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<br /> Environmental Significance
<br /> (Excerpted from fhe Nationaf Park Service(NPS)classification of eleven(11}landscape characteristics as detailed in
<br /> Nafional Register Builetin No. 30: Guidelines for Evaluating and Dacumenfing Rura!';Hisforic Landscapes)
<br /> A classification system of eleven characteristics has been devefoped for reading a riiraf landscape and far understanding I
<br /> the naturai and cultural forces that have shaped it. The first faur characteristics are processes that have been
<br /> inst�umental in shaping the land,such as fhe res�oanse of farmers to fertile soils. 7h�remaining seven are h sical
<br /> components that are evident on the land, such as barns or orchards. Many, but not II, rural properties confain all eleven
<br /> characteristics. As information a�out existing characteristics is related to the historic,contexts#or a geographical area,
<br /> ass�ssments af significance, integrity,and boundaries can be made for speci#ic properties.
<br /> Processes:
<br /> 1.Land Uses and Activitles: Land uses are the major human forces fhat shape and organize rural communities.
<br /> 2.Patterns of 5patial Organization:The organization of land an a large scale depends on the relationship among major
<br /> physical components, predominant landforms,and natural features,
<br /> 3.Response to the Natural Environment:Major natural features,such as mountains, prairies, rivers, lakes, forests,and
<br /> grasslands, influenced both the location and organization of rural communities.
<br /> 4.Cultural Traditians: Culfural traditian�affect fhe ways that land is used, occupied, and shape��. ReEigious beliefs,
<br /> social customs, ethnic identity, and trades and skills may be evident today in both physica!features and uses of the land.
<br /> Phvsicaf Compflnents:
<br /> 5.Circulation Networks:Circulation networks are systems for transporting people, gaods, and raw materials fram one
<br /> point to another. They range in scale from livestock trails and foofpaths,to roads, canals, major highways,and even
<br /> airstrips.
<br /> 6. 13oundary Qemarcations: Boundary demarcations delineate areas of ownership and land use, such as an entire
<br /> farmstead or open range. They afso separate smaller areas having speciaE functions,such as a fenced field or enclosed
<br /> corral.
<br /> 7.Vegetatian Related to Land Use:Various types of vegetation bear a direct rela#ionship to fang-established patterns of
<br /> {and use.Vegetafion includ�s not only crops,trees, or shrubs planted for agriculturai and ornamental purposes, but also
<br /> trees that have grown up incidentally along fence lines, beside roads,or in abandoned fields,
<br /> 8. Buitdings,Structures,and ObJects:Various fypes of buildings,structures,and objects serve human needs related to
<br /> the occupation and use af the land.
<br /> 9.Clusters: Groupings of buildings,fences,and other features,as seen in a farmstead, ranch,or mining complex, resulf
<br /> from function, social traditian, climate,or other influences, cultural or natural.
<br /> 10.Archeological Si#es:The sites of prehisto�ic ar historic activities or occupafion, may be marked by foundations, ruins,
<br /> changes in vegetation, and surface remains.
<br /> 11.Small-scale elements: Small-scale elements, such as a faot bridge or road sign, add to the historic setting of a rural
<br /> landscape.These features may be characteristic of a region and occur repeatedly throughout an area,such as limestone
<br /> fence posts in Kansas or cattle gates in the Buffa(o River Valley of Arkansas.While most small-scale eEements are long-
<br /> lasting, s�me, such as bales 4f hay, are temporal ar seasonaL i
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