2008-11-26_PERMIT FILE - M2008080 (3)

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Kersey Travel Wetland Delineation Report Ecological Resource Consultants, Inc. Figure 2. Study Area Location (USGS 7.5 Minute Series Topographic Map) Apprmimale Shiny Area houndar\ l d+lw 'J 3.0 General Site Description s - T _ 4. E T J _ The Studv Area is approximately 96 acres in size and has an average elevation of 4.600 feet above mean sea level. -file Study Area is bound by agricultural land to the north and west, CR 51 to the east and CR 58 to the south. The Study Area slopes to the northeast on the western side of the Study Area and the remainder of the area is largely flat. The Study Area includes two active irrigation ditches (North Branch of Plumb Ditch. and South Branch of Plumb Ditch), a vegetated wetland Swale, a hydrologically isolated wetland, and adjacent upland areas. The majority of the Studv Area is currently. utilized as pasture land and also includes a home, several out huiliin<s, an oil «cll and several access road,. The Weld County Soil Survey depicts three soil types within the study area: ( 1) Altvan loam, 0 to I percent slopes: (3) Aquolls and Aquents, gravelly substratum. and (68) Ustic Torriorthents (IJSDA-NRCS 2007a, IJSDA-SCS 1980). Figure 3 shows the soils mapped within the study area. Two of the three soils found within the Study Area (the Altvan loam, and the Aquolls and Aquents) are classified as hydric (NRCS'_007b). The Altvan loam occurs on terraces ofalluviunl deposited by major rives and occupies approximately 3.68 acres within the study area. "I'he Aquolls and Aquents occur on bottom lands and floodplains occupying appro\inlately 74.67 acres within the Study Area. The non-hydric Ilstic Torriorthents occur on moderately steep terrace breaks occupying approximately 20.08 acres within the Study Area. 3 109