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Results <br />MAC inventoried approximately 80 acres for the current project. Field conditions at the <br />time of the inventory were considered good for the discovery of cultural material. Ground <br />surface visibility varied from 40%, in the sagebrush areas and along drainages, to 10% in the <br />CRP area and scrub oak terrain. Overall conditions were considered fair for cultural material <br />discovery for the entire project. Due to the warm spring temperatures, vegetation growth was <br />relatively thick. Even though the ground cover was fairly thick there were numerous areas to <br />view additional ground surface and subsurface contents. These areas included: two tracks, <br />rodent backdirt piles, animal trails, ridge lines, and road/drainage cuts. <br />One historic road segment (5RT3132.1) and a prehistoric isolated find (5RT3134) were <br />recorded within the project area. The historic ditch depicted on the 1915 GLO was not found <br />during held work. It is speculated that this ditch was destroyed during construction of CR 37. <br />Appendix A to this report (not for public distribution) contains a location snap fog the resoUaces <br />that were recorded. Appendix B (not for public distribution) contains the site and isolated find <br />foams. <br />Sites <br />5RT3132.1 is a historic road that is depicted on the 1915 GLO in the extreme southeast <br />corner of the project area. Overall the recorded segment treasurers 50m long x lom wide. This <br />historic road has been replaced with modern day Routt County (CR) 37 and includes a barrow <br />area and pull out area. The GLO shows the historic road travelling along the western side of <br />Fish Creek. Fish Creek is u perinanent northeast flowing tributary of Trout Creek which is <br />located about 10 miles to the northeast, <br />This road most likely started as an agricultural road that was used to access early <br />homesteads and livestock grazing areas. Later on it was probably used for ruining related <br />activities. Today the road is a modern, crowned and ditched gravel road, which varies in width <br />from 8 to l Om when the barrow area and pull out is included. Today it is well maintained and <br />moderately utilized. There are no natural sediments within the site boundary. Soils are an <br />imported gravel road base that has been built up to approximately 30cm, The original sediments <br />were removed to construct CR 37, the west side road ctat is around Gni tall and very steep. East <br />of the road the terrain slopes moderately down toward Fish Creep. No vegetation is growing <br />within the road boundary. <br />Only 5 O of the historic road falls with €n the current project area and this was the <br />segment recorded. The GLO map from 1915 depicts this unnamed road begirnring in section 26, <br />off another i-annamed road that today is probably the Twenty rile Park Road (CR 27). The GLO <br />historic road continues west, then south through the project area, the remainder of section 34, and <br />eventually off the GLO map. The GLO neap to the south (T4N R97W) shows a historic road <br />coaling out of section 34 to the north. <br />The current modern road follows the same route as plotted on the 1915 GLO map, no <br />traces of the historic roadbed remain. The current road is well maintained and is in excellent <br />6 <br />