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Cultural Resource Review and Reconnaissance Survey for the Fairmeadows RV Storage and Gravel Mining Pit Project, Greeley, Weld County, Colorado Table 1. Previously Conducted Cultural Resource Inventories OAHP ID Year Title Author Contractor MC.CH.R88 1999 An Archaeological Inventory of the Enron Neidhardt,Peter M., Centennial Archaeology, Communications Wyoming/Colorado Border to and Jason Marmor Inc.and David Evans and Denver Segment,Wasatch Reach Fiber Build, Associates,Inc Northern Colorado WL.FA.NR1 1981 Cultural Resource Investigations of the Weld Cassells,E.Steeve Plano Arch Consultants County Airport,CO WL.FA.NR5 1980 Weld County Municipal Airport Cultural Engels,Kathleen A. Wolff Garden Associates, Resource Survey Ltd. As a result of these previous inventories,one cultural resource has been recorded and assigned a Smithsonian trinomial number,a segment of the historic Ogilvy Ditch(Table 2). Ogilvy Ditch (5WL2944)was built in 1881 and was recommended as eligible for both the NRHP and the State Register of Historic Places(SRHP). The recorded segment of the ditch, 5WL2944.1, is located 80 feet south of the project area as it runs parallel to East 8th Street/Colorado State Highway 263 (Highway 263).No archaeological sites have been previously recorded within the project area. Of note and as discussed above,the Davis Farm was identified as being located in the project area in inventory report WL.FA.NR5.Although the farm was superficially assessed for historical significance in that report,the farm has not been formally recorded nor has it been assigned a Smithsonian trinomial number. Table 2. Previously Recorded Cultural Resources within the Project Area and Vicinity Site Number Class Site Type NRHP Eligibility on Record OAHP Eligibility Concurrence 5WL.2944.1 Historic Irrigation ditch segment Eligible,supporting segment Concurrence issued June 16,2014 Historic Map and Aerial Images Review Additionally, SWCA reviewed historic maps for features that may be present within the project area on consist of General Land Office(GLO)plats through the Bureau of Land Management(BLM)website (BLM 2022)and on USGS quadrangles using the National Geologic Map Database(USGS 2022), and on historic aerial imagery available through the Nationwide Environmental Title Research(2022)website. Table 3. Historic Maps Reviewed Map Name Map Type/Preparer Date Section 3,T5N,R65W GLO/Original Survey Plat 1865 Greeley,Colorado USGS 1:125,000-scale quadrangle 1902 Greeley,Colorado USGS 1:24,000-scale quadrangle 1950 Based on a review of the 1865 survey plat for Section 3, T5N, R65W,an unnamed trail bisects the section running southeast to northwest along the ridge in the northern part of the project area. The 1902 USGS Greeley,Colorado, 1:125,000-scale quadrangle shows the project area to be 2 miles east of the developed part of the town of Greeley in the area of Pleasant Valley,with no buildings or other built features present. Just outside the project area is a robust network of irrigation canals and one building located 350 feet southwest of the southwest corner of the project area.The 1950 USGS Greeley,Colorado, 1:24,000- 5