20221038 Ver 2_SUNSET COVE UPLAND FORM 2022_20230224

WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM — Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Region
Project/Site: SUNSET COVE LOT 9 City/County: PENDER Sampling Date: 6-5-22
Applicant/Owner: PIERCE DEVELOPMENT LLC State: NC Sampling Point: WETLAND
Investigator(s): HAYWOOD PITTMAN Section, Township, Range: SURF CITY
Landform (hillslope, terrace, etc.): DEPRESSION Local relief (concave, convex, none): CONVEX Slope (%): 1
Subregion (LRR or MLRA): T Let: 34.4191230 Long:-77.558121 ° Datum: LL
Soil Map Unit Name: NEWHAN-COROLLA
Are climatic / hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes X
Are Vegetation Soil or Hydrology significantly disturbed?
Are Vegetation Soil or Hydrology naturally problematic?
NWI classification: UPLAND
No (If no, explain in Remarks.)
Are "Normal Circumstances" present? Yes X
(If needed, explain any answers in Remarks.)
No
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS — Attach site map showing sampling point locations, transects, important features, etc.
Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes No X Is the Sampled Area
Hydric Soil Present? Yes No X within a Wetland? Yes No X
Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes X No
Remarks:
HYDROLOGY
LJ
❑
Surface Water (All)
High Water Table (A2)0
Li
❑
Saturation (A3)
❑
Water Marks (131)
r❑
LJ
❑
Sediment Deposits (132)
El
Drift Deposits (B3)
1❑�-f
I --I
❑
Algal Mat or Crust (134)
❑�
❑
Iron Deposits (135)
❑
Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (137)
❑
Water -Stained Leaves (139)
Field Observations:
Surface Water Present? Yes
No X
Water Table Present? Yes
No X
Saturation Present? Yes
No X
(includes caDillary fringe)
Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitori
Aquatic Fauna (1313)
Marl Deposits (1315) (LRR U)
Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (C1)
Oxidized Rhizospheres along Living Roots (C3)
Presence of Reduced Iron (C4)
Recent Iron Reduction in Tilled Soils (C6)
Thin Muck Surface (C7)
Other (Explain in Remarks)
Surface Soil Cracks (136)
❑ Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (138)
❑ Drainage Patterns (1310)
❑ Moss Trim Lines (B16)
❑ Dry -Season Water Table (C2)
❑ Crayfish Burrows (C8)
❑ Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9)
�✓ Geomorphic Position (D2)
Shallow Aquitard (133)
�✓ FAC-Neutral Test (135)
❑ Sphagnum moss (138) (LRR T, U)
Depth (inches):
Depth (inches):
Depth (inches): Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes No X
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VEGETATION (Four Strata) — Use scientific names of plants.
Sampling Point: A
Absolute Dominant Indicator
Dominance Test worksheet:
Tree Stratum (Plot size: 30X30 )
% Cover Species? Status
Number of Dominant Species
1.
That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 1 (A)
2.
Total Number of Dominant
3•
Species Across All Strata: 1 (B)
4.
Percent of Dominant Species
5.
That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 100 (A/B)
6.
Prevalence Index worksheet:
7
8
Total % Cover of: Multiply by:
= Total Cover
OBL species x 1 =
50% of total cover:
20% of total cover:
FACW species x 2 =
Sapling/Shrub Stratum (Plot size: 30X30 )
FAC species x 3 =
1
FACU species x 4 =
2
UPL species x 5 =
3.
Column Totals: (A) (B)
4•
Prevalence Index = B/A =
5.
Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators:
6.
_ 1 - Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation
7.
_ 2 - Dominance Test is >50%
8.
3 - Prevalence Index is 53.0'
100 = Total Cover
_
_ Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation' (Explain)
50% of total cover:
20% of total cover:
Herb Stratum (Plot size: 30X30 )
'Indicators
of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must
1.
be present, unless disturbed or problematic.
2.
Definitions of Four Vegetation Strata:
3•
Tree — Woody plants, excluding vines, 3 in. (7.6 cm) or
4.
more in diameter at breast height (DBH), regardless of
5
height.
6•
Sapling/Shrub — Woody plants, excluding vines, less
7.
than 3 in. DBH and greater than 3.28 ft (1 m) tall.
8.
Herb —All herbaceous (non -woody) plants, regardless
g.
of size, and woody plants less than 3.28 ft tall.
10.
Woody vine — All woody vines greater than 3.28 ft in
11.
height.
12.
60 = Total Cover
50% of total cover:
20% of total cover:
Woody Vine Stratum (Plot size: )
1.
2.
3.
4.
5•
Hydrophytic
= Total Cover
Vegetation
Present? Yes X No
50% of total cover:
20% of total cover:
Remarks: (If observed, list morphological adaptations below)
BERMUDA GRASS PRESENT
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SOIL
Sampling Point: C
or confirm
Depth Matrix Redox Features
(inches) Color (moist) % Color (moist) % Type' Loc Texture Remarks
0-6 2.5Y4/3 100 S
6-15 2.5Y 6/4 100 S
15-24 2.5Y 6/1 95 5YR 5/8 S
'Type: C=Concentration, D=Depletion, RM=Reduced Matrix, MS=Masked Sand Grains.
Hydric Soil Indicators: (Applicable to all LRRs, unless otherwise noted.)
.❑ Histosol (Al)
.❑ Histic Epipedon (A2)
.❑ Black Histic (A3)
.❑ Hydrogen Sulfide (A4)
.❑Stratified Layers (A5)
Organic Bodies (A6) (LRR P, T, U)
.e 5 cm Mucky Mineral (A7) (LRR P, T, U)
Muck Presence (A8) (LRR U)
.❑ 1 cm Muck (A9) (LRR P, T)
.❑ Depleted Below Dark Surface (A11)
.❑ Thick Dark Surface (Al2)
.❑ Coast Prairie Redox (A16) (MLRA 150A)
.❑ Sandy Mucky Mineral (S1) (LRR O, S)
.❑ Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4)
.❑ Sandy Redox (S5)
.❑ Stripped Matrix (S6)
.❑ Dark Surface (S7) (LRR P, S, T, U)
Restrictive Layer (if observed):
Type
Depth (inches):
Remarks:
2Location: PL=Pore Lining, M=Matrix.
Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils:
Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (LRR S, T, U)
1 cm Muck (A9) (LRR O)
Thin Dark Surface (S9) (LRR S, T, U)
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u
__❑
2 cm Muck (A10) (LRR S)
Loamy Mucky Mineral (F1) (LRR O)
Reduced Vertic (F18) (outside MLRA 150A,B)
Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2)
Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) (LRR P, S, T)
Depleted Matrix (F3)
_❑
0
Anomalous Bright Loamy Soils (F20)
Redox Dark Surface (F6)
Depleted Dark Surface
(MLRA 153B)
Red Parent Material
(F7)
Redox Depressions (F8)
T❑ (TF2)
LJ Very Shallow Dark Surface (TF12)
Marl (F10) (LRR U)
❑ Other (Explain in Remarks)
Depleted Ochric (F11) (MLRA 151)
Iron -Manganese Masses (F12) (LRR O, P, T)
3Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and
Umbric Surface (F13) (LRR P, T, U)
wetland hydrology must be present,
Delta Ochric (F17) (MLRA 151)
unless disturbed or problematic.
Reduced Vertic (F18) (MLRA 150A, 150B)
Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) (MLRA 149A)
Anomalous Bright Loamy Soils (F20) (MLRA 149A, 153C, 153D)
Hydric Soil Present? Yes No X
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