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The public water is identifies as Minnetonka (27-133P). <br /> Site Visit <br /> SER ecologists examined the subject property for areas meeting jurisdictional wetland criteria <br /> during the site visit. Two wetlands met the jurisdictional criteria of a wetland therefore two <br /> wetland boundaries were determined and delineated. The approximate wetland boundaries are <br /> outlined in yellow in Figure 5. <br /> Accumulated precipitation since 4/O1/2011, as recorded at MSP and reported by the USDA <br /> National Agricultural Statistics Service in cooperation with the Minnesota Department of <br /> Agriculture reports that for the week ended November 6, 2011, was 1.76" below normal. <br /> Precipitation for the period 10/31/2011 to 11/06/2011 was reported to be 0.49" below normal and <br /> for the preceding 4 weeks was 1.20" below normal. <br /> The Minnesota Climatology Warking Group Gridded Database for the August 1 through October <br /> 31, 2011 period WETS Score for the 1971-2000 normal period was Dry (6). The Score was the <br /> same using the 1981-2010 normal period. <br /> Wetland 1 <br /> Wetland 1 is located at the north end of the property and continues off of the subject parcel and <br /> out of the evaluated area to the west. Dominant vegetation within Wetland 1 was narrow-leaf <br /> cattail (Typha angustifolia, OBL), lake sedge (Carex lacustr�is, OBL), lesser duckweed (Lemna <br /> minor, OBL) and hummock sedge (Carex stricta, OBL). Reed canary grass (Phalaris <br /> arundinacea, FACW) was also dominant within Wetland 1 along portions of the fringe area. <br /> Standing water would likely be present during most of the growing season within Wetland 1 but <br /> given that this area was delineated in November, standing water was not present. <br /> Sample Transect 1-1 <br /> The vegetation transition zone along Sample Transect 1-1 started with a dominance of <br /> blue-flag iris (Iris versicolor, OBL) at Sample Point (SP) 1-1 WET in the herbaceous <br /> stratum. Common bucktharn (Rhamnus cathartica, FAC) and glossy buckthorn <br /> (Rhamnus frangula, FAC) were dominant within the shrub layer. Cottonwood (Populus <br /> deltoides, FAC) and green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica, FACW) were dominant within <br /> the tree layer. <br /> The vegetation transition to upland also yielded a dominance of cottonwood and green <br /> ash in the tree layer and common buckthorn in the shrub layer but the herbaceous layer <br /> yielded a dominance of only common buckthorn. The dominance test and the prevalence <br /> index were not met for the upland point. <br /> Soils at SP 1-1 WET were black and hemic down to 4 inches followed by a dark gray <br /> sand with 20 percent brown redox concentrations down to 10 inches. From 10 to 18 <br /> inches the soils become a sandy clay loam with a black matrix and 10 percent course <br /> greenish gray gleyed mottles. <br /> Soils at SP 1-1 UP were very dark grayish brown loamy sands down to 9 inches. Soils <br /> Svoboda Ecological Resources 1 165 Fendale Road <br /> Project No.: 2014-026 3 Robert Brook <br />