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.
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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.
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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
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