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NRCS soils data, and a pond management report prepared for the City of Mounds View (Environmental Specialists 1959). The 1991 aerial photo shows the pond as having a sharply -defined shoreline and little to no vegetation. A large area of shrub Carr/wet forest was present in 1991 and remains in place today. This may be a remnant of historic wetland left unaltered. By 2003, the pond vegetation had grown in considerably, with a tree -lined bank, vegetated shoreline, and nearly complete coverage of floating vegetation, This is suggestive of vegetative succession occurring within a pond that was constructed in the recent past. The National Wetland Inventory recognizes two separate emergent (herbaceous) wetlands within the pond that range from seasonally flooded to semi-pemianently flooded. The United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service Soil Data Mart for Ramsey County was consulted for review of'onsite soil properties. The hydric sail rating was generated from the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service Soil Survey Geographic Database (USDA MRCS SSVRGO) using the Soil Data Viewer `Hydric Rating by Map Unit' option. The resources revealed that the areas of the pond that appeared to be native, historic wetlands are underlain by (540) Seelyeville Muck and (543) Markey Muck, which are 100% hydric soils. These are very poorly drained, frequently ponded, depressional soils with organic content (muck) of about 62 to 70 percent. This information lends to further support to the pond having been constructed in a natural wetland. But these sources also revealed that there are areas that may have been excavated in upland soils ((158B) Zimmerman loamy fine sand, 0 to 6% slopes) or soils that may have been historically wetlands prior to urban development ((] 027) Udorthents, wet substratum). As a result of the aerial photography review and other available data, it is concluded that Silver View Pond was mostly, but not necessarily entirely, constructed out of historic wetlands. It appears that dredging occurred to (a) connect two historically separate wetlands, (b) expand storage capacity outside the limits of the historic wetlands, and (c) create open water for aesthetics. A summary of the wetland evaluation is shown in Table 5. This conclusion was further confirmed in the city's 1989 pond management report, where it states that Silver View Pond was excavated in 1982 and goes on to say that 82% of the current pond configuration was originally wetland. P: Mn1s 2 MN h?14621082 :Sil%er Vie hind Asses,,wvpv Work ices Rerov Siker Vi" Pond AIse stn7enI-I inat doo, 15