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ASSURED WETLAND DELINEATION REPORT <br /> 2944 Hope Road Wetland Delineation <br /> RESULTS <br /> December 2015 <br /> shown on Figure 5 (Appendix A). The wetland is summarized in Table 2 below and described in <br /> detail in the following sections. <br /> Table 2. Summary of Wetlands Identified within the Study Area <br /> Wetland Wetland Type Adjacent Surface Waters Acreage(on-site) <br /> Wetland 1 (W1) Floodplain Forest (T3K) Door Creek 0.98 acres <br /> 3.2.1 Wetland 1 <br /> Wetland 1 (W1) is a floodplain forest (deciduous forested riparian community) along the eastern <br /> side of the Study Area. The wetland appears to continue off-site to the north. W1 is directly <br /> connected to Door Creek, a perennial tributary that flows through the wetland. Door Creek is <br /> identified on the 24k hydro layer mapped by USGS (Appendix A, Figure 1) and visible in the <br /> WDNR 24k hydrography layer (Appendix A, Figure 4). Door Creek flows south, eventually <br /> discharing to Lake Kegonsa. <br /> Vegetation <br /> Dominant plant species identified at sample points completed within W1 consist of reed canary <br /> grass (Phalaris arundinacea, FACW), garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata, FACU), eastern <br /> cottonwood (Populus deltoides, FAC), box-elder (Acer negundo, FAC), and silver maple (Acer <br /> saccharinum, FACW) as documented on the data form in Appendix B. The dominant species <br /> within the wetland are comprised mostly of hydrophytic vegetation (OBL, FACW, and/or FAC) <br /> and meet the hydrophytic vegetation criterion. <br /> Hydrology <br /> The wetland appears to have a seasonally saturated hydroperiod that likely fluctuates with flow <br /> in adjacent Door Creek. No primary indicators of wetland hydrology were observed, but <br /> secondary indicators of wetland hydrology observed included Geomorphic Position (D2) and a <br /> positive FAC-Neutral Test (D5). Therefore, the wetland hydrology criterion was met. <br /> Soils <br /> Soils within the wetland are mapped by the NRCS as Otter silt loam (Of) (Appendix A, Figure 2). <br /> The soils observed at the sample points were generally consistent with the Otter series <br /> characteristics. Field indicators of hydric soil identified at sample point P2 consisted of the NRCS <br /> field Indicator F6-Redox Dark surface. Therefore, the hydric soil criterion was satisfied. <br /> Wetland Boundary <br /> The wetland boundary was determined based on distinct differences in vegetation, hydrology, <br /> soils and topography consisting of the following: 1) Transition from a forested wetland <br /> community dominated by cotton wood, box-elder, silver maple, and reed canary grass to an <br /> upland lawn community dominated by Kentucky blue grass (Poo pratensis, FACU), creeping <br /> Charlie (Glechoma hederacea, FACU), and yellow foxtail (Setaria pumila, FAC); 2)Transition <br /> from an area exhibiting wetland hydrology indicators within the wetland to a lack of wetland <br /> hydrology indicators within the adjacent upland;and 3) Transition from soils exhibiting hydric <br /> indicators to upland soils lack indicators of hydric soil. The transition from wetland to upland <br /> characteristics generally correlated with a subtle topographic break. <br /> Stan-tee <br /> 3.4 <br />