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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20200402 Ver 1_W13 Dtata Forms_20210201WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM - Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Region Project/Site: Line 99 MLV Site City/County: Brunswick Sampling Date: Applicant/Owner: Piedmont Natural Gas State: NC Sampling Point: W13 Investigator(s): J. Lawler Section, Township, Range: S T R Landform (hillslope, terrace, etc.): Mound Local relief (concave, convex, none): undulating Slope: Subregion (LRR or MLRA): LRR T Lat.: 33.9864140 Long.:-78.0246580 Soil Map Unit Name: Leon sand NWI classification: Are climatic/hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes ❑ No O (If no, explain in Remarks.) Are Vegetation ❑ , Soil ❑ , or Hydrology ❑ significantly disturbed? Are "Normal Circumstances" present? 29-Oct-20 0.0 0/0 / 0.0 Datum: NAD83 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, transects, important features, etc. Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes No ❑ Is the Sampled Area Hydric Soil Present? Yes ❑' No ❑ Yes * No ❑ Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes No ❑ within a Wetland? Remarks: Greater than normal rainfall HYDROLOGY Wetland Hydrology Indicators: Secondary Indicators (minimum of 2 required) Primary Indicators (minimum of one required; check all that apply) ❑ Surface Soil Cracks (B6) ❑ Surface Water (Al) ❑ Aquatic Fauna (B13) ❑ Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (B8) ❑ High Water Table (A2) ❑ Marl Deposits (B15) (LRR U) ❑ Drainage Patterns (B10) V Saturation (A3) ❑ Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (Cl) ❑ Moss Trim Lines (B16) ❑ Water Marks (Bl) ❑ Oxidized Rhizospheres along Living Roots (0) ❑ Dry Season Water Table (C2) ❑ Sediment Deposits (B2) ❑ Presence of Reduced Iron (C4) ❑ Crayfish Burrows (C8) ❑ Drift Deposits (B3) ❑ Recent Iron Reduction in Tilled Soils (C6) ❑ Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9) ❑ Algal Mat or Crust (B4) ❑ Thin Muck Surface (0) ❑d Geomorphic Position (D2) ❑ Iron Deposits (B5) ❑ Other (Explain in Remarks) ❑ Shallow Aquitard (D3) ❑ Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (B7) ❑d FAC-Neutral Test (D5) W Water -Stained Leaves (B9) ❑ Sphagnum moss (D8) (LRR T, U) Field Observations: Surface Water Present? Yes ❑ No Depth (inches): 0 Water Table Present? Yes ❑ No Depth (inches): 12 Yes O No ❑ Saturation Present? Yes 0 No ❑ Depth (inches): 12 Wetland Hydrology Present? includes capillary fringe) Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available: Remarks: Wetland hydrology is present. US Army Corps of Engineers Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Region - Version 2.0 VEGETATION (Five/Four Strata) - Use scientific names of plants. Dominant sn i..? Sampling Point: W13 Absolute Rel.Strat. Indicator Dominance Test worksheet: Tree Stratum (Plot size: 30' 1 . Pinus taeda ) % Cover 30 ❑ Cover 42.9% Status FAC Number of Dominant Species That are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 6 (A) 2 Acer rubrum 30 ❑ 42.9% FAC 3. Pinus palustris 10 ❑ 14.3% FACU Total Number of Dominant Species Across All Strata: 6 (B) 4. 0 ❑ 0.0% 5. 6 0 0 ❑ ❑ 0.0% 0.0% Percent of dominant Species That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 100.0% (A/B) 7. 0 ❑ o.o% Prevalence Index worksheet: 8. 0 ❑ o.o% Total % Cover of: Multiply bv: 50% of Total Cover: 35 20%of Total Cover: 14 70 = Total Cover 0131- species 2 x 1 = 2 Sapling or Sapling/Shrub Stratum (Plot size: 15' ) FACW species 170 x 2 = 340 1. Persea borbonia 20 ❑ 17.4% FACW FAC species 65 x 3 = 195 2. Magnolia virginiana 20 ❑ 17.4% FACW FACU species 10 x 4 = 40 3. Cyrilla racerniflora 15 ❑ 13.0% FACW UPL species 0 x 5 = 0 4. Ilex glabra 60 ❑ 52.2% FACW Column Totals: 247 (A) 577 (B) 5. o ❑ o.o°ro 6. 0 El 0.0% _ Prevalence Index = B/A = 2.336 Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators: 7. 0 ❑ 0.0% 8. 0 El-o.o% ❑ 1 -Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation 50% of Total Cover: 57.5 20% of Total Cover: 23 115 = Total Cover 0 2 - Dominance Test is > So% Shrub Stratum (Plot size: ) d❑ 3 - Prevalence Index is <_3.0 1 1. 0 ❑ o.o% ❑ Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation 1 (Explain) 2 0 ❑ 0.0% 3. 0 ❑ 0.0% 1 Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must 4. o El o.o°ro be present, unless disturbed or problematic. Definition of Vegetation Strata: 5. 0 ❑ o.o°io 6. 0 ❑ 0.0% Tree - Woody plants, excluding woody vines, 50% of Total Cover: 0 20%of Total Cover: 0 0 = Total Cover approximately 20 ft (6 m) or more in height and 3 in. (7.6 cm) or larger in diameter at breast height (DBH). Herb Stratum (Plot size: 5' ) 1 . Lyonia lucida 2. Osmunda cinnamomea 30 10 d❑ d❑ 63.8% 21.3% FACW FACW Sapling - Woody plants, excluding woody vines, approximately 20 ft (6 m) or more in height and less than 3 in. (7.6 cm) DBH. 3. Woodwardia areolata 2 ❑ 4.3% OBL 4. Vaccinium crassifolium 5 ❑ 10.6% FAC Sapling/Shrub - Woody plants, excluding vines, less 5. _ o ❑ 0.0% than 3 in. DBH and greater than 3.28 ft (1 m) tall. 6. 7. _ 0 0 ❑ ❑ 0.0% 0.0% Shrub - Woody plants, excluding woody vines, approximately 3 to 20 ft (1 to 6 m) in height. 8. 0 ❑ 0.0% 9. 0 ❑ 0.0% Herb - All herbaceous (non -woody) plants, including 10. o El 0.0% herbaceous vines, regardless of size, and woody plants, except woody vines, less than approximately 11. 0 ❑ o.o% 3 ft (1 m) in height. 12. o ❑ o.o% 50% of Total Cover: 23.5 20%of Total Cover: 9.4 _ 47 = Total Cover Woody vine - All woody vines, regardless of height. Woody Vine Stratum (Plot size: 30' ) 1 Smilax laurifolia 15 ❑ 100.0% FACW 2. 0 ❑ o.o% 3. 0 ❑ o.o% 4. 0 ❑ o.o% 5. 50% of Total Cover: 7.5 20%of Total Cover: 3 0 15 ❑ 0.0% = Total Cover Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes O No ❑ Remarks: (If observed, list morphological adaptations below). *Indicator suffix = National status or professional decision assigned because Regional status not defined by FWS. US Army Corps of Engineers Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Region - Version 2.0 SOIL Sampling Point: W13 Profile Description: (Describe to the depth needed to document the indicator or confirm the absence of indicators.) Depth Matrix Redox Features (inches) Color (moist) 0/0Color (moist) 0/0TVDe 1 Locz Texture Remarks 0-12 10YR 2/1 100 Sand ?70% coated 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) ❑ 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 (Fl) (LRR O) ❑ Reduced Vertic (1`18) (outside MLRA 150A,B) ❑ Hydrogen Sulfide (A4) ❑ Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2) ❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (1`19) (LRR P, S, T) ❑ Stratified Layers (A5) ❑ Depleted Matrix (F3) ❑ Anomalous Bright Loamy Soils (F20) (MLRA 153B) ❑ Organic Bodies (A6) (LRR P, T, U) ❑ Redox Dark Surface (F6) ❑ Red Parent Material (TF2) ❑ 5 cm Mucky Mineral (A7) (LRR P, T, U) ❑ Depleted Dark Surface (F7) ❑ Very Shallow Dark Surface (TF12) ❑ Muck Presence (A8) (LRR U) ❑ Redox Depressions (F8) ❑ Other (Explain in Remarks) ❑ 1 cm Muck (A9) (LRR P, T) ❑ Marl (Flo) (LRR U) ❑ Depleted Below Dark Surface (All) ❑ Depleted Ochric (Fll) (MLRA 151) ❑ Thick Dark Surface (Al2) ❑ Iron -Manganese Masses (1`12) (LRR O, P, T) ❑ Coast Prairie Redox (A16) (MLRA 150A) ❑ Umbric Surface (1`13) (LRR P, T, U) ❑ Sandy Muck Mineral (Sl) (LRR O, S) ❑ Delta Ochric (1`17) (MLRA 151) 3Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and ❑ Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4) ❑ Reduced Vertic (1`18) (MLRA 150A, 150B) wetland hydrology must be present, ❑ Sandy Redox (S5) ❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (1`19) (MLRA 149A) unless disturbed or problematic. ❑ Stripped Matrix (S6) ❑ Anomalous Bright Loamy Soils (F20) (MLRA 149A, 153C, 153D) ❑d Dark Surface (S7) (LRR P, S, T, U) Restrictive Layer (if observed): Type: Depth (inches): Remarks: Soil is hydric. Hydric Soil Present? Yes 0 No ❑ US Army Corps of Engineers Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Region - Version 2.0 WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM - Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Region Project/Site: Line 99 MLV Site City/County: Brunswick Sampling Date: Applicant/Owner: Piedmont Natural Gas State: NC Sampling Point: W13 -UP Investigator(s): J. Lawler Section, Township, Range: S T R Landform (hillslope, terrace, etc.): Undulating Local relief (concave, convex, none): undulating Slope: Subregion (LRR or MLRA): LRR T Lat.: 33.9866460 Long.:-78.0246400 Soil Map Unit Name: Leon sand 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? 19-Oct-20 1.0 0/0 / 0.6 Datum: 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 * No O Is the Sampled Area Hydric Soil Present? Yes O No O' Yes O No Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes O No within a Wetland? Remarks: HYDROLOGY Wetland Hydrology Indicators: Secondary Indicators (minimum of 2 required) Primary Indicators (minimum of one required; check all that apply) ❑ Surface Soil Cracks (B6) ❑ 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) ❑ Moss Trim Lines (B16) ❑ Water Marks (Bl) ❑ Oxidized Rhizospheres along Living Roots (0) ❑ Dry Season Water Table (C2) ❑ Sediment Deposits (B2) ❑ Presence of Reduced Iron (C4) ❑ Crayfish Burrows (C8) ❑ Drift Deposits (B3) ❑ Recent Iron Reduction in Tilled Soils (C6) ❑ Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9) ❑ Algal Mat or Crust (B4) ❑ Thin Muck Surface (0) ❑ Geomorphic Position (D2) ❑ Iron Deposits (B5) ❑ Other (Explain in Remarks) ❑ Shallow Aquitard (D3) ❑ Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (B7) ❑ FAC-Neutral Test (D5) ❑ Water -Stained Leaves (B9) ❑ Sphagnum moss (D8) (LRR T, U) Field Observations: Surface Water Present? Yes O No Depth (inches): 0 Water Table Present? Yes O No Depth (inches): 24 Yes O No O Saturation Present? Yes O No Depth (inches): 24 Wetland Hydrology Present? includes capillary fringe) Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available: Remarks: Wetland hydrology is not present. US Army Corps of Engineers Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Region - Version 2.0 VEGETATION (Five/Four Strata) - Use scientific names of plants. Dominant sn i..? Sampling Point: W13 - UP Absolute Rel.Strat. Indicator Dominance Test worksheet: Tree Stratum (Plot size: 30' ) 1 Pinus taeda 2. Pinus palustris 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 50% of Total Cover: 25 20% of Total Cover: 10 Sapling or Sapling/Shrub Stratum (Plot size: 15' 1 Morelia cerifera 2. Quercus nigra 3. Nyssa sylvatica 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 50%of Total Cover: 13.5 20%of Total Cover: 5.4 Shrub Stratum (Plot size: ) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 50%of Total Cover: 0 20%of Total Cover: 0 Herb Stratum (Plot size: 5' ) 1 . Aristida stricta 2. Vaccinium crassifolium 3. Andropogon virginicus 4. Pteridium aquilinum 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 50%of Total Cover: 12.5 20%of Total Cover: 5 Woody Vine Stratum (Plot size: 30' ) 1 . Gelsemium sempervirens 2. Smilax bona-nox 3. 4. 5. 50%of Total Cover: 3.5 20%of Total Cover: 1.4 Remarks: (If observed, list morphological adaptations below). % Cover Cover Status Number of Dominant Species 25 ❑ 50.0% FAC That are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 8 (A) 25 ❑ 50.0% FACU 0 ❑ 0.0% Total Number of Dominant Species Across All Strata: 10 (B) 0 ❑ o.o% 0 ❑ o.o°io Percent of dominant Species El That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 80.0% (A/B) 0 0.0% 0 ❑ 0.0% Prevalence Index worksheet: 0 ❑ o.o°io Total % Cover of: Multiply bv: 50 = Total Cover 0I11- species 0 x 1 = 0 15 0 55.6% FAC 10 �/❑ 37.0% FAC 2 ❑ 7.4% FAC 0 ❑ 0.0% 0 ❑ 0.0% 0 ❑ _ 0.0% _ 0 ❑ 0.0% _ 0 ❑ 0.0% 27 = Total Cover _0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 5 2 0 0 0 7 ❑ 0.0% ❑ 0.0% ❑ 0.0% ❑ 0.0% ❑ 0.0% ❑ 0.0% = Total Cover �/❑ 20.0% FAC �/❑ 40.0% FAC �/❑ 20.0% FAC ❑ 20.0% FACU ❑ 0.0% ❑ 0.0% ❑ 0.0% ❑ 0.0% ❑ 0.0% ❑ 0.0% ❑ 0.0% ❑ 0.0% = Total Cover ❑ 71.4% FAC ❑ 28.6% FAC ❑ 0.0% ❑ 0.0% ❑ 0.0% = Total Cover FACW species 0 x 2 = 0 FAC species 79 x 3 = 237 FACU species 30 x 4 = 120 UPL species 0 x 5 = 0 Column Totals: 109 (A) 357 (B) Prevalence Index = B/A = 3.275 Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators: ❑ 1 - Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation V 2 - Dominance Test is > 500/b ❑ 3 - Prevalence Index is <_3.0 1 ❑ Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation 1 (Explain) 1 Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must be present, unless disturbed or problematic. Definition of 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 - Woody plants, excluding woody vines, approximately 20 ft (6 m) or more in height and less than 3 in. (7.6 cm) DBH. Sapling/Shrub - Woody plants, excluding vines, less than 3 in. DBH and greater than 3.28 ft (1m) tall. Shrub - Woody plants, excluding woody vines, approximately 3 to 20 ft (1 to 6 m) in height. Herb - All herbaceous (non -woody) plants, including 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. Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes OO No O *Indicator suffix = National status or professional decision assigned because Regional status not defined by FWS. US Army Corps of Engineers Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Region - Version 2.0 SOIL Sampling Point: W13 - 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) 0/0Color (moist) 0/0TVDe 1 Locz Texture 0-3 10YR 3/1 100 Sand 3-8 10YR 4/1 100 Sand 8-12 10YR 3/3 100 Fine Sand 1Type: C=Concentration. D=Depletion. RM=Reduced Matrix, CS=Covered or Coated Sand Grains zLocation: PL=Pore Lining. M=Matrix Remarks Hydric Soil Indicators: 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 (Fl) (LRR O) ❑ Reduced Vertic (1`18) (outside MLRA 150A,B) ❑ Hydrogen Sulfide (A4) ❑ Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2) ❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (1`19) (LRR P, S, T) ❑ Stratified Layers (A5) ❑ Depleted Matrix (F3) ❑ Anomalous Bright Loamy Soils (F20) (MLRA 153B) ❑ Organic Bodies (A6) (LRR P, T, U) ❑ Redox Dark Surface (F6) ❑ Red Parent Material (TF2) ❑ 5 cm Mucky Mineral (A7) (LRR P, T, U) ❑ Depleted Dark Surface (F7) ❑ Very Shallow Dark Surface (TF12) ❑ Muck Presence (A8) (LRR U) ❑ Redox Depressions (F8) ❑ Other (Explain in Remarks) ❑ 1 cm Muck (A9) (LRR P, T) ❑ Marl (Flo) (LRR U) ❑ Depleted Below Dark Surface (All) ❑ Depleted Ochric (Fll) (MLRA 151) ❑ Thick Dark Surface (Al2) ❑ Iron -Manganese Masses (1`12) (LRR O, P, T) ❑ Coast Prairie Redox (A16) (MLRA 150A) ❑ Umbric Surface (1`13) (LRR P, T, U) ❑ Sandy Muck Mineral (Sl) (LRR O, S) ❑ Delta Ochric (1`17) (MLRA 151) 3Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and ❑ Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4) ❑ Reduced Vertic (1`18) (MLRA 150A, 150B) wetland hydrology must be present, ❑ Sandy Redox (S5) ❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (1`19) (MLRA 149A) unless disturbed or problematic. ❑ Stripped Matrix (S6) ❑ Anomalous Bright Loamy Soils (F20) (MLRA 149A, 153C, 153D) ❑ Dark Surface (S7) (LRR P, S, T, U) Restrictive Layer (if observed): Type: Depth (inches): Remarks: Soil is not hydric. Hydric Soil Present? Yes ❑ No US Army Corps of Engineers Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Region - Version 2.0