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1285 French Creek Drive <br /> Orono, Mi»nesota <br /> Wetland Delineation Report <br /> I. INTRODUCTION <br /> The 1.67-acre 1285 French Creek Drive Parcel was inspected on September 19, 2016 for the <br /> presence and extent of wetland. The property was located in Section 10, Township 117, Range <br /> 23W, Orono, Hennepin County, Minnesota. Generally, the site location was north ofNorth <br /> Shore Drive, west of Brown Road South, and east of French Creek Drive (Figure 1). The site <br /> limits corresponded to Hennepin County PID 1011723320007. <br /> A single-family hoine occupied the western half of the site; the eastern half of the site was <br /> dominated by manicured lawn and open water wetland. Adjacent land use was primarily single- <br /> family homes and Lake Minnetonka. The topography sloped from west to east with an elevation <br /> of 962 feet msl in the northwest portion of the site to a low of 942 feet msl at the pond edge <br /> (within Wetland 1). One depressional wetland was identified and delineated within the site <br /> (Figure 2). <br /> II. METHODS <br /> Wetlands were identified using the Routine Determination method described in the Corps of <br /> Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual (Waterways Experiment Station, 1987) and the <br /> Regional Supplement to the Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual: Midwest Region <br /> (Version 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 that were located by E.G. Rud & Sons, Inc. <br /> Soils, vegetation, and hydrology were documented at a representative location 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 /> Soils were characterized to a minimum depth of 24 inches (unless otherwise noted) using a <br /> Munsell Soil Color Book and standard soil texturing�nethodology. Hydric soil indicators used <br /> are from Field Indicators of Hydric Soils in the United States (USDA Natural Resources <br /> Conservation Service (NRCS) in cooperation with the National Technical Committee for Hydric <br /> Soils, Version 7, 2010). <br /> 2 <br />