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• ID: 1 Basin A Page 3 of 4 - Hydrology Indicators — Pit 7 Water y to FAC Jurisdictional Transact Location Hydric Soil Depths Primary Secondary Neutral Test 11 Wetland? 1 1 2 2 3 • No + >12 inches NA NA No No No + >12inches NA 10 Yes No Yes 6 -12 Inches 2 10 Yes Yes No + >12 Inches NA NA No No Yes + >12 inches NA NA No No Yes + >12 inches NA 10 Yes Yes 1 From USGS Hydrologic Unit Map. See also Minnesota Rules 8420.0540 Subpart 10 (Figure 2). 2 From NRCS Detemuzration under the Food Security Act of 1985 (if applicable). FW Famed Wetland; PC -Prior Converted Cropland; NW =Non - Wetland; W- Wetland; NI= Not inventoried 3 Daubenmire scale: 6 = 95.100% cover, 5 - 75.95% cover, 4 = 50-75% cover, 3 — 25-50% cover, 2 = 525% cover, I = 0.5% cover. 4 OBL = Obligate Wetland, occurs an estimated 99% in wetlands FACW - Facultative Wetl and, has an estimated 67-99% probability of occurrence in wetlands; FAC = Facultative, is equally likely to occur in wetlands and non wetlands (34-66% probability); FACU — Facultative Upland has an estimated 1 -33% probability of occurrence; and NI = No Indicator, denotes insufficient information available to determine an indicator status Positive or negative signs indicate a frequency towards higher ( +) or lower ( -) frequency of occurrence in wetland within a category. Blanks in this colunm ere due to genus level identification only. 5 Soil Survey Staff. Keys to Soil Taxonomy, Sixth Edition. US Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Washington, D.C. 1994. 6 US Department of Agriculture, Soil Cauervation Service. Hydric Soils of the United States, Third Edition. National Technical Committee for Hydric Soils Lincoln, NE. 1991. 7 US Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. Field Indicators of Hydric Soils in the United States. O.W Hutt, P.M. Whited., and R.F. Pringle, (eds.). US Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Fort Worth, TX 1996. 8 Positive Number indicates depth of inundation; Negative Number indicates depth to free water. 9 Primary Hydrology Indioatom Per 1987 Corps Wetland Delineation Mama( I= Visual observation of inundation; 2= Visual observation of soil saturation; 3= Watermarks; 4= Drift lines; 5= Sediment Deposits; Cr. Drainage Patters in Wetland 10 Secondary Hydrology Indicators Per 1987 Corps Wetland Delineation Manual (two or more are required in absence of a primary indicator): 7= oxidized rhizospheres in upper 12 inches; 8= water- stained leaves; 9= Local Soil Survey hydrology data for hydric soils, 10= FAC Neutral test. Note: Local soil survey hydrology data for hydric soils are not a valid secondary indicator of wetland hydrology "...if the site being delineated has been subject to substantial hydrologic alteration ". See Guidelines for Submitting Wetland Delineations to the St. Paul District Corps of Engineers and Local Units of Government in the State of Minnesota, USACE Public Notice 96- 01078 -SDE, April 17, 1996, Page 25. Also see Clarification and Interpretation of the 1987 Manual, HQUSACE Memorandum, March 6, 1992, Page MI-14. 11 FAC - Neutral Test per 1987 Corps Wetland Delineation Manual Pert III, Indicators of Hydrophytic Vegetation Copyright Peterson Environmental Consulting, Inc,