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FINAL
PRESERVATION PROJECT AND
BASELINE DOCUMENTATION REPORT

MARK’S CREEK TESC
WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
EEP Project No. 92248

Neuse River Basin
Cataloging Unit 03020201

Prepared for:

North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Ecosystem Enhancement Program
217 West Jones Street, Suite 3000A
Raleigh, North Carolina 27603

Prepared by:

Axiom Environmental, Inc.
218 Snow Avenue
Raleigh, NC 27603

March 2015
Mark’s Creek TESC Preservation Project
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The Mark’s Creek TESC Preservation Project (Site) is located approximately 3.5 miles
southwest of Wendell and 4 miles southeast of Knightdale along the Wake and Johnston County
line on Marks Creek. The Site’s location in a highly forested area indicates good opportunities
for preservation and habitat reconnection via corridors.

This preservation report has been written in conformance with the requirements of the following:
Federal rule for compensatory mitigation project sites as described in the Federal Register Title
33 Navigation and Navigable Waters Volume 3 Chapter 2 Section § 332.8 paragraphs (c)(2)
through (c)(14) and 332.3(h); and NCDENR Ecosystem Enhancement Program In-Lieu Fee
Instrument signed and dated July 28, 2010.

Site Description

Project Name and EEP
Project Number Mark’s Creek TESC - Project #92248
County Wake
General Location ~3.5 miles southwest of Wendell and ~4 miles southeast of Knightdale
along the Wake and Johnston County line
Basin Neuse
Physiographic Region Piedmont
USGS Hydro Unit 03020201
NCDWQ Sub-basin 03-04-02
Watershed Planning
Information
Within TLW 03020201100020 and
Wake-Johnston Collaborative LWP (Neuse 01 Regional Watershed
Plan area)
Preservation Mechanism Conservation Easement
Conservation Values
Permanent preservation of riparian wetlands located on a stream
classified as Nutrient Sensitive Waters (NCDWR 2013).
Permanent preservation of riparian wetlands in the Wake-Johnston
Collaborative Local Watershed Planning area, which has a large
amount of forested area indicating good opportunities for preservation
and habitat reconnection via corridors.

Wake County Open Spaces properties surrounding Permanent
preservation of riparian wetlands with numerous the Site and two
Triangle Land Conservancy Preservation Sites located within two miles
south and southwest of the Site indicating good opportunities to
increase preservation areas in the watershed and reconnect habitat via
corridors.

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Conservation Values
(continued)
Permanent preservation of riparian wetlands located in the Marks Creek
Floodplain, which contains the Piedmont/Mountain Semipermanent
Impoundment (Open Water, Shrub, and Piedmont Marsh Subtype
Natural Communities; in addition, a Granitic Flatrock (Annual Herb
Subtype) Natural Community is located less than 0.1 mile southeast of
the Site.

Permanent preservation of riparian wetlands with a current Natural
Heritage record for worthy shield lichen (Canoparmelia amabilis)
immediately adjacent to the southern Site boundary; in addition to, a
historical record for Michaux’s sumac (Rhus michauxii) on-Site within
the powerline corridor.
Deed Recordation Date January 4, 2005

Mitigation Assets
Riparian Wetland Non-riparian Wetland
Total Credit Acreage 20.79 --
Total Mitigation Units 4.2 WMUs --

Conservation values for this project include the following.

• Permanent preservation of riparian wetlands located on a stream classified as Nutrient
Sensitive Waters (NCDWR 2013).
• Permanent preservation of riparian wetlands in the Wake-Johnston Collaborative Local
Watershed Planning area, which has a large amount of forested area indicating good
opportunities for preservation and habitat reconnection via corridors (NCEEP 2010).
• Permanent preservation of riparian wetlands with numerous Wake County Open Spaces
properties surrounding the Site and two Triangle Land Conservancy Preservation Sites
located within two miles south and southwest of the Site indicating good opportunities to
increase preservation areas in the watershed and reconnect habitat via corridors.
• Permanent preservation of riparian wetlands located in the Marks Creek Floodplain,
which contains the Piedmont/Mountain Semipermanent Impoundment (Open Water,
Shrub, and Piedmont Marsh Subtype Natural Communities; in addition, a Granitic
Flatrock (Annual Herb Subtype) Natural Community is located less than 0.1 mile
southeast of the Site.
• Permanent preservation of riparian wetlands with a current Natural Heritage record for
worthy shield lichen (Canoparmelia amabilis) immediately adjacent to the southern Site
boundary; in addition to, a historical record for Michaux’s sumac (Rhus michauxii) on-
Site within the powerline corridor.

A conservation easement deed was recorded on January 4, 2005; the conservation easement deed
document is included in Appendix B.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................. i
1.0 PRESERVATION PROJECT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ................................................. 1
2.0 SITE DESCRIPTION .............................................................................................................. 1
2.1 General Description ............................................................................................................. 1
2.2 Directions ............................................................................................................................. 2
3.0 SITE SELECTION .................................................................................................................. 2
4.0 BASELINE INFORMATION ................................................................................................. 3
4.1 Physical Features ................................................................................................................. 3
4.2 Plant and Wildlife Communities .......................................................................................... 3
4.3 Jurisdictional Wetlands ........................................................................................................ 3
5.0 SITE PROTECTION INSTRUMENT .................................................................................... 3
5.1 Encumbrances ...................................................................................................................... 4
6.0 DETERMINATION OF CREDITS ......................................................................................... 4
7.0 LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT PLAN ................................................................................. 5
8.0 FINANCIAL ASSURANCES ................................................................................................. 5
9.0 REFERENCES ........................................................................................................................ 5

APPENDICES

Appendix A. Figures and Photographs
Figure 1. Site Protection Instrument
Figure 2. Vicinity Map
Figure 3. Site Watershed Map
Figure 4. Site Mitigation Asset Map
Site Photographs
Appendix B. Site Protection Instruments
Appendix C. Wetland Forms
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1.0 PRESERVATION PROJECT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

The Mark’s Creek TESC Preservation Project (Site) is located in the 03020201 Cataloging Unit
(CU), in the Neuse River Basin and Targeted Local Watershed (TLW) 03020201100020. The
Site addresses several issues/stressors identified within the watershed in the Neuse River Basin
Restoration Priorities (NCEEP 2010) and Wake-Johnston Collaborative Local Watershed Plan
(NCEEP 2013) including the following.

• Agricultural Runoff
• Sedimentation
• Streambank Erosion
• Absent or Inadequate Wooded Buffers in the Riparian Zone

The Mark’s Creek TESC Preservation Project addresses watershed stressors/issues with the
following goals.

• Protection of water quality by preserving riparian wetlands within the Site in a permanent
conservation easement.
• Permanent preservation of riparian wetlands in the Wake-Johnston Collaborative Local
Watershed Planning area, which has a large amount of forested area indicating good
opportunities for preservation and habitat reconnection via corridors (NCEEP 2010).
• Permanent preservation of riparian wetlands located on a stream classified as Nutrient
Sensitive Waters (NCDWR 2013).
• Permanent preservation of riparian wetlands with numerous Wake County Open Spaces
properties surrounding the Site and two Triangle Land Conservancy Preservation Sites
located within two miles south and southwest of the Site indicating good opportunities to
increase preservation areas in the watershed and reconnect habitat via corridors.
• Permanent preservation of riparian wetlands located in the Marks Creek Floodplain,
which contains the Piedmont/Mountain Semipermanent Impoundment (Open Water,
Shrub, and Piedmont Marsh Subtype Natural Communities; in addition, a Granitic
Flatrock (Annual Herb Subtype) Natural Community is located less than 0.1 mile
southeast of the Site.
• Permanent preservation of riparian wetlands with a current Natural Heritage record for
worthy shield lichen (Canoparmelia amabilis) immediately adjacent to the southern Site
boundary; in addition to, a historical record for Michaux’s sumac (Rhus michauxii) on-
Site within the powerline corridor.

2.0 SITE DESCRIPTION
2.1 General Description
The North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program (EEP) has established the Mark’s Creek
TESC Preservation Project (Site) located off of Turnipseed Road (SR 2507) on the east central
edge of Wake County along the Wake and Johnston County line. The Site is located in two
parcels owned by the Triangle Land Conservancy (PIN 1772152364 and 1772144414) within 14-
digit Cataloging Unit 03020201100020 (sub-basin 03-04-02) of the Neuse River Basin (Figures
1-3, Appendix A). The Site is protected by a permanent conservation easement recorded in Deed
Book 11172 Pages 1296-1308. Current land-use at the Site is comprised of swamp forest and
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non-tidal freshwater marsh due to current beaver activity. Land-use adjacent to the Site consists
of forest with scattered agricultural land and residential property. The conservation easement
boundary is well-marked.
2.2 Directions
Directions to the Site from Raleigh (Figure 2, Appendix A):
Travel East on US-64/US-264,
After 5.8 miles, take exit 425 toward Smithfield Road,
Turn right onto Smithfield Road,
After 2.3 miles, turn left onto Turnipseed Road,
Site will be on the left in approximately 1.3 miles.
Site Latitude, Longitude: 35.7401, -78.4238 (NAD83/WGS84)

3.0 SITE SELECTION

The Site contains riparian wetlands in the Marks Creek stream system, which is currently
affected by agricultural runoff, sedimentation, streambank erosion, and reduced or inadequate
riparian zones.

Conservation Values
• Permanent preservation of riparian wetlands located on a stream classified as Nutrient
Sensitive Waters (NCDWR 2013).
• Permanent preservation of riparian wetlands in the Wake-Johnston Collaborative Local
Watershed Planning area, which has a large amount of forested area indicating good
opportunities for preservation and habitat reconnection via corridors (NCEEP 2010).
• Permanent preservation of riparian wetlands with numerous Wake County Open Spaces
properties surrounding the Site and two Triangle Land Conservancy Preservation Sites
located within two miles south and southwest of the Site indicating good opportunities to
increase preservation areas in the watershed and reconnect habitat via corridors.
• Permanent preservation of riparian wetlands located in the Marks Creek Floodplain,
which contains the Piedmont/Mountain Semipermanent Impoundment (Open Water,
Shrub, and Piedmont Marsh Subtype Natural Communities; in addition, a Granitic
Flatrock (Annual Herb Subtype) Natural Community is located less than 0.1 mile
southeast of the Site.
• Permanent preservation of riparian wetlands with a current Natural Heritage record for
worthy shield lichen (Canoparmelia amabilis) immediately adjacent to the southern Site
boundary; in addition to, a historical record for Michaux’s sumac (Rhus michauxii) on-
Site within the powerline corridor.

Threats of Adverse Modification
Adjacent agricultural land and increasing urban land uses in the Upper Neuse Watershed make
preservation of the Site important to maintaining water quality in the Marks Creek watershed.

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4.0 BASELINE INFORMATION
4.1 Physical Features
The Site is located in the Northern Outer Piedmont ecoregion of the Piedmont physiographic
region of North Carolina. Topography within the ecoregion is generally comprised of dissected
irregular planes, some low rounded hills and ridges, and low- to moderate-gradient streams with
mostly cobble, gravel, and sandy substrates. Topography within the Site ranges from
approximately 200 feet above sea level in the northern portion of the Site to 180 feet at the
downstream (southern) end of the Site.
4.2 Plant and Wildlife Communities
The natural community dominating the Site is Piedmont Semi-permanent Impoundment
(Piedmont Marsh Subtype) due to a well-established beaver impoundment. The vegetation
consists of herbaceous aquatic species with mature trees around the edges of the marsh.
Dominant species include red maple (Acer rubrum), willow oak (Quercus phellos), river birch
(Betula nigra), sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua), and tulip poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera).
Dominant understory species include hazel alder (Alnus serrulata), ironwood (Carpinus
caroliniana), American holly (Ilex opaca), American beech (Fagus grandifolia), microstegium
(Microstegium vimeneum), soft rush (Juncus effusus), black willow (Salix nigra), sedge (Carex
spp.), reed (Phragmites sp.), and common greenbrier (Smilax rotundifolia). Chinese privet
(Ligustrum sinense) and Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) were observed scattered
along the edges of the Site in minimal quantities.
4.3 Jurisdictional Wetlands
The Site contains two jurisdictional wetland systems, which total 21.46 acres; the table below
gives information for each system.

Jurisdictional Wetland Characteristics
Type (Riparian, non-
Riparian, etc.)
Description
(Floodplain depression,
seepage slope, etc.)
Acreage
Wetland 1 Riparian Riverine Nontidal Freshwater
Marsh/Swamp Forest 18.13
Wetland 2 Riparian Riverine Swamp Forest 3.32
Total 21.46

5.0 SITE PROTECTION INSTRUMENT

The land required for stewardship of this mitigation project includes portions of the following
parcels. A copy of the recorded conservation easement deed is included in Appendix B.

Parcel Landowner PIN County
Site
Protection
Instrument
Deed Book
and Page
Number
Date Deed
Signed
Acreage
protected
Parcel
1
Triangle
Land
Conservancy
1772152364 Wake Conservation
Easement
Bk 11172 Pg
1296-1308
January 4,
2005 27.89 acres
Parcel
2
Triangle
Land
Conservancy
1772144414 Wake Conservation
Easement
Bk 11172 Pg
1296-1308
January 4,
2005 3.65 acres
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All site protection instruments require 60-day advance notification to the Corps and the State
prior to any action to void, amend, or modify the document. No such action shall take place
unless approved by the State.
5.1 Encumbrances
A 100-foot wide Duke Energy transmission right-of-way bisects the southwest corner of the Site.
Additionally, two approximately 8-foot wide off-road paths runs were found within the Site.
One path was found running east-west in the northern portion of the site; it has very little use.
Another was located in the eastern portion of the site; this path runs north south and appears to
have been used with some regularity. These are depicted on Figure 4 (Appendix A) and will not
generate mitigation credit.

6.0 DETERMINATION OF CREDITS

A delineation of project wetland mitigation assets was conducted in January 2015 with Global
Positioning Systems (Figure 4, Appendix A and Wetland Dataforms, Appendix C). The
following tables summarize Site mitigation assets.

All credits will be released upon IRT approval. The project service area will be in compliance
with the EEP In-Lieu Fee Instrument.

Mark’s Creek TESC, Wake County, Neuse River Basin, 03020201 Cataloging Unit
EEP Project Number 92248
Mitigation Credits
Warm Stream Riparian Wetland Non-riparian
Wetland
Riparian
Buffer
Nitrogen
Nutrient
Offset
Phosphorous
Nutrient
Offset
Type R RE R RE R RE
Totals NA NA NA 4.2 NA NA NA NA NA
Wetland Mitigation Unit
Component Summation
Preservation
components
Riparian Non-riverine Wetlands
Areas within Powerline ROW/Established
Trails
(No Credit)
Mitigation Ratio
(5:1)
Wetland 1 0.57 17.57
Wetland 2 0.09 3.23
Total
(acreage) 0.66 20.79
Total WMUs 0 4.2
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7.0 LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT PLAN

Upon approval for close-out by the Interagency Review Team (IRT), the Site will be transferred
to the NCDENR Division of Natural Resource Planning and Conservation’s Stewardship
Program. This party shall be responsible for periodic inspection of the site to ensure that
restrictions required in the conservation easement or the deed restriction document(s) are upheld.
The NCDENR is currently evaluating the endowment model. Until the evaluation is complete
and any changes resulting from the model are implemented, the long-term management of this
project will be funded annually.

8.0 FINANCIAL ASSURANCES

Pursuant to Section IV H and Appendix III of the Ecosystem Enhancement Program’s In-Lieu
Fee Instrument dated July 28, 2010, the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural
Resources has provided the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington District with a formal
commitment to fund projects to satisfy mitigation requirements assumed by EEP. This
commitment provides financial assurance for all mitigation projects implemented by the
program.

9.0 REFERENCES

Griffith, G.E., J.M. Omernik, J.A. Comstock, M.P. Schafale, W.H. McNab, D.R. Lenat, T.F.
MacPherson, J.B. Glover, and V.B. Shelbourne. 2002. Ecoregions of North Carolina and South
Carolina. U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.

NC Division of Water Resources (2010), Neuse River Basin Water Resources Plan. Department
of Environment and Natural Resources, NC Division of Water Resources, Raleigh, NC

NC Division of Water Resources (2013), Neuse River Basin Surface Water Classifications,
online (February 2, 2015). http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wq/ps/csu/classifications. Department
of Environment and Natural Resources, NC Division of Water Resources, Raleigh, NC

NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program (2013), Wake-Johnston Collaborative Local Watershed
Plan- Phase I. online (February 2, 2015).
http://portal.ncdenr.org/c/document_library/get_file?p_l_id=60409&folderId=16006643&name=
DLFE-77404.pdf. Department of Environment and Natural Resources, NC Ecosystem
Enhancement Program, Raleigh, NC

NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program (2010), Neuse River Basin Restoration Priorities, NC
Department of Environment and Natural Resources, NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program,
Raleigh, NC

NC Natural Heritage Program (2015), Biotics Database. Office of Land and Water Stewardship.
Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Schafale, M.P. and Weakley, A. S. (1990), Classification of the Natural Communities of North
Carolina, Third Approximation, NC Natural Heritage Program, Raleigh, NC

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APPENDIX A
FIGURES AND PHOTOGRAPHS

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Photo 1. Wetland 1, facing north from
Turnipseed Rd.
Photo 2. Wetland 1, facing north from
Turnipseed Rd.
Photo 3. Wetland 2, facing north from
Turnipseed Rd.

Photo 4. Drainage in Wetland 1, photo looking
west

Photo 5. Path in easement facing north

Photo 6. Path in easement facing south

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Photo 7. End of path facing north toward
Wetland 1

Photo 8. Facing east in the northern portion of
Wetland 1

Photo 9. Facing southeast in the northern
portion of Wetland 1

Photo 10. Facing west in the northern portion
of Wetland 1

Photo 11. Facing north in the northern
portion of Wetland 1

Photo 12. Outside of easement facing
southeast into Wetland 1

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Photo 13. Large breach in beaver dam in
Wetland 1

Photo 14. Facing west across impoundment in
Wetland 1

Photo 15. Facing south toward Wetland 2

Photo 16. Facing north toward upland

Photo 17. Drained impoundment facing
northeast toward Wetland 1

Photo 18. Another view of drained
impoundment, facing northeast toward
Wetland 1

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APPENDIX B
SITE PROTECTION INSTRUMENTS

Triangle Land Conservancy, Wake County Parcel. Recorded Conservation Easement

WAKE COUNTY, NC 373
LAURA M RIDDICK
REGISTER OF DEEDS
PRESENTED 8 RECORDED ON
S4ii AT 14:09:52
WAKE COUNTY
SPO File Number 92 -DG
Return to:
Blanc Rice, State Property Office
1321 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1321
THIS CONSERVATION EASEMENT DEED, made this day of
January, 2005, by Triangle Land Conservancy, a North Carolina nonprofit corporation.,
("Grantor"), whose mailing address is 1101 Haynes Street, Suite 205, NC 27604 to the
State of North Carolina, ("Grantee"), whose mailing address is State of North Carolina,
Department of Administration, State Property Office, 1321 Mail Service Center, Raleigh,
NC 27699-1321. The designations Grantor and Grantee as used herein shall include said
parties, their heirs, successors, and assigns, and shall include singular, plural, masculine,
feminine, or neuter as required by context.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, The State of North Carolina is qualified to be the Grantee of a
Conservation Easement pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 121-35; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-214.8 et ��-
the State of North Carolina has established the Ecosystem Enhancement Program within
the Department of Environment and Natural Resources for the purposes of acquiring,
maintaining, restoring, enhancing, creating and preserving wetland and riparian resources
that contribute to the protection and improvement of water quality, flood prevention,
fisheries, aquatic habitat, wildlife habitat, and recreational opportunities; and.

WHEREAS, the Ecosystem Enhancement Program in the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources has approved acceptance of this instrument, and
WHEREAS, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the North
Carolina Department of Transportation and the United States Anny Corps of Engineers,
Wilmington District entered into a Memorandum of Agreement, (MOA) duly executed
by all parties on July 22, 2003. This MOA recognizes that the Ecosystem Enhancement
Program is to provide for compensatory mitigation by effective protection of the land,
water and natural resources of the State by restoring, enhancing and preserving
ecosystem functions; and
WHEREAS, the acceptance of this instrument for and on behalf of the State of
North Carolina was granted to the Department of Administration by resolution as
approved by the Governor and Council of State adopted at a meeting held in the City of
Raleigh, North Carolina, on the 8"' day of February 2000; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-214.8, two of
the components of the Ecosystem Enhancement Program are (1) restoration and perpetual
maintenance of wetlands, riparian areas, and surface waters and (2) land ownership and
management; and
WHEREAS, Grantor owns in fee simple certain real property situated, lying, and
being in Marks Creek Township, Wake County, North Carolina (the "Protected
Property"), and being more particularly described as those two certain parcels of land
containing approximately 31.54 acres, referenced as NCPIN 1772-15-2364 being 27.89
acres and NCPIN 1772-1.4-4414 being 3.65 acres, and being conveyed to the Grantor by
deed as recorded in Deed Book 11, at Page I a 9 0 of the Wake County
Registry, North Carolina; and
WHEREAS, Grantor is willing to grant a Conservation Easement on. the
Protected Property, thereby restricting and limiting the use of the Protected Property to
the terms and conditions and purposes hereinafter set forth, and Grantee is willing to
accept such casement. This Conservation. Easement shall be for the protection and
benefit of the waters of Mark's Creek, a tributary to the Neuse River.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants, terms,
conditions, and restrictions hereinafter set forth, Grantor unconditionally and irrevocably
hereby grants and conveys unto Grantee, its successors and assigns, forever and in
perpetuity, a Conservation Easement of the nature and character and to the extent
hereinafter set forth, over all of the Protected Property, referred to hereafter as the
"Easement Area", for the benefit of the people of North Carolina, and being all of the
tract of land as identified on a plat of survey entitled "Property Survey for The Trust for
Public Land Marks Creek Township Wake County North Carolina" dated December 10,
2004, certified by Clyde T. Pearce and being more particularly described in Exhibit A
attached hereto and by this reference incorporated herein.
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The purposes of this Conservation Easement are to maintain, restore, enhance,
create and preserve wetland and/or riparian resources in the Easement Area that
contribute to the protection and improvement of water quality, flood prevention, fisheries,
aquatic habitat, wildlife habitat, and recreational opportunities; to maintain permanently
the Easement Area in its natural condition, consistent with these purposes; and to prevent
any use of the Easement Area that will significantly impair or interfere with these
purposes. To achieve these purposes, the following conditions and restrictions are set
forth:
This Conservation Easement shall be perpetual. It is an easement in gross, runs
with the land, and is enforceable by Grantee against Grantor, their personal
representatives, heirs, successors, and assigns, lessees, agents, and licensees.
The Easement Area shall be restricted from any development or usage that would
impair or interfere with the purposes of this Conservation Easement. Unless expressly
reserved as a compatible use herein, any activity in, or use of, the Easement Area by the
Grantor is prohibited as inconsistent with the purposes of this Conservation Easement.
Any rights not expressly reserved hereunder by the Grantor have been acquired by the
Grantee. The following specific uses are prohibited, restricted, or reserved as indicated:
A. Recreational Uses. Grantor expressly reserves the right to undeveloped
recreational uses, including hiking, birdwatching, hunting and fishing, and
access to the Easement Area for the purposes thereof. Usage of motorized
vehicles in the Easement Area is prohibited, except as they are used for
management, maintenance, or stewardship purposes, or on existing roads.
The term "existing roads" as used throughout this instrument shall mean those
roads existing on the Protected Property at the time of the recording of this
Conservation Easement. Hiking foot trails may be constructed to support the
permitted recreational and educational uses of the Protected Property
permitted by this Conservation Easement. Such trails must be constructed of
a pervious surface and in accordance with best management practices to
minimize soil erosion and water quality impacts, may not be more than six
feet wide and shall be located in a manner acceptable to the Ecosystem
Enhancement Program. Grantor reserves the right to construct a small bridge
to cross over the stream in the future as part of a future trail system, subject to
EEP approval.
B. Educational Uses. The Grantor reserves the right to engage in educational
uses in the Easement Area not inconsistent with this Conservation Easement,
and the night of access to the Easement Area for such purposes including
organized educational activities such as site visits and observations.
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Educational uses of the property shall not alter vegetation, hydrology or
topography of the site.
C. Vegetative Cutting. Cutting, removal, mowing, han-ning, or destruction of
any vegetation in the Easement Area is prohibited, except as necessary to
control invasive and/or exotic species present in the Easement Area as of the
date of recording of this Conservation Easement, or as necessary to engage in
the other uses of the Easement Area expressly permitted herein, including, but
not limited to the construction of trails pursuant to above section II.A.
D. Industrial, Residential and Commercial Uses. All are prohibited in the
Easement Area.
E. Agricultural Use. All agricultural uses within the Easement Area
including any use for cropland, waste lagoons, or pastureland are prohibited.
F. Forest Management. Grantor reserves the right to manage the forest for the
purposes of water quality protection, wildlife habitat enhancement, forest
health, and restoration after natural disasters including but not limited to fire,
ice, hurricane, and storm damage provided that all forest management
activities follow a forest management plan written by a registered North
Carolina Forester following the North Carolina Division of Forest Resources
Forest Stewardship Program Guidelines, subject to the approval of the
grantee.
G. New Construction. There shall be no building, facility, mobile home,
antenna, utility pole, tower, or other structure constructed or placed in the
Easement Area except one environmental learning kiosk which may be
constructed with the written permission of the Grantee.
H. Existing Roads, Parking Areas, and Access Gates. Grantor expressly
reserves the right to maintain existing roads and stream crossings located in
the Easement Area in order to minimize runoff and sedimentation and to
maintain access to the interior of the Protected Property for management,
maintenance, stewardship purposes, or undeveloped recreational and
educational uses of the Protected Property. These roads shall not be paved or
covered with asphalt, but gravel or permanent vegetation may be used to
stabilize or cover the road surfaces. One parking area is permitted within the
Easement Area provided that the following conditions are met: 1) this parking
area is located adjacent to existing roads within the existing electric utility
easement; 2) no trees are removed to create this parking area; and 3) gravel or
permanent herbaceous vegetation are utilized to stabilize the soil and
minimize the potential for erosion occurring from this parking area. Existing
access gates may be improved, replaced, or maintained and new access gates
may be constructed to control access to the Protected Property. New roads or
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stream crossings may not be constructed in the Easement Area without the
written permission of the Grantee.
I. Signs. No signs shall be permitted in the Easement Area except interpretive
signs describing restoration activities and the conservation values of the
Easement Area, signs identifying the owner of the Protected Property and the
holder of the Conservation Easement, signs giving directions, or signs
prescribing rules and regulations for the use of the Easement Area may be
allowed.
J. Dumping or Storing. Dumping or storage of soil, trash, ashes, garbage,
waste, abandoned vehicles, appliances or machinery, or other material in the
Easement Area is prohibited.
K. Grading, Mineral Use, Excavation, Dredging. There shall be no grading,
filling, excavation, dredging, mining, or drilling; no removal of topsoil, sand,
gravel, rock, peat, minerals, or other materials in the Easement Area, except as
necessary to improve existing roads and stream crossings in order to enhance
their long-term stability and minimize erosion. Any grading will be done in
such a way that disturbance of the riparian area (300 foot buffer of the water
course) is kept to a minimum. Grantor will seek permission, on a case-by-
case basis, to remove any native vegetation for the purposes of grading or
repair.
L. Water Quality and Drainage Patterns. There shall be no diking, draining,
dredging, channeling, filling, leveling, pumping, impounding or related
activities, or altering or tampering with water control structures or devices, or
disruption or alteration of the restored, enhanced, or created drainage patterns.
In addition, any activity by the Grantor diverting, causing, allowing or
permitting the diversion of surface or underground water into, within or out of
the Easement Area is not allowed. All removal of wetlands, polluting or
discharging into waters, springs, seeps, or wetlands, or use of pesticide or
biocides is prohibited.
M. Subdivision and Conveyance. No further subdivision, partitioning, or
dividing of the Easement Area is allowed. Unless agreed to by the Grantee in
writing, any future conveyance of the Easement Area and the rights as
conveyed herein shall be as a single block of property.
N. Development Rights. No development rights that have been encumbered or
extinguished by this Conservation Easement shall be transferred pursuant to a
transferable development rights scheme or cluster development arrangement
or otherwise.
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O. Disturbance of Natural Features. Any change, disturbance, alteration or
impairment of the natural features of the Easement Area, except as provided
for in the paragraphs above, or any intentional introduction of non-native
plants, trees and/or animal species is prohibited.
The Grantee, authorized representatives of the Grantee and their successors or
assigns shall have the right to enter the Easement Area and shall have the right of
reasonable ingress and egress to the Easement Area over the Protected Property, at all
reasonable times to undertake any activities to restore, manage, maintain, enhance, and
monitor the wetland and riparian resources of the Easement Area, in accordance with a
long-term management plan. These activities include planting of trees, shrubs and
herbaceous vegetation, installation of monitoring wells, utilization of heavy equipment to
grade, fill, and prepare the soil, modification of the hydrology of the site, and installation
of natural and manmade materials as needed to direct in -stream, above ground, and
subterraneous water flow.
The Grantor may request permission to vary from the above restrictions for good
cause shown, provided that any such request is consistent with the purposes of this
Conservation Easement. The Grantor shall not vary from the above restrictions without
first obtaining written approval from the Ecosystem Enhancement Program, whose
mailing address is 1619 Mail Services Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1619.
A. Enforcement. To accomplish the purposes of this Conservation
Easement, Grantee is allowed to prevent any activity within the Easement
Area that is inconsistent with the purposes of this Easement and to require
the restoration of such areas or features of the Easement Area that may
have been damaged by such activity or use. Upon any breach of the tenns
of this Conservation Easement by Grantor, Grantor's their successors or
assigns, that comes to the attention of the Grantee, the Grantee shall,
except as provided below, notify the Grantor in writing of such breach.
The Grantor shall have ninety (90) days after receipt of such notice to
correct the conditions constituting such breach. If the breach remains
uncured after ninety (90) days, the Grantee may enforce this Conservation
Easement by appropriate legal proceedings including damages, injunctive
and other relief. The Grantee shall also have the power and authority,
consistent with its statutory authority: (a) to prevent any impairment of
the Easement Area by acts which may be unlawful or in violation of this
Conservation Easement; (b) to otherwise preserve or protect its interest in
the Property; or (c) to seek damages from any appropriate person or entity.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Grantee reserves the immediate right,
without notice, to obtain a temporary restraining order, injunctive or other
appropriate relief if the breach of the term of this Conservation Easement
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is or would irreversibly or otherwise materially impair the benefits to be
derived from this Conservation Easement. The Grantor and Grantee
acknowledge that under such circumstances damage to the Grantee would
be irreparable and remedies at law will be inadequate. The rights and
remedies of the Grantee provided hereunder shall be in addition to, and
not in lieu of, all other rights and remedies available to Grantee in
connection with this Conservation Easement.
B. Inspection. The Grantee, its employees and agents, successors and
assigns, have the right, with reasonable notice, to enter the Easement Area
at reasonable times for the purpose of inspection to determine whether the
Grantor, their successors or assigns are complying with the terms,
conditions and restrictions of this Conservation Easement.
C. Acts Beyond Grantor's Control. Nothing contained in this Conservation
Easement shall be construed to entitle Grantee to bring any action against
Grantor, their successors or assigns for any injury or change in the
Easement Area caused by third parties, resulting from causes beyond the
Grantor's control, including, without limitation, fire, flood, storm, and
earth movement, or from any prudent action taken in good faith by the
Grantor under emergency conditions to prevent, abate, or mitigate
significant injury to life, damage to property or harm to the Property
resulting from such causes.
D. Costs of Enforcement. Beyond regular and typical monitoring, any costs
incurred by Grantee in enforcing the terms of this Conservation Easement
against Grantor, their successors or assigns including, without limitation,
any costs of restoration necessitated by Grantor's acts or omissions in
violation of the terms of this Conservation Easement, shall be borne by
Grantor.
E. No Waiver. Enforcement of this Easement shall be at the discretion of the
Grantee and any forbearance by Grantee to exercise its rights hereunder in
the event of any breach of any term set forth herein shall not be deemed or
construed to be a waiver by Grantee. No delay or omission by Grantee in
exercise of any right or remedy shall impair such riot or remedy or be
construed as a waiver.
V. MISCELLANEOUS
A. This Conservation Easement shall be construed to promote the purposes of
N.C. Gen Stat. § 143-214.8 et M,. the Ecosystem Enhancement Program.
B. This instrument sets forth the entire agreement of the parties with respect
to the Conservation Easement and supersedes all prior discussions,
negotiations, understandings or agreements relating to the Conservation
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Easement. If any provision is found to be invalid, the remainder of the
provisions of the Conservation Easement, and the application of such
provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is
found to be invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
C. Any notices shall be sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt
requested to the parties at their addresses shown above or to other
address(es) as either party establishes in writing upon notification to the
other.
D. Grantor shall notify Grantee in writing of the name and address and any
party to whom the Protected Property or any part thereof is to be
transferred at or prior to the time said transfer is made. Grantor further
agrees to make any subsequent lease, deed, or other legal instrument by
which any interest in the Protected Property is conveyed subject to the
Conservation Easement herein created.
E. The Grantor and Grantee agree that the terms of this Conservation
Easement shall survive any merger of the fee and easement interests in the
Property or any portion thereof.
F. This Conservation Easement may be amended, but only in a writing
signed by all parties hereto, and provided such amendment does not affect
the qualification of this Conservation Easement or the status of the
Grantee under any applicable laws, and is consistent with the purposes of
the Conservation Easement.
G. The parties recognize and agree that the benefits of this Conservation
Easement are in gross and assignable provided, however, that the Grantee
hereby covenants and agrees, that in the event it transfers or assigns this
Conservation Easement, the organization receiving the interest will be a
qualified holder under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 121-34 et seq. and § 170(h) of the
Internal Revenue Code, and the Grantee further covenants and agrees that
the terms of the transfer or assignment will be such that the transferee or
assignee will be required to continue in perpetuity the conservation
purposes described in this document.
VI. QUIET ENJOYMENT
Grantor reserves all remaining rights accruing from ownership of the Protected
Property, including the right to engage in or permit or invite others to engage in only
those uses of the Easement Area that are expressly reserved herein, not prohibited or
restricted herein, and are not inconsistent with the purposes of this Conservation
Easement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Grantor expressly
reserves to the Grantor, and the Grantor's invitees and licensees, the right of access to the
Easement Area, and the right of quiet enjoyment of the Easement Area.
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TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said rights and easements perpetually unto
Grantee for the aforesaid purposes.
AND Grantor covenants that Grantor is seized of said premises in fee and has the
right to convey the permanent Conservation Easement herein granted; that the same are
free from encumbrances and that Grantor will warrant and defend title to the same against
the claims of all persons whomsoever.
The remainder of this page is intentionally left blank.
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IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the Grantor has hereunto set his hand and seal,
the day and year first above written.
Triai
Noii
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AnAec a Notary Public of Ck—�ry
'ge County,
North Carolina do hereby certify that John R. McAdams, Grantor, personally
appeared before me this day and acknowledged that he is the President of
Triangle Land Conservancy, a non-profit corporation, and that by authority duly
given and as act of the corporation the foregoing instrument was signed by its
President.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and Notary Seal this
the day of 1 2004
Notary Publid'-�
My commission expires: g—jX%ke
In
A A(D
NOTARY
PUBLIC
Seal]
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EXHIBIT A
Lying and being in the Marks Creek Township, County of Wake, State of North Carolina,
and being more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at a PK Nail in Centerline of Bridge in the 60 foot Public Right -of -Way of
Turnipseed Road (SR 2507) and running along an eastern boundary of that property of
Meadow Glen Subdivision Open Space as shown on map recorded in Book of Maps 1999
Page 1519 in the Wake County Public Registry, the following eight (8) courses and
distances as follows: (1) N. 45-32-53 W. 180.09 feet to a point; (2) N. 12-06-29 E. 55.35
feet to a point; (3) N. 25-42-58 W. 39.61 feet to a point; (4) N. 08-21-08 E. 248.08 feet to
a point; (5) N. 65-33-30 E. 25.73 feet to a point; (6) N. 07-49-21 W. 37.61 feet to a point;
(7) N. 43-01-03 E. 38.28 feet to a point; and (8) N. 09-44-04 W. 1066.04 feet to a point in
a southwesterly comer of that property owned by A.I. Goodson (now or formerly) as
described in that instrument recorded in Deed Book 3173 Page 436 in the aforesaid
Public Registry; running thence along a southerly boundary of the aforesaid Goodson
Property N. 88-57-48 E. 475.43 feet to an existing iron pipe located in a southwesterly
comer of that property owned by George Pleasants (now or formerly) as described in that
instrument recorded in Deed Book 3185 Page 985 in the aforesaid Public Registry,
passing an existing iron pipe at 35.39 feet; running thence along a southerly boundary of
the aforesaid Pleasants Property the following two (2) courses and distances: (I) N. 85-
42-48 E. 575.00 feet to a new rebar; and (2) N. 48-45-00 E. 366.55 feet to a new rebar
located in a westerly comer of that property owned by Della Medlin (now or formerly) as
described in that instrument recorded in Deed Book 1712 Page 141 in the aforesaid
Public Registry; running thence along a westerly boundary of the aforesaid Medlin
Property the following four (4) courses and distances: (1) S. 02-29-02 W. 461.00 feet to a
new iron pipe; (2) S. 36-29-02 W. 1030.00 feet to a new iron pipe; (3) S. 49-29-02 W.
350.00 feet to a new rebar; and (4) S. 04-29-02 W. 316.00 feet to a new rebar located in
the boundary of that property owned by Lacy Edgerton (now or formerly) as described in
that instrument recorded in Deed Book 2102 Page 647 in the aforesaid Public Registry;
running thence S. 73-19-18 W. 174.56 feet to the PK Nail in Centerline of Bridge, the
Point and Place of Beginning, containing 27.89 acres as shown on Survey for The Trust
For Public Land dated December 10, 2004, prepared by Clyde T. Pearce, Williams -
Pearce & Assoc., P.A. P.L.S. L-2481, reference to which survey is hereby made for a
more particular description.
MKOW11
To Find the Point and Place of Beginning, begin at a PK Nail in Centerline of Bridge in
the 60 foot Public Right -of -Way of Turnipseed Road (SR 2507) and running with a
portion of the Public Right -of -Way of Turnipseed Road and along an western boundary
of the property owned by Lacy Edgerton (now or formerly) as described in that
instrument recorded in Deed Book 2102 Page 647 in the Wake County Public Registry N.
73-19-18 E. 174.56 feet to a new rebar, The POINT AND PLACE OF BEGINNING,
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running thence from the Point and Place of Beginning along a southerly and southeasterly
boundary of that property owned by Della Medlin (now or formerly) as described in that
instrument recorded in Book 1712 Page 141 in the aforesaid Public Registry the
following nine (9) courses and distances: (1) N. 48-29-02 E. 100.00 feet to a new rebar;
(2) N. 23-59-02 E. 196.00 feet to a new rebar; (3) N. 02-14-02 E. 110.00 feet to a new
rebar; (4) N. 32-29-02 E. 74.00 feet to a new iron pipe; (5) N. 55-29-02 E. 132.00 feet to
a new iron pipe; (6) N. 57-29-02 E. 117.00 feet to a new iron pipe; (7) S. 74-30-58 E.
128.00 feet to a new iron pipe; (8) S. 81-00-58 E. 97.00 feet to a new iron pipe; and (9) S.
57-57-02 E. 181.11 feet to a new rebar located in. a common comer of the aforesaid
Edgerton Property and the aforesaid Medlin Property; running thence with a boundary of
the aforesaid Edgerton Property S. 62-14-02 W. 880.00 feet to a new rebar, the Point and
Place of Beginning, containing 3.65 acres as shown on a Survey for The Trust for Public
Land, dated December 10, 2004, prepared by Clyde T. Pearce, Williams -Pearce &
Assoc., P.A., P.L.S. L-2481, reference to which survey is hereby made for a more
particular description.
TOGETHER WITH an easement twenty (20) feet in width from Della P. Medlin as
shown and described on Access Easement Agreement recorded in Book 11160 Page 2508
in the Wake County Public Registry.
TOGETHER WITH an easement fifteen (15) feet in width from Jewell E. Best and
husband T. Wayne Best and Ruth E. Best and husband Erninit J. Best, Heirs of Lacy
Edgerton as shown and described on Access Easement Agreement recorded in Book
11160 Page 2501 in the Wake County Public Registry.
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Mark’s Creek TESC Preservation Project
EEP ID 92248 Appendices

APPENDIX C
WETLAND FORMS

WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM - Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Region
Projecl/Site; _
Applicant/Owner:.
Investigotorfs):
City/County: Sampling Date
5 \o^^0t-\<^'<-w^^fy: t ()^ Section, lovmship. Range: Ma-^kc, Zreel-^
e, etc.): '^Ct tUv Local relief (concave, convex, none): CO"^^U—C^
State: Sampling Point: $ ^(7 /
Landform (hillslope. terrace, etc.):. U. KUi Local relief (concave, convex none):
Siibrogion (LRR or MLf^Aj: Ljl^O-riUlt Oe? Lat: ^5^^ IHl 7 Lottg: "If. ^^33^ Datum:
Soil Map Unit Name; l//eU[i []/ f'^'gP, , NWI classiHcation; P^-Ql'^^
Are climatic / hydrotogic conditions on the site typical for this lime of year? Yos
/I/ . or Hydrology 1^ significantly disturbed'
Slope (%); Y
Are Vegetation A/
Arc: Vegrnation
Soil.
Soil 77" , or Hvdrolnoy 1^
X (If no, explain in Remarks.)
naturally problem.itic?
No ., , ,
Arc '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.
Hydric Soil Present? Yes.
Wetland Hydrology Present^ Yos.
X
N<)_
No
Is the Sampled Area
within a Wetland? Yes No
Remarks;
HYDROLOGY
Wetland Hydrology Indicators;
Pnmarv Indicators (rriinimum of one is required; check all that apply)
^ Surface Water (A1)
High Water Table (A2)
X Saturation (A3)
Water Marks (Bl)
Sediment Deposits (82)
Dritt Deposits (B3)
Algal Mat or Crust (B4)
Iron Deposits (B5j
Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (B7)
Water-Stained Leaves (89)
Aquatic Fauria (813)
True Aquatic Plants (814)
Hydrogen Sulfide 0*)r (CI)
Oxidized Rhizospheres on Living Roots (03)
Presence of Reduced Iron (C-l)
Recent Iron Reduction in Tilled Soils (C6)
Thin Muck Surface (C7)
Other (Explain in Remarks)
Secondary Indicators (minimum of two required)
Surface Soil Cracks (86)
Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (88)
Drainage Patterns (BIO)
Moss Trim Lines (816)
Dry-Season Water Table (C2)
Crayfish Burrows (C8)
Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9)
_ Stunted or Stressed Plants (D1)
_2L Geomorphic Position (D2)
Shallow Aquitard (D3)
Microtopographic Relief (04)
f AC-Neulrallest (05)
Field Obsorvations:
Surface Waier Present? Yos i No Depth (inches):
Water Table Present? Yes No Depth (inches);
Saturation Present? Yes No Depth (inches); Wetland Hvdroloav Present? Yes A No
(includes capillary fringe)
Describe Rocordod Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available;
Remarks;
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0
VEGETATION (Five Strata) - Use scientific names of plants. Sampling Point
Tree Stratum (Plot size: •^'^^ttii )
3_ 7 M
A
5.
6.
50% of total cover:
Sapling Slralum (Pint sl/e: )
1 • 0^"0\>^.'^h Cu'tf I'v^'CVvn
2 ^fp- j^ii^t^v^
50% of total cover:
Sfirub Stratum (Plot size:
2.
3
4
5-_
6.
Herb Stratum (Plot size:
1.
2.
3.
4
50% of total cover:
)
10.
11.
50% of total cover:
Woody Vine Siraium (Plot size:
2,.
3..
4.
50% Of total cover:
Absolute
% Cover
-in
Doninanl Indicator
Species? Status
Total Cover
20'/o of total cover: [h
10
ML
_ 20% of
10
= Total Cover
total cover: ' 4-
20% of tot
= Total Cover
:al cover:
= Total Cover
20% of total covtH:
10 y
I 0 - Total Cover .
)tal cover: 20% of lota
Dominance Test worksfieel:
Number of Dominant Species
That Are OBL. FACW. or FAC:
Total Number of Dominant
Species Across All Strata:
Percent of Dominant Species
That Are OBL. FACW. or FAC:
4"
•^0
(A)
(B)
(A/B)
Prevalence Index worksheet:
Total % Cover of: Multiply by.
OBL species x i
I ACW species x 2
FAC species x 3
FACU species X 4 --
DPL species x5
Column Totals: (A) (B)
Prevalence Index -• B/A
Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators:
1 • Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation
2 - Dominance Test is >50%
3 - Prevaletice Index is S3,0'
4 - Morphological Adaptations' (Provide supporting
data in Remarks or on a separate sheet)
Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation' (Explain)
'indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must
be present, unless disturbed or problematic.
Definitions of Five 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.
Shrub - Woody plants, excluding woody vines,
approximately 3 to 20 ft (1 !o 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
(1 (1 m) in height
Woody vine All woody vines, regardless of height.
Hydrophytic
Vegetation
Present? Yes No
Remarks: (Include photo numbers here or on a separate sheet.)
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0
SOIL Sampling Point:
Profile Description: (Describe to tfie depth needed to document the indicator or confirm the absence of indicators.)
D(!pth Matrix Redox Features ^
(inches) Color (moist) % Color (moist) % Typi; loC Texture R(?marks
/Qf^-^ ,
l>ci -xSl^--^ 9.(1 lOY-¥^ 10_j^ <Ay\
'type: C^Concentration. D = Oeplelion. f^M Reduced Matrix, MS TvtaskedSand Craiivi 'Location: I^L-= Pore Lining. Mj^Mairix.
Hydric Soil Indicators:
HIStOSOl (A1)
Histic Epipedon (A2)
Black Hisiic |A35
Hydrogen Sulfide (A4)
Stratified Layers (A5)
2 cm Muck (A10) (LRR N)
Depleted Below Dark Surface (Ai i)
I hick Dark Surface (Al 2)
Sandy Mucky Mineral (SI) (LRR IM,
MLRA 147, 148)
Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4)
Sandy Redox (S5)
Slripp(;d Matrix (S6)
Dark Surface (S7)
Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (MLRA 147, 148)
Thin Dark Surface (59) (MLRA 147,148)
Loamy Gleyed Matrix (f 2)
)( Depleted Matrix (FS)
Redox Dark Surface (F6)
Depleted Dark Surface (F7)
Redox Depressions (FS)
Iron-Manganese Masses (F12) (LRR IM,
MLRA 136)
Umbric Surface (F13) (MLRA 136, 122)
Piedmont Floodplatn Soils (FT9) (MLRA 148)
Red Parent Material (FZ1) (MLRA 127, 147)
Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils^:
2 cm Muck (A10) (MLRA 147)
Coast Prairie Redox (A16)
(ML(?A 147,148)
Piedmont Flood|)lain Soils (F19)
(MLRA 136, 147)
Very Shallow Dark Surface (TF12)
Other (Explain in Remarks)
'indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and
wetland hydrology must ixi present,
unless disturbed or problematic.
Restrictive Layer (if observed):
Depth (inches):.
Remarks:
Hydric Soil Present? Yos No
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0
WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM - Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Region
Project/Site: lMc(. ^//^ ^"^
Applicant/Owner: J^^ ' lygk^ Cg-w W"
City/County: _ Sampling Date.
lnve3iigator(s):
Landform (hillslope. terrace, etc.):.
Section, Township, flange:.
Stale: rf/C^ Sampling Point: -C "Juf
ALU Local relief (concave, convex, none): COj^^i/a
Subregion (Lf^R or MLRA): LM ^^C^l-jQP Lat: 3T,'?3^T5~0 Long- ' 7'f. ^'^117^3
Soil Map Unit Name: _ NWI classification:
Are climatic / hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes
Are Vegetation f\ . Soil \ or Hydrology H significantly disturbed?
Are Vegetation Soil M or Hydrology A/ naturally prtjblematic?
No (If no, explain in Remarks.)
_ Slope (%):
Are "Normal Circumstances" present? Yes ^ No
(If needed, explain any answers in Remarks.)
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS - Attach site map shotting sampling point locations, transects, important features, etc.
Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes.
Hydric Soil Present? Yes.
Wetland Hydrology Present'' Yes ,
X No
No Y
NoJL
Is the Sampled Area
within a Wetland? Yes No 1
Remarks;
HYDROLOGY
Wetland Hydrology Indicators:
r^nmarv Indicators (minimum of one is required: check all that apply)
SuTftiQe Water (Al
High Wnta
Saturation (A3)
Water Marks (Bi
Sediment Deposits (82)
Drift Diiposits (B3)
Algal Mat or Crust (84)
Iron Deposits (85)
Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (87)
Water-Stained Leaves (89)
Aquatic Fauna (B13)
True Aquatic Plants (814;
Hydrogen Sulfide Octal (Cl
Oxidized Rhizospheres on Living Roots (C3)
Igsence of Reduced Iron (04)
RecCT«Tfi1rr44eflirctmn in Tilled Soils (C6)
Thin Muck Surface (C
Other (Explain in Remarks)
SecofKlary Indicators (minimum of two rc?quiredl
Surface Soil Cracks (86)
Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (B8)
Drainage Patterns (BIO)
Moss Trim Lines (B16)
Dry-Season Water Table {C2)
Crayfish Burrows (C8)
Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9)
Stunted or Stressed Plants (Dl)
gorphic Position (D2)
ShallowAqLn»»a4)3)
Microtopographic RelieT
FAC-Neutral Test (D5)
Field Observations:
Surface Water Present? Yes No Depth (inches):
Water Table Present? Yes No X Depth (inches):
Saturation Present? Yes No Depth (inches): Wetland Hvdroloqv Present? Yes No ^
(includes capillary frinqe)
Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial ptwtos. previous inspections), if available:
Remarks;
us Aimy Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedrtront - Version 2,0
VEGETATION (Five Strata) - Use scientific names of plants. Sampling Point:.
Tret! Slralum
1 ^
fPlot si, size:
0
3
4
5.
6.
'7f PtiCiHw<t
S0% of total cover:
J Sapling Stratum (Plot size:
1 Cg^i^ftv^-, ^c.-ri(((/-ia-n
2,
3 ,
4,
5,
6-
50% of total cover:
Shrut) Stratum (Plot size:
2. ^'
3..
4 .
5..
6-
Hcrh Stratum (Plot size:.
1,
50% of total cover:
)
10,_
n.
50% of total cover:
Absolute Doninanl Indicator
% Cover Species? Status
ML
" Total Cover
20% of total cover:
Jit.
Y"
'^CJ = Total Cover
20% of total cover:.
• Total Cover
20% of total cover:
50% of total cover:
Woody Vino Siratiim (Plot sizo: )
3,
4
5-
= Total Cover
20% (jf total cover;
4- V
Total Cover
20% of total cover; ()~
Dominance Test worksf^eet:
Number of Dominant Species
That Are OBL. FACW. or FAC:
Total Number of Dominant
Species Across All Strata:
Percent of Dominant Species
That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC;
7 (A)
(B)
(A/B)
Prevalence Index virorksfieet:
Total % Cover of; t^lultiplv by;
OBL species x i
FACW species x2 -
FAC species x 3
FACU species x 4
UPL species X !>
Column Totals; (A) (B)
Prevalence Index 3,'A -
Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators:
1 - Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation
2 - Dominance Test is >50%
3 - Prevalence Index is s3.0'
4 . Morphological Adaptations' (Provide supporting
data in Remarks or on a separate sheet)
Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation' (Explain)
'indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must
be present, unless disiurbtjd or problematic.
Definitions of Five Vegetation Strata:
Tree - Woody plants, excluding woody vines,
approximately 20 ft (6 rn) or more in height and 3 in,
(7.6 cm) or larger in diameter at breast heigtrt (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,
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 No
Remarks; (Include photo numtiers here or on a separate sheet)
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0
SOIL Sampling Point: ^/f^^/'tt^
Profile Description; (Describe to tfie depth needed to document the indicator or confirm the absence of indicators.)
Depth Ma(rix „ Redox Features
(inches) Color (moist) % Color (moist) % Typo Loc* Texture Remarks
6A_J^t5:2 , ^
'Type; C-Concentration, D-Depletion.f?5/l=Reduced Matrix, MS-Masked Sand Grains. ^Location; PL-Pore Lining, M^^Matrix.
Hydric Soil Indicators:
HiStOSOl (Al
Histic
Black Histic (A3)
Hydrogen Sulfide (A4)
Stratified Layers (A5)
2 cm Muck (A10) (LRR N)
Depleted Below Oatk Surface (A) 1)
t hick Dark Surface (A12)
Sandy Mucky Mineral (SI) (LRR N,
MLRA 147, 148)
Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4)
Sandy Redox (S5)
Stripped Matrix (S6)
Dark Surface (S7)
Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (MLRA 147, 148)
Thin Dark Surface (S9) (MLRA 147,148)
Loamy Gleyed Matrix (f 2)
Ed Matrix (r3)
Redox I
Depleted Dark Surface (FTj
Redox Depressions (F6)
Iron-Manganese Masses (F12) (LRR N,
MLRA 136)
Umbric Surface (FT 3) {MLRA 136, 122)
Piedmont Floodplatn Soils (Ft9) (MLRA 148)
Red Parent Material (F21) (MLRA 127, 147)
Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils':
2 cm Muck (A10) (MLRA 147)
Coast Prairie Redox (A 16)
(MLRA 147,148)
Piedmont Floodplatn Soils (F19)
(MLRA 136, 147)
Very Shallow Dark Surface (TF12)
Other (Explain in Remarks)
'indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and
wetland hydrology must be present,
unless disturt)ed or problematic
Restrictive Layer (if observed):
1 ype-
Depth (inches);.
Remarks;
Hydric Soil Present? Yes. No
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Version 2,0
Project/Site:.
WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM - Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Region
^i^r\i's J^^X City/County: V'itkA^ Sampling Date; \^'^'^'^^
Applicant/Owner: State: Sampling Point:
Investigator(s): Section, lownstup. Range:_
Landform (hillslope, terrace, etc.); Local relet (concave, convex, none); C&/i/C^\/^ Slope (%);_
Sutiregion (LRRor MLRA):_ (Jatum; U/if fH
Soil Map Unit Name: Ja/q/^ ' M^/M^^ ^ (i>/0fi ^>lS ,l>-2Z , f-gT"' ^^oafftr^ nm classification;
Arc climatic / hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes No ^ (If no. explain in Remarks.)
Datum; A'
Are Vegetation
Are Vegetation \1
ologic conditions i
. Soil if
Soil
or Hydrology _
or Hydrology.
_ significantly disturbed?
. naturally problem.atic?
Are "Normal Circumstances" present? Yes ^
(It needed, explain any answers in Remarks)
No
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS - Attach site map showing sampling point locations, transects, important features, etc.
^ -No
Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes.
Hydric Soil Present? Yes.
Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes .
Is the Sampled Area
within a Wetland? Yes No
No
Remarks ks:
HYDROLOGY
Wetland Hydrology Indicators;
Pninary Indicators (minimum of one is required: ch(!Ck all that apply)
Surface Water (A1)
/f^igh Water Table (A2)
Saturation (A3)
Water Marks (B1)
x-^ediment Deposits (B2)
Drift Deposits (B3)
Algal Mat or Crust (B4)
Iron Deposits (85)
inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (87)
•MA/ater-Stained Leaves (89)
Aqu,-itic Fauna (813)
True Aquatic Plants (B14)
Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (CI)
^Oxidized Rhizosptieres on Living Roots (C3)
Presence of Reduced Iron (04)
Recent Iron Reduction in Tilled Soils (C6)
Thin Muck Surface (07)
Other (Explain in Remarks)
Secondary Indicators (minirttum of two rtxiuirodl
Surface Soil Cracks (86)
Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (B8)
Drainage Patterns (BIO)
Moss Trim Lines (B16)
Dry-Season Water Table (C2)
Crayfish Burrows (C8)
Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9)
Stunted or Stressed Plants (Dl)
Geomorphic Position (D2)
Shallpw Aquitard (D3j
Midx)topographic Relief (D4)
^"HAC-Neutral Test (D5)
Field Observations;
Surface Water Present? Yes
Water Table Present? Yes
Saturattan Present? Yes
(includes capillary fringe)
^o
s ^ No
Depth (inches)
Depth (inches)
Depth (inches) Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes . No
Describe Recorded Data (siream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), il available:
Remarks:
US Army Corps o\s {Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0
VEGETATION (Four Strata) - Use screntifjc names of plants. Sampling Point: ^-^^ ^
Tree Stratum (Plot size; Atjsoluie Doninant Indicator
% goygr Species? , Status
50% of total^over:
;iplinq/Shriib Stratum (Plot spzo:_
= Total Cover
20% of total cover: ) 7
/ Ff\ -
Herb Stratum (Plot size; C7
.^0% of total cover;
)
. Toial Cover
20% of total cover: 1^
10..
IT
50% Qjto^al cover:
Woody Vine Stratum (Plot size: ^
2 /^i^^oij</'A
= Total Cover
: 20% of total cover; il
/r
= Toial Cover
50% of total cover; ^<'iS~ 20% of total cover; \
Dominance Test worksfreei:
fMumber o! Dominant Species
That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC:
Total Number of Dominant
Species Across All Strata;
Percent of Dominant Species
That Are OBL, FACW. or FAC:
(A)
(B)
(A/B)
Prevalence Index worksheet:
Total % Covei of: tvlultiply i»y:
OBL species x 1 -
FACW species x 2 -
FAC species X 3 =
FACU species x 4
UPL species x 5 ^-
Column Totals: (A)
Prevalence Index = B/A
(B)
Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators;
1 - Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation
? - Dominance Test is >.'jn%
3 - Prevalence Index is s3,0'
4 - Morphological Adaptations' (Provide supporting
data in Remarks or on a separate shr^et)
Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation' (Explain)
'indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must
be present, unless disturbfid or problematic.
Definitions of Four vegetation Strata:
Tree - Woody plants, excluding vines, 3 in. (7.6 cm) or
more in diameter at breast height (DBH). regardless of
h(!ighl.
Sapling/Shrub - Woody plants, excluding vines, less
than 3 in. DBH and greater ttian or equal io 3.28 ft (1
m) tall.
Herb - All herbaceous (non-woody) plants, regardless
of size, and vroody plants less than 3.28 ft tall.
Woody vine - All woody vines greater than 3.28 ft in
height.
Hydrophytic
Vegetation
Present? Yes No
Remarks: (Include photo numbers here or on a separate sheet.)
US Aimy Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0
SOIL Sampling PomlJ^^^ i/^^
Profile Description; (Describe to the depth needed to document the indicator or confirm the absence of indicators.)
Depth Mayix Redox Features
(inches) Color (moist) % Color (moist) % type' Loc' Texture Remarks
c^
'Type: C=Concentration, D;.^Depletion, R^4^ Reduced Matrix. MS^--Masked Sand Grains. location: PL-Pore Lining. M--Matrix.
Hydric Soil Indicators;
HistOSOl (A1)
Histic Epipedoii (A2)
Black Histic (A3)
Hydrogen Sullide (A4)
Stratified Layers (A5)
2 cm Muck (A 10) (LRR N)
Depleted Below Dark Surface (AT 1)
Thick Dark Surface (A12)
Sandy Mucky Mineral (SI) (LRR N,
MLRA 147, 148)
Sandy Gleyed M,itrix (S4)
Sandy Redox (S5)
Stnpptjd Matrix (S6)
Dark Surface (S7)
Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (MLRA 147, 148)
Thin Dark Surface (59) (MLf?A 147,148)
Loamy Gleyed Matrix (f2)
_^epleied Matrix (r3)
Redox Dark Surface (F6)
Depleted Dark Surface (F7)
Redox Oepresaons (FE)
Iron-Manganese Masses (FT2) (LRR N,
MLRA 138)
Umbric Surface (F13) (MLRA 136, 122)
Piedmont Floodplain Soils (f 19) (MLRA 148)
Red Parent Material (F21) (MLRA 127, 147)
Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils';
2 cm Muck (A10) (MLRA 147)
Coast Prairie Redox (A 16)
(MLRA 147, 148)
Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19)
(MLRA 136, 147)
very Shallow Dark Surface (TF12)
Other (Explain in Remarks)
^Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and
w(!tland hydrology must tie present,
unless disturtjed or problematic.
Restrictive Layer (if observed);
Typo:
Depth (inches);.
Remarks:
Hydric Soil Present? Yes. No
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0
WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM - Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Region
AAarlO frx^f^l^ City/Counly: ^ Sampling Date: )"^7-'K~ Project/Site: _
Applicant/Owner:
lnvestigator{s>: /O^^^AA - ,S7/P^^] //, ^/-f'Q. Section. 1 ownship. Range:.
NWI classification
Landlorm (liillslopc, terrace, etc.): fj^PPlAl/^ Local relief (concave, convex, none):
Subregion (LRR or MLRA):
Soil Map Unit Name:
Irologic conditions on the site typical for this ' ^
|v . Soil , or Hydrology ^ \y s
IV/ . Soil ^ . or Hydrology K naturally problematic?
State: ^ C- Sampling Point: Vh 3 4
Slope (%):_
Datum:
Are climatic / hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes No (If no. explain in Remarks.)
Are Vegetation |v . Soil , or Hydrology ^ yJ significantly disturbed?
Are Vegetation.
No
Are "Normal Circumstances" present? Yes
(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.
Hydric Soil Present? Yes.
Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes _
No_
No_
m
Is the Sampled Area
within a Wetland? Yes No
Remarks:
HYDROLOGY
Wetland Hydrology Indicators:
Pnniafv Indicators (miniinum ol one IN required. ctuT.k all that apply)
Surface Water (AT)
High Water Table (A2)
Saturation (A3)
Water Marks (B1)
Sediment Deposits (82)
Drift Deposits (83)
Algal Mat or Crust (84)
Iron Deposits (85)
Inundation Visible on Aerial imagery (87)
Water-Stained Leaves (89)
Aquatic Fauna (B13)
Irue Aquatic Plants (B14)
Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (CI)
^-Oxidized Rhizospheros on Living Roots {C3)
Presence of Reduced Iron (C4)
Recent Iron Reduction in Tilled Soils (C6)
Thin Muck Surface (C7)
Other (Explain in Remarks)
Sticond.'iry lndic;itors (minimum of two reouirrid)
Surface Soil Cracks (B6)
Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (B8)
Drainage Patterns (BIO)
Moss Trim Lines (B16)
Dry-Season Water Table (C2)
Crayfish Burrows (CS)
Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9)
Stunted or Stressed Plants (Dl)
Geomorphic Position (D2)
Shallow Aquitard (D3)
Microtopographic Relief (D4)
FAC-Neutral Test (D5)
Field Observations:
Surface Water Present? Yes .
Water Table Present? Yes.
Saturation Present? Yes.
(includes capillary fringe)
No Depth (inches):.
No_/_ Depth (inches):.
No ^ Depth (inches):. Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes. No
Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), il available:
Remarks:
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0
VEGETATION (Four Strata) - Use scientific names of plants. Sampling Point: f
At)soluie Doninoni Indicator Tree Stratum (Plot size:
3.
50% of total cover: ^ ^
Sapling/Shrub Stratum (Plot size: )
1. ^^({lA'^lf^r^^l^r '>i-vjrftf i^U A
2. _
3 _
4 _
5 _
6_
7._
8_
9._
Herb Strat jm (Plot size:
50% of total cover:
)
.3C
10.
11.
50% of total cover: _
Woody Vine Stratum (Plot size: )
3 ^'\^i)rAyiv\\ V
4
% Cover
:)0'Xi Of total cover:
Species? Status
= Total Cover
20% of total cover: I ^
-^0
70 - Toial Cover
20% of total cover: '''I
/
= Toial Cover
20% of total cover: ^2.
/
JO
= Total Cover
20% of total cover: I 7
Dominance Test worksheet:
Number of Dominant Species
Thnt AreOBL, fACW, or FAC:
Total Number of Dominant
Species Across All Strata:
PercfHit of Dominant Species
That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC
7
(A)
(B)
(A/B)
Prevalence Index worksheet:
Total % Cover of: fylultipiv by:
OBL species X 1 -
FACW species X 2 =
FAC species X 3 =--
FACU species x4 =
UPL species X 6 =
Column Totals: (A)
Prevalence Index = B/A =
(B)
Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators:
1 - Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation
? • Dominance Test is >.'iO%
3 - Prevalence Index is s3.0'
4 - Morphological Adaptations' (Provide supporting
data in Remarks or on a separate sheet)
Problematic Hydroptiylic Vegetation' (Explain)
'lixlicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must
be present, unless disturbc^d or problematic
Definitions of Four Vegetation Strata:
Tree - Woody plants, excluding vines. 3 in, (7.6 cm) or
more in diameter at breast height (DBH). regardless of
height.
Sapling/Shrub - Woody plants, excluding vines, less
than 3 in. DBH and greater than or equal to 3.2H ft (1
m) tall
Herb All herbaceous (non woody) plants, regardless
of size, and woody plants less than 3.28 ft tall
Woody vine - All woody vines greater than 3.28 It in
height.
Hydrophytic
Vegetation
Present? Yes No
Remarks: (Include photo numbers here or on a separate sheet.)
US Aimy Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0
SOIL
Profile Description: (Describe to the depth needed to document the indicator or confirm the absence of indicators.)
Depth Matrix Redox Features
(inches) Color (moist) % Color (moist) % Type' Loc^ Texture Remarks
Or 2- /D// yS -•^) 4^
2-^^'-^ ^<^yjf ^ L
'Type: C=Concentration, D=Depletion, RM=Reduced Matrix, MS=Masked Sand Grains. ^Location: PL=Pore Lining, M=Matrix.
Hydric Soil Indicators:
HistOSOl (A1)
Histic Epipedon (A2)
Black Histic (A3)
Hydrogen Sulfide (A4)
Stratified Layers (A5)
2 cm Muck (A10) (LRR N)
Depleted Below Dark Surface (A11)
Thick Dark Surface (A12)
Sandy Mucky Mineral (SI) (LRR N,
MLRA 147, 148)
Sandy Gleyed Matrix (84)
Sandy Redox (S5)
Stripped Matrix (S6)
Dark Surface (S7)
Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (MLRA 147, 148)
Thin Dark Surface (S9) (MLRA 147,148)
Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2)
Depleted Matrix (F3)
Redox Dark Surface (F6)
Depleted Dark Surface (F7)
Redox Depressions (F8)
Iron-Manganese Masses (F12) (LRR N,
MLRA 136)
Umbric Surface (F13) (MLRA 136, 122)
Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) (MLRA 148)
Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils
2 cm Muck (A10) (MLRA 147)
Coast Prairie Redox (A16)
(MLRA 147, 148)
Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19)
(MLRA 136, 147)
Red Parent Material (TF2)
Very Shallow Dark Surface (TF12)
Other (Explain in Remarks)
'indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and
wetland hydrology must be present,
unless disturbed or problematic.
Restrictive Layer (if observed):
Type:
Depth (inches):.
Remarks:
Hydric Soil Present? Yes.
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Interim Version
WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM - Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Region
Projecl/Sile l^l^YS
ADplicant/Owneri*^^ ^ti kC-/"^ ^ V
lnve5l(gator(5): S t^i{t.(^
Ciiy/County:
Slato:
jf^X'M , -
Landform (hillslope, terrace, etc.): |- {fi(ft/ p[a { Local relief (concave, convex, none): (o>^ta.-,e,
Subregion (LRR or MLRA):
Soil Map Unit Name: ^-BHt<-c/j-^ a, ^ ^IhM\)
Are climatic / hydrrilogic condittons on the site typical for this time of year? Yes
Are Vegetation . Soil |^ or Hydrology Kl significantly disturbed?
Are Vegetation /{[ . Soil ^ , or Hydrology kj naturally [iroblem.itic?
Section, Township, Range: Ha-ICS C-.gef|
Sampling Date:
Sampling Point
NWI classification:
Slope (%)
A' (If no, explain in Remarks.)
^ Doiiim: ^f;Sf M
No
Arc Normal Circumstances" present? Yes.
(If nerHied, 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 Is the Sampled Area y
1 Ivdric Soil Present? Yes No within a Wetland? Yes A No
Wetland Hvdroloav Present? Yes No
Remarks:
HYDROLOGY
Wetland Hydrology Indicators:
Primary Indicators (minimum of one is required: check ail that apply]
^ Surface Water (A1)
High Water Table (AZ)
Saturation (A3)
Water Marks (Bl)
Sediment Deposits (B2)
Drift Deposits (B3)
Algal Mat or Crtist (B4)
Iron Deposits (B5)
Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (B7)
Water-Stained Leaves (B9)
Aquatic Fauna (B13)
True Aquatic Plants (814)
Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (Ci)
X Oxidized Rhizospheres on Living Roots (C3)
Presence of Reduced iron (CI)
Recent Iron Reduction in Tilled Soils (C6)
Thin Muck Surface (€7)
. Ottier (Explain in Reinarks)
Secondary indicators (minimum ol two reouirett)
Surface Soil Cracks (86)
Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (88)
Drainage Patterns (BIO)
Moss Trim Lines (816)
A Dry-Season Water Table (C2)
y Crayfish Burrows (C8)
Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9)
Stunted or Stressed Plants (Dl)
K Geomorphic Position (02)
Shallow Aquitard (D3)
)C_ f^icrotopographic Relief (D4)
FAC-Neutral Test (D5)
Field Observations:
Surface Waloi Present?
Water Table Present?
Saturation Present?
(includes capillary frinqe)
Yes
Yes ^
No.
No.
No
Depth (inches)
Depth (inches)
Depth (inches)
0
J-Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes No
Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available:
VlO-i^W ^"^ ((' •€'/vO<*S. Vw^-*^^ wWU-Ws cA-lifcki^ Remarks.
us Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2 0
VEGETATIOIM (Five Strata) - Use scientific names of plants. Sampling Point:.
Tret; Stratum (Plot size
1 (Vuy- /U
2 _
3.
'«V t tf
50'.S('. of total cover:
Sapling Stratum (Plot si/e:
1 ^rV^K
2 f .,''/tn^-^<f
50% of total cover:.
Stirub Stratum (Plot size:
2. i'-'ul^^^
50% of total cover:
H(;rb Stratum (Plot size:
2 Cu^<^ ij
10,
11,
Woorfv Virte Stratum (Plot size:
1, Lhu^tcyr^ 3a
50% of total cover:
50% of total cover:
Absolute Doninant Indicator
% Cover Species? Status
LS=_
- Total Cover
?0% of total cover: ^
= Total Cover
20% of total cover: 13
folal Cover
20% ol total cover:
= Total Cover
20% of total cover :_^
7
^ = Total Cover
20% of total cover: f
Dominance Test worksfieet:
Number of Dotninant Species
That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC:
Total Number ol Dominant
Species Across All Strata:
Percent of Dominant Species
That Are OBL. FACW, or FAC:
7 (A)
7 (B)
r/fA/B)
Prevalence Index worksheet:
Total %. Cover of:
OBL species
FACW species
FAC species
FACU species
UPL species
Column Totals
Multiply by
X 1 -
X 2 -
x 3 ---
X 4 =
X 5
(A) (B)
Pr(!valence Index - B/A
Hydrophytic Vegolalion Indicators:
_ 1 - Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation
2 - Dominance Testis >50%
3 - Prevalence Index is s3.0'
4 - Morpfwlogical Adaptations' (Provide supporting
data in Remarks or on a separate sheet)
Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation' (Explain)
'indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must
be present, unless disturbed or problematic.
Definitions of Five Vegetation Strata:
Tree - Woody plants, excluding woody vines,
approximately 20 ft (6 ITI) or more in height and 3 iii
(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.
Shrub Woody plants, excluding woody vines,
approximately 3 to 20 ft (1 to 6 m) in height.
Herb - All herbaceous (non-v^oody) 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 No
Remarks: (Include photo numtKjrs here or on a separate shetit.)
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0
SOIL Sampling Point: ^ ^•^i
Profile Description: (Describe to the depth needed to document the indicator or confirm the absence of indicators.)
Depth
finches)
Matrix
Color (moist) % Color (moist)
Redox Features
% Type Loc'
c
Texture Remarks
'Type: C Concentration. D -Depletion. RM -Reduced Matrix, MS-Mnsked Sand Grains, 'Locati(.)n: PL Pore Lining, M-Matrix.
Hydric Soil Indicators:
HistOSOl (At)
Histic Epipedon (A2)
Black Histic (A3)
Hydrogen Sulfide (A4)
Stratified Layers (A5)
2 cm Muck (AlO) (LRR N)
D(»pleied Below Dark Surface (Ai 1)
Thick Dark Surface (AI 2)
Sandy Mucky Mineral (SI) (LRR N,
MLRA 147, 148)
Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4)
Sandy Redox (S5)
Stripped Matrix (S6)
Dark Surface (S7)
Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (MLRA 147, 148)
Thin Dark Surface (S9) (MLRA 147,148)
Loamy Gleyed Matrix (f 2)
Jf: Depleted Matrix (r3)
Redox Dark Surface (F6)
Depleted Dark Surface (F7)
Redox Depressions (F£)
Iron-Manganese Masses (F12) (LRR N,
MLRA 136)
Umbric Surface (F13) (MLRA 136, 122)
Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) (MLRA 148)
Red Parent Material (F21) (MLRA 127, 147)
Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils^:
2 cm Muck (A10) (MLRA 147)
Coast Prairie Redox (A16)
(MLRA 147,148)
Piodmortt Floodplain Soils (F19)
(MLRA 136, 147)
Very Shallow Dark Surface (TF12)
Oth(5r (Explain in Remarks)
^Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and
wetland hydrology must be present,
unless disturbed or problematic
Restrictive Layer (if observed):
Type:
Depth (inches);.
Remarks:
Hydric Soil Present? Yes _ No
US Aimy Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and l^lodmont - Version 2,0
WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM - Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Region
Projecl/Site: Cily/Counly:
state:
lnve5ligator('i): _
ML
Sampling Date
Landform (hillslope, terrace, etc.): C(-Saf)fi (({(t^ "
Subregion (LRH or MLRA): M./U^.H<U*f 13^ Lat: 73'i7T
Soil Map Unit Name: _
Section, Township, Range:
Local relief (concave, convex, none):
Long-22^lUlU^
_____ Sampling Point: ( ^f>
r Slope (%):
Datum:
NWI classification:
Are climatic / hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Ves
Are Vegetation . Soil if^ . or Hydrology , significantly disturbed?
A/ , or Hydrology
y. (If no, explain in Remarks.)
Arc Vegetation , Soil . naturally problematic?
No.
Are "Normal Circumstances" present? Yes
(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?
I lydric Soil Present?
Wetland Hydrology Present?
Yes
Yes""~^
Yes
Y No
No
Is the Sampled Area
within a Wetland? Yes No il
Remarks:
HYDROLOGY
Wetland Hydrology Indicators;
Pnmary Indicators (minimum ol one is required; check all that apply)
Surface Water (AT)
High Water Table (AZ)
Saturation (A3)
Water Marks (Bl)
Sediment Deposits (82)
Dnft Dtiposits (83)
Algal Mat or Crust (B4)
Iron Deposits (B5)
Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (B7)
Water-Stained Leaves (89)
Aquatic Fauna (B13)
I
True Aquatic Plants IB14)
Hydrogen Sulfide 0(tor (CI)
Oxidized Rhizospfieres on Living Roots (C3)
Presence of Reduced Iron (Ci)
Recent Iron Rrjduction in Tilled Soils (C6)
Thin Muck Surface (€7)
_ Other (Explain in Remarks)
Ser.f)ndarv Indicators iminimum ol two requir(Ki)
Surface Soil Cracks (B6)
Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (B8)
Drainage Patterns (BIO)
Moss Trim Lines (816)
Dry-Season Water Table (C2)
Crayfish Burrows (C8)
Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9)
Stunttid or Stressed Plants (Dl)
Geomorphic Position (D2)
Shallow Aquitard (D3)
Microtopographic Relief (D4)
i AC-Neutral lest (D6!
Field Observations;
Suifaco Water Present? Yes No Depth (inches);
Water Table Present? Yes No DcDth (inches);
NO y Saturation Present? Yes No Depth (inches); Wetland Hvdroloqv Present? Yes NO y
(includes capillary fringe)
Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available:
Remarks:
US Army Corps of Engineers i Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0
VEGETATION (Five Strata) - Use scientific names of plants. ) 7 Sampling Point: ^ ^ M^*
-1 \ ; Absolute Doninant Indicator
Tree Stratum (Plot size: ' i ) % Cover Species? Status
Dominance Test worksheet:
Number of Dominant Species W
That Are OBL, FACW. or FAC: / (A)
Dominance Test worksheet:
Number of Dominant Species W
That Are OBL, FACW. or FAC: / (A)
2. Ki-n'j/—^ fo y Total Number of Dominant Cjf
Species Across All Strata; / (B)
Total Number of Dominant Cjf
Species Across All Strata; / (B)
Percent of Dominant Species ^^/^
That Are Of^l FACW or FAC ^ lA/Bl 5. Percent of Dominant Species ^^/^
That Are Of^l FACW or FAC ^ lA/Bl
6.
= Total Cover ,
50% of total cover: 20% of total cover: ^'T)
Saniinci Stratum (Plot size: ) . K •
Prevalence Index worksheet:
Total % Cover of: Multiply by:
OBL species x 1 =
FAC species x 3
f ACU species X 4
FAC species x 3
f ACU species X 4
4 IJrL SpeCu'S X J
K"*. ,1. .. >,. I T.it.-.l. • ^Al /PI 5. Loluiiiii lulals. |A] [tj)
Prevalence Index B/A 6
Loluiiiii lulals. |A] [tj)
Prevalence Index B/A 'o'l = Total Cover
50% of total cover: 20% of total cover: ''^•'^
Shrub Stratum (Plot size: I
1. ror,^^c, 1^ Y
Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators;
1 - Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation
2 - Dominance Test is >50%
3 - Prevalence Index is £3.0'
4 - Morphological Adaptations' (Provide supporting
data in Remarks or on a separate sheet)
Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation' (Explain)
'indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must
be present, unless disturbed or problematic
2, lU«c OMU /7 >^ ^t^M
Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators;
1 - Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation
2 - Dominance Test is >50%
3 - Prevalence Index is £3.0'
4 - Morphological Adaptations' (Provide supporting
data in Remarks or on a separate sheet)
Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation' (Explain)
'indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must
be present, unless disturbed or problematic
Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators;
1 - Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation
2 - Dominance Test is >50%
3 - Prevalence Index is £3.0'
4 - Morphological Adaptations' (Provide supporting
data in Remarks or on a separate sheet)
Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation' (Explain)
'indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must
be present, unless disturbed or problematic
4.
Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators;
1 - Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation
2 - Dominance Test is >50%
3 - Prevalence Index is £3.0'
4 - Morphological Adaptations' (Provide supporting
data in Remarks or on a separate sheet)
Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation' (Explain)
'indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must
be present, unless disturbed or problematic
5.
Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators;
1 - Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation
2 - Dominance Test is >50%
3 - Prevalence Index is £3.0'
4 - Morphological Adaptations' (Provide supporting
data in Remarks or on a separate sheet)
Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation' (Explain)
'indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must
be present, unless disturbed or problematic 6
Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators;
1 - Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation
2 - Dominance Test is >50%
3 - Prevalence Index is £3.0'
4 - Morphological Adaptations' (Provide supporting
data in Remarks or on a separate sheet)
Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation' (Explain)
'indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must
be present, unless disturbed or problematic
37 = Total Cover
50% of total cover: 20% of total cover: 7/ ^
Herb Stratum (Plot size: )
1
Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators;
1 - Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation
2 - Dominance Test is >50%
3 - Prevalence Index is £3.0'
4 - Morphological Adaptations' (Provide supporting
data in Remarks or on a separate sheet)
Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation' (Explain)
'indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must
be present, unless disturbed or problematic
37 = Total Cover
50% of total cover: 20% of total cover: 7/ ^
Herb Stratum (Plot size: )
1
Definitions of Five Vegetation Strata;
Tree - Woody plants, excluding woody vinrjs.
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 vinos,
approximately 20 It (6 m) or more in height and less
than 3 in. (7 6 cm) DBH.
Shrub - Woody plants, excluding woody vines,
approximately 3 to 20 It (1 to 6 m) in height.
Herb - All herbaceous (non-woody) plants, including
herbaceous vines, regardless of size, and worKly
plants. exc(!pt woody vines, less than approximately 3
fl (1 m) in lifHghl
Woody vine All woody vines, regardless of height.
2
Definitions of Five Vegetation Strata;
Tree - Woody plants, excluding woody vinrjs.
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 vinos,
approximately 20 It (6 m) or more in height and less
than 3 in. (7 6 cm) DBH.
Shrub - Woody plants, excluding woody vines,
approximately 3 to 20 It (1 to 6 m) in height.
Herb - All herbaceous (non-woody) plants, including
herbaceous vines, regardless of size, and worKly
plants. exc(!pt woody vines, less than approximately 3
fl (1 m) in lifHghl
Woody vine All woody vines, regardless of height.
3
Definitions of Five Vegetation Strata;
Tree - Woody plants, excluding woody vinrjs.
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 vinos,
approximately 20 It (6 m) or more in height and less
than 3 in. (7 6 cm) DBH.
Shrub - Woody plants, excluding woody vines,
approximately 3 to 20 It (1 to 6 m) in height.
Herb - All herbaceous (non-woody) plants, including
herbaceous vines, regardless of size, and worKly
plants. exc(!pt woody vines, less than approximately 3
fl (1 m) in lifHghl
Woody vine All woody vines, regardless of height.
•1.
Definitions of Five Vegetation Strata;
Tree - Woody plants, excluding woody vinrjs.
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 vinos,
approximately 20 It (6 m) or more in height and less
than 3 in. (7 6 cm) DBH.
Shrub - Woody plants, excluding woody vines,
approximately 3 to 20 It (1 to 6 m) in height.
Herb - All herbaceous (non-woody) plants, including
herbaceous vines, regardless of size, and worKly
plants. exc(!pt woody vines, less than approximately 3
fl (1 m) in lifHghl
Woody vine All woody vines, regardless of height.
5,
Definitions of Five Vegetation Strata;
Tree - Woody plants, excluding woody vinrjs.
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 vinos,
approximately 20 It (6 m) or more in height and less
than 3 in. (7 6 cm) DBH.
Shrub - Woody plants, excluding woody vines,
approximately 3 to 20 It (1 to 6 m) in height.
Herb - All herbaceous (non-woody) plants, including
herbaceous vines, regardless of size, and worKly
plants. exc(!pt woody vines, less than approximately 3
fl (1 m) in lifHghl
Woody vine All woody vines, regardless of height.
6
Definitions of Five Vegetation Strata;
Tree - Woody plants, excluding woody vinrjs.
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 vinos,
approximately 20 It (6 m) or more in height and less
than 3 in. (7 6 cm) DBH.
Shrub - Woody plants, excluding woody vines,
approximately 3 to 20 It (1 to 6 m) in height.
Herb - All herbaceous (non-woody) plants, including
herbaceous vines, regardless of size, and worKly
plants. exc(!pt woody vines, less than approximately 3
fl (1 m) in lifHghl
Woody vine All woody vines, regardless of height.
7
Definitions of Five Vegetation Strata;
Tree - Woody plants, excluding woody vinrjs.
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 vinos,
approximately 20 It (6 m) or more in height and less
than 3 in. (7 6 cm) DBH.
Shrub - Woody plants, excluding woody vines,
approximately 3 to 20 It (1 to 6 m) in height.
Herb - All herbaceous (non-woody) plants, including
herbaceous vines, regardless of size, and worKly
plants. exc(!pt woody vines, less than approximately 3
fl (1 m) in lifHghl
Woody vine All woody vines, regardless of height.
8
Definitions of Five Vegetation Strata;
Tree - Woody plants, excluding woody vinrjs.
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 vinos,
approximately 20 It (6 m) or more in height and less
than 3 in. (7 6 cm) DBH.
Shrub - Woody plants, excluding woody vines,
approximately 3 to 20 It (1 to 6 m) in height.
Herb - All herbaceous (non-woody) plants, including
herbaceous vines, regardless of size, and worKly
plants. exc(!pt woody vines, less than approximately 3
fl (1 m) in lifHghl
Woody vine All woody vines, regardless of height.
9,
Definitions of Five Vegetation Strata;
Tree - Woody plants, excluding woody vinrjs.
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 vinos,
approximately 20 It (6 m) or more in height and less
than 3 in. (7 6 cm) DBH.
Shrub - Woody plants, excluding woody vines,
approximately 3 to 20 It (1 to 6 m) in height.
Herb - All herbaceous (non-woody) plants, including
herbaceous vines, regardless of size, and worKly
plants. exc(!pt woody vines, less than approximately 3
fl (1 m) in lifHghl
Woody vine All woody vines, regardless of height. 10-
Definitions of Five Vegetation Strata;
Tree - Woody plants, excluding woody vinrjs.
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 vinos,
approximately 20 It (6 m) or more in height and less
than 3 in. (7 6 cm) DBH.
Shrub - Woody plants, excluding woody vines,
approximately 3 to 20 It (1 to 6 m) in height.
Herb - All herbaceous (non-woody) plants, including
herbaceous vines, regardless of size, and worKly
plants. exc(!pt woody vines, less than approximately 3
fl (1 m) in lifHghl
Woody vine All woody vines, regardless of height. n.
Definitions of Five Vegetation Strata;
Tree - Woody plants, excluding woody vinrjs.
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 vinos,
approximately 20 It (6 m) or more in height and less
than 3 in. (7 6 cm) DBH.
Shrub - Woody plants, excluding woody vines,
approximately 3 to 20 It (1 to 6 m) in height.
Herb - All herbaceous (non-woody) plants, including
herbaceous vines, regardless of size, and worKly
plants. exc(!pt woody vines, less than approximately 3
fl (1 m) in lifHghl
Woody vine All woody vines, regardless of height.
= Toial Cover
50% of total cover: 20% of total covrjr:
Woody Vine Stralurn (Plot size: )
1 .^•..vft.,jL^k^uJUt r ^ ^-^^
Hydrophytic
Vegetation y
Present? Yes No A
2,
Hydrophytic
Vegetation y
Present? Yes No A
3
Hydrophytic
Vegetation y
Present? Yes No A
4
Hydrophytic
Vegetation y
Present? Yes No A
5, Hydrophytic
Vegetation y
Present? Yes No A
1 = Total Cover
50% of total cover: 20% of total cover: 1
Hydrophytic
Vegetation y
Present? Yes No A
Remarks: (Include photo numbers here or on a separate sheet.)
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0
SOIL vy^V^*^"^"^ Sampling Point:$'^^^( Hp
Profile Description: (Describe to the depth needed to document the indicator or confirm the absence of indicators.)
Deptli Matnx Redox Features
(inches) Color (moist) % Color (moist) % Tvpt! Loc' Texture Remarks
0-^ IS^r L\^^ L
^-(^ lOi'^-^ 4
[^V- Idyr^-"? 3c
'Type: C •CQncenlriitiori,D--Dqpk-niOii.RM-l^cduccd Matrix. MS='Masked Siiiid Grains 'Location: PL-Pore Lining. M^ Matrix.
Hydric Soil Indicators:
HistOSOl (AI)
Histic Epipedon {A2)
Black HlSIiC (A3)
Hydrogen Sullide (A4)
Stratified Layers (A5)
2 cm Muck (AlO) (LRR N)
De pi tiled Below Dark Surface (Ai i)
I hick Dark Surface (AI 2)
Sandy Mucky Mineral (SI) (LRR N,
MLRA 147, 148)
Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4)
Sandy Redox (S5)
Stripped Matrix (S6)
Dark Surface (S7)
Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (MLRA 147, 148)
Thin Dark Surface (59) (MLRA 147,148)
Loamy Gleyed Matrix {F2)
Depleted !»^atrix (r3)
Redox Dark Surface (F6)
Depleted Dark Surface(F7)
Redox Depn;ssions (f £)
Iron-Manganese Massrs (I 12) (LRR N,
MLRA 136)
Umbric Surface (F13) (MLRA 136, 122)
Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) (MLRA 148)
Red Parent Material (F21) (MLRA 127, 147)
Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils':
2 cm Muck (AID) (MLRA 147)
Coast Prairie Redox (AIG)
(MLRA 147, 148)
Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19)
(MLRA 136, 147)
. Very Shallow Dark Surface (TF12)
Other (Explain in Remarks)
'indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and
wetland hydrology must tx; present,
unless disturbed or problematic
Restrictive Layer (if observed):
fype:
Depth (inches):
Remarks,
Hydric Soil Present? Yos No
US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Version 2.0
Mitigation Project Name Mark's Creek TESC
EEP IMS ID 92248
River Basin NEUSE
Cataloging Unit 03020201
Applied Credit Ratios:1:1 1.5:1 2.5:1 5:1 1:1 3:1 2:1 5:1 1:1 3:1 2:1 5:1 1:1 3:1 2:1 5:1
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Beginning Balance (feet and acres)20.79
Beginning Balance (mitigation credits)4.158
NCDOT Pre-EEP Debits (feet and acres):Not Applicable
EEP Debits (feet and acres):
DWQ Permit No USACE Action IDs Impact Project Name
N/A
2006-20256 /
2006-20257
NCDOT TIP B-4113 - Bridge 15
on SR 1106, Franklin Co 0.150
2008-0540 2006-20445-232
NCDOT TIP U-4763B - Triangle
Parkway, Wake Co 1.240
Remaining Balance (feet and acres)19.400
Remaining Balance (mitigation credits)3.880
Information from EEP Debit Ledger dated 03/17/2015