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)42_„) /34 <br /> CORRESPONDENCE/MEMORANDUM State of Wisconsin <br /> DATE: September 13, 1991 FILE REF: 4900 <br /> TO: Bill Fleck, Dane County Land Regulation and Records <br /> FROM: John Cain TS/3 GJt 6^" R E E V F n <br /> SUBJECT: Field investigation of the Fox property <br /> SEP if 1991 <br /> DAN:: covcri <br /> In response to your request for more information on how we det IM}iAped&1NoRDS <br /> wetland boundary on the Fox property, I will briefly describe the procedure we <br /> followed. Because of the amount of disturbance at the site, it was difficult <br /> to determine a precise boundary at all points. <br /> We started at the northeast corner of the area in question where we could find <br /> a relatively undisturbed area of both soils and vegetation. We then continued <br /> the line to the south by making a series of soil borings. We placed the <br /> stakes at the point where the soil characteristics of mottling and gleying <br /> indicated a change from poorly drained soil conditions to somewhat poorly <br /> drained or better. <br /> We continued this line down to the boundary with the existing golf course and <br /> then followed across the golf course boundary to the west. The original <br /> wetland no doubt extended into the golf course, but we assumed this is not an <br /> area of controversy. <br /> We then went to the northwest corner of the area in question and determined <br /> the wetland boundary in a small undisturbed area using both soils and <br /> vegetation criteria. We then extended this line to the south across the area <br /> of deepest fill and most disturbance as best we could and connected it to the <br /> golf course boundary to the south. Because of the depth of fill and amount of <br /> disturbance it was very difficult to precisely place this line, but I believe <br /> that in the face of uncertainty we gave the landowner the benefit of the <br /> doubt. <br /> The line that we delineated seems to be consistent with the Dane County <br /> published soil survey which shows that most of the area in question was mapped <br /> as Wacousta silty clay loam, a poorly drained soil that would have supported <br /> wetland vegetation in its natural state. <br /> If you need additional information on the procedures we followed or the <br /> criteria we used, please let me know. <br /> cc: Clark Amundsen, Madison Area <br /> jc101-91 <br />