Jurisdictional waters of the United States Wetlands Assessment Analysis and Delineation /

adjacent to a saturated or inundated wetland within the same

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Siems-Alford, Susan
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1994.
Subjects:
Online Access:Link to OAKTrust copy
Description
Summary:adjacent to a saturated or inundated wetland within the same
Army Corps of Engineers permit procedures.
as jurisdictional waters of the United states. upon
assessment and delineation was performed for Lakewood
based on available information, and were mapped on a survey
boundaries. By employing the methods outlined in the 1987
completion of the field assessment, the data were assembled
Corps of Engineers Delineation manual that call for
Engineers criteria, using interpretation of historical aerial
evaluations of hydric soils, hydrology indicators, and
gathered from site reconnaissance activities. The identified
hectares of the subject property were jurisdictional
hectares, more or less, located in northeast Harris County,
Heights, a proposed residential subdivision consisting of 133
hydrologic and hydrophytic vegetation regime were included in
hydrophytic vegetation, I concluded that approximately 14.68
I verified the scs soil mapping, identified previously
into a technical report and presented to the client for his
jurisdictional wetlands, based on U.S. Army corps of
mapping of soil types by the SCS appears to have been
moderately accurate. Through site reconnaissance activities,
opinion, provides the highest reliability for, even under
photography, topographic maps, hydrology indicators, and data
plat of the property. These areas were contrasted with
property and examined land management options, including u.s.
sometimes hard to define. Those areas which appeared
subject property were approached in a conservative manner,
surrounding uplands, which were mapped as well. Broad scale
taking into account transitional or overflow areas which are
Texas. The subject property was evaluated for its content of
to determine that wetlands did, in fact, exist on the
To improve and develop my professional skills, a wetland
unmapped hydric soils, and evaluated and documented
upland (non-wetland). The wetland delineations made on the
use. we discussed my findings, reviewed the methodology used
varying seasonal circumstances, those areas that would appear
vegetation communities that further delineated wetland/upland
wetland areas were delineated as accurately as possible,
wetland boundaries. This method of delineation, in my
wetlands. The remaining 118.32 hectares were classified as
Item Description:"December, 1994".
"Major subject: Rangeland Ecology and Management".
Physical Description:v, 21 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Also available online.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references: page 21.