1001 W CASINO RD BASE FILE 2018-01-01 MF Import

4 FAC or wetter, however, baeed upon a weiqhted mean index of 2. 1, additional data on soils and/or hydroloqy was desirable. Boil�. The eoils of the property were mapped by the Soil Conaervation Service (SCS) (Debose and Klunqland 1983) as both tJrban (fill material) and the Alderwood series (mapped as 5 in Fiqure 4) . Tha Alderwood series is classified by tha SCS as non-hydric (SCS 1985) . Hasad on our field observations, the soils in the forested area ware found to be gravel].y, non-hydric soils, and qenerally conformed to those mapped by the SCS. Therefore, a positive indicator was lackinq for the soil parameter in this portion of the proparty. The soils in the shrubland aere diaturbed through past land use, and variable fill materials, both gleyed and oxidized material, were found in this area. A qeotechnical survey wae completed on Juna 10, 1989 by Aesociated Earth Sciences, incorporated. They reported that the northeaetern portion of the property was filled with imported materials, includinq peat, up to e feet deep (Wheeler 1989 personal communication) . Imported eoils are not hydric unless they are saturated, flooded or ponded lonq enough during the growing season to develop aneerobic conditiona in the upper part (U.S.D.A. Soil Conservation Service 1987, Federal interaqency Committee for Jurisdictional Determinations 1989) . Therefore, unless there wes positive evidanca of watland hydroloqy, the soils in the filled, ahrubby aree did not conform to the federal quidelines for hydric soils. HpQroloqp. We investigated the hydroloqy of the proparty through 1) examination of the site's topography, as well as the eurroundinq land forms and land use, 2) investiqation of soil propertiea, and 3) observatione of direct evidence of soil saturation, inundation, or flooding. The soile on the forested area were non-hydric, and were neither saturated nor inundated durinq our field visit. Within the shrubland portion of the property, several areas had eigns of pondinq and were investigated in detail (Table B.5) . These areas were drainaqe swaleg which appeared to have eurface flow during precipitation. The soils of the � drainage swales were dry to a depth of 30 inches, at the time of our field visit, and did not have hydric characteristica. Therefore, based on soils, topoqraphy, and the land use of the area, this proparty was determined to lack a positive indicator for wetland hydrology. 3.2 Summa�y in summary, despite the presence of hydrophytic veqetation on portions of the property, no positive indicators of wetland soil or hydroloqy were found on the Victorian Place i