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6. Is ihe wetland in a topographic depression in which water ponds, or is saturated to the surface, at <br />� some time of the year. This means rhat mry outlet, ifpreseru, is higher than rhe interior ojthe <br />welland. <br />NO — go to 7 YES — The wetland class is Depressional <br />is the wetland located in a very f1a1 area with no obvious depression and no stream or river <br />mm�ing through it and providing watec 'll�e weUand se�ns to be maintained by high <br />groundwater in the area. "Ihe weUand may be ditched, but has no obvious natural outlei. <br />NO — go to S YES — The weiland class is Depressional <br />8. Your wetland seems to be difficult to classiCy. For example, seeps at the base of a slope may <br />grade into a riverine tloodplain, or a sma11 siream within a depressional wetland has a zone of <br />tlooding along iu sides. Sometimes we find characteristics of several dit%rent hydrogeomorp6ic <br />classes within one wetland boundary. Use the following table to id�tify the appropriate class to <br />use for the rating system if you have several HGM classes present wit}tin your wedand. NOTE: <br />Use this table only if the class thal is �ecomm�ded in the second column represents 10�0 or more <br />of the total area of ihe wedand being rated. If the area of the second class is less than 1(P� classify <br />the wetlan�, using the first class. <br />If you are wahle still to determine which of the above criteria apply to your wedand, or you have <br />more than 2 HGM classes within a�vedand boundary, classify the wetland as Depressional for <br />the �•ating. <br />WctlanJ Itating 1'urtn — w��sicm WashingWn <br />Augusl 2004 <br />