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<br />Summary <br /> <br />\412 <br /> <br />The site and project files for six locations in the Arkansas River valley were examined for <br />cultural resource projects, recorded sites, and irrigation ditches. Survey coverage within the study <br />areas ranged from no survey in the Lake Meredith and Williams Creek Reservoir to total <br />coverage in the Twin Lakes area. Survey projects within the six study areas occurred over the <br />last 35 years, when survey techniques and site recording methodologies have undergone <br />tremendous change. Some surveys, especially the major surveys covering Pueblo Reservoir and <br />Turquoise Reservoir, were conducted prior to the passage of the National Historic Preservation <br />Act and its regulations. Consequently, the intensity of survey coverage and actual areas surveyed <br />in some areas are unknown. <br /> <br />A total of 236 sites have been recorded in the six study areas. No sites have been recorded in the <br />Lake Meredith or the Williams Creek Reservoir study areas. Two historic sites were recorded <br />in the Gravel Lakes study area, where systematic survey was limited. Twelve sites, three historic <br />and nine prehistoric, were recorded in the Turquoise Lake study area. Eighty-nine prehistoric <br />sites were recorded within Pueblo Reservoir study area, undoubtedly reflecting the lack of <br />interest in historic resources at the time of the early survey which recorded all but one area <br />cultural resources. Most sites (133) were recorded in the Twin Lakes study area. These include <br />71 prehistoric sites, 28 historic sites, and 33 sites with both historic and prehistoric components. <br /> <br />Many sites within the six study areas are not recorded according to today=s standards. A total <br />of 170 of the 236 recorded sites are minimally recorded and would require reevaluation and/or <br />recording prior to evaluation for the National Register. <br /> <br />Unrecorded historic irrigation ditches are known to exist in the Pueblo Reservoir and Gravel <br />Lakes study areas. None exist in the Williams Creek Reservoir or the Lake Meredith study areas <br />and it is unknown whether historic ditches exist in the Turquoise Lake or Twin Lakes study <br />areas. <br /> <br />Three sites, two historic districts in Twin Lakes and a historic barn in Gravel Lakes, are listed <br />on the NRHP. One log cabin in the Twin Lakes study area has been officially determined eligible <br />to the National Register. Most sites in the study areas have not been evaluated for National <br />Register eligibility. <br /> <br />Data Synthesis and Assessment of Alternatives <br /> <br />Class I research results are a direct reflection of the size, distribution, and level of intensity of <br />previous cultural resource investigations. Lack of known cultural resources in a particular study <br />area does not necessarily signify that sites do not exist, nor can it be stated that site probability <br />is low when comprehensive inventories have not been conducted. Thus, the statements below <br />regarding impacts to cultural resources must be regarded as preliminary pending the results of <br />an intensive inventory of all previously unsurveyed areas affected by the project, since, <br />unfortunately, a very small portion of most areas have been subjected to intensive cultural <br /> <br /><<ID <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br />Cullurallssues <br /> <br />~. <br />