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790 Brown Road North <br /> Orono, Minnesota <br /> Wetland Delineation Report <br /> I. INTRODUCTION <br /> The approximately 1.94-acre property at 790 Brown Road North in Orono was inspected on May <br /> 20, 2015 far the presence and extent of wetland. The property was located in the NE '/ of the <br /> NE '/ of Section 34, Township 118 North, Range 23 West, City of Orono, Hennepin County, <br /> Minnesota. The property is located between the eastern cul-de-sac of Brown Road North and the <br /> northwestern shore of Long Lake (Figure 1). The site limits correspond to Hennepin County <br /> PID 34-118-23-11-0003. <br /> The review area consisted of a wooded residential lot. A home was under construction at the <br /> time of the site visit. The property sloped to the northeast toward Long Lake and elevations <br /> ranged from 990 at the building site near the cul-de-sac to 946 in the wetland that adjoined Long <br /> Lake. <br /> One Type 1 L/3 (PFO1 B/PEM 1 C) wetland was identified and delineated on the property(Figure <br /> 2). The upland portion of the site was dominated by sugar maple forest. The forested portion of <br /> the wetland consisted of boxelder/silver maple woodland and the marsh adjoining Long Lake <br /> was dominated by cattails. The site is bordered on the south, west, and northwest by large <br /> residential lots, and on the northeast and east by cattail inarsh and Long Lake. <br /> II. METHODS <br /> Wetlands were identified using Routine Determination methodology described in the Corps of <br /> Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual (Waterways Experiment Station, 1987) and Regional <br /> Supplement to the Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual: Midwest Region (Version <br /> 2.0) as required under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and the Minnesota Wetland <br /> Conservation Act. <br /> Wetland boundaries were identified as the upper-most extent of wetland that met criteria for <br /> hydric soils, hydrophytic vegetation, and wetland hydrology. Wetland-upland boundaries were <br /> marked with pin flags and were located by Sathre-Bergquist, Inc. <br /> Soils, vegetation, and hydrolo�y were docuinented at representative locations along the wetland- <br /> upland boundary. Plant species dominance was estimated based on the percent aerial or basal <br /> coverage visually estimated within a 30-foot radius for trees and vines, a 15-foot radius for the <br /> shrub layer, and a 5-foot radius for the herbaceous layer within the community type sampled. <br /> 2 <br />