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L_ to ihc sue visit to identity .ircas of concern. Areas illustrating evidence of wetland conditions were examined in greater detail during the field survey. Vegetation, soils and hydrology were examined las outlined in the 19S7 Manual) and used to churacicruc wetland types and determine wetland boundaries. Sample tran.sccLs were established in a icpre'eniative wetland-to-i.p and transition zone in order to characicii/..* the vegetation, soils, and hydrology of the site. The t:an>ccts consist 01 one representative upland sample point and one representative wetland sample point. The number of transects completed per basin depends on the size of the basin and/or the number of wetland types associated with each b.isin Other samples were t.iken at unmarked locations to provide verification of the wetland edge as needed. Information obtained fiom the sample points can be found on the field data sheets located in Appendi.x A The wetland boundary was marked at the .site by blaze-orange "wetland boundary" flaggi.ng attached to 4-foot wooden lath The wetland boundary is considcicd to be the topographically highest extent of the wetland basin, areas below the staked bcund.ii y met the three required wetland criteria while areas above lacked one or more of these criteria Wetland cl.issification followed methods described by Cowardtn ci al. (1979) and used in the NWI completed by the U.S Fish and Wildlife Scrxicc The Circular 39 classification (Shaw and Frcdir.e 1956) is also given. The indicator status of plants was determined using the i\anoiial List of Plant Species That Occni in Wetlands • Minnesota (Reed I9SS). E.xplanation 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 propeny. The NWI identified wetlands on the property consist of a Type 3/5 (PEMC/UBH) wetland on the scuthcasiem 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 Be'.lville Silt Loam (Lc). See Appendix C for a description of the soil senes 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 (9l3w) on the subject property (Figure 4). SER pcisonncl examined the subject properly for are.ii meeting jurisdictional wetland criteria daring the site visit and delineated one area as being juiisdictional wetland. Detailed vcgetaiicn. soils, and hydrology data for the wetland are provided in the data sheets 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 I as a palustrine (P-) type wetland exhibiting emergent (-EM-) vegetation with 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 C-H) in the central portion of the basin or a Type 3/5 (PEMC/UBH) wetland complex.