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• Management Summary <br />Metcalf Archaeological Consultants, Inc. (MAC) has completed an <br />archaeological survey of five surface water monitoring locations and associated <br />access in Routt County, Colorado. No cultural resources were found at any of <br />these locations or along any of the associated accesses. The areas surveyed <br />include: <br />Location Number Leg al Location Quadrangle <br /> <br />S1 SE/SE/NE Sec. 16, T5N, R8~w Mount Harris <br />S2 NW/SE/SW Sec. 8, T5N, R87W Plount Harris <br />S3 NE/NW/NW Sec. 30, T5N, R871J Dunkley <br />S4 SW/SlJ/NE Sec. 11, T5N, R88W Mount Harris <br />S5 NE/N[J/NW Sec. 19, T5N, R8']W M1tount Harris <br />Introduction <br />Peabody Coal Company of Flagstaff, Arizona contracted with MAC to conduct <br />a Class III survey of Five surface water monitoring flumes in Routt County, <br />Colorado. A backhoe will be used to excavate a small area for each flume. In <br />each location a 100' x 100' area centered on the staked location was surveyed. <br />Peabody officials felt a 100' x 100' area would be more than adequate for the <br />limited area of disturbance associated with these flume locations. Access <br />routes are, for the most part very limited in length. A 50' corridor was <br />surveyed For access acid these areas, along with the individual flume locations <br />• are shown in Figures 1-3. In one instance a 100' access corridor was surveyed. <br />This was for the flume NS1 in Section 16, TSN, R8'7w. <br />The main objective of this survey was to determine if significant cultural <br />resources would be impacted by Peabody's proposed flume sites and related <br />access. Due to the small area of disturbance involved with these locations, <br />and the limited access, the chance of finding cultural resources was seen as <br />slight, although possible. Further, with projects of this limited scale, <br />avoidance of cultural resources is generally a viable option. No cultural <br />resources were discovered at any of these locations or along any of the access <br />routes. <br />This survey was completed on May 9 and 10, 1990 by Ronald J. Rood and <br />Kimberly Spurr of hfAC. All field notes and other information pertaining to this <br />project are filed at the MAC office in Eagle, Colorado. <br />Environmental Data <br />The entire project area is located within the Southern Rocky Mountains <br />Physiographic Province. Locally, vegetation is primarily sagebrush and <br />oakbrush. Most of the flume locations are within or near drainages where <br />willows and some small stands of aspens were noted. <br />Geologically, the area is primarily rolling to steep with deeply dissected <br />canyons and drainages. Hayden Gulch, along with Dry Creek, Sage Creek and <br />Grassy Creek are major drainages Flowing north towards the Yainpa River: The <br />major geologic Formations in the area ace the Lewis Shale and the Williams Fork <br />. Formation which includes the major coal beds of the regio~i. Currently the <br />project area is used for livestock grazing and coal mining. <br />