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ENGINEERINQ CONSULTANTS, INC. <br />csince,,.� <br />1983 <br />,WW Jrigoneng.com <br />P.O. Box 18846 • Zip 27419 -8846. 313 Gallimore Dairy Road • Greensboro, NC 27409 • p 336 668.0093 • f 336,668 3868 <br />December 23, 2005 <br />Mr.. Mike Harnmersly <br />Corley Redfoot Zack <br />RO. Box 2368 <br />Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27515 <br />Reference: Wetlands Survey <br />1010 Storey Lane <br />Orange County, North Carolina <br />Trigon Project No. 042 - 05-204 <br />Dear Mr, Hammersly: <br />CORLEY <br />' REOEOOTZACIUNC. <br />=272M <br />nrv+n;;rn <br />Trigon Engineering Consultants, Inc. (Trigon) is pleased to provide this report of the survey for wetlands <br />at the referenced site. This report summarizes our field methods, observations, and conclusions. <br />BACKGROUND <br />The 20.8 acre site is located north of Storey Lane and east of NC 86 in Orange County, North Carolina <br />(Figure 1).. The property primarily consists of mixed hardwood and coniferous woodlands.. A small <br />stream channel crosses the western portion of the property flowing into a pond at the northern property <br />boundary. Figure 2 is a site survey drawing which shows the location of the pond and stream as well as <br />the property limits and topography at the site. Figure 3 is a satellite image showing the general site <br />conditions. <br />WETLANDS <br />The site was visited on December 20, 2005 for the purpose of identifying conditions supporting wetlands <br />within the property boundaries. The methodology used to identify areas suspected of having conditions <br />to support wetlands included walking the suspected areas to observe existing vegetation, soil <br />characteristics, and hydrology. <br />Wetlands are defined by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the United States Environmental <br />Protection Agency as "those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or groundwater at a <br />frequency and duration sufficient to support, and under normal circumstances, do support a prevalence of <br />vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions." In order for an area to be classified as <br />wetlands, hydrophytic vegetation, hydric soils, and wetlands hydrology indicators must be present. <br />Thank you for our Success. <br />