20200135 Ver 1_Attachment_K_Line291_WetlandForms_12.23.19_20200123

WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM - Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Region
Project/Site: Line 291 De -Rating City/County: Burke County Sampling Date: 26-Mar-19
Applicant/Owner: Piedmont natural gas State: North Carolin Sampling Point: WL 17 Upland Point
Investigator(s): Alex Darr & Sara Duquette Section, Township, Range: S T R
Landform (hillslope, terrace, etc.): Floodplain Local relief (concave, convex, none): flat Slope: 0.0 % / 0.0 °
Subregion (LRR or MLRA): MLRA 136 in LRR P Lat.: 35.725587 Long.:-81.658654 Datum: NAD 83
Soil Map Unit Name: Ur NWI classification: NA
Are climatic/hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes ❑O No ❑ (If no, explain in Remarks.)
Are Vegetation ❑ , Soil ❑ , or Hydrology ❑ significantly disturbed? Are "Normal Circumstances" present? Yes O 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 O
Hydric Soil Present? Yes ❑ No Is the Sampled Area
Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes ❑ No
within a Wetland? Yes 0 No ❑
Remarks:
Wetland area is from culvert drainage of adjacent parking lot and road.
Hydrology
Wetland Hydrology Indicators:
Secondary Indicators (minimum of two reauired)
Primary Indicators (minimum of one reauired: check all that aooly)
❑ Surface Soil Cracks (B6)
❑ Surface Water (Al)
❑ True Aquatic Plants (B14)
❑ Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (B8)
❑ High Water Table (A2)
❑ Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (Cl)
❑ Drainage Patterns (B10)
❑ Saturation (A3)
❑ Oxidized Rhizospheres along Living Roots (0)
❑ Moss Trim Lines (B16)
❑ Water Marks (Bl)
❑ 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 (Dl)
❑ Iron 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 O
Depth (inches): 0
Water Table Present? Yes ❑ No O
Depth (inches): _ 0
Yes ❑ No
Saturation Present?
Yes ❑ No 0
Wetland Hydrology
Depth (inches): 0
Present?
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/Four Strata)- Use scientific names of plants.
Dominant
Sampling Point: WL 17 Upland Point
Tree Stratum
1.
2.
3.
4.
(Plot size: 30 )
5.
6.
7.
8.
Sapling-Sapling/Shrub
1.
Stratum (Plot size: 15 )
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Shrub Stratum
1.
(Plot size: )
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Herb Stratum (Plot size: 5 _ )
1 . Melica bulbosa
2. Bromus secalinus
3. Rubus allegheniensis
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
Woody Vine Stratum (Plot size: 30 )
1.
2.
3.
4. _
5- _
6.
Absolute Rel.Strat. Indicator
% Cover
Cover Status
0
❑ 0.0%
0
❑ 0.0% _
0
❑ 0.0% _
0
❑ 0.0%
0
_
❑ o.o% _
0
❑ o.o-ro
0
_
❑ o.o% _
0
❑ 0.0%
0
= Total Cover
Remarks: (Include photo numbers here or on a separate sheet.)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
20
60
20
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
100
0
0
0
0
0
0
❑ 0.0% _
❑ 0.0% _
❑ 0.0% _
❑ o.o% _
❑ o.o% _
❑ o.o% _
❑ 0.0% _
❑ 0.0% _
❑ 0.0% _
❑ 0.0%
= Total Cover
❑ 0.0% _
❑ o.o% _
❑ 0.0% _
❑ o.o%
❑ o.o% _
❑ o.o% _
❑ o.o%
= Total Cover
�/❑ 20.0% FACU
�/❑ 60.0% UPL
�/❑ 20.0% FACU
❑ 0.0%
❑ 0.0% _
❑ o.o% _
❑ o.o% _
❑ 0.0% _
❑ 0.0% _
❑ o.o% _
❑ 0.0% _
❑ o.o% _
= Total Cover
❑ 0.0% _
❑ 0.0% _
❑ 0.0% _
❑ 0.0% _
❑ o.o% _
❑ 0.0% _
= Total Cover
Dominance Test worksheet:
Number of Dominant Species
That are OBL, FACW, or FAC:
0
(A)
Total Number of Dominant
Species Across All Strata:
3
(B)
Percent of dominant Species
That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC:
0.0%
(A/B)
Prevalence Index worksheet:
Total % Cover of: Multiply
by:
OBL species 0 x 1 =
0
FACW species 0 x 2 =
0
FAC species 0 x 3 =
0
FACU species 40 x 4 =
160
UPL species 60 x 5 =
300
Column Totals: 100 (A)
460
(B)
Prevalence Index = B/A =
4.600
Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators:
❑ Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation
❑ Dominance Test is > 50%
❑ Prevalence Index is :53.0 1
❑ Morphological Adaptations 1 (Provide supporting
data in Remarks or on a separate sheet)
❑ Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation 1 (Explain)
1 Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must
be present, unless disturbed or problematic.
Definition of Vegetation Strata:
Four Vegetation Strata:
Tree stratum - Consists of woody plants, excluding vines, 3 in.
(7.6 cm) or more in diameter at breast height (DBH),
regardless of height.
Sapling/shrub stratum - Consists of woody plants, excluding
vines, less than 3 in. DBH and greater than 3.28 ft (1 m) tall.
Herb stratum - Consists of all herbaceous (non -woody) plants,
regardless of size, and all other plants less than 3.28 ft tall.
Woody vines - Consists of all woody vines greater than 3.28 ft
in height.
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 stratum - Consists of woody plants, excluding woody
vines, approximately 20 ft (6 m) or more in height and less
than 3 in. (7.6 cm) DBH.
Shrub stratum - Consists of woody plants, excluding woody
vines, approximately 3 to 20 ft (1 to 6 m) in height.
Herb stratum - Consists of all herbaceous (non -woody) plants,
including herbaceous vines, regardless of size, and woody
species, except woody vines, less than approximately 3 ft (1
m) in height.
Woody vines - Consists of all woody vines, regardless of
height.
Hydrophytic
Vegetation
Present? Yes ❑ No
*Indicator suffix = National status or professional decision assigned because Regional status not defined by FWS.
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0

Soil
Sampling Point: WL 17 Upland Point
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) % Tvne 1 Locz `Texture
0-4 10YR 3/2 100 Clay Loam
4-16 10YR 4/4 100 Sandy Loam
1 Type: C=Concentration. D=Depletion. RM=Reduced Matrix, CS=Covered or Coated Sand Grains
Hydric Soil Indicators:
zLocation: PL=Pore Lining. M=Matrix
❑ Histosol (Al)
❑ Dark Surface (S7)
❑ Histic Epipedon (A2)
❑ Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (MLRA 147,148)
❑ Black Histic (A3)
❑ Thin Dark Surface (S9) (MLRA 147, 148)
❑ Hydrogen Sulfide (A4)
❑ Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2)
❑ Stratified Layers (A5)
❑ Depleted Matrix (F3)
❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (LRR N)
❑ Redox Dark Surface (F6)
❑ Depleted Below Dark Surface (All)
❑ Depleted Dark Surface (F7)
❑ Thick Dark Surface (Al2)
❑ Redox Depressions (F8)
❑ Sandy Muck Mineral (Sl) (LRR N,
❑ Iron -Manganese Masses (1`12) (LRR N,
MLRA 147, 148)
MLRA 136)
❑ Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4)
❑ Umbric Surface (1`13) (MLRA 136, 122)
❑ Sandy Redox (S5)
❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (1`19) (MLRA 148)
❑ Stripped Matrix (S6)
❑ Red Parent Material (F21) (MLRA 127, 147)
Remarks
Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils3:
❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (MLRA 147)
❑ Coast Prairie Redox (A16)
(MLRA 147,148)
❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (1`19)
(MLRA 136, 147)
❑ Very Shallow Dark Surface (TF12)
❑ Other (Explain in Remarks)
3 Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and
wetland hydrology must be present,
unless disturbed or problematic.
Restrictive Layer (if observed):
Type:
Depth (inches): Hydric Soil Present? Yes ❑ No
Remarks:
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0

WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM - Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Region
Project/Site: Line 291 De -Rating City/County: Burke County Sampling Date: 26-Mar-19
Applicant/Owner: Piedmont natural gas State: North Carolin Sampling Point: WL 17 Wetland Point
Investigator(s): Alex Darr & Sara Duquette Section, Township, Range: S T R
Landform (hillslope, terrace, etc.): Floodplain Local relief (concave, convex, none): concave Slope: 1.0 % / 45.0 °
Subregion (LRR or MLRA): MLRA 136 in LRR P Lat.: 35.725257 Long.:-81.568903 Datum: NAD 83
Soil Map Unit Name: Ur NWI classification: PEM
Are climatic/hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes O No O (If no, explain in Remarks.)
Are Vegetation ❑ , Soil ❑ , or Hydrology ❑ significantly disturbed? Are "Normal Circumstances" present? Yes O No O
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 O No O
Hydric Soil Present? Yes No O Is the Sampled Area
Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes O' No O
within a Wetland? Yes O No O
Remarks:
Wetland area is from culvert drainage of adjacent parking lot and road.
Hydrology
Wetland Hydrology Indicators:
Secondary Indicators (minimum of two reauired)
Primary Indicators (minimum of one reauired: check all that aoolv)
❑ Surface Soil Cracks (B6)
d❑ Surface Water (Al)
❑ True Aquatic Plants (B14)
❑ Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (B8)
d❑ High Water Table (A2)
❑ Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (Cl)
❑d Drainage Patterns (B10)
d❑ Saturation (A3)
❑ Oxidized Rhizospheres along Living Roots (0)
❑ Moss Trim Lines (B16)
❑ Water Marks (Bl)
❑ 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 (Dl)
❑ Iron 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 0
Depth (inches): 1
Water Table Present? Yes O No O
Depth (inches): _ 0
Yes O No 0
Saturation Present?
Yes No O
Wetland Hydrology
Depth (inches): 0
Present?
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/Four Strata)- Use scientific names of plants.
Dominant
Sampling Point: WL 17 Wetland Point
Tree Stratum (Plot size: 30 )
1 , Rhamnus alnifolia
2. Acer rubrum
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Sapling-Sapling/Shrub Stratum (Plot size: )
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Shrub Stratum (Plot size: )
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Herb Stratum (Plot size: 5 _ )
1. ]uncus effusus
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
Woody Vine Stratum (Plot size: )
1.
2.
3.
4. _
5- _
6.
Absolute Rel.Strat. Indicator
% Cover
Cover Status
30
d❑
60.09/6 OBL
20
�/❑
40.09/6 FAC
0
❑
0.0% _
0
❑
0.0%
0
❑
_
0.0% _
0
❑
0.0%
0
❑
_
0.0% _
0
❑
0.0%
50
= Total Cover
Remarks: (Include photo numbers here or on a separate sheet.)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
80
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
80
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
❑ 0.0% _
❑ 0.0% _
❑ 0.0% _
❑ 0.0% _
❑ 0.0% _
❑ 0.0% _
❑ 0.0% _
❑ 0.0% _
❑ 0.0% _
❑ 0.0%
= Total Cover
❑ 0.0% _
❑ 0.0% _
❑ 0.0% _
❑ 0.0%
❑ 0.0% _
❑ 0.0% _
❑ 0.0%
= Total Cover
d❑ 100.0% FACW
❑ 0.0%
❑ 0.0% _
❑ o.o% _
❑ 0.0% _
❑ o.o% _
❑ o.o% _
❑ 0.0% _
❑ 0.0% _
❑ o.o% _
❑ 0.0% _
❑ o.o% _
= Total Cover
❑ 0.0% _
❑ 0.0% _
❑ 0.0% _
❑ 0.0% _
❑ o.o% _
❑ 0.0% _
= Total Cover
Dominance Test worksheet:
Number of Dominant Species
That are OBL, FACW, or FAC:
3
(A)
Total Number of Dominant
Species Across All Strata:
3
(B)
Percent of dominant Species
That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC:
100.0%
(A/B)
Prevalence Index worksheet:
Total % Cover of: Multiply
by:
OBL species 30 x 1 =
30
FACW species 80 x 2 =
160
FAC species 20 x 3 =
60
FACU species 0 x 4 =
0
UPL species 0 x 5 =
0
Column Totals: 130 (A)
250
(B)
Prevalence Index = B/A =
1.923
Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators:
❑ Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation
d❑ Dominance Test is > 50%
d❑ Prevalence Index is :53.0 1
❑ Morphological Adaptations 1 (Provide supporting
data in Remarks or on a separate sheet)
❑ Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation 1 (Explain)
1 Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must
be present, unless disturbed or problematic.
Definition of Vegetation Strata:
Four Vegetation Strata:
Tree stratum - Consists of woody plants, excluding vines, 3 in.
(7.6 cm) or more in diameter at breast height (DBH),
regardless of height.
Sapling/shrub stratum - Consists of woody plants, excluding
vines, less than 3 in. DBH and greater than 3.28 ft (1 m) tall.
Herb stratum - Consists of all herbaceous (non -woody) plants,
regardless of size, and all other plants less than 3.28 ft tall.
Woody vines - Consists of all woody vines greater than 3.28 ft
in height.
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 stratum - Consists of woody plants, excluding woody
vines, approximately 20 ft (6 m) or more in height and less
than 3 in. (7.6 cm) DBH.
Shrub stratum - Consists of woody plants, excluding woody
vines, approximately 3 to 20 ft (1 to 6 m) in height.
Herb stratum - Consists of all herbaceous (non -woody) plants,
including herbaceous vines, regardless of size, and woody
species, except woody vines, less than approximately 3 ft (1
m) in height.
Woody vines - Consists of all woody vines, regardless of
height.
Hydrophytic
Vegetation
Present? Yes * No ❑
*Indicator suffix = National status or professional decision assigned because Regional status not defined by FWS.
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0

Soil
Sampling Point: WL 17 Wetland Point
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 1 Locz `Texture
0-8 7.5YR 4/1 95 10YR 4/4 5 C M Clay Loam
8-16 7.5YR 4/6 100 Sandy Clay Loam
1 Type: C=Concentration. D=Depletion. RM=Reduced Matrix, CS=Covered or Coated Sand Grains
Hydric Soil Indicators:
zLocation: PL=Pore Lining. M=Matrix
❑ Histosol (Al)
❑ Dark Surface (S7)
❑ Histic Epipedon (A2)
❑ Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (MLRA 147,148)
❑ Black Histic (A3)
❑ Thin Dark Surface (S9) (MLRA 147, 148)
❑ Hydrogen Sulfide (A4)
❑ Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2)
❑ Stratified Layers (A5)
0 Depleted Matrix (F3)
❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (LRR N)
❑ Redox Dark Surface (F6)
❑ Depleted Below Dark Surface (All)
❑ Depleted Dark Surface (F7)
❑ Thick Dark Surface (Al2)
❑ Redox Depressions (F8)
❑ Sandy Muck Mineral (Sl) (LRR N,
❑ Iron -Manganese Masses (1`12) (LRR N,
MLRA 147, 148)
MLRA 136)
❑ Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4)
❑ Umbric Surface (1`13) (MLRA 136, 122)
❑ Sandy Redox (S5)
❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (1`19) (MLRA 148)
❑ Stripped Matrix (S6)
❑ Red Parent Material (F21) (MLRA 127, 147)
Remarks
Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils3:
❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (MLRA 147)
❑ Coast Prairie Redox (A16)
(MLRA 147,148)
❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (1`19)
(MLRA 136, 147)
❑ Very Shallow Dark Surface (TF12)
❑ Other (Explain in Remarks)
3 Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and
wetland hydrology must be present,
unless disturbed or problematic.
Restrictive Layer (if observed):
Type:
Depth (inches): Hydric Soil Present? Yes * No ❑
Remarks:
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0

WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM - Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Region
Project/Site: Line 291 De -Rating City/County: Burke County Sampling Date: 26-Mar-19
Applicant/Owner: Piedmont natural gas State: North Carolin Sampling Point: WL 5 Upland Point
Investigator(s): Alex Darr & Sara Duquette Section, Township, Range: S T R
Landform (hillslope, terrace, etc.): Hillside Local relief (concave, convex, none): convex Slope: 20.0 % / 87.1
Subregion (LRR or MLRA): MLRA 136 in LRR P Lat.: 35.730476 Long.:-81.644567 Datum: NAD 83
Soil Map Unit Name: FaC2 NWI classification: NA
Are climatic/hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes OO No O (If no, explain in Remarks.)
Are Vegetation ❑ , Soil ❑ , or Hydrology ❑ significantly disturbed? Are "Normal Circumstances" present? Yes O No O
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 O No O
Hydric Soil Present? Yes O No Is the Sampled Area
Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes O No
within a Wetland? Yes O No O
Remarks:
Wetland 5 is representative of Wetland 8, Wetland 10, and Wetland 11
Hydrology
Wetland Hydrology Indicators:
Secondary Indicators (minimum of two reauired)
Primary Indicators (minimum of one reauired: check all that aoolv)
❑ Surface Soil Cracks (B6)
❑ Surface Water (Al)
❑ True Aquatic Plants (B14)
❑ Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (B8)
❑ High Water Table (A2)
❑ Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (Cl)
❑ Drainage Patterns (B10)
❑ Saturation (A3)
❑ Oxidized Rhizospheres along Living Roots (0)
❑ Moss Trim Lines (B16)
❑ Water Marks (Bl)
❑ 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 (Dl)
❑ Iron 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 O No O
Depth (inches): 0
Water Table Present? Yes O No O
Depth (inches): _ 0
Yes O No
Saturation Present?
Yes O No 0
Wetland Hydrology
Depth (inches): 0
Present?
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/Four Strata)- Use scientific names of plants.
Dominant
Sampling Point: WL 6 Upland Point
Tree Stratum (Plot size: 30 )
1 , Cluercus alba
2. Pinus strobes
3. Pinus echinata
4. Liriodendron tulipifera
5.
6.
7.
8.
Sapling-Sapling/Shrub Stratum (Plot size: 15 )
1. ]uniperus virginiana
2. Ilex opaca
3. Pinus strobes
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Shrub Stratum (Plot size: )
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Herb Stratum (Plot size: 5 )
1. Microstegium vimineum
2. Lonicera iaponica
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
Woody Vine Stratum (Plot size: 30 )
1.
2.
3.
4. _
5- _
6.
Absolute
Rel.Strat.
Indicator
Dominance Test worksheet:
% Cover
Cover
Status
Number of Dominant Species
40
d❑
42.19/6
FACU
That are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 1 (A)
35
�/❑
36.8%
FACU
Total Number of Dominant
10
El
10.5%
UPL
Species Across All Strata: 6 (B)
10
❑
10.5%
FACU
0
❑
o.00/o
Percent of dominant Species
That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 16.7% (A/B)
0
❑
0.o%
0
❑
0.0%
Prevalence Index worksheet:
0
❑
o.00/o
Total % Cover of: Multiply by:
95
= Total Cover
OBL species 0 x 1 = 0
FACW species 0 x 2 = 0
30
�/❑
50.0%
FACU
20
d❑
33.3%
FACU
FAC species 40 x 3 = 120
10
❑
16.7%
FACU
FACU species 185 x 4 = 740
0
❑
0.00/0
UPL species 10 x 5 = 50
0
❑
0.00/0
Column Totals: 235 (A) 910 (B)
0
❑
o.00/o
Prevalence Index = B/A = 3.872
0
❑
0.0%
Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators:
0
❑
0.0%
❑ Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation
0
❑
0.0%
❑ Dominance Test is > 50%
0
❑
0.0%
❑ Prevalence Index is :53.0 1
60
= Total Cover
❑ Morphological Adaptations 1 (Provide supporting
0
❑
0.0%
data in Remarks or on a separate sheet)
0
❑
0.0%
❑ Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation 1 (Explain)
0
❑
0.00/0
1 Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must
0
❑
0.00/0
be present, unless disturbed or problematic.
Definition of Vegetation Strata:
0 ❑ o.00/o _
0
❑
o.00/o
Four Vegetation Strata:
0
❑
0.0%
_
Tree stratum - Consists of woody plants, excluding vines, 3 in.
- --
(7.6 cm) or more in diameter at breast height (DBH),
0
= Total Cover
regardless of height.
d❑
Sapling/shrub stratum - Consists of woody plants, excluding
40
50.0%
FAC
vines, less than 3 in. DBH and greater than 3.28 ft (1 m) tall.
40
d❑
50.0%
FACU
Herb stratum - Consists of all herbaceous (non -woody) plants,
0
❑
0.00/0
regardless of size, and all other plants less than 3.28 ft tall.
0
❑
0.00/0
Woody vines - Consists of all woody vines greater than 3.28 ft
El0.0%
in height.
0
_
0
❑
o.00/o
-
Five Vegetation Strata:
0
❑
0.0%
❑
-
Tree -Woody plants, excluding woody vines, approximately 20
0
0.00/0
ft (6 m) or more in height and 3 in. (7.6 cm) or larger in
0
❑
0.00/0
diameter at breast height (DBH).
El
-
Sapling stratum - Consists of woody plants, excluding woody
0
0.0%
vines, approximately 20 ft (6 m) or more in height and less
0
❑
0.00/0
than 3 in. (7.6 cm) DBH.
0
❑
0.00/0
Shrub stratum - Consists of woody plants, excluding woody
-
vines, approximately 3 to 20 ft (1 to 6 m) in height.
80
= Total Cover
Herb stratum -Consists of all herbaceous (non -woody) plants,
0
❑
0.00/0
including herbaceous vines, regardless of size, and woody
-
species, except woody vines, less than approximately 3 ft (1
0
❑
0.00/0
m) in height.
0
❑
0.00/0
Woody vines - Consists of all woody vines, regardless of
0
❑
0.00/0
height.
0 ❑ 0.0%
Hydrophyt_ 'c
0
El0.0%
Vegetation
Yes ❑ No
0
=Total Cover
Present?
Remarks: (Include photo numbers here or on a separate sheet.)
*Indicator suffix = National status or professional decision assigned because Regional status not defined by FWS.
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0

Soil
Sampling Point: WL 6 Upland Point
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) % Tvne 1 Locz `Texture
0-8 10YR 3/2 100 Clay Loam
8-16 10YR 4/3 100 Sandy Clay Loam
1 Type: C=Concentration. D=Depletion. RM=Reduced Matrix, CS=Covered or Coated Sand Grains
Hydric Soil Indicators:
zLocation: PL=Pore Lining. M=Matrix
❑ Histosol (Al)
❑ Dark Surface (S7)
❑ Histic Epipedon (A2)
❑ Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (MLRA 147,148)
❑ Black Histic (A3)
❑ Thin Dark Surface (S9) (MLRA 147, 148)
❑ Hydrogen Sulfide (A4)
❑ Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2)
❑ Stratified Layers (A5)
❑ Depleted Matrix (F3)
❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (LRR N)
❑ Redox Dark Surface (F6)
❑ Depleted Below Dark Surface (All)
❑ Depleted Dark Surface (F7)
❑ Thick Dark Surface (Al2)
❑ Redox Depressions (F8)
❑ Sandy Muck Mineral (Sl) (LRR N,
❑ Iron -Manganese Masses (1`12) (LRR N,
MLRA 147, 148)
MLRA 136)
❑ Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4)
❑ Umbric Surface (1`13) (MLRA 136, 122)
❑ Sandy Redox (S5)
❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (1`19) (MLRA 148)
❑ Stripped Matrix (S6)
❑ Red Parent Material (F21) (MLRA 127, 147)
Remarks
Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils3:
❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (MLRA 147)
❑ Coast Prairie Redox (A16)
(MLRA 147,148)
❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (1`19)
(MLRA 136, 147)
❑ Very Shallow Dark Surface (TF12)
❑ Other (Explain in Remarks)
3 Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and
wetland hydrology must be present,
unless disturbed or problematic.
Restrictive Layer (if observed):
Type:
Depth (inches): Hydric Soil Present? Yes ❑ No
Remarks:
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0

WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM - Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Region
Project/Site: Line 291 De -Rating City/County: Burke County Sampling Date: 26-Mar-19
Applicant/Owner: Piedmont natural gas State: North Carolin Sampling Point: WL 5 Wetland Point
Investigator(s): Alex Darr & Sara Duquette Section, Township, Range: S T R
Landform (hillslope, terrace, etc.): Shoulder slope Local relief (concave, convex, none): concave Slope: 5.0 % / 78.7
Subregion (LRR or MLRA): MLRA 136 in LRR P Lat.: 35.730526 Long.:-81.644524 Datum: NAD 83
Soil Map Unit Name: FaC2 NWI classification: PFO
Are climatic/hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes O No O (If no, explain in Remarks.)
Are Vegetation ❑ , Soil ❑ , or Hydrology ❑ significantly disturbed? Are "Normal Circumstances" present? Yes O No O
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 O No O
Hydric Soil Present? Yes No O Is the Sampled Area
Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes O' No O
within a Wetland? Yes O No O
Remarks:
Headwaters seepage wetland from groundwater along hillslide.Wetland 5 is representative of Wetland 8, Wetland 10, and Wetland 11
Hydrology
Wetland Hydrology Indicators:
Secondary Indicators (minimum of two reauired)
Primary Indicators (minimum of one reauired: check all that aoolv)
❑ Surface Soil Cracks (B6)
d❑ Surface Water (Al)
❑ True Aquatic Plants (B14)
❑d Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (B8)
d❑ High Water Table (A2)
❑ Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (Cl)
❑d Drainage Patterns (B10)
d❑ Saturation (A3)
❑ Oxidized Rhizospheres along Living Roots (0)
❑d Moss Trim Lines (B16)
❑ Water Marks (Bl)
❑ 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 (Dl)
❑ Iron 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 0
Depth (inches): 2
Water Table Present? Yes O No O
Depth (inches): _ 0
Yes O No 0
Saturation Present?
Yes No O
Wetland Hydrology
Depth (inches): 0
Present?
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/Four Strata)- Use scientific names of plants.
Dominant
Sampling Point: WL 6 Wetland Point
Tree Stratum (Plot size: 30 )
1 , Ilex opaca
2. Kalmia latifolia
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Sapling-Sapling/Shrub Stratum (Plot size: 15 )
1 . Kalmia latifolia
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Shrub Stratum (Plot size: )
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Herb Stratum (Plot size: 5 )
1. Microstegium vimineum
2. Rumex violascens
3. Viola sororia
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
Woody Vine Stratum (Plot size: )
1.
2.
3.
4. _
5- _
6.
Absolute
Rel.Strat.
Indicator
Dominance Test worksheet:
% Cover
Cover
Status
Number of Dominant Species
5
d❑
100.0%
FACU
That are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 1 (A)
0
❑
0.0%
FACU
El
Total Number of Dominant
0
0.0%
Species Across All Strata: 3 (B)
0
❑
o.o%
0
❑
0.00/0
_
Percent of dominant Species
That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 33.3% (A/B)
0
❑
0.o%
0
❑
0.0%
Prevalence Index worksheet:
0
❑
o.00/o
Total % Cover of: Multiply by:
5
= Total Cover
OBL species 0 x 1= 0
FACW species 15 x 2 = 30
5
�/❑
100.0%
FACU
0
❑
0.00/0
FAC species 85 x 3 = 255
0
❑
0.00/0
FACU species 10 x 4 = 40
0
❑
0.00/0
UPL species 0 x 5= 0
0
❑
0.00/0
Column Totals: 110 (A) 325 (B)
0
❑
o.00/o
Prevalence Index = B/A = 2.955
0
❑
0.0%
Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators:
0
❑
0.00/0
❑ Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation
0
❑
0.0%
❑ Dominance Test is > 50%
0
❑
0.0%
d❑ Prevalence Index is :53.0 1
5
= Total Cover
❑ Morphological Adaptations 1 (Provide supporting
0
❑
0.0%
data in Remarks or on a separate sheet)
0
❑
0.0%
❑ Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation 1 (Explain)
0
❑
0.00/0
1 Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must
0
❑
0.00/0
be present, unless disturbed or problematic.
Definition of Vegetation Strata:
0 ❑ o.00/o _
0
❑
o.00/o
Four Vegetation Strata:
0
❑
0.0%
_
Tree stratum - Consists of woody plants, excluding vines, 3 in.
- --
(7.6 cm) or more in diameter at breast height (DBH),
0
= Total Cover
regardless of height.
d❑
Sapling/shrub stratum - Consists of woody plants, excluding
75
75.0%
FAC
vines, less than 3 in. DBH and greater than 3.28 ft (1 m) tall.
15
❑
15.0%
FACW
Herb stratum - Consists of all herbaceous (non -woody) plants,
10
❑
10.0%
FAC
regardless of size, and all other plants less than 3.28 ft tall.
0
❑
0.00/0
Woody vines - Consists of all woody vines greater than 3.28 ft
El0.0%
in height.
0
_
0
❑
o.00/o
-
Five Vegetation Strata:
0
❑
0.0%
❑
-
Tree -Woody plants, excluding woody vines, approximately 20
0
0.00/0
ft (6 m) or more in height and 3 in. (7.6 cm) or larger in
0
❑
0.00/0
diameter at breast height (DBH).
El
-
Sapling stratum - Consists of woody plants, excluding woody
0
0.0%
vines, approximately 20 ft (6 m) or more in height and less
0
❑
0.00/0
than 3 in. (7.6 cm) DBH.
0
❑
0.00/0
Shrub stratum - Consists of woody plants, excluding woody
-
vines, approximately 3 to 20 ft (1 to 6 m) in height.
100
= Total Cover
Herb stratum -Consists of all herbaceous (non -woody) plants,
0
❑
0.00/0
including herbaceous vines, regardless of size, and woody
-
species, except woody vines, less than approximately 3 ft (1
0
❑
0.00/0
m) in height.
0
❑
0.00/0
Woody vines - Consists of all woody vines, regardless of
0
❑
0.00/0
height.
0 ❑ 0.0%
Hydrophyt_ 'c
0
El0.0%
Vegetation
Yes * No ❑
0
= Total Cover
Present?
Remarks: (Include photo numbers here or on a separate sheet.)
*Indicator suffix = National status or professional decision assigned because Regional status not defined by FWS.
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0

Soil
Sampling Point: WL 6 Wetland Point
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 1 Locz `Texture
0-4 10YR 5/1 95 10YR 4/4 5 C M Clay Loam
4-16 gley 1 5/n 95 10YR 5/6 5 C PL Clay Loam
1 Type: C=Concentration. D=Depletion. RM=Reduced Matrix, CS=Covered or Coated Sand Grains
Hydric Soil Indicators:
zLocation: PL=Pore Lining. M=Matrix
❑ Histosol (Al)
❑ Dark Surface (S7)
❑ Histic Epipedon (A2)
❑ Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (MLRA 147,148)
❑ Black Histic (A3)
❑ Thin Dark Surface (S9) (MLRA 147, 148)
❑ Hydrogen Sulfide (A4)
0 Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2)
❑ Stratified Layers (A5)
0 Depleted Matrix (F3)
❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (LRR N)
❑ Redox Dark Surface (F6)
❑ Depleted Below Dark Surface (All)
❑ Depleted Dark Surface (F7)
❑ Thick Dark Surface (Al2)
❑ Redox Depressions (F8)
❑ Sandy Muck Mineral (Sl) (LRR N,
❑ Iron -Manganese Masses (1`12) (LRR N,
MLRA 147, 148)
MLRA 136)
❑ Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4)
❑ Umbric Surface (1`13) (MLRA 136, 122)
❑ Sandy Redox (S5)
❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (1`19) (MLRA 148)
❑ Stripped Matrix (S6)
❑ Red Parent Material (F21) (MLRA 127, 147)
Remarks
Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils3:
❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (MLRA 147)
❑ Coast Prairie Redox (A16)
(MLRA 147,148)
❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (1`19)
(MLRA 136, 147)
❑ Very Shallow Dark Surface (TF12)
❑ Other (Explain in Remarks)
3 Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and
wetland hydrology must be present,
unless disturbed or problematic.
Restrictive Layer (if observed):
Type:
Depth (inches): Hydric Soil Present? Yes * No ❑
Remarks:
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0