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HomeMy WebLinkAbout071-110-0017 i Planning DepartmentNAME: 3�7KE WHITINGER y Environmental Health Department CDF (Forestry Department) AP; 71-1141 At m. J. Craig Carter '(on areas north of'red bine on map) Butte CouhtY Sheriff PG&E (check, title rd `part 'for- easement) Pacific Bell Butte County 6"rsquito Abatement 0R .4, Orov,ille Mosquito Abatement (areas within.large map in cabinet) ). - School ist;:;Lat wall MapUA Wat:er GoMpany '�(if individual' dells are, re not indicated on application or map) Durham Irrigation; OR D uth.am Mutual Water Co. California Plater Servi& Company (Chico area) _' Orovil'l e-4lyandotte Irrigation. •District ,(Qrbvll& area, 5E' of ,river') - Therma- ilto ltriga,t.ion .District ('I`t ermalsto axed NE' of river)' Limesaddle Community Services District (Paradise area along Pentz Rd._ to lake) Del. Ora Water (Paradise Pines area) Buzztail Waterworks (Doe Mill 'Rid 'g a/Forest Ranch area ) adit Parse Irriga"tion Distric city of (ch&c1C wa'i1 maps: for sphere's 'of a<_nfluen.ce)' Orov�,lle t Chic Paradise _. Biggs Gridley I aLE AREA ONLY: Lake Oroville Area Eitblic Utility .11i6tti8t (.see-large snap in.cabihe.r). - - Feather River Recrean ;District (See large-map in cabinet) ':Er1 Iyiedio Fire :District (check wall map, a small portion of Orov-ill& only 1G RICHALE, .GRIDL'EY AREAS (•S0�J1'H BUTTE, CQUTY) c check '�ia1 map and title' report' to see_ wIAt.appl3es4 Someareas overl;ap._ ` - - Drainage�Distrct #1 Draa.nage::Distr ct uZ Drainage District 9100 Drainage K0011 _ Rec] ainatiori Distri ct F$33 Reel amation District X7.056` - 8ac amento and Gan Joaotifti, Drainage'Diatrict `$ntit& Creek Drainde District j �N CER�.AIN OASES: ' Superintenient of Schools (only for. subdiij`Slohs) Dept.df-Fish :and Gam& (near water and in ruta and mrtuntain areas) al Trans �(nea'r State Hwy , ,70, 90, 149 (Chico cut "of f), lfZ Rxchval& Hwy ') , ,191 (Clark toad ) State 4later QualitY'Can_ trol Board (projects w1" irr' t_,h more than'. 100 lots or unfit,) Una,ted Sates ,;F`orest Sery"a ce (" ' Jproject borders USA land -Bch&ck A' bspksj Parks and Reci.eatidri CepartMent (property near :Lake 0`o�1i11&) °- �1 State Water R&aoUrces D&p:ari.inerit (pr":bp&i�4y near Lake ()rova;,le - varshed �. Rock Creek Reel 0J.mation ;list; (test ;of Chico Ai'r ' ort'y tooth o f P' Rptk Greek-and east of HWty 99 (see rsall map,) Chico Area ltec"xeation &Bark Hist (only iEor subdivihions) , r i�.5'.� Deptti of the Army, Sacramento Distr Carpi of Eilganee's (near►at&r,'and t m j ) ��h rlt al ai►_ 'two artas) � � ..: ��:�"• SPEG AL GASES: check title repot for any i;tientiori of special serVices 6r,&asemehts aU -h as to''Therinalitc xrrgation'Distr:�ct (tiiimbeea `itetna) i I }w L, $UTTE, COUNTY' ADVIS�PY AGENCX MINIJT.ES ; .I PAGE •3 MARCH "9:, 199,2 , S+�?ZTTI�IGER, TAM '2 Showa 100 ft. leachfiel& setback from the spring on parcels 7 and ; 2. Fite following mitigation measure are requiredi Place a note on the 'map that states: "Culverts under or near roadways or driveways that cross natural. dra nage`cIh6nnels. Place rock rip-ra'p or otherenergy dissipating devices; below diranage;lcutfalls." All --t0 'Etaand driveway const,rucbion,is to, be completed, including,drainage structures, surface ditching,etc.; between April 15' and November 15, Place .a note on tt•;e additional map sheet'statingy "Automatic fire ,suppression sprinkler. . systems shall b'e installed iri all r_esitlential structures in a Vicar - dance with the�N tional Fire Protection Ats'. Standards as outlined by W. in the detection, and control 1 f ires, Standard 13D to aid o£ resident:1 and thus provide improved protection against: injury, life loss, property le.and reduce the errand ama" g for County firE� protection' servicesd ".4. 'Shaw on tho'a;di'tional map sheet a 5, "No Development zcne" around archaeological; sites '1 and 2 as caitained 'in."'the Archaeological inventory Survey prepared by ;7erisert Assaciatior►, May, 1991. — -5 -Show on, ,the_ add itionat,map sheet -a. 50' "No development zone'° -around - „I the°freshwater, seeps and; springs in the 'southwest corner of the parcel as discussed in the,Botan3.cal, Reportt prepared by Barbara Castro, July, ` '199,1. I , . rwr���rrriirrr'crit.r.rrwr'r.rrr�,�ir�l...r"r".�%rr rt I + I 2. , i San+dy Tomer, Tentat,7Ve RarGe1 Mapj AP1=1;9,�he parcel I ocat ed .ori the east side of t opel D' Ve a`pp -oX 2$0 f 1 . north of I Hwy. 3�. Aorest Rant area: �ti5neer: S7erlra West S',UrVeyng I, Tam iIrinkle Was resent. He said that a' read isl not :being. built so the P salutioft to drainage c,onditiioh' .in ght ;not be necessary': Mr: kde11 sa''d that "I't `bhould.be: `shown that the parcels will nob cauae,a Y d'rairiage problem fol the ne hbors or- a public right of way. g ! Mr. I Tinkle lsaid ,r'"lIat 'the forest 'Raniui, Witer.Company 'r4 ly not supply water to brie property, so the applicant is planning to drill a, well: fir: said that either solution vrotild hn alright He ekplairied.r what ,led the ehpoder rieeds to .be aware of regarding, neighbo"ring' pe, hies regarding an easement fat` any well ,setback and 'sewage disposal and ot, :or properties. i 7 IT 4i 0 should ou, have lany a�'uestions regarding tine Eng, ronmerr al Docuu�i�nts `or the Plnmmng'' Direc-oj s :report; please contact this office betw� en: 10:00 a.m and 3:00p.m ince�rely, �� tj a I B. Vii.- Kircher ,Dtrec_ for of, Plarniii l „ Lra g'B. Sande.6 associate pIantler, s ba I Y enclosure cc Pu"blit"W" `rks Ron (ras &5A.�lsocates I r, '1 1' r 1� I 1 J' r` 'I � f n Y + I J. It k �- �Yj ow on, the additional ,map sheet a 50 No Development Zone arourtc! the �. freshwater seeps and springs. in tl�e soutliwest corner of the parcel as discussed, in , the �Botanica� Ti`epori"prepared by Bartaaca Castrol -July, x991. L , CHS bd Res cc: 'RoilG�'aires, and Associat Mike Whitinger` Public Works` r , I I I� i f M 1 I , I t i ,t tt I Sa r: it , r, r C �I I J x 9 r I �J t p , n I ' is y fI II ^r k t ,r t m�xr: nm�ntat� Ctr�Cklis * valuation,46 Avl;kronmental Impact 1 i } , Ii';,,� ENVIR ON2�E 7P' IMPAC` s� AL ODIscousbION OF EN'�IRONM ENTAL E�iALUAR'I • nis"t, `wilt the propo3al rosillt tri slgniticahi: ' a' do nditlw ns, or changesIn R the proposal wlIt not, affect iubsurface eattl condlt ns o, i tn$tAglt Ubsr uctureh � biINoiloh, dispiadcmenr, co"Actlon of 'this 'of opasaI will 'result In sane disruption, i"splabement,' ,p, oVercovw ing of tpeso0.1? compaction andovetcoYbting dt 4he slate.As a, result di. development' of structurds, 4ilveways, parking area§, old, these lmnadts ate not e seen as stdrii(ac. a's only ;two single ram_lfy res.l'dences will be , 'aflixveduapproval of,thep.roJeat,'f'arCcl sizes will ber�6o acres Bath wl lhponone 'home per parcel ,; c, C bnge�.. tri,. t: ogr`aph, ar, di aurid surface Y �rjlera maY be s we changes In topograPhY As the patcel�ls�IneuntainAli '�to 61 leri`,teatutes4 . and some IeV ling mai/ be rdq Ired: drea't0' bulldttid p&ds n& , r, I� drlvewa , „ i)estrudtron, Cpveri'1dor n+odiffcAtlonof any k The sit has rto unique p►iysldal features, er -' ilud ridryea .`eefnowithel oft 1iate'r e�oiloh.16f, r soils, :. soils 'on sfte is hldh,, '"e';' — — may ocatir as A, r6di tl'ol soltlhd'IsfiiptIon oroad el ther 'oh or ot, si tet and Vegetatloh r+�`movalr ,And homesIte construct►an, Disrupted soils should s`l`ot be lefts 41) 00osedddurlhotheral`sty-sedsori, culverts bUldbe'l't"ltaltedfwhere'' - howroadw ys cr,oss na Ufal to nage-thanne antl s` sor o Ho,L raP ar, energy '!dl'ssipating devices should be nlial".i below the `,t` ld �� �outta!Is, especlally,Whete,tgb`stahilal ambuols of water haVe been accumulated iby roadside At tches. ty cWoos,inedepositl,on:j erosion bt,beach �� x _� The,p�oposal may result In sane siltation, de posltlori or oroston of I sa tls, of changes to y•lltatlolt, depos°ttlan n i �� or eroslori may nbdiw0i chh6n of atead �c pectetl to be s.lgnifl l rainageways, 7 e I.Apacl 1S,f1,i �� o he lh a 'afice s� es a Cant duel: large 'Patrol x develepl�ent, . ��• which e,f vatof stream of 15e beys of the ,,oceah od,limlted or ahy, bay, in'idt or Nikes g. - L' of rl' "` a fou �Ur.atl oductNo p mc, or l Y Pr _ p o i 's r sa "i hi o a I`' oe hot ri ;e3 ht a s. n lltaht 'Ibss oil Of, me " �„�,,.,, p P P g t p stills oUt<ide ,doslgn ted Utban Af0st ,l agticuItio 61 Bolls, w h= Ekposure of }ieoPie b(' "prnberty to geoliogic ;: A17?gf'"buite dbUnty is ih;A Moderate eatthquai`e ihteilstlr xohc viii, Uintds W& ,as itthduakes, landslides, The subject broperty 1s located apProximatet 3 mlles eas. of an, y mudslltles, groupd 7Atluno or' similar �� lmerted faillt'�Ilne under take orovllie',,,It is ass'oclatedw;hh the; hazer dst Elevel,and bilis .Fault system', �hlch'�3Uppotteo the t975,'tlFovllle' � , ea thgUek canstruc loll �t�bulltllhb3 to Ud forte ,buiIdl ascade f slahtlatds'wll provide' p case of adegUl~tc protc,ctlon to occu ahts 11h 4 seislna,r a,"Will 'y f ix iR, Will ihe',btoposa'l" 'resin 1it subsCAAitaf I `ar Air emissfohs of ,,d' IoratMoh til°'emb�,ehl 'Alt " �, fihe ptopoS°aI wr'it not atject a:lt'quall IV bPtailse file Ihcicafe,ih the . Cttk'mbet af� veNitl�' trip is hot sign+flcaht, qualltvt ��" ' ion of, r , sli�i(ce ibblettlahabie�odo3 k rhe pfio t CrposAI wl'li' hoeate db,judltOldble od'or's, smoke or fumi!s. �or1e�umes , o, nit'erhubh L 'ulr maVo wtSt, mr�lstul;t it k the propl5saf Wlft hot ;aifbti the 'attlMphote, temperAtute,t ahy Change' Jn climato;;7-71 locAll. ar rebs a I i t ' ironitrniv;a�. Checi�l,i>st'; +� E°valua��.on :off Envir�anntaai�al. 7[m anti r� •y F f, '� 1ON ENVIRISNI+.[,E ., NTA INPACTB tcont)rir,ed) v Mnvn� r+o ' Ey1RONMENTAt EVALUATI O SSION OF L1��SC13N cont i '" Jd WnTK �i5r11i the gsXi resLili �CIb5 t, alz . pCop In s: tan C - >a, dhlMiges in,,"Ufrdnl5, or the ddUrO or x e the ptoposat Wil I not al(ect a'hy `waterddoi, , �dir�`cEfon of rvatcr hiaverr�pty ,'t It either inarl'ne or trdsh *at-' ti. Chahlies, In ab3orptibn fatesi' dra;jna9e ,t.. 7heeriropoa'at may resujl in an lnrtease In #lstIace Water ►Unoff due patterns, br, the rate and amount of su'r►acd runafli� _, p - toerdoacead eabs,or lioq [ram i,r�.ervious' stlrtices, and-;ln a. change iri h in g patterns on the slid. WoWe4dr��llo sIgnl-ticant adversd Impacts are aht1.clpaled because ohly tura ne:V single farm(y dwellings I be, 'project, Wi l al lotl',d. by` this �� �I� d naga x"Nb �� al'tf" di aced oJi=site, rainabe Im I"' utrdd, � d oveme,ts and req t. p p improvementsvthclUdin9Vegdkaatohld ma vol, of chapnel 116066uinslal atlas ti �, - - �lleiatTons 5a��r'f-ic 4'�ur'sd or i(o�+ of t�ocxi - x lg - __.. ane proposal W�1i not s � nitidahily att_edl any�if (ood ton dha�,ndts watery# or walercouvset� c Change'I'n the` Almotif of suttacd water In �ny� x - 7hd proposal W�„I If not attdct any. Waket'doUtse> water body# f oisdliaf�b g n c ldrs 6r I Y n, altcratlan raf= sUtfacc W, I- et.,qua,l-itV. including but,alai�i�imttfd a” ny x _ , < The Pfoposal may atfec, sutace .Watrtr qual(ty dqe to slltatloh testi ting from nroslon;caUsed by road-and drIVeWay dbnstructt'bn and' to �lemperaturc, dt"ssoived ai<Ygei't of tU�bldjty7 grad ng,ol building dUe.to the size sties, Th fsi�shoujd not be a siari ticantel,tecl. of the parcels be,nU created and the use of standard .- cohsttucklon practices;to mihiinlze,erbslon, nl:tera lo'n of the dlydc 1611 i rate nitlaw x 6, thn proposal WI"ll hot attect' thb ditec,tlon or'IIoW of Around Waters. Of 9(bUhd waters# p, change iq tliz want I ty hr qua"i l ty of gourd the proposal Wi j j trot di rddt IY`af tett `ariV aquttdr . iVatdrs, e' thdr th[ough direct addiliohv,-b'r �iVlthdra►Va�s`,,ot'�k"hrouglt intot_c'dptlbn:til rr� hotiifdrby duty- br dxcaVatio st Reduction n the amount at 1rat:bt:�aihetWtse lot �� `:+� x i4atdr for dOTOS" ;fic' 1) rpo§d3 WI I ,bd tibm private Indj'VIdUaI 4vel la, 1 avaltab.je ptrbl Ic wateF sUppi'ias# dxptisure at people 'ar'Propdrty lb Water= r related°hazardi'�.i th as itaadingt "- I . _ k the tirOpo5al W) ]'I not ejipasd peupie or propeClY to tlitddih9, 4,- . rt If evil the ptaposai`'� resUti` lits t i su s an 1.81 tjj 11: a, challg;; "lidet of .the ,divers :bt any, $pdcids i.ty 16 speples, of of hunt s llncl,Uding k EE The,pr�bppbsai it"te cbntal s a"W1 0' diversliyy:of.plafit' IltI., 7h13 diversity should not be"'d 1 up, Ed bt AIfedt6 by the ptbjdc' as'otiIV tree"s-sSirUbs, °grass,. cu s,"',apd aquatic i p 4„ pianlslr� twoneW stogie,Jiimlly WellIhil€ W I I I be aIIoWed on"s,ite� ,., b', �.ReriUCti011 al the''hoitibdfi� 6i an li "", ra r , y nIdUG, re or endangered "specfds il planf;st he,Fooihiti Wdedlandls.pianl Community that ext,sts 'n s,ltczha"s, a 4 ; otdhtlaI lot supoortl 6 same„"rar,ii or endangered plants,» The j 3 appltcaitt should contact a'.quhI10, d botant'st to 'afcdrtaI lhd seas t'jyf Iy Of :the arca' and 'to %d �a botatttcal slimy should be _f O'e for66d prlof, to hpprbVal of';;fhis proji5dt, �d ntar a jao�} it: aW� j pihnls info 1 " c it... this 0foposrll Wlit, not &'Ilett exIitlhg plant IIt00� ' ln�s the ,no rtna p Ing spedjds7 of ekl3�t:: f 7 d� gedUdtlnitaitriil 'n, I act eAbd(kbr any 6OrItultufroI �r! thb sjtd; does hist "dahtaIh OV crtps t' .crops u J r r, » 4. nviroiumelntE�a�]�fua41l ,C eakli' tian oL f�vim1 xiicnen��ttpac�, _ i' � Y YBE XV. ENVIRONMEIPTAL IMPAC'T'S (cbrttlnued) es MA DI8CU813ION O :ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUA'Y'ION i (con t i nred) a�_ -ilap, WJtI the' Oro 6 a[ result to iquplant IT dhange 'lb the',dIvers'II! of species, or r, _ x The stte supuoF,ts a diversity of wlidl 'fe 'oe9elopmenc;,.i' har*s1Ites f, nUmbers pf any species of anJlnal; th.ifds, land animal s IhcJridind: reptiles, fish and could r.esutl:Jn re�oca'tlo"n of some ie3ldent silJdll�e srrecfex onto; surrounding open landl:..,especially during the,har,gstte cunstruction;i steel if ish, benthic organlsms or insectsl? phase, s0cles_ tolerant of man's presence Wf t 1 litUal..tV return t,t, an ars .sebceohnt to -the conslrUdtion. Theimvvi1 s�rts,i�tive a�lrrlti;' ! r •e ,:, relodall. t, .. p ed rom the area: er" rid Ally." 1 ti'. Reduction In.the.hUmbers of any;unlque, rare ., The area to the'-north,''','soUth and West' of, tIic subjedR ptopertyi aWrig' , or eridanorjed species of anlmalvR i.ake orovilte I'S an Itlentljied:IAnter habitat for the, southern 0ald ; eagle land the ,Pefegrine Fafcon, bntli of WhNh ate, rare [ant, gndangdrert« The said tagle'Nlnlet9 tt 'the Lake aroVll'te atea b¢dutd to: the icontact.ed. knoWh �to be 'resident at,, uCi"me9should the lake, The Cal I.rornia t1 iseparttnent 6► P sh and be to see . this :afea tsn_a_sensf t ve s.l_t.e. - - - - - -_ -- - - - - T -And --i- — f _ fylolodTcal stiCveV of the at , Js kquIred. - — Y Thd�pro'jetf slte, Is allsdi 16datcd Within. a Wlni'ef deer tande'"for,lhe 1►ooX;ettrrin beer Herd, The;bepartment of'FIth and came,has rec� nded that pa(td t SIZes Of'40 wines, or I'aigef b'e kepi 'so ai' riot to • adversely impact fhe deer Wlnter range, Thl,;t project' i3 that �t�zomneridatlon"by crhiftlfi9 6o acre parcels, - nevi species of ;animals lnt"a �� , X_ c, thtroductlon of t mestic animals bound be ,Introduced to Chit, rerngte A�,'cA as iherr deveIbp;, Unte!itralned the an area;; or 16, a baffler to the midr:etlon �f4afcots dog1 could affect deet panYltatlon i or moved nt of �ah►mat 0 �'of thearea', d bete 1S1;'tsidn of eglitltig tlsh; or�WlIdlife w,,_ k r habl�at'�X r'7hls proposal acid es'eclail any sU`bsequent tatlr;, dlVlSiors will tb an InctAa�sed deterloratlon.of W1ldllre habitat'!n the ` conitibUte area. The area Is"An'11'nport.ant rrjIdratafy winter deer, range, thearea to the wrest south AM north' Monf! .Lake Orovlil� '�jls alio; prime � habitat for iheHaid Ea_g1eXi�s s. !ae191 Mibi tlie result Inr'tUUstailtl_niz ^ ,,probothI a'. 'ilicrea}es tri a lstlno no 1, ltwet p 'Tho-' pfoposai J11I hot! result a Ilicreate Tri noise f %substantial ih b, Rpo'sUre f pco . -. ! aPl.e io evefe noise IeYelsi h „ 1 not �Xposecpeltle- to �r�t Tlteaptopos3ijWI: � seVefe nose jewels, `P r . . 7« 't 7CLIAkt: W,111 thc' proposal trr'oduce „�'"x' - 1he pfaposaj Will of result tit) a itiWantlal indica a In ii�gh! tyf s gni can grl�ehd.g,laret glare c �aieii on s le tsr ih tild VIdihl1V, WIII `�he:prop'osaI ibtult In A sUbstaitlal ._ the pr+yposal wii'I hot filter the Iand'usc in ihri '''ea.r S' ,�.• a era lob of the pfd'seht or plahhed land Use of an ., efeif� rfA'ttitAs �0!kL WI ri the, pi,roposa'I fesirl:1 th subs an a , a� tncfease Irl the fate dt use of'' any rtatUrai '.- .,.} the propd'sai Wtil hist Atiedt any fei.ource3-, resbUrcesz ' Id`;,: �bbpletion ;�1' :any no»-reheiAebTe halUrat k. Che proposal #I;tI ha!, d plate riy hate al l6. VIrccs, reioUrCeS# r .., - r o j ftp 5 ' 'Cb;r�nk, st. Evalu>st on of Enviroit� ttenta� a to Eva x�j�n�ti > M 3V ENVXRONMENCDAL XMPACTB tooatnue0iI _yam &k rio DISCUSSION: OP ENVIRONMENTAL EVAL' OAT"�l�' tcont'tnued) r fo, gleet ori t�sk atita t'pr�+ts�f InYol'=!ec ` 9 ,• ;, o ex lasion of re easebl 4�. t: tisk f, .t• I hazardous ..._. X ", Ilia propostJ wlll' hot i'ht,oi e t:he use or hazardous materials; nor 'or sUbstances tti,cludihi7, but hot ;limi,ted� o; is, i661ed ciose to ahy tacllities wh1ch store utIfIt such .`! ai'Ir pesl_Icides•,;chemiCals or ra�jatfoik Ind ais, r the evmt of ' an adcldeni .��r up et ^b� Pot sibtne rrtptferenrq,'.: vlts ar,r ,emetgeile, " The proposal will' not at,l.ect Any emet9e uy services, t+ i�`strsts jsr h sir emer5eficy cV cUAt['on Plant �ut�t'rai. 141 ate ro osa`f .all'et` iocatioh, 11 p p. :;_.; - The PfSsposal 'WI,I!'�) not, l gnit,lcahtly atfect the oPUlation -of the density does that and �is"#r1�tT,on, 'ddrl'sity of drowtt'tate o.t, the human area because the proposed hot exceod piannGd` being developed l"h the area. popiiMattiiriw l2, sir. Willi tpr.�7PgFal arteoi exist.lhghousthfi, ._ _._ X The pr.oposai Wlll' not sitlniticary'ljV affect hous'Ing denfand, ren or—deaf a dem d Cor-�,tidd t f ona;l Nous (hsT? T.. `fiYi1NObOlAYIQNIC1r2f31LATt'ON wl thE' ropbSal resui—t IA: oenetatlnpof sub3tahtlAIadd IIlonai Vch I I cfel YM propotat will rept esent a minor incremental increase In tt,attf.c moVemenkt Ih the area The area 'roadsare bripaVed and VefyhnafroW 18 some spots, �rhdrd, is cUtrentj.Y fiery .I i the tralilc In t d area and;, this` — - _ �tseIn thee areaspbOghlto �sys�eWINawoVtt,slanllhe�ekislln�apatcct develop,, '.thete W1 11 be a need .tor Ihdrdas4d road malntenahca and � , � sane road fmprovcmenls, � ' b., acts dl� ekl,sttrld Parking,(ac'Illtje§ of _ x f . �itie ropo at Wl II' Writ, at'au t ro os'al J I I' ha e p' ; tact patking bac se ,hap P W - ; mated for new parkthgt de a Llo comPly�wlth, the Oatklh,g tedUitemdnls cont0.110d WI h1tibUtte Ouniv. 'Code section 24-'353 stlbstantilal, �linpact oh' ,� exfstYtl9^` see dlscUssjoh for Item No,, J3 (A) tl'anspot ta't tion SYS-lams t d, s pntfleant atterations,tbtstesehf pa'ttartls X' U at 6- iri The proposal WI LI hot abler the present pgtterh of curt i n ol'cItculation or rtoVemeht of pe,gpie anplar i� the aPea. I s 9cAds t i �' e,.' hltefatlts toWbtdrbti'rne, rail of the propoa.i yell( hot arjest Fall or ail tratllc� t Increase "' to it'atPlc ha arils � t6l miaor ��ii._ the ofopu'saf wll f tesUl t'Ih a Ail hot Incremental^ lncteaie ',n tt'eff lc'I F �i v,ehlc►es,, btcYcl,Itts oar" eddsthlahil blsdffic i to trahazards n, the At 6P-,, ht1trotWldtg5 �'Wt tl the prbpaa) have an. eltect toted uuon,,., ih a treed tot new :or al of . tesui'f ,hoYerhmeht setvlcest ` aW Pa t�eproectlohf �_, the proposal Witi result in anlncremehtai lticrease I:h.demand lot the County, k,lyd fete pfoteclloh lit area, the tiUI.te baps tmcrit/CatltorhIA btVItI on of r'dbattY 'has ihdicated that c'Uinu�atl've dOdloptpeht ih rural,afeas Wjii f act their abli.lty'to Provide l't ta protectloh SOV,1664 theY have eta ed IthaI ,1 hstaII:atioh 'tftd tems of aUtMhlje: s1iPp ession spflnk'jet. sys In resIdeht�al bUl alhg' Water structMet, the -tied of f to tesistahce malerl'als and to support the,s"pf Will , sUpOIV systems ededualtl nklet system .t:educd the demand for Itb ptotbetlon services, n y, �anritana� cT�ecklist +�' EVz�luatzon of Envi�anmanta�.� Impact 6 = r iV'� ENVIRCINMENTAL IM "PACTS fcon, , nued) DISCUSSION 'OF ENVIRONM�NTA7, EV.ALU2ITION VEs �aav (continued) b, 061'1 qto ,ctl007 X 1he,ot6posa'I coUltl.;result 'I}i'a minpt Incremehtal crease Ih demand for polIce extremely ptotectIon in the area, the prdlect 'slte Is located In an rural antl remote area thatSheri if-sDepartment! doe3 not ,.the: patrol, aespbnses wllll be Llmlted toernetseney calls o»IV'. c� Scho610 z The proposal could result "in a minor IncremUnta) increase In demand rot schoo).soivlces to the area. - dw parks tit other recreational tacllItlest k .,. DUe`to the 'rUral nature of'W area, there i3 cUrtentiy not a demand i,or park services In park seri'ltes ("n, the area, hecreatlon " lacilltles are provided by the state through the flake oroville Rec;tealtdn Atea, The pto)cct Is to ., Adiacenl the: dral9 Access' a,iea on Lake oi.bvi(le} gWhich Is currznt,,y Utll),zed y,er�+ 111'tle by pubiif, ,'the -- r e. -- Aialhtehanceof public lfltle+l,=lncHidt g toads( - ,�_- '— -The a� writ result In :an incremental Increate In the heed `fo t malAtenance of roads and otherpubl'Ic faclltttes`,th the 'area, 1. Ot •pove.nmental. servicd` sz propbsal WI I) not,iesii,It In ahY signtf leant tnerea's; In dem 5nd or all other governmental services in the' area. , l l l the f�ropdsat� resui t°an: `as Use-s bi sUGstaht*al amotlhCs of IUaT of eneryy# j � - — x - the propose Will hot Utilize substanflal i.uel or brierpy; b. Sub#tanttaf,increas'e ltideMand upon ekiII,hg soUIces of energy, of f6QUlre, �he tt k _. Thm.ptobosal, Wlil not subst�ahtlalLV ihctea'se the demand l'or�enerpy, i dev lopment'Of heir soutcer of enefgYt 1d, -trrli'r I yiltt rile propo3al irefhIt In a need fol new sys em's,, at fttbstantla) alteration§ ! i to the (61,1&1 no, ay pblvdf ori natural past k = Powe W r itne§' I I have to be Wdrided to'sety ,the project site. k commun cali�abillyst'r~ms; �.�' rel ephone lines WIII. have to be ektended to setve the �pfolt:ct ,Ite, c. ware t avail �k' r'P , U, §eWe� k .::, „ the proposal; wi I I �n.ot a1(ec pUbl it water .!systems:.- ' bf tcrytic systems) ~r >f the 0t60o3al WIII tiaVe'to.nidert� t,hd I,600ltenibnts "oto the hu'tte coUnt� tnVlronmen.tal Health Dept, e'. Storm Watet drainage; 1I`�, x ` The'piopbjAI WIII haVe to provide a;permaheht srilution.loi'dra "ihager i, 9611 Wast"e"'and gr Ali dl�O k The piopo"naI WItl not allec't 61 Id Waste d)iposal, tT� Hl1%io HEALTH, WIIt 'Phe propo'sal ko'U t,,ld , a, afeallot+ ai :any health 'aided.ui pbtentia'I' hazat'd teXci'UdIng nientN,l jroaltht.t- �� k :' the ;bropbsal�Wll'i not crcr3' anV.hdaith ha a11r1, ,r b, hazaFdst 1; pe d t 5rlehtiat� fiealth k Th+3 proodiat Wl►i n6t ekpos�b Pdoplo tb anp� heat"l1t hazard, wltf Ps r.uctcon ni ;any scthe pt` anal 'leaUl t I the snit vfs>t,br VIeW'opeit �o the IiUbl lc, of wl"I ( the l ropO'tal� fesul t h' lhG i±ieAtloi+, SSr ptoposaf; ,wl I ljot ie3tll i in a ff n ie4tlieticail,q iiticn#lVe vI'W because If is cbhilstent With Wittouridihd deVelopaNh.i, of An adsthbtlCa►IV•'oltenslVe "sate Wp n to the' bUbi i� VIeWO r� , nv scrsuriental Chdc}c13'st` * EVa� 61 ua txo ®4E>arw "b une>ntai Impact iV. ENVIRONMENTAL 1MPACTB tcontlnuedi is & a ro DISCUSSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL EVA LTJATION (Conti,nueal; A9. kFt�t 'ri_o�M_.. Will t.he,prooia,l re'sUlit fn an Impact %'.- upas—tom quality of quartlty bf a%)sting see.,d►#cuss;ion for` Item No, iq (G), recfea►tonal o�por unities;' ' 20� ixliTia�i. RESOgRces, <' a„ or cl ttr proposal 'tesul t 'fn the At teratipn x- or deftruct!ion of a"prehistoric of,historlc The' "subaject,' propef'ty is .1dcated In an area dest:gnated ,a# ha"vif n, a archaeri0gical sl (eq fh archeaioglcallsensitivlty Fiistarle-and,pre-historic sites afe known t0 Mctst I 5e afea, i,t Is recommended that an archeolagl'cal rec0rd check be Ai'leformed thtougt the Northeast ihformation Center Atcaliforhla stale"univer'sity, chico, ►f, an"artcheological sut'vey i"s f'equI- 1 rtlitit1tlon measufes would be formulated based upor,>"'the' fihdinb$ In the 4 Yby. �, p b, WIi► theNbposal,result i"pa6er hy'sIca l X'� or �40thetle effects to a prehistory or Thee ploposa7 will n� �_ot affect hislorir 'sites, - — -- _- hts.tor�ir<abullding.-structure, of-object7- 1 T c, nRas "f°he 'Proposal have the pot'e'ntial to ---- the �ptopasai will no,t a�icct cWtu'raf' tesourcesy', ca+die a physical change which would affect uhleue ethn_Ic cultural 4. vatuesf1°�, 1� d 1wt 141-1 the prbposa) ra>'tfict xixting x -sacred use# with,n the ThelelfgtoLft0. ;'nfonposai wti l (1bt a(Cet reilnious re - - �- ' pbtential tmpac( afear �I l V ( i, I i r 1 r I ' I" r G , ,, 9 I � ` AT Prosect baser llon b. dround'wateT. Uhkfiown. +. lypi dt Ptofects Land dlvis ajt, C. Drainage character:ist cs'¢ Parcei,gerferaIly dtaihs toward the west to;Lake,.orovii1q,- 'orlet pcscriptlon; Teptatlae Parcel. Map iq dlvtde ido antes d, Annual Rainfall. (normal):' q5 to 50inches par yeaP�, to create' iwo'66acre p atcel's:. e. Llmiling faclar"s: 'Eroslt�n 3. Lac alIona on the 'hotth side orCtalg'Acdes;s Road;' approkima`lely z,s mll'es Wes.t� of LU koad 0aiheT Fail>s s. visual/scenic 'Q al Very Good.. �1, Araa, Propns�d nenttV cf tevet,apnicnt: dweli�ln Unit, 6, AcoutriIC 4laItly: VeiV cool: �. .Cne e g p 6o y, A rw lity Coad„. actes ” s _ Amoun'of.' mpor.vtous. urttcl ololo�icaf knVltonment - = l 6.. Access and rJ.5 VI.r Pub)fc a oadts) Access o the hea,rest is vla 8, vegelatton. Footh 1,1 ,1 woodiarid comr�ohfty .dense oa Vegetatlon, manzanita, buckbrush, poisop�oak, ett, � pontis: toad cratg AtCess Raad Y., n thod,of sewage Disposal: Individual sept'lc tank and leachtieid g wlidsito flab" Itat: a-mat'l bl�ds and animals canon to the ' oothlII woodland area, some deet. J116 prosect is located systems, in the ►hooratown Deer Nerd Wihter Rande, and Is W1thln,"t/,1 - a: source of water = sup9tY' lndtvi,dual 'wet Is,= , - inl.le ;ot Lake'orovil I_e,_whiclj. does..pKovlde winter-.1labitat .; for haId Eagles.. 9, Proxim) ly ofdawoE 'Lt`rtes: �{,! 1 i have fo baextended to the, tali turas Enyi ronment: E� ptoper ty, 1...4 io;„ `Potenti'at tor�iurlfier. land divtstorts and deYcioprrtiahi: 7ha� ta, Archaeolodical and Nlsiorlcat Resources ih il:b area: Htgh archaeolo icI Potential 9 a. p n,ttai; Patentlal ekists for ?iand�dlVlsrons:down to zo Acre's Under;„the current Zoning;, "This,; would a,I Idw the creation, of a 661 a SIX pATcets', 1t, outte.'� court V �oanerai Pisan designatloh: AgfI'', ul Jura) RasldentItI B; nvl - Mal settinti - 12, Ekst.in ” i. g Zoning: FA 1011 physical Enylr'onmer�t�. t3, eXisting Land lisp on_ -else: 'Yhe phrcel X13 current 1. terrain - UndeVeloped, a, &harm TaPographic,CharEctcr� Rol�king joothltIi, b, SlCoes= tp tra Sax. 1A, SUrrounding'Atea:, _ c, Elsvallb0j 1260 o 1aod feet above sea teVol, ! a. Land uses:UndeVet riPed parcels and torsi residen�lal uses, d, tlintting tactors: 51ope3 bVei ar�x In some.ateas, b, Zontiag1, 1Ru20, Pit=io, a' 'rid p -Q, 3. Solts c, ceh, Platt bibs Ighatfon: AgticUltu'ralykesider�elai,` a,. types anal characterlstles: `Modesty soli 'se"deft !o to /o inches deep, etAVGlly sandy' Loam, rapid PubiiC, d. Marcel sizes: to 60' acra parcals;,with.a' 00MbAbility,ekcesslVe dralhager high_erof,ion haiard,. b; ptedom hath size of generally id aotk' or ifpre, e,, hnpill,atitxlz $barsew, ce Llmittlag haciors: frdsion and sub-sutfa'dralnage, a. it►iral Ftaz�irds of the 'Land t3, csaraclar ot'51te uni Area., Rural-oo'thllt hesidcntlai, n- a, Pay hgdake Zone AtI of t3utl6 0000 !s !n a oderate ars aUake�iht'ehstlY Zane Vial, ' t6 , htearest 4irbatl Area 6tovili e, iIlbaot4'otentl*,,, '141 Qba er.ohh0it, i7, Re1by' j s hares of P IUahcet FJofie. ii h r d, !'i►e hazard. ;'><ilgh 16, lbObVements Standards urbarl arca: No, o, Expansive soil Potahi'tai: LOW, ilydrdi(igy ties, Ire rEotectiop SCrvice'c, a, ul�tacc water. tiiontg„`omeiyy riAf itaylne and Ohnigah With a� Nearest 'CdU ty tstato I�!"t+e miles, ?;iatfah No, 3d` " noblhso,1 statloht � to n M 1:lif_rtoad travatse the ptob,srty, These ate Botts Inl�eTrnitibnt slreain cite sea. t t5eas';ollfll?, stAtlon No, s2 volilntear,, Feather falls b, water AvatlabltitV:' ire t Oar ir�_Ucks, illi»up aval t'ablo -Wlithlp. +� �!Wbt, u EV lutt ILI 10 In teh6dj i in, At ej �dhthdt, '.Faris al I S Uhlph �jon an Ary, b f OV:1 I ib� ;lhiton schod), b I's t 0 c t, 4 , a tlronmefitai ,Checki;ist .;* va�.uation. o� Env ronmen` al rapAclr:Le r ,.: ENV I R", ENTAIL REFERENCE,' MATER I A I Map Ii-,'I,..EA��thquake and Fault Activity Sel,smic 14. ()SGS Quad Maps,,, OrovilIe Dam". 197;0. 5a:�iety �Elerneht". Butte County Cdhe(,al Pl h revi,ed 1X77, by CH,M 4i.l l 15. Sol I Map, •Chico (1925)'/OroV�i Ile. ('1926} Area, U, 5. department c,f Agriculture. 2., Map 11-2; 0106fac'tion Potential: Selsmtc Safety Element., Butte County General, Plarn revised 1-7i7., by 16, Sotl Survey of Chico(19z5)1/0roVllId'(1921;) CH,M Hitl, Area, ;U, S, Department of Agraaulture. Map I11,-i, Subsidence & Landslide Potenttol:" 17. 43utte COUnt,"F re Protection lurtsdict,lons ye - - eM6 Safety. Element;. Btihte-County5 T ale H `General Plan-rev - -and Facl l it a ounty, ire-- M p,,Butte C ,,sed bE Hi Depar and California Department o;i,; Forestment try,•., Butte; County plannEng 4 Map III-2,.troth `Potent Eai Ssfety E:�ement:,�Depart'mentrk BQtte Cbunty), 61neral Phan r6lVked ,1-7i, by, 42"A4 HI l , 5., Map1111=3, Eiipansive Soils: Safety EIdment, A3utte County General Plan revised 17%',by CO2M Iiil�l i Map,IV-1., NO se Noise'Eiement, autte.County General Plan'reVised 1-77, by CH,M Hi1I� 'Map V-1> ScenJc Fli:ghwa' S. Scenic Nlghway Slesnent;: � Butte COUntf,f'��, eneral P�Bn reYised 1-77, by CH i a, Map 1 11-4, Nattjr, Fire' Haiarti classes Sa#e,ty Element',. i3utte County General Ptah reVised 177,• by CH H 1 I,'�i a ,� Archaeolog Ica i Sens t t'iVi ter p tiV James P,. Ma_hni t�g, u pa r tmen t, 1983 , s<o;� Butte Co my Plannthg De School btsith- Map, Butte county pla,hning ' bepartment ii Chico N6 trate 5tliily Maps. Nitrate. Conchtrtish In Shallow WeiI't '1583, by bepartment,of water Re odes, N6fthwe`stern District, The Resolirees ur Agency, State of caltiornla.' 12. AdtId 11t0fal Preserves�Map� estab.lfthed by !te't6l ut ion No, 67ykin Butte county 56ard of supervisort, :Dddmt bdf 5,; 1967 13. Ma- I✓i6od• Insurance ps, Na`t loha Flood fy.198,8 •Rdte �ogr66� Federal Emergency M4nagem`1 Pr bht Agendy, 1988 , 717777- ti ryit rr ProJccl SN•7! • ! Wiiftinger $ubdivision; o, l2li At P o 1 identifies pro ect effects andrecomm6nds mends: INTRODUCTION, appropriate mitigation measures for any s ficant. sites identified within Ehe ' This report details the results o an p f archaeological inventorysurvey of 120 acres The remainder of the present report of land owned by Mr. K Whitinger of details the results of the records search and Oroville, California, and located along Union inventory survey work and provides ,, a Bar Road near Oregon Gulch and Lake professional assessment of the 'cultural Oroville, Button County, California;. res,ourees which might be affected by Elie Proposed action involves subdivision of the proposed undertaking, A11 fiend work 120 -acre project, area into two separate procedures followed guidelines provided by parcels, an action which could then be the 'State Historic Preservation Office follo�w'ed by -'additional° residential home (Sacramento) and are'` in corifortriity with construction and associated future accepted professional standards. developments (additional, access roads, utility placement, :etc.), LOCAT ION According to agency definitions; this lever of levelopmen't Constitutes an "undeitaking" which could adversely affeet The. Whitinger property consists of a cultural resources' which might be ]�:cated rectangular -shaped parcel of 120 acres within the rea of potentlal effect (APE):` located adjacent to the east side of the Lake Evaluation of project, effects to' such` Oroville State Recreation Area, approximately resources is thus ;required 'by ButEe County o miles east-northeast of Orovilie, rules and regulations, pursuant to Section California; involving the east Ij2 'of the 106 of the National Iitoric Preservation Act southwest quarters and the southeast quarter and its iniplementing regulations (36 CFR_ of the northwest quarter, ofSection 26 of _ fart 800), Section 2(b) of ecutive Order T("J hip 20 North, Range ,5 Fast, of the 1.1SO� Section 1'01(b)('4�) of the National U r '0 11 Dam, Califottiia (1970), 7:5' Environmezttai Policy Act, the �►rchaeological' Set`, �ivad, The Middle and South Forks of Resources Protection Acts and other miles and: the i iiher River (both now inundated by - = -- regulations: For the presenE project, these Lake Uroville) are located, north.atid-south of requirements translate into the following the project tired, `respectively. The VVhitinger general archaeological study, " u" tives parcel thus occupies fairly Wigged ridge lands ; between ;these two morsta � ` j reams, acid 1s CJriiertake an inventory gild evaluate the '` dissected from roughly east=to-wes't b y National 'Register of: Historic Places MontgotrteryBar.Ravine, WhIdhr t tine time (NItHP) eligibility status of properties ettiptledi into theMiddle Fore, of dheFeather Which may be directly or indiredtly River at a point approximately 3/4 miles' dile affected by any proposed fa utc %est of 'the project red. Additional developrrients, These general objectives, ephemeral stream courses are located 'within iii turn, regl�iire coiiipletIng the foll6wittg the property, which 'ranges in elev:yt on from specific to its; approximately 1;140 ft to slightly More than 1 MOR above riean sea level. The entire 1 A records search to determine if any area around "this par1t of the 'Feather River' previously recorded sites eki5t within the system has been extensively mined since the proiect arra; middle df tht 15th century, evidence of Which is1yisible in the form of tailing9 piles, o, 2'4 A pedestrian field survey bf the eroded hillsides, adttsy exploratory` mine pile, property in order ko recartl and .evaivate and other �featttres Within the general project previously unidentiNd resources, and, Iicinity, I r., K 4 .i it Af`., •._ , �� <� - J]r ProJect-9h4?1 W111tji ic�Su6cIlVlfslon d. 120f�Cro p a r. r ' This particular parcel has apparently rerriained largely undeveloped ovef the years, ry Ira order' to' ensure accurate identification of,these sites in the field; the .... . except for the mining activity referenced r site sketch and location maps for all .three above, and 8tibsequedt logging and incidental were copied and taken into the ircld', during construction activity related to development the survey. of Lake Oroville, As well, construction of dirt access roads and eleetricai transmission The potential for additional prehistoric lines through a poirtion of the property has and historic cultural resources to be found also occurred. I V,,i,thin or near the Whitingcr parcel •.vas ind fieted by the presence of numerous bedioek outcrops and a fairly long section of RECORDS SEARCH Montg0meiyl3ar`Ravine. Prior to -going into -the field the PROJECT CONTEXT archaeological records maintained by the Northeast California information Center at' CSU -Chico were examined far _Any •existing Several types of information were recorded prehistoric ar 'historic sites. In considered relevant to evaltimingthe types of ' addition, the National Register' of Historic archaeological sites and site distribution r Places was also consulted (USM 1989). The ._ which might be encountered within the records search indicated the following present project area: The nfoririation; existing eonditions'for the;property: &Muaied prior .to conducting field work, includes .data on regional prehistory 1) Previous survey has beers undertaken ethnography, and ' early h i s t o ri c %1 540% of the parcel to tonjunction developments With various projects related to development of Lake Oroville, a. nd principally! by Dr, Eric _'Ritter;in conjunct%ia with reseisrrh fvr lifts _ Pretiist'ory: The earliest definite Master's Thesis and Ph.b,; Disse station at the _ evidence :of human occupation in, north University ofCalif+omia, ;Davin ceatral California is from site CA-$HA-475 located north o£ Redding on Squaw Creek; 2) This previous survey work ; �:: t1p,;d in Where a charcoal: based, C-14 date staggests identifying and recording three prehistoric= initial Native American',presence around bedrock mortar ;milling stations, assigned O 6 O years ago, with continuous itse of the Siate.Trinomial Numbers oftA.-JCJT-31, - region„indicated`oa the basis of evidence 32, and -34, within or close to the Whitingcr from this an other regY'onal sites. 1'iost of property, All three site's consist of trilling, ` the artifactual material dating to this e ly time features, apparently without associated flake period suggests cultural affiliation with the scatters (tr' bi den deposits, At sorrte_ point.. Borax Lake area the presence of large subsequent tit initial recording; revised State ' wide -stemmed projectile points and�mano9 °site iiinbers`were assigned, as fiihows� and metates beim"; the trios} prominent=artifhdt types represents.: ?'he possibility exists that this ,early culture repro ents� Hokatt-speaking Ctt.=B i'-31 hirattae �42i peoples tvko vt��ro also atacestrnl to those Who CA=EUT-32 became -24`l; and: subs, cp Prtly `ixpancied into }tae northern GA-BUTW34 remained unchanged, Sierra Nevada,, the sorthertt :Cascade, the ' southern IGltamath and thi; t�orrft�,tt C'aast J Range area, These people may represettt Apparently- IlUTj31 and =32'' w e fe,\ earliest Sacramento Valley occupants itk relocated by Ritter during hid late-1960's'i� Tehama and Butte Counties as }veil+ survey W;in 'the Lake Oroviile area and this provided the oppartu Ity for assigning Sometime around A.i�. 10`+�-200 the first .. additional state:nutri ers to these sites b' maj+o'r disruption of this Ofaii aed Y �I , Ptd cel 91 «�31 j Whlt/ngctirSubtll�fslan c. Y20rics Pgge;3 M' Hokan-speaking population by 'Penutian manufacturing an imiriense array of primary ` 'immigrants occurred. Eventually these Later and secondary, tools and , Implume`nts, arrivals displaced at Ieast'so- ne'of the Hokan However;'only fragmentary evidence of there popu;laticrts wo1 had been occupying the material `'culture remains,i due is part to Sacramento Valley floor and the margins of perishability, and in part to the impacts,,0 the Sacramento River as far as the Oroville archaeological 'sitesresulting from later area; �at the time of,contact With Euroarnerican (historic) land uses..ori the results of populations, these; Penutian-speaking peopres- previous. survey ,vork 'within the. geneml.and were still expanding into areas previously immediate project area (e.g,) Jensen and occupied by Hokan-speakers. Presumably Wren 19"18; Jensen 1989a; Jensen110909 introduced by the Penutian-speaking peoples< 1990b; 1.990c); the expected range .a f were more extensive use of bulbs and other prehistoric/aboriginal site types included the plant foods, animal and fishing products fallowing: r processed With mortars and pestles; and perhaps tthe bow and arrow and associated'; small stemmed- and corner -notched projectile (1) surface scatters of lithic artifacts and points, debitage associated with dark "midden: deposits resulting from village encampmenis,, some of which were occupied nearly year= Ethnoaraphy; The Whititiger round; development parcel is located within territory W was occupied by the N6.rthwesterh (2) surface scatters of lith a artifacts arta Maduior XonkoW Indians (La Pena 19781 debitage without associated middens, Figure l) The basic social unit' for all of the resulting from short-term occupation an or Ma du was the family, although the village specialized economic activities, may also be considered a social; as Well as a political' and economic, unit. Villages w re (8) bedrock milling' stations, iincluding usually located on t`lats adjoinng streams, especially mortar holes �buK occasionally and were inhabited mainly in.the Winteras iit, metate ,slicks, where appropriate :bedrock, W49 necessary to go out into the hills and outcrops are available; higher elevation zones to establish temporarrj camps during food gathetting seasons �01-&', (4)` petrog1y lit, and,. spring) suinnter artd fall) Villages typically consstedofa scattering 0f. bark houses; (5)' isolated` finds of aboriginal artifacts numbering from four or'tive to several'dozen' and. flakes, in larger village, Sj,,each house containing a; single family of fYam "three to seven people.' Urgervillages, with from tWelvc to fifteen or Il storir, Developments: Historic ` more houses; might also contain an, earth' evidence exists to document that some of the lodge'; Spanish and McXican expeditions and early As with all 'northern California Indian fur trapping ventures thay have come through and' made brief stays 'within the general groups; ecor omic:lire for the 141aidu revolved project vicinity It Was during one .such around Minting, fishing and the collecting t f' exp-dItion that Arguello nanied the Feathd plant foods With deer, aeornsi and salmon Riycr itself, „IIoyvgver, .the first major representing priMnry sttiples, The coltectlon lncuts' ion by White men occurred during the and processing 'of thesevarlous food Gold Rush period`. The placer lodes of resources Was accomplis. _ d With the ttse, .N regional streams; particularly of course the Wide varlety 0f ti oodeh bone and stone Feather River itself and its tributaries, were ailifacts, Moreover, these Indian peoples , vigorously mined 'frotn the early fl50's Werevery sophisticated in terms of their onv►rat For a short period in fact —between knoVvledge of the uses of local animals grid' ct 1852.55 -- ttihing grew so rapoly'that plants, and of the availability 0f't`aw material virtually all .aspects oftraditior atINhtive sources Whit could be used rn American' life disappeared as Indians vrere r1 ,4 , qW ;; Profcct 91-431 1ti mwingcr sgw1wston, c. 120 A:_-,� plc �' either forced out of the area completely or, in through the property, and along, the several some�cases, conscripted as laborers on white ridgelnes which occur within the parcel. awned operadons. '%thln these,;areas, the land was investigated 'with survey transects spaced at approximately Once the easily extracted go 1 d 3t) m, depending or localized conditions of deposits>hegan;to diminish, more'and more vegetation cover. Approxmately20% of the ,� $ turned to far►ii.n and ranching'., `entireprotectareawasinspected at this level, .,esidents HQwever, new techniques ofmining and new Cursn'iy Field Survgy(transects spaced"fro'm f' sources of laho�"(Chinese in particular) 40 to,60 m apart) was employed elsewhere ushered lin a second mining ra which peaked within the project area, priniarilywithinareas during the 1884's. Exposed quartz veins led of relatively flat terrain away froth ,sources of to exploratory mining operations ;throughout water;, along the minor ridgelities and within the project vicinity, and numerous adits were areas of steep slope away from water sources , bored in search of high quality lodes which and covered with dense brush, CP be profitably extracted..Many oftitese App4ximately 80% of the project,area was adits aiid shafts are identified on existing inspected in this fashion. snaps, including the U_ SGS quad sheet for tht' ptesent project area. Mine ;tailings piles are In additionto implcirientation of they, also prominent ma►14made features wli+:h abave field survey strategies, in searching for Otte to the,extent orearlierinining activities cultural resources the srirveyors took into Which date to the latter part of the 19th account the restilts of bAckgrotind research through the mid=20th ccntur1es. (outllned above) and, inspected with particular Ranchers and farmers moved into the eAre 'kfidlisi terraces; ridges, mid -slope benches, 'bedrock outcrops, and any other'; area shortly after the beginning of the Gold landforms likely to be archaeologically most Rush, clearing numerous etds for winter sensitive. The surveyors were also alert for cnd sprung pasture, orchards, and other uses. any �utiogual contours, soil changes, Some impacts is prehistoric sites may have occurs in conjunction with this activity, distinctive vegetation patterns; exotic materials, artifacts, reatitre; or feature although site losses from these actions appear remnants and other possible'ma;kers to have' been :much `less severe `'than those cultural sites. associated with mining. Recordinsi.Stratetzy' Whenever a Logging and subsequently water. cultural resource. was ;,encountered, its scot'age, and water diversion protects represent location would be plotted onto a US GS ` additional major �h stork themes orthe topographicmap�. Each future or site Would r. t?r`ovilie area: T1s with the earlier mining also be assigned a temporary field accession emphasis, the acts tit' -- ;associated viith number. , Complexes of features would be logging and Water storage and most reC6ftlyL identified a5 sites and recorded in detail on with urban expatisioii have also adve orl'' at%ted the local cultural res011rGe'base, for' s� assuming that 5urNce Qbservations all'osvel for accurate reaordttig. Isolated,. individual components would be,considered ,;Go SUR, fiY' STRATEGY; RECORDING {'features", and apps priate locational anal, fieil'' TE �HNI�Q�UE;; and IELD' WORK dtkriptive information secured in notebook form:.ocations roc "sites v�bil be, documented in t---- teiYtis ofsection quadrants,: Stiryev 5tratelz The project area textual description, and'UT1+Q :coordinates. was suijected'to a combina"tion of intensive- ror recorded sites, the en"vi'rrinmental Betting. ani cursory`-levLl pedestrian survey: would be described in terms oflocalgeology, sntensi�e'level Field Sury vas utilized within or imYnediately adjacent to both sides landi`orm, dope, aspect] soils; hydrology, and vegetations while the dimensions of all bf iVlon ornery '13ar Ravin6 2, d` along,'two sites and features.would ire recorded in metric .. i es slid hie doctimeitationfoc sit uti arced drains` es W ich� roceel additio p n B units: ra p ,.nal r a1 Al rl IL- F9143) 4h1l er3vbdlv4sldn, ci 120 A&t. 71 . recorded features wbUldlinclude , , 6, '- -iiftrMally 'AS 11Mationaf Register of hgtbrd,places. :' p1 ' imetn'c'C�tegkdith,fttp�,a6�ompantedby �611there i8sbmeevi evidence, by the compass b,ca'Ongg and istahces to key Prope1­ ofter, that FG&E had to mI odify ' features within' innddiatevicinity, and widen adirt road into thisare while repairiig a4dwnedUttlityllne. Itispossibld Field work for the, present project was that this, small , site Was, concealed o ''during undertaken y Supervisory 'Archaeologist destroyed this worki Xo, rurthet. DY Furry; RA,s on May 1.091 find 'r John 4 t or co sidei-ation 1 for treatment s Nvdftaftt�(1. or by John, Furry ;astisted by, $oanjonsen,'on this site. Vegetation rang frorn ,Ma -11 1991 ranged fairly May , I �, � - I open oak and ifi,dcoveredlte'rraid to area.s NewlyIdentfied Resources covered with dense btusfi,principally , iuhnita, and. Ceanoth s,, ')(egotatio,ni ma, , i U Nidentified evidence.`of hampered '':ground, sutfaco.visibility withinprehistoric activity was observed :at sik, = approximately IS -217°/ of the -project. area, _,locale -:project area.:All .5 within A are but not, to the extent that majorprobi8i6riC or se compri'd,solely :of bedrockmortarmilling UrAI resources I urc�es I would �h e been historic cult av stations Without a s _�ociatic,d lithic surface missed during the pdd;ostr1a,,f,surVeyi No M" 'pthor scatters or, mt( of the 1 Won deposits. T wo ' bbstacI8 Wete"encountered during the milling stations oni�include three ormorermbrtar course of field work.. cups and were formally recorded'.a ' s archaeo10 ked sites. , The remaining : our areas contain fewer tbah 3 molitai cups,- and PROMCT FNIANGS; were reewded: Isolated jFilfids.' Descriptive information for the: Wd' I'REIIISTORt(JktFSOURCBS' milling station sites is as follows: W 'thiket 91te 41: This ft, 6 W 1,y: hi 1. ious y,. ontMiied rehistorc Sites ndtlar cup distributedaL s rl u on �single g—Mahifild-6-u- crop A9 Aotdd 6 the Introduction; previous which extends; ci I M north -south" by 3 in survey Work rtiwltdd inAderittryiht And, ' emvm Th d site is located adjactht to the., id ajr recording,throe rehitor' bedrock mo U1 tr. l fi sfi"b d e of M'mL't gLo' m- e1' -ry Bar .,Ptation'sp- withinorcloseto 1 ' a80pb, oifrom ,UnionBat Road,, 'Whitirigerproperty, Roth CA7` 1an dmt A, .the entire area � thorough inspe-ction, of t'it .31 were ,,disdover" ddl foL be: accurately blotted around the granite outcrop; failed to identify on tXJ8tIng'CAIJrO M a. l_itivetift,y' Maps any additionallitionAl evidence of pro istond U s6L or and were, relocated during` tqpedestrifift I activity deposit or:sUrfacel ic 6-tttti V-411, is, l6'6td&aIon9 scatter of flakesand artifacts) For t-IS1. Hannigan, G,ulch: ,acIo daAk distant 6d8drj tht bite has beeninterpreted as a notthof he Whimhgetpropertyandoutside speclaf olrpoomilling station site, of thitprojeCes area ofpotdrd'altft CA essentially WOW to --&,t 90T-32/-247 issituatddl,approximately 75'm recordedsites in this IMWedIhte Vlcihity4 northeast or the project area bbUhdarYilgrid It Moitarcupdimensions for hitinget,Sitd #I ,ns'i' so ld:dtodoutside ofthe area of potential are asfollovVst effect. ', No further featmeiltbr"c ofisi4eta Jonr P either (jndz,o'f sesl esi 13� necessary _of Quo 4 V CA -BU 34; described as containing ing #1 Ban Aeta two bedrock , and ptestimably loi. ted 41: 11 16 m0flatg within ththen6iihWe 9t corneriii the 1project10 # to acenj could 6 t be'- lo-caft ed'o Howe ' Ver, based 44 6im`dtlqnj"the site dh orlginqlddkrl�6e int e s, #5 1, 14 inclusion k k 6tcdered1b, bee igtbte. ' for q 14S on o ho"Wi Project 91.43'!` WManocr Subdlylslon, a, 120 Aces Pnga 6 Whiti e. #2.' This newly or isolates are considered eligible far ire ntified site consists of a total of 3 mortar inclusion on the National Register of His cups distrib.utedr' on .a single granitic outcrop Places "under Criteri6n D (information values) Which extends c; 1, m north -south by 2 m nor otherwise considered significant, no east -west,- The sate is located away from additional treatment`(e.g., data collection, site water sources, approximately 75 m from he presedation or interpretive.de"velopment) is southeast corner of the project area, and 150 deemed appropriate. m northeast of Union Bar woad. A'thorough inspection of the entire area around the 'EARLY HISTOMC "SOIURCES granite outcrop fiail`ed to identify any addituonaI evidence of prehistoric useor No evidence:of earlyhlstoric activity activity (i.e.,a miuclen deposit or :surface ar occupation was observed 'within the scatter of'flakes and artifacts), Again, the site project area, ;except for undatable skid trails has been: interpreted as a special purpose resulting from past logging operations: It As milling station ite. Mortar;cup._dimensions_:clear that.historic mining occurred,throughaut for Whit nger Site #2 are as follows: this„ area, but n(- clear evidence of ;such activity was observed during the present Cup # bepth Diam project. somel ossible tailings :piles Were observed along Montgomery'Bar Ravine') bpi #1 7cm lgcm vegetation :°►as nearly .completely reclaimed *2 6 10 these areas, and no additional features were 91 3 10 observed (i.e.; can dumps, camp spots, foundation or structural remains, adits) mine shafts, etc,). holated'Finds: As ri o t e d above, mortar cups {Were observed at' four LONTEMPPMRY JBUMENTS: additional locations, aIo' the margins of MontgomeryBnr Rayne 'within general Bvidenee of contempora"ry use was prox1mity to site '�hit�nger Site #,l;y Two of observed in the form of existing fences, dirt tl ese observations include single mortar access roads, and small cjtr les of cu"ps, while two mortar caps we"re observed contemporary trash. None of this material of reach of the remaining two locations; Nu represents potentially significant cultural data; accumulated portable cultural material Was however, and no "further treafimert _ "cltseived at hni .of the four lvt4:,les, a'nd,__all warranted or recommended.. ;rt' were recorded as Isolated < R3F,COl h(E--X11) TION A thou h distribution ` : �1 g Discussion, of the Mortars at these the two recoc'ded sites ; rand the four additional isolated loeale� along 'Ravine clearly Neither ones. of the two prehistoric (Whitinger' Site #1;, at�d Mantgomery 13ar indicates . ,milling station sites; extensive prehistoric utilization of the area; it #2) are considered still sigiiicant for appears equally clearthat primary habitation �informati+oncontett ot� other values, The occurred sotrie here outside ofthe Whitinger formal archaeological recording Which parcel." .Tri, viO-vti! of the absence of addition€ti occurred during tWul urrent project is seen as data' categories relating 'to the, prehistoric having effectively 4ritignted any adverse componient at any of thesites (ire.; a effects which the isroposed Whitinger surface scattering of flakes and artifacts, subdivision may hat t,an these sites; and no other rock features;eeidence of habitatloninfurther "tt�eatmen? xs warranted o r the farm of alignments, 6tycupied rock recommended. It es itsyped, howevek; that Shelters, or midden 606slts); the prc;sent both sites as Well as tile' 'ot r isolated bedrock recording is considered to have folly iMortars can b6,1ias they are recOvefea the infornlation value repres'onted interesting reminCers a =the exten5l�e nature by the mortar hotel, Since none of the "sites of °'6rehistoric,activilit R . ,t the region, i ,• p ��f �4y �`�i4 i'� r � , II 1 Qf y 1 , 1�. ,Y CSA I I I, i E. c er_Su�dis9 ¢ A 0 7 C. In y, tz;x ;of the ahsence of residual 1 se lwo recorded siten, and s gniiicanceF4 e� the, based ort t r+4hegative find ings`else�yhcre f Vl, in `the y` ject area,, archaeological , &cqmntended for the clearance'is proposed Whlhnger pry ��':ct, With Ihc'following general provisao�+., iI �T`he;l presen5" ),evaiu'atiow a n.d' ,... . recr'mmendot4on9 are. base&on thee"" i findings of an inyen�orylevel' urfaee y` reconnaissance. There is aiwa s the Y 4 ossibility'that potentially significant Possibility _ un1fdentitied cultural materials could lie. :encqunteieti during We course of future dc*Vd opinen and ron,truction activities, iii such a situattbli;? archaeological consultation. si�F ty`=d be 'sough.t unmediateiyz , t. � 4 ,Yy tet* I Vii, t r 4 7 k ' ♦ tl I f I - I I y c v , e r iii , A a ` rr1V, r J; u 5 J fi 1 � f "BOT, 'NIC A ,`tBPda't' BUTTECOUN�yu Y4CAL''£ ORNIA �pj i r . I � , •7 �r G t `f 't I? } II t I` Y.1r cl � I { IY l++ r 5 I � I 1 I �•�,1 ` i .i tI Barbara �a�tra • _ ota fikai`-Consulcmnt I =129 W 10th Street Chico; Califnrni 95925 1 4t p ��''J H '���WWwww9 � g •145 r4 k �Ij I 4 l? I, �4 �rvy I• ,L APPENDIX INVENTORY OF VASCULAR ILANT SPECIES WHITINGER" PROPERTY, BUTTEC17UNTY, CALIFORNIA 19- AND O APML A►'vID 8 ,1jUNE, 1991 jAgend: ,. None-n"ative, introduced species W -- Found onl to or ad- t to seep s, .Y r J s[reams ' and other moist or het areas, SCIENTIFIC N&SIE CnMMON NAME es A:er, macrophyllum (W) maple / rlittius irienztesit N,adrone, Calocedrus ldecurre'ns` Incense cedar Pinus pon-derosa: Ponderosa,pine P anus sabiniana D igger pine Quercus, chrysolepts Canyon live oak t, Quercus kelloggii Black oak Quercus vvislirenii Interior live Oak� us r Arctostapl,ylos viseida Whitelesf manzaniia Calycant6s, occidentalis ("W) Sptcebush Heteromeles arbutifolia Toyon y. Rhatnnus ccltforniea ssp� tomentella ffeebe Co r ry . Thus trilobatavar. imalacophylla Squaw bush a�bi�s discolor.*(VV)= Filaclsberry tubus laein,iatus ('VU) — Cut=leaf blackberry - - t rax offtnalts var. redivtva 5 y� O snowdrop tiush Toz�codendrein dive rsilobum Poison oak Aristobchia califorei ca . ` ''` Pipevine` t:alystegia occidentalis Western morn'i`ng "glory s Lontcera tnterrupfa ChAparral"hoaeystickle w 1 . V�tis.caltiforntca Gsltfornia wildgrape. I erennial Renis Apod. num x floribunduirt Weste"rti dogbaiie Brodiaea elegaiis Harvest brod�aca i3rodiaea volubile 'Ivyining brodi, ai;a , Calochortus m�nophyllus Yellow i�(ar tulip Chloro aluth orneridtanumf Sna lant steak Cordylanthus sp. I)ichelogtentma thuldildfum Bird 11i4atiy-fiowere� brodiaca D- helo'steming ptichellum Bluedicks Diplartt grandiflorus - plunias Bush monkey;flower ` Dodecatheon sp. Shooting stat Brio onum n ►dttrr, Eriophylitim 16natIl' Var,igrandiflt rum Naked bttekwrheat Wooty s tnfitiwer Fraser albicatilis ssp; nittda 't+iVhite.stemmed Erasers 1 �t +n t �SCIEN rdFIC hlA1VYE COMM® N E NAM r,. 'Perenniall-ierbs:' cont•.''. ' Galium bolander . Bolander's'bedstraw ,I�torkelia tridentata Three-toothed horkelia ;hiypericum con cinnum* ��►pericum perforatutra Gold wire Klamath weed Ir hartwc n g Hartwe 's;:'iris g h,athyrus Olphureus Chaparral p a _ Lithophragma bolander Woodland `star J'Atus scoparius. Deer weed, ,upinus aJbieaut1 vaf,albieaalis Sickle-keeled lupine laupinus albifrons Silver bush lupine ftlox speciosa ssp. occidentalis Showy western phlox 1?cytcntiIlaglan-dulosa - ;- _ Sticky cinquefoil prunella vulgaris ssp. lanceolata Selfheal Itslnunculushysriculus(YV) ;; Waterfall buttercup j�umex acetosella* Sheep+sorrel, Sanicula bipinnatifida Purple saniele Scutellaria callfdinicaClifornia sktilirap •Scutellarla W6t rosa Dannie's skullcap '' S�syrhinchiu_m helium Blue-e ed grass � Solidago ;so, Giildenrod Tr teleia hyacinthina �>'a ' ioides ss "� scabs Tr1te 1 ix p White brodiaea Foothill ", rutty-face P Agoseris 'retrorsa Spear-leaved aoseris = ' Alct�emiila occidentalis; "Westernladies mantle ' _ _ " Ca landrnia Ciliata uar. riieriziesii = Campanula s p 1? - - - )Zedmaids -- - - -- Harebell Clarkia purpurea, Purple elarkia Cihytoaia perfoliata Miner's lettuce - - Ci�assula Gracia - eed T Ci`ucianelIa angustifolia oss ori Darrow-leaved cr w Crptantha sp. Cryptantha Erodium sppr* Eschsch dlizia californica pilaree Cal forma'poppy' Eschscholzia saes itosa P i~oothill ' o p�Py f'ieranium rholle* " Wild geranium Gflia capitate Vary pede iiontana Foothill globe gilts Glthopsis s'pecularihiddg Commoh'bide cup 0'filum anagal'loides(W) r' Tinker's pinny Unanthus bicolor• 13icdlored finantthus 1. l)ttrS 5p. LofllS + 1 ; Ltpinus bicolor.$icolorcd lup�rie Ivl rriuIus kelloggii Kellogg's mohkeyflor+ver ,. a�. _ . r . M huart a caldprnica Californiasandwort Mt�nardella lanceolate' IVlusiang mint Nar►arret, a interleicta Needle�lea'�ed na ,arr (tta . iemopliila maculate Nemoph la pWunctrtata(W) FivCspoi lvieadow' nemophilh Orihocat pus aiientuaius I'thorhagia yelutina* Valley t6swi-s Grass ping SCIENTIFIC NAME !4 COMMOv',NAMr ; Aug He a, "cant• l� Piagiobothrys sp. Popcorn flower Plantago erecta Hooker`s plantain Plantago lanceolAta * +� English plantain Western huttercup Ranunculi�soccidentalis var. eie�nu Ranunculussp.( W) 6j Buttercup hcrardia arns�s*. vc Field madder , Silent: califfornica �� Y;�diari pink Silene gallica* I Windmills Si+�.,laria m is Common chickweeii '1'.richostema lanceolatum Vinegar weed `li,Ca ium trdcntatum _ i Tomcat clover frn5ses Sedcs and dip" es /'sita caryophyllca* Silver, hairgrass Mdropogon sp.*; Beardgrass AVena sp.* cl Wild oat Promus diaidrus ( Ripgui brome BrpKnus moll -s var,-. moliis"` Soft chess Red l Bronius rubens* rotnc Bromus tectorum I Cheat grass Carex amplectens(W} , , Clamping-hracted sedge Carex amplirolia(W) Ample leaved sedge Carex densa(W) dense sedge` Carex feta(�V) `r Green -sheathed sea�'ae Carek f acta'(VV) . �I Fragile sheathed sedge - = Carex mint caul.�s ;- - - --Many'istemmed sedge- - Cynosurusinafus* �� Dogtail Cyperus cragrostis(W) Tall umbrella sedge Elyrrius glaucus ,. Western ryegrass olcits lana us*(V►+� ;� `� Vcivet grass. 7uncus balticus(W) Balticrush Jtincbs liufonius var buftlnw:6(V+7 Toad rash Lurttla comosa var stftes., i.j$1 Sessile wood rush 'Meliea spy Melica Muhlenbcrgta rigens(W) Det:rgr45s I'anicum sp.� Witchgras& j u1 ra m�erostach s`, p �' Vulpai myuros 'gar. myucos* Fescue Rattall fescd& �`P^' y t rrl j k�yj `� � Pityrogramrna .tri ngular�s far, semipal`l%da erback f`crn , Stly, folypodium' californcuttn(W� Call' retie �alypody, , churn ri Polyst+ unitum (Wj Savo Hrae eilfe� Pi'aqui linurn ertdtum 'Chain Wootlwardta fimbrtata(y� -.fern I I I I 1. . i .. .,