HomeMy WebLinkAbout20201363 Ver 1_Baldwin AA Line Wetland_Datasheets_20201002WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM — Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Region
Project/site: Baldwin Ridge Apt City/County: Burlington_ Alamance Sampling Date: 9/18/2020
Applicant/Owner: Jason Debour State: NC Sampling Point: AA9
Investigator(s): Adam Carter Section, Township, Range: Burlington
Landform (hiIIslope, tenace, etc.): HIIISIope Local relief (concave, convex. none): Concave Slope (%): 3%
Subregion (LRR or MLRA) LRRP Lat: 36.102890 Long:-79.416815 Datum: NAD 83
Soil Map unit Name:.HeB—Helena sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes NCWAM NWI classification: Headswater Forest
Are climatic / hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes = No = (If no, explain in Remarks.)
Are Vegetation Soil or H yd rology = sig n ifi ca ntly d istu rbed =kre "Normal Circumstances° present? Yes = 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, transacts, important features, etc.
Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes= No =
_ Is the Sampled Area
Hydric Soil Present? Yes= No
within a Wetland? Yes = No _
Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes ✓= No
Remarks:
HYDROLOGY
Wetland Hydrology Indicators:
Secondary Indicators (minimum of two required]
Prima Indicators minimum of one is required
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=Surface Soil Cracks (136)
=Surface Water (Al)
=Aquatic Fauna (B13)
=Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (B8)
=High Water Table (A2)
=Marl Deposits (B15) (LRR U)
=Drainage Patterns (B10)
=Saturation (A3)
=Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (Cl)
=Mass Trim Lines (1316)
=Water Marks (131)
=✓ Oxidized Rhizospheres along Living Roots (C3)
=Dry -Season Water Table (C2)
=Sediment Deposits (132)
=Presence of Reduced Iron (C4)
=✓ Crayfish Burrows (C8)
=Drift Deposits (133)
= Recent Iran Reduction in Tilled Sails (C6)
=Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9)
=Algal Mat or Crust (B4)
=Thin Muck Surface (C7)
=Geomorphic Position (D2)
= Iron Deposits (135)
=Other (Explain in Remarks)
=Shallow Aquitard (D3)
= Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (137)
=FAC-Neutral Test (D5)
Water -Stained Leaves (Bg)
Sphagnum moss (138) (LRR T, U)
Field Observations:
Surface Water Present? Yes =
No = Depth (inches):
Water Table Present? Yes =
No = Depth (inches): 9ln
Saturation Present? Yes =
No = Depth (inches): 4ln
Wetland
Hydrology Present? Yes = No =
(includes caoillary frinae)
gauge, monitoring wen, a
Remarks:
US Army Corps of Engineers Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Region — Version 2.0
VEGETATION (Five Strata) — Use scientific names of plants.
Sampling Point: AA9
Stratum (Plrf 25ft x 25ft
Absolute Dominant Indicator
o/ (-nvPr Status
Dominance Test worksheet:
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Number of Dominant Species -
That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: (A)
2.'
Total Number of Dominant
7
3
-
Species Across All Strata: (B)
4. -
-
5.
-
Percent of Dominant Species
100
That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: (A/B)
6.
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Prevalence Index worksheet:
0 = Total Cover
50% of total cover: 0
20% of total cover:
0
Total % Cover of MultiglyhY_
Stratum (Plot size: 25ft x 25ft
OBL species x 1 = 0
.Saolina
1 Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda)
60% Yes
FAC
FACW species x 2 = 0
2 _
_
FAC species x 3 = 0
_
FACU species x 4 = 0
3
_
0
4 _
_
UPL species x 5 =
5. -
-
Column Totals: 0 (A) 0 (B)
6.
Prevalence Index — B/A= NaN
6_0 — Total Cover
H drophytic Vegetation Indicators:
50% of total cover: 30
20% of total cover:
12
1 - Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation
Shnih Strahim (Plat size: 25ft x 25ft )
✓ 2 - Dominance Test is >50%
1 Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda)
10% Yes
FAC
3 -Prevalence Index is 153.0'
2 Chinese Privet (Ligustrum sinese)
5% Yes
FAC
Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation (Explain)
3. Horse -sugar, Sweetleaf (Symplocos tinctoria) 3% No FAC
4 Highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum)
4% No FACW
5 American Holly (Ilex opaca)
2% No FAC
Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must
be present, unless disturbed or problematic.
6.
-
Definitions of Five Vegetation Strata:
24 = Total Cover
Tree — Woody plants, excluding woody vines,
50% of total cover:12
20% of total cover: 4.8
approximately 20 ft (6 m) or more in height and 3 in.
Herb Stratum (Plot size: 25ft x 25ft )
(7.6 cm) or larger in diameter at breast height (DBH).
1 Rush (Juncus spp.)
6°° @S FACE
Sapling —Woody plants, excluding woody vines,
2 -
-
approximately 20 ft (6 m) or more in height and less
3
than 3 in. (7.6 cm) DBH.
Shrub — Woody plants, excluding woody vines,
5 _
_
approximately 3 to 20 ft (1 to 6 m) in height.
6..-
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Herb — All herbaceous (non -woody) plants, including
7 _
_
herbaceous vines, regardless of size, and woody
plants, except woody vines, less than approximately
3 ft (1 m) in height.
Woody vine — All woody vines, regardless of height.
10. -
-
6 = Total Cover
50% of total cover: 3 20% of total cover: 1.2
Woody Vine Stratum (Plot size: 25ft x 25ft )
1. Laurel -leaved Greenbrier, Bamboo Vine (Smilax lauirtolia) 1 % Yes FACW
2, Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) 2% Yes FAC
3 Grape (Vitis spp.) 1 % Yes FACW
4.- -
5. Hydrophytic
4 = Total Cover Vegetation
50% of total cover: 2 20% of total cover: 0.8
Present? Yes No=
Remarks: (If observed, list morphological adaptations below)
US Army Corps of Engineers Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Region — Version 2.0
SOIL
Sampling Point: AA9
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 Loc Texture Remarks
0-2 10YR 4/3 100% SL
2-9 10YR 4/3
9-20 10YR 4/1
97% 10YR 6/6 3% C
90% 10YR 6/6 10% C
M SL
M SCL
'Type: C=Concentration, D=Depletion, RM=Reduced Matrix, MS=Masked Sand Grains.
2 Location: PL=Pore Lining, M=Matrix.
Hydric Soil Indicators: (Applicable to all LRRs,
unless otherwise noted.)
Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils3:
Histosol (Al)
❑
Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (LRR S, T, U)
❑
1 cm Muck (A9) (LRR O)
Histic Epipedon (A2)
❑
Thin Dark Surface (S9) (LRR S, T, U)
❑2
cm Muck (A10) (LRR S)
Black Histic (A3)
❑
❑
Loamy Mucky Mineral (F1) (LRR O)
HPiedmont
Reduced Vertic (F18) (outside MLRA 150A,B)
Hydrogen Sulfide (A4)
Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2)
Floodplain Soils (F19) (LRR P, S, T)
Stratified Layers (A5)
❑
Depleted Matrix (F3)
❑Anomalous
Bright Loamy Soils (F20)
❑
Organic Bodies (A6) (LRR P, T, U)
❑
Redox Dark Surface (F6)
(MLRA 15313)
❑
5 cm Mucky Mineral (A7) (LRR P, T, U)
❑
Depleted Dark Surface (F7)
❑ Red Parent Material (TF2)
❑
Muck Presence (A8) (LRR U)
❑
Redox Depressions (F8)
❑ Very Shallow Dark Surface (TF12)
❑
1 cm Muck (A9) (LRR P, T)
❑_
Marl (F10) (LRR U)
❑ Other (Explain in Remarks)
❑
Depleted Below Dark Surface (A11)
❑_
Depleted Ochric (F11) (MLRA 151)
❑
Thick Dark Surface (Al2)
❑_
Iron -Manganese Masses (F12) (LRR O, P, T)
3Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and
Coast Prairie Redox (A16) (MLRA 150A) ❑
Umbric Surface (F13) (LRR P, T, U)
wetland hydrology must be present,
Sandy Mucky Mineral (S1) (LRR O, S)
❑_
Delta Ochric (F17) (MLRA 151)
unless disturbed or problematic.
Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4)
❑
Reduced Vertic (F18) (MLRA 150A, 15013)
Sandy Redox (S5)
❑
Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) (MLRA 149A)
Stripped Matrix (S6)
❑
Anomalous Bright Loamy Soils (F20) (MLRA 149A, 153C, 153D)
Dark Surface (37) (LRR P, S, T, U)
Restrictive Layer (if observed):
Type:
Depth (inches):
Remarks:
Hydric Soil Present? Yesa NoF]
US Army Corps of Engineers Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Region —Version 2.0