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Limited - Results Archaeological Survey Form (Page 3 of 6) <br />IV. ENVIRONMENT (continued) <br />terrain to the east consists of sagebrush meadows with mixed grasses and forts, and rolling <br />grasslands <br />Current Land Use: Livestock grazing. <br />19. Flora: Vegetation in the west half is very dense (80 -100% cover) due to the fact that <br />Fish Creek has a large amount of water with spring snowmelt occurring. The ground <br />cover here consists of extremely thick grasses and forbs. To the east the vegetation <br />cover drops to around 50% and consists of sagebrush with interspersed grasses and <br />forbs. <br />20. Soils/Geology: Surface sediments are predominantly alluvial in nature and consist of a <br />medium brown sandy loam. Subsurface geology is composed of sandstone, shale and <br />major coal beds of the Williams Fork Formation, which is sedimentary and igneous age <br />rocks from the Early Tertiary and Late Cretaceous Age (Tweto 1979). <br />21. Ground Visibility: Surface visibility is limited (0 -20 %) along the drainage in the <br />western half and increases to around 50% in the eastern half and along the two- track. <br />22. Comments: There are numerous opportunities to view subsurface contents via a two - <br />track, animal trails, cut banks, rodent borrowing activities and eroded areas. <br />V. LITERATURE REVIEW <br />23. Location of File Search: OAHP- Compass online data base <br />Dates: 06/02/2011 <br />24. Previous Survey Activity - In the project area: None <br />In the general region: Five other proiects have been conducted near the current <br />proiect (see Table 1 below). <br />25. Known Cultural Resources - In the project area: None: GLO maps were also searched <br />for the proiect area with negative results. <br />In the general region (summarize): Two sites have been recorded within section 24. <br />However, neither of these are located within 1 /4 mile of the current project. <br />