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<br /> <br />UNITED STATES <br />DEPARTMENT OF <br />AGRICULTURE <br />"oil <br />Cor,_ -'vati , <br />Service <br />DATE: June ]5, 1994 <br />~~ <br />60 Hickory <br />Akron, CO 80720 <br />(303) 345-2006 <br />FROM: Ron Neher, District Conservationist <br />TO: Bill Paynter, Washington County Attorney <br />SUBJECT: Reclamation Plan for Nickell Gravel Pit <br />INTRODUCTION <br />The following is a reclamation plan for the Nickell Gravel <br />Pit, located in the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of <br />Section 30, Township 5 South, Range 55 West, of the 6th P. M., <br />Washington County, Colorado_ This reclamation plan involves an <br />8.51 acre site in Vega Creek in the southwestern portion of <br />Washington County. Washington County has a five year lease on <br />the site for the purpose of mining gravel_ Operations have not <br />begun as of our field visit on June 1, 1994_ <br />SITE DESCRIPTION <br />Soils <br />The 8.51 acre site consists wholly of the Bankard sandy loam <br />.soil type. This is a deep, somewhat excessively drained soil on <br />alluvial valley floors and on low stream terraces of intermittent <br />and perennial streams. Slopes common to this soil type can range <br />from flat to 2~. The slope found on this site is rather level to <br />1~_ Included in this soil type are small areas of Paoli sandy <br />loam. Permeability of Bankard sandy loam i.s rapid with available <br />water capacity being low. The hazard of soil erosion due t.o wind <br />is severe. This soil type is classed as a Class VI. A detailed <br />description of Bankard sandy loam is attached. <br />Wildlife <br />Wildlife noted on the site and/or known to inhabit the site <br />are as follows: badger, deer, antelope, various species of <br />snakes, lizards, horned lark, larkbunting, kingbird, and hawks_ <br />Other species of wildlife could also inhabit the site. <br />Plants <br />The area to be mined has 10~ to 15~ ground cover of <br />vegetation with an upward trend of grasses becoming more <br />dominant. <br />Grasses noted on the site include: western wheatgrass, blue <br />grams, 6uffalograss, needle and thread, sixweek fescue, <br />cheatgrass, red threeawn, and foxtail barley. <br />Forbs noted on the site include: mustard, prickly pear <br />cactus, spiderwort, morning glary, wavy-leaved thistle, hairy <br />goldaster, Louisiana sagewort, scarlet globemallow, woolly <br />Indianwheat, wallflower, aster, and barrel cactus. <br />Permanent Structures <br />No permanent man-made structures are noted within 200 feet <br />of the proposed gravel pit_ <br />