20191303 Ver 1_BradfordCir_PreJD_City of Durham_Letterhead_2019_20190930

PUBLIC WORKS
CITY OF DURHAM
June 21, 2019
Mr. Ross Sullivan
USACE
3331 Heritage Trade Drive, Suite 105
Wake Forest, North Carolina 27587
[e-mail]
SUBJECT: Drainage Improvements to Bradford Circle
City of Durham On -Call Contract
Durham County
Dear Mr. Sullivan,
Enclosed is a draft Preliminary Jurisdictional Determination (PJD) package for your review,
which includes the following attachments:
■ Figure 1 - Vicinity Map
■ Figure 2 - USGS Quad Map
■ Figure 3 - Water Resources
■ USACE Wetland Determination Data Form
■ Preliminary JD Form
■ Jurisdictional Determination Request
Form
■ USACE Upland Data Form
Landowner property access notification letters have been mailed and include reference to
the USACE site visit.
In reference to page 11 of the JD Request Form, the GPS equipment utilized to locate
features on this project was the Trimble® Rl'" sub -meter accurate GPS receiver.
The following tables provide a summary of the water resources and wetland characteristics
for features within the project study area.
Table 1. Physical characteristics of water resources in the study area
Bank
Bankful
Water
Channel
Map ID
Height
Width
Depth
Velocity
Clarity
ft
ft(in)Substrate
SA
12
3-4
2
Sand,
gravel
Slow
Slightly
Turbid
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Table 2. Water resources in the study area
Stream
Map ID
NCDWQ Index Number
Best Usage Classification
Name
SA
SA
16-41-1-17-(0.3)
WS-V:NSW
Table 3. Jurisdictional characteristics of water resources in the study area
Map ID
Length
Classification
Compensatory
River Basin
ft.
Mitigation Required
Buffer
SA
221.5
Intermittent
Yes
Yes
Table 4. Jurisdictional characteristics of wetlands in the study area
NCWAM
Hydrologic
Map ID
Area (ac.)
Classification
Classification
Floodplain
WA
Riparian
0.02
Wetland
Total
0.02
Please contact our consultant Doug Keller at (919) 878-9S60 ([e-mail])
or the city project manager Dana Hornkohl at (919) S60-4326, Ext 30246
([e-mail]) if you have any questions or need additional
information.
Sincerely,
Doug Keller P.E. LEED AP
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WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM — Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Region
Project/Site: Bradford Circle City/County: Durham Sampling Date: 06/13/18
Applicant/Owner: City of Durham State: NC Sampling Point: WA
Investigator(s): Gordon Marsh, Josh Tuft Section, Township, Range: Durham
Landform (hillslope, terrace, etc.): Floodplain Local relief (concave, convex, none): Concave Slope (%): 0-2
Subregion (LRR or MLRA): LRR - N Lat: 35.940193 Long:-78.882022 Datum: NAD-83
Soil Map Unit Name: Mayodan sandy loam, 10 to 15 percent slopes NWI classification: NA
Are climatic / hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes I 7 I No = (If no, explain in Remarks.)
Are Vegetation ❑, Soil �, or Hydrology significantly disturbed? NO Are "Normal Circumstances' present? Yes I T I No ❑
Are Vegetation D Soil ❑, or Hydrology naturally problematic? NO (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^ Nof= Is the Sampled Area
Hydric Soil Present? Yes L^� Nof= within a Wetland? Yes Q No
Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes Nof=
HYDROLOGY
Wetland Hydrology Indicators:
Secondary
Indicators (minimum of two required)
❑
❑
Surface Soil Cracks (66)
Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (68)
Primary Indicators (minimum of one is required: check all that apply)
❑ Surface Water (All) ❑ True Aquatic Plants (1314)
❑ High Water Table (A2)
❑ Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (Cl)
❑
Drainage Patterns (1310)
Q Saturation (A3)
❑✓ Oxidized Rhizospheres on Living Roots (C3)
❑
Moss Trim Lines (1316)
❑ Water Marks (61)
❑ 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 (63)
❑ Thin Muck Surface (C7)
❑
Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9)
❑ Algal Mat or Crust (B4)
❑ Other (Explain in Remarks)
❑
Stunted or Stressed Plants (D1)
HIron Deposits (135)
✓❑
Geomorphic Position (D2)
Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (67)
❑
Shallow Aquitard (D3)
❑/ Water -Stained Leaves (B9)
❑
Microtopographic Relief (D4)
❑ Aquatic Fauna (613)
❑
FAC-Neutral Test (D5)
Field Observations:
Surface Water Present? Yes ❑ No
✓ Depth (inches): Absent
Water Table Present? Yes No
✓ Depth (inches): >16
Surface
Saturation Present? YesRfNo
Depth (inches):
Wetland Hydrology
Present? Yes No=
includes capillary fringe)
Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available:
Remarks:
Hydrology present
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont — Version 2.0

VEGETATION (Four Strata) — Use scientific names of plants.
Sampling Point: WA
Absolute
Dominant Indicator
Dominance Test worksheet:
Tree Stratum (Plot size: 3000 sq. ft. )
% Cover
Species?
Status
Number of Dominant Species
6
1 Fraxinus pennsylvanica
20
Yes
FAC
That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: (A)
2 Acer rubrum
10
Yes
FAC
Total Number of Dominant
7
3•
Species Across All Strata: (B)
4.
5.
Percent of Dominant Species
85.71 %
That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: (A/B)
6.
Prevalence Index worksheet:
7
30
= Total Cover
Total % Cover of: Multiply by:
50 /o of total cover: 15
20 /o of total cover: 6
OBL species x 1 = 0
Sapling/Shrub Stratum (Plot size: 3000 sq. ft. )
FACW species x 2 =
1 Calycanthus floridus
20
Yes
FACU
FAC species x 3 =
2 Liquidambar styraciflua
5
Yes
FAC
FACU species x 4 =
3.
UPL species x 5 =
4
Column Totals: 0 (A) 0 (B)
5.
Prevalence Index = B/A =
6.
Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators:
7.
❑ 1 - Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation
8.
❑ 2 - Dominance Test is >50%
9.
El 3 -Prevalence Index is 53.0'
25
= Total Cover
❑ 4 - Morphological Adaptations' (Provide supporting
50% of total cover: 12.5
20% of total cover: 5
Herb Stratum (Plot size: 2000 sq. ft. )
data in Remarks or on a separate sheet)
❑ Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation' (Explain)
1 Microstegium vimineum
50
Yes
FAC
2.
'Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must
3•
be present, unless disturbed or problematic.
4.
Definitions of Four Vegetation Strata:
5.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
50% of total cover: 25
Woody Vine Stratum (Plot size: 3000 sq. ft. )
1. Bignonia capreolata
2.
3.
50% of total cover: 2.5
Remarks: (Include photo numbers here or on a separate
Hydrophytic vegetation present
ou = Total Cover
20% of total cover: 10
5 Yes FAC
a = Total Cover
20% of total cover: 1
Tree — Woody plants, excluding vines, 3 in. (7.6 cm) or
more in diameter at breast height (DBH), regardless of
height.
Sapling/Shrub — Woody plants, excluding vines, less
than 3 in. DBH and greater than or equal to 3.28 ft (1
m) tall.
Herb — All herbaceous (non -woody) plants, regardless
of size, and woody plants less than 3.28 ft tall.
Woody vine — All woody vines greater than 3.28 ft in
Hydrophytic
Vegetation
Present? Yes No
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont — Version 2.0

SOIL
Sampling Point: WA
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' Loc Texture Remarks
0-5 10YR 3/3 100 Loam
5-16 10YR 5/1 85 7.5 YR 5/6 15 C M Loamy clay
'Type: C=Concentration, D=Depletion,
Hydric Soil Indicators:
❑ Histosol (All)
❑ Histic Epipedon (A2)
❑ Black Histic (A3)
❑ Hydrogen Sulfide (A4)
❑ Stratified Layers (A5)
❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (LRR N)
❑ Depleted Below Dark Surface (A11:
❑ Thick Dark Surface (Al2)
❑ Sandy Mucky Mineral (S1) (LRR N,
MLRA 147, 148)
❑ Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4)
❑ Sandy Redox (S5)
❑ Stripped Matrix (S6)
Restrictive Layer (if observed):
Type
Depth (inches):
Remarks: Hydric soils present
RM=Reduced
MS=Masked Sand Grains. 2Location: PL=Pore Lining, M=Matrix.
Indicators for Problematic Hydric Sc
❑ Dark Surface (S7)
❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (MLRA 147)
❑ Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (MLRA 147, 148)
❑ Coast Prairie Redox (A16)
❑ Thin Dark Surface (S9) (MLRA 147, 148)
(MLRA 147, 148)
❑ Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2)
❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19)
❑./ Depleted Matrix (F3)
(MLRA 136, 147)
❑ Redox Dark Surface (F6)
❑ Very Shallow Dark Surface (TF12)
❑ Depleted Dark Surface (F7)
❑ Other (Explain in Remarks)
❑ Redox Depressions (F8)
❑ Iron -Manganese Masses (F12) (LRR N,
MLRA 136)
❑ Umbric Surface (F13) (MLRA 136, 122) 3Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and
❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) (MLRA 148) wetland hydrology must be present,
❑ Red Parent Material (F21) (MLRA 127, 147) unless disturbed or problematic.
Hydric Soil Present? Yes Q No
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont — Version 2.0

WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM — Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Region
Project/Site: Bradford cir City/County: Durham Sampling Date: 06/13/18
Applicant/Owner: CITY OF DURHAM State: NC Sampling Point: WA -up
Investigator(s): Gordon Marsh, Josh Tuft Section, Township, Range:
Landform (hillslope, terrace, etc.): Hillslope Local relief (concave, convex, none): Concave Slope (%): 5-10
Subregion (LRR or MLRA): LRR - N Lat: 35.94016724 Long:-78.88212703 Datum: NAD-83
Soil Map Unit Name: Mayodan sandy loam, 10 to 15 percent slopes NWI classification: N/A
Are climatic / hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes I 7 I No = (If no, explain in Remarks.)
Are Vegetation ❑, Soil �, or Hydrology significantly disturbed? NO Are "Normal Circumstances' present? Yes I T I No Q
Are Vegetation D Soil ❑, or Hydrology naturally problematic? NO (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 Nof=
Is the Sampled Area
Hydric Soil Present? Yes ❑ No= within a Wetland? Yes Q No
Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes Nof=
HYDROLOGY
Wetland Hydrology Indicators:
Secondary
Indicators (minimum of two required)
❑
❑
Surface Soil Cracks (B6)
Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (B8)
Primary Indicators (minimum of one is required: check all that apply)
❑ Surface Water (Al) ❑ True Aquatic Plants (1314)
❑ High Water Table (A2)
❑ Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (C1)
❑
Drainage Patterns (B10)
❑ Saturation (A3)
❑ Oxidized Rhizospheres on Living Roots (C3)
❑
Moss Trim Lines (B16)
❑ Water Marks (B1)
❑ Presence of Reduced Iron (C4)
❑
Dry -Season Water Table (C2)
❑ Sediment Deposits (B2)
❑ Recent Iron Reduction in Tilled Soils (C6)
❑
Crayfish Burrows (C8)
❑ Drift Deposits (B3)
❑ Thin Muck Surface (C7)
❑
Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9)
❑ Algal Mat or Crust (B4)
❑ Other (Explain in Remarks)
❑
Stunted or Stressed Plants (D1)
HIron Deposits (B5)
❑
Geomorphic Position (D2)
Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (B7)
❑
Shallow Aquitard (D3)
❑ Water -Stained Leaves (B9)
❑
Microtopographic Relief (D4)
❑ Aquatic Fauna (B13)
❑
FAC-Neutral Test (D5)
Field Observations:
Surface Water Present? Yes ❑ No
✓ Depth (inches): Absent
Water Table Present? Yes R No
✓ Depth (inches): >16
✓ >16
-
Saturation Present? YesNo
Depth (inches):
Wetland Hydrology
Present? Yes NoEZ]
includes capillary fringe)
Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available:
Remarks:
Hydrology was not present.
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont — Version 2.0

VEGETATION (Four Strata) — Use scientific names of plants.
Sampling Point: WA -Up
Absolute
Dominant Indicator
Dominance Test worksheet:
Tree Stratum (Plot size: 3000 sq. ft. )
% Cover
Species?
Status
Number of Dominant Species
5
1 Fraxinus pennsylvanica
20
Yes
FACW
That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: (A)
2 Quercus alba
15
Yes
FACU
3. Acer rubrum
10
Yes
FAC
Total Number of Dominant 7
Species Across All Strata: (B)
4.
5•
Percent of Dominant Species
71.43%
That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: (A/B)
6.
Prevalence Index worksheet:
7
45
= Total Cover
Total % Cover of: Multiply by:
50% of total cover: 22.5
20% of total cover: 9
OBL species 0 x 1 = 0
Saplina/Shrub Stratum (Plot size: 3000 sq. ft. )
FACW species 1 x 2 = 2
1 Cerci canadensis
20
Yes
FACU
FAC species 5 x 3 = 15
2 Liquidambar styraciflua
5
No
FAC
FACU species 2 x 4= 8
3 Ligustrum sinense
10
Yes
FACU
UPL species 0 x 5 =
4
Column Totals: 8 (A) 25 (B)
5.
Prevalence Index = B/A = 3.13
6.
Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators:
7.
❑ 1 - Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation
8.
❑✓ 2 - Dominance Test is >50%
9.
El35 3 -Prevalence Index is 53.0'
= Total Cover
❑ 4 - Morphological Adaptations' (Provide supporting
50% of total cover: 17.5
20% of total cover: 7
Herb Stratum (Plot size: 2000 sq. ft. )
data in Remarks or on a separate sheet)
❑ Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation' (Explain)
1 Microstegium vimineum
50
Yes
FAC
2.
'Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must
3•
be present, unless disturbed or problematic.
4.
Definitions of Four Vegetation Strata:
5.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
50% of total cover: 25
Woody Vine Stratum (Plot size: 3000 sq. ft. )
1. Toxicodendron radicans
2.
3.
50% of total cover: 2.5
or on a separate
ou = Total Cover
20% of total cover: 10
5 Yes FAC
a = Total Cover
20% of total cover: 1
Tree — Woody plants, excluding vines, 3 in. (7.6 cm) or
more in diameter at breast height (DBH), regardless of
height.
Sapling/Shrub — Woody plants, excluding vines, less
than 3 in. DBH and greater than or equal to 3.28 ft (1
m) tall.
Herb — All herbaceous (non -woody) plants, regardless
of size, and woody plants less than 3.28 ft tall.
Woody vine — All woody vines greater than 3.28 ft in
Hydrophytic
Vegetation
Present? Yes No
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont — Version 2.0

SOIL
Sampling Point: WA -Up
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' Loc Texture Remarks
0-6 10YR 3/4 100 Loamy Sand
6-16 10YR 4/6 100
'Type: C=Concentration, D=Depletion,
Hydric Soil Indicators:
❑ Histosol (Al)
❑ Histic Epipedon (A2)
❑ Black Histic (A3)
❑ Hydrogen Sulfide (A4)
❑ Stratified Layers (A5)
❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (LRR N)
❑ Depleted Below Dark Surface (A11:
❑ Thick Dark Surface (Al2)
❑ Sandy Mucky Mineral (S1) (LRR N,
MLRA 147, 148)
❑ Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4)
❑ Sandy Redox (S5)
❑ Stripped Matrix (S6)
Restrictive Layer (if observed):
Type
Depth (inches):
Remarks:
RM=Reduced
Sandy Clay Loam
MS=Masked Sand Grains. 2Location: PL=Pore Lining, M=Matrix.
Indicators for Problematic Hydric Sc
❑ Dark Surface (S7)
❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (MLRA 147)
❑ Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (MLRA 147, 148)
❑ Coast Prairie Redox (A16)
❑ Thin Dark Surface (S9) (MLRA 147, 148)
(MLRA 147, 148)
❑ Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2)
❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19)
❑ Depleted Matrix (F3)
(MLRA 136, 147)
❑ Redox Dark Surface (F6)
❑ Very Shallow Dark Surface (TF12)
❑ Depleted Dark Surface (F7)
❑ Other (Explain in Remarks)
❑ Redox Depressions (F8)
❑ Iron -Manganese Masses (F12) (LRR N,
MLRA 136)
❑ Umbric Surface (F13) (MLRA 136, 122) 3Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and
❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) (MLRA 148) wetland hydrology must be present,
❑ Red Parent Material (F21) (MLRA 127, 147) unless disturbed or problematic.
Hydric Soil Present? Yes a No W]
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont — Version 2.0

SA
NC DWQ Stream Identification Form Version 4.11
Date:6/13/1 8
Pro;ect/Site: Bradford cir
Latitude: 35.94018784
Evaluator: Gordon Marsh
county: Durham
Longitude:-78.88200846
Total Points:
Stream is at least intermittent 25
Stream Determination (circle one)
Other
D u rh Ca m
if >- 19 or perennial if >- 30*
Ephemeral Intermittent Perennial
e.g. Quad Name:
u u u
A. Geomorphology (Subtotal = 10.5 )
Absent
Weak
Moderate
Strong
1 a. Continuity of channel bed and bank
0
1
2 F71
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 = 7.5 )
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 ❑✓
1.5❑
17. Soil -based evidence of high water table?
No = 0 ❑
Yes = 3 ❑✓
C. Biology (Subtotal =
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)
00
1 ❑
2 ❑
3 ❑
21. Aquatic Mollusks
00
1 ❑✓
2 ❑
3 ❑
22. Fish
0 ✓
0.5 ❑
1 ❑
1.5❑
23. Crayfish
0 ❑✓
0.5 ❑
1 ❑
1.5 ❑
24. Amphibians
0 ❑✓
M ❑
1 ❑
1.5❑
25. Algae
0 ❑✓
0.5
1 ❑
1.5 ❑
26. Wetland plants in streambed
❑FACW = 0.75DBL
= 1.5
Other = 0
*perennial streams may also be identified using other methods. See p. 35 of manual.
Notes:
Rain in last 48 hrs
Sketch: See Figure.