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FLAT SWAMP MITIGATION BANK
CRAVEN COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA
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Robert N. Kessler
Director of Marketing
lool Capability Drive,Suite 312
Raleigh, North Carolina 276o6
FLAT SWAMP MITIGATION BANK
CRAVEN COUNTY, NORTH CROLINA
GENERAL INFORMATION
The Flat Swamp Mitigation Bank is located in the headwaters of Flat Swamp Creek
(Latitude 35 degrees 15 minutes 10.96 seconds N and Longitude 77 degrees 22 minutes
04.05 seconds E). The site is bound by Dover Fort Barnwell Road (SR 1262) to the north
and west, Jonestown Road (SR 1258) and Camp Oak Road (SR 1261) to the east, and
Dover Bay to the south. Flat Swamp creek originates approximately 3.2 miles southwest
of Fort Barnwell and 4.5 miles northeast of Dover in Craven County, North Carolina.
Flat Swamp Creek is a tributary of the Neuse River and flows east from the site
intersecting Core Creek before emptying into the south side of the Neuse River. The
Bank Parcel is located in North Carolina Division of Water Quality (NCDWQ) sub-basin
03-04-08 of the Neuse River Basin. More specifically, the site is located within US
Geologic Survey (USGS) 8-digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) 03020202 and 14-digit
HUC 03020202080020.
The Flat Swamp watershed has been extensively impacted by clearing, ditching, ongoing
agricultural practices and road building over the past one hundred years. These activities
have obliterated many of the historical stream and wetland systems, including the
riparian and non-riparian wetlands, as well as small coastal plain zero, first and second
order streams that once flowed to the Neuse River. The site is in the upper reaches of the
Flat Swamp Creek watershed and therefore has a large influence on the water quality and
habitat in Flat Swamp Creek, Core Creek, and ultimately the Neuse River.
The purpose of the Flat Swamp Mitigation Bank is to improve water quality through the
restoration of riparian and non-riparian buffers, establish a native hardwood wetland
system, provide nesting and dening habitat for native wildlife species, through the
planting of native hardwood tree species, and provide fish habitat through the
restoration of over 800 linier feet of stream.
The Bank has received approval though the issuance of the State Mitigation Banking
Instrument (MBI) from the North Carolina Division of Water Quality (NCDWQ) and is
currently seeking the MBI approval from the US Army Corps of Engineers (USAGE) and
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Robert N. Kessler
Director of Marketing
iooi Capability Drive, Suite 312
Raleigh, North Carolina 27606
919.943.3374
FLAT SWAMP MITIGATION BANK
SERVICE AREA MAP
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Duplin Co.
Onslow
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NC Counties
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FLAT SWAMP MITIGATION BANK
HYDROLOGIC UNIT CODE
SITE LOCATION MAP
CRAVEN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
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SOILS MAP
• The site contains Pantego (Pa) soils on the northern portion of the site and Torhunta (To)
soils on the southern portion of the site.

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FLAT SWAMP MITIGATION BANK
CRAVEN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
VEGETATION PLANTING LIST
Table 1. As-Built Vegetative Communities by Zone for the Flat Swamp Mitigation
Bank
Craven County
Planting Zone Area Zone Recommended Plant Species (Character Trees)
Zone (Acres) Description Scientific Name Common Name
Cephalanthus occidentalis Buttonbush
Included in Stream/Ditch Fraxinus pennsylvanica Green ash
1 Zone 2 Bank Cornus amomum Silky dogwood
acreage Nyssa sylvatica Swamp Blackgum
Taxodium distichum Bald cypress
Quercus shumardii Shumard oak
Quercus bicolor Swamp white oak
Neuse River Quercus lyrata Overcup oak
Buffer Quercus laurifolia Laurel oak
2 20.34 acres (Riparian) Fraxinus pennsylvanica Green ash
(<51 ft.) Quercus michauxii Swamp chestnut oak
Quercus pagoda Cherrybark oak
Quercus nigra Water oak
Quercus phellos Willow oak
Nutrient Quercus shumardii Shumard oak
Offset Buffer Quercus bicolor Swamp white oak

(Non- Quercus lyrata Overcup oak
3 285.91 acres Riparian) Quercus laurifolia Laurel oak
(0-200 ft. and Quercus michauxii Swamp chestnut oak
>51 ft. Quercus pagoda Cherrybark oak
buffers) Quercus nigra Water oak
uercus hellos Willow oak
• Area calculated based on a Zone width (Zones 1, 2 & 3 = 200 ft.)
• Average tree density for the entire project is 720 trees per acre.
• North Carolina Division of Water Quality (NCDWQ) and Federal Unites States Army
Corps of Engineers (USACE) Mitigation Bank Instruments (MBI) are based on
survivability of at least 320 stems (Character Trees) per acre after five (5) years.

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