2008-03-03_PERMIT FILE - C2006085 ‎(32)‎

• Permit No: C2006085
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 3/3/2008
• Doc Name: Metcalfe Archaeological Consultants Cultural Survey
• Section_Exhibit Name: Exhibit AF
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

COLORADO CULTURAL RESOURCE INVENTORY Rev. 9/98
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1. Resource Number: 5FN2217.1
2. Temporary Resource Number:
Management Data, cont'd
III. NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
19. Topographic Feature(s)
mountain _ ledge _ playa
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hill terrace/bench _ talus slope
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_ tableland/mesa X canyon _ alluvial fan
_ ridge _ valley _ plain
_ saddle/pass basin _ dune
_ alcove/rockshelter X floodplain _ _
_ .cliff _ cutbank _ _
_ slope _ arroyo/gully _ _
20. - Site Topographic Description (mention named landforms): The railroad grade segment lies at the bottom
of a small southwest to northeast trending canyon throug h which Chandler Creek flows, parallel to the
creek.
21. Site Elevation: 5400-5450 feet (x .3048) 1645-1661 meters
22. Aspect: northeast
23. Degree of Slope on Site: 0-3°
24. Soil Depth: 40 cm
25. Soil Description (character and color): Medium grained loamy sand with unsorted pebbles and cobbles,
26. Depositional Environment:
Aeolian X colluvial _ residual
X alluvial _ moraine _ none
Other, specifiy:
27. Nearest water: name/nature: Chandler Creek/ intermittent
Distance: 0-20 m 0-60 ft
28. Nearest permanent water: name: Arkansas River
Distance: 1.65 miles northeast 2655 m 8711 ft
29. Vegetation on Site (list predominant species): Native bunch grasses saaebrush rabbitbrush, pinyon
nine juniper cholla cactus prickly pear cactus and fortis -
30. Vegetation Associations/Communities Surrounding Site: Pinyon-Juniperwoodland above and sagebrush
shrubland surrounding
IV. NATIONAL/STATE REGISTER ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT
31. Context or Theme: Colorado History: A Context for. Historical Archaeology (Church et al 2007
32. Applicable National Register Criteria:
X Does not meet any of the below National Register criteria
_ A. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad pattern of our
history; or
_ B. Associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; or
_ C. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type,, period, or method of construction, or that
represent the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or that represent a significant
and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or
_ D. Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in history or prehistory; or
_ Qualifies under exceptions A through G.
Level of Significance: National _ State _ Local _
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