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Home My WebLink About20191124 Ver 1_AR17-08-0022NoSurvey_20190822Project Tracking No.: 17-08-0022 oa NO ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY REQUIRED FORM ` This form only pertains to ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES for this project. It is not' }per: valid for Historic Architecture and Landscapes. You must consult separately with the r'Historic Architecture and Landscapes Group. . A PROJECT INFORMATION Project No: na WBS No: 17BP.4.R.99 F.A. No: na Federal Permit Required? County: Document: Johnston MCC Funding: ® State ® Yes ❑ No Permit Type: ? ❑ Federal Project Description: The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) intends to replace Bridge No. 68 on SR 1153, Webb Mill Road, over Juniper Swamp (Lake Levinson spillway). At the time of the original request for archaeological review, no preliminary design was available, but a study area 466 feet long (over 142 meters) and 100 feet (30.48 meters) wide was requested. For the purposes of this archaeological review, the area of potential effects (APE) is considered to be the approximately 1.1 acre (nearly .45 hectare) encompassed by the requested study area. SUMMARY OF CULTURAL RESOURCES REVIEW Brief description of review activities, results of review, and conclusions: The initial review of the site maps and files archived at the North Carolina Office of State Archaeology was conducted on September 19, 2017. No previously recorded archaeological resources are located within the proposed APE, nor are any recorded within a .5-mile radius of the project. A similar situation occurs with recorded historic properties. An examination of the data presented on the North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office HPOWEB GIS Service (http://gis.ncdcr.gov/hpoweb/) reveals no historic properties are recorded within .5-mile of the proposed project. One cemetery is recorded within that same radius, as noted on the USGS quadrangle. While no archaeological sites or historic properties have been previously recorded in the vicinity of the proposed bridge replacement, it is clear that Lake Levinson, immediately to the west of Bridge No. 68, represents some sort of cultural feature. Examinations of topographic mapping, LIDAR images, and aerial photographs failed to provide any clues to the nature of the pond to the west of the bridge. In early 2016, a proposed wetland mitigation project that included Lake Levinson was reviewed by the North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) and the Office of State Archaeology (OSA). The review noted simply that there were no historic properties or sites recorded there and that the "area has been disturbed by agricultural practices". Additionally, during "preliminary work" no artifacts were observed. Significant archaeological sites were considered to be unlikely. An examination of historic mapping of Johnston County depicts the pond along Juniper Creek as early as 1906 on the USGS Four Oaks Quadrangle. The USGS maps of the area as well as the early soil survey maps for the county indicate that the crossing of Juniper Swamp in the first quarter of the twentieth century was located further to the southeast at a place labeled Barefoot Bridge. Strangely, the 1938 Highway Map and the 30 X 60 Minute Series USGS Raleigh Quadrangles for 1953 and 1954 do not depict the pond, although it does appear that the road configuration is more like the modern one. This is consistent with the project information that reports the year the current bridge was built as 1954. "NO ARCHAEOLOGY SUR VEYREQUIRED"formfor the Amended Minor Transportation Projects as Qualified in the 2015 Programmatic Agreement. 1 of 6 Project Tracking No.: 17-08-0022 A brief search using the Johnston County Register of Deeds online records (http://erec.johnstonnc.com/recorder/eagleweb/docSearch.isp) revealed a little more of the nature of the property. The pond is depicted in Plat Book 7 on page 281 as Webb Mill Pond along with a notation that the tract was also known as Ingram's Mill Pond. The survey map was drawn in 1942, but was included in the 1955 entry in the Plat Book. No further information regarding the tract was found. An examination of soils in Johnston County presented on the National Resources Conservation Service Web Soil Survey (http://websoilsurvey.nres.usda.gov/qpp/WebSoilSurvey.aspx) indicates that the following soil types are mapped within the proposed APE: Bibb sandy loam, 2 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded (Bb) and Goldsboro sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes (GoA). No further archaeological investigations are required for the project within the area established as the current APE. Should the project change to include a larger footprint than covered by the current APE, further consultation will be necessary. In the unlikely event that archaeological remains are encountered during the bridge replacement, work should cease in that area and the NCDOT Archaeology Group should be notified immediately. Brief Explanation of why the available information provides a reliable basis for reasonably predicting that there are no unidentified historic properties in the APE: As implied by the evidence listed above, there is fairly strong evidence that the current proposed APE overlaps parts of what was once an early twentieth-century mill site. At the very least a good portion of the mill dam falls within the APE. However, no further evidence for any other mill elements are observed in the mapping or aerial photographs of the project area. The only map that suggests a structure in association with the mill pond seems to be the 1908 USGS Four Oaks Quadrangle. If that map does depict the mill house, then that structure has been completely destroyed by subsequent landscape alterations. Certainly OSA and SHPO believe that alterations to the landscape surrounding the pond have significantly reduced the likelihood of historic cultural properties. Given the evidence at hand, or at least the lack thereof, it seems that National Register of Historic Properties -eligible archaeological resources are very unlikely within the proposed APE. SUPPORT DOCUMENTATION See attached: ® Map(s) ❑ Previous Survey Info ® Other: soil map FINDING BY NCDOT ARCHAEOLOGIST NO ARCHAEOLOGYSURVEYREQUIRED NCDOT ARCHAEOLOGIST ❑ Photos ❑Correspondence September 22, 2017 Date "NO ARCHAEOLOGY SUR VEYREQUIRED"formfor the Amended Minor Transportation Projects as Qualified in the 2015 Programmatic Agreement. 2 of 6 Project Tracking No.: 17-08-0022 If Aerial photograph with 2-foot contours of the revised proposed APE (orange lines) for the replacement of Bridge No. 68 on SR 1153. "NO ARCHAEOLOGY SURVEY REQUIRED " form for the Amended Minor Transportation Projects as Qualified in the 2015 Programmatic Agreement. 3 of 6 Project Tracking No.: 17-08-0022 r / 54 — e 16 1% •° �M 1*y 91 lis V ' _ A n i, • ifs 4 y , t1 5a1 ded Detail of the 1906 US Geological Survey, Four Oaks Quadrangle depicting the vicinity of the project. \ gf d '-� !. i RHODES - T t,7 BRIDGE `' 2 2 f 0 -An k-kwcai- Detail of the 1908 US Geological Survey, Four Oaks Quadrangle depicting the vicinity of the project. `NO ARCHAEOLOGY SURVEY REQUIRED " form for the Amended Minor Transportation Projects as Qualified in the 2015 Programmatic Agreement. 4 of 6 Project Tracking No.: 17-08-0022 _ N 6 r NI 4 i •6x`� ` �R • -M YYY y j ,��r I, N C ^� \ Y REFOO ,. .�� a II) GGE� � d E-w t J 0s - `lYr*R9 i e •��'"�t ar ��` a a• 1N4 Ps '� y. 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Meters N 0 10 20 40 60 Feet 0 40 80 160 240 Map projection: Web Mercator Comer coordinates: WGS84 Edge tics: UTM Zone 17N WGS84 USDA Natural Resources Web Soil Survey Conservation Service National Cooperative Soil Survey Soil Map —Johnston County, North Carolina (Replacement of Bridge No. 68 on SR 1153) 737470 7374M 737510 737530 737550 737550 3 35° 24 21" N 0 _o Li 35° 24' 15" N 737570 3 9/20/2017 Page 1 of 3 MAP LEGEND Area of Interest (AOI) Area of Interest (AOI) Soils Soil Map Unit Polygons =; 0 Soil Map Unit Lines 0 Soil Map Unit Points Special Point Features {_j Blowout Borrow Pit Clay Spot r^i Closed Depression ` Gravel Pit „ Gravelly Spot Landfill Lava Flow Marsh or swamp ++ Mine or Quarry Miscellaneous Water Perennial Water Rock Outcrop Saline Spot 4 Sandy Spot Severely Eroded Spot Sinkhole ; . Slide or Slip oa Sodic Spot Soil Map —Johnston County, North Carolina (Replacement of Bridge No. 68 on SR 1153) MAP INFORMATION Spoil Area The soil surveys that comprise your AOI were mapped at 1:24,000. 1) Stony Spot L% Very Stony Spot Warning: Soil Map may not be valid at this scale. Wet Spot Enlargement of maps beyond the scale of mapping can cause misunderstanding of the detail of mapping and accuracy of soil ,8 Other line placement. The maps do not show the small areas of Special Line Features contrasting soils that could have been shown at a more detailed scale. Water Features Streams and Canals Please rely on the bar scale on each map sheet for map measurements. Transportation F++ Rails Source of Map: Natural Resources Conservation Service Web Soil Survey URL: Interstate Highways Coordinate System: Web Mercator (EPSG:3857) US Routes Maps from the Web Soil Survey are based on the Web Mercator Major Roads projection, which preserves direction and shape but distorts distance and area. A projection that preserves area, such as the Local Roads Albers equal-area conic projection, should be used if more accurate calculations of distance or area are required. Background . Aerial Photography This product is generated from the USDA-NRCS certified data as of the version date(s) listed below. Soil Survey Area: Johnston County, North Carolina Survey Area Data: Version 20, Sep 19, 2016 Soil map units are labeled (as space allows) for map scales 1:50,000 or larger. Date(s) aerial images were photographed: Jun 25, 2014—Mar 16, 2017 The orthophoto or other base map on which the soil lines were compiled and digitized probably differs from the background imagery displayed on these maps. As a result, some minor shifting of map unit boundaries may be evident. USDA Natural Resources Web Soil Survey 9/20/2017 Conservation Service National Cooperative Soil Survey Page 2 of 3 Soil Map —Johnston County, North Carolina Replacement of Bridge No. 68 on SR 1153 Map Unit Legend Johnston County, North Carolina (NC101) Map Unit Symbol Map Unit Name Acres in AOI Percent of AOI Bb Bibb sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded 1.0 96.6% GoA Goldsboro sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes 0.0 3.4% W Water 0.0 0.0% Totals for Area of Interest 1.1 100.0% usDA Natural Resources Web Soil Survey 9/20/2017 r Conservation Service National Cooperative Soil Survey Page 3 of 3