X
(includes capillary fringe)
Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available:
Remarks:
Water table is greater than 8 inches. Soils show saturation during a drought period.
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont — Version 2.0

VEGETATION (Five Strata) - Use scientific names of plants.
Tree Stratum (Plot size: )
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
50% of total cover:
Sapling Stratum (Plot size: )
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Absolute Dominant Indicato
% Cover Species? Status
_=Total Cover
20% of total cover:
=Total Cover
50% of total cover:
20% of total cover:
Shrub Stratum (Plot size: )
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
=Total Cover
50% of total cover:
20% of total cover:
Herb Stratum (Plot size: )
1.
Bidens frondosa
10
Yes
2.
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
10
Yes
3.
Solidago altissima
5
No
4.
Festuca pratensis
35
Yes
5.
Erigeron annuus
5
No
6.
Asc/epias syriaca
1
No
7.
Achillea millefolium
2
No
8.
Digitaria ischaemum
5
No
9.
10.
11.
73
=Total Cover
50% of total cover:
37
20% of total cover:
Woody Vine Stratum (Plot size:
)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
=Total Cover
50% of total cover:
20% of total cover:
Remarks: (Include photo numbers here or on a separate sheet.)
FACW
FACU
FACU
FACU
FACU
FACU
FACU
UPL
15
FAC
Sampling Point:
Dominance Test worksheet:
Number of Dominant Species
That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC
Total Number of Dominant
Species Across All Strata:
Percent of Dominant Species
That Are OBL. FACW. or FAC
03
1 (A)
3 (B)
33.3% (A/B)
Total % Cover of:
Multiply by:
OBL species
0
x 1 =
0
FACW species
10
x 2 =
20
FAC species
0
x 3 =
0
FACU species
58
x 4 =
232
UPL species
5
x 5 =
25
Column Totals:
73
(A)
277 (B)
Prevalence Index =
B/A =
3.79
_ 1 - Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation
_2 - Dominance Test is >50%
_3 - Prevalence Index is:53.0'
4 - Morphological Adaptations' (Provide supporting
data in Remarks or on a separate sheet)
Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation' (Explain)
'Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must be
present, unless disturbed or problematic.
Definitions of Five Vegetation Strata:
Tree - Woody plants, excluding woody vines,
approximately 20 ft (6 m) or more in height and 3 in.
(7.6 cm) or larger in diameter at breast height (DBH)
Sapling - Woody plants, excluding woody vines,
approximately 20 ft (6 m) or more in height and less
than 3 in. (7.6 cm) DBH.
Shrub - Woody Plants, excluding woody vines,
approximately 3 to 20 ft (1 to 6 m) in height.
Herb - All herbaceous (non -woody) plants, including
herbaceous vines, regardless of size, and woody
plants, except woody vines, less than approximately
3 ft (1 m) in height.
Woody Vine - All woody vines, regardless of height.
Hydrophytic
Vegetation
Present? Yes No X
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0

SOIL
Sampling Point: 03
Profile Description: (Describe to the depth needed to document the indicator or confirm the absence of indicators.)
Depth Matrix Redox Features
(inches) Color (moist) % Color (moist) % Type' Locz Texture Remarks
0-8 10YR 5/4 100 NONE Loamy/Clayey
'Type: C=Concentration, D=Depletion, RM=Reduced Matrix, MS=Masked Sand Grains.
2Location: PL=Pore Lining, M=Matrix.
Hydric Soil Indicators:
Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils3:
_ Histosol (Al)
_ Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (MLRA 147, 148)
_2 cm Muck (A10) (MLRA 147)
Histic Epipedon (A2)
_Thin Dark Surface (S9) (MLRA 147, 148)
_Coast Prairie Redox (A16)
_Black Histic (A3)
_Loamy Mucky Mineral (F1) (MLRA 136)
(MLRA 147, 148)
—Hydrogen Sulfide (A4)
_ Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2)
—Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19)
—Stratified Layers (A5)
_ Depleted Matrix (F3)
(MLRA 136, 147)
_2 cm Muck (A10) (LRR N)
_ Redox Dark Surface (F6)
—Red Parent Material (F21)
—Depleted Below Dark Surface (A11)
—Depleted Dark Surface (F7)
(outside MLRA 127, 1479 148)
_Thick Dark Surface (Al2)
_Redox Depressions (F8)
_Very Shallow Dark Surface (F22)
_Sandy Mucky Mineral (S1)
_Iron -Manganese Masses (F12) (LRR N,
_Other (Explain in Remarks)
_Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4)
MLRA 136)
—Sandy Redox (S5)
_ Umbric Surface (F13) (MLRA 122, 136)
3Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and
_Stripped Matrix (S6)
_Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) (MLRA 148)
wetland hydrology must be present,
Dark Surface (S7)
Red Parent Material (F21) (MLRA 127, 1479 148)
unless disturbed or problematic.
Restrictive Layer (if observed):
Type: Bedrock
Depth (inches): 10
Hydric Soil Present? Yes No X
Remarks:
This data sheet is revised from Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Regional Supplement Version 2.0 to include the NRCS Field Indicators of Hydric
Soils, Version 8.0, 2016.
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont — Version 2.0

APPENDIX F
USACE PRELIMINARY JURISDICTIONAL DETERMINATION FORM

Corps Submittal Cover Sheet
Please provide the following info:
1. Project Name
Boone Hospice (Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care)
2. Narne of Property Owner/Applicant: GMK Associates, Inc.
3. Name of Consultant/Agent: Adam Williams PWS, BFEC Inc.
*Agent authorization needs to be attached.
4. Related/Previous Action ID number(s):
5. Site Address: Per ID-191151'855000, Property directly adjacent to west of 544 Archie Carroll Rd, Boone, NC
6. Subdivision Name: New River Southern Rural
7. City: Boone
8. County: Wa_ tauga
9. Lat: 36.2284 Long:-81.6257 (Decimal Degrees Please)
10. Quadrangle Name: Boone
11. Waterway: Brown Branch
12. Watershed: South Fork New River
13. Requested Action:
Nationwide Permit #
General Permit #
X Jurisdictional Determination Request
— Pre -Application Request
The following information will be completed by Corps office:
Prepare File Folder
W
Assign number in ORM
Authorization: Section 10 Section 404
Project Description/ Nature of Activity/ Project Purpose:
Site/Waters Name:
Keywords:
Begin Date

Appendix 2 - PRELIMINARY JURISDICTIONAL DETERMINATION (PJD) FORM
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
A. REPORT COMPLETION DATE FOR PJD: 9/24/201 9
B. NAME AND ADDRESS OF PERSON REQUESTING PJD: GMK Associates, Inc., 1201 Main Street, Suite 200, Columbia, SC 29201
C. DISTRICT OFFICE, FILE NAME, AND NUMBER:
D. PROJECT LOCATION(S) AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
(USE THE TABLE BELOW TO DOCUMENT MULTIPLE AQUATIC RESOURCES AND/OR
AQUATIC RESOURCES AT DIFFERENT SITES)
State: NC County/parish/borough: Watauga City: Boone
Center coordinates of site (lat/long in degree decimal format):
Lat.: 36.2284 Long.:-81.6257
Universal Transverse Mercator:
Name of nearest waterbody: Brown Branch
E. REVIEW PERFORMED FOR SITE EVALUATION (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY):
■❑ Office (Desk) Determination. Date: 9/11 /2019
■❑ Field Determination. Date(s): 9/12/2019
TABLE OF AQUATIC RESOURCES IN REVIEW AREA WHICH "MAY BE" SUBJECT TO REGULATORY
JURISDICTION.
Site
number
Latitude
(decimal
degrees)
Longitude
(decimal
degrees)
Estimated amount
of aquatic resource
in review area
(acreage and linear
feet, if applicable)
Type of aquatic
resource (i.e., wetland
vs. non -wetland
waters)
Geographic authority
to which the aquatic
resource "may be"
subject (i.e., Section
404 or Section 10/404)
1
36.229483
-81.625491
615 In ft
non -wetland waters (stream)
404
2
36.228200
-81.625500
0.06 AC
Wetland
404
3
36.228521
-81.625582
0,10 AC
Wetland
404
4
36.229219
-81.626229
0.04 AC
Wetland
404

1) The Corps of Engineers believes that there may be jurisdictional aquatic resources in
the review area, and the requestor of this PJD is hereby advised of his or her option
to request and obtain an approved JD (AJD) for that review area based on an
informed decision after having discussed the various types of JDs and their
characteristics and circumstances when they may be appropriate.
2) In any circumstance where a permit applicant obtains an individual permit, or a
Nationwide General Permit (NWP) or other general permit verification requiring "pre -
construction notification" (PCN), or requests verification for a non -reporting NWP or
other general permit, and the permit applicant has not requested an AJD for the
activity, the permit applicant is hereby made aware that: (1) the permit applicant has
elected to seek a permit authorization based on a PJD, which does not make an
official determination of jurisdictional aquatic resources; (2) the applicant has the
option to request an AJD before accepting the terms and conditions of the permit
authorization, and that basing a permit authorization on an AJD could possibly result
in less compensatory mitigation being required or different special conditions; (3) the
applicant has the right to request an individual permit rather than accepting the terms
and conditions of the NWP or other general permit authorization; (4) the applicant can
accept a permit authorization and thereby agree to comply with all the terms and
conditions of that permit, including whatever mitigation requirements the Corps has
determined to be necessary; (5) undertaking any activity in reliance upon the subject
permit authorization without requesting an AJD constitutes the applicant's acceptance
of the use of the PJD; (6) accepting a permit authorization (e.g., signing a proffered
individual permit) or undertaking any activity in reliance on any form of Corps permit
authorization based on a PJD constitutes agreement that all aquatic resources in the
review area affected in any way by that activity will be treated as jurisdictional, and
waives any challenge to such jurisdiction in any administrative or judicial compliance
or enforcement action, or in any administrative appeal or in any Federal court; and (7)
whether the applicant elects to use either an AJD or a PJD, the JD will be processed
as soon as practicable. Further, an AJD, a proffered individual permit (and all terms
and conditions contained therein), or individual permit denial can be administratively
appealed pursuant to 33 C.F.R. Part 331. If, during an administrative appeal, it
becomes appropriate to make an official determination whether geographic
jurisdiction exists over aquatic resources in the review area, or to provide an official
delineation of jurisdictional aquatic resources in the review area, the Corps will
provide an AJD to accomplish that result, as soon as is practicable. This PJD finds
that there "may be" waters of the U.S. and/or that there "may be" navigable waters of
the U.S. on the subject review area, and identifies all aquatic features in the review
area that could be affected by the proposed activity, based on the following
information:

SUPPORTING DATA. Data reviewed for PJD (check all that apply)
Checked items should be included in subject file. Appropriately reference sources
below where indicated for all checked items:
■❑ Maps, plans, plots or plat submitted by or on behalf of the PJD requestor:
Map:Subject Property Location Map, Jurisdictional Site Map
0 Data sheets prepared/submitted by or on behalf of the PJD requestor.
❑ Office concurs with data sheets/delineation report.
❑ Office does not concur with data sheets/delineation report. Rationale:
❑ Data sheets prepared by the Corps:
❑ Corps navigable waters' study:
❑ U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Atlas:
■❑
❑ USGS NHD data.
❑ USGS 8 and 12 digit HUC maps.
U.S. Geological Survey map(s). Cite scale & quad name: 1:24,000 Boone
■❑ Natural Resources Conservation Service Soil Survey. Citation: NRCS Web Soil Survey
■ National wetlands inventory map(s). Cite name: Subject Property NWI Map
❑ State/local wetland inventory map(s):
❑ FEMA/FIRM maps:
❑ 100-year Floodplain Elevation is: .(National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929)
■❑ Photographs: ❑ Aerial (Name & Date):
or ■❑ Other (Name & Date): Boone Hospice Photosheets
❑ Previous determination(s). File no. and date of response letter:
❑ Other information (please specify):
IMPORTANT NOTE: The information recorded on this form has not necessarily
been verified by the Corps and should not be relied upon for later jurisdictional
determinations.
Signature and date of
Regulatory staff member
completing PJD
Signature and date of
person requesting PJD
(REQUIRED, unless obtaining
the signature is impracticable)'
' Districts may establish timeframes for requestor to return signed PJD forms. If the requestor does not respond
within the established time frame, the district may presume concurrence and no additional follow up is
necessary prior to finalizing an action.

APPENDIX G
NC WAM ASSESSMENT FORMS

NC WAM WETLAND ASSESSMENT FORM
Accompanies User Manual Version 5
USACE AID#: NCDWR #:
Project Name Boone Hospice Date of Evaluation 9/12/2019
Applicant/Owner Name GMK Associates, Inc. Wetland Site Name W1 & W3
Wetland Type Riverine Swamp Forest Assessor Name/Organization AW and AF - Brushy Fork EnvironmE
Level III Ecoregion Blue Ridge Mountains Nearest Named Water Body Brown Branch
River Basin New USGS 8-Digit Catalogue Unit 0505001
County Watauga NCDWR Region Asheville
[; Yes [; No Precipitation within 48 hrs? Latitude/Longitude (deci-degrees) 36.2284,-81.6257
Evidence of stressors affecting the assessment area (may not be within the assessment area)
Please circle and/or make note on last page if evidence of stressors is apparent. Consider departure from reference, if
appropriate, in recent past (for instance, approximately within 10 years). Noteworthy stressors include, but are not limited
to the following.
• Hydrological modifications (examples: ditches, dams, beaver dams, dikes, berms, ponds, etc.)
• Surface and sub -surface discharges into the wetland (examples: discharges containing obvious pollutants, presence of nearby
septic tanks, underground storage tanks (USTs), hog lagoons, etc.)
• Signs of vegetation stress (examples: vegetation mortality, insect damage, disease, storm damage, salt intrusion, etc.)
• Habitat/plant community alteration (examples: mowing, clear -cutting, exotics, etc.)
Is the assessment area intensively managed? , Yes r, No
Regulatory Considerations - Were regulatory considerations evaluated? Yes r. No If Yes, check all that apply to the assessment area
r Anadromous fish
r Federally protected species or State endangered or threatened species
r NCDWR riparian buffer rule in effect
r Abuts a Primary Nursery Area (PNA)
r Publicly owned property
r N.C. Division of Coastal Management Area of Environmental Concern (AEC) (including buffer)
r Abuts a stream with a NCDWQ classification of SA or supplemental classifications of HQW, ORW, or Trout
r Designated NCNHP reference community
r Abuts a 303(d)-listed stream or a tributary to a 303(d)-listed stream
What type of natural stream is associated with the wetland, if any? (check all that apply)
Blackwater
Brownwater
r Tidal (if tidal, check one of the following boxes) r'� Lunar r, Wind E'; Both
Is the assessment area on a coastal island? Yes , No
Is the assessment area's surface water storage capacity or duration substantially altered by beaver? Yes No
Does the assessment area experience overbank flooding during normal rainfall conditions? Yes No
Ground Surface Condition/Vegetation Condition — assessment area condition metric
Check a box in each column. Consider alteration to the ground surface (GS) in the assessment area and vegetation structure
(VS) in the assessment area. Compare to reference wetland if applicable (see User Manual). If a reference is not applicable,
then rate the assessment area based on evidence of an effect.
GS VS
A A Not severely altered
B B Severely altered over a majority of the assessment area (ground surface alteration examples: vehicle tracks, excessive
sedimentation, fire -plow lanes, skidder tracks, bedding, fill, soil compaction, obvious pollutants) (vegetation structure
alteration examples: mechanical disturbance, herbicides, salt intrusion [where appropriate], exotic species, grazing,
less diversity [if appropriate], hydrologic alteration)
2. Surface and Sub -Surface Storage Capacity and Duration — assessment area condition metric
Check a box in each column. Consider surface storage capacity and duration (Surf) and sub -surface storage capacity and
duration (Sub). Consider both increase and decrease in hydrology. A ditch <_ 1 foot deep is considered to affect surface water only,
while a ditch > 1 foot deep is expected to affect both surface and sub -surface water. Consider tidal flooding regime, if applicable.
Surf Sub
A A Water storage capacity and duration are not altered.
E ; B ; B Water storage capacity or duration are altered, but not substantially (typically, not sufficient to change vegetation).
C C Water storage capacity or duration are substantially altered (typically, alteration sufficient to result in vegetation
change) (examples: draining, flooding, soil compaction, filling, excessive sedimentation, underground utility lines).
3. Water Storage/Surface Relief — assessment area/wetland type condition metric (skip for all marshes)
Check a box in each column for each group below. Select the appropriate storage for the assessment area (AA) and the wetland
type (WT).
AA WT
3a. A A Majority of wetland with depressions able to pond water > 1 foot deep
B B Majority of wetland with depressions able to pond water 6 inches to 1 foot deep
C C Majority of wetland with depressions able to pond water 3 to 6 inches deep
D E'; D Depressions able to pond water < 3 inches deep
3b. A Evidence that maximum depth of inundation is greater than 2 feet

B Evidence that maximum depth of inundation is between 1 and 2 feet
�: C Evidence that maximum depth of inundation is less than 1 foot

4. Soil Texture/Structure - assessment area condition metric (skip for all marshes)
Check a box from each of the three soil property groups below. Dig soil profile in the dominant assessment area landscape
feature. Make soil observations within the 12 inches. Use most recent National Technical Committee for Hydric Soils guidance for
regional indicators.
4a. A Sandy soil
B Loamy or clayey soils exhibiting redoximorphic features (concentrations, depletions, or rhizospheres)
C Loamy or clayey soils not exhibiting redoximorphic features
[; D Loamy or clayey gleyed soil
[; E Histosol or histic epipedon
4b. E ; A Soil ribbon < 1 inch
B Soil ribbon >_ 1 inch
4c. [*; A No peat or muck presence
[; B A peat or muck presence
5. Discharge into Wetland - opportunity metric
Check a box in each column. Consider surface pollutants or discharges (Surf) and sub -surface pollutants or discharges (Sub).
Examples of sub -surface discharges include presence of nearby septic tank, underground storage tank (UST), etc.
Surf Sub
A A Little or no evidence of pollutants or discharges entering the assessment area
B B Noticeable evidence of pollutants or discharges entering the wetland and stressing, but not overwhelming the
treatment capacity of the assessment area
C C Noticeable evidence of pollutants or discharges (pathogen, particulate, or soluble) entering the assessment area and
potentially overwhelming the treatment capacity of the wetland (water discoloration, dead vegetation, excessive
sedimentation, odor)
6. Land Use - opportunity metric (skip for non -riparian wetlands)
Check all that apply (at least one box in each column). Evaluation involves a GIS effort with field adjustment. Consider sources
draining to assessment area within entire upstream watershed (WS), within 5 miles and within the watershed draining to the
assessment area (5M), and within 2 miles and within the watershed draining to the assessment area (2M). Effective riparian buffers
are considered to be 50 feet wide in the Coastal Plain and Piedmont ecoregions and 30 feet wide in the Blue Ridge Mountains ecoregion.
WS 5M 2M
r A r A r A >_ 10% impervious surfaces
r B r B r B Confined animal operations (or other local, concentrated source of pollutants)
F C r C r C >_ 20% coverage of pasture
r D r D r D >_ 20% coverage of agricultural land (regularly plowed land)
F E r E r E >_ 20% coverage of maintained grass/herb
F F r F r F >_ 20% coverage of clear-cut land
F G r G r G Little or no opportunity to improve water quality. Lack of opportunity may result from little or no disturbance in
the watershed or hydrologic alterations that prevent dainage and/or overbank flow from affectio the
assessment area.
Wetland Acting as Vegetated Buffer - assessment area/wetland complex condition metric (skip for non -riparian wetlands)
7a. Is assessment area within 50 feet of a tributary or other open water?
; Yes �; No If Yes, continue to 7b. If No, skip to Metric 8.
7b. How much of the first 50 feet from the bank is weltand? (Wetland buffer need only be present on one side of the water body. Make
buffer judgment based on the average width of wetland. Record a note if a portion of the buffer has been removed or disturbed.)
A >_ 50 feet
B From 30 to < 50 feet
C From 15 to < 30 feet
D From 5 to < 15 feet
E < 5 feet or buffer bypassed by ditches
7c. Tributary width. If the tributary is anastomosed, combine widths of channels/braids for a total width.
r-; <- 15-feet wide r. > 15-feet wide r; Other open water (no tributary present)
7d. Do roots of assessment area vegetation extend into the bank of the tributary/open water?
[ ;Yes [, No
7e. Is tributary or other open water sheltered or exposed?
r.; Sheltered - adjacent open water with width < 2500 feet and no regular boat traffic.
r. Exposed - adjacent open water with width >_ 2500 feet or regular boat traffic.
8. Wetland Width at the Assessment Area - wetland type/wetland complex condition metric (evaluate WT for all marshes
and Estuarine Woody Wetland only; evaluate WC for Bottomland Hardwood Forest, Headwater Forest, and Riverine Swamp
Forest only)
Check a box in each column. Select the average width for the wetland type at the assessment area (WT) and the wetland complex at the
assessment area (WC). See User Manual for WT and WC boundaries.
WT WC
A
A
>_ 100 feet
B
B
From 80 to < 100 feet
r C
r"; C
From 50 to < 80 feet
D
�"; D
From 40 to < 50 feet
E
E
From 30 to < 40 feet
F
F
From 15 to < 30 feet
G
G
From 5 to < 15 feet
r H
� H
< 5 feet

9. Inundation Duration — assessment area condition metric (skip for non -riparian wetlands)
Answer for assessment area dominant landform.
A Evidence of short -duration inundation (< 7 consecutive days)
B Evidence of saturation, without evidence of inundation
C Evidence of long -duration inundation or very long -duration inundation (7 to 30 consecutive days or more)
10. Indicators of Deposition — assessment area condition metric (skip for non -riparian wetlands and all marshes)
Consider recent deposition only (no plant growth since deposition).
A Sediment deposition is not excessive, but at approximately natural levels.
B Sediment deposition is excessive, but not overwhelming the wetland.
C Sediment deposition is excessive and is overwhelming the wetland.
11. Wetland Size — wetland type/wetland complex condition metric
Check a box in each column. Involves a GIS effort with field adjustment. This metric evaluates three aspects of the wetland area: the
size of the wetland type (WT), the size of the wetland complex (WC), and the size of the forested wetland (FW) (if applicable, see User
Manual). See the User Manual for boundaries of these evaluation areas. If assessment area is clear-cut, select "K" for the FW column.
WT WC FW (if applicable)
A A A >_ 500 acres
B B B From 100 to < 500 acres
C C C From 50 to < 100 acres
C D C D C D From 25 to < 50 acres
C E C E C E From 10 to < 25 acres
CF CF CF From 5 to < 10 acres
C G C G C G From 1 to < 5 acres
CH CH CH From 0.5to<1 acre
CI CI CI From 0.1 to < 0.5 acre
J C J C J From 0.01 to < 0.1 acre
K C K C K < 0.01 acre or assessment area is clear-cut
12. Wetland Intactness — wetland type condition metric (evaluate for Pocosins only)
C A Pocosin is the full extent (>_ 90%) of its natural landscape size.
B Pocosin is < 90% of the full extent of its natural landscape size.
13. Connectivity to Other Natural Areas — landscape condition metric
13a. Check appropriate box(es) (a box may be checked in each column). Involves a GIS effort with field adjustment. This
evaluates whether the wetland is well connected (Well) and/or loosely connected (Loosely) to the landscape patch, the contiguous
metric naturally vegetated area and open water (if appropriate). Boundaries are formed by four -lane roads, regularly maintained utility
line corridors the width of a four -lane road or wider, urban landscapes, fields (pasture open and agriculture), or water > 300 feet wide.
Well Loosely
A A >_ 500 acres
B B From 100 to < 500 acres
C C C C From 50 to < 100 acres
C D C D From 10 to < 50 acres
CE CE <10acres
C F C F Wetland type has a poor or no connection to other natural habitats
13b. Evaluate for marshes only.
C Yes C No Wetland type has a surface hydrology connection to open waters/stream or tidal wetlands.
14. Edge Effect — wetland type condition metric (skip for all marshes and Estuarine Woody Wetland)
May involve a GIS effort with field adjustment. Estimate distance from wetland type boundary to artificial edges. Artificial edges include
non -forested areas >_ 40 feet wide such as fields, development, roads, regularly maintained utility line corridors and clear -cuts. Consider
the eight main points of the compass. Artificial edge occurs within 150 feet in how many directiions? If the assessment area is clear-cut,
select option "C."
CA 0
C B 1 to 4
CC 5to8
16. Vegetative Composition — assessment area condition metric (skip for all marshes and Pine Flat)
C A Vegetation is close to reference condition in species present and their proportions. Lower strata composed of appropriate
species, with exotic plants absent or sparse within the assessment area.
C B Vegetation is different from reference condition in species diversity or proportions, but still largely composed of native species
characteristic of the wetland type. This may include communities of weedy native species that develop after clearcutting or
clearing. It also includes communities with exotics present, but not dominant, over a large portion of the expected strata.
C C Vegetation severely altered from reference in composition, or expected species are unnaturally absent (planted stands of non -
characteristic species or at least one stratum inappropriately composed of a single species), or exotic species are dominant in
at least one stratum.
16. Vegetative Diversity— assessment area condition metric (evaluate for Non -tidal Freshwater Marsh only)
EA Vegetation diversity is high and is composed primarily of native species (<10% cover of exotics).
CB Vegetation diversity is low or has > 10% to 50% cover of exotics.
CC Vegetation is dominated by exotic species (>50% cover of exotics).

17. Vegetative Structure — assessment area/wetland type condition metric
17a. Is vegetation present?
C Yes C No If Yes, continue to 17b. If No, skip to Metric 18.
17b. Evaluate percent coverage of assessment area vegetation for all marshes only. Skip to 17c for non -marsh wetlands.
A
>_ 25% coverage of vegetation
B
< 25% coverage of vegetation
17c. Check a box in each column for each stratum. Evaluate this portion of the metric for non -marsh wetlands. Consider structure
in airspace
above the assessment area (AA) and the wetland type (WT) separately.
AA
WT
EL
r, A
EA
Canopy closed, or nearly closed, with natural gaps associated with natural processes
o
m
E B
E B
Canopy present, but opened more than natural gaps
v
C C
C C
Canopy sparse or absent
0
A
E A
Dense mid-story/sapling layer
E B
E B
Moderate density mid-story/sapling layer
C
E C
Mid-story/sapling layer sparse or absent
A
E A
Dense shrub layer
E B
E B
Moderate density shrub layer
W
C
E C
Shrub layer sparse or absent
C A
C A
Dense herb layer
u,
C B
C B
Moderate density herb layer
_
C
E C
Herb layer sparse or absent
18. Snags — wetland type condition metric (skip for all marshes)
C A Large snags (more than one) are visible (> 12-inches DBH, or large relative to species present and landscape stability).
C B Not A
19. Diameter Class Distribution — wetland type condition metric (skip for all marshes)
C A Majority of canopy trees have stems > 6 inches in diameter at breast height (DBH); many large trees (> 12 inches DBH) are
present.
C B Majority of canopy trees have stems between 6 and 12 inches DBH, few are > 12-inch DBH.
C C Majority of canopy trees are < 6 inches DBH or no trees.
20. Large Woody Debris — wetland type condition metric (skip for all marshes)
Include both natural debris and man -placed natural debris.
C A Large logs (more than one) are visible (> 12 inches in diameter, or large relative to species present and landscape stability).
C B Not A
21. Vegetation/Open Water Dispersion — wetland type/open water condition metric (evaluate for Non -Tidal Freshwater
Marsh only)
Select the figure that best describes the amount of interspersion between vegetation and open water in the growing season. Patterned
areas indicate vegetated areas, while solid white areas indicate open water.
A B C D
22. Hydrologic Connectivity— assessment area condition metric (evaluate for riparian wetlands and Salt/Brackish Marsh only)
Examples of activities that may severely alter hydrologic connectivity include intensive ditching, fill, sedimentation, channelization,
diversion, man-made berms, beaver dams, and stream incision. Documentation required if evaluated as B, C, or D.
EA Overbank and overland flow are not severely altered in the assessment area.
B Overbank flow is severely altered in the assessment area.
C Overland flow is severely altered in the assessment area.
D Both overbank and overland flow are severely altered in the assessment area.
Notes

NC WAM Wetland Rating Sheet
Accompanies User Manual Version 5.0
Wetland Site Name W1 & W3 Date 9/12/2019
Wetland Type Riverine Swamp Forest Assessor Name/Organization ushy Fork Environmental
Notes on Field Assessment Form (Y/N) NO
Presence of regulatory considerations (Y/N) YES
Wetland is intensively managed (Y/N) YES
Assessment area is located within 50 feet of a natural tributary or other open water (Y/N) YES
Assessment area is substantially altered by beaver (Y/N) NO
Assessment area experiences overbank flooding during normal rainfall conditions (Y/N) YES
Assessment area is on a coastal island (Y/N) NO
Sub -function Rating Summary
Function
Sub -function
Metrics
Rating
Hydrology
Surface Storage and Retention
Condition
HIGH
Sub -Surface Storage and Retention
Condition
MEDIUM
Water Quality
Pathogen Change
Condition
HIGH
Condition/Opportunity
HIGH
Opportunity Presence? (Y/N)
YES
Particulate Change
Condition
HIGH
Condition/Opportunity
HIGH
Opportunity Presence? (Y/N)
NO
Soluble Change
Condition
MEDIUM
Condition/Opportunity
HIGH
Opportunity Presence? (Y/N)
YES
Physical Change
Condition
MEDIUM
Condition/Opportunity
HIGH
Opportunity Presence? (Y/N)
YES
Pollution Change
Condition
NA
Condition/Opportunity
NA
Opportunity Presence? (Y/N)
NA
Habitat
Physical Structure
Condition
MEDIUM
Landscape Patch Structure
Condition
LOW
Vegetation Composition
Condition
MEDIUM
Function Rating Summary
Function
Metrics/Notes
Rating
Hydrology
Condition
HIGH
Water Quality
Condition
HIGH
Condition/Opportunity
HIGH
Opportunity Presence? (Y/N)
YES
Habitat
Condition
LOW
Overall Wetland Rating HIGH

NC WAM WETLAND ASSESSMENT FORM
Accompanies User Manual Version 5
USACE AID#: NCDWR #:
Project Name Boone Hospice Date of Evaluation 9/12/2019
Applicant/Owner Name Carroll NC Properties, LLC Wetland Site Name W2
Wetland Type Seep Assessor Name/Organization AF & AW
Level III Ecoregion Blue Ridge Mountains Nearest Named Water Body Brown Branch
River Basin New USGS 8-Digit Catalogue Unit 05050001
County Watauga NCDWR Region Asheville
[; Yes [; No Precipitation within 48 hrs? Latitude/Longitude (deci-degrees) 36.2284,-81.6257
Evidence of stressors affecting the assessment area (may not be within the assessment area)
Please circle and/or make note on last page if evidence of stressors is apparent. Consider departure from reference, if
appropriate, in recent past (for instance, approximately within 10 years). Noteworthy stressors include, but are not limited
to the following.
• Hydrological modifications (examples: ditches, dams, beaver dams, dikes, berms, ponds, etc.)
• Surface and sub -surface discharges into the wetland (examples: discharges containing obvious pollutants, presence of nearby
septic tanks, underground storage tanks (USTs), hog lagoons, etc.)
• Signs of vegetation stress (examples: vegetation mortality, insect damage, disease, storm damage, salt intrusion, etc.)
• Habitat/plant community alteration (examples: mowing, clear -cutting, exotics, etc.)
Is the assessment area intensively managed? r, Yes E , No
Regulatory Considerations - Were regulatory considerations evaluated? Yes r, No If Yes, check all that apply to the assessment area
r Anadromous fish
r Federally protected species or State endangered or threatened species
r NCDWR riparian buffer rule in effect
r Abuts a Primary Nursery Area (PNA)
r Publicly owned property
r N.C. Division of Coastal Management Area of Environmental Concern (AEC) (including buffer)
r Abuts a stream with a NCDWQ classification of SA or supplemental classifications of HQW, ORW, or Trout
r Designated NCNHP reference community
r Abuts a 303(d)-listed stream or a tributary to a 303(d)-listed stream
What type of natural stream is associated with the wetland, if any? (check all that apply)
Blackwater
Brownwater
r Tidal (if tidal, check one of the following boxes) r'� Lunar r, Wind E'; Both
Is the assessment area on a coastal island? Yes , No
Is the assessment area's surface water storage capacity or duration substantially altered by beaver? Yes No
Does the assessment area experience overbank flooding during normal rainfall conditions? Yes No
Ground Surface Condition/Vegetation Condition — assessment area condition metric
Check a box in each column. Consider alteration to the ground surface (GS) in the assessment area and vegetation structure
(VS) in the assessment area. Compare to reference wetland if applicable (see User Manual). If a reference is not applicable,
then rate the assessment area based on evidence of an effect.
GS VS
A A Not severely altered
B B Severely altered over a majority of the assessment area (ground surface alteration examples: vehicle tracks, excessive
sedimentation, fire -plow lanes, skidder tracks, bedding, fill, soil compaction, obvious pollutants) (vegetation structure
alteration examples: mechanical disturbance, herbicides, salt intrusion [where appropriate], exotic species, grazing,
less diversity [if appropriate], hydrologic alteration)
2. Surface and Sub -Surface Storage Capacity and Duration — assessment area condition metric
Check a box in each column. Consider surface storage capacity and duration (Surf) and sub -surface storage capacity and
duration (Sub). Consider both increase and decrease in hydrology. A ditch <_ 1 foot deep is considered to affect surface water only,
while a ditch > 1 foot deep is expected to affect both surface and sub -surface water. Consider tidal flooding regime, if applicable.
Surf Sub
E ; A ; A Water storage capacity and duration are not altered.
B B Water storage capacity or duration are altered, but not substantially (typically, not sufficient to change vegetation).
C C Water storage capacity or duration are substantially altered (typically, alteration sufficient to result in vegetation
change) (examples: draining, flooding, soil compaction, filling, excessive sedimentation, underground utility lines).
3. Water Storage/Surface Relief — assessment area/wetland type condition metric (skip for all marshes)
Check a box in each column for each group below. Select the appropriate storage for the assessment area (AA) and the wetland
type (WT).
AA WT
3a. A A Majority of wetland with depressions able to pond water > 1 foot deep
B B Majority of wetland with depressions able to pond water 6 inches to 1 foot deep
C C Majority of wetland with depressions able to pond water 3 to 6 inches deep
D D Depressions able to pond water < 3 inches deep
3b. A Evidence that maximum depth of inundation is greater than 2 feet

B Evidence that maximum depth of inundation is between 1 and 2 feet
�: C Evidence that maximum depth of inundation is less than 1 foot

4. Soil Texture/Structure - assessment area condition metric (skip for all marshes)
Check a box from each of the three soil property groups below. Dig soil profile in the dominant assessment area landscape
feature. Make soil observations within the 12 inches. Use most recent National Technical Committee for Hydric Soils guidance for
regional indicators.
4a. A Sandy soil
B Loamy or clayey soils exhibiting redoximorphic features (concentrations, depletions, or rhizospheres)
C Loamy or clayey soils not exhibiting redoximorphic features
[; D Loamy or clayey gleyed soil
[; E Histosol or histic epipedon
4b. E ; A Soil ribbon < 1 inch
B Soil ribbon >_ 1 inch
4c. [; A No peat or muck presence
[; B A peat or muck presence
5. Discharge into Wetland - opportunity metric
Check a box in each column. Consider surface pollutants or discharges (Surf) and sub -surface pollutants or discharges (Sub).
Examples of sub -surface discharges include presence of nearby septic tank, underground storage tank (UST), etc.
Surf Sub
A A Little or no evidence of pollutants or discharges entering the assessment area
B B Noticeable evidence of pollutants or discharges entering the wetland and stressing, but not overwhelming the
treatment capacity of the assessment area
C C Noticeable evidence of pollutants or discharges (pathogen, particulate, or soluble) entering the assessment area and
potentially overwhelming the treatment capacity of the wetland (water discoloration, dead vegetation, excessive
sedimentation, odor)
6. Land Use - opportunity metric (skip for non -riparian wetlands)
Check all that apply (at least one box in each column). Evaluation involves a GIS effort with field adjustment. Consider sources
draining to assessment area within entire upstream watershed (WS), within 5 miles and within the watershed draining to the
assessment area (5M), and within 2 miles and within the watershed draining to the assessment area (2M). Effective riparian buffers
are considered to be 50 feet wide in the Coastal Plain and Piedmont ecoregions and 30 feet wide in the Blue Ridge Mountains ecoregion.
WS 5M 2M
r A r A r A >_ 10% impervious surfaces
r B r B r B Confined animal operations (or other local, concentrated source of pollutants)
r C r C r C >_ 20% coverage of pasture
r D r D r D >_ 20% coverage of agricultural land (regularly plowed land)
F E r E r E >_ 20% coverage of maintained grass/herb
F F r F r F >_ 20% coverage of clear-cut land
F G r G r G Little or no opportunity to improve water quality. Lack of opportunity may result from little or no disturbance in
the watershed or hydrologic alterations that prevent dainage and/or overbank flow from affectio the
assessment area.
Wetland Acting as Vegetated Buffer - assessment area/wetland complex condition metric (skip for non -riparian wetlands)
7a. Is assessment area within 50 feet of a tributary or other open water?
; Yes �; No If Yes, continue to 7b. If No, skip to Metric 8.
7b. How much of the first 50 feet from the bank is weltand? (Wetland buffer need only be present on one side of the water body. Make
buffer judgment based on the average width of wetland. Record a note if a portion of the buffer has been removed or disturbed.)
A >_ 50 feet
B From 30 to < 50 feet
C From 15 to < 30 feet
D From 5 to < 15 feet
E < 5 feet or buffer bypassed by ditches
7c. Tributary width. If the tributary is anastomosed, combine widths of channels/braids for a total width.
r-; <- 15-feet wide r. > 15-feet wide r; Other open water (no tributary present)
7d. Do roots of assessment area vegetation extend into the bank of the tributary/open water?
[ ;Yes [, No
7e. Is tributary or other open water sheltered or exposed?
r.; Sheltered - adjacent open water with width < 2500 feet and no regular boat traffic.
r. Exposed - adjacent open water with width >_ 2500 feet or regular boat traffic.
8. Wetland Width at the Assessment Area - wetland type/wetland complex condition metric (evaluate WT for all marshes
and Estuarine Woody Wetland only; evaluate WC for Bottomland Hardwood Forest, Headwater Forest, and Riverine Swamp
Forest only)
Check a box in each column. Select the average width for the wetland type at the assessment area (WT) and the wetland complex at the
assessment area (WC). See User Manual for WT and WC boundaries.
WT WC
A
A
>_ 100 feet
B
B
From 80 to < 100 feet
r C
r"; C
From 50 to < 80 feet
D
�"; D
From 40 to < 50 feet
E
E
From 30 to < 40 feet
F
F
From 15 to < 30 feet
G
G
From 5 to < 15 feet
r H
� H
< 5 feet

9. Inundation Duration — assessment area condition metric (skip for non -riparian wetlands)
Answer for assessment area dominant landform.
A Evidence of short -duration inundation (< 7 consecutive days)
B Evidence of saturation, without evidence of inundation
C Evidence of long -duration inundation or very long -duration inundation (7 to 30 consecutive days or more)
10. Indicators of Deposition — assessment area condition metric (skip for non -riparian wetlands and all marshes)
Consider recent deposition only (no plant growth since deposition).
A Sediment deposition is not excessive, but at approximately natural levels.
B Sediment deposition is excessive, but not overwhelming the wetland.
C Sediment deposition is excessive and is overwhelming the wetland.
11. Wetland Size — wetland type/wetland complex condition metric
Check a box in each column. Involves a GIS effort with field adjustment. This metric evaluates three aspects of the wetland area: the
size of the wetland type (WT), the size of the wetland complex (WC), and the size of the forested wetland (FW) (if applicable, see User
Manual). See the User Manual for boundaries of these evaluation areas. If assessment area is clear-cut, select "K" for the FW column.
WT WC FW (if applicable)
A A A >_ 500 acres
B B B From 100 to < 500 acres
C C C From 50 to < 100 acres
C D C D C D From 25 to < 50 acres
C E C E C E From 10 to < 25 acres
CF CF CF From 5 to < 10 acres
C G C G C G From 1 to < 5 acres
CH CH CH From 0.5to<1 acre
CI CI CI From 0.1 to < 0.5 acre
J C J C J From 0.01 to < 0.1 acre
K C K C K < 0.01 acre or assessment area is clear-cut
12. Wetland Intactness — wetland type condition metric (evaluate for Pocosins only)
C A Pocosin is the full extent (>_ 90%) of its natural landscape size.
B Pocosin is < 90% of the full extent of its natural landscape size.
13. Connectivity to Other Natural Areas — landscape condition metric
13a. Check appropriate box(es) (a box may be checked in each column). Involves a GIS effort with field adjustment. This
evaluates whether the wetland is well connected (Well) and/or loosely connected (Loosely) to the landscape patch, the contiguous
metric naturally vegetated area and open water (if appropriate). Boundaries are formed by four -lane roads, regularly maintained utility
line corridors the width of a four -lane road or wider, urban landscapes, fields (pasture open and agriculture), or water > 300 feet wide.
Well Loosely
A A >_ 500 acres
B B From 100 to < 500 acres
C C C C From 50 to < 100 acres
C D C D From 10 to < 50 acres
CE CE <10acres
C F C F Wetland type has a poor or no connection to other natural habitats
13b. Evaluate for marshes only.
C Yes C No Wetland type has a surface hydrology connection to open waters/stream or tidal wetlands.
14. Edge Effect — wetland type condition metric (skip for all marshes and Estuarine Woody Wetland)
May involve a GIS effort with field adjustment. Estimate distance from wetland type boundary to artificial edges. Artificial edges include
non -forested areas >_ 40 feet wide such as fields, development, roads, regularly maintained utility line corridors and clear -cuts. Consider
the eight main points of the compass. Artificial edge occurs within 150 feet in how many directiions? If the assessment area is clear-cut,
select option "C."
C A 0
CB 1to4
CC 5to8
16. Vegetative Composition — assessment area condition metric (skip for all marshes and Pine Flat)
C A Vegetation is close to reference condition in species present and their proportions. Lower strata composed of appropriate
species, with exotic plants absent or sparse within the assessment area.
C B Vegetation is different from reference condition in species diversity or proportions, but still largely composed of native species
characteristic of the wetland type. This may include communities of weedy native species that develop after clearcutting or
clearing. It also includes communities with exotics present, but not dominant, over a large portion of the expected strata.
C C Vegetation severely altered from reference in composition, or expected species are unnaturally absent (planted stands of non -
characteristic species or at least one stratum inappropriately composed of a single species), or exotic species are dominant in
at least one stratum.
16. Vegetative Diversity— assessment area condition metric (evaluate for Non -tidal Freshwater Marsh only)
EA Vegetation diversity is high and is composed primarily of native species (<10% cover of exotics).
CB Vegetation diversity is low or has > 10% to 50% cover of exotics.
CC Vegetation is dominated by exotic species (>50% cover of exotics).

17. Vegetative Structure — assessment area/wetland type condition metric
17a. Is vegetation present?
C Yes C No If Yes, continue to 17b. If No, skip to Metric 18.
17b. Evaluate percent coverage of assessment area vegetation for all marshes only. Skip to 17c for non -marsh wetlands.
A
>_ 25% coverage of vegetation
B
< 25% coverage of vegetation
17c. Check a box in each column for each stratum. Evaluate this portion of the metric for non -marsh wetlands. Consider structure
in airspace
above the assessment area (AA) and the wetland type (WT) separately.
AA
WT
EL
A
A
Canopy closed, or nearly closed, with natural gaps associated with natural processes
o
m
B
B
Canopy present, but opened more than natural gaps
v
C C
C C
Canopy sparse or absent
0
A
A
Dense mid-story/sapling layer
B
B
Moderate density mid-story/sapling layer
C
C
Mid-story/sapling layer sparse or absent
A
A
Dense shrub layer
B
B
Moderate density shrub layer
W
C
C
Shrub layer sparse or absent
C A
C A
Dense herb layer
u,
C B
C B
Moderate density herb layer
_
C
C
Herb layer sparse or absent
18. Snags — wetland type condition metric (skip for all marshes)
C A Large snags (more than one) are visible (> 12-inches DBH, or large relative to species present and landscape stability).
C B Not A
19. Diameter Class Distribution — wetland type condition metric (skip for all marshes)
EA Majority of canopy trees have stems > 6 inches in diameter at breast height (DBH); many large trees (> 12 inches DBH) are
present.
C B Majority of canopy trees have stems between 6 and 12 inches DBH, few are > 12-inch DBH.
C C Majority of canopy trees are < 6 inches DBH or no trees.
20. Large Woody Debris — wetland type condition metric (skip for all marshes)
Include both natural debris and man -placed natural debris.
C A Large logs (more than one) are visible (> 12 inches in diameter, or large relative to species present and landscape stability).
C B Not A
21. Vegetation/Open Water Dispersion — wetland type/open water condition metric (evaluate for Non -Tidal Freshwater
Marsh only)
Select the figure that best describes the amount of interspersion between vegetation and open water in the growing season. Patterned
areas indicate vegetated areas, while solid white areas indicate open water.
A B C D
22. Hydrologic Connectivity— assessment area condition metric (evaluate for riparian wetlands and Salt/Brackish Marsh only)
Examples of activities that may severely alter hydrologic connectivity include intensive ditching, fill, sedimentation, channelization,
diversion, man-made berms, beaver dams, and stream incision. Documentation required if evaluated as B, C, or D.
A Overbank and overland flow are not severely altered in the assessment area.
B Overbank flow is severely altered in the assessment area.
C Overland flow is severely altered in the assessment area.
D Both overbank and overland flow are severely altered in the assessment area.
Notes

NC WAM Wetland Rating Sheet
Accompanies User Manual Version 5.0
Wetland Site Name W2 Date
Wetland Type Seep Assessor Name/Organization
Notes on Field Assessment Form (Y/N)
Presence of regulatory considerations (Y/N)
Wetland is intensively managed (Y/N)
Assessment area is located within 50 feet of a natural tributary or other open water (Y/N)
Assessment area is substantially altered by beaver (Y/N)
Assessment area experiences overbank flooding during normal rainfall conditions (Y/N)
Assessment area is on a coastal island (Y/N)
Sub -function Rating Summary
9/12/2019
AF & AW
NO
YES
NO
YES
NO
YES
Kin
Function
Sub -function
Metrics
Rating
Hydrology
Surface Storage and Retention
Condition
NA
Sub -Surface Storage and Retention
Condition
NA
Water Quality
Pathogen Change
Condition
NA
Condition/Opportunity
NA
Opportunity Presence? (Y/N)
NA
Particulate Change
Condition
NA
Condition/Opportunity
NA
Opportunity Presence? (Y/N)
NA
Soluble Change
Condition
NA
Condition/Opportunity
NA
Opportunity Presence? (Y/N)
NA
Physical Change
Condition
NA
Condition/Opportunity
NA
Opportunity Presence? (Y/N)
NA
Pollution Change
Condition
NA
Condition/Opportunity
NA
Opportunity Presence? (Y/N)
NA
Habitat
Physical Structure
Condition
HIGH
Landscape Patch Structure
Condition
MEDIUM
Vegetation Composition
Condition
HIGH
Function Rating Summary
Function
Metrics/Notes
Rating
Hydrology
Condition
HIGH
Water Quality
Condition
HIGH
Condition/Opportunity
NA
Opportunity Presence? (Y/N)
NA
Habitat
Condition
HIGH
Overall Wetland Rating HIGH

APPENDIX H
NC SAM ASSESSMENT FORM

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INSTRUCTIONS: Attach a sketch of the assessment area and photographs. Attach a copy of the USGS 7.5-minute topographic
quadrangle, and circle the location of the stream reach under evaluation. If multiple stream reaches will be evaluated on the same
property, identify and number all reaches on the attached map, and include a separate form for each reach. See the NC SAM User
Manual for detailed descriptions and explanations of requested information. Record in the "Notes/Sketch" section if any supplementary
measurements were performed. See the NC SAM User Manual for examples of additional measurements that may be relevant.
NOTE EVIDENCE OF STRESSORS AFFECTING THE ASSESSMENT AREA (do not need to be within the assessment area).
PROJECT / SITE INFORMATION:
1. Project name (if any): Boone Hospice 2. Date of evaluation: 9/12/2019
3. Applicant/owner name: GMKAssociates, Inc. 4. Assessor name/organization: AW, AF (BFEC Inc)
5. County: Watauga 6. Nearest named water body
7. River Basin: New on USGS 7.5-minute quad: Brown Branch
8. Site coordinates (decimal degrees, at lower end of assessment reach): 36.2284,-81.6257
STREAM INFORMATION: (depth and width can be approximations)
9. Site number (show on attached map): Main Channel 10. Length of assessment reach evaluated (feet): 564.91
11. Channel depth from bed (in riffle, if present) to top of bank (feet): 1.5 r Unable to assess channel depth.
12. Channel width at top of bank (feet): 4 13. Is assessment reach a swamp stream? Yes No
14. Feature type: Perennial flow Intermittent flow Tidal Marsh Stream
STREAM RATING INFORMATION:
15. NC SAM Zone: Mountains (M) Piedmont (P) Inner Coastal Plain (1) r Outer Coastal Plain (0)
16. Estimated geomorphic ` J
valley shape (skip for a b
Tidal Marsh Stream): (more sinuous stream, flatter valley slope) (less sinuous stream, steeper valley slope)
17. Watershed size: (skip Size 1 (< 0.1 mi2) Size 2 (0.1 to < 0.5 mil) Size 3 (0.5 to < 5 mil) Size 4 (>> 5 mi)
for Tidal Marsh Stream)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
18. Were regulatory considerations evaluated? Yes r, No If Yes, check all that appy to the assessment area.
r Section 10 water r Classified Trout Waters r Water Supply Watershed ( r. I r. II r.III r IV r V)
r Essential Fish Habitat r Primary Nursery Area r High Quality Waters/Outstanding Resource Waters
r Publicly owned property r NCDWR riparian buffer rule in effect r Nutrient Sensitive Waters
r Anadromous fish r 303(d) List r CAMA Area of Environmental Concern (AEC)
r Documented presence of a federal and/or state listed protected species within the assessment area.
List species:
r Designated Critical Habitat (list species):
19. Are additional stream information/supplementary measurements included in "Notes/Sketch" section or attached? Yes r", No
1. Channel Water - assessment reach metric (skip for Size 1 streams and Tidal Marsh Streams)
F A Water throughout assessment reach.
B No flow, water in pools only.
C No water in assessment reach.
2. Evidence of Flow Restriction - assessment reach metric
A
At least 10% of assessment reach in -stream habitat or riffle -pool sequence is adversely affected by a flow restriction or fill to the
point of obstructing flow or a channel choked with aquatic macrophytes or ponded water or impounded on flood or ebb within
the assessment reach (examples: undersized or perched culverts, causeways that constrict the channel, tidal gates).
B
Not A
3. Feature
Pattern - assessment reach metric
A
A majority of the assessment reach has altered pattern (examples: straightening, modification above or below culvert).
B
Not A.
4. Feature
Longitudinal Profile - assessment reach metric
A
Majority of assessment reach has a substantially altered stream profile (examples: channel down -cutting, existing damming,
over widening, active aggradation, dredging, and excavation where appropriate channel profile has not reformed from any of
these disturbances).
B
Not A
6. Signs of Active Instability - assessment reach metric
Consider only current instability, not past events from which the stream has currently recovered. Examples of instability include
active
bank failure, active channel down -cutting (head -cut), active widening, and artificial hardening (such as concrete, gabion, rip -rap).
A
< 10% of channel unstable
B
10 to 25% of channel unstable
C
> 25% of channel unstable
6. Streamside Area Interaction - streamside area metric
Consider for the Left Bank (LB) and the Right Bank (RB).
LB
RB
A
A Little or no evidence of conditions that adversely affect reference interaction
B
B Moderate evidence of conditions (examples: berms, levees, down -cutting, aggradation, dredging) that adversely affect
reference interaction (examples: limited streamside area access, disruption of flood flows through streamside area,
leaky or intermittent bulkheads, causeways with floodplain constriction, minor ditching [including mosquito ditching])
r C
� C Extensive evidence of conditions that adversely affect reference interaction (little to no floodplain/intertidal zone access
[examples: causeways with floodplain and channel constriction, bulkheads, retaining walls, fill, stream incision,
disruption of flood flows through streamside area] or too much floodplain/intertidal zone access [examples:
impoundments, intensive mosquito ditching]) or floodplain/intertidal zone unnaturally absent or assessment reach is a
man-made feature on an interstream divide
7. Water Quality Stressors -assessment reach/intertidal zone metric
Check all that apply.
r A Discolored water in stream or intertidal zone (milky white, blue, unnatural water discoloration, oil sheen, stream foam)
r B Excessive sedimentation (burying of stream features or intertidal zone)
r C Noticeable evidence of pollutant discharges entering the assessment reach and causing a water quality problem

r
r D Odor (not including natural sulfide odors)
r E Current published or collected data indicating degraded water quality in the assessment reach. Cite source in the "Notes/Sketch"
section.
r F Livestock with access to stream or intertidal zone
r G Excessive algae in stream or intertidal zone
r H Degraded marsh vegetation in the intertidal zone (removal, burning, regular mowing, destruction, etc.)
F I Other: Road runoff (explain in "Notes/Sketch" section)
F J Little to no stressors
8. Recent Weather - watershed metric
For Size 1 or 2 streams, D1 drought or higher is considered a drought; for Size 3 or 4 streams, D2 drought or higher is considered a
drought.
r A Drought conditions and no rainfall or rainfall not exceeding 1 inch within the last 48 hours
r B Drought conditions and rainfall exceeding 1 inch within the last 48 hours
C No drought conditions
9 Large or Dangerous Stream - assessment reach metric
r, Yes ro. No Is stream is too large or dangerous to assess? If Yes, skip to Metric 13 (Streamside Area Ground Surface Condition).
10. Natural In -stream Habitat Types - assessment reach metric
10a. r, Yes r No Degraded in -stream habitat over majority of the assessment reach (examples of stressors include excessive
sedimentation, mining, excavation, in -stream hardening [for example, rip -rap], recent dredging, and snagging)
(evaluate for size 4 Coastal Plain streams only, then skip to Metric 12)
10b. Check all that occur (occurs if > 5% coverage of assessment reach) (skip for Size 4 Coastal Plain streams)
r A Multiple aquatic macrophytes and aquatic mosses m w r F 5% oysters or other natural hard bottoms
(include liverworts, lichens, and algal mats) F m r G Submerged aquatic vegetation
r B Multiple sticks and/or leaf packs and/or emergent o r H Low -tide refugia (pools)
vegetation Y o r I Sand bottom
r C Multiple snags and logs (including lap trees) r J 5% vertical bank along the marsh
r D 5% undercut banks and/or root mats and/or roots v r K Little or no habitat
in banks extend to the normal wetted perimeter
r E Little or no habitat
*********************************REMAINING QUESTIONS ARE NOT APPLICABLE FOR TIDAL MARSH STREAMS****************************
11. Bedform and Substrate -assessment reach metric (skip for Size 4 Coastal Plain streams and Tidal Marsh Streams)
11 a. r, Yes r No Is assessment reach in a natural sand -bed stream? (skip for Coastal Plain streams)
11 b. Bedform evaluated. Check the appropriate box(es).
r A Riffle -run section (evaluate 11 c)
r B Pool -glide section (evaluate 11 d)
r C Natural bedform absent (skip to Metric 12, Aquatic Life)
11 c. In riffles sections, check all that occur below the normal wetted perimeter of the assessment reach - whether or not submerged.
Check at least one box in each row (skip for Size 4 Coastal Plain Streams and Tidal Marsh Streams). Not Present (NP) _
absent, Rare (R) = present
but <- 10%, Common (C) _ > 10-40%, Abundant (A) _ > 40-70%, Predominant (P) _ > 70%. Cumulative
percentages should not exceed 100% for each assessment reach.
NP R C
A P
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�^ Bedrock/saprolite
�^
�^ Boulder (256 - 4096 mm)
�^
�^ Cobble (64 - 256 mm)
Gravel (2 - 64 m m)
Sand (.062 - 2 mm)
Silt/clay (< 0.062 mm)
Detritus
r Artificial (rip -rap, concrete, etc.)
11 d. , Yes No
Are pools filled with sediment? (skip for Size 4 Coastal Plain streams and Tidal Marsh Streams)
12. Aquatic Life - assessment
reach metric (skip for Size 4 Coastal Plain streams and Tidal Marsh Streams)
12a. , Yes r.", No
Was an in -stream aquatic life assessment performed as described in the User Manual?
If No, select one of the following reasons and skip to Metric 13. No Water Other:
12b. FYes rNo
Are aquatic organisms present in the assessment reach (look in riffles, pools, then snags)? If Yes, check
all that apply. If No, skip to Metric 13.
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Numbers over columns refer to "individuals" for size 1 and 2 streams and "taxa" for size 3 and 4 streams.
Adult frogs
Aquatic reptiles
Aquatic macrophytes and aquatic mosses (include liverworts, lichens, and algal mats)
Beetles (including water pennies)
Caddisfly larvae (Trichoptera [T])
Asian clam (Corbicula )
Crustacean (isopod/amphipod/crayfish/shrimp)
Damselfly and dragonfly larvae
Dipterans (true flies)
Mayfly larvae (Ephemeroptera [E])
Megaloptera (alderfly, fishfly, dobsonfly larvae)
Midges/mosquito larvae
Mosquito fish (Gambusia) or mud minnows (Umbra pygmaea)
Mussels/Clams (not Corbicula)
Other fish
Salamanders/tadpoles
Snails
Stonefly larvae (Plecoptera [P])
Tipulid larvae
Worms/leeches
13. Streamside Area Ground Surface Condition - streamside area metric (skip for Tidal Marsh Streams and B valley types)

Consider for the Left Bank (LB) and the Right Bank (RB). Consider storage capacity with regard to both overbank flow and
upland runoff.
LB
RB
or, A
or, A
Little or no alteration to water storage capacity over a majority of the streamside area
B
, B
Moderate alteration to water storage capacity over a majority of the streamside area
r C
� C
Severe alteration to water storage capacity over a majority of the streamside area (examples include: ditches, fill,
soil, compaction, livestock disturbance, buildings, man-made levees, drainage pipes)
14. Streamside Area Water Storage — streamside area metric (skip for Size 1 streams, Tidal Marsh Streams, and B valley types)
Consider for the Left Bank (LB) and the Right Bank (RB) of the streamside area.
LB RB
A A Majority of streamside area with depressions able to pond water >_ 6 inches deep
B B Majority of streamside area with depressions able to pond water 3 to 6 inches deep
C C Majority of streamside area with depressions able to pond water < 3 inches deep
16. Wetland Presence — streamside area metric (skip for Tidal Marsh Streams)
Consider for the Left Bank (LB) and the Right Bank (RB). Do not consider wetlands outside of the streamside area or within the
normal wetted perimeter of assessment reach.
LB RB
Y Y Are wetlands present in the streamside area?
N N
16. Baseflow Contributors — assessment reach metric (skip for size 4 streams and Tidal Marsh Streams)
Check all contributors within the assessment reach or within view of and draining to the assessment reach.
r A Streams and/or springs (jurisdictional discharges)
r B Ponds (include wet detention basins; do not include sediment basins or dry detention basins)
r C Obstruction that passes some flow during low -flow periods within assessment area (beaver dam, bottom -release dam)
r D Evidence of bank seepage or sweating (iron oxidizing bacteria in water indicates seepage)
r E Stream bed or bank soil reduced (dig through deposited sediment if present)
r F None of the above
17. Baseflow Detractors — assessment area metric (skip for Tidal Marsh Streams)
Check all that apply.
r A Evidence of substantial water withdrawals from the assessment reach (includes areas excavated for pump installation)
r B Obstruction not passing flow during low flow periods affecting the assessment reach (ex: watertight dam, sediment deposit)
r C Urban stream (>> 24% impervious surface for watershed)
r D Evidence that the stream -side area has been modified resulting in accelerated drainage into the assessment reach
r E Assessment reach relocated to valley edge
r F None of the above
18. Shading — assessment reach metric (skip for Tidal Marsh Streams)
Consider aspect. Consider "leaf -on" condition.
A Stream shading is appropriate for stream category (may include gaps associated with natural processes)
B Degraded (example: scattered trees)
C Stream shading is gone or largely absent
19. Buffer Width — streamside area metric (skip for Tidal Marsh Streams)
Consider "vegetated buffer" and "wooded buffer" separately for left bank (LB) and right bank (RB) starting at the top
of bank out to the first break.
Vegetated
Wooded
LB RB
LB RB
A A
A A
> 100-feet wide or extends to the edge of the watershed
B B
B B
From 50 to < 100-feet wide
C C
C C
From 30 to < 50-feet wide
D D
D D
From 10 to < 30-feet wide
E E
rE E
< 10-feet wide or no trees
20. Buffer Structure — streamside area metric (skip for Tidal Marsh Streams)
Consider for left bank (LB) and right bank (RB) for Metric 19 ("Vegetated" Buffer Width).
LB
RB
A
r," A
Mature forest
FJ B
FJ B
Non -mature woody vegetation or modified vegetation structure
C
C
Herbaceous vegetation with or without a strip of trees < 10 feet wide
D
D
Maintained shrubs
E
E
Little or no vegetation
21. Buffer Stressors — streamside area metric (skip for Tidal Marsh Streams)
Check all appropriate boxes for left bank (LB) and right bank (RB). Indicate if listed stressor abuts stream (Abuts), does not abut but
is within 30 feet of stream (< 30 feet), or is between 30 to 50 feet of stream (30-50 feet).
If none of the following stressors occurs on either bank, check here and skip to Metric 22: r
Abuts < 30 feet 30-50 feet
LB RB LB RB LB RB
rA r.",A r.",A �A �A r.",A Row crops
B B B B B B Maintained turf
C C C C C C Pasture (no livestock)/commercial horticulture
r D r," D FJ' D r," D r," D r," D Pasture (active livestock use)
22. Stem Density — streamside area metric (skip for Tidal Marsh Streams)
Consider for left bank (LB) and right bank (RB) for Metric 19 ("Wooded" Buffer Width).
LB RB
A , A Medium to high stem density
B r� B Low stem density
r, C r C No wooded riparian buffer or predominantly herbaceous species or bare ground
23. Continuity of Vegetated Buffer — streamside area metric (skip for Tidal Marsh Streams)
Consider whether vegetated buffer is continuous along stream (parallel). Breaks are areas lacking vegetation > 10-feet wide.
LB RB
A A The total length of buffer breaks is < 25 percent.
�; B B The total length of buffer breaks is between 25 and 50 percent.

F. F,
C , C The total length of buffer breaks is > 50 percent.
24. Vegetative Composition — First 100 feet of streamside area metric (skip for Tidal Marsh Streams)
Evaluate the dominant vegetation within 100 feet of each bank or to the edge of the watershed (whichever comes first) as it contributes
to assessment reach habitat.
LB RB
A A Vegetation is close to undisturbed in species present and their proportions. Lower strata composed of native
species, with non-native invasive species absent or sparse.
B B Vegetation indicates disturbance in terms of species diversity or proportions, but is still largely composed of native
species. This may include communities of weedy native species that develop after clear -cutting or clearing or
communities with non-native invasive species present, but not dominant, over a large portion of the expected strata or
communities missing understory but retaining canopy trees.
C �; C Vegetation is severely disturbed in terms of species diversity or proportions. Mature canopy is absent or communities
with non-native invasive species dominant over a large portion of expected strata or communities composed of planted
stands of non -characteristic species or communities inappropriately composed of a single species or no vegetation.
26. Conductivity — assessment reach metric (skip for all Coastal Plain streams)
25a. � Yes F.,' No Was a conductivity measurement recorded?
If No, select one of the following reasons. No Water F.' Other: Not required based on site conditions specified in manual
25b. Check the box corresponding to the conductivity measurement (units of microsiemens per centimeter).
A <46 B 46 to < 67 C 67 to < 79 D 79 to < 230 E >> 230
Notes/Sketch:
Small, well buffered stream in a wooded area between residences. However, invasive species such as multiflora rose dominate the understory.

NC SAM Stream Rating Sheet
Accompanies User Manual Version 2.1
Stream Site Name Boone Hospice Date of Evaluation
Stream Category Mb1
Assessor Name)Organixation
Notes of Field Assessment Form (YIN)
Presence of regulatory considerations (V)N)
Additional stream information)supplementary measurements included (V)N)
NC SAM feature type (perennial, intermittent, Tidal Marsh Stream)
Function Class Rating Summary
9112)2019
AW, AF (BFEC Inc)
YES
YES
NO
Perennial
USACEI NCDWR
All Streams Intermittent
(1) Hydrology LOW
(2) Baseflow HIGH
(2) Flood Flow LOW
(3) Streamside Area Attenuation LOW
(4) Floodplain Access MEDIUM
(4) Wooded Riparian Buffer LOW
(4) Microtopography NA
(3) Stream Stability LOW
(4) Channel Stability MEDIUM
(4) Sediment Transport LOW
(4) Stream Geomorphology MEDIUM
(2) Streamllntertidal Zone Interaction NA
(2) Longitudinal Tidal Flow NA
(2) Tidal Marsh Stream Stability NA
(3) Tidal Marsh Channel Stability NA
(3) Tidal Marsh Stream Geomorphology NA
(1) Water Quality MEDIUM
(2) Baseflow HIGH
(2) Streamside Area Vegetation MEDIUM
(3) Upland Pollutant Filtration LOW
(3) Thermoregulation HIGH
(2) Indicators of Stressors NO
(2) Aquatic Life Tolerance MEDIUM
(2) Intertidal Zone Filtration NA
(1) Habitat HIGH
(2) In -stream Habitat MEDIUM
(3) Baseflow HIGH
(3) Substrate LOW
(3) Stream Stability MEDIUM
(3) In -stream Habitat HIGH
(2) Stream -side Habitat HIGH
(3) Stream -side Habitat MEDIUM
(3) Thermoregulation HIGH
(2) Tidal Marsh In -stream Habitat NA
(3) Flow Restriction NA
(3) Tidal Marsh Stream Stability NA
(4) Tidal Marsh Channel Stability NA
(4) Tidal Marsh Stream Geomorphology NA
(3) Tidal Marsh In -stream Habitat NA
(2) Intertidal Zone Habitat NA
Overall MEDIUM

APPENDIX I
NC DWQ Stream Identification Data Form (Brown Branch)

NC DWQ Stream Identification Form Version 4.11
Date: 9/12/2019
Project/Site: Boone
Latitude: 36.2284
Evaluator: AF & AW (BFEC, Inc.)
County: Watauga
Longitude: _81.6257
Total Points:
Stream Determination (circle one)
Other
Stream is at least intermittent 47
Ephemeral Intermittent Perennial
e.g. Quad Name: BrownBranch
if >_ 19 or perennial if >_ 30*
I
A. Geomorphology (Subtotal = 26 )
Absent
Weak
Moderate
Strong
1a. Continuity of channel bed and bank
0
1
2
3
2. Sinuosity of channel along thalweg
0
1
2
3
3. In -channel structure: ex. riffle -pool, step -pool,
ripple -pool sequence
0
1
2
3
4. Particle size of stream substrate
0
1
2
3
5. Active/relict floodplain
0
1
2
3
6. Depositional bars or benches
0
1
2
3
7. Recent alluvial deposits
0
1
2
3
8. Headcuts
0
1
2
3
9. Grade control
0
0.5
1
1.5
10. Natural valley
0
0.5
1
1.5
11. Second or greater order channel
No = 0
Yes = 3
a artificial ditches are not rated; see discussions in manual
B. Hydrology (Subtotal = 9.5 )
12. Presence of Baseflow
0
1
2
3
13. Iron oxidizing bacteria
0
1
2
3
14. Leaf litter
1.5
1
0.5
0
15. Sediment on plants or debris
0
0.5
1
1.5
16. Organic debris lines or piles
0
1 0.5
1
1 1.5
17. Soil -based evidence of high water table?
No = 0
Yes = 3
C. Biology (Subtotal = 11.5 )
18. Fibrous roots in streambed
3
2
1
0
19. Rooted upland plants in streambed
3
2
1
0
20. Macrobenthos (note diversity and abundance)
0
1
2
3
21. Aquatic Mollusks
0
1
2
3
22. Fish
0
0.5
1
1.5
23. Crayfish
0
0.5
1
1.5
24. Amphibians
0
0.5
1
1.5
25. Algae
0
0.5
1
1.5
26. Wetland plants in streambed
FACW = 0.75; OBL =
1.5 Other = 0
'perennial streams may also be identified using other methods. See p. 35 of manual.
Notes:
Sketch: Roadside channel (right bank is nearest to road and 48" culvert is present at NW corner of property).
Stream was flowing during assessment. Moderate to low water quality.

APPENDIX J
SITE PHOTOSHEETS (taken September 12, 2019)

Photosheets
Boone Hospice Project Site
Watauga County, NC
Photographed on 09/12/2019

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Looking north (downslope hillside) within Wetland 2 (W2).

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Top photo- Looking south at W3 from northwest
property corner. Top photo inset- Looking upstream
at culvert within W3. Bottom photo- Looking
downstream from culvert to W3 sample point
towards northwest property corner. Bottom photo
inset- Looking towards Archie Carroll Road along
Brown Branch at northwest property corner culvert.

Photosheet 7
Top photo -Looking downstream of Brown Branch (12 digit HUC - 050500010202) at surface
water connection to W3 (northwest property corner). Bottom photo- Looking upstream of
Brown Branch towards northeast property corner.

Photosheet 8
Top photo -Looking at northwest property corner along arterial road towards southeast
property corner (within woodline upslope). Bottom photo- Looking southeast at northwest
property corner towards W3 within floodplain of Brown Branch.

Photosheet 9
Top photo -Looking downstream along Brown Branch towards northwest property corner from
Archie Carroll Rd. Bottom photo- Looking downstream from centerline of Brown Branch at
northeast property corner.

Sample Location Soil Profiles

Photosheet 10
Wetland 1 (W1) Sample Location
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01 Soil Core. W1 Soil core

Photosheet 12
Wetland 3 (W3) Sample Location
03 Soil Core W3 Soil Core