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• Thi:s aianws the ET...nwel public to know in a broad mariner what types 6 <br /> developmmt are suitable for certain uses, including septe tanks, faun- <br /> . d.aticns roads and pr iu•- agricultural land. The soil suitability c.lassi. <br /> • ficatiori system identifies the constraints posed by the various categorie..4- <br /> Group la and 1 - well suited for most urban uses • <br /> • Group 2a and 2c - suited for most urban uses with precsazt ions <br /> Group 3 erosion potential • . • . <br /> • * Group k and 5 plastic subsoil <br /> • • <br /> Group 8 — shallowness. to bedrock• <br /> • Group 9.— steep slopes. • - • . <br /> • Grotzp 10 - flooding ' <br /> • thiaue Natural Areas • <br /> CertEdz''. areas possess unique natural characteristics thick are coraidered- <br /> valliable,_ although nob necessarily in an economic sense. Data a natural <br /> • areas gathered by the Triangle 3 Council of Governments as part of the <br /> 201 study' for the region defined a natural area as "anY space -acntalz-drS • <br /> an iumus -,ue2,or exemplary biological habitat,. geologic feature at. hydrologic <br /> location.."-4 <br /> • <br /> Oran V County- the fo110rIng utriqu.e natural areas,:zroraryz-others,_ have <br /> • be identified by the- iangle J study:. <br /> • '.Bald Mountain - located. between Old. Hillsbezvggi. fiload (SR 1009 and <br /> Urdon Grove aaurch Road (SR 113i.) in ChapelEfU1 Tom-whip. The <br /> • site is located in Duke Forest.. <br /> o - *Blackwood lybuntain - located in Chapel F111 Township east of Old <br /> Hillsborough Road (SR. 3009) within Duke Forest, <br /> .0 -Duke Forest Natural, Area - this is a 151 acre site within the- <br /> . Irorstian Division of Duke Forest located on LC. 86 north. of <br /> •Turkey Fax Road (SR 1730) in Chapel Hill Tannship.. <br /> o Norm' Creek Bluff - this site near University Lake Dam in unapel <br /> • " Hill Township =tains two north facing bluffs as wel3. as titer- <br /> esting flora. • - <br /> • <br /> o Occorieece Mourrtain - the mountain is located in Ifillsborough <br /> Township between 1-85 and the Eno River. section known as <br /> Panthers Den is of special geologic and botanical iznportance. <br /> 1Soureet.' -Southern ds.* 'Mottitain 'Resources lianatzew..nt Plan. <br /> ol.. 2a. 97 , North Carol:stia-DepartratTxt of Liatural and <br /> •• <br /> • . Ecc:promic resources, Division of Parks and Recreation. <br /> Arealater Quality 114anagerrent Planning-. 208 Project- <br /> Inventory of E:d.,5--E"---7jses:ng P. W Gl. 1976. Triangle <br /> Council. of C-overnrcents. <br /> - <br />