20210453 Ver 1_4_PJD_Pack_R5768_final_20220627

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
ROY COOPER JAMES H. TROGDON, III
GOVERNOR SECRETARY

Mailing Address:
NC DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
DIVISION 9
375 SILAS CREEK PARKWAY
WINSTON-SALEM, NC 27127
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Customer Service: 1-877-368-4968

Website: www.ncdot.gov
Location:
375 SILAS CREEK PARKWAY
WINSTON-SALEM, NC 27127

September 27, 2017

Mr. James Lastinger
USACE
3331 Heritage Trade Drive, Suite 105
Wake Forest, North Carolina 27587
[e-mail]

SUBJECT: STIP Project Number R-5768
US 311 at NC 65 – Upgrade Intersection and Improve Railroad
Crossing in Stokes County, WBS #44670.1.1

Dear Mr. Lastinger,
Enclosed is a draft Preliminary Jurisdictional Determination (PJD) package for your
review, which includes the following attachments:

▪ Figure 1 – Vicinity Map
▪ Figure 2 – USGS Quad Map
▪ Figure 3 – Water Resources
▪ Jurisdictional Determination Request Form

▪ NCDWR Wetland Rating Worksheets
▪ USACE Wetland Determination Data Forms
▪ Preliminary JD Form
Landowner property access notification letters have been mailed and include reference to
the USACE site visit. NCDOT requests that agency personnel not enter the railroad right-
of-way for independent site reviews.

In reference to page 11 of the JD Request Form, the GPS equipment utilized to locate
features on this project was the Trimble® R1™ sub-meter accurate GPS receiver.

The following table provides a summary of stream and wetland characteristics for
features within the project study area.

Table 1. Water resources in the study area
Stream Name Map ID NCDWR Index
Number
Best Usage
Classification
UT to Town Fork Creek SA 22-25 C
UT to Town Fork Creek SB 22-25 C

Table 2. Physical characteristics of water resources in the study area
Map ID
Bank
Height
(ft)
Bankful
Width
(ft)
Water
Depth
(in)
Channel
Substrate Velocity Clarity
SA 4 3 6 Gravel Moderate Clear
SB 6 8 12 Sand Moderate Clear

Table 3. Jurisdictional characteristics of water resources in the study area
Map ID Length
(ft.) Classification Compensatory
Mitigation Required
River Basin
Buffer
SA 124 Perennial Yes No
SB 773 Perennial Yes No
Total 897

Table 4. Jurisdictional characteristics of wetlands in the study area
Map ID NCWAM
Classification
Hydrologic
Classification
NCDWR
Wetland Rating Area (ac.)
WA Riverine Swamp
Forest Riparian 59 0.03
WB Bottomland
Hardwood Forest Riparian 38 0.02
WC Floodplain Pool Riparian 43 0.04
WD Bottomland
Hardwood Forest Riparian 31 0.03
Total 0.12

Please contact me at 336.747.7800 ([e-mail]) or our consultant, Pete Stafford
at 919.878.9560 ([e-mail]) if you have any questions or would like additional
information.
Sincerely,

Amy Euliss, Division Environmental Officer
NCDOT-Division 9

CC
Dave Wanucha, DWR
Amy Chapman, DWR
Mark Pierce, RKK
DIVISION 9
DIVISION 9
DIVISION 9
9/29/2017Amy Euliss
9/29/2017
Waters_Name State Cowardin_Code HGM_Code Meas_Type Amount Units Waters_Type Latitude Longitude Local_Waterway
SA NORTH CAROLINA R1UB2 Linear 124.00 FOOT DELINEATE 36.288158 -80.143477 Town Fork Creek
SB NORTH CAROLINA R1UB2 Linear 773 FOOT DELINEATE 36.287924 -80.144144 Town Fork Creek
WA NORTH CAROLINA PSS1 RIVERINE Area 0.03 ACRE DELINEATE 36.287447 -80.144522 Town Fork Creek
WB NORTH CAROLINA PSS1 RIVERINE Area 0.02 ACRE DELINEATE 36.287767 -80.142913 Town Fork Creek
WC NORTH CAROLINA PSS1 RIVERINE Area 0.04 ACRE DELINEATE 36.287304 -80.138773 Town Fork Creek
WD NORTH CAROLINA PSS1 RIVERINE Area 0.03 ACRE DELINEATE 36.282357 -80.144411 Town Fork Creek