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Closeout site visit - October 18, 2007
Regulatory agencies: USACE, NCDWQ, USFWS, EEP, NCWRC
Mitigation Closeout Summary Information
Sites Constructed under USACE/DWQ Permits for US 421, Watauga County

Racey Site (Laxon Creek)
Stream length -1,160 feet
Conservation easement -1.42 acres; width varies; 1 stream crossing excluded; no fencing
required.
Construction completed - November 2000
Bankfull or greater events -14 (documented by USGS gauging station/observations)
Enhancements:
7 rock weirs/vanes
1 consolidation of braided channel
Bank sloping - undocumented distance
1 stable ford
Woody stems - 267 stems/acre (planted and natural regeneration)
Carp Site (Unnamed tributary to Laxon Creek; adjacent to Racey site)
Stream length - 542 feet
Conservation easement - 0.67 acre; width varies; no fencing required.
Construction completed - November 2000
Bankfull or greater events -14 (documented by USGS gauging station/observations)
Enhancements:
304 feet of new I (priority I)
Undocument number of root wad clusters, rock weirs/vanes, and log vanes
Bank sloping - undocumented distance
1 stable ford
Woody stems - 352 stems/acre (planted and natural regeneration)
Hazel Bare Site - Unnamed tributary to Peak Creek
Stream length - 2,183 feet
Conservation easement - 3.02 acres; width varies; 2 stream crossing excluded; fenced.
Construction completed - September 2001
Bankfull or greater events - 20 (documented by USGS gauging station/observations)
Enhancements:
29 rock weirs/vanes
4 root wad structures
4 large wood structures
2 j-hook vanes
2 reconstructed meanders (400 feet)
Bank resloping/bankfull bench creation - 803 feet
Woody stems - 373 stems/acre (planted and natural regeneration)

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