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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNC0004987_Appendix A NRTR_20170613Unpermitted Discharge Corrective Action Plan June 15, 2017 Marshall Steam Station, Terrell, NC APPENDIX A NATURAL RESOURCES TECHNICAL REPORT NATURAL RESOURCES TECHNICAL REPORT MARSHALL STEAM STATION CATAWBA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA Prepared for: Duke Energy Business Services, LLC 526 South Church Street — EC13K Charlotte, NC 28202 Prepared by: amec foster wheeler Amec Foster Wheeler Environment & Infrastructure, Inc. 4021 Stirrup Creek Drive, Suite 100 Durham, North Carolina 27703 June 19, 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................1 2.0 PROJECT SITE DESCRIPTION...........................................................................................1 3.0 METHODOLOGY..................................................................................................................1 4.0 RESULTS..............................................................................................................................4 5.0 CONCLUSIONS..................................................................................................................14 LIST OF TABLES Table 1 Wetlands within the Marshall Steam Station Study Area, Catawba County, North Carolina. Table 2 Stream Classifications within the Marshall Steam Station Study Area, Catawba County, North Carolina. Table 3 Potential for Occurrence of Federally Listed Animal and Plant Species within the Marshall Steam Station Study Area, Catawba County, North Carolina. Table 4 Identified Archaeology and Historic Sites near the Marshall Steam Station Study Area, Catawba County, North Carolina LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1 Site Location Map Figure 2 Study Area Map Figure 3 NRCS Soils Map Figure 4 USGS Topographic Map Figure 5 USFWS NWI Map Figure 6 Jurisdictional Waters Map Figure 7 Threatened and Endangered Species Habitat Map Figure 8 Cultural Resources Map Figure 9 Floodplain Map LIST OF APPENDICES Appendix A Figures Appendix B Wetland/Stream Field Data Forms Appendix C Photographic Log Amec Foster Wheeler Project No. 7810150299 Natural Resources Technical Report June 19, 2015 Marshall Steam Station Catawba County, NC 1.0 INTRODUCTION Amec Foster Wheeler Environment & Infrastructure, Inc. (Amec Foster Wheeler) conducted a natural resources investigation at the Marshall Steam Station in Catawba County, North Carolina (Figure 1) per the scope of work outlined in eMax Purchase Order No. 1088756 dated November 21, 2014, and in eMax Purchase Order No. 1184393 dated March 25, 2015. This scope includes a threatened and endangered species habitat assessment, review of a database at the North Carolina Office of State Archaeology for archaeological resources within the study area, and assessment of potential riparian buffers and/or regulatory floodplains within the study area. This report documents the methodology used to assess the potential limits of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) jurisdictional surface waters (wetlands, streams, and other waterbodies) in the study area and presents the findings of the field investigation. The results of the threatened and endangered species database review, our assessment of the potential for occurrence of listed plant and animal species within the study area, historical database review, and floodplain and riparian buffer assessment are also included in this report. 2.0 PROJECT SITE DESCRIPTION Amec Foster Wheeler understands that Duke Energy is planning to perform ash basin closure activities near the ash ponds at the Marshall Steam Station. The project area is shown on Figures 1 and 2 and is approximately 1,386 acres. As specified in the above -referenced Duke Energy purchase order, the ash basin was not assessed as part of this investigation. 3.0 METHODOLOGY Wetland Delineation and Stream Determination Amec Foster Wheeler performed an in-house review of potentially jurisdictional waters within the study area. The review used the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Catawba County Soil survey geographic information system (GIS) data (Figure 3), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) digital 7.5 -minute topography (Figure 4; Lake Norman North, North Carolina Quadrangle), and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) GIS data (Figure 5). These maps were used to direct the on-site investigation, and highlight areas having listed hydric soils or topographic configurations suggesting the presence of wetland or streams. After the in-house review, on January 7, April 29 to 30, and May 1, 2015, Amec Foster Wheeler performed an on-site evaluation for the presence of potentially jurisdictional surface waters in the study area. Jurisdictional waters of the U.S., such as ponds, streams, and wetlands, are defined by 33 CFR Part 328.3(b) and are protected by Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. § 1344). Impacts to regulated resources within the study area are administered and enforced by the USACE, Wilmington District. Impacts to jurisdictional waters from the proposed project would be regulated under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. Amec Foster Wheeler personnel, including Professional Wetland Scientists, evaluated the potentially jurisdictional waters using the Routine On -Site Determination Method as defined in the USACE Wetland Delineation Manual' and the Eastern Mountains and Piedmont regional Environmental Laboratory. 1987. "Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual," Technical Report Y-87-1. U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station. Vicksburg, MS. Amec Foster Wheeler Project No. 7810150299 Natural Resources Technical Report June 19, 2015 Marshall Steam Station Catawba County, NC supplement2. This technique uses a multi -parameter approach, which requires positive evidence of three criteria: hydrophytic vegetation, hydric soils, and wetland hydrology. Each area identified as a wetland was evaluated using the North Carolina Wetland Assessment Method (NC WAM) per the methodology outlined in the NC WAM User Manuals (Version 4.1), effective October 2010. Potential streams were evaluated using the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (NCDENR) Division of Water Resources' (DWR) Methodology for Identification of Intermittent and Perennial Streams and Their OriginS4 (Version 4.11), effective September 1, 2010. USACE Stream Quality Assessment Worksheets also were completed for each stream. The USACE Stream Quality Assessment Worksheet is intended to be used as a guide to assist landowners and environmental professionals in gathering data required by the USACE to make a preliminary assessment of stream quality for potential mitigation. Stream characteristics and commonly observable features resulting from geomorphic, hydrologic, and biologic processes, with local site features such as riparian buffers and proximity to local disturbances, are used in this stream quality assessment to produce a numeric score. The numeric score is used by USACE to indicate what level of mitigation would be required for stream impacts -- a score of 30 or less might not require mitigation, a score between 40 and 50 would likely require a 1:1 mitigation credit ratio, a score between 50 and 60 would be either a 1:1 or 2:1 ratio based on a case-by-case review, and a score of over 60 would likely require a 2:1 mitigation credit ratio (personal communication with Mr. David Bailey, Wilmington District USACE, June 2015). Areas exhibiting wetland characteristics and stream and tributary systems within the study area were considered potentially jurisdictional waters. The landward limits of wetlands and the linear extent of these surface waters were marked in the field with labeled survey tape tied to vegetation or stakes. The location of each flag point was acquired using a sub -meter accuracy Global Positioning System (GPS) device. Threatened and Endangered Species Habitat Characterization Certain plant and animal species are protected by federal regulations [Federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973 (16 USC 1531-1544, December 28, 1973, as amended 1976-1982, 1984, and 1988)]. The bald eagle is federally protected under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (BGEPA) and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA). Amec Foster Wheeler accessed the USFWS Information, Planning, and Conservation System (IPaC) database (available online at htti)://ecos.fws.gov/ipac/) on May 26, 2015 and the county list available on the USFWS Asheville Ecological Services website (http://www.fws.gov/asheville/). These information sources were used to determine whether federally listed threatened or endangered plant or animal species (including designated critical habitat) may be near the study area. Amec Foster Wheeler conducted a habitat assessment, consisting of pedestrian reconnaissance of the plant communities and surface waters within the study area to determine the likelihood of listed plant and animal species occurring within the study area. Presence or absence of listed species was noted through direct observations or sign (sighting, tracks, scat, nests, dens, or call). Environmental Laboratory. 2010. "Interim Regional Supplement to the Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual: Eastern Mountains and Piedmont," Technical Report ERDC/EL TR -10-9. U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station. Vicksburg, MS. N.C. Wetland Functional Assessment Team. 2010. "N.C. Wetland Assessment Method (NC WAM) User Manual, Version 4.1 ". North Carolina Wetland Functional Assessment Team. Raleigh, NC. Division of Water Quality. 2010. "Methodology for Identification of Intermittent and Perennial Streams and their Origins, Version 4.11". North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Water Quality. Raleigh, NC. Amec Foster Wheeler Project No. 7810150299 June 19, 2015 Cultural Resources Review Natural Resources Technical Report Marshall Steam Station Catawba County, NC Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, 36 CFR Part 800 (as amended) requires that impacts to cultural resources be considered during a Federal undertaking or when a Federal permit is needed. Impacts to cultural resources are regulated by the Lead Federal Agency in cooperation with the North Carolina State Preservation Office (NC SHPO). For a cultural resource to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), it must meet at least one of following four criteria for significance: • Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to broad patterns of history • Associated with the lives of persons significant in our past • Embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or that represent the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or that represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction • Have yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history Amec Foster Wheeler conducted a cultural resource screening to assess the presence/absence of known cultural resources and NRHP listed resources in the project area. The research included a review of archaeological files at the NC SHPO office and the online HPO Web GIS Service (http://gis.ncdcr.gov/hpoweb/). Our investigation did not include field efforts to identify or verify cultural resources within the study area. Floodplain Assessment The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) was created in 1968 to protect lives and property and to reduce the financial burden of providing disaster assistance. The NFIP is administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The NFIP is based on a mutual agreement between the federal government and communities. In partnership with FEMA, the state has produced flood maps in accordance with FEMA standards. Communities must adopt and enforce minimum floodplain management regulations so that development, including buildings is undertaken in ways that reduce exposure to flooding. Amec Foster Wheeler reviewed Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRMS) to determine whether a portion of the study area lies within the regulatory 100 -year floodplain. Amec Foster Wheeler also reviewed the Catawba County Unified Development Ordinance (available online at http://www.catawbacountync.-gov/Planning/UDO/FloodDamagePrevention.pdf) for local govern- ment requirements for work in floodplains. These results are based on our review of FEMA DFIRM delineated flood boundaries. Riparian Buffer Assessment Amec Foster Wheeler reviewed local and state riparian buffer regulations to determine whether a portion of the study area is subject to riparian buffer regulations. Amec Foster Wheeler reviewed the NCDENR DWR Catawba River Basin Buffer Rules published in the State's administrative code at 15A NCAC 02B .0243. Amec Foster Wheeler also reviewed the Catawba County Unified Development Ordinance available online at the webpage named in the above section regarding riparian buffer regulations within the study area. 3 Amec Foster Wheeler Project No. 7810150299 June 19, 2015 4.0 RESULTS Wetland Delineation and Stream Determination Natural Resources Technical Report Marshall Steam Station Catawba County, NC During the in-house review, the NRCS Soil Survey (Figure 3) indicated the presence of several soil map units within the study area. Hydric soils (soils that have a greater propensity to contains wetlands) in the study area singularly include Chewacla loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded (ChA), Enon fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes (EnB), and Roanoke loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded (RkA). The USGS topographic map (Figure 4) shows much of the ash basin as wetlands and forested areas. One unnamed dashed blue -line tributary (i.e., mapped as an intermittent stream channel), Stream 5, was shown on the topographic map as draining to the south within the northern portion of the study area. Three unnamed dashed blue -line tributaries (intermittent stream channels), Streams 12, 14, and 18, were shown on the topographic map as draining to the south or southeast within the northeastern portion of the study area. The USFWS NWI Map (Figure 5) showed various surface water classification types; however, all were mapped generally within the boundaries of the ash basin. These types included freshwater forested/shrub wetland, freshwater emergent wetland, freshwater pond, and lake. The eastern border of the study area abuts multiple fingers (coves) of Lake Norman, which are mapped as lake on Figure 5. The January 7, April 29 to 30, and May 1, 2015, field investigation was completed in accordance with the wetland delineation and stream classification methodology described in Section 3.0. Amec Foster Wheeler identified features that may be considered jurisdictional waters of the U.S. by the USACE. There were 29 potentially jurisdictional wetlands and 17 potentially jurisdictional streams were identified within the study area beyond the limits of the ash basin. The locations/limits of these features are shown on Figure 6. Wetland delineation and stream identification field data forms are provided in Appendix B. Photographs of current site conditions are provided in Appendix C. The limits of these features were GPS mapped and have not been verified (inspected) by the USACE and/or the DWR. Wetlands There were 29 potentially jurisdictional wetland areas delineated within the study area beyond the limits of the ash basin (Wetlands A through CC, Figure 6). Field indicators of hydrophytic vegetation, wetland hydrology, and hydric soils were present in these wetlands at the time of the evaluation. Though not contiguous, many of these wetlands were generally similar in hydrology, vegetation, and soils. The wetland areas, their corresponding NC WAM classification, and general location information are listed in Table 1. The USACE Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Wetland Determination Data Forms for the wetlands are provided in Appendix B. Wetland A was classified as a seep according to the NC WAM. Seeps discharge groundwater to the surface on a slope. This wetland type usually occupies small areas on sloping hillsides in interstream divides or on the valley wall outside floodplains; i.e., they do not occur in a geomorphic floodplain or a natural topographic crenulation. The vegetation within Wetland A included black willow (Salix nigra), sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua), soft rush (Juncus effusus), woolgrass (Scirpus cyperinus), and blackberry (Rubus sp.). Field indicators of hydrology and hydric soils were present in this wetland area at the time of the evaluation. 4 Amec Foster Wheeler Project No. 7810150299 Natural Resources Technical Report June 19, 2015 Marshall Steam Station Catawba County, NC Wetlands B, C, D, E, F, G, H, L, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, Y, AA, BB, and CC were classified as headwater forest according to the NC WAM. Headwater forests typically occur in geomorphic floodplains of first -order or smaller streams and in topographic crenulations without a stream. For the purposes of NC WAM, zero -order streams are tributaries not shown on the USGS 7.5 - minute topographic map and first -order streams are the lowest -order streams shown on the topographic map. These wetlands generally occupied the upper or middle reach of unnamed tributaries that drained into lobes of the ash basin; i.e., open water/wetlands within the ash basin, or filled/maintained portions of the ash basin. The vegetation in the canopy stratum of these wetland areas included a mixture of red maple (Acer rubrum), river birch (Betula nigra), sweetgum, tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera), and/or sugarberry (Celtis laevigata). The shrub stratum consisted of small trees or saplings of the aforementioned hardwoods, American holly (Ilex opaca), and/or Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinense). The groundstory vegetation included a mixture of sedges (Carex spp.), Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides), soft rush, Japanese stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum), netted chain fern (Woodwardia areolata), and vines such as common greenbrier (Smilax rotundifolia) and muscadine (Vitis rotundifolia). Wetlands I, J, K, and Z were classified as bottomland hardwood forest according to the NC WAM. Wetlands I and Z were conterminous with Lake Norman (coves). Wetlands J and K occupied depressional areas that drained into lobes of the ash basin near Holdsclaw Creek (see Figures 1 and 6). The vegetation within these wetlands generally included plant species that were common to the headwater forest community. Wetlands M, X, and O were herbaceous and/or shrub/scrub wetlands which occurred within maintained powerline corridors. Wetland N was included in this group of wetlands. It was located within a ruderal area which abutted the power generation facility yard. The vegetation in these areas was primarily herbaceous due to the nature of the maintenance activities within the maintained areas which prevent development of a midstory and overstory. Because of the disturbance to the vegetation, no NC WAM classification applies to these areas. These wetlands comprised a mixture of opportunistic/ruderal plant species, including soft rush, dock (Rumex crispus), rough -leaved goldenrod (So/idao rugosa and S. patula), blackberry, Japanese stiltgrass, sedge (Carex lurida), cattail (Typha latifolia), and arrowleaf tearthumb (Persicaria sagittata). Scattered occurrences of tulip tree and hazel alder (Alnus serrulata) were observed in some of these areas. Table 1 Wetlands within the Marshall Steam Station Study Area, Catawba County, North Carolina. Feature Size General Site Flag # NCWAM Classification Flag ID ID (acres) Location Series Wetland A Seep 0.12 Central study area BLUE—MAR—WA 001-011 Wetland B Headwater Forest 0.20 North -central study area BLUE—MAR—WB 001-012 Wetland C Headwater Forest 0.04 North -central study area BLUE MAR WC 001-007 contiguous with stream Wetland D Headwater Forest 0.11 Northwest study area RED MAR 0541-0549 contiguous with stream — 5 Amec Foster Wheeler Project No. 7810150299 June 19, 2015 Natural Resources Technical Report Marshall Steam Station Catawba County, NC Feature Size General Site Flag # NCWAM Classification Flag ID ID (acres) Location Series Wetland E Headwater Forest 0.09 Northwest study area RED MAR 0553-0557 contiguous with stream — Wetland F Headwater Forest 0.04 Northwest study area RED MAR 0558-0563 contiguous with stream — Wetland G Headwater Forest 0.34 Northwest study area RED—MAR 0564-0581 Wetland H Headwater Forest 1.27 Southwest study area RED—MAR 0584-0600 Wetland I Bottomland Hardwood Forest 0.23 Southeast study area GREEN MAR WA 001-008 conterminous with lake Wetland J Bottomland Hardwood Forest 0.11 Central study area GREEN_MAR_WB 001-006 Wetland K Bottomland Hardwood Forest 2.07 Central study area GREEN—MAR—WC 001-011 Wetland L Headwater Forest 0.11 Southwest study area GREEN MAR WD 001-012 contiguous with stream — — Wetland M Herbaceous/Shrub/Scrub' 0.01 Southwest study area GREEN—MAR—WE 001-005 Wetland N Herbaceous/Shrub/Scrub 0.04 Southeast study area BORIS—MAR—WA 001-008 Wetland O Herbaceous/Shrub/Scrub" 0.08 Northeast study area ENV1 MAR WE 001-003 contiguous with stream — — Wetland P Headwater Forest 1.14 Southwest study area ENV1 MAR WA 001-006 contiguous with stream — — Wetland Q Headwater Forest 0.23 East -central study area BORIS MAR WB 001-015 contiguous with stream — — Wetland R Headwater Forest 0.02 East -central study area BORIS MAR WE 001-004 contiguous with stream Wetland S Headwater Forest 0.04 East -central study area BORIS MAR WG 001-005 contiguous with stream Wetland T Headwater Forest 0.13 East -central study area BORIS MAR WF 001-011 contiguous with stream Wetland U Headwater Forest 0.03 East -central study area BORIS MAR WH 001-005 contiguous with stream Wetland V Headwater Forest 0.33 East -central study area BORIS _ MAR _WI 001-016 contiguous with stream BORIS—MAR—WJ 001-002 Wetland W Headwater Forest 0.02 East -central study area BORIS MAR WK 001-004 contiguous with stream Wetland X Herbaceous/Shrub/Scrub' 0.33 North -central study area BORIS _ MAR _WM 001-013 BORIS MAR WN 001-009 Amec Foster Wheeler Project No. 7810150299 Natural Resources Technical Report June 19, 2015 Marshall Steam Station Catawba County, NC Feature Flag ID Size General Site USACE Stream Score Flag # BLUE MAR SA0002 NCWAM Classification Intermittent 43 Flag ID GREEN MAR SA002 ID Perennial (acres) Location GREEN MAR SB002 Series Wetland Y Headwater Forest 0.10 Northeast study area ENV1_MAR_WC 001-008 Wetland Z Bottomland Hardwood Forest 0.55 Northeast study area ENV1 MAR WF 001-010 contiguous with stream Wetland AA Headwater Forest 1.62 Northeast study area ENV1 MAR WD 001-037 contiguous with stream Wetland BB Headwater Forest 0.01 East -central study area BORIS MAR WC 001-005 contiguous with stream Wetland CC Headwater Forest 0.01 East -central study area BORIS MAR WD 001-003 contiguous with stream Note: Wetlands located within maintained powerline right-of-way corridors or facility open areas. The vegetation in these areas is herbaceous and/or shrub/scrub due to the nature of the maintenance activities within the corridors and open areas that prevent development of an overstory; thus, no NCWAM classification is applied to these areas. Streams There were 17 potentially jurisdictional stream features delineated within the study area beyond the limits of the ash basin (Streams 1 through 19, Figure 6). Streams 6 and 17 were determined to be ephemeral features, or non -jurisdictional. Streams 5, 12, 14, and 18 were shown on the USGS topographic map. Streams 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, and 19 were shown on the Soil Survey of Catawba County (October 1975). Streams 1, 3, 7, and 17 were not shown on the Soil Survey of Catawba County. The DWR Stream Identification Form scores and classifications and the USACE Stream Quality Assessment Worksheet scores are presented in Table 2 for these 17 streams. The DWR Stream Identification Forms and the USACE Stream Quality Assessment Worksheets are in Appendix B. Stream Identification forms and Assessment Worksheets are labeled with the flag location (Flag ID) at which they were completed. The Flag ID is listed in Table 2. Table 2. Stream Classifications within the Marshall Steam Station Study Area, Catawba County, North Carolina. Stream ID Flag ID NC DWQ Stream Score, NC DWQ Stream Classification USACE Stream Score Stream 1 BLUE MAR SA0002 20.5 Intermittent 43 Stream 2 GREEN MAR SA002 30.5 Perennial 50 Stream 3 GREEN MAR SB002 27 Intermittent 23 Stream 4 BLUE MAR SB0003 30 Perennial 57 Stream 5 BLUE MAR SC0007 27 Intermittent 54 7 Amec Foster Wheeler Project No. 7810150299 June 19, 2015 Natural Resources Technical Report Marshall Steam Station Catawba County, NC Stream ID Flag ID NC DWQ Stream Score, NC DWQ Stream Classification USACE Stream Score Stream 7 RED—MAR-0143 19 Intermittent 40 Stream 8 RED—MAR-0145 31 Perennial 47 Stream 9 RED—MAR-0155 33 Perennial 56 Stream 10 RED—MAR-0130 28.75 Intermittent 49 Stream 11 RED—MAR-0139 28.75 Intermittent 49 Stream 12 BORIS—MAR—SC-023 36.5 Perennial 67 Stream 13 BORIS—MAR—SD-002 21 Intermittent 53 Stream 14 ENV1 MAR SC 33 Perennial 60 Stream 15 ENV1 MAR SB 30 Perennial 47 Stream 16 ENV1 MAR SA 26 Intermittent 50 Stream 18 ENV4 MAR SA 24.5 Intermittent 64 Stream 19 ENV4 MAR SC 22.5 Intermittent 62 ' NC DWQ scoring: <19= ephemeral; 19 to <30 = intermittent; >_30 = perennial 2 USACE scoring: <30 may not require mitigation; 40 to 50 likely requires 1:1 mitigation credit ratio; 50 to 60 may require either a 1:1 or 2:1 ratio based on a case-by-case review; >60 would likely require a 2:1 mitigation credit ratio. Threatened and Endangered Species Habitat Characterization Amec Foster Wheeler completed a review of the USFWS IPaC database (Consultation Code: 04EN1000-2015-SLI-0278) and the county list available on the USFWS Asheville Ecological Services website to determine whether federally listed threatened or endangered plant or animal species (including designated critical habitat) have the potential to occur within the study area. Table 3 and Figure 7 present the list of species that are known to presently occur, or to have historically occurred, in Catawba County. The likelihood of occurrence, as listed in Table 3, is based on (1) a comparison of the known habitat use by these species, (2) the habitats (if present) within the study area, (3) the quantity, quality, and proximity of these habitats, and (4) observations of these species or their sign during field reconnaissance. The likelihood of occurrence for listed species was rated as high, moderate, low, or unlikely based on the above criteria. A likelihood of occurrence given as "unlikely" indicates that no suitable habitat, or extremely limited habitat, for the species exists within the study area. 0 Amec Foster Wheeler Project No. 7810150299 Natural Resources Technical Report June 19, 2015 Marshall Steam Station Catawba County, NC Table 3. Potential for Occurrence of Federally Listed Animal and Plant Species within the Marshall Steam Station Study Area, Catawba County, North Carolina. Common Name Federal General Habitat Description Potential for (Scientific Name) Status Occurrence Mammals Summer habitat includes deciduous forests and mixed evergreen -deciduous forests, with bats roosting singly or in colonies underneath bark, in cavities, or in crevices of both live and dead trees. Specifically, dead, or partially dead, hardwood trees with exfoliating bark are Northern long-eared bat T preferred (suitable roost trees). Winter Medium (Myotis septentrionalis) hibernating habitat (hibernacula) includes caves and mines, typically with large passages and entrances, constant temperatures, and high humidity with no air currents. Note: Informal consultation with the USFWS should be conducted. Bat surveys may be required for ash pond closure. Birds Forested habitats for nesting and roosting, and Bald eagle BGEPA expanses of shallow fresh or salt water for (Haliaeetus foraging. Nesting habitat generally consists of High leucocephalus) densely forested areas of mature trees that are isolated from human disturbance. Vascular Plants Endemic to Piedmont physiographic province of North Carolina and South Carolina. Habitat Dwarf -flowered heartleaf T includes oak -hickory -pine plant communities. (Hexastylis naniflora) Typically grows on slopes near streams in moist, High acidic soils. It is associated with mountain laurel and several species of oak, particularly scarlet oak, chestnut oak, and black oak. N Amec Foster Wheeler Project No. 7810150299 June 19, 2015 Natural Resources Technical Report Marshall Steam Station Catawba County, NC Common Name (Scientific Name) Federal Status General Habitat Description Potential for Occurrence Endemic to Piedmont physiographic province of North Carolina and South Carolina. Historical habitat included post oak -blackjack oak savannas maintained by some degree of Schweinitz's sunflower E disturbance (fire). Occurs on glades and prairie- (Helianthus schweinitzii) like habitats which include right-of-ways for Medium roads, transmission and distribution lines, highways, sewers, etc. Repeated mowing during the flowering and fruiting season is harmful to the species. Typically found growing on shallow, poor, clayey, and/or rocky soils. Sources: USFWS Environmental Conservation Online System — Species Profiles (web site); County list (USFWS Asheville Ecological Services); NatureServe Explorer (web site). E = Endangered; T = Threatened. Low = no further surveys recommended. Medium =additional surveys are recommended. High = additional surveys are recommended Amec Foster Wheeler completed a general field reconnaissance of the study area on January 7 and April 30, 2015. Forested habitat within the study area may provide suitable summer roosting sites for the northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) (NLEB) where white oak (Quercus alba) trees or dead/dying trees with exfoliated bark are present. Portions of the study area comprised stands of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) and/or Virginia pine (Pinus virginiana). These areas would provide less opportunity for summer roosting by bats. With these considerations, the potential for occurrence of the NLEB within the study area is reported as medium. Bat surveys (acoustic or mist net) to confirm presence or absence of the NLEB may be required by the USFWS. Although no longer afforded protection by the ESA as of June 29, 2007, the bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is still protected under the BGEPA and the MBTA, both of which protect bald eagles by prohibiting killing, selling, or otherwise harming eagles, their nests, or eggs. Habitats include riparian areas along the coast and near major rivers, wetlands, and reservoirs. Bald eagles typically nest in large, tall, open -topped pines near open waters. They feed primarily on fish, but will also take a variety of birds, mammals, and turtles. Lake Norman provides abundant foraging habitat, and large trees along the lake shoreline provide suitable roosting or nesting habitat for eagles. A bald eagle nest is known to occur near the Holdsclaw Creek dam; therefore, additional surveys should be conducted to determine how much the site is used by the nesting pair and other bald eagles in the area. Dwarf -flowered heartleaf (Hexastylis naniflora) occurs on acidic, sandy loam soils on moist to rather dry north -facing slopes of ravines and along bluffs and hillsides in boggy areas next to streams. Vegetation is typically oak -hickory -pine forests of the Piedmont physiographic province. Soil type is the most important habitat requirement for this species. The Pacolet, Madison, or Musella types are often associated with occurrences of dwarf -flowered heartleaf. The Pacolet and Madison types occur within the study area. The species also requires sunlight in early spring for maximum flowering and seed production. During the January field 10 Amec Foster Wheeler Project No. 7810150299 Natural Resources Technical Report June 19, 2015 Marshall Steam Station Catawba County, NC investigation, scattered occurrences of individual plants of the genus Hexastylis were observed within the northeast portion of the study area along stream features and forested hill slopes. It is not known whether these specimens were the more common wild ginger or the federally protected dwarf -flowered heartleaf. During the field investigation in April, many individuals of the genus Hexastylis were also observed. Not all of the plants were in flower, but of those that were in flower, some were identified as dwarf -flowered heartleaf. There appeared to be a strong affinity on this site between the genus Hexastylis and Pacolet soils. The Hexastylis was present predominantly on north facing slopes, but was also observed on other slopes. Survey(s) for dwarf -flowered heartleaf, when authorized by Duke Energy, should be conducted during mid- March to early June. The potential for occurrence of the Schweinitz's sunflower (Helianthus schweinitzii) was presumed to be medium based on the quality and quantity of the habitat within the study area. Suitable soils for this species were located within only a couple of areas within the study area. A survey of specific areas of the study area during the flowering season (late August to October) is recommended to confirm the presence/absence of Schweinitz's sunflower. Amec Foster Wheeler contacted Mr. Scott Fletcher, a Certified Wildlife Biologist with Duke Energy, to obtain information about habitat site conditions for federally listed plant and animal species at the Marshall Steam Station. Mr. Fletcher stated that no known listed species occur on Marshall Steam Station. However, he indicated that no surveys for dwarf -flowered heartleaf or Schweinitz's sunflower were conducted in the last ten years except in several limited areas. He also stated that potential habitat is present on Marshall Steam Station for the NLEB (shingled/loose-bark hardwoods, snags/wolf trees) (personal communication via email January 13, 2015). Finally, according to Mr. Fletcher, a bald eagle nest is reported to occur at latitude 35.606236 and longitude 80.957211; i.e., within the southeastern portion of study area, near the Holdsclaw Creek dam. Cultural Resources Review Amec Foster Wheeler conducted a desktop review of the study area based on available data resources from the NRHP files and information on archaeological resources from the North Carolina Archaeological Site File repository at the NC SHPO. Table 4 and Figure 8 present the results of the desktop survey. According to the NC SHPO, a portion of the study area, Marshall Steam Station (CT1303), is determined eligible for the NRHP, but has not been listed at this time. The Terrell Historic District (CT0378 - listed) and the Motts Grove Campground (CT580 - survey listed) are located next to the study area. According to the North Carolina Office of State Archaeology records, the study area has been not been surveyed for archaeological resources. During the review of the state files, 22 sites were identified within or around the study area. However, only five sites have been previously identified within the study area. These sites are 31 CT19, 31 CT242, 31 CT205, 31 CT206, and 31 CT228, which have been assessed and are not eligible for the NRHP due to low density of artifacts and/or high disturbance of soils from erosion. The remaining 17 sites are outside the study area but within the half mile radius. These sites have been assessed as not being eligible or are now submerged by Lake Norman. If federal permits are required as part of future project plans, required consultation with the NC SHPO will likely result in a request for a Phase I archaeological survey of the study area. 11 Amec Foster Wheeler Project No. 7810150299 Natural Resources Technical Report June 19, 2015 Marshall Steam Station Catawba County, NC Table 4. Identified Archaeology and Historic Sites near the Marshall Steam Station Study Area, Catawba County, North Carolina. Archaeology Site Number Description NRHP Status 31CT227 Prehistoric Lithic Debitage Not Eligible 31CT228 Prehistoric Lithic Debitage Not Eligible 31CT229 Historic 201h Century Domestic Scatter Not Eligible 31CT226 Prehistoric Lithic Debitage Not Eligible 31CT225 Prehistoric Lithic Debitage Not Eligible 31CT219 Prehistoric Lithic Debitage Not Eligible 31CT224 Prehistoric Lithic Debitage Not Eligible 31CT207 Prehistoric and Historic Artifact Scatter Not Eligible 31CT208 Historic Ceramics Not Eligible 31CT206 Historic 20th Century Domestic Scatter Not Eligible 31CT205 Prehistoric and Historic Artifact Scatter Not Eligible 31CT204 Prehistoric Ceramic Scatter Not Eligible 31CT203 Historic 18th -19th Century Cemetery Not Eligible 31CT20 Prehistoric Lithic and Ceramic Scatter Unassessed 31CT242 Historic 19_1h 201h Century Domestic Scatter Not Eligible 31CT19 Prehistoric Lithic Scatter Not Eligible 31CT18 Prehistoric Lithic Scatter Unassessed 31CT1 Prehistoric Lithic and Ceramic Scatter Unassessed 31CT2 Prehistoric and Historic Artifact Scatter Unassessed 12 Amec Foster Wheeler Project No. 7810150299 June 19, 2015 Natural Resources Technical Report Marshall Steam Station Catawba County, NC Archaeology Site Number Description NRHP Status 311D6 Prehistoric Ceramic Scatter Unassessed 311D7 Prehistoric Ceramic Scatter Unassessed 31ID110 Prehistoric Ceramic Scatter Unassessed Historic Site Number Description NRHP Status CT580 Motts Grove Campground Survey Listed CT1303 Marshall Steam Station Determined Eligible CT0378 Terrell Historic District Listed Floodplain Assessment Our results are based on the review of FEMA DFIRM delineated flood boundaries. The regulated 100 -year floodplain occurs within the central and eastern portions of the ash basin, including Holdsclaw Creek. Occurrences of the floodplain within the study area are generally limited to the eastern boundary where fingers of Lake Norman (coves) are conterminous with the study area (Figure 9). Under Section 44-429 (Floodplain Management Overlay) of the Catawba County Unified Development Ordinance (Ordinance No. 2007-14, 7/9/07), work conducted within flood -prone areas would require a Floodplain Development Permit. The application for the Floodplain Development Permit must be submitted for review by the county before any development activity begins. Work conducted within the 100 -year floodplain would require review/consultation with the Catawba County Floodplain Administrator. Riparian Buffer Assessment Amec Foster Wheeler reviewed the NCDENR DWR Catawba River Basin Buffer Rule to determine whether a portion of the study area was subject to riparian buffer regulations. The Catawba River Basin Buffer Rule only applies in North Carolina along the main -stem of the Catawba River below Lake James and along the main -stem lakes from and including Lake James to the North Carolina/South Carolina border. For the Catawba River, the buffer area (50 foot) measurement starts at the most landward limit of the top of the bank. For the main -stem lakes, the buffer area measurement starts at the most landward limit of the full -pond level. None of the stream features delineated within the study area were located along the main -stem of the Catawba River. However, Streams 12, 14, and 18 (inclusive of two side tributaries, Streams 13 and 19) were located along fingers of Lake Norman, which is a main -stem lake. Streams 12, 14, and 18 drain into these fingers, or coves, of Lake Norman. The Catawba River Basin Buffer Rule, therefore, applies to these perennial (Streams 12 and 14) and intermittent (Streams 13, 18, and 19) features occurring within the study area. 13 Amec Foster Wheeler Project No. 7810150299 Natural Resources Technical Report June 19, 2015 Marshall Steam Station Catawba County, NC Under Section 44-434.12 (Buffer Area Required) of the Catawba County Unified Development Ordinance (Ordinance No. 2007-001, 2/5/07), "in the watershed protection overlay (WP -0), a minimum 30 -foot wide vegetative buffer is required for all new development along all perennial waters indicated on the most recent version of USGS 1:24,000 (7.5 minute) scale topographic maps or as determined by local government studies." Streams 5, 12, 14, and 18 within the study area were shown on the USGS topographic map as dashed blue -line tributaries; i.e., the streams were mapped on the topographic map as intermittent stream channels. Stream 5 may not require a minimum 30 -foot -wide vegetative buffer if new development were proposed which would encroach into the buffer area, because this stream channel was classified as intermittent based on the DWR Stream Identification Form score reported by Amec Foster Wheeler. Streams 12 and 14 may require a vegetative buffer, however, because these stream channels were classified as perennial based on the DWR Stream Identification Form scores reported by Amec Foster Wheeler. Consultation with Catawba County regulatory staff is recommended before land clearing activities that would encroach within 30 feet of the banks of Streams 5, 12, 14, and 18. The study area occurs within a Water Supply Watershed IV area, as mapped on the WP -0 in Catawba County. 5.0 CONCLUSIONS There were 29 potentially jurisdictional wetlands and 17 potentially jurisdictional streams identified within the study area beyond the limits of the ash basin. Amec Foster Wheeler recommends the completion of the verification of Jurisdictional Determination process with the Wilmington District USACE before mechanized land clearing or other disturbance near potential jurisdictional waters, including wetlands. Boundaries and classifications of these features in the study area should be verified by the USACE and DWR. The boundaries of jurisdictional waters may need to be surveyed by a registered Professional Land Surveyor to facilitate the verification of Jurisdictional Determination by the USACE. Impacts to jurisdictional features may require a Section 404/401 Clean Water Act permit which requires that if impacts to jurisdictional surface waters on site are needed, these impacts be avoided and/or minimized to the extent practicable. Depending on the extent of proposed impacts to jurisdictional surface waters, a permit may be required from the USACE, with a Water Quality Certification from DWR. A project may qualify for a USACE Nationwide Permit if impacts to jurisdictional waters are limited to less than 300 linear feet of aquatically important streams and/or one-half acre of wetlands. Mitigation may be required for permanent impacts to streams or for permanent impacts to wetlands over 0.10 acre. Temporary impacts remaining in place for greater than one year are typically considered permanent by the USACE. In this case, temporary impacts may require mitigation. Finally, a permit decision must consider additional floodway, floodplain fill, or storm water restrictions as mandated by local ordinance, state requirements, or federal regulations. The Catawba River Basin Buffer Rule applies to three perennial streams and one intermittent stream occurring within the study area, because these delineated surface waters were located along a main -stem lake of the Catawba River (i.e., Lake Norman). Pre -construction notification to DWR will be required if impacts are proposed to these riparian buffers. Consultation with Catawba County regulatory staff regarding riparian buffers is recommended before land clearing activities that would encroach within 30 feet of the banks of perennial streams within the study area. Review of the FEMA -delineated 100 -year flood maps indicated that portions of the eastern edge of the study area and a portion of the ash basin occur within the regulated 100 -year flood zone. Work conducted within flood -prone areas would require a Floodplain Development Permit. The 14 Amec Foster Wheeler Project No. 7810150299 Natural Resources Technical Report June 19, 2015 Marshall Steam Station Catawba County, NC application for the Floodplain Development Permit must be submitted for review by the county prior to development activity. Forested areas of suitable habitat for the NLEB were identified within the study area. Before disturbance within these areas, the USFWS should be consulted to determine whether a biological survey for the NLEB will be required. Lake Norman provides abundant foraging habitat, and large trees along the lake shoreline provide suitable roosting or nesting habitat for bald eagles. A bald eagle nest is known to occur near the Holdsclaw Creek dam; therefore, additional surveys should be conducted to determine if other bald eagles are in the area. The potential for occurrence of dwarf -flowered heartleaf within the study area was high. During the field investigation in April, many individuals of the genus Hexastylis were observed within the study area. Some of these specimens were identified as dwarf -flowered heartleaf. Survey(s) for dwarf -flowered heartleaf, when authorized by Duke Energy, should be conducted during mid- March to early June. The potential for occurrence of the Schweinitz's sunflower was presumed to be medium based on the quality and quantity of the habitat within the study area. A survey of specific areas of the study area during the flowering season (late August to October) is recommended to confirm the presence/absence of Schweinitz's sunflower. According to the NC SHPO, a portion of the study area, Marshall Steam Station (CT1303), is determined eligible for the NRNP, but has not been listed at this time. The Terrell Historic District (CT0378-listed) and Motts Grove Campground (CT0580-survey listed) are next to the study area. According to the North Carolina Office of State Archaeology records, the study area has been not been surveyed for archaeological resources. Five sites were identified previously within the study area; however, these sites were assessed and determined to be not eligible for the NRHP. If federal permits are required as part of future project plans, required consultation with the NC SHPO will likely result in a request for a Phase IA archaeological survey of the study area. This report is intended for the use of Duke Energy, subject to the contractual terms between Duke Energy and Amec Foster Wheeler. Reliance on this document by any other party is prohibited without the expressed, written consent of Amec Foster Wheeler. Use of this report for purposes beyond those reasonably intended by Duke Energy and Amec Foster Wheeler will be at the sole risk of the user. 15 APPENDIX A FIGURES o e0,a; .1 Sherri IIs Ford 0 ! � ESN RGY Legend l —_y Ash Ponds QStudy Area - Q -a The map shown here has been created with all due and reasonable care and is 274m �,` I " i � r, i strictly for use with AMEC project �' � number 7810150299. AMEC assumes no _j liability, direct or indirect, whatsoever or an N" `' such third party or unintended use. 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The rto postor sible rs aware of data conditions and BY; RSK MAP PROJECTION: NC State Plane NAD83, GRS1980 ultimately bear responsibility for the appropriate use of the information with respect to possible errors, odginal map scale, collection ��.�� f methodology, currency of data, and other conditions specific to certain data. Figure 1 - Site Location Map File: P:\Energy\Projects\Duke\2015\Carolinas Natural Resources Surveys\16 Sites\GIS\Figure_1 _SiteMap.mxd - r aC Ud CaC 4 C PeE. As,C, PeE -Ca. TITLE: Marshall Steam Station amec foster wheeler Q.Catawba County, NC Figure 3 - NRCS Soils Map (7 DUKE ! ENERGY Legend Ash Pond19 s Study Area The map shown here has been created with all due and reasonable care and is strictly for use with AMEC project number 7810150299 . AMEC assumes no ability, direct or indirect, whatsoever or any such third party or unintended use. 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File: P:\Energy\Projects\Duke12015\Carolinas Natural Resources Surveys116 Sites\GIS\Figure_9_Flood_Plain_Daw.=d APPENDIX B WETLAND/STREAM FIELD DATA FORMS WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM -Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Wetland A - wetland side Project/Site: Marshall City/Co.: Moorseville/Catawba Sampling Date: Jan 7 2015 Applicant/Owner: Duke Energy State: NC Sampling Point: BluMar-WA001C Investigator(s): James Cutler, PWS Section, Township, Range: Landform: (hillslope, terrace, etc.) hillslope seep Local Relief: concave Slope (%): <12 Subregion(LRR/MLRA P/136 Lat: 35.6143 Long: 80.9649 Datum: Soil Map Unit Name: Wilkes loam, 10 to 25 percent slopes NWI Classification: none Are climatic/hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes ❑ No (If no, explain in Remarks.) Are Vegetation ❑ Soil ❑ or Hydrology ❑ significantly disturbed? Are "Normal Circumstances" present? 0 Yes ❑ No Are Vegetation ❑ Soil ❑ or Hydrology ❑ naturally problematic? (If needed, explain any answers in Remarks.) SUMMAKY OF I-INUINU5 - Attach site map snowing Sam Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes 0 No ❑ Hydric Soil Present? Yes 0 No ❑ Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes 0 No ❑ Remarks Seep wetland HYD 3oint locations, transects, important teatures, etc. Is the Sampled Area within a wetland? Yes 0 No ❑ Wetland Hydrology Indicators: Secondary Indicators (minimum of two required) Primary Indicators (minimum of one is required; check all that apply): ❑ Surface Soil Cracks (136) 0 Surface Water (Al) ❑ True Aquatic Plants (B14) ❑ Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (138) ❑ High Water Table (A2) ❑ Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (Cl) ❑ Drainage Patterns (1310) ❑ Saturation (A3) ❑ Oxidized Rhizospheres on Living Roots (C3) ❑ Moss Trim Lines (1316) ❑ Water Marks (B1) ❑ Presence of Reduced Iron (C4) ❑ Dry -Season Water Table (C2) ❑ Sediment Deposits (132) ❑ Recent Iron Reduction in Tilled Soils (C6) ❑ Crayfish Burrows (C8) ❑ Drift Deposits (B3) ❑ Thin Much Surface (C7) ❑ Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9) ❑ Algal Mat or Crust (134) ❑ Other (Explain in Remarks) ❑ Stunted or Stressed Plants (D1) ❑ Iron Deposits (135) ❑ Geomorphic Position (D2) ❑ Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (137) ❑ Shallow Aquitard (D3) ❑ Water -Stained Leaves (139) ❑ Microtopographic Relief (D4) ❑ Aquatic Fauna (B13) ❑ FAC -Neutral Test (D5) Field Observations: Surface Water Present? 0 Yes ❑ No Depth (inches): 1 Water Table Present? E] Yes ❑ No Depth (inches): Saturation Present? ❑Yes ❑ No Depth (inches): Wetland Hydrology Present? 0 Yes ❑ No (includes capillary fringe) Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available: Remarks: US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 VLUL I A I IVN I p-our,trata) - use SCIentitic names of plants. Absolute Dominant Indicator Tree Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) % Cover Species? Status 1. Salix nigra 10 Y OBL 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 50% of total cover: ing/Shrub Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. Liquidambar styraciflua 2. Salix nigra 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 50% of total cover: u Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. Scirpus cyperinus 2. Juncus effusus 3. Lonicera japonica 4. Rubus sp. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 50% of total cover: )dv Vine Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 10 = Total Cover 5 20% of total cover: 10 Y FAC 5 Y OBL 15 = Total Cover 7.5 20% of total cover: 30 Y FACW 20 Y FACW 10 FAC 10 FAC Sampling Point: 131uMar-WAUU1C Dominance Test Worksheet: Number of Dominant Species That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 5 (A) Total Number of Dominant Species Across All Strata: 5 (B) Percent of Dominant Species That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 100% (A/B) Prevalence Index worksheet: Total % Cover of: Multiply OBL species 15 x 1 = 15 2 FACW species 50 x 2 = 100 FAC species 30 x 3 = 90 FACU species 0 x 4 = 0 UPL species 0 x 5 = 0 Column Totals: 95 (A) 205 (B) Prevalence Index = B/A = 2.2 Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators: ❑ Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation Fil Dominance Test is > 50% ❑ Prevalence Index is <_ 3.0' ❑ Morphological Adaptations1 (Provide supporting data in Remarks or on a separate sheet 3 ❑ Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation' (Explain) ' Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must be present, unless disturbed 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 3.28 ft (1 m) tall. Herb - All herbaceous (non -woody) plants, regardless of 70 = Total Cover size, and woody plants less than 3.28 ft tall. 35 20% of total cover: 14 Woody Vines - All woody vines greater than 3.28 ft in height. Hydrophytic Vegetation Yes 0 No ❑ 0 = Total Cover Present? 50% of total cover: 0 20% of total cover: 0 Remarks: (Include photo numbers here or on a separate sheet.) ERDC/CRREL 2014 Regional Wetland Plant List (Eastern Mountains and Piedmont) used for indicator status. US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 SOIL Sampling Point: BluMar-WA001C rofile 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' LocZ Texture Remarks 0 - 8 10YR4/2 90 7.5YR4/6 10 C M silty clay loam C = Concentration, D = depletion, RM = Reduced Matrix, MS = Masked Sand Grains `Location: PL = Pore Lining, M = Matrix Hydric Soil Indicators: Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils': ❑ Histosol (Al) ❑ Dark Surface (S7) ❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (MLRA 147) ❑ Histic Epipedon (A2) ❑ Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Coatal Prairie Redox (A16) ❑ Black Histic (A3) ❑ Thin Dark Surface (S9) (MLRA 147, 148) (MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Hydrogen Sulfide (A4) ❑ Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2) ❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) ❑ Stratified Layers (A5) ❑ Depleted Matrix (F3) (MLRA 136, 147) ❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (LRR N) ❑ Redox Dark Surface (F6) ❑ Very Shallow Dark Surface (TF12) ❑ Depleted Below Dark Surface (A11) ❑ Depleted Dark Surface (F7) ❑ Other (Explain in Remarks) ❑ Thick Dark Surface (Al2) ❑ Redox Depressions (F8) ❑ Sandy Mucky Material (S1) ❑ Iron -Manganese Masses (F12) (LRR N, MLRA 136) (LRR N, MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Umbric Surface (F13) (MLRA 136, 122) 3Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and ❑ Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4) ❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) (MLRA 148) wetland hydrology must be present, ❑ Sandy Redox (S4) ❑ Red Parent Material (F21) (MLRA 127, 147) unless disturbed or problematic. n Stripped Matrix (S5) estrictive Layer (if observed): Type: Depth (inches): Hydric Soil Present? Yes Q No ❑ US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM - Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Wetland A - upland side Project/Site: Marshall City/Co.: Moorseville/Catawba Sampling Date: Jan 7 2015 Applicant/Owner: Duke Energy State: NC Sampling Point: BluMar-WA001C Investigator(s): James Cutler, PWS Section, Township, Range: Landform: (hillslope, terrace, etc.) hillslope Local Relief: convex Slope (%): <12 Subregion(LRR/MLRA P/136 Lat: 35.6143 Long: 80.9649 Datum: Soil Map Unit Name: Wilkes loam, 10 to 25 percent slopes NWI Classification: upland Are climatic/hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes ❑ No (If no, explain in Remarks.) Are Vegetation ❑ Soil ❑ or Hydrology ❑ significantly disturbed? Are "Normal Circumstances" present? 0 Yes ❑ No Are Vegetation ❑ Soil ❑ or Hydrology ❑ naturally problematic? (If needed, explain any answers in Remarks.) SUMMARY OF FINDINGS - Attach site map showing sampling point locations, transects, important features, etc. Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes ❑ No 0 Is the Sampled Area Hydric Soil Present? Yes ❑ No 0 within a wetland? Yes ❑ No 121 Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes ❑ No 0 Remarks HYDROLOGY Wetland Hydrology Indicators: Secondary Indicators (minimum of two required) Primary Indicators (minimum of one is required; check all that apply): ❑ Surface Soil Cracks (136) ❑ Surface Water (Al) ❑ True Aquatic Plants (B14) ❑ Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (138) ❑ High Water Table (A2) ❑ Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (Cl) ❑ Drainage Patterns (1310) ❑ Saturation (A3) ❑ Oxidized Rhizospheres on Living Roots (C3) ❑ Moss Trim Lines (1316) ❑ Water Marks (B1) ❑ Presence of Reduced Iron (C4) ❑ Dry -Season Water Table (C2) ❑ Sediment Deposits (132) ❑ Recent Iron Reduction in Tilled Soils (C6) ❑ Crayfish Burrows (C8) ❑ Drift Deposits (B3) ❑ Thin Much Surface (C7) ❑ Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9) ❑ Algal Mat or Crust (134) ❑ Other (Explain in Remarks) ❑ Stunted or Stressed Plants (D1) ❑ Iron Deposits (135) ❑ Geomorphic Position (D2) ❑ Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (137) ❑ Shallow Aquitard (D3) ❑ Water -Stained Leaves (139) ❑ Microtopographic Relief (D4) ❑ Aquatic Fauna (B13) ❑ FAC -Neutral Test (D5) Field Observations: Surface Water Present? ❑ Yes 0 No Depth (inches): Water Table Present? E] Yes ❑ No Depth (inches): Saturation Present? ❑Yes E] No Depth (inches): Wetland Hydrology Present? ❑ Yes E] No (includes capillary fringe) Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available: Remarks: US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 VLUL I A I IVN I p-our,trata) - use SCIentitic names of plants. Absolute Dominant Indicator Tree Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) % Cover Species? Status 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 50% of total cover: ing/Shrub Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 50% of total cover: u Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. Paspalum notatum 2. Eupatorium capillifolium 3. Andropogon virginicus 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 50% of total cover: )dv Vine Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 0 = Total Cover 0 20% of total cover: 0 = Total Cover 0 20% of total cover: 60 Y FACU 20 Y FACU 10 FACU Sampling Point: 131uMar-WAUU1C Dominance Test Worksheet: Number of Dominant Species That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 0 (A) Total Number of Dominant Species Across All Strata: 2 (B) Percent of Dominant Species That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 0% (A/B) Prevalence Index worksheet: Total % Cover of: Multiply OBL species 0 x 1 = 0 0 FACW species 0 x 2= 0 FAC species 0 x 3 = 0 FACU species 90 x 4 = 360 UPL species 0 x 5 = 0 Column Totals: 90 (A) 360 (B) Prevalence Index = B/A = 4.0 Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators: ❑ Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation ❑ Dominance Test is > 50% ❑ Prevalence Index is <_ 3.0' ❑ Morphological Adaptations1 (Provide supporting data in Remarks or on a separate sheet 0 ❑ Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation' (Explain) ' Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must be present, unless disturbed 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 3.28 ft (1 m) tall. Herb - All herbaceous (non -woody) plants, regardless of 90 = Total Cover size, and woody plants less than 3.28 ft tall. 45 20% of total cover: 18 Woody Vines - All woody vines greater than 3.28 ft in height. Hydrophytic Vegetation Yes ❑ No F/I 0 = Total Cover Present? 50% of total cover: 0 20% of total cover: 0 Remarks: (Include photo numbers here or on a separate sheet.) ERDC/CRREL 2014 Regional Wetland Plant List (Eastern Mountains and Piedmont) used for indicator status. US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 SOIL Sampling Point: BluMar-WA001C rofile 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' LocZ Texture Remarks 0 - 8 10YR4/4 100 silty clay loam C = Concentration, D = depletion, RM = Reduced Matrix, MS = Masked Sand Grains `Location: PL = Pore Lining, M = Matrix Hydric Soil Indicators: Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils': ❑ Histosol (Al) ❑ Dark Surface (S7) ❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (MLRA 147) ❑ Histic Epipedon (A2) ❑ Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Coatal Prairie Redox (A16) ❑ Black Histic (A3) ❑ Thin Dark Surface (S9) (MLRA 147, 148) (MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Hydrogen Sulfide (A4) ❑ Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2) ❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) ❑ Stratified Layers (A5) ❑ Depleted Matrix (F3) (MLRA 136, 147) ❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (LRR N) ❑ Redox Dark Surface (F6) ❑ Very Shallow Dark Surface (TF12) ❑ Depleted Below Dark Surface (A11) ❑ Depleted Dark Surface (F7) ❑ Other (Explain in Remarks) ❑ Thick Dark Surface (Al2) ❑ Redox Depressions (F8) ❑ Sandy Mucky Material (S1) ❑ Iron -Manganese Masses (F12) (LRR N, MLRA 136) (LRR N, MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Umbric Surface (F13) (MLRA 136, 122) 3Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and ❑ Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4) ❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) (MLRA 148) wetland hydrology must be present, ❑ Sandy Redox (S4) ❑ Red Parent Material (F21) (MLRA 127, 147) unless disturbed or problematic. n Stripped Matrix (S5) estrictive Layer (if observed): Type: Depth (inches): Hydric Soil Present? Yes ❑ No 0 US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM - Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Wetland B - wetland side Project/Site: Marshall City/Co.: Moorseville/Catawba Sampling Date: Jan 7 2015 Applicant/Owner: Duke Energy State: NC Sampling Point: BluMar-WB000E Investigator(s): James Cutler, PWS Section, Township, Range: Landform: (hillslope, terrace, etc.) bottom slope seep Local Relief: concave Slope (%): <5 Subregion(LRR/MLRA P/136 Lat: 35.6181 Long: 80.963 Datum: Soil Map Unit Name: Pacolet soils, 10 to 25 percent slopes NWI Classification: none Are climatic/hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes ❑ No (If no, explain in Remarks.) Are Vegetation ❑ Soil ❑ or Hydrology ❑ significantly disturbed? Are "Normal Circumstances" present? 0 Yes ❑ No Are Vegetation ❑ Soil ❑ or Hydrology ❑ naturally problematic? (If needed, explain any answers in Remarks.) 5UMMAKY OF rlNuiNU5 - Attacn site map snowing sampling point locations, transects, Important teatures, etc. Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes 0 No ❑ Is the Sampled Area Hydric Soil Present? Yes 0 No ❑ within a wetland? Yes 0 No ❑ Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes 0 No ❑ Remarks Seep wetland HYD Wetland Hydrology Indicators: Secondary Indicators (minimum of two required) Primary Indicators (minimum of one is required; check all that apply): ❑ Surface Soil Cracks (136) ❑ Surface Water (Al) ❑ True Aquatic Plants (B14) ❑ Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (138) 0 High Water Table (A2) ❑ Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (Cl) ❑ Drainage Patterns (1310) ❑ Saturation (A3) ❑ Oxidized Rhizospheres on Living Roots (C3) ❑ Moss Trim Lines (1316) ❑ Water Marks (B1) ❑ Presence of Reduced Iron (C4) ❑ Dry -Season Water Table (C2) ❑ Sediment Deposits (132) ❑ Recent Iron Reduction in Tilled Soils (C6) ❑ Crayfish Burrows (C8) ❑ Drift Deposits (B3) ❑ Thin Much Surface (C7) ❑ Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9) ❑ Algal Mat or Crust (134) ❑ Other (Explain in Remarks) ❑ Stunted or Stressed Plants (D1) ❑ Iron Deposits (135) ❑ Geomorphic Position (D2) ❑ Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (137) ❑ Shallow Aquitard (D3) ❑ Water -Stained Leaves (139) ❑ Microtopographic Relief (D4) ❑ Aquatic Fauna (B13) ❑ FAC -Neutral Test (D5) Field Observations: Surface Water Present? ❑ Yes ❑ No Depth (inches): Water Table Present? E] Yes ❑ No Depth (inches): 6 Saturation Present? E]Yes ❑ No Depth (inches): 0 Wetland Hydrology Present? 0 Yes ❑ No (includes capillary fringe) Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available: Remarks: US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 VLUL I A I IVN I p-our,trata) - use SCIentitic names of plants. Absolute Dominant Indicator Tree Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) % Cover Species? Status 1. Acer rubrum 20 Y FAC 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 50% of total cover: ing/Shrub Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. Acer rubrum 2. Ilex opaca 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 50% of total cover: u Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. Carex sp. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 50% of total cover: )dv Vine Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 20 = Total Cover 10 20% of total cover: 20 Y FAC 5 Y FAC 25 = Total Cover 12.5 20% of total cover: 5 Y FACW Sampling Point: bluMar-WBUUUt Dominance Test Worksheet: Number of Dominant Species That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 4 (A) Total Number of Dominant Species Across All Strata: 4 (B) Percent of Dominant Species That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 100% (A/B) Prevalence Index worksheet: Total % Cover of: Multiply OBL species 0 x 1 = 0 4 FACW species 5 x 2 = 10 FAC species 45 x 3 = 135 FACU species 0 x 4 = 0 UPL species 0 x 5 = 0 Column Totals: 50 (A) 145 (B) Prevalence Index = B/A = 2.9 Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators: ❑ Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation Fil Dominance Test is > 50% ❑ Prevalence Index is <_ 3.0' ❑ Morphological Adaptations1 (Provide supporting data in Remarks or on a separate sheet 5 ❑ Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation' (Explain) ' Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must be present, unless disturbed 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 3.28 ft (1 m) tall. Herb - All herbaceous (non -woody) plants, regardless of 5 = Total Cover size, and woody plants less than 3.28 ft tall. 2.5 20% of total cover: 1 Woody Vines - All woody vines greater than 3.28 ft in height. Hydrophytic Vegetation Yes 0 No ❑ 0 = Total Cover Present? 50% of total cover: 0 20% of total cover: 0 Remarks: (Include photo numbers here or on a separate sheet.) ERDC/CRREL 2014 Regional Wetland Plant List (Eastern Mountains and Piedmont) used for indicator status. US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 SOIL Sampling Point: BluMar-WB000E rofile 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' LocZ Texture Remarks 0 - 8 10YR4/2 80 7.5YR4/5 20 C M silty clay loam C = Concentration, D = depletion, RM = Reduced Matrix, MS = Masked Sand Grains `Location: PL = Pore Lining, M = Matrix Hydric Soil Indicators: Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils': ❑ Histosol (Al) ❑ Dark Surface (S7) ❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (MLRA 147) ❑ Histic Epipedon (A2) ❑ Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Coatal Prairie Redox (A16) ❑ Black Histic (A3) ❑ Thin Dark Surface (S9) (MLRA 147, 148) (MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Hydrogen Sulfide (A4) ❑ Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2) ❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) ❑ Stratified Layers (A5) ❑ Depleted Matrix (F3) (MLRA 136, 147) ❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (LRR N) ❑ Redox Dark Surface (F6) ❑ Very Shallow Dark Surface (TF12) ❑ Depleted Below Dark Surface (A11) ❑ Depleted Dark Surface (F7) ❑ Other (Explain in Remarks) ❑ Thick Dark Surface (Al2) ❑ Redox Depressions (F8) ❑ Sandy Mucky Material (S1) ❑ Iron -Manganese Masses (F12) (LRR N, MLRA 136) (LRR N, MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Umbric Surface (F13) (MLRA 136, 122) 3Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and ❑ Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4) ❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) (MLRA 148) wetland hydrology must be present, ❑ Sandy Redox (S4) ❑ Red Parent Material (F21) (MLRA 127, 147) unless disturbed or problematic. n Stripped Matrix (S5) estrictive Layer (if observed): Type: Depth (inches): Hydric Soil Present? Yes Q No ❑ US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM - Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Wetland B - upland side Project/Site: Marshall City/Co.: Moorseville/Catawba Sampling Date: Jan 7 2015 Applicant/Owner: Duke Energy State: NC Sampling Point: BluMar-WB000E Investigator(s): James Cutler, PWS Section, Township, Range: Landform: (hillslope, terrace, etc.) hillslope Local Relief: convex Slope (%): <12 Subregion(LRR/MLRA P/136 Lat: 35.6181 Long: 80.963 Datum: Soil Map Unit Name: Pacolet soils, 10 to 25 percent slopes NWI Classification: none Are climatic/hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes ❑ No (If no, explain in Remarks.) Are Vegetation ❑ Soil ❑ or Hydrology ❑ significantly disturbed? Are "Normal Circumstances" present? 0 Yes ❑ No Are Vegetation ❑ Soil ❑ or Hydrology ❑ naturally problematic? (If needed, explain any answers in Remarks.) SUMMAKY OF I-INUINU5 - Attach site map snowing Sam Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes ❑ No 0 Hydric Soil Present? Yes ❑ No 0 Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes ❑ No 0 Remarks HYD 3oint locations, transects, important teatures, etc. Is the Sampled Area within a wetland? Yes ❑ No 121 Wetland Hydrology Indicators: Secondary Indicators (minimum of two required) Primary Indicators (minimum of one is required; check all that apply): ❑ Surface Soil Cracks (136) ❑ Surface Water (Al) ❑ True Aquatic Plants (B14) ❑ Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (138) ❑ High Water Table (A2) ❑ Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (Cl) ❑ Drainage Patterns (1310) ❑ Saturation (A3) ❑ Oxidized Rhizospheres on Living Roots (C3) ❑ Moss Trim Lines (1316) ❑ Water Marks (B1) ❑ Presence of Reduced Iron (C4) ❑ Dry -Season Water Table (C2) ❑ Sediment Deposits (132) ❑ Recent Iron Reduction in Tilled Soils (C6) ❑ Crayfish Burrows (C8) ❑ Drift Deposits (B3) ❑ Thin Much Surface (C7) ❑ Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9) ❑ Algal Mat or Crust (134) ❑ Other (Explain in Remarks) ❑ Stunted or Stressed Plants (D1) ❑ Iron Deposits (135) ❑ Geomorphic Position (D2) ❑ Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (137) ❑ Shallow Aquitard (D3) ❑ Water -Stained Leaves (139) ❑ Microtopographic Relief (D4) ❑ Aquatic Fauna (B13) ❑ FAC -Neutral Test (D5) Field Observations: Surface Water Present? ❑ Yes 0 No Depth (inches): Water Table Present? E] Yes ❑ No Depth (inches): Saturation Present? ❑Yes E] No Depth (inches): Wetland Hydrology Present? ❑ Yes E] No (includes capillary fringe) Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available: Remarks: US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 VLDL I A I IUN p-our,trata) - use SCIentitic names of plants. Sampling Point: bluMar-Wt3000E; 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 0 = Total Cover 50% of total cover: 0 20% of total cover: Woody Vine Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Sapling/Shrub - Woody plants, excluding vines, less than 3 in. DBH and greater than 3.28 ft (1 m) tall. Herb - All herbaceous (non -woody) plants, regardless of size, and woody plants less than 3.28 ft tall. 0 Woody Vines - All woody vines greater than 3.28 ft in height. Hydrophytic Vegetation Yes ❑ No F/I 0 = Total Cover Present? 50% of total cover: 0 20% of total cover: 0 Remarks: (Include photo numbers here or on a separate sheet.) ERDC/CRREL 2014 Regional Wetland Plant List (Eastern Mountains and Piedmont) used for indicator status. US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 Absolute Dominant Indicator Dominance Test Worksheet: Tree Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) % Cover Species? Status Number of Dominant Species 1. Pinus virginiana 50 Y FACU That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 1 (A) 2. Quercus rubra 20 Y FACU Total Number of Dominant 3. Species Across All Strata: 4 (B) 4. Percent of Dominant Species 5. That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 25% (A/B) 6. 7. Prevalence Index worksheet: 8. Total % Cover of: Multiply 70 = Total Cover OBL species 0 x 1 = 0 50% of total cover: 35 20% of total cover: 14 FACW species 0 x 2 = 0 Sapling/Shrub Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) FAC species 10 x 3 = 30 1. Fagus grandifolia 10 Y FACU FACU species 80 x 4 = 320 2. Ilex opaca 10 Y FAC UPL species 0 x 5 = 0 3. Column Totals: 90 (A) 350 (B) 4. Prevalence Index = B/A = 3.9 5. 6. Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators: 7. ❑ Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation 8. ❑ Dominance Test is > 50% 9. ❑ Prevalence Index is <_ 3.0' 10. ❑ Morphological Adaptations1 (Provide supporting 20 = Total Cover data in Remarks or on a separate sheet 50% of total cover: 10 20% of total cover: 4 ❑ Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation' (Explain) Herb Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. ' Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must 2. be present, unless disturbed or problematic 3. Definitions of Four Vegetation Strata: 4. 5. Tree - Woody plants, excluding vines, 3 in. (7.6 cm) or 6. more in diameter at breast height (DBH), regardless of 7. height. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 0 = Total Cover 50% of total cover: 0 20% of total cover: Woody Vine Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Sapling/Shrub - Woody plants, excluding vines, less than 3 in. DBH and greater than 3.28 ft (1 m) tall. Herb - All herbaceous (non -woody) plants, regardless of size, and woody plants less than 3.28 ft tall. 0 Woody Vines - All woody vines greater than 3.28 ft in height. Hydrophytic Vegetation Yes ❑ No F/I 0 = Total Cover Present? 50% of total cover: 0 20% of total cover: 0 Remarks: (Include photo numbers here or on a separate sheet.) ERDC/CRREL 2014 Regional Wetland Plant List (Eastern Mountains and Piedmont) used for indicator status. US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 SOIL Sampling Point: BluMar-WB000E rofile 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' LocZ Texture Remarks 0 - 8 10YR4/4 100 silty clay loam C = Concentration, D = depletion, RM = Reduced Matrix, MS = Masked Sand Grains `Location: PL = Pore Lining, M = Matrix Hydric Soil Indicators: Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils': ❑ Histosol (Al) ❑ Dark Surface (S7) ❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (MLRA 147) ❑ Histic Epipedon (A2) ❑ Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Coatal Prairie Redox (A16) ❑ Black Histic (A3) ❑ Thin Dark Surface (S9) (MLRA 147, 148) (MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Hydrogen Sulfide (A4) ❑ Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2) ❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) ❑ Stratified Layers (A5) ❑ Depleted Matrix (F3) (MLRA 136, 147) ❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (LRR N) ❑ Redox Dark Surface (F6) ❑ Very Shallow Dark Surface (TF12) ❑ Depleted Below Dark Surface (A11) ❑ Depleted Dark Surface (F7) ❑ Other (Explain in Remarks) ❑ Thick Dark Surface (Al2) ❑ Redox Depressions (F8) ❑ Sandy Mucky Material (S1) ❑ Iron -Manganese Masses (F12) (LRR N, MLRA 136) (LRR N, MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Umbric Surface (F13) (MLRA 136, 122) 3Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and ❑ Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4) ❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) (MLRA 148) wetland hydrology must be present, ❑ Sandy Redox (S4) ❑ Red Parent Material (F21) (MLRA 127, 147) unless disturbed or problematic. n Stripped Matrix (S5) estrictive Layer (if observed): Type: Depth (inches): Hydric Soil Present? Yes ❑ No 0 US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM - Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Wetland C - wetland side Project/Site: Marshall City/Co.: Moorseville/Catawba Sampling Date: Jan 7 2015 Applicant/Owner: Duke Energy State: NC Sampling Point: BluMar-WC0004 Investigator(s): James Cutler, PWS Section, Township, Range: Landform: (hillslope, terrace, etc.) bottom slope seep Local Relief: concave Slope (%): <5 Subregion(LRR/MLRA P/136 Lat: 35.6211 Long: 80.9685 Datum: Soil Map Unit Name: Pacolet soils, 10 to 25 percent slopes NWI Classification: none Are climatic/hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes ❑ No (If no, explain in Remarks.) Are Vegetation ❑ Soil ❑ or Hydrology ❑ significantly disturbed? Are "Normal Circumstances" present? 0 Yes ❑ No Are Vegetation ❑ Soil ❑ or Hydrology ❑ naturally problematic? (If needed, explain any answers in Remarks.) 5UMMAKY OF rlNuiNU5 - Attacn site map snowing sampling point locations, transects, Important teatures, etc. Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes 0 No ❑ Is the Sampled Area Hydric Soil Present? Yes 0 No ❑ within a wetland? Yes 0 No ❑ Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes 0 No ❑ Remarks Seep wetland HYD Wetland Hydrology Indicators: Secondary Indicators (minimum of two required) Primary Indicators (minimum of one is required; check all that apply): ❑ Surface Soil Cracks (136) ❑ Surface Water (Al) ❑ True Aquatic Plants (B14) ❑ Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (138) 0 High Water Table (A2) ❑ Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (Cl) ❑ Drainage Patterns (1310) ❑ Saturation (A3) ❑ Oxidized Rhizospheres on Living Roots (C3) ❑ Moss Trim Lines (1316) ❑ Water Marks (B1) ❑ Presence of Reduced Iron (C4) ❑ Dry -Season Water Table (C2) ❑ Sediment Deposits (132) ❑ Recent Iron Reduction in Tilled Soils (C6) ❑ Crayfish Burrows (C8) ❑ Drift Deposits (B3) ❑ Thin Much Surface (C7) ❑ Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9) ❑ Algal Mat or Crust (134) ❑ Other (Explain in Remarks) ❑ Stunted or Stressed Plants (D1) ❑ Iron Deposits (135) ❑ Geomorphic Position (D2) ❑ Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (137) ❑ Shallow Aquitard (D3) ❑ Water -Stained Leaves (139) ❑ Microtopographic Relief (D4) ❑ Aquatic Fauna (B13) ❑ FAC -Neutral Test (D5) Field Observations: Surface Water Present? ❑ Yes ❑ No Depth (inches): Water Table Present? E] Yes ❑ No Depth (inches): 10 Saturation Present? E]Yes ❑ No Depth (inches): 4 Wetland Hydrology Present? 0 Yes ❑ No (includes capillary fringe) Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available: Remarks: US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 VLUL I A I IVN I p-our,trata) - use SCIentitic names of plants. Absolute Dominant Indicator Tree Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) % Cover Species? Status 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 50% of total cover: ing/Shrub Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 50% of total cover: u Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. Polystichum acrostichoides 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 50% of total cover: )dv Vine Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 0 = Total Cover 0 20% of total cover: 0 = Total Cover 0 20% of total cover: 30 Y FAC Sampling Point: 131uMar-WUUUU4 Dominance Test Worksheet: Number of Dominant Species That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 1 (A) Total Number of Dominant Species Across All Strata: 1 (B) Percent of Dominant Species That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 100% (A/B) Prevalence Index worksheet: Total % Cover of: Multiply OBL species 0 x 1 = 0 0 FACW species 0 x 2= 0 FAC species 30 x 3 = 90 FACU species 0 x 4 = 0 UPL species 0 x 5 = 0 Column Totals: 30 (A) 90 (B) Prevalence Index = B/A = 3.0 Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators: ❑ Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation Fil Dominance Test is > 50% ❑ Prevalence Index is <_ 3.0' ❑ Morphological Adaptations1 (Provide supporting data in Remarks or on a separate sheet 0 ❑ Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation' (Explain) ' Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must be present, unless disturbed 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 3.28 ft (1 m) tall. Herb - All herbaceous (non -woody) plants, regardless of 30 = Total Cover size, and woody plants less than 3.28 ft tall. 15 20% of total cover: 6 Woody Vines - All woody vines greater than 3.28 ft in height. Hydrophytic Vegetation Yes 0 No ❑ 0 = Total Cover Present? 50% of total cover: 0 20% of total cover: 0 Remarks: (Include photo numbers here or on a separate sheet.) ERDC/CRREL 2014 Regional Wetland Plant List (Eastern Mountains and Piedmont) used for indicator status. US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 SOIL Sampling Point: BluMar-WC0004 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' LocZ Texture Remarks 0 - 2 10YR2/2 95 7.5YR4/6 5 C M silty clay loam 2 - 8 10YR3/4 100 silty clay loam 'Type C = Concentration, D = depletion, RM = Reduced Matrix, MS = Masked Sand Grains `Location: PL = Pore Lining, M = Matrix Hydric Soil Indicators: Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils3: ❑ Histosol (Al) ❑ Dark Surface (S7) ❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (MLRA 147) ❑ Histic Epipedon (A2) ❑ Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Coatal Prairie Redox (A16) ❑ Black Histic (A3) ❑ Thin Dark Surface (S9) (MLRA 147, 148) (MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Hydrogen Sulfide (A4) ❑ Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2) ❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) ❑ Stratified Layers (A5) ❑ Depleted Matrix (F3) (MLRA 136, 147) ❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (LRR N) ❑ Redox Dark Surface (F6) ❑ Very Shallow Dark Surface (TF12) ❑ Depleted Below Dark Surface (A11) ❑ Depleted Dark Surface (F7) ❑ Other (Explain in Remarks) ❑ Thick Dark Surface (Al2) ❑ Redox Depressions (F8) ❑ Sandy Mucky Material (S1) ❑ Iron -Manganese Masses (F12) (LRR N, MLRA 136) (LRR N, MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Umbric Surface (F13) (MLRA 136, 122) 3Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and ❑ Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4) ❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) (MLRA 148) wetland hydrology must be present, ❑ Sandy Redox (S4) ❑ Red Parent Material (F21) (MLRA 127, 147) unless disturbed or problematic. ❑ Stripped Matrix (S5) Restrictive Layer (if observed): Type: Depth (inches): Hydric Soil Present? Yes Q No ❑ Remarks: US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM - Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Wetland C - upland side Project/Site: Marshall City/Co.: Moorseville/Catawba Sampling Date: Jan 7 2015 Applicant/Owner: Duke Energy State: NC Sampling Point: BluMar-WC0004 Investigator(s): James Cutler, PWS Section, Township, Range: Landform: (hillslope, terrace, etc.) hillslope Local Relief: convex Slope (%): <12 Subregion(LRR/MLRA P/136 Lat: 35.6211 Long: 80.9685 Datum: Soil Map Unit Name: Pacolet soils, 10 to 25 percent slopes NWI Classification: none Are climatic/hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes ❑ No (If no, explain in Remarks.) Are Vegetation ❑ Soil ❑ or Hydrology ❑ significantly disturbed? Are "Normal Circumstances" present? 0 Yes ❑ No Are Vegetation ❑ Soil ❑ or Hydrology ❑ naturally problematic? (If needed, explain any answers in Remarks.) SUMMAKY OF I-INUINU5 - Attach site map snowing Sam Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes ❑ No 0 Hydric Soil Present? Yes ❑ No 0 Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes ❑ No 0 Remarks HYD 3oint locations, transects, important teatures, etc. Is the Sampled Area within a wetland? Yes ❑ No 21 Wetland Hydrology Indicators: Secondary Indicators (minimum of two required) Primary Indicators (minimum of one is required; check all that apply): ❑ Surface Soil Cracks (136) ❑ Surface Water (Al) ❑ True Aquatic Plants (B14) ❑ Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (138) ❑ High Water Table (A2) ❑ Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (Cl) ❑ Drainage Patterns (1310) ❑ Saturation (A3) ❑ Oxidized Rhizospheres on Living Roots (C3) ❑ Moss Trim Lines (1316) ❑ Water Marks (B1) ❑ Presence of Reduced Iron (C4) ❑ Dry -Season Water Table (C2) ❑ Sediment Deposits (132) ❑ Recent Iron Reduction in Tilled Soils (C6) ❑ Crayfish Burrows (C8) ❑ Drift Deposits (B3) ❑ Thin Much Surface (C7) ❑ Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9) ❑ Algal Mat or Crust (134) ❑ Other (Explain in Remarks) ❑ Stunted or Stressed Plants (D1) ❑ Iron Deposits (135) ❑ Geomorphic Position (D2) ❑ Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (137) ❑ Shallow Aquitard (D3) ❑ Water -Stained Leaves (139) ❑ Microtopographic Relief (D4) ❑ Aquatic Fauna (B13) ❑ FAC -Neutral Test (D5) Field Observations: Surface Water Present? ❑ Yes 0 No Depth (inches): Water Table Present? E] Yes ❑ No Depth (inches): Saturation Present? ❑Yes E] No Depth (inches): Wetland Hydrology Present? ❑ Yes E] No (includes capillary fringe) Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available: Remarks: US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 VLDL I A I IUNI p-our,trata) - use SCIentitic names of plants. Sampling Point: bIuMar-WCUUU4 Remarks: (Include photo numbers here or on a separate sheet.) ERDC/CRREL 2014 Regional Wetland Plant List (Eastern Mountains and Piedmont) used for indicator status US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 Absolute Dominant Indicator Dominance Test Worksheet: Tree Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) % Cover Species? Status Number of Dominant Species 1. Quercus rubra 50 Y FACU That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 1 (A) 2. Total Number of Dominant 3. Species Across All Strata: 4 (B) 4. Percent of Dominant Species 5. That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 25% (A/B) 6. 7. Prevalence Index worksheet: 8. Total % Cover of: Multiply 50 = Total Cover OBL species 0 x 1 = 0 50% of total cover: 25 20% of total cover: 10 FACW species 0 x 2 = 0 Sapling/Shrub Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) FAC species 10 x 3 = 30 1. Fagus grandifolia 10 Y FACU FACU species 70 x 4 = 280 2. Ilex opaca 10 Y FAC UPL species 0 x 5 = 0 3. Quercus rubra 10 Y FACU Column Totals: 80 (A) 310 (B) 4. Prevalence Index = B/A = 3.9 5. 6. Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators: 7. ❑ Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation 8. ❑ Dominance Test is > 50% 9. ❑ Prevalence Index is <_ 3.0' 10. ❑ Morphological Adaptations1 (Provide supporting 30 = Total Cover data in Remarks or on a separate sheet 50% of total cover: 15 20% of total cover: 6 ❑ Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation' (Explain) Herb Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. ' Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must 2. be present, unless disturbed or problematic 3. Definitions of Four Vegetation Strata: 4. 5. Tree - Woody plants, excluding vines, 3 in. (7.6 cm) or 6. more in diameter at breast height (DBH), regardless of 7. height. 8. 9. Sapling/Shrub - Woody plants, excluding vines, less 10. than 3 in. DBH and greater than 3.28 ft (1 m) tall. 11. 12. Herb - All herbaceous (non -woody) plants, regardless of 0 = Total Cover size, and woody plants less than 3.28 ft tall. 50% of total cover: 0 20% of total cover: 0 Woody Vine Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) Woody Vines - All woody vines greater than 3.28 ft in height. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Hydrophytic 6. Vegetation Yes ❑ No E] 0 = Total Cover Present? 50% of total cover: 0 20% of total cover: 0 Remarks: (Include photo numbers here or on a separate sheet.) ERDC/CRREL 2014 Regional Wetland Plant List (Eastern Mountains and Piedmont) used for indicator status US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 SOIL Sampling Point: BluMar-WC0004 rofile 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' LocZ Texture Remarks 0 - 8 10YR4/4 100 silty clay loam C = Concentration, D = depletion, RM = Reduced Matrix, MS = Masked Sand Grains `Location: PL = Pore Lining, M = Matrix Hydric Soil Indicators: Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils': ❑ Histosol (Al) ❑ Dark Surface (S7) ❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (MLRA 147) ❑ Histic Epipedon (A2) ❑ Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Coatal Prairie Redox (A16) ❑ Black Histic (A3) ❑ Thin Dark Surface (S9) (MLRA 147, 148) (MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Hydrogen Sulfide (A4) ❑ Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2) ❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) ❑ Stratified Layers (A5) ❑ Depleted Matrix (F3) (MLRA 136, 147) ❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (LRR N) ❑ Redox Dark Surface (F6) ❑ Very Shallow Dark Surface (TF12) ❑ Depleted Below Dark Surface (A11) ❑ Depleted Dark Surface (F7) ❑ Other (Explain in Remarks) ❑ Thick Dark Surface (Al2) ❑ Redox Depressions (F8) ❑ Sandy Mucky Material (S1) ❑ Iron -Manganese Masses (F12) (LRR N, MLRA 136) (LRR N, MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Umbric Surface (F13) (MLRA 136, 122) 3Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and ❑ Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4) ❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) (MLRA 148) wetland hydrology must be present, ❑ Sandy Redox (S4) ❑ Red Parent Material (F21) (MLRA 127, 147) unless disturbed or problematic. n Stripped Matrix (S5) estrictive Layer (if observed): Type: Depth (inches): Hydric Soil Present? Yes ❑ No 0 US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM - Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Wetland D - wetland side Project/Site: Marshall City/Co.: Mooresville/Catawba Sampling Date: 7 -Jan -15 Applicant/Owner: Duke Energy State: NC Sampling Point: RED_MAR_0544 wE1 Investigator(s): J.Bourdeau, S. Levine Section, Township, Range: Landform: (hillslope, terrace, etc.) stream overbank Local Relief: concave Slope (%):-<5 Subregion(LRR/MLRA P/136 Lat: see GPS data Long: see GPS data Datum: Soil Map Unit Name: Pacolet-Saw complex, 25 to 45 percent slopes, stony NWI Classification: none Are climatic/hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes ❑ No (If no, explain in Remarks.) Are Vegetation ❑ Soil ❑ or Hydrology ❑ significantly disturbed? Are "Normal Circumstances" present? 0 Yes ❑ No Are Vegetation ❑ Soil ❑ or Hydrology ❑ naturally problematic? (If needed, explain any answers in Remarks.) SUMMAKY OF I-INUINU5 - Attach site map snowing Sam Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes 0 No ❑ Hydric Soil Present? Yes 0 No ❑ Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes 0 No ❑ Remarks All three criteria met; area is a wetland Small wetland along stream overbank. HYD 3oint locations, transects, important teatures, etc. Is the Sampled Area within a wetland? Yes 0 No ❑ Wetland Hydrology Indicators: Secondary Indicators (minimum of two required) Primary Indicators (minimum of one is required; check all that apply): ❑ Surface Soil Cracks (136) ❑ Surface Water (Al) ❑ True Aquatic Plants (B14) ❑ Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (138) 0 High Water Table (A2) ❑ Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (Cl) ❑ Drainage Patterns (1310) ❑ Saturation (A3) ❑ Oxidized Rhizospheres on Living Roots (C3) ❑ Moss Trim Lines (1316) ❑ Water Marks (B1) ❑ Presence of Reduced Iron (C4) ❑ Dry -Season Water Table (C2) ❑ Sediment Deposits (132) ❑ Recent Iron Reduction in Tilled Soils (C6) ❑ Crayfish Burrows (C8) ❑ Drift Deposits (B3) ❑ Thin Much Surface (C7) ❑ Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9) ❑ Algal Mat or Crust (134) ❑ Other (Explain in Remarks) ❑ Stunted or Stressed Plants (D1) ❑ Iron Deposits (135) ❑ Geomorphic Position (D2) ❑ Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (137) ❑ Shallow Aquitard (D3) ❑ Water -Stained Leaves (139) ❑ Microtopographic Relief (D4) ❑ Aquatic Fauna (B13) ❑ FAC -Neutral Test (D5) Field Observations: Surface Water Present? ❑ Yes 0 No Depth (inches): Water Table Present? E] Yes ❑ No Depth (inches): 10 Saturation Present? E]Yes ❑ No Depth (inches): 0 Wetland Hydrology Present? 0 Yes ❑ No (includes capillary fringe) Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available: Remarks: Multiple hydrology indicators present. Hydrology criterion is met. US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 VLUL I A I IVN I p-our,trata) - use SCIentitic names of plants. Absolute Dominant Indicator Tree Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) % Cover Species? Status 1. Acer rubrum 10 Y FAC 2. Betula nigra 10 Y FACW 3. Celtis laevigata 5 FACW 4. Liriodendron tulipifera 25 Y FACU 5. 6. 7. 8. 50 = Total Cover 50% of total cover: 25 20% of total cover: 1 Sapling/Shrub Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. Acer rubrum 10 Y FAC 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 10 = Total Cover 50% of total cover: 5 20% of total cover: Herb Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. Juncus effusus 20 Y FACW 2. Microstegium vimineum 20 Y FAC 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 40 = Total Cover 50% of total cover: 20 20% of total cover: Woody Vine Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. Smilax rotundifolia 10 Y FAC 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Sampling Point: RED_MAR_0544 WEI Dominance Test Worksheet: Number of Dominant Species That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 6 (A) Total Number of Dominant Species Across All Strata: 7 (B) Percent of Dominant Species That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 86% (A/B) Prevalence Index worksheet: Total % Cover of: Multiply OBL species 0 x 1 = 0 0 FACW species 35 x 2 = 70 FAC species 50 x 3 = 150 FACU species 25 x 4 = 100 UPL species 0 x 5 = 0 Column Totals: 110 (A) 320 (B) Prevalence Index = B/A = 2.9 Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators: ❑ Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation Fil Dominance Test is > 50% ❑ Prevalence Index is <_ 3.0' ❑ Morphological Adaptations1 (Provide supporting data in Remarks or on a separate sheet 2 ❑ Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation' (Explain) ' Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must be present, unless disturbed 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 3.28 ft (1 m) tall. Herb - All herbaceous (non -woody) plants, regardless of size, and woody plants less than 3.28 ft tall. 8 Woody Vines - All woody vines greater than 3.28 ft in height. Hydrophytic Vegetation Yes 0 No ❑ 10 = Total Cover Present? 50% of total cover: 5 20% of total cover: 2 Remarks: (Include photo numbers here or on a separate sheet.) ERDC/CRREL 2014 Regional Wetland Plant List (Eastern Mountains and Piedmont) used for indicator status. Hydrophytic vegetation criteria is met. Winter vegetation. US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 SOIL Sampling Point: RED_MAR_0544 WEl 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' LOC2 Texture Remarks 0-4 7.5YR 4/3 100 SICK 4-12+ 10YR 4/2 70 10YR 4/5 30 C M SiCL 'Type C = Concentration, D = depletion, RM = Reduced Matrix, MS = Masked Sand Grains `Location: PL = Pore Lining, M = Matrix Hydric Soil Indicators: Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils3: ❑ Histosol (Al) ❑ Dark Surface (S7) ❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (MLRA 147) ❑ Histic Epipedon (A2) ❑ Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Coatal Prairie Redox (A16) ❑ Black Histic (A3) ❑ Thin Dark Surface (S9) (MLRA 147, 148) (MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Hydrogen Sulfide (A4) ❑ Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2) ❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) ❑ Stratified Layers (A5) ❑ Depleted Matrix (F3) (MLRA 136, 147) ❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (LRR N) ❑ Redox Dark Surface (F6) ❑ Very Shallow Dark Surface (TF12) ❑ Depleted Below Dark Surface (A11) ❑ Depleted Dark Surface (F7) ❑ Other (Explain in Remarks) ❑ Thick Dark Surface (Al2) ❑ Redox Depressions (F8) ❑ Sandy Mucky Material (S1) ❑ Iron -Manganese Masses (F12) (LRR N, MLRA 136) (LRR N, MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Umbric Surface (F13) (MLRA 136, 122) 3Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and ❑ Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4) ❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) (MLRA 148) wetland hydrology must be present, ❑ Sandy Redox (S4) ❑ Red Parent Material (F21) (MLRA 127, 147) unless disturbed or problematic. ❑ Stripped Matrix (S5) Restrictive Layer (if observed): Type: Depth (inches): Hydric Soil Present? Yes Q No ❑ Remarks: Hydric soil criterion is met. US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM - Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Wetland D - upland side Project/Site: Marshall City/Co.: Mooresville/Catawba Sampling Date: 7 -Jan -15 Applicant/Owner: Duke Energy State: NC Sampling Point: RED_MAR_0544 UP Investigator(s): J.Bourdeau, S. Levine Section, Township, Range: Landform: (hillslope, terrace, etc.) stream overbank Local Relief: concave Slope (%): <5 Subregion(LRR/MLRA P/136 Lat: Long: Datum: Soil Map Unit Name: Pacolet-Saw complex, 25 to 45 percent slopes, stony NWI Classification: upland Are climatic/hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes ❑ No (If no, explain in Remarks.) Are Vegetation ❑ Soil ❑ or Hydrology ❑ significantly disturbed? Are "Normal Circumstances" present? 0 Yes ❑ No Are Vegetation ❑ Soil ❑ or Hydrology ❑ naturally problematic? (If needed, explain any answers in Remarks.) SUMMARY OF FINDINGS - Attach site map showing sampling point locations, transects, important features, etc. Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes ❑ No 0 Is the Sampled Area Hydric Soil Present? Yes ❑ No 0 within a wetland? Yes ❑ No 21 Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes ❑ No 0 Remarks All three criteria not met; area is not a wetland. Non -wet area adjacent to wetland closer to stream. HYDROLOGY Wetland Hydrology Indicators: Secondary Indicators (minimum of two required) Primary Indicators (minimum of one is required; check all that apply): ❑ Surface Soil Cracks (136) ❑ Surface Water (Al) ❑ True Aquatic Plants (B14) ❑ Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (138) ❑ High Water Table (A2) ❑ Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (Cl) ❑ Drainage Patterns (1310) ❑ Saturation (A3) ❑ Oxidized Rhizospheres on Living Roots (C3) ❑ Moss Trim Lines (1316) ❑ Water Marks (B1) ❑ Presence of Reduced Iron (C4) ❑ Dry -Season Water Table (C2) ❑ Sediment Deposits (132) ❑ Recent Iron Reduction in Tilled Soils (C6) ❑ Crayfish Burrows (C8) ❑ Drift Deposits (B3) ❑ Thin Much Surface (C7) ❑ Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9) ❑ Algal Mat or Crust (134) ❑ Other (Explain in Remarks) ❑ Stunted or Stressed Plants (D1) ❑ Iron Deposits (135) ❑ Geomorphic Position (D2) ❑ Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (137) ❑ Shallow Aquitard (D3) ❑ Water -Stained Leaves (139) ❑ Microtopographic Relief (D4) ❑ Aquatic Fauna (B13) ❑ FAC -Neutral Test (D5) Field Observations: Surface Water Present? ❑ Yes 0 No Depth (inches): Water Table Present? E] Yes ❑ No Depth (inches): Saturation Present? ❑Yes E] No Depth (inches): Wetland Hydrology Present? ❑ Yes E] No (includes capillary fringe) Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available: Remarks: Hydrology criterion not met. US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 VLUL I A I IUN p-our,trata) - use SCIentitic names of plants. 2. Absolute Dominant Indicator Tree Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) % Cover Species? Status 1. Liriodendron tulipifera 40 Y FACU 2. Acer negundo 5 FAC 3. Platanus occidentalis 5 FACW 4. Betula nigra 5 FACW 5. 8. 6. 9. 7. 10. 8. 10 = Total Cover 55 = Total Cover 2 50% of total cover: 27.5 20% of total cover: 11 Sapling/Shrub Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) Polystichium acrostichoides 5 Y 1. Ilex opaca 10 Y FACU 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 10 = Total Cover 50% of total cover: 5 20% of total cover: 2 Herb Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. Polystichium acrostichoides 5 Y UPL 2. Ilex opaca 2 FACU 3. Ligustrum sinense 2 FACU 4. Microstegium vimineum 10 Y FAC 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 19 = Total Cover 50% of total cover: 9.5 20% of total cover: 3.8 Woody Vine Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. Smilax rotundifolia 15 Y FAC 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Sampling Point: RED MAR 0544 UP ominance Test Worksheet: Number of Dominant Species That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 2 (A) Total Number of Dominant Species Across All Strata: 5 (B) Percent of Dominant Species That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 40% (A/B) revalence Index worksheet: Total % Cover of: Multiply OBL species 0 x 1 = 0 FACW species 10 x 2 = 20 FAC species 30 x 3 = 90 FACU species 54 x 4 = 216 UPL species 5 x 5 = 25 Column Totals: 99 (A) 351 (B) Prevalence Index = B/A = 3.5 lydrophytic Vegetation Indicators: ❑ Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation ❑ Dominance Test is > 50% ❑ Prevalence Index is <_ 3.0' ❑ Morphological Adaptations1 (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 iefinitions of Four Vegetation Strata: ree - Woody plants, excluding vines, 3 in. (7.6 cm) or lore in diameter at breast height (DBH), regardless of eight. ing/Shrub - Woody plants, excluding vines, less 3 in. DBH and greater than 3.28 ft (1 m) tall. - All herbaceous (non -woody) plants, regardless of and woody plants less than 3.28 ft tall. dy Vines - All woody vines greater than 3.28 ft in height Hydrophytic Vegetation Yes ❑ No F/I 15 = Total Cover Present? 50% of total cover: 7.5 20% of total cover: 3 Remarks: (Include photo numbers here or on a separate sheet.) ERDC/CRREL 2014 Regional Wetland Plant List (Eastern Mountains and Piedmont) used for indicator status. Hydrophytic vegetation criterion not met. Winter vegetation. US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 SOIL Sampling Point: RED_MAR_0544 UP 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' LoCZ Texture Remarks 0-1 7.5YR 4/5 100 SiCL Sedimentation layer 1-4 2.5Y 3/4 100 SiCL 4-12+ 5YR 4/4 100 SiCL 'Type C = Concentration, D = depletion, RM = Reduced Matrix, MS = Masked Sand Grains `Location: PL = Pore Lining, M = Matrix Hydric Soil Indicators: Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils3: ❑ Histosol (Al) ❑ Dark Surface (S7) ❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (MLRA 147) ❑ Histic Epipedon (A2) ❑ Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Coatal Prairie Redox (A16) ❑ Black Histic (A3) ❑ Thin Dark Surface (S9) (MLRA 147, 148) (MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Hydrogen Sulfide (A4) ❑ Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2) ❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) ❑ Stratified Layers (A5) ❑ Depleted Matrix (F3) (MLRA 136, 147) ❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (LRR N) ❑ Redox Dark Surface (F6) ❑ Very Shallow Dark Surface (TF12) ❑ Depleted Below Dark Surface (A11) ❑ Depleted Dark Surface (F7) ❑ Other (Explain in Remarks) ❑ Thick Dark Surface (Al2) ❑ Redox Depressions (F8) ❑ Sandy Mucky Material (S1) ❑ Iron -Manganese Masses (F12) (LRR N, MLRA 136) (LRR N, MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Umbric Surface (F13) (MLRA 136, 122) 3Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and ❑ Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4) ❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) (MLRA 148) wetland hydrology must be present, ❑ Sandy Redox (S4) ❑ Red Parent Material (F21) (MLRA 127, 147) unless disturbed or problematic. ❑ Stripped Matrix (S5) Restrictive Layer (if observed): Type: Depth (inches): Hydric Soil Present? Yes ❑ No 0 Remarks: Hydric soil criterion not met. US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM - Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Wetland E - wetland side Project/Site: Marshall City/Co.: Mooresville/Catawba Sampling Date: 7 -Jan -15 Applicant/Owner: Duke Energy State: NC Sampling Point: RED_MAR_0554 wE1 Investigator(s): J.Bourdeau, S. Levine Section, Township, Range: Landform: (hillslope, terrace, etc.) Bottom of slope Local Relief: concave Slope (%): <5 Subregion(LRR/MLRA P/136 Lat: see GPS data Long: see GPS data Datum: Soil Map Unit Name: Pacolet soils, 10 to 25 percent slopes NWI Classification: none Are climatic/hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes ❑ No (If no, explain in Remarks.) Are Vegetation ❑ Soil ❑ or Hydrology ❑ significantly disturbed? Are "Normal Circumstances" present? 0 Yes ❑ No Are Vegetation ❑ Soil ❑ or Hydrology ❑ naturally problematic? (If needed, explain any answers in Remarks.) SUMMAKY OF I-INUINU5 - Attach site map snowing Sam Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes 0 No ❑ Hydric Soil Present? Yes 0 No ❑ Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes 0 No ❑ Remarks All three criteria met; area is a wetland Small wetland formed from upslope drainage. HYD 3oint locations, transects, important teatures, etc. Is the Sampled Area within a wetland? Yes 0 No ❑ Wetland Hydrology Indicators: Secondary Indicators (minimum of two required) Primary Indicators (minimum of one is required; check all that apply): ❑ Surface Soil Cracks (136) 0 Surface Water (Al) ❑ True Aquatic Plants (B14) ❑ Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (138) 0 High Water Table (A2) ❑ Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (Cl) ❑ Drainage Patterns (1310) ❑ Saturation (A3) ❑ Oxidized Rhizospheres on Living Roots (C3) ❑ Moss Trim Lines (1316) ❑ Water Marks (B1) ❑ Presence of Reduced Iron (C4) ❑ Dry -Season Water Table (C2) ❑ Sediment Deposits (132) ❑ Recent Iron Reduction in Tilled Soils (C6) ❑ Crayfish Burrows (C8) ❑ Drift Deposits (B3) ❑ Thin Much Surface (C7) ❑ Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9) ❑ Algal Mat or Crust (134) ❑ Other (Explain in Remarks) ❑ Stunted or Stressed Plants (D1) ❑ Iron Deposits (135) ❑ Geomorphic Position (D2) ❑ Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (137) ❑ Shallow Aquitard (D3) ❑ Water -Stained Leaves (139) ❑ Microtopographic Relief (D4) ❑ Aquatic Fauna (B13) ❑ FAC -Neutral Test (D5) Field Observations: Surface Water Present? 0 Yes ❑ No Depth (inches): 2 Water Table Present? E] Yes ❑ No Depth (inches): 0 Saturation Present? E]Yes ❑ No Depth (inches): 0 Wetland Hydrology Present? 0 Yes ❑ No (includes capillary fringe) Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available: Remarks: Multiple hydrology indicators present. Hydrology criterion is met. US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 VLDL I A I IUNI pour strata) - use SCIentitic names of plants. Sampling Point: RED_MAR_0554 WEI Absolute Dominant Indicator Dominance Test Worksheet: Tree Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) % Cover Species? Status Number of Dominant Species 1. Acer rubrum 80 Y FAC That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 5 (A) 2. Total Number of Dominant 3. Species Across All Strata: 6 (B) 4. Percent of Dominant Species 5. That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 83% (A/B) 6. 7. Prevalence Index worksheet: 8. Total % Cover of: Multiply 80 = Total Cover OBL species 0 x 1 = 0 50% of total cover: 40 20% of total cover: 16 FACW species 30 x 2 = 60 inq/Shrub Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) FAC species 140 x 3 = 420 1. Liquidambar styraciflua 10 Y FAC FACU species 5 x 4 = 20 2. Ligustrum sinense 5 Y FACU UPL species 0 x 5= 0 3. Column Totals: 175 (A) 500 (B) 4. Prevalence Index = B/A = 2.9 5. 6. Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators: 7. ❑ Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation 8. Fil Dominance Test is > 50% 9. ❑ Prevalence Index is <_ 3.0' 10. ❑ Morphological Adaptations1 (Provide supporting 15 = Total Cover data in Remarks or on a separate sheet 50% of total cover: 7.5 20% of total cover: 3 ❑ Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation' (Explain) u Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. Juncus effusus 30 Y FACW Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must 2. Microstegium vimineum 40 Y FAC be present, unless disturbed or problematic 3. Definitions of Four Vegetation Strata: 4. 5. Tree - Woody plants, excluding vines, 3 in. (7.6 cm) or 6. more in diameter at breast height (DBH), regardless of 7. height. 8. 9. Sapling/Shrub - Woody plants, excluding vines, less 10. than 3 in. DBH and greater than 3.28 ft (1 m) tall. 11. 12. Herb - All herbaceous (non -woody) plants, regardless of 70 = Total Cover size, and woody plants less than 3.28 ft tall. 50% of total cover: 35 20% of total cover: 14 )dv Vine Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) Woody Vines - All woody vines greater than 3.28 ft in height. 1. Smilax rotundifolia 10 Y FAC 2. 3. 4. 5. Hydrophytic 6. Vegetation Yes 0 No ❑ 10 = Total Cover Present? 50% of total cover: 5 20% of total cover: 2 Remarks: (Include photo numbers here or on a separate sheet.) ERDC/CRREL 2014 Regional Wetland Plant List (Eastern Mountains and Piedmont) used for indicator status. Hydrophytic vegetation criteria is met. Winter vegetation. US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 SOIL Sampling Point: RED_MAR_0554 WEI rofile 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' LOC2 Texture 0-12+ 10YR 4/2 80 10YR 5/6 20 C M SCS Remarks C = Concentration, D = depletion, RM = Reduced Matrix, MS = Masked Sand Grains `Location: PL = Pore Lining, M = Matrix Hydric Soil Indicators: Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils': ❑ Histosol (Al) ❑ Dark Surface (S7) ❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (MLRA 147) ❑ Histic Epipedon (A2) ❑ Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Coatal Prairie Redox (A16) ❑ Black Histic (A3) ❑ Thin Dark Surface (S9) (MLRA 147, 148) (MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Hydrogen Sulfide (A4) ❑ Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2) ❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) ❑ Stratified Layers (A5) ❑ Depleted Matrix (F3) (MLRA 136, 147) ❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (LRR N) ❑ Redox Dark Surface (F6) ❑ Very Shallow Dark Surface (TF12) ❑ Depleted Below Dark Surface (All 1) ❑ Depleted Dark Surface (F7) ❑ Other (Explain in Remarks) ❑ Thick Dark Surface (Al2) ❑ Redox Depressions (F8) ❑ Sandy Mucky Material (S1) ❑ Iron -Manganese Masses (F12) (LRR N, MLRA 136) (LRR N, MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Umbric Surface (F13) (MLRA 136, 122) 3Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and ❑ Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4) ❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) (MLRA 148) wetland hydrology must be present, ❑ Sandy Redox (S4) ❑ Red Parent Material (F21) (MLRA 127, 147) unless disturbed or problematic. n Stripped Matrix (S5) estrictive Layer (if observed): Type: Depth (inches): Hydric soil criterion is met. Hydric Soil Present? Yes Q No ❑ US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM - Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Wetland E - upland side Project/Site: Marshall City/Co.: Mooresville/Catawba Sampling Date: 7 -Jan -15 Applicant/Owner: Duke Energy State: NC Sampling Point: RED_MAR_0554 UP Investigator(s): J.Bourdeau, S. Levine Section, Township, Range: Landform: (hillslope, terrace, etc.) Bottom of slope Local Relief: concave Slope (%): <5 Subregion(LRR/MLRA P/136 Lat: Long: Datum: Soil Map Unit Name: Pacolet soils, 10 to 25 percent slopes NWI Classification: none Are climatic/hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes ❑ No (If no, explain in Remarks.) Are Vegetation ❑ Soil ❑ or Hydrology ❑ significantly disturbed? Are "Normal Circumstances" present? 0 Yes ❑ No Are Vegetation ❑ Soil ❑ or Hydrology ❑ naturally problematic? (If needed, explain any answers in Remarks.) 5UMMAKY OF rlNuiNU5 - Attacn site map snowing sampiing point locations, transects, Important teatures, etc. Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes ❑ No 0 Is the Sampled Area Hydric Soil Present? Yes ❑ No 0 within a wetland? Yes ❑ No 121 Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes ❑ No 0 Remarks All three criteria not met; area is not a wetland. Upland area outside of wetland. HYD Wetland Hydrology Indicators: Secondary Indicators (minimum of two required) Primary Indicators (minimum of one is required; check all that apply): ❑ Surface Soil Cracks (136) ❑ Surface Water (Al) ❑ True Aquatic Plants (B14) ❑ Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (138) ❑ High Water Table (A2) ❑ Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (Cl) ❑ Drainage Patterns (1310) ❑ Saturation (A3) ❑ Oxidized Rhizospheres on Living Roots (C3) ❑ Moss Trim Lines (1316) ❑ Water Marks (B1) ❑ Presence of Reduced Iron (C4) ❑ Dry -Season Water Table (C2) ❑ Sediment Deposits (132) ❑ Recent Iron Reduction in Tilled Soils (C6) ❑ Crayfish Burrows (C8) ❑ Drift Deposits (133) ❑ Thin Much Surface (C7) ❑ Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9) ❑ Algal Mat or Crust (134) ❑ Other (Explain in Remarks) ❑ Stunted or Stressed Plants (D1) ❑ Iron Deposits (135) ❑ Geomorphic Position (D2) ❑ Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (137) ❑ Shallow Aquitard (D3) ❑ Water -Stained Leaves (139) ❑ Microtopographic Relief (D4) ❑ Aquatic Fauna (B13) ❑ FAC -Neutral Test (D5) Field Observations: Surface Water Present? ❑ Yes 0 No Depth (inches): Water Table Present? E] Yes E] No Depth (inches): Saturation Present? ❑Yes E] No Depth (inches): Wetland Hydrology Present? ❑ Yes E] No (includes capillary fringe) Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available: Remarks: Hydrology criterion not met. US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 VLUL I A I IVN I p-our,trata) - use SCIentitic names of plants. Absolute Dominant Indicator Tree Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) % Cover Species? Status 1. Pinus virginiana 40 Y FAC 2. Acer rubrum 5 FAC 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 45 = Total Cover 50% of total cover: 22.5 20% of total cover: Sapling/Shrub Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. Fagus grandifolia 10 Y FACU 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 10 = Total Cover 50% of total cover: 5 20% of total cover: Herb Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. Polystichium acrostichoides 2 Y UPL 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 2 = Total Cover Sampling Point: RED MAR 0554 UP Dominance Test Worksheet: Number of Dominant Species That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 2 (A) Total Number of Dominant Species Across All Strata: 4 (B) Percent of Dominant Species That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 50% (A/B) Prevalence Index worksheet: Total % Cover of: Multiply OBL species 0 x 1 = 0 9 FACW species 0 x 2= 0 FAC species 50 x 3 = 150 FACU species 10 x 4 = 40 UPL species 2 x 5 = 10 Column Totals: 62 (A) 200 (B) Prevalence Index = B/A = 3.2 Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators: ❑ Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation ❑ Dominance Test is > 50% ❑ Prevalence Index is <_ 3.0' ❑ Morphological Adaptations1 (Provide supporting data in Remarks or on a separate sheet 2 ❑ Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation' (Explain) ' Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must be present, unless disturbed or problematic 50% of total cover: 1 20% of total cover: 0.4 Woody Vine Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. Smilax rotundifolia 5 Y FAC 2. 3 4 5 6 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. ing/Shrub - Woody plants, excluding vines, less 3 in. DBH and greater than 3.28 ft (1 m) tall. - All herbaceous (non -woody) plants, regardless of and woody plants less than 3.28 ft tall. dy Vines - All woody vines greater than 3.28 ft in height Hydrophytic Vegetation Yes ❑ No F/I 5 = Total Cover Present? 50% of total cover: 2.5 20% of total cover: 1 Remarks: (Include photo numbers here or on a separate sheet.) ERDC/CRREL 2014 Regional Wetland Plant List (Eastern Mountains and Piedmont) used for indicator status. Hydrophytic vegetation criterion not met. Winter vegetation. US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 SOIL Sampling Point: RED_MAR_0554 UP 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' LoCZ Texture Remarks 0-4 10YR 4/3 100 SCS 4-12 7.5YR 5/6 100 SCL 'Type C = Concentration, D = depletion, RM = Reduced Matrix, MS = Masked Sand Grains `Location: PL = Pore Lining, M = Matrix Hydric Soil Indicators: Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils3: ❑ Histosol (Al) ❑ Dark Surface (S7) ❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (MLRA 147) ❑ Histic Epipedon (A2) ❑ Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Coatal Prairie Redox (A16) ❑ Black Histic (A3) ❑ Thin Dark Surface (S9) (MLRA 147, 148) (MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Hydrogen Sulfide (A4) ❑ Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2) ❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) ❑ Stratified Layers (A5) ❑ Depleted Matrix (F3) (MLRA 136, 147) ❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (LRR N) ❑ Redox Dark Surface (F6) ❑ Very Shallow Dark Surface (TF12) ❑ Depleted Below Dark Surface (A11) ❑ Depleted Dark Surface (F7) ❑ Other (Explain in Remarks) ❑ Thick Dark Surface (Al2) ❑ Redox Depressions (F8) ❑ Sandy Mucky Material (S1) ❑ Iron -Manganese Masses (F12) (LRR N, MLRA 136) (LRR N, MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Umbric Surface (F13) (MLRA 136, 122) 3Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and ❑ Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4) ❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) (MLRA 148) wetland hydrology must be present, ❑ Sandy Redox (S4) ❑ Red Parent Material (F21) (MLRA 127, 147) unless disturbed or problematic. ❑ Stripped Matrix (S5) Restrictive Layer (if observed): Type: Depth (inches): Hydric Soil Present? Yes ❑ No 0 Remarks: Hydric soil criterion not met. US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM - Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Wetland N - wetland side Project/Site: Marshall Steam Plant County Catawba Sampling Date: 30 -Apr -15 Applicant/Owner: Duke Energy State: NC Sampling Point: WA (001) wet Investigator(s): Laura Meyer Section, Township, Range: Landform: (hillslope, terrace, etc.) Valley Local Relief: Concave Slope (%): 15 Subregion(LRR/MLRA MLRA136 Lat: 35.5999 Long: -80.9602 Datum: Soil Map Unit Name: Pacolet soils, 10 to 25 percent soils NWI Classification: none Are climatic/hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes ❑ No (If no, explain in Remarks.) Are Vegetation ❑ Soil ❑ or Hydrology ❑ significantly disturbed? Are "Normal Circumstances" present? 0 Yes ❑ No Are Vegetation ❑ Soil ❑ or Hydrology ❑ naturally problematic? (If needed, explain any answers in Remarks.) SumMAKY OF t-INUINU5 - Attacn site map snowing sampling point locations, transects, Important teatures, etc. Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes 0 No ❑ Is the Sampled Area Hydric Soil Present? Yes 0 No ❑ within a wetland? Yes 0 No ❑ Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes 0 No ❑ Remarks HYD Wetland Hydrology Indicators: Secondary Indicators (minimum of two required) Primary Indicators (minimum of one is required; check all that apply): ❑ Surface Soil Cracks (136) ❑ Surface Water (Al) ❑ True Aquatic Plants (B14) ❑ Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (138) ❑ High Water Table (A2) ❑ Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (Cl) ❑ Drainage Patterns (1310) ❑ Saturation (A3) ❑ Oxidized Rhizospheres on Living Roots (C3) ❑ Moss Trim Lines (1316) ❑ Water Marks (B1) ❑ Presence of Reduced Iron (C4) ❑ Dry -Season Water Table (C2) 0 Sediment Deposits (132) ❑ Recent Iron Reduction in Tilled Soils (C6) ❑ Crayfish Burrows (C8) ❑ Drift Deposits (B3) ❑ Thin Much Surface (C7) ❑ Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9) ❑ Algal Mat or Crust (134) ❑ Other (Explain in Remarks) ❑ Stunted or Stressed Plants (D1) ❑ Iron Deposits (135) ❑ Geomorphic Position (D2) ❑ Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (137) ❑ Shallow Aquitard (D3) ❑ Water -Stained Leaves (139) ❑ Microtopographic Relief (D4) ❑ Aquatic Fauna (B13) ❑ FAC -Neutral Test (D5) Field Observations: Surface Water Present? ❑ Yes 0 No Depth (inches): Water Table Present? E] Yes ❑ No Depth (inches): Saturation Present? ❑Yes ❑ No Depth (inches): 5 Wetland Hydrology Present? 0 Yes ❑ No (includes capillary fringe) Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available: Remarks: US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 VhUt=1 A I IUN (tour Strata) - use scientITIC names of plants. Sampling Point: WA (UU1) wet Absolute Dominant Indicator Dominance Test Worksheet: % Cover Species? Status Number of Dominant Species 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. in( 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10 11 12 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. im (Plot size: 30ft radius) Number of Dominant Species Liriodendron tulipifera 2 Y FACU That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 3 (A) Total Number of Dominant Species Across All Strata: 4 (B) Percent of Dominant Species That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 75% (A/B) Prevalence Index worksheet: Total % Cover of: Multiply 2 = Total Cover OBL species 25 x 1 = 25 50% of total cover: 1 20% of total cover: 0.4 FACW species 5 x2= 10 rub Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) FAC species 25 x 3 = 75 FACU species 2 x4= 8 UPL species 0 x 5 = 0 Column Totals: 57 (A) 118 (B) Prevalence Index = B/A = 2.1 Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators: ❑ Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation ❑ Dominance Test is > 50% ❑ Prevalence Index is <_ 3.0' ❑ Morphological Adaptations1 (Provide supporting 0 = Total Cover data in Remarks or on a separate sheet 50% of total cover: 0 20% of total cover: 0 ❑ Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation' (Explain) im (Plot size: 30ft radius) Rumex crispus 5 FAC ' Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must Typha latifolia 15 Y OBL be present, unless disturbed or problematic Juncus effusus 5 FACW Definitions of Four Vegetation Strata: Euthamia caroliniana 20 Y FAC Persicaria sagittata 10 Y OBL 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 3.28 ft (1 m) tall. Herb - All herbaceous (non -woody) plants, regardless of 55 = Total Cover size, and woody plants less than 3.28 ft tall. 50% of total cover: 27.5 20% of total cover: 11 e Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) Woody Vines - All woody vines greater than 3.28 ft in height. Hydrophytic Vegetation Yes 0 No ❑ 0 = Total Cover Present? 50% of total cover: 0 20% of total cover: 0 (Include photo numbers here or on a separate sheet.) REL 2014 Regional Wetland Plant List (Eastern Mountains and Piedmont) used for indicator status US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 SOIL Sampling Point: WA (001) wet 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' LoCZ Texture Remarks 0-4 5 Y 5/6 100 Sand 4-10 5Y5/2 70 5 Y 4/6 30 D M Silt 10-18+ 7.5 YR 5/4 90 5 Y 4/6 10 D M Clay 'Type C = Concentration, D = depletion, RM = Reduced Matrix, MS = Masked Sand Grains `Location: PL = Pore Lining, M = Matrix Hydric Soil Indicators: Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils3: ❑ Histosol (Al) ❑ Dark Surface (S7) ❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (MLRA 147) ❑ Histic Epipedon (A2) ❑ Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Coatal Prairie Redox (A16) ❑ Black Histic (A3) ❑ Thin Dark Surface (S9) (MLRA 147, 148) (MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Hydrogen Sulfide (A4) ❑ Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2) ❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) ❑ Stratified Layers (A5) ❑ Depleted Matrix (F3) (MLRA 136, 147) ❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (LRR N) ❑ Redox Dark Surface (F6) ❑ Very Shallow Dark Surface (TF12) ❑ Depleted Below Dark Surface (A11) ❑ Depleted Dark Surface (F7) ❑ Other (Explain in Remarks) ❑ Thick Dark Surface (Al2) ❑ Redox Depressions (F8) ❑ Sandy Mucky Material (S1) ❑ Iron -Manganese Masses (F12) (LRR N, MLRA 136) (LRR N, MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Umbric Surface (F13) (MLRA 136, 122) 3Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and ❑ Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4) ❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) (MLRA 148) wetland hydrology must be present, ❑ Sandy Redox (S4) ❑ Red Parent Material (F21) (MLRA 127, 147) unless disturbed or problematic. ❑ Stripped Matrix (S5) Restrictive Layer (if observed): Type: Depth (inches): Hydric Soil Present? Yes Q No ❑ Remarks: US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM - Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Wetland N - upland side Project/Site: Marshall Steam Plant County Catawba Sampling Date: 30 -Apr -15 Applicant/Owner: Duke Energy State: NC Sampling Point: WA (001) up Investigator(s): Laura Meyer Section, Township, Range: Landform: (hillslope, terrace, etc.) Hillslope Local Relief: Convex Slope (%): 15 Subregion(LRR/MLRA MLRA136 Lat: 35.5999 Long: -80.9602 Datum: Soil Map Unit Name: Pacolet soils, 10 to 25 percent soils NWI Classification: upland Are climatic/hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes ❑ No (If no, explain in Remarks.) Are Vegetation ❑ Soil ❑ or Hydrology ❑ significantly disturbed? Are "Normal Circumstances" present? 0 Yes ❑ No Are Vegetation ❑ Soil ❑ or Hydrology ❑ naturally problematic? (If needed, explain any answers in Remarks.) SUMMAKY OF I-INUINU5 - Attach site map snowing Sam Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes ❑ No 0 Hydric Soil Present? Yes ❑ No 0 Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes ❑ No 0 Remarks HYD 3oint locations, transects, important teatures, etc. Is the Sampled Area within a wetland? Yes ❑ No 21 Wetland Hydrology Indicators: Secondary Indicators (minimum of two required) Primary Indicators (minimum of one is required; check all that apply): ❑ Surface Soil Cracks (136) ❑ Surface Water (Al) ❑ True Aquatic Plants (B14) ❑ Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (138) ❑ High Water Table (A2) ❑ Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (Cl) ❑ Drainage Patterns (1310) ❑ Saturation (A3) ❑ Oxidized Rhizospheres on Living Roots (C3) ❑ Moss Trim Lines (1316) ❑ Water Marks (B1) ❑ Presence of Reduced Iron (C4) ❑ Dry -Season Water Table (C2) ❑ Sediment Deposits (132) ❑ Recent Iron Reduction in Tilled Soils (C6) ❑ Crayfish Burrows (C8) ❑ Drift Deposits (B3) ❑ Thin Much Surface (C7) ❑ Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9) ❑ Algal Mat or Crust (134) ❑ Other (Explain in Remarks) ❑ Stunted or Stressed Plants (D1) ❑ Iron Deposits (135) ❑ Geomorphic Position (D2) ❑ Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (137) ❑ Shallow Aquitard (D3) ❑ Water -Stained Leaves (139) ❑ Microtopographic Relief (D4) ❑ Aquatic Fauna (B13) ❑ FAC -Neutral Test (D5) Field Observations: Surface Water Present? ❑ Yes 0 No Depth (inches): Water Table Present? E] Yes ❑ No Depth (inches): Saturation Present? ❑Yes E] No Depth (inches): Wetland Hydrology Present? ❑ Yes E] No (includes capillary fringe) Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available: Remarks: US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 VLUL I A I IUN p-our,trata) - use SCIentitic names of plants. Absolute Dominant Indicator % Cover Species? Status Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 50% of total cover: ing/Shrub Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. Rubus candensis 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 50% of total cover D Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. Dactylis glomerata 2. Potentilla simplex 3. Solidago rugosa 4. Setara viridis 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. if: 50% of total cover: )dy Vine Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 0 = Total Cover 0 20% of total cover: 20 Y FACU 20 = Total Cover 10 20% of total cover: 10 FACU 10 FACU 20 Y FAC 30 Y NL Sampling Point: WA (UU1) up Dominance Test Worksheet: Number of Dominant Species Number of Dominant Species That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 1 (A) Total Number of Dominant Species Across All Strata: 3 (B) Percent of Dominant Species That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 33% (A/B) Prevalence Index worksheet: Total % Cover of: Multiply OBL species 0 x 1 = 0 0 FACW species 0 x 2= 0 FAC species 20 x 3 = 60 FACU species 40 x 4 = 160 UPL species 0 x 5 = 0 Column Totals: 60 (A) 220 (B) Prevalence Index = B/A = 3.7 Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators: ❑ Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation ❑ Dominance Test is > 50% ❑ Prevalence Index is <_ 3.0' ❑ Morphological Adaptations1 (Provide supporting data in Remarks or on a separate sheet 4 ❑ Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation' (Explain) ' Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must be present, unless disturbed 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 3.28 ft (1 m) tall. Herb - All herbaceous (non -woody) plants, regardless of 70 = Total Cover size, and woody plants less than 3.28 ft tall. 35 20% of total cover: 14 Woody Vines - All woody vines greater than 3.28 ft in height. Hydrophytic Vegetation Yes ❑ No F�j 0 = Total Cover Present? 50% of total cover: 0 20% of total cover: 0 Remarks: (Include photo numbers here or on a separate sheet.) ERDC/CRREL 2014 Regional Wetland Plant List (Eastern Mountains and Piedmont) used for indicator status. US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 SOIL Sampling Point: WA (001) up rofile 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' LocZ Texture 0-12+ 5 Y 5/8 100 sand Remarks C = Concentration, D = depletion, RM = Reduced Matrix, MS = Masked Sand Grains `Location: PL = Pore Lining, M = Matrix Hydric Soil Indicators: Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils': ❑ Histosol (Al) ❑ Dark Surface (S7) ❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (MLRA 147) ❑ Histic Epipedon (A2) ❑ Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Coatal Prairie Redox (A16) ❑ Black Histic (A3) ❑ Thin Dark Surface (S9) (MLRA 147, 148) (MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Hydrogen Sulfide (A4) ❑ Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2) ❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) ❑ Stratified Layers (A5) ❑ Depleted Matrix (F3) (MLRA 136, 147) ❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (LRR N) ❑ Redox Dark Surface (F6) ❑ Very Shallow Dark Surface (TF12) ❑ Depleted Below Dark Surface (All 1) ❑ Depleted Dark Surface (F7) ❑ Other (Explain in Remarks) ❑ Thick Dark Surface (Al2) ❑ Redox Depressions (F8) ❑ Sandy Mucky Material (S1) ❑ Iron -Manganese Masses (F12) (LRR N, MLRA 136) (LRR N, MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Umbric Surface (F13) (MLRA 136, 122) 3Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and ❑ Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4) ❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) (MLRA 148) wetland hydrology must be present, ❑ Sandy Redox (S4) ❑ Red Parent Material (F21) (MLRA 127, 147) unless disturbed or problematic. n Stripped Matrix (S5) estrictive Layer (if observed): Type: Depth (inches): Hydric Soil Present? Yes ❑ No 0 US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM - Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Wetland P - wetland side Project/Site: Marshall City/Co.: Catawba Sampling Date: 04.30.15 Applicant/Owner: Duke Energy State: NC Sampling Point: W -B -WET Investigator(s): KP Haywood Section, Township, Range: NA Landform: (hillslope, terrace, etc.) Hillslope Local Relief: Concave Slope (%): 0-2 Subregion(LRR/MLRA P/136 Lat: 35°36'07.53" Long: 80°58'39.63" Datum: NA Soil Map Unit Name: Roanoke loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded NW I Classification: None Are climatic/hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? 0 Yes ❑ No (If no, explain in Remarks.) Are Vegetation ❑ Soil ❑ or Hydrology ❑ significantly disturbed? Are "Normal Circumstances" present? E] Yes Are Vegetation ❑ Soil ❑ or Hydrology ❑ naturally problematic? (If needed, explain any answers in Remarks.) SUMMARY OF FINDINGS - Attach site map showing sampling point locations, transects, important features, etc. Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes Q No ❑ Is the Sampled Area Hydric Soil Present? Yes 0 No ❑ within a wetland? Yes El No ❑ Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes 0 No ❑ Remarks HYDROLOGY ❑ No Wetland Hydrology Indicators: Secondary Indicators (minimum of two required) Primary Indicators (minimum of one is required; check all that apply): ❑ Surface Soil Cracks (136) 0 Surface Water (Al) ❑ True Aquatic Plants (1314) 0 Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (138) M High Water Table (A2) ❑ Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (Cl) El Drainage Patterns (B10) M Saturation (A3) ❑ Oxidized Rhizospheres on Living Roots (C3) ❑ Moss Trim Lines (B16) ❑ Water Marks (131) ❑ Presence of Reduced Iron (C4) ❑ Dry -Season Water Table (C2) ❑ Sediment Deposits (132) ❑ Recent Iron Reduction in Tilled Soils (C6) E] Crayfish Burrows (C8) ❑i Drift Deposits (133) ❑ Thin Much Surface (C7) ❑ Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9) ❑ Algal Mat or Crust (B4) ❑ Other (Explain in Remarks) ❑ Stunted or Stressed Plants (D1) ❑ Iron Deposits (135) ❑ Geomorphic Position (D2) ❑ Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (137) ❑ Shallow Aquitard (D3) 0 Water -Stained Leaves (B9) ❑ Microtopographic Relief (D4) ❑ Aquatic Fauna (1313) ❑ FAC -Neutral Test (D5) Field Observations: Surface Water Present? 0 Yes ❑ No Depth (inches): 0-6 Water Table Present? Yes ❑ No Depth (inches): 3 Saturation Present? E]Yes ❑ No Depth (inches): 0 Wetland Hydrology Present? 0 Yes ❑ No (includes capillary fringe) Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available: Remarks: US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 VtCitIAI IUN (rour,trata) - use SCIentltic names of plants. Absolute Dominant Indicator Tree Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) % Cover Species? Status 1. Acer rubrum 90 Y FAC 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 50% of total cover: ing/Shrub Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. Acer rubrum 2. Ligustrum sinense 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 50% of total cover: o Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. Woodwardia areolata 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 50% of total cover: )dv Vine Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. Vitis rotundifolia 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 90 = Total Cover 45 20% of total cover: 1 15 Y FAC 5 Y FACU 20 = Total Cover 10 20% of total cover: 4 2 Y FACW 2 = Total Cover 1 20% of total cover: 0.4 1 Y FAC Sampling Point: W -13 -WE I ominance Test Worksheet: Number of Dominant Species That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 4 (A) Total Number of Dominant Species Across All Strata: 5 (B) Percent of Dominant Species That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 80% (A/B) revalence Index worksheet: Total % Cover of: Multiply OBL species 0 x 1 = 0 FACW species 2 x 2 = 4 FAC species 106 x 3 = 318 FACU species 5 x4= 20 UPL species 0 x 5 = 0 Column Totals: 113 (A) 342 (B) Prevalence Index = B/A = 3.0 ydrophytic Vegetation Indicators: ❑ Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation 0 Dominance Test is > 50% ❑ Prevalence Index is <_ 3.0' ❑ Morphological Adaptations1 (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 efinitions of Four Vegetation Strata: ree - Woody plants, excluding vines, 3 in. (7.6 cm) or ore in diameter at breast height (DBH), regardless of sight. ing/Shrub - Woody plants, excluding vines, less 3 in. DBH and greater than 3.28 ft (1 m) tall. - All herbaceous (non -woody) plants, regardless of and woody plants less than 3.28 ft tall. dy Vines - All woody vines greater than 3.28 ft in height Hydrophytic Vegetation Yes F/I No ❑ 1 = Total Cover Present? 50% of total cover: 0.5 20% of total cover: 0.2 Remarks: (Include photo numbers here or on a separate sheet.) ERDC/CRREL 2014 Regional Wetland Plant List (Eastern Mountains and Piedmont) used for indicator status. US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 SOIL Sampling Point: W -B -WET rofile 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' Locz Texture 0-4 7.5YR 4/6 70 7.5YR 4/2 30 C M SCL 4-12+ 7.5YR 4/1 80 7.5YR 4/6 20 C M CL Remarks C = Concentration, D = depletion, RM = Reduced Matrix, MS = Masked Sand Grains Location: PL = Pore Lining, M = Matrix Hydric Soil Indicators: Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils': ❑ Histosol (Al) ❑ Dark Surface (S7) ❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (MLRA 147) ❑ Histic Epipedon (A2) ❑ Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Coatal Prairie Redox (A16) ❑ Black Histic (A3) ❑ Thin Dark Surface (S9) (MLRA 147, 148) (MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Hydrogen Sulfide (A4) ❑ Loamy Gleyed Matrix (172) ❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) ❑ Stratified Layers (A5) Depleted Matrix (173) (MLRA 136, 147) ❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (LRR N) ❑ Redox Dark Surface (176) ❑ Very Shallow Dark Surface (TF12) ❑ Depleted Below Dark Surface (A11) ❑ Depleted Dark Surface (F7) ❑ Other (Explain in Remarks) ❑ Thick Dark Surface (Al2) ❑ Redox Depressions (F8) ❑ Sandy Mucky Material (S1) ❑ Iron -Manganese Masses (F12) (LRR N, MLRA 136) (LRR N, MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Umbric Surface (F13) (MLRA 136, 122) 3Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and ❑ Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4) ❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) (MLRA 148) wetland hydrology must be present, ❑ Sandy Redox (S4) ❑ Red Parent Material (F21) (MLRA 127, 147) unless disturbed or problematic. n StriDDed Matrix (S5) estrictive Layer (if observed): Type: Depth (inches): Hydric Soil Present? Yes 2] No ❑ US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM - Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Wetland P - upland side Project/Site: Marshall City/Co.: Catawba Sampling Date: 04.30.15 Applicant/Owner: Duke Energy State: NC Sampling Point: W -B -UP Investigator(s): KP Haywood Section, Township, Range: NA Landform: (hillslope, terrace, etc.) Hillslope Local Relief: Concave Slope (%): 0-2 Subregion(LRR/MLRA P/136 Lat: 35°36'07.53" Long: 80°58'39.63" Datum: NA Soil Map Unit Name: Roanoke loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded NW I Classification: upland Are climatic/hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? 0 Yes ❑ No (If no, explain in Remarks.) Are Vegetation ❑ Soil ❑ or Hydrology ❑ significantly disturbed? Are "Normal Circumstances" present? E] Yes ❑ No Are Vegetation ❑ Soil ❑ or Hydrology ❑ naturally problematic? (If needed, explain any answers in Remarks.) SUMMARY OF FINDINGS - Attach site map showing sampling point locations, transects, important features, etc. Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes 0 No ❑ Is the Sampled Area Hydric Soil Present? Yes ❑ No El within a wetland? Yes ❑ No Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes ❑ No 0 Remarks HYDROLOGY Wetland Hydrology Indicators: Secondary Indicators (minimum of two required) Primary Indicators (minimum of one is required; check all that apply): ❑ Surface Soil Cracks (136) ❑ Surface Water (Al) ❑ True Aquatic Plants (1314) ❑ Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (138) ❑ High Water Table (A2) ❑ Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (Cl) ❑ Drainage Patterns (B10) ❑ Saturation (A3) ❑ Oxidized Rhizospheres on Living Roots (C3) ❑ Moss Trim Lines (B16) ❑ Water Marks (131) ❑ Presence of Reduced Iron (C4) ❑ Dry -Season Water Table (C2) ❑ Sediment Deposits (132) ❑ Recent Iron Reduction in Tilled Soils (C6) ❑ Crayfish Burrows (C8) ❑ Drift Deposits (133) ❑ Thin Much Surface (C7) ❑ Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9) ❑ Algal Mat or Crust (B4) ❑ Other (Explain in Remarks) ❑ Stunted or Stressed Plants (D1) ❑ Iron Deposits (135) ❑ Geomorphic Position (D2) ❑ Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (137) ❑ Shallow Aquitard (D3) ❑ Water -Stained Leaves (B9) ❑ Microtopographic Relief (D4) ❑ Aquatic Fauna (1313) ❑ FAC -Neutral Test (D5) Field Observations: Surface Water Present? ❑ Yes 0 No Depth (inches): Water Table Present? ❑Yes 0 No Depth (inches): Saturation Present? []Yes No Depth (inches): Wetland Hydrology Present? ❑ Yes 0 No (includes capillary fringe) Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available: Remarks: US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 VtCitIAI IUN (rour,trata) - use SCIentltic names of plants. Absolute Dominant Indicator Tree Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) % Cover Species? Status 1. Acer rubrum 70 Y FAC 2. Juniperus virginiana 10 FACU 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 80 = Total Cover 50% of total cover: 40 20% of total cover: 11 Sapling/Shrub Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. Liquidambar styraciflua 20 Y FAC 2. Ligustrum sinense 10 Y FACU 3. Rosa multiflora 5 FACU 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 35 = Total Cover 50% of total cover: 17.5 20% of total cover: Herb Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. Microstegium vimineum 70 Y FAC 2. Parthenocissus quinquefolia 10 FACU 3. Lonicera japonica 2 FAC 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 82 = Total Cover 50% of total cover: 41 20% of total cover: 16., Woody Vine Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Sampling Point: W -1:3 -UH ominance Test Worksheet: Number of Dominant Species That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 3 (A) Total Number of Dominant Species Across All Strata: 4 (B) Percent of Dominant Species That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 75% (A/B) revalence Index worksheet: Total % Cover of: Multiply OBL species 0 x 1 = 0 FACW species 0 x 2 = 0 FAC species 162 x 3 = 486 FACU species 35 x4= 140 UPL species 0 x 5 = 0 Column Totals: 197 (A) 626 (B) Prevalence Index = B/A = 3.2 ydrophytic Vegetation Indicators: ❑ Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation 0 Dominance Test is > 50% ❑ Prevalence Index is <_ 3.0' ❑ Morphological Adaptations1 (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 efinitions of Four Vegetation Strata: ree - Woody plants, excluding vines, 3 in. (7.6 cm) or ore in diameter at breast height (DBH), regardless of sight. ing/Shrub - Woody plants, excluding vines, less 3 in. DBH and greater than 3.28 ft (1 m) tall. - All herbaceous (non -woody) plants, regardless of and woody plants less than 3.28 ft tall. dy Vines - All woody vines greater than 3.28 ft in height Hydrophytic Vegetation Yes F/I No ❑ 0 = Total Cover Present? 50% of total cover: 0 20% of total cover: 0 Remarks: (Include photo numbers here or on a separate sheet.) ERDC/CRREL 2014 Regional Wetland Plant List (Eastern Mountains and Piedmont) used for indicator status. US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 SOIL Sampling Point: W -B -UP rofile 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' Locz Texture 0-12+ 7.5YR 4/4 100 SCL Remarks C = Concentration, D = depletion, RM = Reduced Matrix, MS = Masked Sand Grains Location: PL = Pore Lining, M = Matrix Hydric Soil Indicators: Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils': ❑ Histosol (Al) ❑ Dark Surface (S7) ❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (MLRA 147) ❑ Histic Epipedon (A2) ❑ Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Coatal Prairie Redox (A16) ❑ Black Histic (A3) ❑ Thin Dark Surface (S9) (MLRA 147, 148) (MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Hydrogen Sulfide (A4) ❑ Loamy Gleyed Matrix (172) ❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) ❑ Stratified Layers (A5) ❑ Depleted Matrix (173) (MLRA 136, 147) ❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (LRR N) ❑ Redox Dark Surface (176) ❑ Very Shallow Dark Surface (TF12) ❑ Depleted Below Dark Surface (A11) ❑ Depleted Dark Surface (F7) ❑ Other (Explain in Remarks) ❑ Thick Dark Surface (Al2) ❑ Redox Depressions (F8) ❑ Sandy Mucky Material (S1) ❑ Iron -Manganese Masses (F12) (LRR N, MLRA 136) (LRR N, MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Umbric Surface (F13) (MLRA 136, 122) 3Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and ❑ Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4) ❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) (MLRA 148) wetland hydrology must be present, ❑ Sandy Redox (S4) ❑ Red Parent Material (F21) (MLRA 127, 147) unless disturbed or problematic. n StriDDed Matrix (S5) estrictive Layer (if observed): Type: Depth (inches): Hydric Soil Present? Yes ❑ No 0 US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM - Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Wetland Q - wetland side Project/Site: Marshall Steam Plant County Catawba Sampling Date: 30 -Apr -15 Applicant/Owner: Duke Energy State: NC Sampling Point: B (014) wet Investigator(s): Laura Meyer Section, Township, Range: Landform: (hillslope, terrace, etc.) Valley Local Relief: none Slope (%): 1 Subregion(LRR/MLRA MLRA 136 Lat: 36.6144 Long: -80.9614 Datum: Soil Map Unit Name: Pacolet soils, 10 to 25 percent soils NWI Classification: none Are climatic/hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes ❑ No (If no, explain in Remarks.) Are Vegetation ❑ Soil ❑ or Hydrology ❑ significantly disturbed? Are "Normal Circumstances" present? 0 Yes ❑ No Are Vegetation ❑ Soil ❑ or Hydrology ❑ naturally problematic? (If needed, explain any answers in Remarks.) SumMAKY OF t-INUINU5 - Attacn site map snowing sampling point locations, transects, Important teatures, etc. Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes 0 No ❑ Is the Sampled Area Hydric Soil Present? Yes 0 No ❑ within a wetland? Yes 0 No ❑ Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes 0 No ❑ Remarks HYD Wetland Hydrology Indicators: Secondary Indicators (minimum of two required) Primary Indicators (minimum of one is required; check all that apply): ❑ Surface Soil Cracks (136) ❑ Surface Water (Al) ❑ True Aquatic Plants (B14) ❑ Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (138) 0 High Water Table (A2) ❑ Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (Cl) 0 Drainage Patterns (1310) ❑ Saturation (A3) ❑ Oxidized Rhizospheres on Living Roots (C3) ❑ Moss Trim Lines (1316) ❑ Water Marks (B1) ❑ Presence of Reduced Iron (C4) ❑ Dry -Season Water Table (C2) ❑ Sediment Deposits (132) ❑ Recent Iron Reduction in Tilled Soils (C6) 0 Crayfish Burrows (C8) ❑ Drift Deposits (B3) ❑ Thin Much Surface (C7) ❑ Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9) ❑ Algal Mat or Crust (134) ❑ Other (Explain in Remarks) ❑ Stunted or Stressed Plants (D1) ❑ Iron Deposits (135) ❑ Geomorphic Position (D2) ❑ Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (137) ❑ Shallow Aquitard (D3) ❑ Water -Stained Leaves (139) ❑ Microtopographic Relief (D4) ❑ Aquatic Fauna (B13) ❑ FAC -Neutral Test (D5) Field Observations: Surface Water Present? ❑ Yes 0 No Depth (inches): Water Table Present? E] Yes ❑ No Depth (inches): 2 Saturation Present? E]Yes ❑ No Depth (inches): 1 Wetland Hydrology Present? 0 Yes ❑ No (includes capillary fringe) Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available: Remarks: US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 VLUL I A I IUN p-our,trata) - use SCIentitic names of plants. Absolute Dominant Indicatc % Cover Species? Status Tree Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. Liriodendron tulipifera 10 FACU 2. Acer rubrum 35 Y FAC 3. Ilex opaca 10 FACU 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 55 = Total Cover 50% of total cover: 27.5 20% of total cover: Sapling/Shrub Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 0 = Total Cover 50% of total cover: 0 20% of total cover: Herb Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10 11 12 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. if Microstegium vimineum 50 Y FAC Polystichum acrostichoides 10 FACU 60 = Total Cover 50% of total cover: 30 20% of total cover: e Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 0 Sampling Point: 1:3 (U14) wet ominance Test Worksheet: Number of Dominant Species umber of Dominant Species That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 2 (A) Total Number of Dominant Species Across All Strata: 2 (B) Percent of Dominant Species That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 100% (A/B) revalence Index worksheet: Total % Cover of: Multiply OBL species 0 x 1 = 0 FACW species 0 x 2 = 0 FAC species 85 x 3 = 255 FACU species 30 x 4 = 120 UPL species 0 x 5 = 0 Column Totals: 115 (A) 375 (B) Prevalence Index = B/A = 3.3 ydrophytic Vegetation Indicators: ❑ Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation Dominance Test is > 50% ❑ Prevalence Index is <_ 3.0' ❑ Morphological Adaptations1 (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 efinitions of Four Vegetation Strata: ree - Woody plants, excluding vines, 3 in. (7.6 cm) or lore in diameter at breast height (DBH), regardless of eight. Sapling/Shrub - Woody plants, excluding vines, less than 3 in. DBH and greater than 3.28 ft (1 m) tall. Herb - All herbaceous (non -woody) plants, regardless of size, and woody plants less than 3.28 ft tall. 12 Woody Vines - All woody vines greater than 3.28 ft in height. Hydrophytic Vegetation Yes F�] No ❑ 0 = Total Cover Present? 50% of total cover: 0 20% of total cover: 0 Remarks: (Include photo numbers here or on a separate sheet.) ERDC/CRREL 2014 Regional Wetland Plant List (Eastern Mountains and Piedmont) used for indicator status. US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 SOIL Sampling Point: B (014) wet rofile 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' LocZ Texture 0-18+ 10 YR 5/2 80 7.5 YR 4/6 20 C M SL Remarks C = Concentration, D = depletion, RM = Reduced Matrix, MS = Masked Sand Grains `Location: PL = Pore Lining, M = Matrix Hydric Soil Indicators: Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils': ❑ Histosol (Al) ❑ Dark Surface (S7) ❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (MLRA 147) ❑ Histic Epipedon (A2) ❑ Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Coatal Prairie Redox (A16) ❑ Black Histic (A3) ❑ Thin Dark Surface (S9) (MLRA 147, 148) (MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Hydrogen Sulfide (A4) ❑ Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2) ❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) ❑ Stratified Layers (A5) ❑ Depleted Matrix (F3) (MLRA 136, 147) ❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (LRR N) ❑ Redox Dark Surface (F6) ❑ Very Shallow Dark Surface (TF12) ❑ Depleted Below Dark Surface (All 1) ❑ Depleted Dark Surface (F7) ❑ Other (Explain in Remarks) ❑ Thick Dark Surface (Al2) ❑ Redox Depressions (F8) ❑ Sandy Mucky Material (S1) ❑ Iron -Manganese Masses (F12) (LRR N, MLRA 136) (LRR N, MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Umbric Surface (F13) (MLRA 136, 122) 3Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and ❑ Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4) ❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) (MLRA 148) wetland hydrology must be present, ❑ Sandy Redox (S4) ❑ Red Parent Material (F21) (MLRA 127, 147) unless disturbed or problematic. n Stripped Matrix (S5) estrictive Layer (if observed): Type: Depth (inches): Hydric Soil Present? Yes Q No ❑ US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM - Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Wetland Q - upland side Project/Site: Marshall Steam Plant County Catawba Sampling Date: 30 -Apr -15 Applicant/Owner: Duke Energy State: NC Sampling Point: B (014) up Investigator(s): Laura Meyer Section, Township, Range: Landform: (hillslope, terrace, etc.) Hillslope Local Relief: convex Slope (%): 3 Subregion(LRR/MLRA MLRA 136 Lat: 36.6144 Long: -80.9614 Datum: Soil Map Unit Name: Pacolet soils, 10 to 25 percent soils NWI Classification: upland Are climatic/hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes ❑ No (If no, explain in Remarks.) Are Vegetation ❑ Soil ❑ or Hydrology ❑ significantly disturbed? Are "Normal Circumstances" present? 0 Yes ❑ No Are Vegetation ❑ Soil ❑ or Hydrology ❑ naturally problematic? (If needed, explain any answers in Remarks.) SUMMAKY OF I-INUINU5 - Attach site map snowing Sam Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes ❑ No 0 Hydric Soil Present? Yes ❑ No 0 Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes ❑ No 0 Remarks HYD 3oint locations, transects, important teatures, etc. Is the Sampled Area within a wetland? Yes ❑ No 121 Wetland Hydrology Indicators: Secondary Indicators (minimum of two required) Primary Indicators (minimum of one is required; check all that apply): ❑ Surface Soil Cracks (136) ❑ Surface Water (Al) ❑ True Aquatic Plants (B14) ❑ Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (138) ❑ High Water Table (A2) ❑ Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (Cl) ❑ Drainage Patterns (1310) ❑ Saturation (A3) ❑ Oxidized Rhizospheres on Living Roots (C3) ❑ Moss Trim Lines (1316) ❑ Water Marks (B1) ❑ Presence of Reduced Iron (C4) ❑ Dry -Season Water Table (C2) ❑ Sediment Deposits (132) ❑ Recent Iron Reduction in Tilled Soils (C6) ❑ Crayfish Burrows (C8) ❑ Drift Deposits (B3) ❑ Thin Much Surface (C7) ❑ Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9) ❑ Algal Mat or Crust (134) ❑ Other (Explain in Remarks) ❑ Stunted or Stressed Plants (D1) ❑ Iron Deposits (135) ❑ Geomorphic Position (D2) ❑ Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (137) ❑ Shallow Aquitard (D3) ❑ Water -Stained Leaves (139) ❑ Microtopographic Relief (D4) ❑ Aquatic Fauna (B13) ❑ FAC -Neutral Test (D5) Field Observations: Surface Water Present? ❑ Yes 0 No Depth (inches): Water Table Present? E] Yes ❑ No Depth (inches): Saturation Present? ❑Yes E] No Depth (inches): Wetland Hydrology Present? ❑ Yes E] No (includes capillary fringe) Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available: Remarks: US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 VLUL I A I IUN p-our,trata) - use SCIentitic names of plants. Absolute Dominant Indicator % Cover Species? Status Tree Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. Prunus serotina 30 Y FACU 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 30 = Total Cover 50% of total cover: 15 20% of total cover: Sapling/Shrub Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 0 = Total Cover 50% of total cover: 0 20% of total cover: Herb Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. Daucus carota 5 Y UPL 2. Parthenocissus quinquefolia 20 Y FACU 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 25 = Total Cover 50% of total cover: 12.5 20% of total cover: Woody Vine Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. Vitis rotundifolia 10 Y FAC 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Sampling Point: 1:3 (U14) up Dominance Test Worksheet: Number of Dominant Species Number of Dominant Species That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 1 (A) Total Number of Dominant Species Across All Strata: 4 (B) Percent of Dominant Species That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 25% (A/B) Prevalence Index worksheet: Total % Cover of: Multiply OBL species 0 x 1 = 0 6 FACW species 0 x 2= 0 FAC species 10 x 3 = 30 FACU species 50 x 4 = 200 UPL species 5 x 5 = 25 Column Totals: 65 (A) 255 (B) Prevalence Index = B/A = 3.9 Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators: ❑ Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation ❑ Dominance Test is > 50% ❑ Prevalence Index is <_ 3.0' ❑ Morphological Adaptations1 (Provide supporting data in Remarks or on a separate sheet 0 ❑ Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation' (Explain) ' Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must be present, unless disturbed 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 3.28 ft (1 m) tall. Herb - All herbaceous (non -woody) plants, regardless of size, and woody plants less than 3.28 ft tall. 5 Woody Vines - All woody vines greater than 3.28 ft in height. Hydrophytic Vegetation Yes ❑ No F�j 10 = Total Cover Present? 50% of total cover: 5 20% of total cover: 2 Remarks: (Include photo numbers here or on a separate sheet.) ERDC/CRREL 2014 Regional Wetland Plant List (Eastern Mountains and Piedmont) used for indicator status. US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 SOIL Sampling Point: B (014) up rofile 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' LocZ Texture 0-1 7.5 YR 4/3 100 Loam 1-18+ 7.5 YR 5/6 100 Loam Remarks C = Concentration, D = depletion, RM = Reduced Matrix, MS = Masked Sand Grains `Location: PL = Pore Lining, M = Matrix Hydric Soil Indicators: Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils': ❑ Histosol (Al) ❑ Dark Surface (S7) ❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (MLRA 147) ❑ Histic Epipedon (A2) ❑ Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Coatal Prairie Redox (A16) ❑ Black Histic (A3) ❑ Thin Dark Surface (S9) (MLRA 147, 148) (MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Hydrogen Sulfide (A4) ❑ Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2) ❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) ❑ Stratified Layers (A5) ❑ Depleted Matrix (F3) (MLRA 136, 147) ❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (LRR N) ❑ Redox Dark Surface (F6) ❑ Very Shallow Dark Surface (TF12) ❑ Depleted Below Dark Surface (All 1) ❑ Depleted Dark Surface (F7) ❑ Other (Explain in Remarks) ❑ Thick Dark Surface (Al2) ❑ Redox Depressions (F8) ❑ Sandy Mucky Material (S1) ❑ Iron -Manganese Masses (F12) (LRR N, MLRA 136) (LRR N, MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Umbric Surface (F13) (MLRA 136, 122) 3Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and ❑ Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4) ❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) (MLRA 148) wetland hydrology must be present, ❑ Sandy Redox (S4) ❑ Red Parent Material (F21) (MLRA 127, 147) unless disturbed or problematic. n Stripped Matrix (S5) estrictive Layer (if observed): Type: Depth (inches): Hydric Soil Present? Yes ❑ No 0 US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM -Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Wetland X - wetland side Project/Site: Marshall Steam Plant County Catawba Sampling Date: 1 -May -15 Applicant/Owner: Duke Energy State: NC Sampling Point: WN (008) wet Investigator(s): Laura Meyer Section, Township, Range: Landform: (hillslope, terrace, etc.) Valley Local Relief: convex Slope (%): 1 Subregion(LRR/MLRA MLRA 136 Lat: 35.6179 Long: -80.959 Datum: Soil Map Unit Name: Wilkes loam, 10 to 25 percent slopes NWI Classification: none Are climatic/hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes ❑ No (If no, explain in Remarks.) Are Vegetation ❑ Soil ❑ or Hydrology ❑ significantly disturbed? Are "Normal Circumstances" present? 0 Yes ❑ No Are Vegetation ❑ Soil ❑ or Hydrology ❑ naturally problematic? (If needed, explain any answers in Remarks.) SumMAKY OF t-INUINU5 - Attacn site map snowing sampling point locations, transects, Important teatures, etc. Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes 0 No ❑ Is the Sampled Area Hydric Soil Present? Yes 0 No ❑ within a wetland? Yes 0 No ❑ Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes 0 No ❑ Remarks HYD Wetland Hydrology Indicators: Secondary Indicators (minimum of two required) Primary Indicators (minimum of one is required; check all that apply): ❑ Surface Soil Cracks (136) 0 Surface Water (Al) ❑ True Aquatic Plants (B14) ❑ Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (138) 0 High Water Table (A2) ❑ Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (Cl) 0 Drainage Patterns (1310) ❑ Saturation (A3) ❑ Oxidized Rhizospheres on Living Roots (C3) ❑ Moss Trim Lines (1316) ❑ Water Marks (B1) ❑ Presence of Reduced Iron (C4) ❑ Dry -Season Water Table (C2) ❑ Sediment Deposits (132) ❑ Recent Iron Reduction in Tilled Soils (C6) 0 Crayfish Burrows (C8) ❑ Drift Deposits (B3) ❑ Thin Much Surface (C7) ❑ Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9) P] Algal Mat or Crust (134) ❑ Other (Explain in Remarks) ❑ Stunted or Stressed Plants (D1) ❑ Iron Deposits (135) ❑ Geomorphic Position (D2) ❑ Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (137) ❑ Shallow Aquitard (D3) ❑ Water -Stained Leaves (139) ❑ Microtopographic Relief (D4) ❑ Aquatic Fauna (B13) ❑ FAC -Neutral Test (D5) Field Observations: Surface Water Present? 0 Yes ❑ No Depth (inches): 3 Water Table Present? E] Yes ❑ No Depth (inches): 0 Saturation Present? E]Yes ❑ No Depth (inches): 0 Wetland Hydrology Present? 0 Yes ❑ No (includes capillary fringe) Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available: Remarks: US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 VLUL I A I IUN p-our,trata) - use SCIentitic names of plants. Absolute Dominant Indicator % Cover Species? Status Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 50% of total cover: ing/Shrub Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. Alnus serrulata 2. Rubus canadensis 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 50% of total cover D Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. Rumex crispus 2. Juncus effusus 3. Carex lurida 4. Microstegium vimineum 5. Solidago patula 6. Solidago rugosa 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. if: 50% of total cover: )dy Vine Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 0 = Total Cover 0 20% of total cover: 5 Y OBL 10 Y FACU 15 = Total Cover 7.5 20% of total cover: 10 FAC 10 FACW 20 Y OBL 25 Y FAC 30 Y OBL 5 FAC Sampling Point: WN (UU8) wet Dominance Test Worksheet: Number of Dominant Species Number of Dominant Species That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 4 (A) Total Number of Dominant Species Across All Strata: 5 (B) Percent of Dominant Species That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 80% (A/B) Prevalence Index worksheet: Total % Cover of: Multiply OBL species 55 x 1 = 55 0 FACW species 10 x 2 = 20 FAC species 40 x 3 = 120 FACU species 10 x 4 = 40 UPL species 0 x 5 = 0 Column Totals: 115 (A) 235 (B) Prevalence Index = B/A = 2.0 Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators: ❑ Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation Dominance Test is > 50% ❑ Prevalence Index is <_ 3.0' ❑ Morphological Adaptations1 (Provide supporting data in Remarks or on a separate sheet 3 ❑ Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation' (Explain) ' Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must be present, unless disturbed 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 3.28 ft (1 m) tall. Herb - All herbaceous (non -woody) plants, regardless of 100 = Total Cover size, and woody plants less than 3.28 ft tall. 50 20% of total cover: 20 Woody Vines - All woody vines greater than 3.28 ft in height. Hydrophytic Vegetation Yes F�] No ❑ 0 = Total Cover Present? 50% of total cover: 0 20% of total cover: 0 Remarks: (Include photo numbers here or on a separate sheet.) ERDC/CRREL 2014 Regional Wetland Plant List (Eastern Mountains and Piedmont) used for indicator status. US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 SOIL Sampling Point: WN (008) wet rofile 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' LocZ Texture Remarks 0-10+ 2.5 Y 4/1 80 7.5 YR 5/8 20 C M Loam trace sand C = Concentration, D = depletion, RM = Reduced Matrix, MS = Masked Sand Grains `Location: PL = Pore Lining, M = Matrix Hydric Soil Indicators: Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils': ❑ Histosol (Al) ❑ Dark Surface (S7) ❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (MLRA 147) ❑ Histic Epipedon (A2) ❑ Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Coatal Prairie Redox (A16) ❑ Black Histic (A3) ❑ Thin Dark Surface (S9) (MLRA 147, 148) (MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Hydrogen Sulfide (A4) ❑ Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2) ❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) ❑ Stratified Layers (A5) ❑ Depleted Matrix (F3) (MLRA 136, 147) ❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (LRR N) ❑ Redox Dark Surface (F6) ❑ Very Shallow Dark Surface (TF12) ❑ Depleted Below Dark Surface (A11) ❑ Depleted Dark Surface (F7) ❑ Other (Explain in Remarks) ❑ Thick Dark Surface (Al2) ❑ Redox Depressions (F8) ❑ Sandy Mucky Material (S1) ❑ Iron -Manganese Masses (F12) (LRR N, MLRA 136) (LRR N, MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Umbric Surface (F13) (MLRA 136, 122) 3Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and ❑ Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4) ❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) (MLRA 148) wetland hydrology must be present, ❑ Sandy Redox (S4) ❑ Red Parent Material (F21) (MLRA 127, 147) unless disturbed or problematic. n Stripped Matrix (S5) estrictive Layer (if observed): Type: Depth (inches): Hydric Soil Present? Yes Q No ❑ US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM - Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Wetland X - upland side Project/Site: Marshall Steam Plant County Catawba Sampling Date: 1 -May -15 Applicant/Owner: Duke Energy State: NC Sampling Point: WN (008) up Investigator(s): Laura Meyer Section, Township, Range: Landform: (hillslope, terrace, etc.) Hillslope Local Relief: convex Slope (%): 3 Subregion(LRR/MLRA MLRA 136 Lat: 35.6179 Long: -80.959 Datum: Soil Map Unit Name: Wilkes loam, 10 to 25 percent slopes NWI Classification: upland Are climatic/hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes ❑ No (If no, explain in Remarks.) Are Vegetation ❑ Soil ❑ or Hydrology ❑ significantly disturbed? Are "Normal Circumstances" present? 0 Yes ❑ No Are Vegetation ❑ Soil ❑ or Hydrology ❑ naturally problematic? (If needed, explain any answers in Remarks.) SUMMARY OF FINDINGS - Attach site map showing sampling point locations, transects, important features, etc. Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes ❑ No 0 Is the Sampled Area Hydric Soil Present? Yes ❑ No 0 within a wetland? Yes ❑ No 121 Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes ❑ No 0 Remarks HYDROLOGY Wetland Hydrology Indicators: Secondary Indicators (minimum of two required) Primary Indicators (minimum of one is required; check all that apply): ❑ Surface Soil Cracks (136) ❑ Surface Water (Al) ❑ True Aquatic Plants (B14) ❑ Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (138) ❑ High Water Table (A2) ❑ Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (Cl) ❑ Drainage Patterns (1310) ❑ Saturation (A3) ❑ Oxidized Rhizospheres on Living Roots (C3) ❑ Moss Trim Lines (1316) ❑ Water Marks (B1) ❑ Presence of Reduced Iron (C4) ❑ Dry -Season Water Table (C2) ❑ Sediment Deposits (132) ❑ Recent Iron Reduction in Tilled Soils (C6) ❑ Crayfish Burrows (C8) ❑ Drift Deposits (B3) ❑ Thin Much Surface (C7) ❑ Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9) ❑ Algal Mat or Crust (134) ❑ Other (Explain in Remarks) ❑ Stunted or Stressed Plants (D1) ❑ Iron Deposits (135) ❑ Geomorphic Position (D2) ❑ Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (137) ❑ Shallow Aquitard (D3) ❑ Water -Stained Leaves (139) ❑ Microtopographic Relief (D4) ❑ Aquatic Fauna (B13) ❑ FAC -Neutral Test (D5) Field Observations: Surface Water Present? ❑ Yes 0 No Depth (inches): Water Table Present? E] Yes ❑ No Depth (inches): Saturation Present? ❑Yes E] No Depth (inches): Wetland Hydrology Present? ❑ Yes E] No (includes capillary fringe) Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available: Remarks: US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 VLUL I A I IUN p-our,trata) - use SCIentitic names of plants. Absolute Dominant Indicator % Cover Species? Status Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 50% of total cover: ing/Shrub Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 50% of total cover D Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. Dactylis glomerata 2. Potentilla simplex 3. Solidago rugosa 4. Trifolium pratense 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. if: 50% of total cover: )dy Vine Stratum (Plot size: 30ft radius) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 0 = Total Cover 0 20% of total cover: 0 = Total Cover 0 20% of total cover: 15 FACU 20 Y FACU 20 Y FAC 20 Y FACU Sampling Point: WN (UU6) up Dominance Test Worksheet: Number of Dominant Species Number of Dominant Species That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 1 (A) Total Number of Dominant Species Across All Strata: 3 (B) Percent of Dominant Species That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 33% (A/B) Prevalence Index worksheet: Total % Cover of: Multiply OBL species 0 x 1 = 0 0 FACW species 0 x 2= 0 FAC species 20 x 3 = 60 FACU species 55 x 4 = 220 UPL species 0 x 5 = 0 Column Totals: 75 (A) 280 (B) Prevalence Index = B/A = 3.7 Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators: ❑ Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation ❑ Dominance Test is > 50% ❑ Prevalence Index is <_ 3.0' ❑ Morphological Adaptations1 (Provide supporting data in Remarks or on a separate sheet 0 ❑ Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation' (Explain) ' Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must be present, unless disturbed 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 3.28 ft (1 m) tall. Herb - All herbaceous (non -woody) plants, regardless of 75 = Total Cover size, and woody plants less than 3.28 ft tall. 37.5 20% of total cover: 15 Woody Vines - All woody vines greater than 3.28 ft in height. Hydrophytic Vegetation Yes ❑ No F�j 0 = Total Cover Present? 50% of total cover: 0 20% of total cover: 0 Remarks: (Include photo numbers here or on a separate sheet.) ERDC/CRREL 2014 Regional Wetland Plant List (Eastern Mountains and Piedmont) used for indicator status. US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 SOIL Sampling Point: WN (008) up rofile 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' LocZ Texture 0-2 7.5 YR 4/4 100 Loam 2-18+ 7.5 YR 5/6 100 Loam Remarks C = Concentration, D = depletion, RM = Reduced Matrix, MS = Masked Sand Grains `Location: PL = Pore Lining, M = Matrix Hydric Soil Indicators: Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils': ❑ Histosol (Al) ❑ Dark Surface (S7) ❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (MLRA 147) ❑ Histic Epipedon (A2) ❑ Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Coatal Prairie Redox (A16) ❑ Black Histic (A3) ❑ Thin Dark Surface (S9) (MLRA 147, 148) (MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Hydrogen Sulfide (A4) ❑ Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2) ❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) ❑ Stratified Layers (A5) ❑ Depleted Matrix (F3) (MLRA 136, 147) ❑ 2 cm Muck (A10) (LRR N) ❑ Redox Dark Surface (F6) ❑ Very Shallow Dark Surface (TF12) ❑ Depleted Below Dark Surface (All 1) ❑ Depleted Dark Surface (F7) ❑ Other (Explain in Remarks) ❑ Thick Dark Surface (Al2) ❑ Redox Depressions (F8) ❑ Sandy Mucky Material (S1) ❑ Iron -Manganese Masses (F12) (LRR N, MLRA 136) (LRR N, MLRA 147, 148) ❑ Umbric Surface (F13) (MLRA 136, 122) 3Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and ❑ Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4) ❑ Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) (MLRA 148) wetland hydrology must be present, ❑ Sandy Redox (S4) ❑ Red Parent Material (F21) (MLRA 127, 147) unless disturbed or problematic. n Stripped Matrix (S5) estrictive Layer (if observed): Type: Depth (inches): Hydric Soil Present? Yes ❑ No 0 US Army Corps of Engineers Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - Version 2.0 NV nWn fitra-am THPn"vntinn Fnrm VPrcinn 4.11 Data: 7ttl�'!^L' 7t I Projectl5ite: f� lGi`I^S61 ti'✓ Latitude: 33" Evaluator:Ti-, ��y j � County: � � Longitude: % Total Points:r f -7 Stream is at least intermittent`' Stream Determination circle one) Others.%[jy�r f Ephemeralermittent ` erenniai e.g. Quad ame: if? if 19 or perennial 30' 2`' 3 A. Geomorphology (Subtotal = 1 t 1 Absent Weak Moderate Strong 1"Continuity of channel bed and bank 0 1 1 3 2. Sinuosity of channel along thalweg 0 1 2`' 3 3. In -channel structure: ex. riffle -pool, step-pool,0 ri ie- of sequence 0 1 2 3 4. Particle size of stream substrate 0 0.5 2 3 5. Active/relict floodplain 0 -(0.5'1 No = 0 2 3 6. Depositional bars or benches 0 1 2 3 7. Recent alluvial deposits 0 1 2 3 8. Headcuts 0 1 2 3 9. Grade control 0 0.5 1 1.5 10. Natural valley 0 0.5 1' 1.5 11. Second or greater order channel No 0) Yes = 3 Sketch: artificial ditches are not rated; see discussions in manual R. Hvdrnlnnv lSiehtntal = t"q 1 12. Presence of Baseflow 0 1 2 3 13. Iron oxidizing bacteria 0 1 1 3 14. Leaf litter 1.5 1 0.5 0 15. Sediment on plants or debris 0 (15-11 1 1.5 16. Organic debris Lines or piles 0 0.5 1 1.5 17. Soil -based evidence of high watertable? 4 -(0.5'1 No = 0 1 Yes ±3 (- Rininnv fRithtntal = a S ) 18. Fibrous roots in strearnbed 3 2 1 1 0 19. Rooted upland plants in streambed 3 2 r 1 0 20. Macrobenthos (note diversity and abundance) - 1 2 3 21. Aquatic Mollusks 0 1 2 3 22. Fish FO) 0.5 1 1.5 23. Crayfish 4 0.5 1 1.5 24. Amphibians 0 CAUJ 1 1.5 25. Algae 0 0.5 1 1.5 26. Wetland plants in streambed I FACW = 0.75; OBI-= 1.5 Other 10 1 'perennial streams may also be identified using other methods. See P. 35 of manual. Notes: Sketch: ky'� USACE AID# DWQ ##, Site # (indicate on attached map) ;,,,; STREAM QUALITY ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET Provide the following information for the stream reach under assessment: 1. Applicant's name: ii. kf—, evyz 2. Evaluator's name: (,7I - 3. Date of evaluation:_ -Td k1 aAeV 4. Time of evaluation: %' �•� 5. Name of stream: V t ri �� 1 6. River basin: 7. Approximate drainage area: S. Stream order: /y- 9. Length of reach evaluated: -� =+t' + ^_ 10. County: C -,l ,cEl_/ wk rx- 11. Site coordinates (if known): �prefer in decimal, degrees. 12. Subdivision name (if any); -- Latitude (ex. 34.872312): 3.! . e/ 5 -4 -de Longitude (ex- —77,556611): eel � -1—J 3 p —�— Method location determined (circle):GPS Zopo Sheet Ortho (Aerial) Photo/GIS Other GIS Other 13. Location of reach under evalu note nearby roads and landmarks and attach map identifying stream(s) location): 14. Proposed channel work (if any); 15. Recent weather conditions: 4t,40 GPs^ 16. Site conditions at time of visit: tP6/91C/014 rOF 17. Identify any special waterway classifications known: `Section 10 Tidal Waters _Essential Fisheries Habitat Trout Waters Outstanding Resource Waters _ Nutrient Sensitive Waters _Water Supply Watershed (I -N) 18. Is there a pond or lake located upstream of the evaluation point? YESIfe f yes, estimate the water surface area: 19. Does channel appear on USGS quad trap? YES NO 20. Does channel appear an USDA Soil Survey? YES NO 21. Estimated watershed land use: % Residential ?4"/o Forested 22. Bankfull width: 1- 40 -�eet 24. Channel slope down center of stream: _Flat (0 to 2%) 25. Channel sinuosity: Straight _Occasional bends ,% Commercial _% Industrial _% Agricultural ,% Cleared / Logged 2-0°fo Other ( ,/f ��%r AzsZ ' L ) 23. Bank height (from bed to top of bank): i9S0 .1AV / 4, Gcntle (2 to 4%) Moderate (4 to 10%) _Steep (>10%) X Frequent meander Very sinuous _Braided channel Instructions for completion of worksheet (located on page 2): Begin by determining the most appropriate ecoregion based on location, terrain, vegetation, stream classification,, etc. Every characteristic must be scored using the same ecoregion. Assign points to each characteristic within the range shown for the ecoregion. Page 3 provides a brief description of how to review the characteristics identified in the worksheet. Scores should reflect an overall assessment of the stream reach under evaluation. If a characteristic cannot be evaluated due to site or weather conditions, enter 0 in the scoring box and provide an explanation in the comment section. Where there are obvious changes in the character of a stream under review (e.g., the stream flows from a pasture into a forest), the stream may be divided into smaller reaches that display more continuity, and a separate form used to evaluate each reach. The total score assigned to a stream reach must range between 0 and 100, with a score of 100 representing a stream of the highest quality. Total Score (from reverse): W Comments: Evaluator's Signature �"' _C��k Date_ *)3- I This channel evaluation form is intended to be used only as a guide to assist landowners and environmental professionals in gathering the data required by the United States Army Corps of Engineers to make a preliminary assessment of stream quality. The total score resulting from the completion of this form is subject to USACE approval and does not imply a particular mitigation ratio or requirement. Form subject to change --- version 06/03. To Comment, please call 919-876-8441 x 26. SREAM QUALITY ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET * These characteristics are not assessed in coastal streams. ECEIREGI()N POINT RANGE SCORE Coastal Piedmont ` Mountain CHARACTERISTICS Presence of flow 1 persistent pools in stream 0-5 0-4 .0-5 1: (no flow or saturation = 0, strong flow = maxpoints) Evidence of past human alteration 0-6 0-5 0 - 5 (extensive alteration = 0; no alteration = maxpoints) 3 Riparian zone 0- 6 0-4 0-5 3r no buffer = 0; continuous, Nvide buffer = maxpoints) Evidence of nutrient or chemical discharges: 0-5 0-4 0-4 (extensive discharges = 0; no discharges - maxpoints) Groundwater discharge {i --3 0-4 0_4 (no dischar e = 0 springs, see s, wetlands,. etc. = max points) Presence of adjacent floodplain 0-4 0-4 0-2 6 no floodplain = 0: extensive floodplain = maxpoints) Entrenchment 1 floodplain access 0-5 0_4 0-2 1S: 7 (deeply entrenched = 0. frequent flooding = max oints) - Presence of adjacent wetlands 0-6 0-4 0 -,2 0 $ (no wetlands = 0; large adjacent wetlands = maxpoints) Channel sinuosity 0-5 0-4 0-3 ( extensive channelization = 0; natural meander _ max oints) Sediment input 0-5 0-4 0-4 7 10 extensive deposition= 0; little or no sediment = max oints) Size & diversity of channel bed substrate NA* 0-4 0-5 l l (fine, homogenous = 0; lame, diverse sizes = maxpoints) Evidence of channel incision or widening 0-5 - } 0 - 5 .3 12 (deeply incised= 0; stable bed & banks= maxpoints) _ " Presence of major bank failures 0 - 5 01-5 0-5 3 (severe erosion = 0; no erosion, stable banks = max Dints) d" Root depth and density on banks 0 - 3 0-4 0-5 14 (no visible roots = 0; dense roots throughout = max points) " Impact by agriculture, livestock, or timber production 0-5 0-4 0-5 15 (substantial impact =0; no evidence.= max point Presence of riffle-pool/ripple-pool complexes 6 0-5 0-6 16 (no riffles/ripples or pools = 0; well-developed = max points) 0-3 �- habitat complexity 0-6 0-6 0-6 F� 17 (little or no habitat = 0; frequent, varied habitats = max points) C Canopy coverage over streambed 0-5 0-5 0-5 � 18 (no shading vegetation = 0; continuous cart y = max oints) Substrate embeddedness N4* 0-4 0-4 19 (deeply embedded = 0; loose structure = max) i Presence of streaminvertebrates (see page 4) 0-4 0-5 0=5 ?0 no evidence =:0; common, numerous es = max points) Presence of amphibians 0-4 0-4 0-4 1 (no evidence = 0: common; numerous types = max points) 04 C3 Presence of fish 0-4 0-4 0-4 i +.-+ 22 (no evidence = 0; common; numerous types = max oints) Evidence of wildlife: use 0-6 0-5 0-5� 23 no evidence = 0; abundant evidence = max points) Total Points Possible 100 100 100 " i TOTAL SCORE (also enter on first page) * These characteristics are not assessed in coastal streams. NC DWQ Stream Identification Form Version 4.11 Date: .,,t,,ry ` ProjectlSite:)r1-g1' lt4!// Latitude: , -/` / Evaluator:gis County: �%L4� Longitude:. / Total Points: .� nStream Determination (circ Other Stream is at least intermittent j CA 1, !f? 19 or perennial if? 30* Ephemeral Intermitten erennia e.g. Quad Name: % fl A. GeoMo holo (Subtotal= Absent Weak Moderate Strong 18, Continuity of channel bed and bank 0 1 2 3 j 2. Sinuosity of channel along thalweg 0 1 2 d 3 3. In -channel structure: ex. riffle -pool, step -pool, ripple -pool se uence 0 0 2 3 4. Particle size of stream substrate 0 1 ) 2 3 5. Active/relict floodplain 0 1 y 2 3 6. Depositional bars or benches 0 1 20 3 7. Recent alluvial deposits 0 1 2.1 3 8. Headcuts 0 y 2 3 9. Grade control 0 (0.5j 1 1.5 10. Natural valley 0 0.5 1 11. Second or greater order channel No O i Yes = 3 Sketch: a artificial ditches are not rated; see discussions in manual B. H drolo Subtotal= 4 12. Presence of Baseflow 0 1 2 3 13. Iron oxidizing bacteria 0 1 i 3 14. Leaf litter 1.5 1 0.5 0 15. Sediment on plants or debris 0 0.5 i 1.5 16. Organic debris lines or piles 0 0.5 1 1.5 17. Soil -based evidence of high watertable? No = 0 Yes 431 C. Biology (Subtotal ` 4 , � ) 18. Fibrous roots in streambed 2 `s 1 0 19. Rooted upland plants in streambed C3 2 1 0 20. Macrobenthos (note diversity and abundance) 0 1 2 3 21. Aquatic Mollusks 1 2 3 22. Fish 0.5 1 1.5 23. Crayfish 0 0.5 1 1.5 24. Amphibians 0 0. 1 1.5 25. Algae 0 0.5 1 1.5 26. Weiland plants in. streambed FACW = 0.75, OBL = 1.5 Other f0 - 'perennial streams may also be identified using other methods. See p. 35 of manual. Notes: Sketch: ►07003 USACE AID# —741 DWQ # Site # (indicate on attached map) STREAMQUALYTY ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET Provide the following information for the stream reach under assessor t' 1. Applicant's name:c�1eQ- Vi.ev�r 2. Evaluator's name:_ t��" 11ek- 3. Date of evaluation:V Y(a � d/7' 4. Time of evaluation: __ V M 5. Name of stream: UK A h &1 jl 14h (-G 6. River basin: h7 o4 a 7. Approximate drainage area:_ tV* f fe S. Stream order: -R)^ i` 9. Length of reach evaluated: toe -Pett` 10. County: er �Vbcx 11. Site coordinates (if known): prefer in decimal degrees. 12. Subdivision name (if any): Latitude (ex.34.872312):_ J% �! { 1 7t7 Longitude (ex. —77.556611): Method location determined (circle):GPS ' Topo Sheet Ortho (Aerial) Photo/GIS Other GIS Other 13. Location of reach under evaluation (note nearb roads and landmarks and attach map identifying stream(s) location): Yex— VVPr r f 7 914f -k - 14. Proposed chane 15. Recent weather 16. Site conditions 17. Identify any special waterway classifications known: Section 10 _Tidal Waters Essential Fisheries Habitat Trout Waters _Outstanding Resource Waters _ Nutrient Sensitive Waters _Water Supply Watershed (I-IV) 18. Is there a pond or lake located upstream of the evaluation point? YES N� If yes, estimate the water surface area: 19. Does channel appear on USGS quad map? YES (NO J 20. Does channel appear on USDA Soil Survey? (YES) NO 21. Estimated watershed land use: % Residential ✓✓ ,% Commercial % Industrial % Agricultural E% Forested % Cleared / Logged '400/o Other ( 11ZSIi sQ.Siy ) 22. BankM width: B -t `EeO 23. Bank height (from bed to top of bank): 24. Channel slope down center of stream: Flat (0 to 2%) Gentle (2 to 4%) Moderate (4 to 10%) _Steep (>I 0%) 25. Channel sinuosity: Straight Occasional bends !<Frequent meander _Very sinuous Braided channel Instructions for completion of worksheet (located on page 2): Begin by determining the most appropriate ecoregion based on location, terrain, vegetation, stream classification, etc. Everycharacteristic must be scored using the same ecoregion. Assign points to each characteristic within the range shown for the ecoregion. Page 3 provides a brief description of how to review the characteristics identified in the worksheet. Scores should reflect an overall assessment of the stream reach under evaluation. If a characteristic cannot be evaluated due to site or weather conditions, enter 0 in the scoring box and provide an explanation in the comment section. Where there are obvious changes in the character of a stream under review (e.g., the stream flows from a pasture into a forest), the stream may be divided into smaller reaches that display more continuity, and a separate form used to evaluate each reach. The total score assigned to a stream reach must range between 0 and 100, with a score of 100 representing a stream of the highest quality.] �/ Total Score (from reverse): e I Comments: Evaluator's Signature � ' C Date This channel evaluation form is intended to be used only as a guide to assist landowners and environmental professionals in gathering the data required by the United States Army Corps of Engineers to make a preliminary assessment of stream quality. The total score resulting from the completion of this form is subject to USAGE approval and does not imply a particular mitigation ratio or requirement. Foran subject to change - version 06103. To Comment, please call 519-876-8441 x 26. STREAM QUALITY ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET * These characteristics are not assessed in coastal streams. ECOREGION POINT RANGE SCORE i. # CHARACTERISTICS Coastal 'pied nt , j� j.4 Mountain 3 Presence of flow 1persistent pools in stream 0-5 0-4 0-5 1 (no flow or saturation - 0-, strong* flow = maxpoints) Evidence of past human alteration 0-6 0-5 0-5 2 (extensive alteration = 0; no alteration = max points) Riparian zone 0-6 0-4 0-5 '(no buffer = 0, contiguous, wide buffer T maxpoints) Evidence of nutrient or chemical discharges 0-5 0-4 0-4 4 (extensive discharges = 0; no discharges = maxpoints) Groundwater discharge 0-3 0-4 0--4 no discharge= 0; springs, seeps, wetlands; etc. = maxoints) j 6 Presence of adjacent floodplain 0_ 4 0 4 0_? l(no floodplain = 0: extensive floodplain = max points) 7 Entrenchment I floodplain access 0— 5 0-4 0-2 �= (deeply entrenched = 0; frequent flooding = maxpoints) g Presence. of adjacent ri etlands 0-6 0-4 0-2 (no wetlands = 0; large adiacent wetlands = maxpoints) 9 Channel sinuosity 0-5 0-4 0-3 (extensive channelization = 0; natural meander — maxpoints) 30 Sediment input 0-5 0-4 0-4 > (extensive deposition= 0: little or no sediment = maxpoints) � 11 Size & diversity of channel bed substrate NA 0-4 0_5 1 (fine, bomo enous = 0: large, diverse sizes = maxpoints) Evidence of channel incision or widening 0-5 0-4 0 — 5 3 12 (deeply incised = 0; stable bed & banks = maxpoints) Presence of major bank failures13 0-5 0-5 0-5 (severe erosion= 0; no erosion. stable banks= maxpoints) Root depth and density on banks 0-3 II I O-4 0-S 14 (no visible roots = 0: dense roots throughout = max oints) Impact by agriculture, livestock, or timber production 0-5 0 - 4 15 (substantial impact =0; no evidence = max dints) G .0-5 Presence of riffle-po€►llripple-pool complexes 0-3 0 5 0 - 6 16 (no riffles/ri les or ools - 0; well-develo ed = max pints lHabitat 17 complexity . 0-6 0'-6 0-6 little or no habitat = 0, fre went; varied habitats = maxpoints) 113 Canopy coverage over streambed 0-5 0-5 0-5 (no shadingvegetation = 0 � continuous canopy = maxpoints) ` 1 Substrate embeddedness NA* O-4 0-4 (deeply embedded = 0; loose structure = max) 20 t t Presence of stream invertebrates (see page 4) 0--4 0-5 0-5 �J no evidence = 0; common, numerous types = maxpoints) 21 Presence of amphibians ' 0-4 0-4 , 0-4 (no evidence = 0- common, numerous types = maxpoints) 0.4 G 22 Presence of fish 0-4 0--4 0-4 (no evidence 0 common, numerous types = maxpoints) * 73 Evidence of wildlife use 0-6 0-5 0 - 5 no evidence= 0; abundant evidence = maxpoints) Total Points Possible 100 10{3 100 TOTAL SCORE, (also enter on lust page) * These characteristics are not assessed in coastal streams. i! NC DWO Stream Identification Form Version 4.11 57 e"11 r� C Date: Z 1! Cl Project[Site: %�l� Latitude: �-!7, Evaluator: �� �- County:- Longitude: �i'�. wig,( % Total Points; Stream is at least intermittent Stream Determinat' circle one) Other�'�'�,yy �/�' X&u i 5[ if ? o 19 or perennial if _ 30' f Ephemeral ermittent, Perennial e.g. Q&ad7Vame: A. Geomorphology (Subtotal= 1r®) Absent Weak Moderate Strong 10 Continuity of channel bed and bank 0 1 % 3 2. Sinuosity of channel along thalweg 0 1 _.° 3 3. In -channel structure: ex. riffle -pool, step -pool, ri le- I sequence 0 1' 2 3 4. Particle size of stream substrate 0 1► 2 3 5. Active/relict floodplain 0 1C23 1 1.5 6. Depositional bars or benches 0 r,15 2 3 7. Recent alluvial deposits 0 1 2 3 8. Headcuts 0 1 2 3 9. Grade control 0 0.5 1 1.5 10, Natural valley 0 0.5 i o 1.5 11, Second or greater order channel No 0> Yes = 3 Sketch: a artificial ditches are not rated; see di scions in manual B. H drolo Subtotal = s 12. Presence of Baseflow 0 1 2 l 3 13. Iron oxidizing bacteria 0 1' 2 3 14 Leaf litter 1.5 1 . 0 15. Sediment on plants or debris 0 0.5 1 1.5 16, Organic debris lines or piles 0 0.5 1.5 17. Soil -based evidence of high water table? 0 No W 0 Yes 3 / C. Biolo Subtotal = , 18, Fibrous roots in streambed 3 2 1 0 19. Rooted upland plants in streambed 3 (2,1 1 0 20. Macrobenthos (note diversity and abundance) rU 1 2 3 21, Aquatic Mollusks 01) 1 2 3 22. Fish 0 0.5 1 1.5 23, Crayfish 0 0.5 1 1.5 24, Amphibians 0.5 x 1 1.5 25. Algae 0 1 1.5 26. Wetland plants in strearnbed FACW = 0.75; OBL e 1.5 Other 0 'perennial streams may also be identified using other methods. See p. 35 of manual. Notes: Sketch: red`' 7 I USACE AID# DWQ # Site €# (indicate on attached map) STREAM 6u W—/11'1'.t � 0Ce0 ASSESSMENT WO Provide the following information for the stream reach under assessment: T 1. Applicant's name: aC-e- _ + y" 2. Evaluator's name: 3. Date of evaluation;_ --,I-a w 'T 4. Time of evaluation: %f 3! 1PA4 5, Name of stream: U t'`M444 " c' c�' 7�Y�'WAY 6. River basin: �.Q Cl z 7. Approximate drainage area: .AJC % o,,01�7 S. Stream order: I r-rr,74 9. Length of reach evaluated: - 1`' 10. County: C'� fit'el 11. Site coordinates (if knownn)):` / pre/fern in decimal degrees. 12. Subdivision name (if any); ---{�' Q Latitude (ex. 34.872312): ✓ r fJ -1 �O l Longitude (ex. -77.536611): e� Y Method location determined (circle): GFS Topo Sheet Ortho (Aerial) Fhoto/GIS Other GIS Other 13. Location of reach under eval n (note nearby roads and landmarks and attach map identifying stream(s) location): 14. Proposed channel work (if any): 15. Recent weather 16. Site conditions at time of visit: 17. Identify any special waterway classifications known: _Section 10 Tidal Waters Essential Fisheries Habitat _Trout Waters _Outstanding Resource Waters Nutrient Sensitive Waters _Water Supply Watershed (I-IV) 18.Is there a pond or lake Iocated upstream of the evaluation point? YES NO If yes, estimate the water surface area: 19. Does channel appear on USGS quad map? YES NO ^ 20. Does channel appear on USDA Soil Survey? (!!S/110 21. Estimated watershed land use; % Residential _% Commercial Y% Industrial % Agricultural 60% Forested �% Cleared / Logged Z -D %o Other ( J4 0,L,5>f7 ) 22. Bankfull width: 4't- 23. Bank height (from bed to top of bank): 1,A ;?- -t "—t1" 24. Channel slope down center of stream: Flat (0 to 2%) X. Gentle (2 to 4°l0) _Moderate (4 to 10%) ,Steep (>10%0) 25. Channel sinuosity: Straight _Occasional bends Frequent meander _Very sinuous _Braided channel Instructions for completion of worksheet (located on page 2): Begin by determining the most appropriate ecoregion based on location, terrain, vegetation, stream classification, etc. Every characteristic must be scored using the same ecoregion. Assign points to each characteristic within the range shown for the ecoregion. Page 3 provides a brief description of how to review the characteristics identified in the worksheet. Scores should reflect an overall assessment of the stream reach under evaluation. If a characteristic cannot be evaluated due to site or weather conditions, enter 0 in the scoring box and provide an explanation in the continent section. Where there are obvious changes in the character of a stream under review (e.g., the stream flows from a pasture into a forest), the stream may be divided into smaller reaches that display more continuity, and a separate form used to evaluate each reach. The total score assigned to a stream reach must range between 0 and 100, with a score of 100 representing a stream of the highest quality. Total Score (from reverse). i./ / Comments: Evaluator's Signature ,,� 1> CGt'r Date /Az/ -57' This channel evaluation form is intended to be used only as a guide to assist landowners an�ronmental professionals in gathering the data required by the United ,States Army Corps of Engineers to make a preliminary assessment of stream quality. The total score resulting from the completion of this form is subject to USACE approval and does not imply a particular mitigation ratio or requirement. Form subject to change - version 06/03. To Comment, please call 919-876-844I x 26_ 4; STREAM QUALITY ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET * These characteristics are not assessed in coastal streams. 7 CHARACTERISTICS ECOREGION POINT RANGE SCORE Coastal Piedmont Mountain ! � Presence of flow f persistent pools in stream 0-5 0 _ 4 0-5 (no flow or saturation = 0; strong flow = max points) 2 Evidence of past human alteration - 0-5 0 5 (extensive alteration = 0; no alteration = max points) Riparian zone 0-6 0-4 0-5 4-7 no buffer = 0; contiguous, wide buffer = mat points) �--5 4 Evidence of nutrient or chemical discharges 0 - 5 0-4 0-4 (extensive discharges = 0; no disc"har4es -max amts) 5 Groundwater discharge 0-3 0-4 0-4 (no discharge = 0; springs, see s, wetlands, etc, = max -points) r� 6 Presence of adjacent floodplain 0-4 0-4 0-2 no floodplain = 0: extensive floodplain = maxpoints) Entrenchment / floodplain access 0-5 0 9 0 7 A (dee iv entrenched = 0; fre uent flooding =max oints) - - 8 Presence of adjacent wetlands" 0-6 0_4 0-:2' (no wetlands = 0; large adjacent wetlands = max points) �-- 9 Channel sinuosity 0-5 0-4 0-3 (extensive channelization = 0: natural meander = maxpoints) 30 Sediment input 0-5 0--4 0-4 (extensive deposition= 0; little or no sediment = maxpoints) Size & diversity of channel bed substrate NA* 0-4 0-5 (fine, homogenous = 0: large, diverse sizes - maxpoints) 12 Evidence of channel incision or widening 0-5 0-4 0-5 _____(deeplyincised = 0; stable bed & banks = maxpoints) 13 Presence of major bank failures 0-5 0-m5 0-5 5 „� .-w (severe erosion = 0; no erosion, stable banks = max points) " 14 Root depth and density on banks 0-3 0 -4 0 5 Ey (no visible roots = 0: dense roots throughout = maxpoints) 15 Impact by agriculture, livestock, or timber production 0-5 0 4 0-5 (substantial impact =0; no evidence = maxpoints) .�? 16 Presence of riffle-pooUripple-pool complexes 0-3 0-5 0-6 ? (no riffles/ripples or pools = 0: well-developed = maxpoints) .7 17 Habitat complexity 0-6 0-"6 0-6 little or no habitat = 0; frequent. varied habitats = maxpoints) l 18 Canopy coverage over streambed 0-5 0-5 0._5 "f (no shading vegetation = 0; continuous canopy =max points) t I9 Substrate embeddedness NA* 0--4 0-4 '7 (deeply embedded = 0, loose structure = max) 20 Presence of stream invertebrates (see page 4) 0-4 0 - 5 0-5 no evidence = 0; common; numerous types = max points) 21 Presence of amphibians 0-4 o -a 0-4 Q (no evidence = 0: common, numerous types = maxpoints) 22 Presence of fish (no 0-4 0- 4 0-4 evidence = 0; common, numerous tv es = max points) 1 Evidence of wildlife use 0-6 0-5 0-5 no evidence = 0; abundant evidence = matpoints) Total Points Passible ` 100 100 100 TOTAL SCORE (also enter oil first page) * These characteristics are not assessed in coastal streams. NC DWQ Stream identification Form Version 4.11 Date: '741, r, u a Project/Site; X14 r1 Latitude: Evaluator: T A. County: Lry Longitude: S ,. -) Total Points: Stream is at least iratermrtlant ��� . Stream Determination (' ej Ephemeral Intermitten erennial 'Other e.g. quant if X99 or perennial if X30* 2. Sinuosity of channel along thalweg Name: A. Geomorphology Subtotal = 1 S . 's Absent Weak Moderate Strong 1. Continuity of channel bed and bank 0 1 2 1 2. Sinuosity of channel along thalweg 0 1 2) 3 3. In -channel structure: ex.. riffle -pool, step -pool, 0 1 2 j 3 4. Particle size of stream substrate 0 [ 1f 2 3 5. Active/relict floodplain 0 1 1 _ 3 6. Depositional bars or benches 0 2 3 7. Recent alluvial deposits 0 0.5 2 3 8. Headcuts 0 A_ r 2 3 9. Grade control 0 0.5 1 1.5 10. Natural valley 0 0.5F 1.5 11. Second or greater order channel No= 0 '• Yes = 3 Sketch: a artificial ditches are not rated; see discussions in manual B. Hydrology (Subtotal = f t 12. Presence of Baseflow 0 1 '2 3 13. Iron oxidizing bacteria 0 1 2 �0 14. Leaf litter 1.5 1 0. 0 15. Sediment on plants or debris 0 0.5 ;' 1 1.5 16, O7 an c debris lines or piles 0 0.9 1 _ 1.5 24. Amphibians Soil-basedevidence of highwater table? No = 0 Yes = 25. Algae C. Biology (Subtotal = 18. Fibrous roots in streambed - 3 ) 1 0 19. Rooted upland plants in streambed 3) 2 1 0 20. Macrobenthos (note diversity and abundance) �0 1 2 3 21. Aquatic Mollusks ( 0 1 2 3 22. Fish 0 0.5 1 1.5 23. Crayfish '0 0.5 1 1.5 24. Amphibians a0.5 1 1.5 25. Algae C0: 0.5 1 1.5 26. Wetland plants in streambed FACW = 0.75: OBL = 1.5 Other = 0 'perennial streams may also be identified using other methods. See p.-35 of manual. Notes: Sketch: Grail- MALS400Z USACE AID# DW,Qr # Site # (indicate on attached map) STREAM QUALITY ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET Abp Provide the fallowing information for the stream reach under assessment. 2. Evaluator's name: q 4. Time of evaluation: 14 5 6. River basin: 06,+w,t & Stream order: l 10. County: cjev6c,. 1. Applicant's name: 3. Date of evaluation: inn v y��i-t5 5. Name of stream: 'UNT To lt#ICl&w CC 7. Approximate drainage area: 10 1(0 9. Length of reach evaluated: ')Z e el 11. Site coordinates (if known): prefer in decimal degrees. 12. Subdivision name (if any): Latitude (ex. 34.$73312):(a O � Longitude (ex. -77.5568] ] )' + ' Method location determined (circle): P Topo Sheet Ortho (Aerial) Photo/GIS Other GIS Other 13. Location of reach under evaluation (note nearby `roads and landmarks and attach map identif*g strear(s) location): 20t" �-e} w9d aF �,11eC f S r�ty ,2t•.t , S~' ii �e � r.�yi `� �1 � f icy 14. Proposed channel work (if any): 15. N 15. Recent weather conditions: 1 g' 16. Site conditions at time ofvisit:5 17. Identify any special waterway classifications known: ^Section 10 Tidal Waters Essential Fisheries Habitat Trout Waters _Outstanding Resource Waters _Nutrient Sensitive Waters Water Supply Watershed _(I-IV) 18. Is there a pond or lake located upstream of the evaluation point?YF N If yes, estimate the water surface area: 19. Does channel appear on USES quad map? YES 20. Does c annel appear on USDA Soil Survey? YES 21. Estimated watershed land use: ^% Residential ,% Commercial ZLOA Industrial --Yo Agricultuai r {{ D -%Forested 22. Bankfull width: C �uo`i' _% Cleared 1 Logged e Dfo Other ( -) 23. Bank height (from bed to top of bank): C:' • X 24. Channel slope down center of stream: _Flat (0 to 2%}` Gentle (2 to 4%) _Moderate (4 to 10%) ^Steep (>10%) 25. Channel sinuosity: Straight _Occasional bends Frequent meander _Very sinuous iBraided channel Instructions for completion of worksheet (located on page 2): Begin by determining the most appropriate ecoregion based on location, terrain, vegetation, stream classification, etc. Every characteristic must be scored using the same ecoregion. Assign paints to each characteristic within the range shown for the ecoregion. Page 3 provides a brief description of how to review the characteristics identified in the worksheet. Scores should reflect an overall assessment of the stream reach under evaluation. If a characteristic cannot be evaluated due to site or weather conditions, enter 4 in the scoring box and provide an explanation in the comment section. Where there are obvious changes in the character of a stream under review (e.g., the stream flows from a pasture into a forest), the stream may be divided into smaller reaches that display more continuity, and a separate form used to evaluate each reach. The total score assigned to a stream reach must range between 0 and 100, with a score of 100 representing a stream of the highest quality. Total Score (from reverse): Comments: 5 VFAA1 t E _ _ r Evaluator's Signature Date This channel evoluatio ointendpkfo be used only as a ,guide to assist landowners and enviroi6ental professionals in gathering the data require by the United States Army Corps of Engineers to make a preliminary assessment of stream quality. The total score resulting from the completion of this form is subject to USACE approval and does not imply a particular mitigation ratio or requirement! Form subject to change — version 06143. To Comment, please call 919-876-8441 x 26. STREAM QUALITY ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET IMMWIRMW # CHARACTERISTICS ECOREGION POINT RANGE SCORE Coastal Piedmont Mountain I Presence of flow 1 persistent pools in stream 0- 5 0 _ 4 0 - 5 no flow or saturation = 0; strong flow max paints) 2 Evidence of past human alteration 0-6 0-5 0-5 extensive alteration = 0; no alteration = maxpoints)_ 3 Riparian zone 0-6 0-4 0-5 no buffer= 0; contiguous, wide bufi'er = max Dints w] 4 Evidence of nutrient or chemical discharges 0-5 0-4 0-4 (extensive discharges = 0;_no discharges = muxpoints) 5 Groundwater discharge 0-3 0-4 0-4 no dischar e = 0; springs, see s, wetlands ete. - maxpoints) a� Presence of adjacent floodplain 0F4 0-4 0-2 no floodplain - 0; extensive floodplain =max amts 7 Entrenchment 1 floodplain aces 0-5 0-4 0-2 ___(deeply entrenched 0; frequent flooding = maxpoints) S Presence of adjacent wetlands 0-6 0- 4 0- 2 no wetlands = 0; large adiacent wetlands = max points) 9 Channel sinuosity 0 -- 5 0-4 0- 3 extensive channelization = 0; natural meander = max points) _ _ 10 Sediment input 0-5 0-4 0-4 extensive de osition9 0• little or no sediment = mar points) 11 Size & diversity of channel bed substrate NA* 0-4 0-5 fine, homogenous = 0; lame, diverse sizes = maxpoints) 12 Evidence of channel incision or widening 0-5 0-4 0-5 -Q y+ _(deeply incised= 0; stable bed & banks= max Dams Presence of major bank failures 13 0-5 0-5 0-5 (severe erosion = 0; no erosion, stable banks - maxpoints) 14 Root depth and density on banks 0-3 0 - 4 0-5 p (atn visible roots a 0; dense roots throughout = max points) 15 lin pact by agriculture, livestock, or timber ,production 0-5 0-4 0-5 (substantial impact =0; no evidence = maxpoints) 16 Presence of riffle-pooilripple-pool complexes 0-3 0--5 0-6 C� ata riffles/ripples or pools = 0; well-developed n max Dints Habitat complexity 1 0-6 0 h 0-6 (little ar na habitat = 0' fre dent varied habitats max Dints Canopy coverage over streambed l$ 0-5 0-5 0-5 (no shading vegetation = 0; continuous canopy =rnax oink 19 Substrate embeddedness NA* 0-4 0--4 (dccply embedded - 0; loose structure = mase 20 Presence of stream invertebrates (see page 4) 0-4 0-5 0-5 no evidence = 0; common numerous types = maxpoints) U 21Presence of amphibians 0-4 0-4 0-4 L O no evidence= 0; common, numerous types= max points) Presence of fish {7 22 0-4 0-4 0-4 no evidence = 0• common, numerous types = maxpoints) 23 Evidence of wildlife use 0- G 0 5 0- 5 no evidence = 0; abundant evidence = max points) Total Points Possible 100 100 1 100 TOTAL SCORE (also enter on first page) -- I hese characteristics are not assessed in coastal streams. NC DWO Stream Identification Form Version 4.11 Date: Z0) Project/Site: /t fq,Y Latitude: 'y Evaluator, County: �- *-' -bA- Longitude:- j6 r�__7J � i 9A Total Points.1410 0 Stream D circke one) Other � � V z, Stream is at least intermittent ff X19 or parenni$i if ?80'77__�Name: Epherat IntermitteDLPerennial 0 A. Geomorphology Subtotal = 6,10 Absent Weak Moderate Strung 1 a. Continuity of channel bed and bank 0 10 0 3 2. Sinuosity of channel along thalweg 0 1.5 1 3 3. In -channel structure: ex, riffle -pool, step -pool, 0 1 /22 0 3 4. Particle size of stream substrate 0 1 0. 3 5. Active/relict floodplain 0 1 No = o 3 B. Depositional bars or benches 0 28. Welland plants in streambed FACW 2 3 7. Recent alluvial deposits 0 2 3 8. Headcuts 0 2 3 9. Grade control 0 0 1 1.5 10. Natural valla 0 0.5 1 1.5 11. Second or greater order channel No = 0 Yes = 3 e artificial ditches are nor rated; see discussions in manual B_ Hvdm1r)avfSubtntal = q,O 12. Presence of Baseflow 0 1 3 13. Iron oxidizing bacteria 0 0 2 3 14. Leaf litter 1.5 1 0.5 0 15. Sediment on plants or debris 0 1 1 1.5 16. Organic debris lines or piles 0 0. 1 1.5 17. Soil-basedevidence of higliwater table? 1.5 No = o Yes = C Biology (Subtotal = 19 18. Fibrous roots in streambed 2 1 0 19. Rooted upland plants in streambed 2 1 0 20. Macrobenthos {note diversity and abundance) 1 2 3 21. Aquatic Mollusks 1 2 3 22. Fish 0.5 1 1.5 23. Crayfish o.5 1 1.5 24. Amphibians 0.5 1 1.5 25. Algae 0.5 1 1.5 28. Welland plants in streambed FACW = 0.75; ObC : 1.5 ter = `perennial streams may also be identified using other methods. See p. 35 of manual. Notes: Sketch: eeyl_AAZt.CIcu'z- USAGE AID# DWQ # site # (indicate on attached map) MSTREAM QUALUrY ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET Provide the following information for the stream reach under assessment: 1. Applicant's name:. _"DJ�,E- lr W t C`j2. Evaluator's name: %S - 4 1 _ 3. Date of evaluation: �1 ` -T* r^ Jc,r� ?-411 4. Time of evaluation: ) 5 0 5. Name of stream: U t%m 10 1405 A c 'j C Ce ey 6. River basin:_ A- A W A s� 7. Approximate drainage area: to k C- 8. Stream order: 9. Length of reach evaluated: SU 10. County: C le V C\ 2'A 11. Site coordinates (if known): prefer in decimal degrees. 12. Subdivision name (if any): Latitude (ex 34.872312): �� . L 0 t4 q Longitude (ex. -77.556611):_- t o , q I Method location determined (circle): D Topo Sheet Ortho (Aerial) Photo/GIS Other GIS Other 13. Location of reach under evaluation (note nearby roads and landmarks and attach map identifying stream(s) location): 14. Proposed channel work (if any): 15. Recent weather conditions: N° r mw i 16. Site conditions at time of visit: 17. Identify any special waterway classifications known: _Section 10 Tidal Waters Essential Fisheries Habitat Trout Waters _Outstanding Resource Waters _ Nutrient Sensitive Waters _Water Supply Watershed (I -III) 18. Is there a pond or lake located upstream of the evaluation point? YES 0 If yes, estimate the water surface area: 19. Does channel appear on USGS quad reap? YES (�bi) 20. Does channel appear on USDA Soil Survey? YES (Nb 21. Estimated watershed land use: °/a Residential % Commercial 1(O % Industrial % Agricultural % Forested ,°/a Cleared 1 Logged --_% Other ( _ 22. Bankfull width: 23. Bank height (from bed to top of bank): Ci . r 24. Channel slope down center of stream: Flat (0 to 2%1�-J­Gentle (2 to 4%) Moderate (4 to 10%) Steep (>100/6) 25. Channel sinuosity: Straight �­Qccasional bends Frequent meander !Very sinuous Firaided channel Instructions for completion of worksbeet (located on page 2): Begin by determining the most appropriate ecoregion based on location, terrain, vegetation, stream classification, etc. Every characteristic must be scored using the same ecoregion. Assign points to each characteristic within the range shown for the ecoregion. Page 3 provides a brief description of how to review the characteristics identified in the worksheet. Scores should reflect an overall assessment of the stream reach under evaluation. If'a characteristic cannot be evaluated due to site or weather conditions, enter 0 in the scoring box and provide an explanation in the comment section. Where there are obvious changes in the character of a stream under review (e.g., the stream flows from a pasture into a forest), the stream may be divided into smaller reaches that display more continuity, and a separate form used to evaluate each reach. The total score assigned to a stream reach must range between 0 and 106, with a score of 100 representing a stream of the highest quality. Total Score (from C-1ueA 1.1 71 J : 4-- Comments: STZ � A ^ -60 1, 6 ell t v ( het t, rr c•r� ,,ale vv C-.F,�J Evaluator's Signature -,"42 4z Date t3 -j rsA.:w 2i 5 This channel evaluati 'intended to be used only as a guide to assist landowners and envir amental professionals in gathering the data required by the United States Army Corps of Engineers to make a preliminary assessment of stream quality. The total score resulting from the completion of this form is subject to USACE approval and does not imply a particular mitigation ratio or requirement. Form subject to change - version 46103. To Comment, please call 919-876-8441 x 26. STREAM QUALITY ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET - - - - ECOREGION POINT RANGE CHAItAC't Clf�1 TICS CC]Ri+; Coastal 0 - 5 Piedmont Mountain 1 Presence of flow I persistent pools in stream 0-4 0--5 -, ,•`i (no flow or saturation - 0; stroriIlaw = max points) 2 evidence of past human alteration 0 - b 0-5 0_5 (extensive alteration = 0; no alteration = max o_ints)� Riparian zone 0-6 0._4 0-5 t� no buffer =- 0; contiguous, wide buFier = maxpoints) 40-5 Evidence of nutrient or chemical discharges 0--4 0--4. (extensive discharges = 0; no dischar es = max oints)-- —._ - 5 Groundwater discharge 0-3 0- 4 0-4 (no dischar e =0; sprins, seeps,_ wetlands etc. = max points) ' Presence of adjacent floodplain 0-4 0-4 0-2 no floodplain = 0• extensive floodplain - max points) 70- Entrenchment / floodplain access 5 0-4 0-2(deeplyentrenched ., = 0• frequent flooding _ max points) $ of adjacent wetlands 0-6 0-4 0-2 {__,-- no wetlands s 9 0• IMSe adjacent wetlands =max points)._ Channel sinuosity - 0-4 0-3 + 4 extensive channelization - 0; natural meander = maxpoints) - + 10 Sediment input 0-5 0-4 0-4 extensive deposition= 0• little or no sediment = max-oints I 1 Size & diversity of channel bed substrate 0-4 0-5 (fine, homogenous -- 0; large, diverse sizes = maxpoints) - 12 Evidence of channel incision or widening 0-5 0 - 4 0-5 (deeply incised = 0; stable bed & banks = maxpoints) 13 Presence of major bank failures 0- 5 0-5 0-5 (severe erosion = 0; no erosion, stable banks = maxpoints) 14 Borst depth and density on banks 0-3 0--4 0 no visible roots = 0; dense roots throughout = max points) ' I5 Impact by agriculture, livestock, or timber production 0-5 0-4 0-5 (substantial Impact =0; no evidence - max points) 16 Presence of riffle-poaUrip,ple-pool complexes 0-3 0- 5 0-6 no riffles/ripples or pools = 0; well-developed maxpoints)_ Habitat complexity H 17 0--6 0-G 0-6 (�) little or no habitat = 0• fre uent varied habitats = max points) 18 Canopy coverage over streambed 0-5 0-5 0--5 0 (no sbading vegetation - 0• continuous canopy = max points) - 1 Substrate embeddedness - 0-4 0 - �4 1 (deeply embedded � 0; loose structure = max 2t1 Presence of stream invertebrates (see page 4) 0-4 0-5 0-50 no evidence = 0• common numerous types = max oohs r Presence of amphibians 21 0-4 0-4 d- 4 (no evidence = 0; common, numerous es = roax paints) Presence of fish 22 � 0 4 {?--4 3 no evidence --0; common, numerous es = max points)0-4 23 ,Evidence of wildlife use 0--6 0-5 0-5 % (no evidence = 0; abundant evidence = maxpoints) Total Points Possible 100 100 too ,TOTAL SCOW.' (also enter aro first page) zr * These characteristics are not assessed in coastal slrL�ai11 -. Rc-n.-�_lys NC D'4 Q Stream identification Form Version 4.11 mate:1 7 / yr Project/Site: U+� u Latitude: (� Evaluator: , eXr County: (� Longitude: S -C ()a Total Points: Stream is at least intermittent YYi Stream OeterMlnat' (circle one) Other ife 19 or erennial if� 30- f f Ephemeral n#ertnitte i Perennial e.g. Quad Name: A. Ueomo holo (Subtotal = v ' ) Absent Weak Moderate Strong 1a` Continuity of channel bed and bank 01 1 2 1.5CV 2. Sinuosity of channel along thalweg 0 15. Sediment on plants or debris 2 3 3. In -channel structure: ex. riffle -pool, step -pool, ri le- ool se uence E 0 0.5 2 1.5 4. Particle size of stream substrate 0 Yes = 3 2 3 5. Active/relict floodplain 0 Q 2 3 6. Depositional bars or benches L4? 1 2 + 3 7. Recent alluvial deposits 0 2 3 8. Headcuts 0 1 3 9. Grade control 0.5 1 1.5 10. Natural valley 0 0.5 1.5 11. Second or greater order channelo = Yes = 3 ardlicial ditches are not rated; see discussions 'in manual B. Hydrology {Subtotal =t ] 12. Presence of Baseflow 0 0 1 2 3 13. iron oxidizing bacteria 1 2 3 14. Leaf litter 1.5CV 0.5 0 15. Sediment on plants or debris 0.5 1 1.5 16. Organic debris lines or piles 0.5 1 1.5 17. Sol] -based evidence of high water table? No = 0 Yes = 3 1.5 U, tilology (subtotal = L�' ) 18. Fibrous roots in strearnbed 3 2 1 0 19. Rooted upland plants in streambed 3 0 1 4 20. Macrobenthos (note diversity and abundance) 1 2 3 21. Aquatic Mollusks 1 2 3 22. Fish ! 0.5 1 1 1.5 23. Crayfish ) 0.5 1 1.5 24. Amphibians 0.5 1 1.5 25. Algae 0.5 1 1.5 26. Wetland plants in strearnbed FACW = 0.75; OBL -1.5 Other - 4 'perennial streams may also be identified using other methods. See p. 35 of manual. Notes: Sketch: USACE AID# DWQ # Site # (indicate on attached map} M STREAM QUALITY ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET Provide the following information for the stream reach under assessment: 1. Applicant's name; N4 -v- CA" 2. Evaluator's name: � � Ro'dea'— 3. Date of evaluation: 11 t 4. Time of evaluation: } 5. Name of stream: 4C.aK, -7 AAAA —Of 6. River basin: CZ4-ar,,,�Zk� 3. Approximate drainage area: 1-1 S. Stream order: FF 9. Length of reach evaluated: 3h 44 10. County:_ 11. Site coordinates (if known): prefer in decimal degrees_ 12. Subdivision name (if Latitude (ex, 34.872312): _ SCC G P.f GdzfLongitude (ex. -77.556611): Method location determined (circle); PS T'opo Sheet Ortiia (Aerial) PhotalGIS Other GIS Other 13. Location of reach under evaluation (note nearby roads and landmarks and attach map identifying streams) location): 4 +v Mpo/+ 41 vrr- 14. Proposed channel work (if any): 15. Recent weather conditions: GI's f. ''jet 16. Site conditions at time of C 16.E ll 17. Identify any special waterway classifications known: _Section 10 Tidal Waters Essential Fisheries Habitat _Trout. Waters _Outstanding Resource Waters Nutrient Sensitive Waters _Water Supply Watershed (I-IV) 18. Is there a pond or lake located upstream of the evaluation point? YES 0If yes, estimate the water surface area: 19. Does channel appear on USGS quad map? YES qO� 20. Does channel appear on USDA Soil Survey? YES Cob 21. Estimated watershed land use: % Residential _% Commercial _% Industrial `% Agricultural U0h(At1 rr.0,-X % Forested %+Cleared 1 Logged _% Cather ( ) 22. Bankfull width: q f 23. Bank height (from bed to top of bank): Q-3 r 24. Channel slope down center of stream; _Flat (0 to 2%) ,Gentle (2 to 4%) XI Moderate (4 to 10%) _Steep (>10%) 25. Channel sinuosity: Straight ©ccasional bends _Frequent meander _Very sinuous _Braided channel Instructions for completion of worksheet (located on page 2): Begin by determining the most appropriate ecoregion based on location, terrain, vegetation, stream classification, etc. Every characteristic must be scored using the same ecoregion, Assign points to each characteristic within the range shown for the ecoregion. Page 3 provides a brief description of how to review the characteristics identified in the worksheet. Scores should reflect an overall assessment of the stream reach under evaluation. If a characteristic cannot be evaluated due to site or weather conditions, enter 0 in the scoring box and provide an explanation in the comment section. Where there are obvious changes in the character of a stream under review (e.g., the stream flows from a pasture into a forest), the stream may be divided into smaller reaches that display more continuity, and a separate form used to evaluate each reach. The total score assigned to a stream reach Hurst range between 0 and 100, with a scare of 100 representing a stream of the highest quality. Total 'Score (from reverse): 0 Comments: Evaluator's Signature ` Date This channel evaluation form f i tended to he used only as a guide to assist landowners and environmental professionals in gathering the data required by he United States Army Corps of Engineers to make a preliminary assessment of stream quality. The total score resulting from the completion of this form is subject to USACE approval and does not imply a particular mitigation ratio or requirement. Form subject to change— version 06103. To Comment, please call 919-876-8441 x 26. 7 STREAM QUALITY ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET * These charactenstics are not assessed in coastal streams. CHARACTERISTICS ECOREGION POINT RANGE S(-- ��E Coastal Presence of flow / persistent pools in stream _N110untain (no flow or saturation = 0; strong flow = max points) 0- 5 0-4 5 2 Evidence of past human alteration 0-6 0-5 0-5 (extensive alteration = 0; no alteration = max points) 3 Riparian zone 0-6 0-4 0- (no buffer = 0; contiguous, wide buffer max points) 4 Evidence of nutrient or chemical discharges 0-5 0-4 0-4 (extensive discharges = 0; no discharges = max points) 5 Groundwater discharge 0-3 0-4 0-4 (no discharge = 0; springs, seeps, wetlands, etc. = max points) 6 Presence of adjacent floodplain 0-4 0-4 0-2 (no floodplain = 0; extensive floodplain = max points) 7 Entrenchment/ floodplain access 0-5 (deeply entrenched = 0-Jreqcent flooding = max pomts) 0-4 0-2 8 Presence of adjacent wetlands 0- 6 0-4 O-2 (no wetlands = 0; large adjacent wetlands= max points) 9 Channel sinuosity 0-5 0-4 0-3 (extensive channelization = 0'. natural meander = max points) 10 Sediment input 0-5 0-4 0-4 (extensive deposition= 0; little or no sediment = max points) I I Size & diversity of channel bed substrate0-4 (fine, homogenous = 0; large, diverse sizes = max points) ;'M 'I 0-5 12 Evidence of channel incision or widening (deeply incised - O; stable bed & banks = max points) 0-5 0-4 0-5 13 Presence of major bank failures 0-5 0-5 0-5 (severe erosion = 0 no erosion, stable banks = max pints ) < 14 Root depth and density on banks 0-3 0-4 4-5 (no visible roots = 0; dense roots throughout � max points) 15 Impact by agriculture, livestock, or timber production 0-5 0-4 0-5 (substantial impact =0; no evidence = max poi L,;) 16 Presence of riffle-pool/ripple-pool complexes 0-3 0-5 0-6 (no rifflesiripples or pools = 0. well-developed max points) 170-6 Habitat complexity 1 E o-6 0-6 (little or no habitat = 0, frequent- varied habitats max points) 18 Canopy coverage over streambed 0-5 - 0-5 0- 5 (no shading vegetation = 0, continuous canopy = max points) 19 Substrate embeddedness ��A 0-4 0-4 rj - -(deeply embedded = 0, loose structure = max) '.-- -1 20 Presence of stream invertebrates (see page 4) 0-4 0-5 D 5 (no evidence = 0; common, numerous types = max points) - D Presence of amphibians 0-4 0-4 0-4 0 (no evidence = 0; cone ion, numerous Lacs = max points) Presence of fish 22 0-4 0-4 0-4 0 (no evidence = 0; common, numerous types = max pDints) 23 Evidence of wildlife use 0-6 0-5 0-5 1"; (no evidence = 0.- abundant evidence = max points) Total Points Possible 100 100 100 ti TOTAL SCORE (also enter on first page) * These charactenstics are not assessed in coastal streams. . - ._ M,¢► 4 a lqY NC DW'Q Stream Identification Form Version 4.11 Rate: t/ -711 ProjectlSite: MM 62, r ► Latitude: }'�� � dz� Evaluator: r0✓/d��v County:}, Longitude: Total Points: Stream is at least Int Stream Determination (clr 47bnv) Other ermJ�ent it! 19 orperennial if _ 30" Ephemeral intermittent erennlal e.g. Quad Name: tr R. Geomorphology (Subtotal � � A sent `V"w'eak fVlcaderate Strong 1*' Continuity of channel bed and hank 0 1 2 15. Sediment on plants or debris 2. Sinuosity of channel along thalweg 0 1 0 0.5 3" 3, In-channei.structure: ex. riffle -pool, step -pool, ripple -pool sequence 0 es = 2 3 4. Particle size of stream substrate 0 0,5 2 3 5. Activelrelict floodplain 0 1Z 1 3 6. Depositional bars or benches 0 0.5 2 3 7. Recent alluvial deposits 0 0.5 2 3 8. Headcuts AP,(yj FACW = 0,75; CtL 2 3 9. Grade control 0 0.5 1,5 10. Natural valley 0 0.5 1. 1.5 11. Second or greater order channel No = 0 es Sketch: - �L a artificial ditches are not rated; see discussions in manual B. Hydrology (Subtotal = A ,'�_ ) 12, Presence of Baseflow 0 1 2 13, Iron oxidizing bacterla 62 1 2 3 14, Leaf litter 1.5 0.5 0 15. Sediment on plants or debris 0 Cp 1 1.5 15. Organic debris lines or piles 0 0.5 1.5 17. Sall -based evidence of high water table? No = 0 es = C. Biclogy (Subtotal= _&.) _? " 18, Fibrous roots in streambed 3 1 0 19. Rooted upland plants in streambed 3 1 0 20. Macrobenthos (note diversfty and abundance) 0 1 2 3 21. Aquatic Mollusks 1 2 3 22. Fish 0,5 1 1.5 23, Crayfish 0 0,6 1 1.5 24. Amphibians t 0.5 1 1,5 25. Algae 0 0.5 1 1.5 26. Wetland plants in strearnbed FACW = 0,75; CtL - 1.5 Other = 0 'perennial streams may also be Identified using Other methods. Sea p, 35 of manual. Dotes: Sketch: - �L USACF AIDS DWQ # Site (indicate on attached map) FOO STREAM QUALITY ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET Provide the following information for the stream reach under assessment: 1. Applicant's none: O mt e_ CAe j� 2. Evaluator's name: 3. Bate of evaluation: _ / 7 4. Time of evaluation 5. Name of stream:. � �p "� Ale - 0 114 � 6. River basin: 7. Approximate drainage area: UA Q novh S. Strewn order 9. Length of reach IOb '0 - - 14. County: C b.) 11. Site coordinates (if known): prefer in decimal degrees. 12, Subdivision name (if airy): A/a_v Latitudc (m 34,872312): 5-e- 6 N G Longitude (ex. - f,�77,555611):_ 51C P' Method location determined (circle); T❑po Sheet Ortho (Aerial) Ptioto1G15 Gd-ier GIS Other 13. Location of reach under evaluation (note nearby roads and landmarks and attach snap identifying streams) location): 14. Proposed channel %kork (if any): 47 15. Recent weather conditions: -- qbi C (e �- 15. Site conditions at time of visit: 011.i 17. Identify any special waterway classifications known: _section 10 Tidal Waters Essential Fisheries Habitat Trout Waters Outstanding Resource Waters _Nutrient Sensitive Waters Water Supply Watershed (I-iV) 18.. Is there a pond or lake located upstream of the evaluation point? YES Olf yes, estimate the water surface area: 19. Does channel appear on USES quad map? YES 20. Does channel appear on USDA Soil Survey? YES 21. Estimated watershed land use: �% Residential % Commercial __% Industrial `% Agricultural LAI J e,4 -AI _% Forested __% Cleared / Logged ._____°/n (Mier ( ) 22. Bankfull width: -( 23.Bank height (from bed to top of bank): �{ r 24. Channel slope down center of stream: Flat (0 to 2%) Y—Gentle (2. to 4%) Moderate (4 to 10%) —Steep (?10%) 25. Channel sinuosity: Straight Occasional bends Frequent meander _Very sinuous Braided channel Instructions for completion of worksheet (located on page 2): Begirt by determining die roost appropriate ocoregion based on location, terrain, vegetation, stream classification, etc. Every characteristic must be scored using the same ecoregion. Assign points to each characteristic within the range shown for the ecoregion. Page 3 provides a brief description of how to review the characteristics identified in the worksheet. Scores should reflect an overall assessment of the stream reach under evaluation. If a characteristic cannot be evaluated due to site or weather conditions, enter 0 in the scaring box and provide an explanation in the continent section. Where there are obvious changes in the character of a stream under review (e.g., the stream flows from a pasture into a forest), the stream may be divided into smaller reaches that display more continuity, and a separate form used to evaluate each reach, The total score assigned to a stream reach must range between 0 and 104, with a score of 100 representing a stream of the highest duality. 0 �n Total Score (from reverse): Comments: V- Q- _ -'-v- - 3 Evaluator's Signature L nw��Date J -7115- This 7{ 15 -This channel evaluation forma 4fi fendedi3 to be used ,only as s guide to assist landowners and environmental professionals in gathering the data required 6 t ie United States Army Corks of Engineers to make a preliminary assessment of stream quality. The total score resulting from the completion of this form is subject to USAGE approval and does not imply a particular mitigation ratio or requirement. Forim subject to change - version 06/03. To Comment, please call 919-876-8441 x 26. STREAM QUALITY ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET " These cliaracteristics are not assessed in coastal streams, 3 S1 a ��iYr� 131- m0lorepEl: Ll om 0 MVINI. yW AtY li, Nrrl 111 0 I Nq 11 fol POW ME", 'Han a rJ`� ei�lim m Ok. r , , - , -3 ty 4 'b r"ll o I'VO m 'A n I in 1, F . .. . . . . . . KI 12-x 100 IMF,- _'9.4 WO arl &I'll, H 'll i=ri 11,13 . I . . . . . . . . Z Mti '3 �1' .1ii IS III "0 M 0 - i's W, 1 11"t, HIT A In " These cliaracteristics are not assessed in coastal streams, K ep- IIA9- ot5r NC DWQ Stream Identification Farm Version 4.11 Date: / Project/Site: eA GAJ Latitude: ��.� dzk o Eva] uatr: r '�a� J County: 114z Longitude: Total Paints: Stream Ps of Intermittent Stream Determination (cir } Ephemeral Intermitter -11 Other nni If z Igor perennial if? 3 30" 0 er e.g. Quad Name: A. Geomorphology (Subtotal = ) Absent Weak Moderate Strong 1"' Continuity of channel bed and bank 0 1 3 2. Sinuosity of channel along thalweg 0 1 3 3, In -channel structure: ex. riffle -poo(, step -pool, 0 d le- ool sequence 3 4. Particle size of stream substrate 0 1 3 5. Active/rOct floodplain p I 3 6, Depositional bars or benches 0 1 2 3 7, Recent alluvial deposits 0 2 3 S, Headcuts 0 1 2 9. Grade control 0 0.5 1.5 10. Natural valley 0 05 t5 11. Second or greater order channel o 4 , Yes = 3 a artificial ditches are not rated; see discus 'ons in manual B. H drolo (Subtotal= ( r 12. Presence of Baseflow 0 2 3 13. Iron oxidizing baclerla 0 1 3 14, Leaf litter 1.5 1 0 15. Sediment on plants or debris 0 0.5 1.6 16. Organic debris lines or piles 0 0.5 1,5 17. Soil -based evidence of high water table? No = 0 es - C. Biology Subtotal = 18. Fibrous roots in streambed 3 1 0 19. Rooted upland plants in streambed 3 Q 1 0 20. Macrobenthos (note diversity and abundance) 1 2 3 21, Aquatic Mollusks 1 2 - 3 22, Fish 1 1.5 23. Crayfish 0 0, 1 1.5 24. Amphibians 0.5 1 1.5 25. Algae 0,5 1 1.5 26. Wetland plants in streambed FACW = 0.75, DBL = 1.5 Cit 'perennial streams may also be identlfled using other methods. See P. 35 of manual Notes: Sketch: -- -..... r6x4wt. J14A [_AACCE AID# DWQ # Site # (indicate on attached map) 4,i,; STREAM QUALITY ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET A Provide the following information for the stream reach under assessment: 1. Applicant's name: �/One-rl,2. Evaluator's narne: 3+ �0(ldea.l 3. Date of evaluation: _ �/ J r I;— 4, Time of evaluation: I LI 6 �r 5. Name of stream: 7. Approximate drainage area: 1J#!(r++ 9. Length of reach evaluated: 6, River basin: CCA? i« 6 .2 S. Stream order: 10, County. CA b2 11. Site coordinates (if known): prefer in decirnal degrees. 12. 'Subdivision name (if any): 1u/4 r Latitude (ex. 34.872312): tee_ C tppJ J2 viz Longitude (ex. --•77.55661 D} -- - �",c 6 P-( .44 Method location doterrained (circle): GP 'Popo Sheet Ortho (Aerial) PhotolGIS Other GIS Cather 13. Locatiop of reach under evaluar ra (ta nearby roads and landmarks and attach trap identifying streams) location); 14. Proposed channel work (if any): - 15. Recent weather conditions.yb d s , C6,- 16. Site conditions at rime of visit: 364 4--- 17. -- 17. Identify any special waterway classifications known. _ _ Section 10 _Tidal Waters Essential Fisheries Habitat _Trout Waters _Outstanding Resource Waters _ Nutrient Sensitive Waters ^Water Supply Watershed (1-M 18. Is there a pond or lake located upstream of the evaluation point? YES If yes, estimate the water surface area: - 14. Does chantrel appear on USGS quad map? YES 20. Does channel appear on USDA Soil Survey? YES 21. Estimated watershed land use: __°fo Residential % Commercial % Industrial °/n Agricultural °r4 Forested �% Cleared J Logged % Other ( _ ) 22. Bankfull width; `- 4� 23. Bank height (from bed to trap of bank): 3 -LI 24. Chantel slope down center of stream: Flat (0 to 2%) ,Gentle (2 to ala) 6)rSteep (31[1°l0) 25. Channel sinuosity: Straight XOccasional bends Frequent meander Very sinuous Braided channel Instructions for completion of worksheet (located on page 2): Begin by determining the most appropriate ecoregion based on. location, terrain, vegetation, stream classification, etc,. Every characteristic must be scored using the same ecoregion. Assign points to each characteristic within the range shown for the ecoregion. Page 3 provides a brief description of how to review the characteristics identified in the worksheet. Scores should reflect an overall assessment of the stream reach under evaluation. If a. characteristic cannot be evaluated due to site or weather conditions, enter 0 in the scoring box and provide an explanation in the comment section. Where there are obvious changes in the character of a stream under review (e.g., the stream flows from a pasture into a forest), the stream may be divided into smaller reaches that display more continuity, and a separate forth used to evaluate each reach, The total score assigned to a stream reach roust range between 0 and 100, with a scare of 100 representing a stream of the highest duality. Total Score (front reverse): 01 Comments: Evaluator's Signature Date,I) This channel evaluation for intended to be used only as a guide to assist landowners and environmental professionals in gathering the data require y the United States Army Corps of Engineers to make a preliminary assessment of stream quality. The total score resulting from the completion of this form is subject to USACE approval and does not imply a particular mitigation ratio or requirement. Form subject to change - version 06103. To Comment, please. call 919-876-5441 x 26. ACPL SAA - d i VS_ STREAM QUALITY ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET " ; liese characteristics are not assessed in coastal sireams is &III 1_15 "To ............ Qj t i a 12 A rmmaw 15PI.IMNIMI'M �Aicll_ lar w,�rs_Wo 4 la-' , MA&ai SI. TIN' rf wr 'g, IN all ONE K, � - ; mul, I MROA, IMS C. . . . . . . . . . . _0 t 1I' REMOMPA'. I ME-` ��•' g ANN WE M .1 MAPf'A ME 'M Mr - - - - - - - 11MAti Iffill ME, 16P ME WIN, 1 t I I I I I Ims, t4�10 bc KS ... ....... o cue vwwli W, r 00 ;v cTIN, W MUM - 11, mm, W 1_4 Yi MW 7" VIIINIv 'I'll-wEll INVE MI—NM M. " ; liese characteristics are not assessed in coastal sireams NC DW Stream Identification Form Version 4.11 Date: f Project/Site: M-trA2,1 M Latitude: Evaluator: �' ,dJltt County: Longitude: Total Points: Z4� Stream Qete�.rninatic3?r circle one) Other Stream is at least' intermittent if219or erennialif?30* Ephemeral fntermitte Perennial e.g. Quad Name: A. Geomorphology (Subtotal= >At Absent Weak Moderate Strong ,a, Continuity of channel bed and bank_ 0 1 2 3 2. Sinuosity of channel along thalweg 0 1 t7' 3 3. In -channel structure; ex. riffle -pool, step -pool, ripple -pool sequence 0 1 1 3 4. Particle size of stream substrate 0 1 1 3 5. Active/relict floodplain 0 61 2 3 6. Depositional bars or benches 0 G) 2 3 7. Recent alluvial deposits 0 1 � 3 8. Headcuts 0 1 2 6) 9. Grade control 0 (13> 1 1.5 10. Natural valley 0 0.5 1.5 11. Second or greater order channel No = 0 es =V3 Sketch: artificial ditches are not rated; see discussions in manual B. Hydrology (Subtotal = ] 12. Presence of Basedow 0 1 2 3 13. Iron oxidizing bacteria "2'i 1 2 3 14. Leaf litter 1.5 1 t7' 0 15. Sediment on plants or debris 0 C0 1 1.5 16. Organic debris lines or piles 0 0.5 1 1.5 17. Soil -based evidence of 'high water table? o = 0 Yes - 3 1.5 C. Biniogv (Subtotal = -75 18. Fibrous roots in streambed 3 1 0 19. Rooted upland ,plants in streambed 3 1 0 20. Macrobenthos (note diversity and abundance) _ 1 2 3 21. Aquatic Mollusks 1 2 3 22. Fish 0.5 1 1.5 23. Crayfish[' 0.5 1 1.5 24. Amphibians (? 0.5 1 1.5 25. Algae 0.5 1 1.5 26. Wetland plants in streambed F ' 10. OBL = 1.5 Other = 0 *perennial streams may also be identified using other methods. See p. 35 of manual. Notes: Sketch: USACE AID# DWQ # Site # (indicate on attached map} F1 ,�,; STREAM QUALITY ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET A40P Provide the following information for the stream reach under assessment: 1. Applicant's name: nr 2. Evaluator's name: i J,vr 3. Date of evaluation: IZI 4. Time of evaluation: 5. Name of stream: sN ,v Ilk -6130 6. River basin: 0271-.)"4 t 7. Approximate drainage area: tr0V_hb.Al 1l 8. Stream order: j 9. Length of reach evaluated: r 00 +4 10. County: 11. Site coordinates (if known): prefer in decimal degrees. 12. Subdivision name (if any): Latitude (ex, 34.872312): 50c 6 Pj r(1 tt Longitude (".-77.556(111): -!�,ee 6 0-1 dah Method location determined (circle): GP T'opo Sheet Ortho (Aerial) Photo/GIS Other GIS Other 13. (vocation of reach under evalualierrInote nearby roads and landmarks and attach map identifying stream(s) location): F1 Vv[ - 14. Proposed channel work (if any): h%A 15. Recent weather conditions: q() ' . ' (epi 16. Site conditions at time of visit: I W1 ' C (box 17. Identify any special waterway classifications Mown: _Section 10 Tidal Waters —Essential Fisheries Habitat Trout Waters _Outstanding Resource Waters Nutrient Sensitive Waters —Water Supply Watershed (I-IV) 18. Is there a pond or lake located upstream of the evaluation point? YES 'i If yes, estimate the water surface area: 19. Does channel appear on USGS quad map? YES 61) 20. Does channel appear on USDA Soil Survey? YES 21. Estima ed watershed 1 nd use: d/n Residential % Commercial % Industrial % Agricultural _afu Forested % Cleared 1 Logged i% Other ( 22. Bankfull width: 14-6 C4- 23. Bank height (from bed to top of hank): `I 24. Channel slope down center of stream: Flat (0 to 2%) _Gentle (2 to 4%g) V Moderate (4 to 14%) —Steep (>10%) 25. Chantel sinuosity: Straight Occasional bendsFrequent meander _Very sinuous —Braided channel Instructions for completion of worksheet (located on page 2): Begin by determining the most appropriate ecoregion based on location, terrain, vegetation, stream classification, etc. Every characteristic mast be scored using the same ecoregion. Assign points to each characteristic within the range shown for the ecoregion. Page 3 provides a brief description of how to review the characteristics identified in the worksheet. Scores should reflect an overall assessment of the stream reach under evaluation. If a characteristic cannot be evaluated due to site or weather conditions, enter 0 in the scoring box and provide an explanation in the comment section. Where there are obvious changes in the character of a stream under review (e.g., the stream flows from a pasture into a forest), the stream may be divided into smaller reacbes that display more continuity, and a separate form used to evaluate each reach. The total score assigned to a stream reach must range between 0 and 100, with a score of 100 representing a stream of the highest quality. p f� Total Score (from reverse): Comments: Evaluator's Signature l 12, Date 1/-/m- 11 This channel evaluation for s intended to he used only as a guide to assist landowners and environmenkai professionals in gathering the data required y the United States Army Corps of Engineers to make a preliminary assessment of stream quality. The total score resulting from the completion of this form is subject to USAGE approval and: does not imply a particular mitigation ratio or requirement. Form subject to change— version 06103. To Comment, please call 919-876-8441 x 26. � (-P- mw - 'q I 5' rexv1 JG/ 71 STREAM QUALITY ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET * These characteristics are not assessed in coastal streams. CHARACTERISTICS ECOREGION POINT —'d-mont RANGE SCORE oastal Cn Mountain Presence of flow / persistent pools in stream 0-5 0-4 0- 5 (no flow or saturation = 0; strong flow = max points) 2 Evidence of past human alteration 0-6 0-5 0-5 (extensive alteration = 0-, no alteration =rnax points)- 3 Riparian zone 0-6 0-4 0-5 -7 no buffer = 0; contiguous, wide buffer = max points) 4 Evidence of nutrient or chemical discharges 0-5 0-4 0-4 (extensive discharges = 0; no discharges = max points) 5 Groundwater discharge 0-3 0-4 0-4 (no discharge = 0; springs, seeps, wetlands, etc, = max points) 6 Presence of adjacent floodplain 0-4 0-4 0-2 fl no floodplain = 0; extensive floodplain = max points) 7 Entrenchment / floodplain access 0-5 0-4 0-2 fdeeply entrenched = 0; frequent flooding = max points) 8 Presence of adjacent wetlands (no wetlands = 0; large adjacent wetlands = max points) 0-6 0-4 0-2 9 Channel sinuosity 0-5 0-4 0-3 (extensive chaanclization = 0; natural meander = max oints) I 10 Sediment input 0-5 0-4 0-4 (extensive deposition= 0; little or no sediment = max points) I1 Size & diversity of channel bed substrate A;1 0-4 0-5 (fine, homogenous = 0; large, diverse sizes = max points) 12 Evidence of channel incision or widening 0-5 0-4 0-5 (deeply incised = 0. stable bed & banks = max points) 13 Presence of major bank failures 0-5 0-5 0 5 (severe erosion = 0; no erosion, stable banks = max points) 14 Root depth and density on banks 0-3 0-4 0-5 no visible roots = 0; dense roots throuahout = max points) 1 15 Impact by agriculture, livestock, or timber production 0-5 0-4 0-5 (substantial impact =0; no evidence = max points) 16 Presence of riffle-pooFripple-pool complexes 0 — 3 0-5 0-6 1 (no riffles/ripples or pools= 0; well-develoned =max 2oints) 17 Habitat complexity 0-6 0-6 0-6 (little or no habitat = 0; frequent, varied habitats = max points) 18 Canopy coverage over streambed 0 -5 0-5 0-5 �4 (no shading vegetation = 0; continuous canopy = rn&x points) 19 Substrate embeddedness - 0-4 I 0- 4 (deeply embedded = 0; loose structure = niax) 10 Presence of stream invertebrates (see page 4) 0-4 0-5 0-5 no evidence = 0; common, numerous tvpes = max points) 21 Presence of amphibians 0-4 0-4 0-4 (no evidence = 0; con -u -non, numerous qes = max points) 0 22 Presence of fish 0-4 0-4 0-4 (no evidence — 0; common, numerous types = max points) 23 Evidence of wildlife use 0-6 0-5 0-5 (no evidence = 0: abundant evidence= max points) Total Points Possible 100 100 TOTAL SCORE (also enter on first page) * These characteristics are not assessed in coastal streams. NC DWQ Stream Identifieatioa Form Version 4.11 Date: -5 01 ProjecVS1te: bIniI � C � � Latitude: �jAC Evaluator: lir, , County: 7we;, Longitude: 'r jA Total Points: Stream is atleast inter,774t'ent Stream Determination (circle one) Other if a 19 or perennial ff a 30" Ephemeral Intermittent Perennial F R e d �. �} rau Jam_ A. Geomorphology (Subtotal = i�f �� J absent Weak ' Moderate Strong is Continuity of channel bed and hank 0 1 j 2 15. Sedirnant on pEG :s or rteo-ls 2. Sinuosity of channel along thalweg 0 1 0 f�.5 g 3. In -channel structure: ex. riffle -pool, step -pmol, d le-ocol sequence 0 Yes =�3� 2 3 4. Particle size of stream substrate 0 1 { 3 5. ActNelrelict floodplain 0 1 { 2 61 E. Depositional bars or benches 0 26. Vletland plants in streambed FACW = 0.75; C9L = 1.5 Cther =A 7. Recent alluvial deposits 0 1 3 5. Headcuts Q 3 0. Grade control f].6 (fir 1,' 10. Natural valley j 0 0.5 1 11, S econd or creater order channel y No - 0 Yes = 3 -artnclai citches are not rated; Seeei$CUssiCns in manual S. H droit {Subtotal 2,5 ! 12. Presence o` E-=seflow Q 1 3 13. Iron ox?dizir- _`sra Q 2 g 1 0 20. Macrcben:hos {note diversity and abundance) I4a2 15. Sedirnant on pEG :s or rteo-ls 0.5 1 72 I 1.5 16, Organic debris lines or pias 0 f�.5 t.5 17. Soli -based evidence or high water table'? No = 0 1 Yes =�3� G. Biology Subtotal = 18. Fibrous roots in streambed { 2 1 { 0 19. RoWed upland plants in streambed 2 1 0 20. Macrcben:hos {note diversity and abundance) I4a2 1 2 3 21. Aquatic Mollusks f 1 2 3 22. Fish , 0.5 1 J 1.5 23. Craysisn 0.4 1 1.5 24. Amphibians I 0.5 1 { 1.5 25. Algae 0.5 1 1.5 26. Vletland plants in streambed FACW = 0.75; C9L = 1.5 Cther =A 'perennial streams may also be ider,tinad using other methods See p.35 of manual, Notes: Sketch: USACE Ail]# ]7W(� # Site # (indicate nn attached map? a] STREAM QUALITY ASSESSNI[ENT WORKSHEET AOP Provide the following information for the stream reach under assessment: 1. Applicant's name: `' 2. Evaluator's name: 3. Date of evaluation: D,; n 1 b 5. Name of stream. Nin 7. Approximate drainage area: < 4, Length of reach evaluated: } t`y 11. Site coordinates (if known) : prefer in decimal degrees. Latitude (ex. 34.87231): 4. Time of evaluation: 1 D5b 6. River basin: 8. Stream order: 10. County:Nl`t� •� 1� 12. Subdivision name (if any): f'4A Longirude (ex. -77.556611): I'J Method location determined (circie); P Topo Sheet Ortho (Aerial) PhatkvGIS Ober GIS Other 13. Location of reach tumder evaluation (note nearby roads and landmarks and attach map identifying stream(s) location): 14. Proposed channel work (if any): 15. Recent weather conditions:I) 16. Site conditions at time of visit: IN C r ro 1. 17. Identify any special waterway classifications known: _Section 10 _Tidal Waters _Essential Fisheries Habitat Trout Waters _Outstandin Resource Waters � Nutrient Sensitive Waters Water Supply Watershed (I-I'v`) 18. Is there a pond or lake located upstream of the evaluation point? YES (9- If yes, estimate the water surface area: 19. Does channel appear on USGS quad map? ()'E NO 20. Does [panel appear on USDA Soil Survey? ,19 NO 21. Estimated watershed land usc: --% Residential --% Commercial _% Industrial �% Agricultural / °xia Forested ,°,U Cleared f bogged _% Other ( ) 22. Bankfull width: ''' L 23. Batik height (from bed to top of bank): J ! 24. Channel slope down center of stre:irn:Flat (0 to 2%*) f Gentle (2 to 41rp) Moderate (4 to 10%) Steep (> i 01rm) 25. Channel sinuosity; Straight _Occasional bends / Frequent meander _Very sinuous _Braided channel Instructions for completion of worksheet (located on page 2): Begin by determining die most appropriate ecoregion based on location, terrain, vegetation, stream classification, etc. Every characteristic must be scored using the same ecoregion. assign points to each characteristic within the range shown for the ccoregiun. Page 3 provides a brief description of how to review the characteristics identified in the worksbect. Scores should reflect an overall assessment of the stream reach under evaluation. If a characteristic cannot be evaluated due to site or weather conditions, enter d in the scoring box and provide an explanation in the comment section. Where there are obvious changes in the character of a stream under review (e.g., the stream flows from a pasture: into a forest), the stream may be divided into smaller reaches that display more continuity, and a separate form used to evaluate each reach. The total score assigned to a stream reach must range between 0 and 100, with a score of 100 representing" a stream of the highest quality. Total Score (from reverse): LoComments: Evaluator's Signature �l± Date CS.C�1 iS This Channel evaluation foal[ is iutcnded to h se oat} as a guide to assist landowners and environmental professionals in gathering the data required by the United S tes Arm) Corps of Engineers to make a preliminary assessment of stream quality. The total score resulting from the completion of this form is subject to USACE approval and does not imply a particular mitigation ratio or requirement. Form subject to change e Version 06.103. To Comment, please call 919-876-8441 x 25. STREAn3 QUALITY ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET mss; p f ba in str"' tf t7 4 CI Pr esenee of fiu'�v f p — �_� 1 Milk (tl� i1o:x_nr 1ku2 tto I = U4 `- j --- Evidence ldence• of gaatit huulart alteration 6-- i_ x at'-atln �(l noallot �uo,=nal l; i 0- Lj(c\t n lxl t 0-4 k' arian zona f� t�f i f bu �atic'fael r' ndischarges a pn 1�[1 lhideneeof11tttrient or ch.S-Vlax P� 4 r }; ndisch^r, :nts) — l- - ttelidiscGhamr osx0 _4 0 D ndwatersc . `I 57 { Ti1O cllslilrz ();S rseLp', 4� Ltlankls, etc. = m ^ r pottt5l (,)-4 U ' t} J Presence of adjacent {lalotiplLin v (n,) flood�Ffte li= 0: extensive floudpl linax oLnts) �` 0 -2 [)-_ saclanactat 1 floodltlain aeltss 5r -- 1117Y 411$ltti ed - Ufult fl,odlu _ ente of adaacenk x+etlandsR _I'ca x `. lar_ c xdl lceui xvetlanciti nl �u rots} y 0 J T o - 3 Ch'Int) I sinunsaty 0 i Z���vv.. - �! - tTMX PE7lnts '� {r, tCn`�1L'e C.la all.Ilel9Z tt:4�L7 t} a1 ltilrc n1t+llt�ft%r —-�----, —tl F l�, — t Sediment inlaut j 0 l U --; e tten;tt c ❑e i�sitican= 0; llttl� Ur no 3cdurnnt - t 1 e2;n[sl i y� (1- 0-5 Sut dLv ersth of channel he[l sulMti alt rti, 1 l F: (tt�1uloze,16u = t]; large; tit�<r e sues= m x {�lr lris) 0-4 0 5 idence n r elaannel incision 4 j {dcc alti i� nc iseti - 0: stablq C �c b iril.� ^4oint,� sZ I �i}u- 5 �majorb ank failurp -5 13 1 se`'t re crosi�n = 0; no ertasionst lhlc aauksints)ftoQt depth anddensit/' on banfi- 314 (no ti isihle routs = 0: dense roots tllrcru�llouints) - 0-5✓�15Impact Iagriculture, li.x cst+�el., ar tlrlil)t tir�n {� _ 5 U - , { slit t it[t1l lrr1 :lamno eyidencZ} l — --G- 6 Presence of riffle-pool/ripple-pawl easaaplezes Il - ? 0 - S y 16( 31(.1 (31(.1 rifIlc.S,'n1)ples or polls -� fl; xxcil dc�•cll�tlecl � n1a&: Points) r — Habitat complexity u _ {7 0- 6 17 (li(tle or no llabitat = 0, Frcqucnt. v, rie,d habimis -nit.; tln nts) -- Canopy coyerage over streamlx 1)•- ]8 1 �attl,r. e U e�llttinuclus c:stu�i •�' � tn.l:t 1o:lli,} f nn s-aadin�ve,ct' -- r j - -- - - - Sari�stt a[e eilahetlslcrincs5 \=i+x+� it -1 0 - _ al _ -- ' _ t�i«p9y clrtirldtierl U loose stri.t�ttlrt.: A) ane Iu.x) I Pe 1,cnc� tlt stream txx ca tchruttx p 7 — 5 4 G [i t II — i I, t1V CV1itt.m:t —.0 tiOM1110Ia 111S 2 Cr u2 lr F'47 I11.�'I'uiirtaj _.. --- r�' - PreSCncL of am hibi inti LYl (rltl ClCfl1 L' = i) Collin ail, I1 Li111�I't1afS t4l)e - max points) Pr ewlice or f ull 21 2 � ( nu CVider.ce a cus rifles mapints) � �v } Lvidencc of•wildlife rase 5 slhttrnlyin( c t icictx_ r = ma_ points) -----' - -- - — '1 ntal Yrlfnl� 1'nwil�lt• � 1(nk I , lfldr - � - � 1{lfl T[11Afi .SCT} . ( if5t llttil t+II ftl 't i),. I �) 11'e Characteristics are not assessed in coastal stwarn5. NC DWO Strearn Identification Form Version 4.11 Date: uL(. --Ile-) t% Project/Sita: "jxx-S LY•rrl; L �� Latitude: NA Evaluator: 1cp H County: N -F-1 >--1 Longitude: N,4 Total Paints: Stream is at leasrintermittent Stream Determination (circle one) Other ifa 19 or perennial if? 30- Ephemeral intermittent Perennial P e. Quad Name: A. Geornorphdo {Subtotal j Absent Weak Moderate Strong 12 Co.n'inuity of channel bed and bank 0 1 2 15. Sedirne.ntan plants or debris 2. Slnuosity d chanr16 along thalweg 0 1 2 3 3. in -channel structure: ex. riffle -poral. step -pool, ripple -pool sevruence 0 1 _ 3 3 4. Particle size of stream substrate 0 1 2 3 5. Active/relict foodplain 0 1 2 3 6. Dspositianai bars or benches [ 0 1 3 T Recent alluvial deposlts 0 , j 2 3 E. Headcuts 0 1 f 2 tither methods. See p. z5 of manual. G. Grade control 0 0.5 Notes: + 5 10. Natural valley 0 0.5 1.5 11. Second or greater order Channel Nc = 0 Yes = 3 / i i -arurCial ditctles are notrated; see G'i: cuW ions in manual B. Hvdrelaaa lSubtotal = 12. 'Presence of Baseliow 0 1 j2 3 13. Iron oxidizing bacteria 0� 1 f 3 141 LI'Ci ' tter �- h -1.5 �� p V.5 0 15. Sedirne.ntan plants or debris - 0 0. 1 1.5 16. Organic debris lines or pilas 0 B -P 1.5 17. Soil -based evidence of high water table" I No = 0 Yes zl3 U. b1clogy (Subtotal = _ � ) y' 18. Fibrous roots in streambed 3 ( 1 0 19. Rooted up'and plants in strearnbed 2 1 4 20. Macrobenthos (note diversltyand abundance) 1 2 3 21. Aquatic Mollusks 1 2 _ 3 22. Fish 0.5 1 1.5 23. CrGyllsh 0.5 1 1.5 2. Amphibians ' 0.5 25. Algae 0.5 26. Wetland plants in streambed FAUN = 0.75, OSL = 1.0 COther 'perennial streams rnay also be iden tided using tither methods. See p. z5 of manual. Notes: Sketch: / i i LFSACE AIDS rJWQ # Site » (indicate on attached map) STREAM QUALITY ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET Provide the following information for the stream reach underassessment'. 1. Applicant's name: 2. ,Evaluator's name_'_ "! 3. Date of evaluation: Dt7 ' i 4. Time of evaluation: 5. Name of stream: t�JA 6. River basin:. 7. Approximate drainage area: `- f `' f 8. Stream order: 1} 9. Length of reach evaluated: t 11. Site coordinates (if known): prefer in decimal degrees. Latitude (ex. 34.872312); 10. County: KevJ-tr-!1 V2 12. Subdivision name (ifany): NA Longitude (ex. -77,556611 Method location determined (circle). i�ii) Topo Sheet Ortho (Aerial) PhotDIGIS Other GIS Other 13. Location of reach tinder evaluation (note nearby roads and landmarks and attach map identifying stream(s) location): 14. Proposed channel work (if any): N 15. Recent weather conditions: ) r'- 16, Site conditions at time of visit: tJ 0r,t 17. Identify any special waterway classifications known: ,Section 10 Nidal Waters Essential Fisheries Habitat _Trout Waters ,Outstanding Resource Waters _ Nutrient Sensitive Waters !Water Supply Watershed (I-IV) 18. Is there a pond or lake located upstream of the evaluation point? YES 6 If yes, estimate the water surface area: 19. Does channel appear on USGS quad map? YES '91�) 20. Does ebaimel appear on USDA Soil Survey? YES NO 21. Estimated watershed land use. _% Residential __t'/o Commercial i% Industrial !1/n Agricultural % Forested % Cleared 1 Logged i°fi Other 22, Bankfull width: f - 23, Bank height (from bed to top of bank): K 24. Channel slope down center of stream: ,Flat (0 to 2%) Gentle (2 to 4%) „Moderate (4 to 10%) .,Steep (>I 0%) 25. Channel sinuosity: Straight __v' Occasional bends ,Frequent meander !'Very sinuous _ , Braided channel Instructions for completion of worksheet (located on page 2): Begin by determining the most appropriate ecoregion based on location, terrain, vegetation, stream classification, etc. Every characteristic must be scored using the sante ecoregion. Assign points to each characteristic within the range shaven for the ecoregion. Page 3 provides a brief description of how to review the characteristics identified in the worksheet. Scores should reflect an overall assessment of the stream reach under evaluation. If a characteristic cannot be evaluated due to site or weather conditions, enter 0 in the scoring box and provide an explanation in the comment section. Where there are obvious changes in the character of a stream under review (e.g., the stream flows from a pasture into a forest), the stream may be divided into smaller reaches that display more continuity, and a separate form used to evaluate each reach. The total score assigned to a stream reach must range between 0 and 104, with a score of 104 representing a stream of the highest quality. Total Score (from reverse): Comments Evaluator's Signature Date This channel evaluation form is intended to 4& used only as a guide to assist landowners and environmental professionals in gathering the data required by the United States Army Corps of Engineers to make a preliminary assessment of stream quality. The total score resulting from the completion of this form is subject to USAGE approval and does not imply a particular mitigation ratio or requirement. Form subject to change — version 46103. To Corrunem, please call 919-876-8441 x 26. STREAM QUALITY ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET ^,'�� �aSFMl4t-iK+.i fT-e.�flKN�+.�"+ �v'S;?:i� C _'zes'i�4.-.1• LF,"Wr S •I ��'li`L.''�7i1`,��`3'p y.,tCdr6�Unt on illrl " Presence ref floys� l.pertirwtr ni pails in strcan, �. 1110 fl0'rx . ur s ituratibn 0; SiS, f t7iy' = ina� !aint 1 m__� Evidence of -p ast huiiian alteration - -- -- --IGxtcn�tl, i, altCrition - {i ilif alwr.i !t1I1 1111A Point") -- Riparian ,zone _vuft�i-C; �cni; (nn Otis, wide buffer. max points) Cv idciiceof nut, int or cfletrrrtal rlisch:ir" cs -- I Semeilsive discharus 0, nodt�cit gyr es agaaxpcainttij 0 _ y - 0- 0-4 Grom16N.ater discharge �' �. a-3 f 0-4 0-4 . (nu discl,arr�c Ci; spnni;s, aectls, t=+c,Ll tn::s, etc. =max uints) Presence of ndlacent floodplain (no floodplain= 0,- exteive. tlooclplftin --max points] 0 - C1- 0 _? tle ' Entrenchment l floodplair, access 7 0-5 0 4 t}- 2 (deeply eiltiencacd O; frequent fli,,tdin + = Max points} Presence of adjacent we tlnnds 0 -6 fJ - ,1 0 - 2 (no vvotIands = Cy lsri e . !' max pc intsl C1ia1111:l sirt!irosii� - - (extensivc uhaiiaclizatiun - 0, natural meander = iIjiYx l u,nt: U - Cl - 4 i1 3 Sediment input input I .. 14 0, little or � 7 - 0-4 ? - 4sE- uintsfextcl , n8 I l Size &, diversify of channel her] substrate " `?l (fine, hoii gcnoils = 0; fad ; di G!sc sizes = nl»x pints) I`vide nce of chanitvI incisuan or vyidvning F {deeply incised 0- stable bed &- b i;aks max points} ' Presence of major b ink failures 13. _4 5 . t (s -ever eerosion - 4 no erosion st tb.c bans tna: x }quints) 14 !toot depth :incl density on 1)anl s -- — (no x'isi)ie rants •r = 4; dense roots thioullc,!at = max puruts) -3 0'4 I S Imp;sct by agriculture, livestock, or thriller production � -; �— D-Y 0-5 _&tsf (substantial irrlpact =4, no eviden�c = illi.) lauints`) Presence of riffle-poral/ripple-pool cuiuplexes lG /, 0-`i t?-� 0-6 � (no riffles/ripples or pools = (}; yvell cleve]npccl _max points) ]' Habitat Complexity i (little or no habitat= 0; frequent, varied habitats = max points) 0 6 ii -C, 0-6 Canopy coveraa over strenrhedlb x poirl,S)I {ri7 il13�1n_' yC et3t4lC=c4L[iIlUCIS Cirlop4—lila(r flj ]_-5 L + Substa:ate Cinbeddcdn sti 19 _ 3e0* —. Ct = t.l -4 _ - (dc.ep!v emb dJCd - 4. liaise Structuit --- `I fl f'rescncc of stream invertebrates (tir pa c 4) • (n) cvidancc' (1: CQ aaI7;CsIr numeinu.s ivpc, mak . Presence of unihibians�1 f I. 4 12 I2 ro, Presence of frsla� Ont' evicitncc = i!; ,..Cmt- non ntill 1Crti1nS ti rC PC) j ,3 F:v[ilenret,fvtiildlifeuse flci �' icirnr.c - I} Int;rl l`uint. 14,+silrle IS)U 100 r� fll•.LI, 4('t}ltl {ttEca Lntir r-�tl ttri lr;!� r•} ' * These characteristics are not assessed in coastal szrca;r.=. rel -71 �- NC D` O Strum Identification Form Version 4.11 Date: Dti sic'. l S Project/Site: A,) Latitude: i j ^> Evaluator: County: tiJ�. ,-, Longitude;! Total Points: Stream Determination (circle one) Other Stream is at leas,' irtermitte.;t 2(p Ephemeral Intermittent Perennial p e. +0i1adNarrie: if? 19 cr verennial rf a, 30' 2 3 A. Georrlarphola (Subtotal= Absent Weak Moderate Strong 1a Continuity of channel bed and bank 0 1IV Lr f' t-.er 3 2. Sinuosity of channel along thaNveg 0 15. uedirnent on plants or deb :s 2 3 3. In -channel structure: ex. rifle -pool, step -pool, ri le- ool sequence j 0 I ,1 2 �! 2 3 4. Particle Size of stream Sut;57ate 0 No = 0 2 3 5. Activelrelictfoodplain 0 1 2 0.5 6, Depositional bars or benches 0 1i' 2 3 7. Recent alluvial deposits 0 1 3 S. Headcuts 42 2 3 9, Grade control 0 0.5 f: 1.5 10. Natural valley j 0 0 5 1.5 11. Second or creator order channel NO Yes = 3 `artificial ditches are not rated; se= discussions in manual B. Hydro loev f S+u btotal 12. Presence of Baseflow 0 ( 2 3 13. Iron oxidizing bacteria 0 i 3 Lr f' t-.er 1 2 3 15. uedirnent on plants or deb :s n 4,5 1.5 _�` 1+3. Organic debris lines or p; es 0.5 05 1 1.5 - - 17. Soil -based evidence of high vra!e, tables i No = 0 Yes 3 C. Biolclov fSuhtntnl = 1 0.5 1 1.5 18. Fibrous rccts In st-eambed 3 L/�v I 1 I G 19. Rooted up:and plants in streambed 3 4 2 1 G 20. I` iacrobenthos {nate diversity and at ur.dancel 1 2 3 21. Aquatic Mollusks 1 2 3 22. Fish 0.5 i 1.5 23, Crayfish 0 5 1 1.5 24. Amphiibiaris - 0.5 1 1.5 25. Algae 0.5 1 1.0- .526. 26.Wetland plants in streambed I FACW = 0.75: 05L = 1.5 Other 'perennial streams may also Fie identified using ott^eF r;et+ods. See p �3 of manual Nukes: Sketch: i. T Y USAGE AID#, DWQ t Site # (indicate on attached map) STREAM QUALITY ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET M Z-.-:AQ-p Provide the following information for the stream reach under assessment: I 1. Applicant's name: 3. Date of evaluation:,'' 5. Name of stream:, N A - 7. Approximate drainage area: 9° Length ofreach evaluated: 11. Site coordinates (if known); prefer in decimal degrees Latitude (ex, 34.872313); 2. Evaluator's name: Win` `'"tel' 4, Time of evaluation: {-7 L --q> 6. River S. Stream order: 10, County:�'��-�r 12° Subdivision name (if any): Longitude (ex. -7 7.55661 1): 1")A Method location detc,-=fined (circle):S Topo Sheet Ortho (Aerial) FhotolGIS Other GIS Other 13. Location of reach under evaluati(note nearby roads and landmarks and attach map identifying stream(s) location): 14. Proposed channel work (if any); ---L 1.5. Recent weather conditions: -- --I ! 16. Site conditions at time of 17. Identify any special waterway classifications known:Section 10 „Tidal WatersEssential Fisheries Habitat _Trout Waters _Outstanding Resource Waters , Nutrient Sensitive Waters !Water Supply Watershed (I-I'v7 18. Is there a pared or lake located upstream of the evaluation point? YES if yes, estimate the water surface area: 19. Does channel appear on USGS quad map? YES 20. Does channel appear on USDA Soil Survey? YES NO 21. Estimated watershed land use: ____°/a Residential ��a Commercial �OK Industrial _ _°✓a Agricultural % Forested °fo Cleared I Lodged ,ora Other 22. Bankfull width; 24. Channel slope down center of stream: —flat (0 to 2%) Gentle (2 to 4a/o) Moderate (4 to 10%) .Steep (>10%) 25. Channel sinuosity Straight % Occasional bends Frequent meander ,Very sinuous _Braided channel -- I . °; 23. Hank height (from bed to top of bank); `- L> 5 r Instructions for completion of worksheet (located on page 2): Begin by determining the most appropriate ecoregion based on location, terrain, vegetation, stream classification, etc. Every characteristic must be scored using the same ecoregion. Assign points to each characteristic within the range shown for the ecoregion. Page 3 provides a brief description of haw to review the characteristics identified in the worksheet. Scores should reflect an overall assessment of the stream reach under evaluation. If a characteristic cannot be evaluated due to site or weather conditioma, enter 4 in the scoring box and provide an explanation in the comment section. Where there are obvious changes in the character of a stream under review {e.r., the stream flows from a pasture into a forest), the stream may be divided into smaller reaches that display more continuity, and a separate form used to evaluate each reach. The total score assigned to a stream reach must range been 0 and 100, with a score of 100 representing a stream of the highest quality. Total Score (from reverse): Comments Evaluator's Signature Bate yy This channel evaluation form is intetltlt d to be se my as a guide to Bassist landowners acid environmental professionals in gathering the data required by the United States Artrty Carps of Engineers to make a preliminary assessment of stream quality. The total score resulting from the completion of this form is subject to USACE approval and does not imply a particular mitigation ratio or requirement. Form subject to change— version 06/03. To Comment, please call 914-876-8441 x 26. ��ic��'Sl.ca.11 STREAM QUALITY ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET r _T7.. LSA 1 Presence of Voir 1 persistent pools In treant 1 > (ia4) C14 477 Salura 1i6n 0 SLnron i10w In3.l' l7ointsl j !) _. S 5 -7 E'V idence of past human .alter aril;n q (extcn nc a?tst lhnn = ti ni) 1[cr Itiiiil a]:a {ro:ni ) I) { - 1 I. rr Riparian zone — - --- `� {na butyl = 0; centi'IIOUS ,yiilc buf.#'e: = nn:Ix lioitatsi E' - 1 C} R ' Evidence of nulricart—nr clterilacal tlrsch.ir-g; .s _ -- - ry w (extensi� c Giisch'*rar s (}. [1 -_ ' C1 - 0-4 I10 dt,ch�l� �c� maz pc)itjtsl i - - GI,"oti., iter discharot , 'R (n() ellscllar e '- {1' t --�, }�rin s, a cps, iGctl antes, etc. = rZ7 tx lae;oi,:) ' 0'-'p 0 -4 -> -� I Presence of.idjaccnt floodpl iiri no flotad laia7 = fJ eVensive floodplain = max prints) 0-4 . � 0 -4 0-2 Entrenchrnent 1 floodplain access - �• (4ieeply etlticnc;lz ci 0; frequent flc,cxlin, = m:ax ptinls) 0 - � U 4 t} - 8 I'resrnce tit'' adjacent ar�etlan& �?I 0-6 0 -1 0 2 fno wetlands` = 0 lark add l cit �� tlailds max points} c-} ` Clianncl sinuaslt;�• (exteusisc 11WlaxleIi : )[t [], natural meander = 111.11 _( tc) (1 - 5 0 1 U - I - _ Sediment input tenr4e czp�SiiolUlitler,r nI exetma%puats) a Size c --- v 11 ' rlirersi of t: cannel bed ul�,trcttc !fine, hoinac Mous Ola, c. ellwcl c s[Lt5 -max intsj �'A� 0--5 +� 12 r idence of channel incision ()I• rticli ictal l _ I} 0,.4 0.5 {deep! incised 0, stable lacca & banks = max paints} � '.' _ 13 Prrscrace of major bank, f'rilurc3 � 0-5-- C (severe erosinta -=0, no ero¢ion stub h uLt s nlax pnttlts 0 5 0 -- 5 l l Rona depth and &nsih on !lana {nt �Jsiblc r,c,ts = 0, do se roots tailou_1,t"11, = max points I)- 3 0-4 {} l5 Imp:ict by agriculture, liVCStDC , or timber produetiott Lf U-5 -: -i {siibstatatial inaptict =0:iau evidence = to i) ,x c7'M0--5 Lts)� 1 fi Presence of rifi7e-poolJripplt pariE eratltplexcs, (no riffles ripples or pools = 0; well-[icvcic ped = riaax t7irtsl 0-3 � ` 5 U - 6 � - , -- llabifat c4alplexity U ( R�-- Oittl,, or no habitat -- 0; freciuent varied habitats Iua i ptlilits} i i 0 - 6 � . 0 - 6 - F� Canopy coverage oi er strt alnbed i --- --i. 7 S}1dtl1P,? veneta-,ion — f); +✓t]tltllliti L 3 e�,i_>�l'r�—Pn 1.1 pUlll[y} - {, , - 19lii1]tC:ite L'IIII)edtledr]eS5 i -- Ideehlr cmbcddct. = C}, lurasc �;IILMt: =Tatar NA ? � 0- ` I 0 4 t) Presence of strc Iii lntici tel)r ries fti t' lac 4) �•. lll� L 4lefl e - C}; t. C,ra 1lnOIl I... Cre7i w [L j7iti F11.,:?,.f713 ant$} t7 {) - 5, I} r esence of .Imp'lllhi ins !} Y I1 ,- Int c ltle:acc —(j: cc�mn:ola, trurnchutl5 tG'7c5 - n:ax ?o!u[s) `I �-^ ,: � • Presence of (no cv Idcntt I1 cnaltniJn 111 1I'rut s t})*e�; ala : uir,[s3 1}- 4 2" E's Wk,lice of 1> it .- _ - lotai Pniltt I'rFsil7le Ii(1 if}ii � ,!fail , *These characteristics are not assessed in coastal strcaml . 2 NC DWIO Stxlelam Identificlaticln Fom Veirsion 4.11 V -c Datel: Prcijelctlaiile:/V , daV �p r�td Fl L21ftuce: l3vailuator: GI Courty: LongitLce: ( 1 1� 7c11a1Roinils: Stieaim0ciUrimiratfcnilclrcllelonel) ON Stream is pere east l h --a 3iiieinai if? 119 cir erennial ii ? 30`� o - Eph emewal Iriieirrmiitteni Rerenrllal ei.g. Quao Namer A. Geomorphology (Sub clef = lr9, 6-) Absent Weak N cic urate S-Ircirg 1" Ccriiiriuity al charnel ted and bank ( 1 1� 3 2. Sinucsiity of cHar fief alcng thalweg ( 12 0.5 3 .1. In -channel siruclurE: EIX riffle -gaol, step -gaol, ripple -pool se uenaEi C 1 2 3 4. Particle :Ziac of sirEem si bstualE C (0.5) 1 3 EI. A(rtiti e, rEilici f aoc plc in C1j Nc =0 �I 3 EL Depositional bars ofi benchEia Cl 216. WEItl<'nc glenis in aiuearnbei< 3 . Reic earl alluvia I deposits CO) 1 "1 3 E. I-Eacculs C 12 3 9. C fiat ei cani rol Cl.5 SkEltc 1- 1 '.5 10. atu nal valley 0 (1.5 1 '.5 11.: e cc nc on greater one E r channel I, c = 0 Yes = 3 Zirbiiciai diicnes arEi not paled; scie discussions in rnalual E. Hvc roloav (Su In ata I = t-1 1 '12. RfiesencEi of Bc'Iu40o�A C 1 2 3 '13. Iron c)(!( icing baiciE ria ' C 1 21 3 '14. LEalf littEin 1.51 T. Aquatic Mollusks 0.5 0 '15. Sec inlEir l an plants ar del: nis C 0.5 1 1.5 -16. Organic dEibnis IinEs c n piles CI (0.5) 1 '.5 '17. Saike[a Ec Evidence of hiclh waiefi leblEa' C1.5 .1 Nc =0 Yes C (_ . t loloav (Su 1:1a ail = :13 1 '18. Rib nous fiocis in sineanibE c 3 2 0 '19. Rcoiec upla nd G lanis in stieembec .`� 2 1 0 210. MacratenIhc s (note diveisit�l and abi. ndanae) 0, a 3 T. Aquatic Mollusks C a 3 32. I'kil- 0 0.5 .1 1.5 213. Crayfish CI (w,0.5 1.5 214. Amphit fans (; `0 C1.5 .1 1.5 215. AlgaEi C C1.5 1.5 216. WEItl<'nc glenis in aiuearnbei< FACW = 0.75; O9L = 1.5 Otheu 0 'perennial sti eams may also be !der (fled using otter mett ods. See p. 3:1 a manual. N CltEl9: SkEltc 1- 511AC D AID# E W� I Al� �_ite Al 4' (Itnchcal9 art alttacHec map) M STRBAM QUAIL ITYASISEcSNIEI EWCRKS1E-A Provide thea fbIlawirlg inikirmaticin fair tl a stil cam rex oh under assessmia nit: 1. Applicant's name: :I. Eh alt' altor's nama: it 3. Dane cif evaluation: J, '%F = i a `rt . Tirrie of ava.ual'or: c,:, 5. Name of I stream:_ (.:I /',1 ` i (. River H asinr 7. Ar praxirr ate drair eagle ai ea: 9. Length aflteacl e,,ialuatec: l L Title coardiiniaie: ("fllmc wrl;: prefer in decin a 1 degreaa Latftuc e flax. 3x.8'1', 312): FI. Stream orcer: 10. Caunty: 13. E ul: divisiari name (if arty;: Ilongituda (ax. -'17.'196611):® Methoc lacatian delermir ad ( circ la): GFS Tc p Sheel Clrtha i[Aar al; I hoto, CQS Clthen GIS Ott er 131. Lacaiticn of i eai undler evah ati on (note neaiii toads and l an&. atkd anic a trach miapl idemfying stream(i,' Ic cation;: 14. h or osed c hanriel vvionk (if ar. Y: N6 1z.Recertweatharoand'tion9: C 16. E ii a car ditiom at -lime of visit: 11. ]Identify any sreoia Aatemq cJassificaticinikdcwr: _Sectictn 10 _Tidal Wal ers _Ill Iisherie3Habitt _Trawl Waltars _Oulslanc'ng ResourceWarters Nuitrfenrd 9en,lil:iveWaters _ _Water 'Supply Wal ershed J'I-1V) 18. ]Is there a plorid an lake Iocaled tpiti t air of tl e evaluatfar plaint? YEIS No 1113 as, estimate the waiter ;lurfaae ajaa: 19. Does ahanneil aplpear on LIEGE quiad marl? Iia I` Cl 20. Bae9 channe"I aplrIc a>t or U.IDA Soi] Survey,? YFIS 1` C '11.E9titraied weitershed I and wia: �°/c ResicenIial _a/o Commenuial _°/c Industria" _%Agricuilttiral 'd o/c Forested _a/o CIeaned�lLcgged _o/c O11he: I :13. Bankful.1 wkth: 231. BankEcigHt I1from bed to 11orl of Hank;: N. CHannel silall le cown cenlerofstream: _1131 (1010:1c/) -4-Gentlt (1,110 4'/0; Moderale (14 to 10%' _,IIteep (-,I 01/o' .15 . CH ane I situ: cosi ty: S traigH t _C l casi c n al b e nc s _Frequ er t ma arc er —y t ry sinu ons _Bnaidec channel Insiruatians for comp"Wor of worklbeet illocatod cn page :,: Begin EN ceterminira the mast aplprclllr'ate ecoregior based ori acaticn, ieniais, veglatation, stream clasiificaition, tic. Every cHataclenslia must be scored uiirig tha same ecoregliori. Assign points la each characicr.al Nith'r the naniga shown fcr the econfgion. Aage 3 plrovkes a brief de,icriplticm afl Haw to review the characteristics ;idertified it the woiclheetl. 1 cares A(u.ld reflect an mitral assessnerl of the ,itieain reach under evalualiori. :Ifla characteristic cannai be evaluiaited cue to site or weatler corlditians, ertetu 0 in t1e scoring Hc)- and piwiide an axrl analion iri the coo mart se ctian. Where tl are atie abviious changes in the cliaracler of a strearn unc ar neview (e.g., the stleam f avis frons a plaitme inlo a-farest;, the stream may be CA( ed rota smaller reaches that displla) mare cardituity, anc a separala forma used la evali to eaah reach. Tle tata"I scone ass:igred to a stream ieaah musi range between 0 avid 100, with a scatie of IN replreaentinig a stream of the highest qua ity. Tota: 9a eire 1prom reverse': C c mment;i Bvoilu altar's Sisnailure A l�, � �'1 "All f Tlaile Thai: channel e,%alluat'ani form is iniiencladl 1( be used cn:y as o Iguide to assist landlownars andl environme talprofevionals in catHerinn 1he claita required) 1) the Unitidl States Arm} Corpls of f1r.opnoars ie miake a preliminary as,cssmenl of sheam quality. Tl a total] scaro resultfng from the ccirin icm of this Ecom is sul]'ect to _USACB ap,Iproii aid coe; not imply) a 1 arecu lair mitidatian ratio or reqs iremenl. Form iullje ct la change —ve ns:ioni 06103. lo Comrrieml, please call 9 9-876••8441 x 26. SIRE IAM QUAL] TY A SSES S NH N 11 WORKSHEET * TEmc characteristics are not as! eu( d in coasuI streams, J NC E Wn Stream Identif cation florm VErsiou 4.11 P3.iv DE ter. � � �✓ Projuatl.liile: / ^-r"`G �� t� LEtitEd(i: EMilt a tcur Caur iy: Lar gltL c e: Tolled Paints: Stuearr Deiteulmineiiior I1circleorie) Ciheul 51tream is at deasd irA nnitter,il Epfleimcival Ir icuirr it eir 1 Reireinnial e.g. Quad Name: hit - 119 cir perennial if >_ ::0" 2 3 A. GEIOfilc rph olo (SL t tatd = Pi, - ) At Eient Weak M oc ciliate Strang '1 a. Clc niinL ity C`1 channel ted and bank 0 1 (2) 3 a. Sinuosity a-1 channE I along thalweg 0 D 2 3 3. In -channel slnuciwie: er. nifflei-PCol, stEip-Paul, ripple -pool sequence 0 L� 2 3 4. Flarticle size c- siream subsiraie ( O.E 11 3 9. AclIN a, rElliai floodplain 0 '1 11 3 EI. Deposiiianal t ars un bEincheis 0 1 2 3 71. REICElni alluvial deposiis CO) 1 2 3 8. HEiadau is 0 1 OBL = '1.5 0 hEln 3 9. Gra( E coninal 0 0.5 1 'I." 'I C. Nai u nal valley 0 O.E Cib 'I." '11. SEiacmc c ri gneatEr c ndeiichannEil � YEs = SkE tc h: artifl< tai ditches ai a not naiec1; see discussions 1n manual R Hvrirnlnnv (Siihinsd- 1 -I. PrEISeinCIEI of BasEfkiuv 0 1 t3 3 'I 3. Irc n c Nk izing bacdEOEI 1 2 3 'I . U eafl IittEin .E 1 0.E 0 1E. SEICImont an plants on dEltlli9 0 0.5 I '1.5 '16. Organic dEibris linEIS ar piles 0 O.E 0 1.5 '17. Sail--li asEid E videncEi all I igh waiEin iablo i 0 Na = 0 YES 3 1.5 C Bic Innv (SuF in al = _ 1 '18. Fit nous noats in sine arribEid 3 1141 Cl) 0 '19. RactEid upland plants in sinEiarnbEid 1141 1 0 30. Macriat enihos (note diversity and abundance) Cl) 1 2 3 a1. Aquatic NcINsks 0D 1 2 3 M. Fish 0 (.0.5 1 1.5 a,l. Crayfish 0 0.5 1 1.5 214. Amphibians 000.5 '1.5 .31. Algae CO) O.E I '1.5 36. "ei land planis in sireambec RAC" = (1.71, ; OBL = '1.5 0 hEln *perennial screams may also t e identified using atter melhads. SeEi p. 35 at manual NatE:I: SkE tc h: ..,1 SACE AID# DWC # Elile.# < lir,cicala oriattactlec. rrap, „®,i STREAM QUA A,'; ,; , SMINT WORKSHEET -�- Providle th a fallawinig information for the stream reg ch ur dler assessmeni: 1. AFff Ucant's name: � �� 1, b h' ((�f 3. Eva] ualoi's c ame: ?I. E age cif evaluation: 0J c Fa �i% �� 4. Time of evalual:iorr. 5. Nama of smear: (..t, 6. Riva basin: 7. AFII i axiin ite di air age arear E. Sltileam order:. %Length of reach eva:uadad: 11. Site caarcinates (if lknown): prefer in decimal degrees Lattude (lex.3�.872312): 10. Courity; 1:1. Subl division name (if any: Lori gitu de (ex.—17.:1s601):_ Method lacatforidatErmiued (ahcla): G11,1 TopoSbeel Clrti( IlAerial' PljotaAGIS Othei GIS Otter 131. Ilacaitian of reach under eN alt ation Qnol e nearl: y i oac s ar d 1 andmanks and attach mail is entlfyirlg stream(s) loa at ion; 14, f raposed channea wioik Ilif any,: /V 15. Recent weether coridilior a: / Y ='t 'v on G� 16. Site caniditions at Ikrie oflvi9:1: <��' /0 z,� 4, r`.�i ' `r" N-1 0.1dentfy any special waterway classiflaatorskrown: _lection 1(I _Tidal Waters _Essentia. Fisheries Hat it, t _Trou:WlaiQTS _Cutsiancir- MesouraeWaters _NutrientSersitiveWaters �WaterSuyjINWagarshec 18. Is there ai F orad or lake 1 ocal ed upstream of the eve uatl ion F air t? YEFI¢I NO) If yes, estimal e the wate surface area: 19. Does channel aFl ear on USG: cluac mal ? YE,NC ."10. Does channel apl ear an L SDA Soil Sun ay? YESI NC 21.Estirraded wateishec lard use: _°/. Residential _%a Comn iaia: °/a Industria _°ia Agrictllh:ra _%Iloaestec �°/ Cleared ILoggec _°/a Other 22. Bankfi 11 wkth: s"13. Bank height ifrom Ilk to top of tank): 24. Channel slope c own center of stream: _Flat (0 tai %; Gertle (1:1 to 4°7a) _ / oc erale lI4 to 10%; _ Sleap (>l Cl'/a) 25. Channel sinuiosity: Straiglhl Occasional bends _Freduertmeandeii _Verysinuums _Braided channel Instructicns for comp:atfon of worksheet (11(c2ted on rage ."1): Begin by delermining the mos:l appropriate econgion teased on lacatior, ternair, vecletation, staleatr clamifl(atfor, eta. Every cbaiauteristic must he,icorec using Ille same eaoregion. Assign poirl: to each characteristic withir.i the range shown fbti the ecoiegior. Page I llpaVd.es ai brief) description of howi to renew the characteristics identified in the work�baet. 'I(ore,i shatilc reflect an overall assessment aflthe stream ieaah undeii eualuatiori. If a characteristic cannot Ile evahated dte to :its on weather aarditions, er.tei (I in tle scoring hex avid provide ar explaratiarn in the cammertt section. - Where tt ere are allv'ous ahanges it tl a character of a strearr raider review 114.%, the stileam f aws fi on a Flastuie inta a foresf, , the stream may be di -,iced into smaullt ti leaches that disp ay mane continuity, and a saparartef6nri used to evaluate each reeiah. Tt (j tata. score assignt d to a stream reach lru: t range b etweer. Cl ar d 100, with a score of 1 OCI rapreseniilino a stream of the highest qualityj. Total `care I1from reverse): a'`„ Comment; 4 � I valuator's Signature Date This charruel evaluiaitiem foin ':i intended to 1 e usedl onuly as 21 guide to avid landasvnar: and environnofital professional; 'n gates err n g tt a darts required h y 1Ih e Ur ftl a dl State:i Army Corps of Er &eers to maA e a I 1 el irisin ar3 w se! smend of stream quadityj. The total score resultinn from the completion of tlh's fora is :ubjectl to USACE aiplroval arid 6e! not imp:y a pairticular mitigation ratio or requiremenutl. Ilom subject to change—vensiarii Q(/10=1. To Comment, l lease call 919-8',16-844'1 x:16. Y ,-TREAM QLALITY ASSESS N11 WORKSHEET *These ct araderistics are not assessed in coas to stream!. APPENDIX C PHOTOGRAPHIC LOG Amec Foster Wheeler Project No. 7810150299 June 10, 2015 Site Photographs Marshall Steam Station Catawba County, NC jj Photograph No. 2 Remarks f ,a • View of Wetland B, facing south (1/7/2015). i _ •r< R -z 4 t R E f Ir• � � ,' � �'rt�y�JAll r Y 4 " . 'Ie j M , -'1 MJL ��'A . 'Ie j M , ti,. a y,�+Td►��, Rry .Lc ".r $�� ��'A ' t f.. /,. . 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Y S • } � A A S• �7(WpY��r +� N � '•? i9 �4 ni. t'a'r �• .!,� ' � m ; .rf..1 �06e-rte: ia� ....2 ` � 1ir�• '�c� _ � � Amec Foster Wheeler Project No. 7810150299 June 10, 2015 Site Photographs Marshall Steam Station Catawba County, NC Photograph No. 27 Remarks �. �_ . ��►+ �s View of Stream 4, facing north (1/7/2015). Photograph No. 28 Remarks ; View of Stream 5, facing south (1/7/2015). i''^'3x� w' 7` vem 14 a T r bjo q � _ t u, 41 AL yr j a � � ; ,,'• any if lb Y Al At �- F w'.. �+� �,. y,•,_ a .. !1• X , r � T. y�� . 1 fa t fwt f�1 y Ell s 1 V `; rs i •rte �� iw At AK Y �� f �3���� P �`,�,-!. ,,¢� } x A �✓ �'-'�/ .gip f It err ya lk i r Sri �► �'�` .;_ ic.:_. .+*_'_ Irk v 'v . ` A✓ � -� a - ^yip t ; ,iyM� ` r r _ "� r •-Nr A is b 2 Y � ✓� q• . 47e'n if t „ � r •_ .� 0, Er Amec Foster Wheeler Project No. 7810150299 Site Photographs June 10, 2015 Marshall Steam Station Catawba County, NC Photograph No. 39 Remarks No. 40 IE—Remarks I View of Stream 17, facing west (4/30/2015). View •f Stream : facing north { -- T '¢s� r •.'�S�x. �, �� .� .- (+fir $ � - Fp—ho—tograph No. 40 IE—Remarks I View •f Stream : facing north { 1 T '¢s� r •.'�S�x. �, �� .� .- (+fir $ � - � .4 Fig '�S -_ . r►e � � �"`30 , 20