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• <br /> This allows the general public to know in a broad manner what types of 06 C <br /> development are suitable for certain uses, including septic tanks, four— <br /> datiazs, roads and prize agricultural land. The soil suitability classi-- <br /> fixation system identifies the constraints posed by the various categories' <br /> Group la and lc - well suited for most urban uses <br /> Group 2a and 2c - suited for most urban uses with pxecantipns <br /> • Group 3 -- erosion potential - <br /> Group 4 and 5 — plastic subsoil <br /> • <br /> Group 8 • shallowness to bedrock <br /> Group 9 — steep slopes <br /> Group 10 - flooding . <br /> Unicue Natural Areas <br /> Certain areas possess unique natural character which are acriside ed <br /> valuable,, although not necessarily in an economic sense. Data caa natural <br /> areas gathered by the Triangle J Council of Govenarments as part of the <br /> 201 study for the region defined a natur°a1, area as "any space containing <br /> an unusual- ,or exemplary biological habitat,. geologic feature or hydrologic <br /> location.." <br /> -L <br /> Grange County the following unique natural areas,_anzarjg otter. have • <br /> been identitLed by the- ale J study:. . <br /> o •Bald Mountain -• located between Old HiL sboui Road (SR 1009 and <br /> Union Grove Church Road (SR llll) in Chapel Hill Township.. Toe <br /> site is located in Duke Forest. <br /> o • -Blackwood Mountain - located in Chapel Hill lbwnship east .of Old <br /> borough Road (SR 1009) within Duke Forest.. <br /> • <br /> o .Duke Forest Natural Area - this is a 151 acre site• within the- <br /> lbrstian Division of Duke Forest located.on N.C. 86 north of <br /> Turkey Faro Road (SR 1730) in Chanel H-a l t 'ship_ - <br /> o Ntar&an Creek Bluff - this site near University Lake Darr in Camel <br /> Mill Township contains two north facing bluffs as well as inter- <br /> eating flora- - _ <br /> o Occrcneec_hee Mountain -- the notmtain is located in Hillsborough <br /> • Township between 1-85 and the Eno River. The section down as <br /> Panthers Den is of special geologic and botanical importance. <br /> 1Source~v Southern I u ; ds•' 'Mountain-Resources-I na, -rant Plan. . <br /> oL 2,_ 97 -. North Carolina-Department of Natural and <br /> Ecoikaitc -Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation. <br /> Areawide Water Quality Management PlarTring. 208 Project <br /> Inventory of Exc.sting Uses. P. IV Gl. _1976. Triangle <br /> Council of Governments. - <br /> _ - <br />