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10 the site visit to identify areas of concern. Areas illustrating evidence of wetland conditions were examined in greater detail din ing the field survey. Vegetation, soils and hydrology were examined (as outlined in the 1987 Manual) and used to characterize wetland types and determine wetland boundaries. Sample transects wore established in a representative wetland-to-upland transition zone in order to characteri/x the vegetation, soils, and hydrology of the site. The transects consist of one representative upland sample point and one repre.scntativc wetland sample point. The number of tran.sccts completed per basin depends on the size of the basin and/or the number of wetland types associated with each basin. Other samples were taken at unmarked locations to provide verification of the wetland edge as needed. Information obtained from the sample points can be found on the field data sheets located in Appendix A. The wetland boundary was marked at the site by blaze-orange “wetland boundary flagging attached to 4-foot wooden lath. The wetland boundary is considered to be the topographically highest extent of the wetland basin; areas below the staked boundary met the three required wetland criteria while areas above lacked one or more of these criteria. Wetland classification followed methods de.scribed by Cowardin et al. (1979) and used in the NWI completed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The Circular 39 classification (Shaw and Fredine 1956) is also given. The indicator status of plants was determined using the National List of Plant Species That Occur in Wetlands - Minnesota (Reed 19S8). Explanation of the plant indicator categories is provided in Appendix B. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION The NWI map (Mound Quadrangle) illustrates one wetland basin on the subject property. The NWI identified wetlands on the property consist of a Type 3/5 (PEMC/UBH) wetland on the southeastern portion of the property (Figure 2). The Soil Survey of Hennepin County indicates three individual soil types on the subject property (Figure 3). These individual soil types include; Hayden Loam (HbB and C). Klossner Muck (Ma). and Bellville Sill Loam (Lc). See Appendix C for a description of the soil series for each of these soil types. Of these soil types, the Klossner Muck (Ma) is classified as hydric soils {Hydric Soils of the United States). The DNR Public Waters Map of Hennepin County illustrates one public water (913w) on the subject property (Figure 4). SER personnel examined the subject property for areas meeting jurisdictional wetland criteria during the site visit and delineated one area as being jurisdictional wetland. Detailed vegetation, soils, and hydrology data for the wetland are provided in the data sh*ets of Appendix A. Basin 1 is located in the in the southeastern portion of the subject property (Figure 5). SER delineated the boundary of Basin 1 as a palustrine (P-) type wetland exhibiting emergent (-EM-) vegetation w ith a seasonally flooded (-C-) moisture regime along the outermost portion of the basin and a palustrine (P-) type wetland with an unconsolidated bottom (-UB-) that is permanently flooded (-H) in the central portion of the basin or a Type 3/5 (PEMC/UBH) wetland complex. ■ i i