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United States Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service 248 Dozier Canon City, Phone (719) Avenue CO 81212 275-4465 SUBJECT: Reclamation Plan Phantom Canyon Gravel Pit DATE: August 4, 1993 T0: Marshall Butler Fremont County Planning and Zoning Department 615 Macon Canon City, Co 81212 ~S TE PREPARATION: Unsuitable soil material should be removed and buried so that it does not adversely affect water quality or plant growth. Areas to be graded shall be cleared of trees, logs, brush, and any other material that would interfere with reclamation operations. Boulders, other rocks, and similar material shall be buried or otherwise placed where they do not interfere with reclamation operations, planned land use, or adversely affect plant growth. An effort should be made to reconstruct the soil with materials available on the site. There is soil material suitable for this use on and adjacent to the proposed site. See the attached Mapping Unit Description #97 for typical soil found in this delineation. You should also be able to borrow soil topsoil material from Mapping Units #54 and #55 as well. Any material should be stockpiled and protected for use as final cover material. Any areas used for borrow material will need to be graded and shaped to blend in with the adjacent landscape and final slopes of the area to be reclaimed. There is an area across the road to the west which may be suitable for use if you can gain access to it. Another possibility is to make an effort to stockpile any fines left over from the crushing and/or screening operation at the site, as we discussed. All roads to be reclaimed and excavations should be shaped and graded to blend in with the original slope. See SEEDBED PREPARATION. We discussed the possibility of running into resistant ridges in this area. Any high walls should be graded to a lower slope if possible, or if they are to be covered, sloped on a 1/2 to 1 slope before the soil is placed against the wall. Final grading should leave slopes flatter than 3:1, where at all possible. Slopes of 6:1 or flatter are much more desirable for greater success in revegetation and operation of equipment. in some areas, shallow depressions might be left after final shaping. These would serve to collect water to encourage the establishment of native trees and shrubs, as well as providing some extra wildlife habitat. At the time of reclamation, the stockpiled topsoil and/or recycled fines should be spread about 6 inches thick over the area to be reclaimed and then disced or ripped to incorporate it with the subsurface material. FERTILIZATION: We recommend that fertilizer be applied to the area to be reclaimed, either prior to seeding or after grass seedlings have reached the 2 to 3 leaf stage. No less than 10 pounds of of nitrogen (N) and 40 pounds of phosphate (P2O5) per acre should be applied, unless a soil analysis indicates sufficient amounts of these elements. Animal manures, or similar organic material, may be used to supply all or part of the specified nutrients. ~. _.