Buffalo Flats Report_94647_MY5_2016

Buffalo Flats Restoration Site
Monitoring Report MY05
DMS Project # 94647
DMS Contract # 003273
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Submitted to:
NCDMS, 1652 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1652
Construction Completed: October 2011
Data Collection: July 2016
Submitted: December 2016

Monitoring and Design Firm
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KCI
TECHNOLOGIES
KCI
ASSOCIATES OF NC
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES
AND CONSTRUCTION, INC.
4505 Falls of Neuse Road
Suite 400
Raleigh, NC 27609
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Project Manager: Tim Morris
Email: [e-mail]
Project No: 20100798
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table of Contents
1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY / PROJECT ABSTRACT..................................................................1
1.1 Vegetation Success Criteria..............................................................................................1
1.2 Hydrology Success Criteria...............................................................................................2
1.3 Soil Success Criteria........................................................................................................... 3
2.0 METHODOLOGY...........................................................................................................................3
3.0 REFERENCES..................................................................................................................................4
Appendix A — Project Vicinity Map and Background Tables
Figure1. Project Site Vicinity Map.............................................................................................................6
Figure 2. Project Site Mitigation Plan View................................................................................................7
Table1— Project Components.....................................................................................................................8
Table 2 —Project Activity and Reporting History....................................................................................... 9
Table3 —Project Contacts......................................................................................................................... 10
Table4 —Project Attributes....................................................................................................................... 11
Appendix B — Visual Assessment Data
Figure 3. Current Condition Plan View..................................................................................................... 13
Table 5 — Vegetation Condition Assessment............................................................................................. 14
PhotoPoint Photos..................................................................................................................................... 15
VegetationPlot Photos............................................................................................................................... 19
Appendix C — Vegetation Plot Data
Table 6 — Vegetation Plot Criteria Attainment.......................................................................................... 26
Table 7 — CVS Vegetation Plot Metadata.................................................................................................. 28
Table 8 — CVS Stem Count Total and Planted by Plot and Species.......................................................... 29
Appendix D — Hydrologic Data
30-70 Percentile Graph...........................................................................................
Precipitation and Water Level Plots........................................................................
Table 9 — Wetland Hydrology Criteria Attainment .................................................
Appendix E — Soil Data
Soil Profile Descriptions...................................................................
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1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY / PROJECT ABSTRACT
The Buffalo Flats Restoration Site (BFRS) is a full -delivery project that was developed for the North
Carolina Division of Mitigation Services (DMS). Construction was completed in October 2011. The site
is within the 03040105 Watershed Cataloging Unit (8 -digit HUC) and the Local Watershed Unit (14 -digit
HUC) 03040105020050. In DMS's most recent publication of excluded and Targeted Local
Watersheds/Hydrologic Units, this 14 -digit HUC has been identified as a Targeted Local Watershed.
The project goals and objectives are listed below.
Project Goals
• Create diverse bottomland hardwood and low elevation seep communities that are integrated into
the Dutch Buffalo Creek Corridor.
• Buffer nutrient and sediment impacts to Dutch Buffalo Creek from adjacent grazing practices.
Project Objectives
• Fill field ditches and ponds to slow the removal of hydrology from the site.
• Redevelop wetland microtopography to capture surface hydrology and slow subsurface drainage.
• Plant the mitigation area with species native to bottomland riparian forest and low elevation seep
communities.
• Install livestock exclusion fencing.
The project site, which is protected by a 20.2 -acre permanent conservation easement held by the State of
North Carolina, is situated in Cabarrus County in the Southern Outer Piedmont ecoregion of the Piedmont
physiographic province. The site is located on a single parcel located off of Gold Hill Road approximately
six miles northeast of Concord, North Carolina.
An additional 2.6 acre permanent conservation easement located adjacent and contiguous with the project
site is held by KCI Technologies and contains 1.6 acres of restored riparian wetlands. This site is
monitored as an additional, non -creditable component of the site that is available to make up for any
portions of the BFRS that do not achieve the target success criteria.
The BFRS provided mitigation for wetland impacts within Hydrologic Unit 03040105 by restoring,
preserving, and creating 20.2 acres of wetland, generating 11.6 riparian wetland mitigation units
(WMU's) and 3.4 non -riparian WMU's.
The BFRS will be monitored to determine if the project is on -track to meeting jurisdictional wetland
status. In the restoration areas, the wetland site will be deemed successful once hydrology is established
and vegetation success criteria are met. In the creation area, success will be achieved if wetland hydrology
and vegetation are present along with indicators of hydric soils.
1.1 Vegetation Success Criteria
The wetland mitigation is comprised of four areas that combine preservation, creation, and restoration.
The site will be monitored for five years or until the success criteria are achieved. The success criteria for
the planted species in mitigation areas will be based on density measured from monitoring plots. The site
will demonstrate the re-establishment of targeted vegetative communities based on survival of planted
species and volunteer colonization, with an average stem density of 320 stems/acre after three years, 288
stems/acre after four years, and 260 stems/acre after five years. To determine the success of the planted
mitigation area, thirteen permanent vegetation monitoring plots (10 by 10 meters) have been established
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in the wetland restoration and creation areas at a density that statistically represents the total mitigation
acreage. Three of these plots are located in Wetland Area 1, nine of these plots are located in Wetland
Area 2, and one plot is located in Wetland Area 3. The average density of these plots will determine
whether the site meets the success criterion. Non -target species must not constitute more than 20% of the
woody vegetation based on permanent monitoring plots.
The fifth -year vegetation monitoring was based on the Level 2 CVS-EEP vegetation monitoring protocol.
The site's average density for this monitoring period was 738 planted stems/acre. All thirteen plots had
greater than 260 planted stems/acre. Including volunteers, the site averaged 2,512 total stems/acre. The
site received supplemental planting in January 2013. During the second -year vegetation monitoring, some
of the supplemental planted species may have been recorded as volunteers. During the 2014 monitoring
season, KCI mapped the location of these species and recorded them as planted stems. Another
supplemental planting of 1 gallon containerized trees and bare root trees occurred in April 2016 to address
areas of low stem density due to prolonged inundation in the southern portion of the site. An extra
vegetation monitoring plot was installed in an adjacent restored wetland, which is described in Section
1.2. This vegetation plot was found to have a planted stem density of 1,052 stems/acre and a total stem
density of 1,781 stems/acre.
1.2 Hydrology Success Criteria
Due to the inherent variability in the site's features and its geomorphic position, it is unlikely that the
project will homogeneously exhibit common hydrologic conditions across the site, making a single
hydrologic performance criterion unrepresentative of the sites performance. As such, the gauge data will
be evaluated as a spatial average with each gauge representing the area half the distance to adjacent
gauges or wetland type boundaries. The spatial average by wetland type will be the calculated value for
comparison with the performance standard for credit validation. Gauges not achieving a minimum of 5%
saturation will be considered non -attaining even if the spatial average exceeds the credit validation
performance standard (5% for non -riparian and 10% for riparian).
The water table of the restored wetlands must be within 12" of the soils surface continuously for at least
5% (12 days) in the non -riparian wetland area (3.4 acres) and 10% (24 days) in the riparian wetland area
(11.6 acres), (50% probability of reoccurrence) of the growing season during normal weather conditions.
A "normal" year is based on NRCS climatological data for Cabarrus County, and using the 30th to 70th
percentile thresholds as the range of normal, as documented in the USACE Technical Report "Accessing
and Using Meteorological Data to Evaluate Wetland Hydrology" (Sprecher, 2000). The growing season
for Cabarrus County extends from March 23 to November 11 for a total of 234 days (MRCS 1995).
The daily rainfall data was obtained from a local weather station in Kannapolis, NC; provided by the NC
State Climate Office. For the 2016 -year, May experienced above average rainfall, while February, June,
September, and October experienced average rainfall. The months of January, March, April, July, August,
and November recorded below average rainfall for the site. Overall, the area experienced below average
rainfall during the 2016 growing season.
In addition to the wetlands that have been monitored at this site so far, there is also a 1.2 acre riparian
wetland that is contiguous to and was restored at the same time as this site. This additional wetland area is
within an adjacent 2.6 acre conservation easement held by KCI Technologies, but is not included in the
creditable assets for this site. One additional wetland gauge was installed in this restored riparian wetland
on March 20, 2014. This wetland will be monitored as an additional component of the site that is not
creditable, but is considered an ancillary benefit/feature of the site. During the site's fifth growing season,
six of the seven wells in the riparian areas met the success criterion of having saturated soil conditions
occurring within 12 inches of the ground surface for a minimum continuous period of 10% (24 days) of
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the growing season during average climatic conditions. Two of the three wells in the non -riparian areas
met the success criterion of 5% (12 days) of the growing season. The well in the wetland adjacent to the
site had 19 consecutive days (9.4%) of saturated soil conditions. Overall, wetland hydrology was
achieved at eight of the ten groundwater monitoring gauges in the riparian and non -riparian restoration
areas.
1.3 Soil Success Criteria
Beginning in Monitoring Year 2, soils were monitored within the 1.2 acre wetland creation area on site.
Two permanent monitoring plots were established adjacent to Well 6 and Well 7 and soil profiles will be
monitored yearly for evidence of the development of redoximorphic features by a licensed soil scientist.
Soil profiles will be compared from year to year and changes will be documented in the yearly monitoring
reports. Although several studies exist in the scientific literature that investigate temporal changes in soils
resulting from wetland creation projects, there are no studies that suggest that jurisdictional hydric soils
will develop under the appropriate hydrology conditions within the monitoring period. As such, KCI will
monitor the soils for changes in chroma, organic matter content and document other indications that the
soil is subject to low oxygen conditions. These indicators would include oxidized root channels,
concretions, mottles and other observations that suggest the soil is subject to low oxygen conditions etc.
A detailed soils profile description was conducted at two permanent monitoring plots by a licensed soil
scientist (# 187) on December 20, 2016. Both soil plots met the hydric soil criteria with an indicator of
depleted matrix (F3) and redox depressions (F8). Additionally, evidence that the seasonal high water table
has continued to develop more fully can be seen in the increased mottling present in the soil this year. No
mottles were reported within either soil profile during MY -02, and during the MY -03, mottles ranging
from 5 — 10% of their respective soil horizons were reported within the upper 12 inches of the soil. In
MY -04, mottling accounted for 10 — 30% of the upper 12 inches in each soil plot. This year mottling
accounted for 10 — 40% of the upper 12 inches in both plots. 2-3 mm concretions were also found within
the upper 12 inches in Plot #7 this year. This indicates the continuation of anaerobic conditions in the soil
caused by surface saturation from precipitation, overbank flooding and inundation and is maintained due
to the very slow permeability of the compacted, angular structured subsurface horizons. See Appendix E
for both soil profile descriptions.
Summary information/data related to the occurrence of items such as beaver or encroachment and
statistics related to performance of various project and monitoring elements can be found in the tables and
figures in the report appendices. Narrative background and supporting information formerly found in
these reports can be found in the Baseline Monitoring Report and in the Mitigation Plan documents
available on the DMS website. All raw data supporting the tables and figures in the appendices are
available from DMS upon request.
2.0 METHODOLOGY
The CVS-EEP protocol, Level 2 (http:Hcvs.bio.unc.edu/methods.htm) was used to collect vegetation data
from the site. The vegetation monitoring was completed on July 19, 2016.
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Lee, M.T., R.K. Peet, S.D. Roberts, and T.R. Wentworth. 2006. CVS-EEP Protocol for Recording Vegetation,
Version 4.0(http:Hcvs.bio.unc.edu/methods.htm)
USACE. 2003. Stream Mitigation Guidelines. USACE, NCDENR-DWQ, USEPA, NCWRC.
Skaggs, R. Wayne. 2012. Effect of Growing Season on the Criterion for Wetland Hydrology. Society of
Wetland Scientists. Wetlands 32:1135-1147
Sprecher, S. W. and Warne, A. G. 2000. "Accessing and Using Meteorological Data to Evaluate Wetland
Hydrology," ERDC/EL TR -WRAP -00-01, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center,
Vicksburg, MS.
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Appendix A
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Table 1. Project Components
Project Number and Name: 94647 - Buffalo Flats Restoration Site
Miti
ation Credits
Riparian
Non-
Nitrogen
Phosphorous
Stream
Wetland
riparian
Buffer
Nutrient
Nutrient
Offset
Wetland
Offset
Type
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3.4 -
Credits
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11.2 0.4
3.4 -
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TOTAL
11.6
3.4
CREDITS
Project Components
Project
Existing
Restoration
Restoration
Component
Stationing/
Footage/
Approach
-or-
Footage
Mitigation
-or-
Location
Acreage
(PI PH etc.)
Restoration
or Acreage
Ratio
Reach ID
Equivalent
Southeastern
Wetland Area 1
corner of
3.4 acres
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Restoration
3.4 acres
1:1
project
North to south
Wetland Area 2
throughout the
11.2 acres
-
Restoration
11.2 acres
1:1
center of
proj ect
West -central
Wetland Area 3
portion of the
1.2 acres
-
Creation
1.2 acres
3:1
project
Component Summation
Restoration
Stream
Riparian Wetland Non -riparian
Buffer
Upland
Level
(linear feet)
(acres) Wetland (acres)
(square
(acres)
feet)
Riverine
Non-
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Restoration
-
11.2 acres
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3.4 acres
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Enhancement
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Enhancement I
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Enhancement 11
-
Creation
1.2 acres
-
-
-
Preservation
-
-
-
-
4.4 acres
High Quality
Preservation
-
TOTAL
12.4 acres
-
3.4 acres
4.4 acres
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Table 2. Project Activity & Reporting History
Project Number and Name: 94647 - Buffalo Flats Restoration Site
Elapsed Time Since Grading Complete: 5 yr 2 months
Elapsed Time Since Planting Complete: 4 yr 10 months
Number of Reporting Years: 5
Activity or Report
Data Collection
Complete
Actual Completion
or Delivery
Mitigation Plan
Dec 10
Final Design - Construction Plans
Dec 10
Construction
Oct 11
Planting
Feb 12
Baseline Monitoring/Report
Feb/March 12
July 12
Year 1 Monitoring
Oct 12
Dec 12
Supplemental Planting
Jan 13
Soil temperature gauge installed
May 13
Invasive Species Maintenance
Aug13
Year 2 Monitoring
Oct 13
Dec 13
Year 3 Monitoring
June 14
Nov 14
Year 4 Monitoring
July 15
Dec 15
Supplemental Planting
April 16
Year 5 Monitoring
July 16
1 Dec 16
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Table 3. Project Contacts
Project Number and Name: 94647 - Buffalo Flats Restoration Site
Design Firm
KCI Associates of North Carolina, PA
4505 Falls of Neuse Road
Suite 400
Raleigh, NC 27609
Contact: Mr. Tim Morris
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
KCI Environmental Technologies and
Construction Contractor
Construction, Inc.
4505 Falls of Neuse Road
Suite 400
Raleigh, NC 27609
Contact: Mr. Tim Morris
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Planting Contractor
Bruton Nurseries and Landscapes
PO Box 1197
Freemont, NC 27830
Contact: Mr. Charlie Bruton
Phone: [phone]
Monitoring Performers
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KCI Associates of North Carolina, PA
4505 Falls of Neuse Road
Suite 400
Raleigh, NC 27609
Contact: Mr. Adam Spiller
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
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Table 4. Project Attribute Table
Project Number and Name: 94647 — Buffalo Flats Restoration Site
County
Cabarrus County
Project Area (acres)
20.20 acres
Project Coordinates (lat. and long.)
35.456988 N, -80.496325 W
Project Watershed Summary Information
Physiographic Province
Piedmont
River Basin
Yadkin -Pee Dee
USGS Hydrologic Unit 8 -digit
03040105
USGS Hydrologic Unit 14 -digit
03040105020050
DWQ Sub -basin
03-07-12
Project Drainage Area (acres)
106 acres
Project Drainage Area Percentage
of Impervious Area
1%
CGIA Land Use Classification
3.6% Cultivated, 54.1 % Managed Herbaceous Cover, 32.5% Mixed Upland
Hardwoods, 5.2% Southern Yellow Pine, and 4.6% Water Bodies
Wetland Summary Information
Parameters
Wetland Area 1
Wetland Area 2
Wetland Area 3
Size of Wetland (acres)
3.4 acres
11.2 acres
1.2 acres
Wetland Type (non -riparian, riparian
riverine or riparian non-riverine)
Non -riparian
Riparian non-riverine
Riparian non-riverine
Mapped Soil Series
Chewacla
(Wehadkee and Armenia by
detailed soil investigation)
Chewacla
(Wehadkee and Armenia by
detailed soil investigation)
Chewacla
Drainage class
Poorly drained
Poorly drained
Somewhat poorly
drained
Soil Hydric Status
Drained Hydric
Drained Hydric
Non hydric
Source of Hydrology
Hillside seepage
Surface/Overbank Flow
Surface/Overbank Flow
Hydrologic Impairment
Ditching and Pasture
Ditching and Pasture
Ditching and Pasture
Native vegetation community
Pasture
Pasture
Pasture
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Appendix B
Visual Assessment Data
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Table 5. Vegetation Condition Assessment
Project Number and Name: 94647 — Buffalo Flats Restoration Site
Planted Acreage 15.8 Easement Acreage 20.2
Number of
Combined
Vegetation Category
Definitions
Mapping Threshold
CCPV Depiction
Pol ons
Acreage
% of Planted Acreage
Very limited cover of both woody and
1. Bare Areas
0.1 acres
Pattern and Color
0
0.00
0.0%
herbaceous material
Woody stem densities clearly below
Not Depicted,
2. Low Stem Density
target levels based on MY3, 4, or 5
0.1 acres
Covers Most of
0
0.00
0.0%
Areas
stem count criteria.
Restoration Area
Total
0
0.00
0.00/0
Areas with woody stems of a size
3. Areas of Poor
class that are obviously small given the
0.25 acres
Pattern and Color
0
0.00
0.0%
Growth Rates or Vigor
monitoring year.
Cumulative Total
0
0.00
0.0%
4. Invasive Areas of
Areas or points (if too small to render
1000 SF
Pattern and Color
0
0.00
0.0%
Concern
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Areas or points (if too small to render
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none
Pattern and Color
0
0.00
0.00/0
Encroachment Areas
polygons at map scale).
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Photo Point Photos
Photo Point 1: View looking west, from the southeastern
corner of the project site. 3/1/2012— Baseline
Photo Point 2: View looking north, from the southeastern
corner of the project site. 3/1/2012— Baseline
Photo Point 3: View looking south, from the eastern
easement boundary. 3/1/2012— Baseline
Photo Point 1: View looking west, from the southeastern
corner of the project site. 7/19/2016 - MY05
Photo Point 2: View looking north, from the southeastern
Photo Point 3: View looking south, from the eastern
easement boundary. 7/19/2016 - MY05
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Photo Point 4: View looking west, from the eastern
easement boundary. 3/1/2012— Baseline
Photo Point 5: View looking north, from the eastern
Photo Point 6: View looking southwest, from the eastern
easement boundary. 3/1/2012— Baseline
Photo Point 4: View looking west, from the eastern
easement boundary. 7/19/2016 - MY05
Photo Point 5: View looking north, from the eastern
Photo Point 6: View looking southwest, from the eastern
easement boundary. 7/19/2016 - MY05
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Photo Point 7: View looking northwest, from the eastern
easement boundary. 3/1/2012— Baseline
Photo Point 7: View looking northwest, from the eastern
easement boundary. 7/19/2016 - MY05
Photo Point 8: View looking southwest, from the eastern Photo Point 8: View looking southwest, from the eastern
easement boundary. 3/1/2012— Baseline easement boundary. 7/19/2016 - MY05
Photo Point 9: View looking west, from the eastern
easement boundary. 3/1/2012— Baseline
Photo Point 9: View looking west, from the eastern
easement boundary. 7/19/2016 - MY05
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Photo Point 10: View looking north, from the eastern
easement boundary. 3/1/2012— Baseline
Photo Point 11: View looking south, from the north
eastern corner of the project site. 3/1/2012— Baseline
Photo Point 10: View looking north, from the eastern
easement boundary. 7/19/2016 - W05
Photo Point 11: View looking south, from the north
eastern corner of the project site. 7/19/2016 - MY05
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Vegetation Plot Photos
Vegetation Plot 1: 7/18/2016 - MY05
Vegetation Plot 2: 7/18/2016 - MY05
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Vegetation Plot 3: 7/18/2016 - MY05
Vegetation Plot 4: 7/18/2016 - MY05
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Vegetation Plot 5: 7/18/2016 - MY05
Vegetation Plot 6: 7/18/2016 - MY05
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Vegetation Plot 7: 7/18/2016 - MY05
Vegetation Plot 8: 7/19/2016 - MY05
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Vegetation Plot 9: 7/19/2016 - MY05
Vegetation Plot 10: 7/19/2016 - MY05
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Vegetation Plot 11: 7/19/2016 - MY05
Vegetation Plot 12: 7/19/2016 - MY05
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Appendix C
Vegetation Plot Data
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Table 6. Vegetation Plot Criteria Attainment
Project Number and Name: 94647 - Buffalo Flats Restoration Site
Vegetation Plot ID
Vegetation Survival Threshold
Met? (260 planted stems/acre)
Monitoring Year 05
Planted Stem Density
(stems/acre)
Monitoring Year 05
Total Stem Density
(stems/acre)
1
Yes
728
1,457
2
Yes
1,093
1,942
3
Yes
486
2,509
4
Yes
971
2,104
5
Yes
567
1,335
6
Yes
526
1,052
7
Yes
648
5,585
8
Yes
1,133
2,469
9
Yes
809
2,266
10
Yes
486
1,052
11
Yes
567
2,307
12
Yes
931
4,411
13
Yes
648
4,168
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Table 7. CVS Vegetation Plot Metadata
Project Number and Name: 94647 - Buffalo Flats Restoration Site
Report Prepared By
Randall Jones
Date Prepared
8/17/2016 14:37
database name
KCI-2015-B-96467.mdb
database location
M:A2010\20100798 Buffalo Flats We etation
computer name
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DESCRIPTION OF WORKSHEETS IN THIS DOCUMENT------------
Metadata
Description of database file, the report worksheets, and a summary of project(s)
and project data.
Proj, planted
Each project is listed with its PLANTED stems per acre, for each year. This
excludes Iivestakes.
Proj, total stems
Each project is listed with its TOTAL stems per acre, for each year. This includes
live stakes, all planted stems, and all natural/volunteer stems.
Plots
List of plots surveyed with location and summary data (live stems, dead stems,
missing, etc.).
Vigor
Frequency distribution of vigor classes for stems for all plots.
Vigor by Spp
Frequency distribution of vigor classes listed by species.
Damage
List of most frequent damage classes with number of occurrences and percent of
total stems impacted by each.
Damage by Spp
Da mage va I ues to I I i ed by type for each s peci es.
Damage by Plot
Damage values tallied by type for each plot.
Planted Stems by Plot and Spp
A matrix of the count of PLANTED livi ng stems of each species for each plot; dead
and missing stems are excluded.
ALL Stems by Plot and spp
A matrix of the count of total living stems of each species (planted and natural
volunteers combined) for each plot; dead and missing stems are excluded.
PROJECT SUMMARY -------------------------------------
Project Code
94647
project Name
Buffalo Flats Restoration Site
Description
Wetland Restoration Site
River Basin
Yadkin River Basin
Sampled Plots
13
Buffalo Flats Restoration Site 28 KCI Associates of NC PA
DMS Project # 94647 2016-MY05

Table 8. CVS Stem Count Total and Planted by Plot and Species
Project Number and Name: 94647 - Buffalo Flats Restoration Site
Current Plot Data (MY5-2016)
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Type
E94647-EEP-0001
PnoLS P -all T
E94647-EEP-0002
PnoLS P -all T
E94647-EEP-0003
PnoLS P -all T
E94647-EEP-0004
PnoLS P -all T
E94647-EEP-0005
PnoLS P -all T
E94647-EEP-0006
PnoLS P -all T
E94647-EEP-0007
PnoLS P -all T
E94647-EEP-0008
PnoLS P -all T
E94647-EEP-0009
Pnol-S P -all T
Acer negundo boxelder Tree
2
1
3
6
5
1
Acer rubrum red maple Tree
3
3
4
73
4
Baccharis baccharis Shrub
2
1
Baccharis halimifolia eastern baccharis Shrub
Betula nigra river birch Tree
1
11
1
1
1
1
1
1
11
1
3
3
3
3
31
3
Diospyros virginiana common persimmoi Tree
1
1
1
Fraxinus pennsylvanic green ash Tree
3
3
4
42
7
4
2
1
1
2
3
3
28
Juglans nigra blackwalnut Tree
1
Juniperus virginiana eastern redcedar Tree
11
1
Liquidambarstyraciflu sweetgum Tree
71
1
10
41
2
1
30
31
1
1
Liriodendron tuIipifer tuIiptree Tree
2
2
2
Nyssa aquatica watertupelo Tree
1
6
61
6
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Pinus taeda loblolly pine Tree
8
1
Platanus occidentalis American sycamore Tree
2
2
3
1
1
41
3
1
1
2
2
2
5
1
1
13
3
3
7
Popul us cottonwood
7
Populus deltoides eastern cottonwooc Tree
Quercus oak Tre e
Quercus laurifolia laurel oak Tree
4
4
4
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
Quercus lyrata overcup oak Tree
Quercus michauxii swamp chestnut oal, Tree
2
2
2
2
2
2
1 3
3
3
4
4
4
5
5
5
1
Quercus pagoda cherrybark oak Tree
1
1
1
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
2
2
8
8
8
4
4
4
Quercus palustris pin oak Tree
9
9
9
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
Quercus phellos willow oak Tree
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
8
8
8
6
6
6
1
1
1
3
3
3
ill
11
11
6
6
6
Salix nigra black willow Tree
13
2
Taxodium distichum bald cypress Tree
15
15
15
4
4
41
12
12
12
2
2
21
2
2
2
Ulmus americana American elm Tree
Unknown Shrub or Tree
Stem count
size (ares)
size (ACRES)
Species count
Stems per ACRE
18
18 36
271
271
48
12
12
62
24
24
52
14
14
33
131
13
26
16
161
138
281
281
61
20
20
56
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02
5 5 8 6 6 8 7 7 12 5 5 11 5 5 10 6 6 11 8 8 12 5 5 8 6 6
10
728 728 1457 1093 1093 1942F 486 486 2509 971 971 2104 567 567 1335 526 526 1052 6471 647 5585 1133 11331 2469 809 809
2266
Buffalo Flats Restoration Site 29 KCI Associates of NC, PA
DMS Project# 94647 2016-MY05

Table 8. CVS Stem Count Total and Planted by Plot and Species Cont.
Project Number and Name: 94647 - Buffalo Flats Restoration Site
Current Plot Data (MYS-2016)
Annual Means
Scientific Name
Species
Common Name Type
E94647-EEP-0010
PnoLSFP-all T
E94647-EEP-0011
PnoLS P -all T
E94647-EEP-0012
Pnol-S P -all T
E94647-EEP-0013
PnoLS P -al T
MY5 (2016)
PnoLS P -al T
MY4 (2015)
PnoLS P -all T
MY3 (2014)
PnoLS P -all T
MY2 (2013)
Pnol-S P -all T
MY1(2012)
Pnol-S P -all T
MYO (2012)
Pnol-S P -all T
Acer negundo
boxelder Tree
7
6
9
40
46
61
41
16
Acer rubrum
red maple Tree
5
2
1
31
98
121
101
53
5
Baccharis
baccharis Shrub
1
3
7
Baccharis halimifolia
eastern baccharis Shrub
1
9
3
Betula nigra
river birch Tree
2
2
2
3
3
3
6
6
6
1
1
1
21
21
21
18
18
18
22
22
22
25
25
25
27
27
27
47
47
47
Diospyros virginiana
common persimm Tree
2
4
12
5
S1
4
Fraxinus pennsylvanica green ash Tree
3
20
4
4
43
6
6
71
17
17
226
17
17
235
17
17
118
30
14
Juglans nigra
black walnut Tree
1
2
Juniperus virginiana
eastern redcedar Tree
8
101
9
4
Li q u i d a m b a r sty ra ci f I u
a sweetgum Tree
2
4
2
94
79
35
25
7
Liriodendron tulipifera tuliptree Tree
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
4
4
5
4
4
5
4
4
5
41
4
71
4
4
4
Nyssa aquatica
watertupelo Tree
1
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
31
18
18
18
15
15
15
18
18
18
18
18
18
16
16
16
6
6
6
Pinus taeda
loblolly pine Tree
I
I
1 9
1
21
1 1
Platanus occidentalis
American sycamor Tree
1
1
5
4
4
12
8
8
30
1
1
7
24
24
91
24
24
111
24
24
93
3
3
84
3
3
33
Populus
cottonwood
7
Populus deltoides
eastern cottonwoc Tree
4
1
2
2
Quercus
oak Tree
4
4
11
1
1
1
3
3
3
Quercus laurifolia
laurel oak Tree
8
81
8
81
8
81
6
6
6
7
7
7
101
10
10
19
19
19
Quercus lyrata
overcup oak Tree
1
1
11
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Quercus michauxii
swamp chestnut o Tree
16
16
17
13
13
15
13
13
13
15
Quercus pagoda
cherrybark oak Tree
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
2
2
33
33
33
39
39
40
39
39
40
36
36
39
42
42
43
24
24
24
Quercus palustris
pin oak Tree
13
13
131
7
7
8
7
7
7
7
7
7
8
8
8
Quercus phellos
willow oak Tree
3
3
3
2
2
2
4
4
4
47
47
47
43
43
491
44
44
46
34
34
37
291
29
29
14
14
14
Salix nigra
blackwillow Tree
1
5
21
11
Taxodium distichum
bald cypress ITree
35
35
35
Ulmus americana
American elm iTree
2
1
Unknown
IShrub or Tree
1
31
31
3
11
Ill
11
124
124
124
Stem count
size (ares)
size (ACRES)
Species count
Stems per ACREJ
121
12
26
14
141
57
231
231 109
16 16 103
237
2371
807
189
189 800
195
1951
580
1421
1421 410
152
1521
231
237 237
237
1 1 1 1 13 13 13 13 13 13
0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.32 0.32 0.32 0.32 0.32 0.32
61 61 91 51 51 11-1 5 51 11 6 61 11 121 121
221 111
11 21 111 11
191 111 111 181 11 1-11
171 71 71
7
4861 486110521 5671 5671 23071 931 9311 4411 647 647141681 73817381
25121 5881
588 2490 6071 6071
18061 4421 4421 12761 473 4731
7191 7381 7381
738
Buffalo Flats Restoration Site 30 KCI Associates of NC, PA
DMS Project# 94647 2016-MY05

Appendix D
Hydrologic Data
Buffalo Flats Restoration Site 31 KCI Associates of NC, PA
DMS Project # 94647 2016-MY05

Buffalo Flats Restoration Site
30-70 Percentile Graph
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DMS Project # 94647 2016-MY05

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DMS Project # 94647 2016-MY05
Buffalo Flats Restoration Site
Hydrograph
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DMS Project # 94647 2016-MY05

Buffalo Flats Restoration Site 34 KCl Associates of NC, PA
DMS Project # 94647 2016-MY05
Buffalo Flats Restoration Site
Hydrograph
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DMS Project # 94647 2016-MY05

Buffalo Flats Restoration Site 35 KCl Associates of NC, PA
DMS Project # 94647 2016-MY05
Buffalo Flats Restoration Site
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DMS Project # 94647 2016-MY05

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Buffalo Flats Restoration Site 36 KCl Associates of NC, PA
DMS Project # 94647 2016-MY05

Buffalo Flats Restoration Site 37 KCl Associates of NC, PA
DMS Project # 94647 2016-MY05
Buffalo Flats Restoration Site
Hydrograph
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DMS Project # 94647 2016-MY05

Buffalo Flats Restoration Site 38 KCl Associates of NC, PA
DMS Project # 94647 2016-MY05
Buffalo Flats Restoration Site
Hydrograph
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DMS Project # 94647 2016-MY05

Buffalo Flats Restoration Site 39 KCl Associates of NC, PA
DMS Project # 94647 2016-MY05
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DMS Project # 94647 2016-MY05

Buffalo Flats Restoration Site 40 KCl Associates of NC, PA
DMS Project # 94647 2016-MY05
Buffalo Flats Restoration Site
Hydrograph
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DMS Project # 94647 2016-MY05

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Buffalo Flats Restoration Site 41 KCl Associates of NC, PA
DMS Project # 94647 2016-MY05

Buffalo Flats Restoration Site 42 KCl Associates of NC, PA
DMS Project # 94647 2016-MY05
Buffalo Flats Restoration Site
Hydrograph
Wetland
Gauge 10 - Nonriparian (12 Days Minimum)
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4.0
Begin Growing End Growing
Season
Season
March 23
November 11
3.5
Gauge malfunction
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15 Days 15 Days
Ground Surface
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DMS Project # 94647 2016-MY05

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DMS Project # 94647 2016-MY05
Little Buffalo Site
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Buffalo Flats Restoration Site 43 KCl Associates of NC, PA
DMS Project # 94647 2016-MY05

Table 9. Wetland Hydrology Criteria Attainment Table
Project Number and Name: 94647 - Buffalo Flats Restoration Site
Success Criteria Achieved/ Max Consecutive Days
During Growing Season (Percentage)
Wetland Area 1
Success Criteria
MY -01
MY -02
NIY-03
MY -04
MY -05
12 days (5%)
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
Yes/23
Yes/64
Yes/60
Yes/44
Yes/30
Well 1
9.7%
27.5%
23.9%
17.7%
12.8%
No/6
Yes/33
Yes/52
Yes/21
No/8
Well 4
2.4%
(14.2%)
(20.9%
8.2%
3.4%
Well 10
No/O
No/1
Yes/78
Yes/44*Yes/26
(Installed May 23, 2012)
0%
0.4%)
(31.1%)
(17.7%)
(11.1%)
Wetland Area 2
Success Criteria
AW -0 1
NW -02
MY 03
MY -04
NW -05
24 days (10%)
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
No/20
Yes/36
Yes/58
Yes/43
No/10
Well2
8.6%
15.2%
23.3%
17.3%
4.3%
Yes/134
Yes/236
Yes/120
Yes/90
Yes/130
Well 3
(57.3%)
(100%)
(48.0%)
(35.9%)
(55.6%)
Yes/28
Yes/172
Yes/60
Yes/48
Yes/40
Well 5
11.8%
73.6%)
23.9%
(19.1%)
No/19
Yes/98
Yes/61
Yes/45
Yes/24
Well 8
7.9%
42.0%
24.5%
17.9%
10.3%
No/23
Yes/103
Yes/67
Yes/51
Yes/73
Well 9
9.8%
(44.2%)
(26.9%)
(20.3%)
(31.0%
Wetland Area 3
Success Criteria
MY -01
NIY-02
MY -03
MY -04
MY -05
24 days (10%)
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
Yes/25
Yes/71
Yes/61
Yes/42
Yes/24
Well 6 (Creation Area)
10.7%
30.5%
24.5%
16.7%
10.3%
No/18
Yes/70
Yes/62
Yes/45
Yes/26
Well 7 (Creation Area)
7.5%)
(30.0%)
(24.7%
17.9%
(11.1%)
Adjacent Wetland Area
Success Criteria
MY -01
MY -02
MY -03
NIY-04
MY -05
24 days (10%)
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
Little Buffalo 1
Yes/44
Yes/46
No/19
(Installed March 20, 2014
18.7%
(19.7%)
(8.1%)
*=gauge malfunction, data only recorded for 106 out of 233 days during MY04 growing season
Buffalo Flats Restoration Site 44 KCI Associates of NC, PA
DMS Project # 94647 2016-MY05

Appendix E
Soil Data
Buffalo Flats Restoration Site 45 KCI Associates of NC, PA
DMS Project # 94647 2016-MY05

KCI
ASSOCIATES OF
NOM CAROLINA, PA
SOIL PROFILE DESCRIPTION
Client: KCI Associates of North Carolina, P.A. Date: December 20, 2016
Project: Buffalo Flats Wetland Restoration Site Project #: 20100798 6MO.Y5
County: Cabarmvs State: NC
Location: 4939 Gold Hill Road Site/Lot: MW# 6
Soil Series: Chewacla Variant
Soil Classitication: Fine-loamL, mixed, active, thermic Fluva uentic Dystrochrepts
AWT: >58" SHWT: 6-12" Slope: 0-1% Aspect:
Elevation: —655 Drainage: Poorly Drained Permeabilit Moderate to Moderately slow
Vegetation: Herbaceous: Predominantly Virginia Wildrye with planted River Bunch, Green Ash, American Sycamore
Barings terminated at 58 Inches
HORIZON
DEPTH (IN)
MATRIX
MOTTLES
TEXTURE
STRUCTURE
CONSISTENCE
BOUNDARY
NOTES
A 1
0-3
2.5Y5/2
5YR4/6m2
1
Imsbk
mfr
cs
30% concentrations in pore linings and
matrix
A 2
3-7
5YR5/4
1
]msbk
mfr
cs
15% concentrations in matrix
5YR3/2
10% concentrations in matrix
I OYR5/1
10% concentrations in matrix
5YR5/2
40% concentrations in matrix
10YR5/3
25% concentrations in matrix
Bwl
7-11
2.5Y6/2
10YR5/4c2d
I
Imsbk
mfr
cs
20%concealtrationsinmatrix
5YR2.5/2c2d
5% concentrations in matrix
7.M6/2c2
15% concentrations in pore, Hairip
Bw2
11-13
2.SY6/2
7.5YR4/6m2p
Icsbk
mfr
cs
30% concentrations inmatlix
1 OYR 6/le2d
10% concentrations in matrix
Bw3
13-17
2.SY6/1
7.M4/6c2
c
2msbk
m5
9W
40% concentrations in matrix
Bw4
17-36
1OYR5/1
5YR2.5/lm2p
c
2msbk
mfi
9W
many pea sized concretions
7.5YR4/6m2d
40% concentrations in matrix
Bw5
36-48
10YR5/1
7.5YR4/6m3d
so
If&msbk
mfi
9W
40% concentrations in matrix
5YR2.5/1e2d
few pea sizedcoocretions
C9
48-58
1OYR5/1
7.5YR4/6m3d
so
massive
mfi
40% concentrations in matrix
COMMENTS:
No surface water present.
The SHWT develops more fully each year from surface saturation from precipitation, overbank flooding and inundation and is mair
due to the very slow permeability of the compacted, angular structured subsurface horizons. �O
Meets hydric soil criteria F3: Depleted Matrix and F8: Redox Depressions ti)
using Regional Supplement to the Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual: Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Regio 0�p Ot
DESCRIBED BY: SFS
DATE: 12/20/2016
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ASSOCIATES F SOIL PROFILE DESCRIPTION
NOIr H QUKU% PA
Client: KCI Associates of North Carolina, P.A. Date: December 20, 2016
Project: Buffalo Flats Wetland Restoration Site Project #. 20100798 6MO.Y5
County: Cabamrs State: NC
Location: 4939 Gold Hip Road Site/Lot. MW# 7
Soil Series: Chewacla Variant
Soil Classification: Fine -loamy, mixed, active, thermic Fluvaquentic Dystrochrepts
AWT: >40" SHWT: 0-12 Slope: 4-1% Aspect:
Elevation: —657 Drainage: Poorly Drained _ Permeabilit slow
Vegetation: Herbaceous: Predominantly Virginia Wildrye with Cherry -bark Oak, Red Maple
Borings terminated at 40 Inches
HORIZON
DEPTH (IN)
MATRIX
MOTTLES
-EXTURE
STRUCTURE
CONSISTENCE
BOUNDARY
NOTES
Ap
0-5
10YR5/2
SYR 314c2p
1
imsbk
mfr
cs
20%redox concentrations in pore
linin ,oxidized root chamela present
A 2
5-7
I0YR6/2
10YR5/4c2d
fsl
Imsbk
m6
cs
15% redox concentrations in matrix
10YR611c2d
10%redox concentrations in matrix
5YR3/3c2
5% BB sized concretions
Bw1
7-12
tOYR5/1
c
tmsbk
mfi
9W
50% concentrations inma!ix
10YR5/6
50% concentrations in matrix
Bw2
12-15
10YR511
I OYR514c2d
c
lmsbk
mfr
9W
10% concentrations in the matrix
I OYR 211 c2d
10%! in masses
C 1
15-34
10YR4/1
10YR5/4c2d
c
massive
mfi
9W
10%
IOYR2/lc2f I
maty common concretions, very
restrictive layer from 15-17"
C92
34-38
2.5Y7/2
2.5Y7/4c2f
A
massive
mfr
cs
1"grave!
Cg3
38-40
1OYR4/3
1
massive
mfr
cs
saprphte
I OYR612
5YR4/6
COMMENTS:
No surface water present.
The SHWT develops more fully each year from surface saturation from precipitation, overbank flooding and inundation
due to the very slow permeability of the compacted, angular structured subsurface horizons.
Meets hydric soil criteria F3: Depleted Matrix and F$: Redox Depressions
using Regional Supplement to the Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual: Eastern Mountains and Piedmont R
DESCRIBED BY: SFS DATE: