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..~,~' - Loggy Soil and Wetland Consulting
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W. David Loggy, CPSS and Wetland Specialist
P. O. Box 2347, Port Angeles, WA 98362
Phone:360-457 -392o-Fax: 360-457 "()131
Email: wdploggy@olypen.com
Web Page: Olypen.comfwdp/oggy
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Certifip.n
Specializing in:
Soil Mapping and Classification
SOillnvestigations- Soil Site Analysis
Wetland Mapping, Delineation and Restoration
Soil Redox Potential Monitoring for Hydric Soil Determination
ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE WETLAND
DELINEATION AND CLASSIFICATION
REPORT
PREPAIRED FOR THE
PROPERTY OF
Warren and Deborah Sheffield
Located in portion of the
SW 1/4 of
Section 04, T.29N,R.OIE, W.M.
Jefferson County, Washington
Proposed Project:
Single-Family-Residence
Project Name:
Sbetlield 921043001
Reference:
Jefferson County
Community Development Planning Division
Prepared for:
Warren and Deborab Sbetlield
3033 38th Ave. W.
Seattle, W A 98199-2512
Prepared By:
Loggy Soil and Wedand Consulting
W. David Loggy, CPSS
P.O. Box 2347
Port Angeles, W A 98362-0303
(360) 457-3920
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONSULTING COMPANY
TYPE OF CRITICAL AREA INVISTIGATION
LAND OWNER
APPLICANT
PROPOSED PROJECT
TAX PARCEL NUMBER
SITE LOCATION
WNING
EXISTING CONDITIONS
Landscape Position
Slope gradient
Geologic Materials
Water types present
5. NON-WETLAND SITES
6. WETLAND SITES
ENVIORNMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREA DETERMINATION & DELINEATION:
WETLAND CLASSIFICATION
CRITICAL AREA BUFFER REQUIREMENTS
TABLES
TABLE ONE - DOMINATE AT VEGETATION ON SITE TP-l
TABLE TWO - DOMINATE AT VEGETATION ON SITE TP-l
TABLE THREE - DOMINATE AT VEGETATION ON SITE TP-3
TABLE FOUR - DOMINATE AT VEGETATION ON SITE DP-2
TABLE FIVE - DOMINATE AT VEGETATION ON SITE DP-l
TABLE SIX - FLAG NUMBERING OF WETLAND HABITAT AREAS
TABLE SEVEN - WETLAND CLASSIFICATION
TABLE EIGHT - WETLAND LANDSCAPE FUNCTIONS
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A - APPROACH AND MEmODS AND CONTRACTOR'S REPORT
APPENDIX B - FIELD DATA SHEETS
APPENDIX C - MAPS AND CRITICAL AREA DRAWING
APPENDIX D - WETLAND RATING FIELD DATA FORM
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ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE WETLAND AREA
DELINEATION AND CLASSIFICATION REPORT
CONSULTING COMPANY:
Loggy Soil and Wetland Consulting
ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREA INVESTIGATION:
Wetlands
Fish & Wildlife Habitat Areas
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LAND OWNER:
Warren and Deborah Sheffield
APPLICANT:
Warren and Deborah Sheffield
3033 38th Ave. W.
Seattle, W~ 98199-2512
Single-Family-Residence
PROPOSED PROJECT:
TAX PARCEL NUMBER(S):
SITE LOCATION:
921043001
LEGAL LOCATION:
SW ~ of Section 04, Township 29 North, Range
01 East, W. M., Lot 6, Jefferson County,
Washington
STREET ADDRESS:
5672 Flagler Road, Nordland, W A 98358
ROAD ROUTE INSTRUCTIONS:
Form Port Townsend, W A travel south on SR 20
to the intersection ofSR 19 and 20. Take SR 19
to SR 116 then follow SR 116 to Port Hadlock
and then to Marrowstone Island. SR 116
becomes Flagler Road. Follow Flagler Road to
5672 Flagler Road which is between Garden
Club Road and Strawberry Lane.
ZONING:
Rural Residential (RR)
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EXISTING SITE CONDmONS:
1. LANDSCAPE POSITION:
HILLSLOPES 0 STREAM &: RIVER 0
FLOODPLAINS 0 BASINS 0
TERRACES 181 DEPRESSIONS 0
MARINE TERRACES 0 COASTAL DUNES 0
ALLUVIAL FAN 0 MARINE BLUFF 0
VALLEYS 0 SWALES 0
LANDSLIDE 0 LAKES &: PONDS 0
OTHER (EXPLAIN)
2. SLOPE GRADIENT: o to 15 Percent
3. GEOLOGIC MATERIALS
ALLUVIAL 0 ASH 0
COLLUVIAL 0 GLACIAL DRIFT 0
GLACIAL OUTWASH 0 TILL 0
LACUSTRINE 0 ORGANICS 0
EOLIAN 0 RESIDUUM 0
MARINE SEDIMENTS 0 GLACIAL SEDIMENTS 181
4. WATER TYPES PRESENT (Table 6, C.C.C. 27.12.315):
IRRIGATION DITCH 0
STREAM, RIVER OR LAKE 0
IRRIGATION DITCH ASSOCIATED WITH STREAM OR RIVER
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STREAM, RIVER POND OR LAKE NAME:
N/A 0
TYPE 1 WATER
TYPE 3 WATER
TYPE 5 WATER
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TYPE 2 WATER
TYPE 4 WATER
N/A
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APPROACH AND METHODS USED IN WETLAND DELINEATION AND UPLAND
DETERMINATION ARE DETAILED IN APPENDIX A.
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I EXISTING SITE CONDmONS CONTINUED
I 5. NON-WETLAND SITES
I A. PLOT Numbers: TP-l, TP-2, TP-3 & DP-2
Plot data can be viewed in Appendix B.
I i. VEGETATION TYPE:
Herbaceous 0 Estuarine 0
Forested ~ Scrub-Shrub 0
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Non-native 0
Disturbed Yes ~ No D
I Type of Disturbance [Harvested]. The area surrounding the wetland was
harvested within three years.
I TABLE ONE
DOMINATE VEGETATION ON SITE TP-l
I PLANT INDICATOR PERCENT
COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME STATUS COVER
I Canada thistle Cirsium arveose FACU+ 25
Canada blue2rass Poa comDressa FACU+ 25
Dandelion Taraxacum officinale FACU 15
I Soft rush Juncus effusus FACW+ 5
O)"e2on 2rape Mahonia nervosa FACU 2
Trailio2 blackberrv Rubus uninus FACU 3
I TABLE TWO
DOMINATE VEGETATION ON SITE TP-2
I PLANT INDICATOR PERCENT
COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME STATUS COVER
Bull thistle Cirsium vull!are FACU 5
I Douglas fir (seedling) Pseudotsu2a menziesii FACU 1
Soft rush Juncus effusus FACW+ 30
Stin2ine nettles Urtica dioiea FAC+ 15
I Trailinl! blackberrv Rubus ursinus FACU 3
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I EXISTING SITE CONDmONS CONTINUED
I TABLE THREE
DOMINATE VEGETATION ON SITE TP-3
I PLANT INDICATOR PERCENT
COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME STATUS COVER
I Canada thistle Cirsium arvense FACU+ 20
Soft rush Juncos effusus FACW+ 10
Stin2ine: nettles Urtica dioica FAC+ 10
Trailinz blackberry Rubus ursinus FACU 20
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DOMINATE VEGETATION ON SITE DP-2
I PLANT INDICATOR PERCENT
COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME STATUS COVER
Canada thistle Cirsium arvense FACU+ 20
I Annual blue:ras5 Poa annua FAC 45
Soft rusb Juncos effosus FACW+ 20
Elderberrv Sambucus racemosa FACU 2
Himalayan blackberry Rubus proceros FACU 5
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ii. Hydropbytic vegetation present Yes D No ~
I ill. SOILS
I NRCS Soil Map Unit and Series: Cassolary sandy loam, 0 to 15 percentl
Field Identified Map Unit & Series: Cassolary sandy loam
SOIL DEPTH:
I SbaDow D Moderately deep D Deep D Very Deep ~
SOIL DRAINAGE:
I Excessively WeDD Somewbat Excessively WeD D WeD ~
Mod. WeD D Somewhat Poorly D Poorly D
Very Poorly D
I SOIL SURFACE: A-horizons with sandy loam textures, ranging for 3 to 14 inches
thick with colors that have Hues from lOYR or 7.5YR, values of
2 or 3 and chroma from 2 or 3; weak fme or medium subangular
I blocky structure; many very fme and common fme roots and
clear wavy horizon boundaries
SUBSOIL: Bs and Bw-horizons with sandy loam, clay loam or loam
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1 USDA. NRCS, Soil Survey of Clallam County Area, Washington. Louis J. Halloin, Washington S1ate Department of Natural
I Resources. USDA. NRCS in cooperation with Washington S1ate Department of Natural Resources; Washington S1ate University.
Agriculture Research Center; and Clallam County Commissioners.
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EXISTING SITE CONDmONS CONTINUED
SUBSTRATUM:
textures, ranging from 6 to 20 inches thick with colors that have
hues of 10YR or 7.5YR, values of2and 3, chroma of2 to 3; and
value of 5 chroma 3; with some horizons having relict illuvial Fe
nodules with clear boundaries having colors of 7.5YR or 5YR
value 4 and chroma 4; weak fine subangular blocky structure;
common very fme roots; and clear wavy horizon boundaries.
Bg or Be horizons starting at 14 to 18 inches from the soil
surface having sandy loam or loam textures with colors having
hues of2.5Y, values of5 and chroma of2 or 3; weak fme and
medium subangular blocky structure; few very fme roots.
HYDRIC SOILS: YES 0
If yes, identify hydric soil criteria::% J
NO
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iii. WATER SOURCE FOR HYDROLOGY:
Precipitation 181 Unconfined Aquifer, Tidally Influenced 0
Unconfined Aquifer 0 Marine, Tidally influenced 0
Lake 0 Stream Discbarge 0
iv. AQUlC CONDmONS:
Endosaturation 0
N/A 181
Episaturation 0
Antbric Saturation
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6. WETLAND SITE
A. PLOT No.: DP-l
Plot data can be viewed in Appendix B.
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VEGETATION TYPE:
Herbaceous 181
Fo~ 0
Native 181
Non-native D
Disturbed Yes
Type of Disturbance
Estuarine D
Scrub-Sbrnb D
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Road easement with road constructed on wetland.
2 USDA, NRCS. 2002 Field Indicators of Hydric Soils in the United States, Version 5.1. G.W. Hurt, P.M. Whited, and RF.
Pringle (eds.). USDA, NRCS in cooperation with the national Technical Connnittee fOT Hydric Soils, Fort Worth, TX.
3 STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF ECOWGY. Washington State Wetlands Identification and
Delineation Manual. Ecology Publication #96-94, March 1997.
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EXISTING SITE CONDmONS CONTINUED
TABLE FIVE
DOMINATE VEGETATION ON SITE
Juncus effusus
Carex obnupta
Cirsium vull!are
Rubus ursious
PLANT INDICATOR
STATUS
FACW
OBL
FACU
FACU
PERCENT
COVER
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COMMON NAME
Soft rusb
SIou2b sed2e
BuD tbistle
TraUio2 blackberry
SCIENTIFIC NAME
n. HYDROPHYTIC VEGETATION PRESENT:
Yes
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The wetland vegetation on the parcel is typical of a Juncus effusus (soft rush) and Carex
obnupta (Slough sedge) wetland habitat type that occurs in depressional areas within a
Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas fir) forest. The wetland is not a forest wetland because the
forest canopy is less than 30 percent which allows for the growth of the Juncus effusus
wetland and Carex obnupta. The total wetland acreage on the parcel is 0.26 acres. The above
wetland habitat is approximately 0.25 acres of the wetland on the parcel. The Remaining
0.01 wetland acres south of the road crossing the wetland is a scrub-shrub wetland habitat
with a dominant plant cover of Salix scouleriana (Scouler willow) and Spiraea douglasii
(hardhack). This scrub-shrub wetland connects to the forested-shrub wetland discussed in the
next paragraph.
An estimated 4 acre forested-shrub wetland consisting of Alnus rubra (red alder) less than 50
years old and Rubus spectabilis (salmonberry) occurs on the parcel south of the subjects
parcel. The forested shrub wetland is shown on the Jefferson County's critical area map and
it is apparent that this wetland habitat is an interpretation from the soil survey because it is the
same size and shape as the Belfast wet variant soil map unit shown on the soil survey map. F
iii. SOILS
NRCS SOIL MAP UNIT AND SERIES: Whidbey gravelly sandy loam, 0 to 15%
slopes
FIELD IDENTIFIED MAP UNIT & SERIES: Fine-loamy mixed Aquandic Epiaquents
SOIL DEPTH:
SbaDow 0
Moderately deep 0 Deep 0
Very Deep 0
SOIL DRAINAGE:
Excessively Well 0
Mod. Well 0
Very Poorly 0
Somewhat Excessively WeD
Somewbat Poorly
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Well 0
Poorly 181
SOIL SURFACE:
o to 6 inches of very dark grayish brown (10YR 2/2) loam;
moderate fme to medium subangular blocky structure; many
very fine, fine and few fine roots; clear wavy horizon boundary.
6 to '12 inches of gray (2.5Y 5/1) loam with common medium
SUBSOIL:
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EXISTING SITE CONDmONS CONTINUED
SUBSTRATUM:
and coarse faint mottles grayish (5G 6/1) and common and
coarse distinct iron redoximorphic features with diffuse
boundaries.
Not sampled or described.
HYDRIC SOILS: YES I8J NO
If yes, identify hydric soil criteria:
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F2 Depleted below Dark Surfaee4.
43f. (2) (a) Soils with contrasting mottles
and lor low chroma matrix, Matrix
chroma of2 or less in mottled soils5.
iv. WATER SOURCE FOR HYDROLOGY:
Precipitation I8J Unconfined Aquifer, Tidally InOoenced 0
Unconf"med Aquifer 0 Marine, Tidally inOuenced 0
Lake 0 Stream Discharge 0
Lateral subsurfaee Drainage I8J
v. AQUlC CONDITIONS:
Endosatoratiou 0
Episaturation I8J
Anthric Saturation
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ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREA DETERMINATION & DELINEATION:
The wetland boundary is marked with 3" x 5" orange plastic wire whips. The wetland whips are
consecutively numbered. The whips have the station numbers for compass traverse, the date the
boundary was established and the lettering LSWC indicating Loggy Soil and Wetland consulting as the
delineator. Each wetland whip has an orange wetland boundary ribbon attached to it.
The critical area associated with the tax parcel is shown in the Critical Area Drawing in
Appendix C. The bearings and distances of the wetland stations for the wetland boundary in the drawing
of this report were established using a staff or hand held compass and hip chain. TIle drawing in tbis
report is not a legal survey. The IocatioJl of the property lines are either estimated from fence lines
or monuments or from property survey plats.
TABLE SIX
FLAG NUMBERING OF WETLAND HABITAT AREAS
Boundary Areas
Wetland Habitat
Numberin2 SYStem
1-29
4 USDA, NRCS. 2002 Field Indicators of Hydric Soils in the United States, Version 5.1. G.W. Hurt, P.M. Whited. and RF.
Pringle (eds.). USDA, NRCS in cooperation with the national Technical Committee for Hydric Soils, Fort Worth, lX
5 STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY. Washington State Wetlands Identification and
Delineation Manual. Ecology Publication #96-94, March 1997.
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WETLAND CLASSmCATION:
ESTIMATE TOTAL WETLAND SIZE: 5 acres.
WETLAND SIZE ON PROPERTY: 0.26 acres
WETLAND DELINEATION BASED ON: STATE OF W ASHlNGTON, DEPARTMENT OF
ECOLOGY, Washington State Wetlands Identification and Delineation Manual, March 1997. (Jefferson
CountyUDC, 3.6.9 a(1)).
WETLAND CLASSIFICATION BASED ON Washington State Wetland Rating System, Western
Washington, Second Edition. Publication #93-74, August 1993 (Jefferson County UDC, 3.6.9 a(1 )).
CLASS I
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CLASS II
CLASS m
CLASS IV
BASED ON FISH AND WILDLIFE CLASSIFICATlO~
TABLE SEVEN
WETLAND CLASSmCATION
Wetland
Habitat System
Class m Palustrine
Su~1ass Water Regimes Water Special
Class Chemistry Soil Modifiers
Emergent Persistent Seasonally Flooded Fresh Mineral None
5.5-7.5
6 Lewis M Cowardin, Virginia Carter, Francis C. Golet and Edward T. LaRoe, Classification of Wetlands and
Deepwater Habitats of the United States. U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service FSW/OB8-
79/31, December 1979
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CRITERIA
Habitat
Habitat Diversi
Habitat Size
Upland Habitat Type
SigDmeaRt Habitat
Features
S ies Use
ARadromous fish use
SigDifieaRt Wildtife
MovemeDt Corridor
Mgmt. & Modifieations
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WETLAND LANDSCAPE FUNCTIONS
FUNCTION ASPECT
See Table 7
Low
0.26 acres
Two year old harvested forest around 9()01o of the wetland edge on the
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Some poundiDg of water withiD the wetland for at least 4 months out
of the ear.
Deer and son birds
None
Forage for deer.
The forested area around the wetland has been harvested and
re lanted.
CRITICAL AREA BUFFER REQUIREMENTS
Wetland Class Aquatic Areas
Class I ISO feet 0 Type I &2
Class II 100 feet 0 Type 3
Class m SO feet ~ Type 4
Class IV 25 feet 0 Type 5
ISO feet 0
100 feet 0
ISO feet 0
SO feet 0
BUFFER MARKING (DESCRIBE HOW BUFFER IS MARKED)
The buffers are marked with a wood lath sign. Lath has a red flagging and word printed
on it that states: Wetland and Buffer, Do Not Remove or Alter Existing Native Vegetation.
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APPENDIX A
APPROACH AND MEmODS
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APPROACH AND MEmODS
Wetland Determination
Two levels of information were gathered for this analysis. These included:
a) Review of preliminary site data and,
b) On-site investigation to determine the presence of wetlands.
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", (1990) aerial photography, and Jefferson County Planning
Department data.
b) During the on-site investigation, wetland areas were determined and verified on the basis
of three parameters: Hydropbytic Vegetation, Hydric Soils, and Wetland Hydrology, as
recommended in tbe Wasbineton State Identification and De6neation Manual (Wasbington
State Department of Ecology, Ecology Pub6cation #96-944, Marcb 1997). Wetlands
categories and wetland vegetation classes were identified and classified using the Wasbinlrton
sate Wetlands Ratine: System of West em WasbiDlrton~ Second Edition (Wasbington State
Department of Ecology, Ecology Pub6cation #93-74, August 1993).
A positive 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.
Hvdropbvtic Vee:etation
Areas where more than 500/0 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 200/0 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 Obligate Wetland (OBL), Facultative Wetland (FACW), and/or Facultative (FAC) as listed in
"National List of Plant Species that Occur in Wetlands: Northwest (Region 9)", (Reed, Porter B., Jr.,
1988), and the "1993 Supplement to National List of Plant Species That Occur in Wetlands: Northwest
(Region 9)" dated December 1993 that became effective on March 31,1994. Indicator categories of
FACW+, FACW-, FAC+, are included as FACW status.
'F AC+ species are considered to be wetter (i.e., have a greater estimated probability of occurring
in wetlands) than FAC species, while FAC- species are considered to be drier (i.e., have a lesser estimated
probability of occurring in wetlands) than F AC species.' Plant indicator status definitions are presented in
TABLE 1 below.
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Purpose and Approacb Continued
This Plant Indicator Status Categories system was developed for the USFWS National Wetlands
Inventory by Coward in et al. (1979). The National Plant list Panel, Reed, Porter B., and Jr. modified it in
1988 and 1993. The Wetland Indicator Category (WIG) used in this report refers to the plants Indicator
Svmbol as referred to in the table below.
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. ("National list of Plant Species that Occur in Wetlands: Northwest (Region 9)", Reed, Porter B.,
Jr., 1988), and the 1993 Supplement to list of Plant Species That Occur in Wetlands: Northwest (Region
9) dated December 1993 that became effective on March 31,1994. Percentages expressed as estimated
probability .
TABLE 1
Indicator Cateaory
Indicator Svrnbol
Definition
OBLIGATE WETLAND
PLANTS
OBL
Occur almost always, ><)90/0 (estimated
probability) in wetlands under natural
conditions. <1% in non wetlands.
FACULTATIVE WETLAND
PLANTS
FACW
Usually occur in wetlands, 67-<)90/0 and
1-33% in non-wetlands.
F ACUL TATIVE PLANTS
FAC
Equally likely to occur in wetlands and
non-wetlands 34-66%.
FACULTATIVE UPLAND
PLANTS
FACU
Usually occur in non wetlands 67-99%,
but occasionally found in wetlands 1-33%.
OBLIGATE UPLAND
Plants
UPL
Almost always occur in non-wetlands of
Northwest Region 9, ><)90/0. <1%
in wetlands.
Hvdric Soils
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. 1998. "Field Indicators of Hydric Soils in the
United States, Reversion 5.1 ". G. W. Hurt, Whited, P. M., and Pringle, R. F. (eds.), USDA, NRCS, Ft.
Worth, TX for guidance and decision in making final hydric soils determinations.
Additionally, compliance to changes in Hydric Soils of the United States published in Federal
RegisterNol. 59, No. 133/July 13, 1994 and Vol. 60, No. 37IFebruary 24, 1995 addressing Criterion 2 of
the Criteria for Hydric Soils definition is being observed. The main purpose for the criteria is to create
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Purpose aud Approacb Coutiuued
Hydric Soil Lists. Criteria 1, 3, and 4 can serve as both database criteria and as indicators for
identification of hydric soils. When Criteria 1,3, and 4 are used to document the presence of a hydric soil,
proof that anaerobiosis exists must also be obtained. Criterion 2 serves only to retrieve hydric soils from
the database. Also, the wording for Criteria 1 and 2 were changed in 1999 to incorporate recent changes
in Soil Taxonomy (Soil Survey Staff, 1999).
Field indicators of hydric soil conditions in this document, (Land Resource Region (LRR) A that
includes Western Washington), are presented here in an abbreviated form and include:
(1) ALL SOILS:
AI. Histosols - (organic soils having 16 inches or more of the upper 32 inches as organic
peat or muck soil material); A2. Histic Epipedons - (normally a peat or muck surface horizon or
layer 8 inches or more thick); and A4. Hydrogen sulfide - (sulfidic odor in soil material within 12
inches of the soil surface).
(2) SANDY SOILS:
81 - a mucky modified mineral layer; S4 - a gleyed matrix; S5 - sandy redox concentrations;
and S6 - a matrix stripped of iron/manganese oxides and/or organic matter.
(3) LOAMY AND CLAYEY SOILS:
Fl - a mucky modified mineral layer, F2 - a gleyed matrix; F3; - a depleted matrix without a
dark surface and F4 and F5 - a depleted matrix with dark or thick dark surfaces; F6 - a dark
surface and a redox 4 inch thick layer :S12 inches deep with a matrix value :S3 with a chroma:Sl or
2 or less with ~2% and ~5% distinct or prominent redox concentrations respectively; F7 - a dark
surface layer with redox depletions 4 inch thick with value ~5 and chroma :S2 and :S 12 from the
surface of the soil that has a matrix value :S3 and chroma :S1 or :S2 and ~1 00,/0 and 2:200,/0 redox
depletions respectively; and F8 - redox concentration within 6 inches of a soil surface in
depressions subject to ponding.
Wetland HvdrolOi!V
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 mayor 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.
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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 Identification 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 We stem Washington & Northwestern
Oregon by Sarah Spear Cooke, editor, Washington Native Plant Society, May 1997; Wetland plants of
Oregon & Washington 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
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FIELD DATA SHEETS
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Applicant/owner: U 0 () 7
DATA FORM 1
(WA State Wetland Delineation Manual or
1987 Co s Wetland Delineation Manual
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Sh e .(-. " (.)(/
Date: t.j /7,. 06>
County! J(. f'(/~~Al
City: Nit
State: W A
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Do normal circumstances exist on the site? Yes IZf No
Is the site significantly disturbed (Atypical Situation)
Is the area a potential problem area
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%OF Dominants OB FACW and FAC: 0 ,,~
Check all indicators that apply * explain below.
Regional knowledge of plant commuuities
Physiological or reproductive adaptations
Technical Literature
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Wetland plant list (Natfl or regioual)
Morphological adaptations
Wetland plant data base
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o Aerial photograpbs
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Wetlaud Hydrology ludicators
Primary ludicators:
Q loundated
o Saturated in Upper 12 inches
o Water Marks
o Drift Lines
o Sediment Deposits
o Drainage Patterns in Wetlands
Field Observations:
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Field observation confirm mapped unit Yes ~ No n
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Profile Descriptions:
Deptb
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Matrix Color
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Hvdric Soil Indicators:
o Histosol
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o Sulfidic Odor
o Aquic Moisture Regime
o Reducing Conditions
o Gleyed or Low-Cbroma Colors
Hvdric Soils
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WETLAND DETERMINATION
Hydropbytic Vegetation Present?
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Hydric Soils Present?
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City: rr A
State: W A
Invistigator(s): H JZ, G-
Do normal circumstances exist on the site? Yes
Is the site significantly disturbed (Atypical Situation) Yes 0 No ~
Is the area a potential prohlem area Yes D No
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%OF Dominants OBL FACW and FAC: _lJ2J~_~1
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Stratum
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Cover Indicator
Wetland plant list (Nat'l or regional)
Morphological adaptations
Wetland plant data base
Other:
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Rationale for decisionsIRemarks:
Based on:
Wetland Hydrology Indicators
Primary Indicators:
Q Inundated
o Saturated in Upper J2 inches
o Water Marks
o Drift Lines
o Sediment Deposits
o Drainage Patterns in Wetlands
Secondary Indicators (2 or more roouired)
o Oxidized Rot Channels in Upper 12 inches
o Water Stained Leaves
o Local Soil Survey Data
o FAC-NElTfRAL Test
o Other Ex lain in Remarks
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Taxonomy (Subgroup): ~O -I- 1'7 /) .~ Coil""" ""'1'- "'t
Field observation confirm mapped unit Yes 0 No ~ pp.}" t:- e N I 1" () S CA. V II ~y 00 !nor#"" Y
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o Aquic Moisture Regime
o Reducing Conditions
o Gleyed or Low-Chroma Colors
o Concretions
o High Organic Content in Surface Layer of Sand Soils
o Organic Streaking in Sandy Soils
o Listed on Local Hydric Soils List
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Hydropbytic Vegetation Present?
Wetland Hydrology Present?
Hydric Soils Present?
Yes
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(W A State Wetland Delineation Manual or
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ProjectlSite: S t.. €- i t 9 7 I 0 5/300 1
Applicant/owner: [) OlA / 5 A e:f:PT~-Tr
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Is the area a potential problem area
City: N A-
State: W A
Community ID:
Transect ID:
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%OF Dominants OB FACW and FAC: ()
Cbeck all indicators tbat apply * explain below.
Regional knowledge of plant communities
Physiological or reproductive adaptations
Techuical Literature
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Hydrophytic vegetation present? Yes
Wetland plant list (Nat'l or regional)
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Taxonomy (Subgroup): () 'f B rA
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Depth
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Matrix Color
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o Reducing Conditions
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o Concretions
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o Organic Streaking in Sandy Soils
o Listed on Local Hydric Soils List
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Wetland Hydrology Present?
Hydric Soils Present?
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(W A State Wetland Delineation Manual or
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Applicant/owner: 0 0 [.J t
Date: t-/ z
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City: M
State: W A
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Community 10:
Transect 10:
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okOF Dominants OR FACW and FAC: /)00,1
Check aU indicators that apply * explain below.
Regional knowledge of plant communities
Physiological or reproductive adaptations
Technical Literature
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Rationale for decisionslRemarks:
Wetland plant list (Nat'l or regional)
Morphological adaptations
Wetland plant data base
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Primary Indicators:
III Inundated
IT Saturated in Upper 12 inches
o Water Marks
o Drift Lines
o Sediment Deposits
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Secondarv Indicators (Z or more reouiredl
o Oxidized Rot Channels in Upper 12 i~bes
o Wakr Stained Leaves
o Local Soil Survey Data
o FAC-NEUTRAL Test
Otber Ex lain in Remarks
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Taxonomy (Subgroup):
Field observation confirm mapped unit Yes 0 No ~
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Deptb
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Matrix Color
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Mottle or
Redox Colors
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Abundance/Size!
Contrast
Texture, Concretions.,
Structure, etc.
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o Sulfidic Odor
o Aquic Moisture Regime
o Reducing Conditions
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121 Concretions
o Higb Organic Content in Surface Layer of Sand Soils
o Organic Streaking in Sandy Soils
o Listed on Local Hydric Soils List
o Listed on National Hydric Soils List
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Hydropbytic Vegetation Present?
Wetland Hydrology Present?
Hydric Soils Present?
REMARKS:
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(WA State Wetland Delineation Manual or
1987 Co s Wetland Delineation Manual
ProjectlSite: S e.- << t. -t I P ). I tL'1 3 pol
Applicant/owner: Do (> 7 S c.. e.. #- / elF
Date: t.(/z.~ 06
County! ~ M y ~vW'
City: IV A-
Invistigator(s): H fl {,.. State: W A
Do normal c.:ircumstances exist on the site? Yes 1Zl No Community ID:
Is the site significantly disturbed (Atypical Situation) Yes 0 No ~ Transect ID:
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%OFDominantsOB FACWandFAC: .3'3 I,)
Check all indicators that apply * explain below.
Regional knowledge of plant communities
Physiological or reproductive adaptations
Technical Literature
Wetland plant list (Nat'l or regional)
Morphologic:al adaptations
Wetland plant data base
Other:
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Rationale for decisions/Remarks:
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o Aerial photographs
o Other
Field Observations:
Wetland Hydrology Indicators
Primary Indicators:
D.lnundated
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o Water Marks
o Drift Lines
o Sediment Deposits
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Wetland Hydrology Present?
Hydric Soils Present?
REMARKS:
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Taxonomy (Subgroup):
Field observation confirm mapped unit Yes DC] No 0
Corrected Map Unit Name or Taxonomy (Subgroup):
Profile Descriptions:
Depth
(Inches) Horizon
Matrix Color
{Munsell Moist
Mottle or
Redox Colors
(Munsell
Moist
MellI\. U' R..dux
AJUIRlIu..-dStuJ
GeMAMt
Texture, Concretions,
Structure. etc.
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Hvdric Soil Indicators:
o Histosol
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o Sulfidic Odor
o Aquic Moisture Regime
o Reducing Conditions
o Gleyed or Low-Chroma Colors
o Concretions
o Higb Organic Content in Surface Layer of Sand Soils
o Organic Streaking in Sandy Soils
o Listed on Local Hydric Soils List
o Listed on National Hydric Soils List
o Other (Explain in Remarks)
Hvdric Soils
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REMARKS:
WETLAND DETERMINATION
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DRAWINGS AND MAPS OF SITE
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PROPERTY
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Warren & Deborah Sheffield
3033 38th Ave. W.
Seattle, WA 98199-2512
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DATE
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FILE NAME
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WETLAND RATING FIELD DATA FORM
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Name of Rater: HtJ'I'/tIN 1; 6",/,11..,/ Affiliation: G- o,lfr,V t..'N!>V/ff;"pate: i/zt/ot
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Location: 1/4 Section: 5 W of 1/4 S:_ Section:~ Township: '~A/ Range: I;:
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Site visit: Y USGS Topo Map: V NWI map:_ Aerial Photo: V Soils survey: V
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Q.1. High Quality Natural Wetland
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Answer this question if you have adequate information or experience to do so. If
not find someone with the expertise to answer the questions. Then, if the answer
to questions I a, 1 b and I c are all NO, contact the Natural Heritage program of
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/Ia. Human caused disturbances.
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hydrology of the wetland as indicated by any of the following conditions?
Consider only changes that may have taken place in the last 5 decades. The
impacts of changes done earlier have probably been stabilized and the wetland
ecosystem will be close to reaching some new equilibrium that may represent a
high quality wetland.
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la2. Wetland is ditched and water flow is not obstructed.
1a3. Wetland has been graded, filled, logged.
la4. Water in wetland is controlled by dikes, weirs, etc.
laS. Wetland is grazed.
I a6. Other indicators of disturbance (list below)
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I b Are there populations of non-native plants which are currently present. cover YES: go to Q.2
more than 10% of the wetland, and appear to be invading native populations? No: go to Ie.
Briefly describe any non-native plant populations and
Infonnation source(s):
IC.ls there evidence of human -caused disturbances which have visibly
degraded water quality. Evidence of the degradation of water quality include:
direct (untreated) runoff from roads or parking lots; presence, or historic YES: go to Q.2
evidence, of waste dumps; oily sheens; the smell of organic chemicals; or NO: Possible Cat. I
livestock use. Briefly describe: Contact DNR
Q.2. Irreplaceable Ecological Functions:
Does the wetland: (NO to all: go to Q.3)
have at least 1/4 acre of organic soils deeper than 16 inches YES go to 2a
and the wetland is relatively undisturbed; OR
[If the answer is NO because the wetland is disturbed briefly
describe:
Indicators of disturbance may include:
- Wetland has been graded, filled, logged;
- Organic soils on the surface are dried-out for more than half
of the year;
- Wetland receives direct stonnwater runoff from urban or
agricultural areas.];
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I have a forested class greater than I acre; :9GO to 2b
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have characteristics of an estuarine system; Yes: Go to 2c
OR
have eel grass floating or non-floating kelp beds? Yes: Go to 2d
2a. Bogs and Fens
Are any of the three following conditions met for the area of organic soil?
2a 1. Are Sphagnum. mosses a common ground cover (>30%) and the cover of
invasive species (see Table 3) is less than 1O%?
Is the area of sphagnum mosses and deep organic soils> 1/2 acre? YES: Category I
Is the area of sphagnum mosses and deep organic soils '14-1/2 acre? YES: Category II
NO: Go to 2a.3
2a2. Is there an area of organic soil which has an emergent class with at least
one species from Table 2, and cover of invasive species is < 10% (see Table 3)?
Is the area of herbaceous plants and deep organic soils> 1/2 acre? YES: Category I
Is the area of herbaceous plants and deep organic soils 1/4-1/2acre? YES: Category II
NO: Go to 2a.3
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2a.3. Is the vegetation a mixture of only herbaceous plants and Sphagnum
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Is the area of herbaceous plants, Sphagnum, and deep organic
soils> l/2 acre? YES: Category I
Is the area of herbaceous plants, Sphagnum, and deep organic
I soils 'h-l/2 acre? YES: Category II
NO: Go to Q.3.
I Q.2b. Mature forested wetland.
2b.l. Does 50% of the cover of upper forest canopy consist of evergreen @ Category I
trees older than 80 years or deciduous trees older than 50 years? \!'JO: Go to 2b.2
I Note: The size of trees is often not a measure of age, and size cannot
be used as a surrogate for age (see guidance).
2b.2. Does 50% of the cover of forest canopy consist of evergreen trees older ~ Go to 2b.3
I than 50 years, AND is the structural diversity of the forest high as \NO: Go to Q.3
characterized by an additional layer of trees 20'-49' tall, shrubs 6'- 20',
tall, and a herbaceous groundcover?
I 2b.3. Does < 25% ofthe areal cover in the herbaceous/groundcover or YES: Category I
the shrub laver consist of invasive/exotic plant species from the list on p. t 9? NO: Go to Q.3
Q.2c. Estuarine wetlands.
I 2c.l. Is the wetland listed as National Wildlife Refuge, National Park., YES: Category I
National Estuary Reserve, Natural Area Preserve, State Park., or NO: Go to 2c.2
Educational, Environmental or Scientific Reserves designated under
I WAC 332-30-151?
I 2c.2. Is the wetland> 5 acres; ......................................................... i YES: Category 1
I Note: If an area contains patches of salt tolerant vegetation that are
I I) less than 600 feet apart and that are separated by mudflats that go
dry on a Mean Low Tide, or
2) separated by tidal channels that are less than 100 feet wide;
all the vegetated areas are to be considered together in calculating the
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or is the wetland 1-5 acres; ................................ ........ ................. YES: Go to 2c.3
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I NO Category II
- minimum existing evidence of human related disturbance such as
diking, ditching, filling, cultivation, grazing or the presence of non-
native plant species (see guidance for definition);
I - surface water connection with tidal saltwater or tidal freshwater;
- at least 75% of the wetland has a'I 00 buffer of ungrazed pasture,
I open water, shrub or forest;
- has at least 3 of the following features: low marsh; high marsh; tidal
channels; lagoon(s);woody debris; or contiguous freshwater wetland.
I 2c.4. Does the wetland meet all of the four criteria under 2c3? (above)? YES: Category II
NO: Catel!orv III
I Q.2d. Eel Grass and Kelp Beds.
2d./. Are eelgrass beds present? ..... ... ................. ........... .............. YES: Category I
NO: go to 2d.2
I 2d.2. Are their floating or non-floating kelp bed(s) present with greater than YES: Category I
50% macro algal cover in the month of August or September? . . .. .. . . . . . . .. NO: Category II
Q.3. Category IV wetlands.
I 13a. Is the wetland: less than 1 acre ang,
. hydrologically isolated and,
comprised of one vegetated class that is dominated (> 80% areal cover) ~Category IV
by one species from Table 3 (page 19) or Table 4 (page 20) 0: to 3b
I 3b. Is the wetland: less than two acres
and. hydrologically isolated.
I with one vegetated class, and> 90% of areal cover in any combination of ~ Category IV
species from Table 3 (page 19) O. 0 to 3c
3c. Is the wetland excavated from upland and a pond smaller than I acre YES: Category IV
I without a surface water connection to streams, lakes, rivers. or other @gotoQ.4
wetland, and has < 0.1 acre ofvel!etation.
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Answer all questions and enter data requested.
4a Total wetland area
Estimate area. select from choices in the near-right column, and score in the
fur column:
Circle scores tbat qualify
acres
>200
/} 40-200
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Open Water: if the area of open water is > 1/4 acre
Aquatic Beds: if the area of aquatic beds> 1/4 acre,
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Forested: if area offorested class is> 1/4 acre,
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Add the number of wetland classes, above, that qualifY, and then
Score according to the columns at right.
e.g. If there are 4 classes (aquatic beds, open water, emergent &
Scrub-shrub), YOU would circle 8 points in the far riMt column.
4c. Plant species diversity.
For each wetland class (at right) that qualifies in
4b above, count the number of different plant species
you can find that cover more than 5% of the ground.
You do not have to name them.
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e.g. If a wetland has an aquatic bed class with 3 species, an Emergent
emergent class with 4 species and a scrub-shrub
class with 2 species you would circle 2, 2, and 1 in the
far column.
Note: Any plant species with a cover of> 5%
qualifies for points within a class, even those Scrub-Scrub
that are not ofthat class.
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If the wetland has a forested class. add I point ifeach of the following
Classes is present within the forested class and is larger than 1/4 acre:
-trees> 50' taIL...........................
-trees 20'- 49' tall.................... ....
-shrubs...................................... .
-herbaceous ground cover................
Also add I point ifthere is any "open water" or "aquatic bed" class
Immediately next to the forested area (Le. there is no scrub/shrub or
emer ent ve etation between them .
4e. Decide from the diagrams below whether interspersion between
wetland classes is high, moderate, low or none? If you think the
amount of interspersion falls in between the diagrams score accordingly
(i.e. a moderately high amount of interspersion would score a 4,
while a moderately low amount would score a 2)
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I Is there evidence that the open or standing water was caused by beavers
Is a heron rookery located within 300'?
Are raptor nestls located within 3oo'?
Are there at least 3 standing dead trees (snags) per acre greater than
10" in diameter at "breast height" (DBH)?
Are there at least 3 downed logs per acre with a diameter
> 6" for at least 10' in length?
Are there areas (vegetated or unvegetated) within the wetland that are
ponded for at least 4 months out ofthe year, and the wetland has not
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Moderate - 3
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4g.1. Does the wetland provide habitat for fish at any time of the year AND YES=6
does it have a perennial surface water connection to a fish-bearing stream.
4g.2 Does the wetland provide fish habitat seasonally AND does it have YES=4
I a seasonal surface water connection to a fish-bearing stream.
4g.3 Does the wetland function to export organic matter through a surface YES=4
I water connection at all times of the year to a perennial stream.
4g.4 Does the wetland function to export organic matter through a surface YES=2
water connection to a stream on a seasonal basis?
I 4h. Buffers.
Score the existing buffers on a scale of 1-5 based on the following four descriptions.
If the condition of the buffers do not exactly match the description. score either a
point higher or lower depending on whether the buffers are less or more degraded.
I Forest, scrub, native grassland or open water buffers are present for
more than 100'around 95% of the circumference. Score 5
I Forest, scrub, native grassland, or open water buffers wider than 100'
for more than 1/2 of the wetland circumference, or a forest, scrub,
grasslands, or open water buffers for more than 50' around 95 % of the Score ~
circumference.
I Forest, scrub, native grassland, or open water buffers wider than 100'
for more than 1/4 of the wetland circumference, or a forest, scrub, native
grassland, or open water buffers wider than 50' for more than 1/2 of the
I wetland circumference. Score = 2
No roads, buildings or paved areas within 100' ofthe wetland for more than
95% of the wetland circumference. Score = 2
I No roads, buildings or paved areas within 25' of the wetland for more
than 95% of the circumference, or
I No roads buildings or paved areas within 50' of the wetland for more than
1/2 of the wetland circumference. Score = I
Paved areas, industrial areas or residential construction (with less than 50'
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of the circumference of the wetland. Score = 0
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Select the description, which best matches the site being evaluated.
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-Is the wetland connected to, or part of, a riparian corridor at least 100' wide
connecting two or more wetlands; or, is there an upland connection present> I 00'
wide with good forest or shrub cover (>25% cover) connecting it with a
Significant Habitat Area?
YES = 5
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-Is the wetland connected to any other Habitat Area with either I) a forested/shrub
corridor < 100' wide, or 2) a corridor that is > 100' wide, but has a low vegetative
cover less than 6 feet in height?
Yes=€)
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-Is the wetland connected to, or a part of, a riparian corridor between 50 - 100' wide
with scrub/shrub or forest cover connection to other wetlands?
Yes = 3
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- Is the wetland connected to any other Habitat Area with narrow corridor (<100')
of low vegetation (< 6' in height)?
Yes = I
- Is the wetland and its butTer (if the butTer is less than 50' wide) completely isolated
by development (urban, residential with a density greater than 2/acre, or industrial)?
Yes = 0
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Is the Total greater than or equal to 22 points!
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