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
Page 2 of 12
1. Resource Number: 5FN2220
2. Temporary Resource Number: MM7093
AAanagement Data, cont'd
III. NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
19. Topographic Feature(s)
_ mountain ledge _ playa
_ hill X terrace/bench _ talus slope
tableland/mesa _ canyon _ alluvial fan
_ ridge _ valley _ plain
_ saddle/pass _ basin _ dune
_ alcove/rockshelter _ floodplain _ _
_ cliff ,_ cutbank _ _
slope _ arroyo/gully
20. Site Topographic Description (mention named landforms): The site lies on a small terrace/bench of a
west northwest facing talus slope at the base of a southwest to northeast trending ridge overlooking
Chandler Creek to the northwest.
21. Site Elevation: 5425 feet (x .3048) 1164 meters
22. Aspect: WSW
23. Degree of Slope on Site: 19°
24. Soil Depth: 20-30 cm
25. Soil Description (character and color): Soil is a brown colluvial sand with lots of gravels and cobbles.
26. Depositional Environment:
_ aeolian X colluvial _ residual
alluvial _ moraine _ none
Other, specifiy:
27. Nearest water: name/nature: Chandler Creek/ Intermittent
Distance: 20 m 60 ft
28. Nearest permanent water: name: Arkansas River
Distance: 1.6 miles 2660 m 8800 ft
29. Vegetation on Site (list predominant species): Scrub oak iuniper mountain mahogany. various bunch
grasses cholla cactus prickly pear cactus and fortis
30. Vegetation Associations/Communities Surrounding Site: Open pinyon/iuniper woodlands and sagebrush
shrublands on the floodplain
IV. NATIONAUSTATE REGISTER ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT
31. Context or Theme: Colorado Historv~ A Context for Historical Archaeology (Church et at 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.
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