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Home My WebLink AboutNon-Wetland Determination 802341005MEEHAN-RGULST WETLAND DELINEATING ° �c; JAN 2 2020 rs Kimberly Meehan-Roulst, Wetland Specialist 407 Embody Rd., Port Ludlow, WA 98365 Phone:360-732-0073, Cell: 360-774-0551 Specializing In: Wetland and Stream Mapping, Delineation and Restoration JEFFERSON COUNTY CRITICAL AREAS: NON WETLAND REPORT PURPOSE OF INVESTIGATION: Jefferson County Mapped Wetland on Parcel LOCATION: Parcel #802341005 No Address PROPERTY OWNER: John B Waag & Teresa L Waag Mailing Address: PO Box 137464 Poulsbo, WA 98370-0136 STUDY WAS CONDUCTED BY: Meehan-Roulst Wetland Consulting, Kim Meehan-Roulst Investigation Start Date: 11/10/2019-11/13/2019 Parcel #802341005 Quilcene, WA TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE# CONSULTING COMPANY 1 TYPE OF ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREA 1 LAND OWNER 1 STUDY REQUESTED BY 1 NON WETLAND EXISTING SITE CONDITIONS 3-4 CRITICAL AREA DETERMINATION, DELINEATION & CLASSIFICATION 5 METHODOLOGY 5 SITE LOCATION 6 PURPOSE OF WETLAND INVESITGATION 6 EXISTING SITE CONDITIONS 6 VEGETATION 6 SOILS 6 HYDROLOGY 7 CONCLUSION 7 FIGURES FIGURE 1: FIGURE 2: 8 E APPE,NDICES APPENDIX A: Vicinity Map, Location of Sample Plots, NWI Map and Plot Locations, Jefferson County Hydric Soils List APPENDIX B: Upland Field Data Sheet APPENDIX C: Approach and Methods Parcel #802341005 Quilcene, WA 2 NON WETLAND EXISTING CONDITIONS: 1. LANDSCAPE POSITION: TYPE. HILLSLOPES ❑ ED ❑ STREAM & RIVER ❑ ❑ ❑ BASINS LACUSTRINE ❑ ORGANICS ❑ DEPRESSIONS ❑ ❑ GLACIOLACUSTRINE COASTAL DUNES MARINE SEDIMENTS ❑ MARINE BL UFF ❑ SWALES ❑ LAKES & PONDS ❑ *Hillslopes sloping northwest to southwest. 2. SLOPE GRADIENT: 25-27% 3. GEOLOGIC MATERIALS FLOODPLAINS ❑ TERRACES ❑ MARINE TERRACES ❑ ALLUVIAL FAN ❑ VALLEYS ❑ LANDSLIDE ❑ OTHER (EXPLAIN ❑ Slopes ranged from 25%-28% ALLUVIAL ❑ ASH ❑ COLLUVIAL ® GLACIAL DRIFT ❑ GLACIAL OUTWASH ❑ COMPACT TILL ❑ LACUSTRINE ❑ ORGANICS ❑ EOLIAN ❑ RESIDUUM ❑ GLACIOLACUSTRINE ❑ MARINE SEDIMENTS 4. WATER TYPES PRESENT DRAINAGE DITCH IRRIGATION DITCH STREAM, RIVER, POND OR LAKE IRRIGATION DITCH ASSOCIATED WITH STREAM OR RIVER ❑ N/A ® STREAM, RIVER, POND, LAKE OR NAME: N/A CATEGORY I WETLAND ❑ CATEGORY III WETLAND❑ NO WETLAND PRESENT® Parcel #802341005 Quilcene, WA CATEGORY II WETLAND❑ CATEGORY IV WETLAND❑ NON WETLAND EXISTING SITE CONDITIONS CONTINUED: NRCS Soil Map Unit and Series:' Alderwood gravelly loams on the west side and the Belfast silty loams in the middle eastern portion of the parcel. SOIL DEPTH: Shallow ❑ Moderately deep ® Deep ❑ Very Deep ❑ SOIL DRAINAGE: Excessively Well ❑ Somewhat Excessively Well ❑ Well ❑ Mod. Well ® Somewhat Poorly ❑ Poorly ❑ Very Poorly ❑ HYDRIC SOILS: YES ❑ NO iv. HYDROLOGY WATER SOURCE FOR HYDROLOGY: Precipitation ® Unconfined Aquifer, Tidally Influenced ❑ Unconfined Aquifer ❑ Marine, Tidally influenced ❑ Lake ❑ Stream Discharge ❑ AQUIC CONDITIONS: Endosaturation ® Episaturation ❑ Anthric Saturation ❑ N/A VEGETATION TYPE: Native Herbaceous ® Estuarine ❑ Scrub -Shrub Non -Native herbaceous ❑ Forested El Parcel #802341005 Quilcene, WA 4 NON WETLAND DETERMINATION REPORT SITE LOCATION: Parcel: 802341005 Area: 20.04 Acres Street Address: None. Elkhorn Ridge Road, Quilcene WA Legal Location: Section 34, Township 28N, Range 2W, Qtr Sec NE 1/4 Latitude: 47.880 deg Longitude: -122.912 deg. Planning Area: Quilcene (10) Zoning 1: RR -20 -Rural Residential Assessor's Land Use Code- 8800 — Designated Forest Land - 9100 -Vacant Land Parcel is physically located northeast of Lordslake Loop Road in Quilcene. It is also located north of CRITICAL AREA DETERMINATION, DELINEATION & CLASSIFICATION: Section 404 of the Clean Water Act Define Wetlands as: "Wetlands are areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas. " - Definition of wetlands as used by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) since the 1970s for regulatory purposes. Wetlands must meet three parameters to be a wetland: Hydrophytic Vegetation (FAC or wetter), Hydric Soils (i.e. redoximorphic features in the upper ten inches of soil profile) and Hydrology (ponding or saturated soils). METHODOLOGY: Level I Assessment consisted of reviewing existing information to develop background knowledge of physical features, and to identify the potential for wetland and other water occurrences on the subject parcels. The resource documents available for the Level I preliminary assessment included: USDA Soil Conservation Service (SCS), "Soil Survey of Jefferson County Area Washington", aerial photography, Jefferson County Critical Areas Maps and Jefferson County Critical Areas 18.22 Article VII Wetlands, U.S Fish and Wildlife NWI maps. See Appendix A "Jefferson County Critical Areas Map" for mapped wetlands on and around subject parcel. Level III Assessment consisting of on-site investigation was conducted to determine if a wetland area existed and collected quantitative data of Vegetation, Soils, and Hydrology as recommended in accordance with the 1987 Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual and the Regional Parcel #802341005 Quilcene, WA Supplement to the Wetland Delineation 1987 Manual for Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast Region (Version 2) 2010. PURPOSE OF THIS WETLAND INVESTIGATION: Terry McHugh, realtor from John L Scott Port Townsend, contacted Meehan-Roulst Wetland Consulting (M-R.W.C) to determine if there were wetlands on the subject parcel. The reason for the investigation was because Jefferson County Critical Areas Maps has a mapped wetland on this greatly sloped parcel. No wetlands were found on the subject parcel. Possible wetlands were discovered southeast of the parcel on Elkhorn Lane. EXISTING SITE CONDITIONS: The 20.04 acre parcel slopes from northwest to southeast. Slopes ranged from 25%-28%. The only level area is on the south side of the parcel where it has been cleared of the trees and leveled off. This area has the driveway into the parcel and a portable cabin on it. The area uphill and downhill from the leveled off area was thickly forested with big leaf maple and red alder that had an understory of western sword fern. There was no one area that was dominated (greater that 50%) by hydric vegetation, FAC or wetter. Bigleaf maple canopy with western swordfern understory was the dominant vegetation. To meet the definition of a "Wetland", all three parameters must be met: Greater than 50% Hydric Vegetation, Hydric Soils and Hydrology. Since the vegetation was eliminated automatically, no soil plot was conducted since the definition of a "Wetland" could not be met. There was no need to further investigate by doing the field data sheet. Vegetation: Parcel was forested with a deciduous forest consisting of bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum, FACU) and red alder (Alnus rubra, FAC ). Understory was thickly vegetated with western swordfern (Polystichum munitum, FACU). Soils: The mapped soil unit is the Alderwood gravelly loams on the west side of the parcel that extended to the east side of the parcel at the north and south property lines. In the middle portion of the parcel, it is mapped as the Belfast silty loams that extend towards the easterly property line. The Belfast series consist of deep moderately well drained soils. They develop in flood plains that are formed from deposited alluvium. The parcel is greatly sloped and does not have the level topography where the Belfast series form. The Alderwood series is also moderately well drained and it develops on hills and ridges with slopes that range from 0 to 65%. The south portion of the parcel, where the mapped wetland is, it has been leveled and a portable cabin was placed. The leveled area was cut from the hillside. There was a three foot bank that was analyzed. The soils were gravelly sandy loams to a depth of 25 inches. There was no mottling and the soil horizons had chromas greater than Parcel #802341005 Quilcene, WA two. The soils were well drained gravelly sandy loams and not hydric soils. Please see Appendix B for field data sheet. HYDROLOGY: The property is greatly sloped without benches where water could be impounded. The only level area was around the cabin. Soils were visibly dry and well drained gravelly sandy loams. Do to the slope and well drained soils, the hydrology parameter could not be met. NATIONAL WETLANI) INVENTORY MAPS NWI Maps): NWI Maps do not show a mapped wetland. The map does show a stream crossing the parcel that was not found during the field investigation. CONCLUSION: Jefferson County Critical Areas Map and NWI Map do not show a mapped wetland. Meehan Roulst Wetland Consulting reconnaissance investigation of the parcels revealed no wetlands on parcel. The soils are that of the Alderwood gravelly sandy loams which is a moderately well drained soil that does exhibit mottling below ten inches of the soil profile. The Cassolary soil series is not a hydric soil on the Jefferson County Hydric Soils List. See Appendix A for Jefferson County Hydric Soils List. This is not a final determination. Jefferson Counties Administrator shall have the final determination if this report is approved or not. Sincerely, Meehan-Roulst Wetland Consulting Parcel #802341005 Quilcene, WA APPENDIX A Vicinity Map Location of Data Plot NWI Map Jefferson County Hydric Soils List Parcel #802341005 Quilcene, WA (D 0 0 0 Q C) 04M 0 O m N + 1 41t0 w 0 0 r N O Ln 0 c flkhmOM Rtd,0e Rd VII AL: ,. o C) r- 04 O CD w Public Land Records Jefferson County, Washington DCD EH Laserfiche PW Download Data � 802341005 X Q 3iINPW I f Wr. hl" J � , Sl�cwseavchresultsfcx90234.-- VACUITY Nyd •� f� } I7PNa1 w r r Segw,n � / � a rau NIE .. r2ONORW U5101 ,cel 84341005 29NIW �� s 29N1E � I j n��a�n�r1`1 Hall 2OMW 2aN+9N I �{ I 28NIE �� 7 Parcel #802341005 Quileene, WA 9 Parcel #802341005 Quilcene, WA 10 BASEMAPS > MAP LAYERS > Lv 'Netlands () 0 L Rirarar 040 L Riparian r,4aoping Areas 00 &I Da -a Source 06 0 0 0 e5 - L Areas of Inreres: 0 L- -AWS Managed .ands ()Q H i5TOr=C Weriand Data 00 Courry of Kitsap E Parcel #802341005 Quilcene, WA 11 JEFFERSON COUNTY HYRDRIC SOILS LIST Soil Data Access (SDA) Hydric Soils List An SDA -populated select list is used to pick a state and SSA which enables creation of a "Hydric Soils Report" based upon those selections. The data is not static; it hits Soil Data Access Live. To reset the table hit F5 on the keyboard. Once a survey is selected and table appears, if a new survey is selected it will append to the table at the bottom. For snore information about the table. selected stateld = WA WA :WA631 selected SSA areasymbol = WA631 173708 !!,S m Mapunit_ Name Area_Symb4 Area nine mukey:Mapunit_SYM -73708 WA WA631 IJefferson County 173706 iAlderwood gravelly sandy �AID loam, 15 to 30 percent Area, Washington Jefferson County slopes _ -- Alderwood gravelly sandy County WA WA631 Area, Washington 73706 AID loam, 15 to 30 ,percent WA631 WA631 Jefferson County 173707 [ slopes Alderwood gravelly sandy IAIE loam, 30 to 50 percent WA — - Area, Washington _ slopes Jefferson County Alderwood gravelly sandy WA WA631 Area, Washington 73707 AIE loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes WA :WA631 Jefferson County 173708 5800 Area, Washington 5800 5800 _ 3800 WA WA631 Jefferson County -73708 Norma McKenna Area, Washington-[— AmD WA WA63 ] Jefferson County73708 Area, Washington WA WA631 EJefferson County 73709 Area, Washington Jefferson County 73709 WA WA631 !Comp �Name ,_phaseimuacres!Comp_ IShalcar 16980 3 6980 orma AmC Alderwood gravelly loam, 0 to 15 percent slopes McKenna 5800 Shalcar 5800 5800 _ 3800 AmC Alderwood gravelly loam, 0 to I5 percent slopes Alderwood gravelly loam, 0 to 15 percent slopes Alderwood gravelly loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes_ Alderwood welly loam, �Shalcar AmC Norma McKenna AmD AmD 3800 Parcel #802341005 Quilcene, WA 12 f15 to 30 percent slopes �Alderwood gravelly loam, -[NO Area, Washington 15 to 30 percent slopes WA WA631 Jefferson County Area, Washington 73709 AmD 73716 WA 'WA631 Jefferson County Area, Washington Bf WA WA631 Jefferson County Washington Jefferson County Area, Washington 73717 Bg h -Area, WA WA631 73718 73719 WA WA631 Jefferson County Area, Washington Bk 73720 WA WA631 Jefferson County Area, Washington Bm WA WA631 Jefferson County rea, Washington 73721 CGB 4 73723 WA IWA631 Jefferson County Area, Washington CVB Jefferson County Area, Washington WA WA631 73761 HMC WA WA631 Jefferson County Area, Washington 173762 �NB f15 to 30 percent slopes �Alderwood gravelly loam, -[NO 15 to 30 percent slopes 381 00 12 Belfast fine sandy loam Belfast variant, wet :390 5 Belfast silt loam Belfast variant, wet 860 5 Belfast silt loam, heavy Belfast variant, wet 860 5 variant .Belfast silt loam, wet Belfast variant, wet 610 5 variant Belfast silty clay loam, wet variant (Belfast variant, wet 860 95 �Calawah silt loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes Sekiu 19620 5 Calawah-Tealwhit 'Tealwhit '2330 30 association, gently rolling Hoko-Tealwhit association, Tealwhit 30 gently_ rolling .5190 Hoko gravelly silt loam, Hoko variant 1620 95. et variant - - Parcel #802341005 Quilcene, WA 13 APPENDIX B FIELD DATA FORM Parcel #802341005 Quilcene, WA 14 WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM — Western Mountains, Valleys and Coast Regions Project/Site: Parcel # 802341005 City/County: Port Townsend, WA Sampling Date: 11/10/2019 A licant/Owner: : John and Teresa Waag State: WA Sampling Point Up Plot Investi ato s): Meehan-Roulst Wetland Consultin im Meehan-Roulst Section, Township, Range: S34, T28N, R2W Landform hillsla a terrace, etc)., Slope 10-20% Local relief concave, convex, one): None Sloe(%) 10-20% Subregion (LRR): North West Forest Lat: 47de 52'44"N Long: 122de 54'40"W Datum: NAD 83 Soil Map Unit Name: Alderwood graveft looms, 0-15% slope. I NWI classification: Forested Are climatic t h drola is conditions on the site typical for this time of ear? Yes® No If no, explain in Remarks.) Are ve etation Lj, Soil 0, or H drolo significantly disturbed? I Are "Normal Circumstances" resent? Yes N No Ll Are ve Lot ion , Sail L1, or H drolo nat ural ly proble mat ic? If needed, explain any answers in Remarks) SUMMARY OF FINDINGS—Attach site mala showing sampling point locations, transects, im lydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes ❑ No ® Is the Sampled Area lydric Soil Present? Yes ❑ No ® Within a Wetland? Jetland Hydrology Present? Yes ❑ No Remarks: VEGETATION — Use scientific names of planta etc Yes ❑ No Trees Stratum 30' Radius Plot size: 1. Acer macro h llum Absolute Dominant % Cover S ecies? 90 Yes Indicator Status FACU Dominance Test worksheet: Number of Dominant Species That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: (A) 0 2. 3• Total; Number of dominant Species Across All Strata: (B) 2 4• 5. Percent of Dominant Species That Are OBL, FCW, or FAC: (AB) 0% 90% Canopy= Total Cover Prevalence Index worksheet: Total % Cover of Multipiy by: Sa�lin Mrub Stratum (Plot size) 1. OBL species X 1 = 2• FACW species X2= 3. FAC species X3= 4• FACU species 110 X 4 =440 5. UPI, Species X 5 = 4. Column totals 110(A) 440(B) 5•• Prevalence index = B/A =4 % =Total Cover Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators: ❑ 1. Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation ❑ 2.Dominance Test is >50% ❑ 3. Prevalence Index is :53.01 3.05 ❑ 4. Morphological Adaptations' (Provide supporting data in Remarks or on a separate sheet) ❑ 5. Wetland Non -Vascular Plants' ❑ Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation' (Explain) 'Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must be present. Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes 13 No Herb Stratum (Plot size: 1M 1. Polystichum munitum 20 Yes FACU 2. 3. 4• 5, 6. 7. 8. 9. 20% =Total Cover Wood Vine Stratum (Plot size:) 1. 2. =Total Cover 0 %Bare Ground in Herb Stratum 60 Remarks: US Army Corps of Engineers SOIL Western Mountains, Valleys and Coast — Version 2.0 gmmnlinsr Pnint• I In Plnt 1 Profile Description: (Describe t o the depth needed to document the Indicators or confirm the absence of indicators) Depth (inches) Matrix Redox Features Second Indicators 2 or more rc mired Textures Remarks Color (moist) % Color (moist) % Type Loci 2-0" ❑ Water Marks (B1) ❑ Aquatic Invertebrates (B13) ❑ Dry -Season Water Table (C2) ❑ Sediment Deposits (132) ❑ Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (C 1) ❑ Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery ❑ Drift Deposits (133) Leaf litter 0-3" 10YR3/4 100 ❑ Geomorphic Position (D2) ❑ Iron Deposits (115) ❑ Recent Iron Reduction in tilled Soils (C6) ❑ Shallow Aquitard (D3) SL Dark yellowish brown sandy loams, weak granular structure, many fine roots, smooth bounda . 3-14" 10YR4/3 100 ❑ Raised Ant Mounds (D6) (LRR A) ❑ Sparsely Vegetated concave Surface (1318) ❑ Frost -Heave Hummocks (D7) GSL Brown gravelly sandy loams, weak granular structure Surface Water Present? Yes ❑ No ® Depth (inches): Water Table Present? Yes ❑ No ® Depth (inches): Saturation Present? Yes ❑ No ® Depth (inches): Wetland :Hydrology Present? Yes ❑ No includes capillary fringe) Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available: Remarks: Type: C=Concentrations, D=Depletion. RM=Reduced Matrix. CXSEovered or Coated Sand Grains. Location: PI=Pore lining, RC=Root Channel, M=Matrix Hydric Soil Indicators: (Applicable to all LRRs, unless otherwise noted.) Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils [:12 cm Muck (A 10) ❑ Red Parent Material (TF2) ❑ Other (Explain in Remarks 3 3Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and wetland hydrology must be present, unless disturbed or problematic. Histosol (Al) ❑ Histic Epipedon (A2) El Black Histic (A3) ❑ Hydrogen Sulfide (A4) ❑ Depleted Below Dark Surface (A11) ❑ Thick Dark Surface (Al2) ❑ Sandy Mucky Mineral (S1) []Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4) Ll Sandy Redox (SS) ❑ Stripped Matrix (S6) ❑ Loamy Mucky Mineral (F1) (except MLRA 1) ❑ Loamy Gleyed Matrix (172) ❑ Depleted Matrix (1-3) ❑ Redox Dark Surface (176) ❑ Depleted Dark Surface (177) ❑ Redox Depressions (F8) Restrictive Layer (if present): Type: Compact De th (inches): 16 inches Hydric Soil Present? Yes ❑ No Remarks: HYDROLOGY Wetland Hydrology Indicators Primary Indicators (minimum of one required, check all that apply) Second Indicators 2 or more rc mired ❑ Surface Water (A1) ❑ Water -Stained Leaves (139) (except Water Stained Leaves (B9) (MRLA 1, 2, ❑ High Water Table (A2) MLRA 1, 2,41A, and 4B) 4A and 4B) ❑ Saturation (A3) ❑ Salt Crust (B11) ❑ Drainage Patterns (B10) ❑ Water Marks (B1) ❑ Aquatic Invertebrates (B13) ❑ Dry -Season Water Table (C2) ❑ Sediment Deposits (132) ❑ Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (C 1) ❑ Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery ❑ Drift Deposits (133) ❑ Oxidized Rhizospheres along Living Roots (C3) (C9) ❑ Algal Mat or Crust (134) ❑ Presence of Reduced Iron (C4) ❑ Geomorphic Position (D2) ❑ Iron Deposits (115) ❑ Recent Iron Reduction in tilled Soils (C6) ❑ Shallow Aquitard (D3) ❑ Surface Soil Cracks (B6) ❑ Stunted or Stressed Plants (D1') (LRR A) ❑ FAC—Neutral Test (D5) ❑ Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (117) ❑ Other (Explain in remarks) ❑ Raised Ant Mounds (D6) (LRR A) ❑ Sparsely Vegetated concave Surface (1318) ❑ Frost -Heave Hummocks (D7) Field Observations Surface Water Present? Yes ❑ No ® Depth (inches): Water Table Present? Yes ❑ No ® Depth (inches): Saturation Present? Yes ❑ No ® Depth (inches): Wetland :Hydrology Present? Yes ❑ No includes capillary fringe) Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available: Remarks: u�) Army corps or Engineers Western Mountains, Valleys and Coast — Version 2.0 APPENDIX C APPROACH AND METHODS Parcel #802341005 Quilcene, WA 15 APPROACH AND METHODS CRITICAL AREA DETERMINATION, DELINEATION & CLASSIFICATION: Wetland boundary is marked every 25' with 3" x 5" orange plastic wire whips. The whips have the station numbers for surveying, the date the boundary was established and the lettering M-R.W.C. indicating Meehan-Roulst Wetland consulting as the principal contractor. Each wetland whip has an orange wetland boundary ribbon attached to it. In addition, in forested and shrubby areas there is wetland flagging hung at near eye level for guidance to the next wetland station. WETLAND DELINEATION BASED ON: 1987 Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual and the Regional Supplement to the Wetland Delineation 1987 Manual for Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast Region (Version 2) updated in 2010. Wetland Determination Two levels of information were gathered to do a routine wetland determination. These included: a) Review of preliminary site data and, b) On-site investigation to determine the presence of wetlands and non wetland waters. a) A review of existing information was conducted to develop background knowledge of physical features, and to identify the potential for wetland occurrence on the subject property. The resource documents available for preliminary review of the site conditions included: USDA Soil Conservation Service (SCS), "Soil Survey of Jefferson County Area Washington", 2013 and 1994, Jefferson County aerial photography, and Jefferson County Planning Department data. Parcel #802341005 Quilcene, WA 16 b) During the on-site investigation, wetland areas were determined and verified on the basis of three parameters: Hydrophytic Vegetation, Hydric Soils, and Wetland Hydrology, as recommended in the Regional Supplement to the Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual: Western Mountains, Valleys and Coast Region (Version 2.0), May 2010. Hydric soils are classified using Filed Indicators of Hydric Soils in the United States, Version 7.0, 2010. A p9sitive wetland determination is made when all three parameters are present, or in certain situations determined following the guidelines recommended in wetland determination procedures, or for atypical situations or problem areas. c) The wetland was classified as to type (category) by using the Washington State wetland rating system for western Washington -October -2014. Effective January 2015, Washington State Department of Ecology's Publication No. 03-06-029 and applicable Rating Forms Effective January 1, 2015. Hydrophytic Vegetation Areas where more than 50% of the dominant species present from all strata are hydrophytes (plants adapted to growth and reproduction in saturated soil conditions) are considered to be inside the wetland boundary, unless clear evidence of hydric soils or wetland hydrology cannot be established. A species is considered dominant if it is equal to or greater than 20% areal cover, or exerts a controlling influence on, or defines the character of a community. Hydrophytic vegetation is determined to be present, when under normal circumstances: More than 50% of the dominant plant species in a plant community have an indicator category of Obli ague Wetland (OBL), Facultative Wetland (FACW), and/or Facultative (FAC) as listed in "National List of Plant Species that Occur in Wetlands: Northwest (Region 9)" This Plant Indicator Status Categories system was developed for the USFWS National Wetlands Inventory by Cowardin et al. (1979). The National Plant List Panel, Reed, Porter B., and Jr. modified it in 1988 and 1993. The Wetland Indicator Category (WIC) used in this report refers to the plants Indicator Symbol as referred to in the table below. There have been changes to the list since 1993. In 2016 the list was updated and was used for this report. National Indicators reflect the range of estimated probabilities (expressed as a frequency of occurrence) of a species occurring in a wetland versus a non -wetland across the entire distribution of the species. )", Liehvar, R.W., D.L. Banks, W.N. Kirchner, and N.C. Melvin. 2016. The National Wetland Plant List: 2016 wetland ratings. Phytoneuron 2016-30: 1-17. Published 28 April 2016. ISSN 2153 733X. Percentages expressed as estimated probability. Parcel #802341005 Quilcene, WA 17 Indicator Cateoory Indicator Symbol Definition OBLIGATE WETLAND PLANTS OBL Occur almost always, >99% (estimated probability) in wetlands Under natural conditions. <1% in non wetlands. FACULTATIVE WETLAND FACW Usually occur in wetlands, 67-99%, PLANTS 1-33% in non -wetlands. FACULTATIVE PLANTS FAC Equally likely to occur in wetlands, non -wetlands 34-66%. FACULTATIVE UPLAND PLANTS OBLIGATE UPLAND PLANTS jhdric Sails FACU Usually occur in non wetlands 67-99%, but occasionally found in wetlands 1-33% UPL Almost always occur in non -wetlands of Northwest Region 9, >99%. <1% in wetlands. There have been tremendous scientific changes since 1991 in several of the indicators such as the introduction of aquic conditions to cover the requirements for saturation, reduction, and morphological indicators used to define the modified aquic moisture regime, and mottles and low chroma colors being replaced by redoximorphic features. Because of these changes, we consult the US Department of Agriculture, Natural Resource Conservation Service. 2010. Field Indicators of Hydric Soils in the United States, Version 7.0". G. W. Hurt, L. M. Vasilas . (eds.), USDA, NRCS, in cooperation with the National Technical Committee for Hydric Soils guidance and decision in making final hydric soils determinations. Field indicators of hydric soil conditions in this document, (Land Resource Region (LRR) A that includes Western Washington), are presented here: (1) ALL SOILS: Al. Histosols; A2. Histic Epipedons; A4. Hydrogen sulfide; A6. Organic Bodies; A7. Mucky mineral; Parcel #802341005 Quilcene, WA 18 A8. Muck Presence; A10.2 cm Muck; All. Depleted Below Dark Surface; and Al2. Thick Dark Surface (2) SANDY SOILS: S1. Sandy Mucky Mineral; S4. Sandy Gleyed Matrix; SS.Sandy Redox; and S6. Stripped Matrix (3) LOAMY AND CLAYEY SOILS: Fl. Loamy Mucky Mineral; F2. Loamy Gleyed Matrix; F3. Depleted Matrix; F6. Redox Dark Surface; F7.Depleted Dark Surface; and F8. Redox Depressions; Wetland H drolo Water is the driving force for wetlands. Indications of wetland hydrology are those where the presence of water has an overriding influence on characteristics of vegetation and soils due to anaerobic and reducing conditions, respectively. Areas that are seasonally saturated and/or inundated to the surface for a consecutive number of days for more than 12.5% of the growing season are wetlands provided the soil and vegetation parameters are met. Areas wet between 5% and 12% of the growing season in most years may or may not be wetlands. Areas saturated to the surface for less than 5% of the growing season are non - wetlands. Wetland hydrology exists if field indicators are present. Field indicators of wetland hydrology may include, but are not limited to visual observations of inundation, ponding, soil saturation, oxidized root channels (rhizospheres) associated with living roots and rhizomes, watermarks, drift lines, water -borne sediment deposition, or wetland drainage patterns. Parcel #802341005 Quilcene, WA 19 The growing season starting and ending dates are required to evaluate hydrologic data. For wetland determinations, the growing season is determined using the local SCS county soils surveys. Generally, the growing season is calculated based on the "28 degrees F or lower" temperature threshold at a frequency of "5 years in 10". For much of western Washington at low elevations, the mesic growing season (March 1 to October 31) has been considered a good rule. However, in some areas of the Puget Sound Lowlands and coastal areas the growing season occurs all year round because the soil temperature at 19.7 inches below the soil surface is higher than 41 degrees F. Plant Identscation and Classification Primary references used for scientific plant names and the endemic and non-native or exotic status of plants to the North Olympic Peninsula were determined as found in Flora of the Pacific Northwest by Hitchcock and Cronquist, Univ. of Washington Press, 1972. Other references referred to included: (1) A Field Guide to the Common Wetland Plants of Western Washington & Northwestern Oregon by Sarah Spear Cooke, editor, Washington Native Plant Society, May 1997; Wetland plants of Oregon & Washin on by Jennifer Guard, Lone Pine Publishing, 1995; (2) Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast- Washington, Oregon, British. Columbia &Alaska edited by Pojar and Mackinnon, D.C. Forest Service, Research Program, Lone Pine Publishing, 1994 and, D.C. Forest Service, Research Program, Lone Pine Publishing, 1994; and (3) Northwest Weeds by Ronald J. Taylor, Mountain Press Publishing Company, 1990 Parcel #802341005 Quilcene, WA 20