Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
Y <br /> 9.1 <br /> Source: �h�el Hill Tow hip Arrhitvrtura/ 4.rveY Finn! Rend and Orange CouW Multiple Property <br /> Documentation Form: Historic Rvsnu rrvc of Orange Counv <br /> SECONDARY CONSERVATION AREAS <br /> • Farmland <br /> Description: Includes the following soil associations characterized as "prime fam3land"; e.g., those best <br /> suited for producing food, feed, fiber, forage, and oilseed crops: <br /> Altavista(Aa) Appling(APB and ApQ Cecil (CtB) <br /> Enon(EnB) Georgeville (GeB) Helena(HeB) <br /> Herndon(HrB) Hiwassee(HwB) Lagmmi(Lg) <br /> Vance (VaB) Helena Sedgeville (Hha) <br /> Includes only those soil associations categorized as"agriculture and grass"in accordance with <br /> Landsat laud cover classifications. The class includes cropland,pasture, grass covered soils, <br /> and land cleared for agricultural practices. <br /> Source: LUonant Farmlands:Orange Coun N C. and Landsat land cover data from the Albemarle-Pamlico <br /> Estuarine Study. <br /> • Woodlands <br /> Description: Includes the following Landsat land cover classes: <br /> O Pine Forest - Medi= and high density conifer stands of predominantly loblolly <br /> Pine- <br /> 0 Hardwood Forest - Stands dominated by oak, hickory, elm, and maple found <br /> ply in ups was,on gay sloping interstream divides or in drier low <br /> lying areas. <br /> O Mlxed Pine/Hardwood Forest -Stands of mixed conifer and deciduous hardwood <br /> with neither category comprising greater than 75% of the crown density. <br /> Source: Landsat land cover data from the Albemarle-Pamlico Estuarine Study <br /> • Other historic inventory sites <br /> Descriptions: Includes all other historic and archaeological sites; e.g., those 11QLLV&d on the National <br /> Register of Historic Places, included on the State's National Register study list, designated <br /> as a local historic landmark, and/or located in a designated local historic district. <br /> Source: Ch®el Hill Township Architectural Survey• Final R®ort• and Orange Counle Prgpey <br /> Documentation Form: Historic Resources of Orangg Coun& <br /> • Potential archaeological sites <br /> Description: Includes the following zones m which archaeological remains might be found: <br /> O Zone I - Includes inhabitable portions of river floodplams of 100 meters or <br /> approximately 330 feet in width, including the central and eastern portions of the <br /> Eno River, both forts of the Little River, and New Hope, Bolin, and Morgan <br /> Creels. Also includes tmaces and ridges immediately above floodplams and is the <br /> area m which the highest density of archaeological remains is likely to occur. <br /> Goals &Action Strategies 9 <br />