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Home My WebLink About20230443 Ver 1_U-5312 US 421_Sec 106 materials_20230327 13-04-0040 NO ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY REQUIRED FORM A This form only pertains to ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES for this project. It is not valiq, �Fl�. for Historic Architecture and Landscapes. You must consult separately with the Historic ..:::...:'. . ` Architecture and Landscapes Group. d PROJECT INFORMATION Project No: U-5312 County: Wilkes WBS No: 45446.1.1 Document: CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION F.A. No: NHS-042(72) Funding: ❑ State ® Federal Federal Permit Required? ® Yes ❑ No Permit Type: NWP 14 Project Description: Improve US 421 for 3-mile segment from NC 16 to US 421 Business in Wilkes County including adding 30 ft. median, superstreet designs and possible widening. Area of Potential Effects(A.P.E.)is approximately 4.8 kilometers (3 miles)long and 60 meters (200 ft.)wide. No design plans provided. Federally-funded;will require Federal permits; will require temporary and/or permanent easements for construction and drainage. SUMMARY OF CULTURAL RESOURCES REVIEW Brief description of review activities, results of review, and conclusions: see attached Brief Explanation of why the available information provides a reliable basis for reasonably predicting that there are no unidentified historic properties in the APE: See attached. SUPPORT DOCUMENTATION See attached: ® Map(s) ❑ Previous Survey Info ® Photos ❑Correspondence ❑ Photocopy of County Survey Notes Other: FINDING BY NCDOT ARCHAEOLOGIST NCDOT Archeology staff confirmed that NO ARCHAEOL0GYSURVEYREQUIRED survey still valid, despite 2014 date. See email attached to end of this No Survey form. Caleb Smith 5/20/2014 NCDOT ARCHAEOLOGIST II Date Archaeological Reconnaissance of the Proposed Improvements to US 421 from NC 16 to US 421 Business, Wilkes County (TIP U-5312; PA # 13-04-0040) Caleb Smith (5/20/2014) The proposed improvements to US 421 will improve a 4.8-kilometer (3-mile) segment of US 421 from NC 16 to US 421 Business by adding a 9.2-meter (30-ft.) wide median, "superstreet" designs, and possible widening (Figures 1-2). The Area of Potential Effects (A.P.E.) is approximately 4.8 kilometers (3 miles) long and 60 meters (200 ft.) wide. The original review of this project (see 6/13/2013 "Archaeological Survey Required form") recommended an archaeological survey of the part of the A.P.E. located on the west side of US 421 at the south end of the project (Figures 3-4). The review included an examination of a topographic map, the Wilkes County soil survey, an aerial photograph, the Natural Resources Technical Report (NRTR), and listings of previously recorded sites, previous archaeological surveys, and previous environmental reviews at the Office of State Archaeology (OSA). The topographic map showed that while almost all of the A.P.E. included landforms with a low potential for prehistoric archaeological sites, the level floodplain along the west side of US 421 at the south end of the project has a moderate to high potential. The soil survey showed the floodplain is well-drained, a landform with a high potential for prehistoric archaeological sites. The aerial photograph showed extensive disturbance from parking lots, driveways, frontage roads, and buildings within most of the A.P.E. But the high potential floodplain is undeveloped. The NRTR (Johnston and Smith 2013) confirmed that while most of the A.P.E. is "Maintained/Disturbed Land," the high potential floodplain is mostly "Piedmont levee forest." The review of information at the OSA identified several previously recorded archaeological sites in the vicinity. Many were recorded during the archaeological survey of the part of US 421 from west of Wilkesboro to east of Maple Springs (Lautzenheiser 1992) which included most of this project's A.P.E. But it was not clear whether all of the high potential part of this project had been included in the 1992 survey. A visual reconnaissance of the A.P.E. was conducted by NCDOT archaeologists Caleb Smith and Gary Glover on 6/27/2013. Based on the reconnaissance the recommendation was changed to No Archaeological Survey. The reconnaissance found that the A.P.E. along the west side of US 421 has little potential for intact archaeological remains. (US 421 is oriented 310' [northwest] but will be considered north/south for this description.) While it appears on the topographic map that there is a high potential landform along the west edge of US 421, the closest high potential land is outside of the A.P.E. The area from the pavement edge west for 10 meters (33 ft.) is disturbed roadbed that slopes down to a large drainage ditch (Figures 5-6). The level floodplain is located along the west side of the drainage ditch, approximately 40 meters (131 ft.) west of the pavement. The east edge of the floodplain is occupied by a 15-meter (50-ft.) wide utility (wastewater?) easement (Figures 7-8). It is likely that the clearing, construction, and maintenance of the utility easement would have disturbed any archaeological sites that might have been there. Red clay subsoil is visible on the surface of the easement. 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"No ARCHAEOLOGYSURVEYREQUIRED"form for Minor Transportation Projects as Qualified in the 2007 Programmatic Agreement. 7 of 9 OZ ♦ +9 ditch 41, + d Figure 7: Northwest view of the utility easement. Y1 • hl' NNtt�� ditch Manhole covers Figure 8: Southeast view of the utility easement. "No ARCHAEOLOGYSURVEYREQUIRED"form for Minor Transportation Projects as Qualified in the 2007 Programmatic Agreement. 8 of 9 Because of these conditions, no further archaeological work is recommended for this project. If the design plans change to include any of the undisturbed floodplain along the west side of the utility easement then the project should be reviewed again. References Cited: Johnston, Charles and Matt Smith 2013 Natural Resources Technical Report: US 421 Improvements, Wilkes County, North Carolina. NCTIP U-5312; Federal Aid No. NHS-0421(72). Report submitted to the NC Department of Transportation, Project Development and Environmental Analysis Branch, Natural Environment Unit, Raleigh. Environmental Services, Inc., Raleigh,North Carolina. Lautzenheiser, Loretta 1992 Archaeological Survey of US 421 West of Wilkesboro to East of Maple Springs, Wilkes County, North Carolina. NCDOT TIP R-2240. Report submitted to the NC Department of Transportation, Raleigh. Coastal Carolina Research, Inc., Tarboro,North Carolina. "No ARCHAEOLOGYSURVEYREQUIRED"form for Minor Transportation Projects as Qualified in the 2007 Programmatic Agreement. 9 of 9 From: Smith, Caleb<chgsmith@ncdot.gov> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2023 10:33 PM To: Hining, Kevin J <kjhining@ncdot.gov> Subject: US 421 review No,the 2014 No Survey form still applies because the study area is the same. I put both the 2013 Survey Required form and the 2014 No Survey Required form in the Share Point folder, and links to both in the ETRACS request.And I put a statement in the comments box describing the past reviews. Get Outlook for Android From: Hining, Kevin J <klhining@ncdot.gov> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2023, 4:33 PM To: Smith, Caleb<chgsmith@ncdot.gov>; Smith, Caleb<chgsmith@ncdot.gov> Subject: RE: [External]TIP: U-5312 I Sub-TIP: U-5312 I WBS:45446.1.1 :The status of your request in ETRACS has been changed to Completed Hey Caleb, Just checking—will you be issuing a new No Survey form? I didn't see it on ETRACS or Connect, so wanted to check. Thanks again! Kevin Project Tracking No.(Internal Use) 13-04-0040 updated N WA HISTORIC ARCHICTECTURE AND LANDSCAPES ,T� - NO SURVEY REQUIRED FORM This form only pertains to Historic Architecture and Landscapes for this project. It is not valid for Archaeological Resources. You must consult separately with the Archaeology Group. PROJECT INFORMATION Project No: U-5312 County: Wilkes WBS No.: 45446.1.1 Document Type: Fed.Aid No: Funding: ❑ State ® Federal Federal ® Yes ❑ No Permit NWP 14 Permit(s): T e(s): Proiect Description: Improve US 421 from NC 16 to US 421 bridge over Yadkin River in Wilkesboro SUMMARY OF HISTORIC ARCHICTECTURE AND LANDSCAPES REVIEW Description of review activities, results, and conclusions: Review of HPO quad maps, relevant background reports, historic designations roster, and indexes was undertaken on May 2,2013. Based on this review there are no NR, DE,LL, SL, or SS in the project area. There is one identified historic site (WK 272 Parson House) indicated on the HPO GIS map but it was determine not eligible in 2006. According to Wilkes County Tax Data there are no other primary structures that are greater than 50 years of age in the APE. There are no other National Register eligible structures in the APE of this project. This project was resubmitted in February 2023. The APE has not changed.No survey is required. Why the available information provides a reliable basis for reasonably predicting that there are no unidentified signiFcant historic architectural or landscape resources in the Proiect area: Using HPO GIS website and the Wilkes County GIS Tax Data website provides reliable information regarding the structures in the APE. These combined utilities are considered valid for the purposes of determining the likelihood of historic resources being resent. SUPPORT DOCUMENTATION ZMap(s) ❑Previous Survey Info. ❑Photos ❑Correspondence ❑Design Plans FINDING BY NCDOT ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Historic Architecture and Landscapes --NO SURVEY REQUIRED shelbu Reap February 43, 2023 NCDOT Architectural Historian Date Historic Architecture and Landscapes NO SUR VEYREQUIREDform for Minor Transportation Projects as Qualified in the 2007 Programmatic Agreement. Page 1 of 3 W , 00 N - W W W _ 1 r of _, ` J' �. ':. � �� 1. •� �� .`. . ,n J '•JL`• Q'� ��" � �f � -�L fit+ r� J y N� Historic Architecture and Landscapes NO SUR VEYREQUIREDform for Minor Transportation Projects as Qualified in the 2007 Programmatic Agreement. Page 3 of 3