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DAHP WISAARD ' The WISAARD database indicates that there are no recorded archaeological sites or NRHP- or WHR-listed properties within the APE. The four sites (Table 3) within 1.6 km (1.0 mile) of the APE are downslope from the terrace upon which the APE sits. The Japanese Gulch refuse scatter is at the mouth of Japanese Creek, which runs adjacent to the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Boeing Spur rail line, originally built by the U.S. Army in the mid-1940s to service the Mukilteo Explosives Loading Terminal. The other three archaeological sites are on the Mukilteo shoreline, ' running west from the Gulch to Point Elliott. There are four historic properties listed on the NRHP: the Mukilteo Light Station at Point Elliot, the Point Elliott Treaty Site, the Point Elliott Treaty Monument, and the Fowler Pear Tree all within 0.8-1.4 km (0.5-0.9 miles) of the APE. None of these sites will be affected by the project. Table 3. Cultural Resources Recorded within 1.6 km (1.0 Mile) of the Project Area Site Description Location Status Project Effects Japanese Gulch 0.45 km (0.28 miles) west- potentially 45SN575 Community, refuse northwest, at the mouth of the eligible none scatter creek Japanese Gulch Village, 0.64 km (0.40 miles) west- 45SN398 house floor feature northwest, on the south side of eligible none the main rail line Mukilteo shoreline site, 0.8 km (0.5 miles) west- 45SN393 precontact shelleligible northwest along the shoreline, none midden north of the main rail line, extending to Point Elliott Crown Lumber 1.20 km (0.75 miles) west, just 45SN404 Company Store, historical commercial south of precontact shell eligible none property and debris midden on shoreline Historic Maps ' A review of mid -to -late nineteenth- and twentieth-century maps shows the project area is relatively unchanged in regard to urban development since 1895 (Figure 7) (Metsker 1936; GLO 1860). This may be because up until 1930, most of the APE was owned by various logging interests. Landscape ' modifications appear to have been largely associated with logging, rail construction, and drainage. These changes can be identified by an examination of available historical maps and aerial imagery. The 1860 GLO map (see Figure 7), for example, shows Japanese Creek with a much wider meander ' than depicted on a recent Google Earth aerial image (Figure 8), which illustrates the modified drainage created after the development of the rail spur. No additional paved roads, homesteads, or urban centers or housing developments are seen in any of the historical or modern maps. Apart ' from ground disturbance associated with the rail spur and creek re-channelization, land development within the APE has been limited to surface ground disturbance during historical and modern logging and grubbing operations. Tierra Archaeological Report No. 2014-077 13