19920549 Ver 1_COMPLETE FILE_19921001

RE-CEIVED
W;Ver Qk:a!ity Sec'tim
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State of North Carolina
Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Reso {{t? ' Regional Otft
eshevs?e, North Caro"
Division of Environmental Management
512 North Salisbury Street • Raleigh, North Carolina 27644
James G. Martin, Governor October 1, 1992 A. Preston Howard, Jr., P.E.
William W. Cobey, Jr., Secretary Acting Director
Mr.. Coy A. Garrett
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
USDA
4405 Bland Road
Raleigh, N.C. 27609
Dear Mr. Garrett:
Subject: Proposed fill in Wetlands or Waters
Streambank stabilization
Emergency Watershed Protection
Swain County
DEM Project # 92549
Upon review of your request for 401 Water Quality
Certification to place fill material in the stream channel of
Raven Fork Creek,.Straight Fork Creek and Oconaluftee River for
emergency streambank stabilization located near Cherokee in Swain
County, we have determined that the proposed fill can be covered
by General Water Quality Certification No. 2745 issued May'l,
1992.' A copy of the General Certification is attached. This
Certification may be used in qualifying for coverage under Corps
of Engineers' Nationwide Permit No 37.
If you have any questions, please contact John Dorney at
919-733-1786.
E.
A. reston Howard, r P.
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Attachment
cc: Wilmington District Corps of Engineers
Corps of Engineers Asheville Field Office
Asheville DEM Regional Office
Mr. John Dorney
Central Files REGIONAL OFFICES
Asheville Fayetteville Mooresville Raleigh Washington Wilmington Winston-Salem
704/251-6208 919/486-1541 7041663-1699 919/571-4700 919/946-6481 9191395-3900 919/896-7007
Pollution Prevention Pays
P.O. l3ox 29535, Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0535 Telephone [phone]
An Equal Oppommity Af umative Action Employer
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Sincere ,
permit application states that 1 acre will be filled And 5
acres will be excavated.
Raven Fork River is not a Designated Public Mo ntain
Trout Water (DPMTW). It is managed by the Eastern ?d of
The Cherokee Indians as a put-and-take stocked stream. This
stream offers good habitat for trout and supports a small
wild trout population as well as populations of other fish
species. No federal or state listed threatened or
endangered species are known to be present at this site.
The aquatic life of the river suffered a great deal of
damage-during the flood. Fish were killed by the force of
the water and the bottom was scoured by sand.and gravel.
The placement of gabion baskets'on the river bank will
probably have a minimal effect on aquatic organisms
remaining in the river. However, we believe that quarrying
rock out of the river will have long-term negative effects
on the aquatic organisms of the river. This will result in
shallow areas in the river, while the present rock bars
create areas of deep water which fish populations need and
the anglers that the Cherokee stocking program attracts
prefer. More importantly we believe that this
channelization part of the project will increase, not
decrease, the chance of catastrophic flooding.in the future.
Rock bars are laid down in rivers as a way of reducing the
water velocity of the stream. When they are removed, water
velocity increases. This destabilizes the system and causes
bank erosion downstream as the stream starts creating
meanders. This situation is worse during storm events when
the water velocity is even higher, resulting in greater
erosion and storm damage. This precipitates the need for
other actions such as bank stabilization. We strongly
recommend reconsidering those actions which will change the
river morphology and to consider better flood plain
management to reduce future storm damage, which is
inevitable as long as the flood plain is developed.
The NCWRC is concerned over potential adverse impacts
to aquatic resources in this drainage. The NCWRC will not
object to the issuance of the permit provided the following
conditions are met by the applicant:
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Rip-rap needed for filling gabion baskets should be
acquired from a high ground source and not quarried
from the river.
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ROCK FILLED GABION BASKET
UPPER LAUREL VALLEY
EMERGENCY WATO SM PROTECTION
FLASH FLOOD OF sarr MRER 6. 1992
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE
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I . Lace all lids to the drys side
of Gabion Basket or Reno
Mattress.
2. Cut or Bend any lacing wire
to point into the structure.
3. Follow Gabion Basket asscmbyr
instructions, there will be
included with the shipment of
Gabion Baskets.
d. Gabion Baskets may? be 6' or
9' long.
Natural
Channel
1 1-31'
River Rock Filled
9' x 3' x 3' Gabion
Basket
Rivet'Rock Riled
9' x 3' x 3' Gabion
Basket
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9 inch Reno Mattress
11. NmmzR OF ACRES OF WATERS OF THE Q.S., IN,==ING WETLANDS, IMPACTZ..D BY
TEE PROPOSED PROJECT:
FILLED: - 2
DRAINED:
FLOODED:
EXCAQR=:
TOTAL. IHPAC= .
12. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED WORK (ATTACH PLANS): E
nr her
ot Lion. in l iding bank s6bilization and ?s
13. PURPOSE OF PROPOSED WORK: To protect lives and property.
14. STATE REASONS WHY TEE APPLICANT 3ELIt'VES THAT THIS ACTIVITY MUST BE
CARRI."D OUT . ,A,s. ALSO NOTS
ct i tre?am hesaTn
nWACTS. J 11 restore tJ°p N a n o i f ions .
-De ri s will. be remove to up an s T
wetlands.
15. YOU ARE REQUIRED TO CONTACT THE Q.S.TFISH.AIM WILDLIFE SERVICE
(USERS) AND/OR NATIONAL MARINE"?1S1dRIE$ SEIi1TICZ* (MW ) REGARDING TEE PRES :NCL
OR AN! r: --v' LISTED OR- PROPOSED FOR' 'LISTING ? OR- THREJAMENED
SPECZE$ OR CRITICAL RRSITAT' IN' MZ_ PERMIT-' AREA TEAT ?SAY' 3E AFFECTED 3Y' THE
PROPOSED
PROJECT'.- SAVE. YOU DONZ, SO? YES` (x .r,. so C. I
r RESPONSES. FROM THE QSEWS-AND/OR WS Mma BE FORWARDED TO CORPS.
1S. YOU ARE REQUIRED TO CONTACT TBE STMZ HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER
(SEPOI REGA=nm Tw ?RESENCL oF,HISTORIC'PROPERT2ES IN TEE PERMIT AREA WSICB
MAY 3E AFFEMC"'= 3Y TME' PROPOSED" PROJECT:
HAVE' YOU DONE SO1 ms (x 1 . ,... NO .t.. •I
RESPONSE FROM TIM SHPO SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO CORPS.
17. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUIRED 3Y DEK:
A. WETLAND DELINEATION HAP SHOWING ALE: WETLANDS, STREAMS, AND Lal= ON
TSE PROPERTY.
3. IF AVA=.MLE..
, REPRESENTATIVE PHOTOGRAPS OF WE=ANDS .1'O BE I2SPAC'"R. .n SY
PROJECT'.
C. IF DELINEATION WAS PERFopumm 3Y A CmSm=mT, nRm=z ALL DATA SHEETS
RELEVANT TO' :'HE P?.A OF' THE DELINEATION LINE.
D. IF A STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN IS REQUIRED FOR THIS PROJECT, ATTACS
COPY:
Forestland
R. WHAT IS LAND im or sURROUNDING PROPERT'?
P. Lz'.APPLICABLe^., WHAT 25 PROPOSED mEmD OF SEWAGE DISPOSAL?
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EMERGENCY WATERSHED PROTECTION
LIST OF PRIORITIES
816 COVE - RAVEN FORK RIVER
SWAIN C"TY
Arthur Wade
Saptember 10, 1992
DESCRIPTION OF EXISTING HAZARD
Job 1: Big Cove Loop. Old bridge with blockage of trees, moots, etc.
channel change because of flash flood. Camper home washed, owne r
had to jump from home as it washed down the river. Automobile
washed away also. Approximately 500 feet of river work. Home
destroyed. (Dump truck, loader track hoe)
Job 2: Shear Drop. 500 feet of river bank washed out with a shear drop of
7 feet next to a paved road. Homes are approximately 200 feet from
the river. (Dump truck, track hoe, dozer, gablon baskets)
Job 3: Swimming Hole. Trees, roots, debris, rock bar to be removed from
channel approximately 400 feet. (Track hoe loader, dump truck)
Job 4: Cherokee Trout Farm Water Intake. Intake still in tack. River
washed around system leaving trout farm waterless. Shear Drop 20
feet. Total wash out (Gabian baskets)
Job 4: Shear Drop. Across from Cherokee Trout Farms 16 feet approximately
300 feet up stream of lower raceways. Site is approximately 150
feet long. Ceremonial dance grounds are at this site. Cherokee
Trout Farm lost all trout. 3 raceways destroyed. Pump house
destroyed. (Gabion baskets, track hoe, dump truck, dozer loader)
Job 5: Cherokee Trout Farms. Shear drop approximately 250' upstream of
lower raceways. Sita is. approximately 2000 feet long. Ceremonial
dance grounds at this site. Trout farm lost ail trout and 3
raceways were destroyed. (Gabian baskets, track hoe and dump truck
loader)
Job 6: Settling Panda Rock Bar, trees, roots. Channel full, approximately
300 feet. (Track hoe, loader, dump truck, dozer)
Job 7: Home beside river. Trees and root mats to be removed sediment load
to be removed. Debris to be removed. Approximately 2000 feet.
Dead fish beside the road, 90 feet from stream-down Straight Fork
Baptist Church. (Small dozer with winch, chain saw, dump truck and
loader, gabiee baskets)
Job 8: Bridge - Straight Form Baptist Church. Trees across river. (Dozer
with winch, loader, dump truck) 200 fast
USDA-SCS Page 1 EWP-216
MC AREA 1 SEPTEMBER 1992
Job 9: Below Bridge (Loop). Rook Bar approximately 1000 feet, -tress,
roots. Houses endangered. (Dump truck, loader, track has)
Job 10: Tribal Hatchery Settling Pond=. The wash out was 300 feet. There
are tress that need to be removed. (Track has, dump truck, loader)
Gablon baskets needed. All trout lost. Channel changed needs
repair.
Job 11: River Blockage. (Below Basket Court) Rock Bar,-trees and roots
approximately 500 feet. (Track hoe, dozer, dump truck, loader>
Job 12: Bunches Creek Bridge. Rock Bar, trees, routs 600 feet and houses
endangered. (Dump truck, loader, dozer, track hoe)
Job 1S: Pentecostal Church. Rock bar, trees 1000 feet (Track hose, dozer,
loader, and dump truck)
Job 14: Yogi Bear Campground. Shear Drop (400 feet gabion baskets needed)
Lost 25 sites. Clearing and snagging. 4000 feet rook bar removed
and filtering needed. (Track has, loader, dozer, dump truck)
People had 10 minutes to evacuate. One motor home washed away.
Jab 15: Church of Christ. River Blockage, rook, trees, approximately 2000
feet. (Track hoe, loader, dump truck, dozer) 5 houses endangered.
Job 16: Big Cove Baptist Church. Diver blockage below church-
Approximately 400 feet. (Track hoe, loader, dump truck)
September 14, 1992
.lob 17: Mingus Campground. Rock Bar removal, trees, roots 300 feet,
Bridge wan temporarily closed. (Dump truck, track hoes)
Job 18: Welch Campground. Trees, roots, fIIIIng needed. Lost 9 sites
along river. Approximately 1000 feet. One camper washed down
river. Eleven were damaged. Notified, approximately 15 minutes to
evacuate. (Dump trucks, loader, dozer, gabion baskets)
Jab 19: Standingdoer Campground. Wash out along river bank. (Dozer, dump
truck, back hoe)
Job 20: KOA Campground. Wash out at upper and of campground. Four cabins
moved or damaged. 62bion baskets approximately 15 years old.
Still In place. Damage would have been much greater had they not
been there!! Rook bar removal needed approximately 2500 feet
(Track has, dump truck, loader and dozer, gabion baskets)
Job 21: River Valley Rock bar, trees approximately 400 feet (Track hoe,
dump truck, loader)
Job 22: Piney Grove, Ooonaluftes River. Rock bar removal 300 feet (Track
hoe, dump truck loader)
USDA-SCS Page 2 EWP-216
NC AREA 1 SEPTEMBER 1992
Job 23: Pink Motel, Oconaluf tee River. Wash out threatening property and
homes, gabions needed. (Track hoe, loader dump truck, 200 gabiotr
baskets)
Job 24: Upper Cherokee (Air Brush) rock bar removal 200 feet (Track toe,
dump truck, dozer)
Job 25: BIA office hock bar removal 600 feet (Track hoe, dump truck,
loader, and dozer)
USDA-SM Page 3 EWP'-216
NC AREA I SEPTEMBER I SW
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CMR= OCT 7-N WET_T;a DS. ALSa, Nair' %MASURES =Li= To :sLYI.`SI WE'`"*..aND
rspACTs. Activity will restore stream channel to ore storm conditions.
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15?• TOR ARE BEgT== TO COPTAC. THH Q.S.. ?258' AND
(IIS89T5.) ? AND'/C3L' 4A1:ONAL Kaar?ar>t•? rte
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S' PROPEts.'Y'.
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PROJECT : .. - .. .
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RELa?4ANT TD' T8E' ?Ldp` 8? OF' '?E D?'??`*^? L.'*IE.
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WE= s LAND USE OF SaPROQB =G ?ROPE' urban/forested
F ? aP°l..IG?BI.E. WBAT 2S ?ROPOSEII ?a OF' SEAAGS BIS?OSALZ
Deputy State Conservationist
USDA-Soil Conservation Serviced
Raleigh, NC OWMIS SIB DA2°
NATIONW=E ?r-vRMI- APPS= TOR (?ROV=E .4AT=0NW=Z ?-RM:T .4) :
JOIIniT ApB*..SCaT=Ox FORM FOtt
)V =oNWIDE PERM=S T3AT RL'QunM- 2iOTZFZCATTox ''D COEDS OF manuc R5
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CORPS OF NGIN02' 31ON OF ?ONIMIOFA
DEPAR. T OF ARI NO 02PAR==NT OF )tT=. .
P.O. 3OX 1aso AND NATMML R=Q
WMIMaTON, NC 28402-1890 P.O. 3OX 29S3S Sp2 B m
3ArXGH. SC Z7626- 353
Telaohane (919). Z51-4511 A%-m: HR. .:OW OORNE: W?LANDS GROUP
Tale?hane (919) 733-50 3 WATER OUAUTY SECTION __
ONE (1) COPY OF THZ3 =MP:.-"1'SD AP--T-- "TON SEW= 3E SMIT ;0 = CORPS OF
ZNGTN"'sR5. SEVIM? (7) =P=S SUM= 3E SF•.'iT TO T=- N.C. 0I7=SION OF
IiANAGr"'MENT. nMSE P?tI!YT.
-USDA-Soil Conservation Service
1. OWNERS NAME:
z? OWNERS aaaRESS: 4405 Bland Road, Raleigh, NC 27609
.3 OWNERS PWxx mmem ( ) ( ? _ .919/790-ZS88
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HERPESS TOWN OR : Cherokee
SPE=- T_C Lac='ION (===E V= N UMM, ZANCHAM.
See a ace maps.
6- Nars>r or CZS=
7. XT ER 3AS=:
sm?./Rxm.- Raven Fork Creek, Straight Fork Creek,
n u
Little Tennessee
a- =S 'MI5 ?3Q.TEC' LacA = *sT a WA=WH= ===-= AS Sao avol am,
Ws I, OR WS =S (X I so ( J
9- MMLF ANY SEC:=ON 404 ?MIST" SEER ?RE4IOa= 3EQUZZ= FOR M ON 'MI5
=S t 1 so ( XI
YES. mama=.
10. _=aL a@i8ER OF AGES OF o= m or = 0.3. , mC. =r.
;0E"., amns, *O!"s'^°'*+ ON s z-_: Less than five
3/30/92
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
P.O. BOX 1890
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA 28402-1890
IN REPLY REFER TO September 25, 1992
Regulatory Branch
Action ID No. 199203672 and Nationwide Permit NO VOEmergency Watershed
Protection and Rehabilitation)
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Soil Conservation Service
4405 Bland Road
Raleigh, North Carolina 27609
Gentlemen:
Reference your letter of notification, dated September 21, 1992, regarding
Department the Army authorization to place excavated material in wetlands of
Big Laurel Creek associated with debris removal and bank stabilization, near
Faust, Madison and Yancey Counties, North Carolina.
For the purposes of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers' Regulatory Program,
Title 33, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 330.6, published in the
Federal Register on November 22, 1991, lists nationwide permits.
Authorization, pursuant to Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899
and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, was provided for work done by or
funded by the Soil Conservation Service (SCS) qualifying as an "exigency"
situation (requiring immediate action) under its Emergency Watershed
Protection Program (7 CPR, Part 624).
Your work is authorized by this nationwide permit provided it is
accomplished in strict accordance with the enclosed conditions. This
nationwide permit does not relieve you of the responsibility to obtain other
required State or local approval.
This verification will be valid for 2 years from the date of this letter
unless the nationwide authorization is modified, reissued, or revoked. Also,
this verification will remain valid for the 2 years if, during that period,
the nationwide permit authorization is reissued without modification or the
activity complies with any subsequent modification of the nationwide permit
authorization. If during the 2 years, the nationwide permit authorization
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expires or is suspended or revoked, or is modified, such that the activity
would no longer comply with the terms and conditions of the nationwide permit,
activities which have commenced (i.e., are under construction) or are under
contract to commence in reliance upon the nationwide permit will remain
authorized provided the activity is completed within 12 months of the date of
the nationwide permit's expiration, modification or revocation, unless
discretionary authority has been exercised on a case-by-case basis to modify,
suspend, or revoke the authorization.
Questions or comments may be addressed to Mr. Bob Johnson, Asheville Field
Office, Regulatory Branch, telephone [phone].
Sincerely,
Enclosure
G. Wayne Wright
Chief, Regulatory Branch
Copies Furnished (without enclosure):
Mr. John Parker
North Carolina Department of
Environment, Health and
Natural Resources
Post Office Box 27687
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687
Mr. John Dorney
Water Quality Section
Division of Environmental Management
,North Carolina Department of
t Environment, Health and
Natural Resources
Post Office Box 27687
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687
WW, '#
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
P.O. BOX 1890
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA 28402-1890
IN REPLY REFER TO September 25, 1992
Regulatory Branch
Action ID No. 199203671 and Nationwide Permit No. (Emergency Watershed
Protection and Rehabilitation)
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Soil Conservation Service
4405 Bland Road
Raleigh, North Carolina 27609
Gentlemen:
Reference your letter of notification, dated September 21, 1992, regarding
Department the Army authorization to place excavated material in wetlands of
Raven Fork Creek, Straight Fork Creek and the Oconaluftee River associated
with debris removal and bank stabilization, near Cherokee, S? County, North
Carolina.
For the purposes of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers' Regulatory Program,
Title 33, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 330.6, published in the
Federal Register on November.22, 1991, lists nationwide permits.
Authorization, pursuant to Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899
and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, was provided for work done by or
funded by the Soil Conservation Service (SCS) qualifying as an "exigency"
situation (requiring immediate action) under its Emergency Watershed
Protection Program (7 CFR, Part 624).
Your work is authorized by this nationwide permit provided it is
accomplished in strict accordance with the enclosed conditions. This
nationwide permit does not relieve you of the responsibility to obtain other
required State or local approval.
This verification will be valid for 2 years from the date of this letter
unless the nationwide authorization is modified, reissued, or revoked. Also,
this verification will remain valid for the 2 years if, during that period,
the nationwide permit authorization is reissued without modification or the
activity complies with any subsequent modification of the nationwide permit
authorization. If during the 2 years, the nationwide permit authorization

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expires or is suspended or revoked, or is modified, such that the activity
would no longer comply with the terms and conditions of the nationwide permit,
activities which have commenced (i.e., are under construction) or are under
contract to commence in reliance upon the nationwide permit will remain
authorized provided the activity is completed within 12 months of the date of
the nationwide permit's expiration, modification or revocation, unless
discretionary authority has been exercised on a case-by-case basis to modify,
suspend, or revoke the authorization.
Questions or comments may be addressed to Mr. Bob Johnson, Asheville Field
Office, Regulatory Branch, telephone [phone].
Sincerely,
G. Wayne Wright
Chief, Regulatory Branch
Enclosure
Copies Furnished (without enclosure):
Mr. John Parker
North Carolina Department of
Environment, Health and
Natural Resources
Post Office Box 27687
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687
Mr. John Dorney
Water Quality Section
Division of Environmental Management
?North Carolina Department of
v Environment, Health and
Natural Resources
Post Office Box 27687
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687
Principle Chief Jonathan L. Taylor
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Post Office Box 455
Cherokee, North Carolina 28719
SEP-22-92 TUE 13:50
U CErP.AR':`"E;`!- OF Art :CULTUR-w
5?7 CONSERVA F TON SERB ICE
P. 01

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lfTS> 672-2994
F A C S . `d I I- Z 711P ANiSM = T?A'
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FAX NUM8ER :
NUNSEA 4F ?AGES (INCLUDING COVER -EET)
L)o r.
SPEC.AL lNSsRUC: lC.NS/NQ1--S.
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TRANSOM I SS i ON CONTACT: KIM PO 7 ,A T / J -r M lY RAY SES7
j LZR$-!QNE NUMSa.R: [phone]: tr :S) 87 -?BS7

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SEP-22-92 TUE 13:51
Unit4d States
Department of
Agriculture
September 21, 1992
Wilmington District Engineer
Corps of Engineers
Department of the Army
P.O. Box 1890
Wilmington, NC 28402-1890
Attention: CESAW-CO-E
Dear Sir:
Soil
Conservation
Service
P. 02
4405 Bland Road
Raleigh, NC 27609
Tel. [phone]
This letter is to notify you that the Soil Conservation Service intends to carry out
Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) in Swain, Madison, and Yancey Counties.
General work sites are located on attached maps.
Planned measures include debris removal and bank stabilization. Due to the immediate
threat of damage to life and property, the situation has been classified as an exigency.
Sincerely,
Coy A Garrett
State Conservationist
Attachment
cc: William H. Farmer, Jr.
DEM
SEP-22-92 TUE 13:51

P. 03
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cows OF SNl6i.VE3 5
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EN'S.
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4405 Bland utoad, Raleigh, mC 27609
3- as mm Pm= Nmdm (==] : -- ( : .919/790-2888
4_ =- Ap.mz 'i=z aaz=,s mum att me ccsma== avr%'c=. aomss.
Swain
4. LQC=' _nN aF ?*?mq.r ;C x (1=4= ASAP) . CrC11f_W:
'iF.32=7 -Ldm OR Cherokee
VMS= C L4G1TI i (?TGQ7E '.U= IME=s , :381'D23hm. 7r"=. 1
See a c
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a- :2 =3 '. YTgc "E ?CmT I P" = A WAT NZ= cmazz= AS 1_14=. SA. icy, am,
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3/30/93

SEP-22-92 TUE 13:52 P. U4
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s remova I" '.?.?-.??,. ..?,..._.?
13. PUMUC54 OF ?_ROPOS= ;;O=--
To Protect 'Iives-; properiy.
14 . S=TI-C 3ZEMONS E= ME APP=C l= a;-'?TT3'.3 :'SAT 3Z$
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EMERGENCY WATERSHED PROTECTION
LIST OF PRIORITle$
BIG COVE -- RAVEN rORk RtvER
SWAIN C"7Y
Arthur Wade
34ptamlrar 109 19332
DESCRIPTION OF EXISTING HAZARD
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Job 1: Big Cove Loop. Old bridge with blockage of frees, roots, etc.
channel change because of flash fIaad. Camper home washed, owner
had to Jump from home as it washed down the river. Automobile
washed away also. Approximately 500 feet of river work. Rome
destroyed. (Dump truck, loader track hoe)
Job 2: Shear Drop. 500 feet of river bank washed out with a *hear drop of
7 feet next to a paved roast. Homes are approximately 200 feet from
the river. (Dump truck, track hoe, dozer, gablon baskets)
Job 3: Swimming Nele. Trees, roots, debris, rock bar to be removed f ray
channel approximately 400 f QQt. (Track has loader, dump truck)
Job 4z Cherokee Trout Faro Water Intake. Intake still in tack. River
crashed around system leaving trout farm waterless. Shear Drop 20
feet. Total wash out (Gabion baskets)
Job 4: Shear Drop. Across from Cherokee Trout Farms 18 feet approximately
S00 meet up stream of lower raceways. Site is approximately 850
fact long. Ceremonial dance grounds are at this site. Cherokee
Trent Farm lost aI i trout. 3 racewave destroyed. Pump house
destroyed. (Gabian baskets, track has, dump truck, dozer loader)
Job 5: Cherokee Trout Farms. Shear drop approximately Z50' upstream of
lower raceways. Situ Is approximately 2000 feet long. Ceremonial
dance grounds at this site. Trout farm lost all trout and 3
receweye were destroyed. (Gabion baskets, track hoe and dump truck
1 oader)
Job fi: Settling Panda Rock Bar, trees, roots. Channel full, approximately
300 feet. (Track hoe, loader, dump truck, dozer)
Job 7: Nome beside river. Trees and root mats to be removed sediment load
to be removed. Debris to be removed. Approximately 2000 feet.
bead fish beside the road, 90 feet from stream-down Straight Fork
Baptist Church. (Small dozer with winch, chain saw, dump truck and
loader, gebion baskets)
Job 8% Bridge - Straight Fern Baptist Church. Trees across river. (Dozer
with winch, loader, dump truck) 200 feat
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Job 3: 130 i ow Bridge (Loop). Rowk Bar approximately 1000 feet, tress,
mote. Houses endangered. (Dump truck, loader, track hoe)
Job 10: Tribal Hatuhvrv Settling Pond=. The wash ou-b was $00 meet. There
are trees that need to be removed. (Track hoop dump truck, loader)
Cablan baskets needed. All trout lost. Channel changed needs
repair.
Job 11: River Blockage, (Below Basket Court) Rock Bar, trees and roots
approximately 500 feet. (Track hoe, dozer, dump truck, loader)
Job 12: Bunches Craok Bridge. Rock Bar, trees, roots 600 feet and houses
endangered. (Dump truck, loader, dozer, track has)
Job 13: Pentecostal Church. Rock bar, trees 1000 feet <Trask hoe, do2a r,
loader, and dump truck)
Job 14: Yogi Bear Campground. Shear Drop (400 feet gabion baskets needed)
Lout 25 sites. Clearing and snagging. 4000 feet rook bar removed
and filtering needed. (Track hoe, loader, dozer, dump truck)
People; had 10 minutes to evacuate. One meator home washed away.
Job IS:-Church of Christ. River Blockages rock. trees# approximately 2000
foot. (Track hoe, loader, dump truck, dozer) S houses endangered.
Job IS: Big Cove Baptist Church. River blockage below church.
Approximately 400 feet. (Track has, leader, dump truck)
September 14, 1992
Jab 17: Mingue Campground. Rock Bar removal, treea, roots SOO feat.
Bridge was temporarily closed. (Dump truck, track hoe)
Job 1S: Her l eah Campground. Trees, roots, f l i i l ng no9ded. L got 9 s i taB
along river. Approximately 1000 feet. One camper weexhed down
river. Eleven wer* damaged. Notified, approximately 15 minutes to
evacuate. (Dump trueks, loader, dozer, gabion baskets)
Job 13: Standingdseer Campground. Wash out along river bank. (Dozer. dump
truck, back hoe)
Job 200. KOA Campground. Wash out at upper end of campground. Four oabina
moved or damaged. Gablon hae3ksts approximately 15 years old.
Still In place. Damage would have been much greater bad the not
been there!1 Rook bar removal needed approximately 2SCO fset
(Track hod, dump truck, loader and dozer, gablon baskets)
Job 21: River Valley Rook bars trees approximately 400 feet (Track hoer
dump truck, loader)
Job 22: Piney Grove. Ooonaluftee River. Rock bar removal 300 feet (Track
hoe q dump truck loader)
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Job 23m Pink Motel, 0conaluftee River. Waah out threutsn1ng property end
homes, gabions needed. (Track hoe, loader dump truck, 200 gabion
backa+s)
Job 24: Upper Cherokee (Air Brmsh) rock bar removal ZOO feet (Track hoes
dump truok, dozer)
Job 2S: BIA office Rock bar removal 600 feet (Track boo s dump truck,
loader, and dozer)
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1. Lace all lids to the drys side
Of Gabiort Basket or Reno
Mattress.
2. Cut or Bend any facing wire
to point into the structure.
I Follow Gabion Basket assemby<
instructions, these will be
included with the shipment of
Gabiort Baskets,
d, Gabian Baskets may be 6' or
0' long.
Natural
Rivet Rock Filled
9' x 3' x 3' Gabion
1 1-31 l
Riser Rock Filled
9' x 3' x 3' Gablan
Basket
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