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

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COLORADO CULTURAL RESOURCE INVENTORY
Page 2 of 1
Rev. 9/98
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1. Resource Number: 5FN2221
2. Temporary Resource Number: MM7094
IVpanagement Data, cont'd
tll. NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
19. Topographic Feature(s) _ playa
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_ hill untain _ terrace/bench _ talus slope
_ tableland/mesa _ canyon _ alluvial fan
_ ridge _ valley _ plain
_ saddle/pass _ basin _ dune
X alcove/rockshelter _ floodplain _ -
X cliff _ cutbank _ _
_ slope _ arroyolgully
20. Site Topographic Description (mention named landforms): The site is located in a small cave on the
west face of a sandstone cliff that forms the edge of anortheast-trending ridge:
21. Site Elevation: 5640 feet (x .3048) 1719 meters
22. Aspect: west
23. Degree of Slope on Site: 0-90°
24. Soil Depth: 5 cm
25. Soil Description (character and color): The soil is a pale yellow brown coarse grained sandstone that is
erodin direct) from sandstone bedrock.
26. Depositional Environment: X residual
_ aeolian _ colluvial
_ alluvial _ moraine _ none
Other,. specifiy:
27. Nearest water: name/nature: Chandler Creek/ Intermittent
Distance: 215 m 705 ft
28. Nearest permanent water: name: Arkansas River
Distance: 1.66 miles 2690 m 8825 ft
29. Vegetation on Site (list predominant species): Open pinyon/iuniper woodlands with oakbrush. mountain
mahogany. various bunch rasses cholla cactus rick) ear cactus and forbs
30. Vegetation Associations/Communities Surrounding Site: Pinyon Juniper Woodlands
IV. NATIONAUSTATE 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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33. Condition:
Colorado Historical Society -Office of Archaeology & Historic Preservation •
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303-866-3395