20202009 Ver 1_WA data forms_20210111

WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM - Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Region
Project/Site: Line 333 City/County: Randolph Sampling Date: 29-Dec-20
Applicant/Owner: Piedmont Natural Gas State: NC Sampling Point: WA
Investigator(s): J. Lawler Section, Township, Range: S T R
Landform (hillslope, terrace, etc.): Floodplain Local relief (concave, convex, none): flat Slope: 1.0% / 0.6 °
Subregion (LRR or MLRA): MLRA 136 in LRR P Lat.: 35.9150870 Long.:-79.9356380 Datum:
Soil Map Unit Name: Wynott sandy loam NWI classification:
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 * 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 O Is the Sampled Area
Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes O No O
within a Wetland? Yes O No O
Remarks:
WA is a headwter wetland located adjacent to the origin of S1
Hydrology
Wetland Hydrology Indicators:
Secondary Indicators (minimum of two reouired)
Primary Indicators (minimum of one required;
check all that apply) _
❑ Surface Soil Cracks (B6)
❑ Surface Water (Al)
❑ True Aquatic Plants (B14)
❑ Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (B8)
❑ High Water Table (A2)
❑ Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (Cl)
❑d Drainage Patterns (B10)
❑ Saturation (A3)
❑d 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
Depth (inches):
Water Table Present? Yes No O
Depth (inches): 12
Yes O No O
Saturation Present?
Yes No O
Wetland Hydrology
Depth (inches): 8
Present?
includes capillary fringe
Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available:
Based on Antecedent precip Data, prior period has been wetter than normal
Remarks:
Evidence of wetland hydrology was observed.
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0

VEGETATION (Five/Four Strata)- Use scientific names of plants.
Dominant
Sampling Point: WA
Absolute
apecaeb:
Rel.Strat.
Indicator
Dominance Test worksheet:
Tree Stratum (Plot size: 30' )
% Cover
Cover
Status
Number of Dominant Species
• Acer rubrum
50❑
41.7%
FAC
That are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 5 (A)
2. Liriodendron tulipifera
30
d❑
25.0%
FACU
Total Number of Dominant
3. Pinus taeda
30❑
25.0%
FAC
Species Across All Strata: 7 (B)
4• Liquidambar styraciflua
10
❑
8.3%
FAC
5
0
❑
0.0°io
Percent of dominant Species
❑
That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 71.4% (A/B)
6.
o
o.o%
7
0
❑
0.o%
Prevalence Index worksheet:
g
0
❑
o.00/o
Total % Cover of: Multiply by:
120
= Total Cover
OBL species 0 x 1 = 0
Sapling-Sapling/Shrub Stratum (Plot size: 30' )
10
d❑
50.0%
FAC
FACW species 12 x 2 = 24
1 Aeer rubrum
•
2. Ligustrum sinense
10
d❑
50.0%
FACU
FAC species 127 x 3 = 381
3.
0
❑
0.0%
FACU species 40 x 4 = 160
4.
0
❑
0.0%
UPL species 0 x 5= 0
5
0
❑
0.00/0
column Totals: 179 (A) 565 (B)
6
0
❑
0.0%
Prevalence Index = B/A = 3.156
7.
0
❑
0.0°ro
-
Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators:
$
0
❑
0.00r0
❑ Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation
9.
0
❑
o.o°ro
❑ Dominance Test is > 50%
10.
0
❑
0.0°ro
❑ Prevalence Index is <_3.0 1
Shrub Stratum (Plot size:
20
= Total Cover
❑Morphological Adaptations 1 (Provide supporting
1.
0
❑
0.00r0
data in Remarks or on a separate sheet)
2
0
❑
0.0%
❑ Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation 1 (Explain)
3
0
❑
0.0%
1 Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must
4
0
❑
0.0%
be present, unless disturbed or problematic.
5.
0
❑
o.o%
_
Definition of Vegetation Strata:
6.
0
❑
o.o%
Four Vegetation Strata:
7
0
El
0.0%
-
Tree stratum - Consists of woody plants, excluding vines, 3 in.
(7.6 cm) or more in diameter at breast height (DBH), regardless
Herb Stratum (Plot size: 30' )
0
= Total Cover
of height.
Sapling/shrub stratum - Consists of woody plants, excluding
• Micrgstegium vimineum
25❑
67.6%
FAC
vines, less than 3 in. DBH and greater than 3.28 ft (1 m) tall.
2. Arundinaria gigantea
10❑
27.0%
FACW
Herb stratum - Consists of all herbaceous (non -woody) plants,
3. Osmundastrum cinnamgmeum
2
❑
5.4%
FACW
regardless of size, and all other plants less than 3.28 ft tall.
4.
0
El0.0%
Woody vines - Consists of all woody vines greater than 3.28 ft
Elo.o%in
height.
5.
5.
o
6
0
❑
o.o%
-
Five Vegetation Strata:
7.
0
❑
0.00/0
❑
Tree -Woody plants, excluding woody vines, approximately 20
$
0
0.0%
ft (6 m) or more in height and 3 in. (7.6 cm) or larger in
9.
0
❑
0.0%
diameter at breast height (DBH).
El
Sapling stratum - Consists of woody plants, excluding woody
1 Q
0
0.0%
vines, approximately 20 ft (6 m) or more in height and less than
11.
0
❑
0.o%
3 in. (7.6 cm) DBH.
12
0
❑
0.o%
-
Shrub stratum - Consists of woody plants, excluding woody
vines, approximately 3 to 20 ft (1 to 6 m) in height.
Woody Vine Stratum (Plot size: 30' )
37
=Total Cover
Herb stratum - Consists of all herbaceous (non -woody) plants,
1. Toxicodendron radicans
2
❑
100.0%
FAC
including herbaceous vines, regardless of size, and woody
species, except woody vines, less than approximately 3 ft (1 m)
2. Smilax rotundifolia
0
❑
0.o%
FAC
in height.
3.
0
❑
0.o%
Woody vines - Consists of all woody vines, regardless of
4.
0
❑
0.o%
-
height.
5. 0 ❑ o.o%
-
Hydrophytic
6.
0
❑
0.0%
Vegetation
Yes * No ❑
2
=Total Cover
Present?
Remarks: (Include photo numbers here or on a separate sheet.)
*Indicator suffer = 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: WA
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) % TVDe 1 Locz
Texture Remarks
0-6
10YR 3/1 98
10YR 5/6 20 C PL
Sandy Loam
6-12
10YR 5/1 95
10YR 5/6 05 C PL
Sandy Loam
1Type: C=Concentration. D=Depletion. RM=Reduced Matrix, CS=Covered or Coated Sand Grains zLocation: PL=Pore Lining. M=Matrix
Hydric Soil Indicators:
Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils3:
❑ Histosol (Al)
❑ Dark Surface (S7)
❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (MLRA 147)
❑ Histic Epipedon (A2)
❑ Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (MLRA 147,148)
El Black Histic (A3)
El Thin Dark Surface (S9) (MLRA 147, 148)
El Coast Prairie Redox (A16)
❑ Hydrogen Sulfide (A4)
❑ Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2)
(MLRA 147,148)
❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (1`19)
❑ Stratified Layers (A5)
0 Depleted Matrix (F3)
(MLRA 136, 147)
❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (LRR N)
❑ Redox Dark Surface (F6)
❑ Very Shallow Dark Surface (TF12)
❑ Depleted Below Dark Surface (All)
❑ Depleted Dark Surface (F7)
❑ Other (Explain in Remarks)
❑ 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 (F19) (MLRA 148)
3 Indicators of vegetation and
❑ Stripped Matrix (S6)
❑ Red Parent Material (F21) (MLRA 127, 147)
mushydrophytict
wetland hydrology must be present,
hydrology
unless disturbed or problematic.
Restrictive Layer (if observed):
Type:
Depth (inches): Hydric Soil Present? Yes * No ❑
Remarks:
Evidence of hydric soil observed.
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0

WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM - Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Region
Project/Site: Line 333 City/County: Randolph Sampling Date: 29-Dec-20
Applicant/Owner: Piedmont Natural Gas State: NC Sampling Point: WA - UP
Investigator(s): J. Lawler Section, Township, Range: S T R
Landform (hillslope, terrace, etc.): Hillside Local relief (concave, convex, none): convex Slope: 2.0%
Subregion (LRR or MLRA): MLRA 136 in LRR P Lat.: 35.9150870 Long.:-79.9356380 Datum:
Soil Map Unit Name: Wynott sandy loam NWI classification:
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 * 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 O Is the Sampled Area
Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes O No O
within a Wetland? Yes O No O
Remarks:
Taken on slope near WA
Hydrology
Wetland Hydrology Indicators:
Secondary Indicators (minimum of two reouired)
Primary Indicators (minimum of one required;
check all that apply) _
❑ 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
Depth (inches):
Water Table Present? Yes O No
Depth (inches):
Yes O No O
Saturation Present?
Yes O No
Wetland Hydrology
Depth (inches):
Present?
includes capillary fringe
Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available:
Based on Antecedent precip Data, prior period
has been wetter than normal
Remarks:
Evidence of wetland hydrology was not observed.
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0

VEGETATION (Five/Four Strata)- Use scientific names of plants.
Dominant
Sampling Point: WA - UP
Absolute
apecaeb:
Rel.Strat.
Indicator
Dominance Test worksheet:
Tree Stratum (Plot size: 30' )
% Cover
Cover
Status
Number of Dominant Species
• Pinus taeda
50❑
52.6%
FAC
That are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 3 (A)
2. Liquidambar styraciflua
25
d❑
26.3%
FAC
Total Number of Dominant
3. Liriodendron tulipifera
20❑
21.1%
FACU
Species Across All Strata: 8 (B)
4.
0
❑
o.o%
5
0
❑
o.o%
Percent of dominant Species
❑
That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 37.5% (A/B)
6.
o
o.o%
7
0
❑
0.o%
Prevalence Index worksheet:
g
0
❑
o.o%
Total % Cover of: Multiply by:
95
= Total Cover
OBL species 0 x 1 = 0
Sapling-Sapling/Shrub Stratum (Plot size: 30' )
FACW species 0 x 2 = 0-
1 Ligustrum sinense
15
d❑
60.0%
FACU
•
2. Liguidambarstyraciflua
10
d❑
40.0%
FAC
FAC species 87 x 3 = 261
3.
0
❑
0.0%
FACU species 50 x 4 = 200
4.
0
❑
0.0%
UPL species 5 x 5 = 25
5
0
❑
0.0%
column Totals: 142 (A) 486 (B)
6
0
❑
0.0%
Prevalence Index = B/A = 3.423
7.
0
❑
0.0°ro
-
Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators:
$
0
❑
0.00r0
❑ Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation
9.
0
❑
o.o°ro
❑ Dominance Test is > 50%
10.
0
❑
0.0°ro
❑ Prevalence Index is <_3.0 1
Shrub Stratum (Plot size:
25
= Total Cover
❑Morphological Adaptations 1 (Provide supporting
1.
0
❑
0.00r0
data in Remarks or on a separate sheet)
2
0
❑
0.0%
❑ Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation 1 (Explain)
3
0
❑
0.0%
1 Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must
4
0
❑
0.0%
be present, unless disturbed or problematic.
Definition of Vegetation Strata:
5. 0 ❑ o.o% _
6.
0
❑
o.o%
Four Vegetation Strata:
7
0
El
0.0%
-
Tree stratum - Consists of woody plants, excluding vines, 3 in.
(7.6 cm) or more in diameter at breast height (DBH), regardless
Herb Stratum (Plot size: 30' )
0
= Total Cover
of height.
Sapling/shrub stratum - Consists of woody plants, excluding
1 • Polystachya extinctoria
5❑
50.0%
UPL
vines, less than 3 in. DBH and greater than 3.28 ft (1 m) tall.
2. Rubus allegheniensis
5❑
50.0%
FACU
Herb stratum - Consists of all herbaceous (non -woody) plants,
3.
0
❑
0.00/0
regardless of size, and all other plants less than 3.28 ft tall.
4'
0
El0.0%
-
Woody vines - Consists of all woody vines greater than 3.28 ft
El
in height.
5.
0
o.o%
-
6
0
❑
o.o%
-
Five Vegetation Strata:
7.
0
❑
0.00/0
❑
Tree -Woody plants, excluding woody vines, approximately 20
$
0
0.0%
ft (6 m) or more in height and 3 in. (7.6 cm) or larger in
9.
0
❑
0.0%
diameter at breast height (DBH).
El
Sapling stratum - Consists of woody plants, excluding woody
1 Q
0
0.0%
vines, approximately 20 ft (6 m) or more in height and less than
11.
0
❑
0.o%
-
3 in. (7.6 cm) DBH.
12
0
❑
0.o%
Shrub stratum - Consists of woody plants, excluding woody
vines, approximately 3 to 20 ft (1 to 6 m) in height.
Woody Vine Stratum (Plot size: 30' )
10
=Total Cover
Herb stratum - Consists of all herbaceous (non -woody) plants,
Lonicera japonica
10
0
83.3%
FACU
including herbaceous vines, regardless of size, and woody
•
species, except woody vines, less than approximately 3 ft (1 m)
2. Toxicodendron radicans
2
❑
16.7%
FAC
in height.
3.
0
❑
0.0%
Woody vines - Consists of all woody vines, regardless of
4.
0
❑
0.o%
-
height.
5. 0 ❑ o.o%
-
Hydrophytic
6._ _
0
❑
0.0%
Vegetation
Yes NO
12
=Total Cover
Present?
Remarks: (Include photo numbers here or on a separate sheet.)
Hydrophytic vegetation is not dominant
*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: WA _ UP
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) % TVDe 1 Locz Texture Remarks
0-2 10YR 4/3 100 Sandy Loam
2-12 10YR 5/4 100 Sandy Loam
1Type: C=Concentration. D=Depletion. RM=Reduced Matrix, CS=Covered or Coated Sand Grains zLocation: PL=Pore Lining. M=Matrix
Hydric Soil Indicators:
Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils3:
❑ Histosol (Al)
❑ Dark Surface (S7)
❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (MLRA 147)
❑ Histic Epipedon (A2)
❑ Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (MLRA 147,148)
El Black Histic (A3)
El Thin Dark Surface (S9) (MLRA 147, 148)
El Coast Prairie Redox (A16)
❑ Hydrogen Sulfide (A4)
❑ Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2)
(MLRA 147,148)
❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (1`19)
❑ Stratified Layers (A5)
❑ Depleted Matrix (F3)
(MLRA 136, 147)
❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (LRR N)
❑ Redox Dark Surface (F6)
❑ Very Shallow Dark Surface (TF12)
❑ Depleted Below Dark Surface (All)
❑ Depleted Dark Surface (F7)
❑ Other (Explain in Remarks)
❑ 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 (F19) (MLRA 148)
3 Indicators of vegetation and
❑ Stripped Matrix (S6)
❑ Red Parent Material (F21) (MLRA 127, 147)
mushydrophytict
wetland hydrology must be present,
hydrology
unless disturbed or problematic.
Restrictive Layer (if observed):
Type:
Depth (inches): Hydric Soil Present? Yes ❑ No
Remarks:
Soil is not hydric
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0