HomeMy WebLinkAboutBVW form 3.9.2026BORDERING VEGETATED WETLAND DETERMINATION FORM
Project/Site: 61 Pheasant Cove Circle city/Town: Yarmouth Port Sampling Date: 3/9/26
Applicant/Owner: Robert Wiggins Sampling Point or Zone: Wet 6
Investigator(s):Bradford Hall Latitude / Longitude:
Soil Map Unit Name:Soil Survey for Barnstable County, 1993 NWI or DEP Classification:NWI
Are climatic/hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes =No m (If no, explain in Remarks)
Are Vegetation �F7 Soil 0 , or Hydrology n significantly disturbed? (If yes, explain in Remarks)
Are Vegetation 0 , Soil_ , or Hydrology = naturally problematic? (If yes, explain in Remarks)
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS — Attach site map and photograph log showing sampling locations, transects, etc.
Wetland vegetation criterion met? Yes No = Is the Sampled Area Yes[Z] No
Hydric Soils criterion met? Yes No [= within a Wetland?
Wetlands hydrology present? Yes=No=
Remarks, Photo Details, Flagging, etc.:
Stage 2 Drought
HYDROLOGY
Field Observations:
Surface Water Present?
Yes= NoF77-1 Depth (inches)
Water Table Present?
Yes No= Depth (inches)8
Saturation Present (including capillary fringe)? Yes' v ' No = Depth (inches)3
Wetland Hydrology Indicators
Reliable Indicators of Wetlands
Indicators that can be Reliable with
Indicators of the Influence of Water
Hydrology
Proper Interpretation
MWater-stained leaves
= Hydrological records
Direct observation of inundation
=Evidence of aquatic fauna
= Free water in a soil test hole
Drainage patterns
=Iron deposits
Saturated soil
Drift lines
]Algal mats or crusts
Water marks
Scoured areas
Sediment deposits
Oxidized rhizospheres/pore
Moss trim lines
linings
hin muck surfaces
[] Presence of reduced iron
Surface soil cracks
Blants with air -filled tissue
= Woody plants with adventitious
Sparsely vegetated concave
(aerenchyma)
roots
surface
with polymorphic leaves
Trees with shallow root systems
Microtopographic relief
HPlants
Plants with floating leaves
Woody plants with enlarged
Geographic position (depression,
= Hydrogen sulfide odor
lenticels
toe of slope, fringing lowland
Remarks (describe recorded data from stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections, if available):
BVW fringe bordering salt marsh
This form is only for BVW delineations. Other wetland resource areas may be present and should be delineated according
to the applicable regulatory provisions.
Form Revised July 2023
Sampling PointWet 6
VEGETATION - Use both common and scientific names of plants.
Tree Stratum Plot sizeSmall
Indicator Absolute Dominant? Wetland
Status % Cover (yes/no) Indictor?
Common name Scientific name (yes/no)
1. Tupelo
FACW
38.0
Yes
Yes
2.
3.
4.
S.
6.
7.
8.
9.
38.0 = Total Cover
Shrub/Sapling Stratum Plot size Small
Indicator Absolute Dominant? Wetland
Status % Cover (yes/no) Indictor?
Common name Scientific name (yes/no)
_
1. Arrowwood
FAC
38.0
Yes
Yes
2.
3.
4.
S.
6.
7.
_
8.
9.
63.0 = Total Cover '
Herb Stratum Plot sizesmall
Indicator Absolute Dominant? Wetland
Status % Cover (yes/no) Indictor?
Common name Scientific name _ (yes/no)
1. Cinnamon Fern FACW 20.5 Yes Yes
2.
3.
4.
S.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
20.5
= Total Cover
Form Revised July 2023
Sampling PointWet 6
VEGETATION — continued.
Woody Vine Stratum Plot size None
Indicator Absolute Dominant? Wetland
Status % Cover (yes/no) Indictor?
Common name Scientific name (yes/no)
1.
2.
3.
4.
0 = Total Cover
Rapid Test: Do all dominant species have an indicator status of OBL or FACW? Yes No
Dominance Test: Number of Number of dominant species that are Do wetland indicator plants make up
dominant species wetland indicator plants >_ SO% of dominant plant species?
Yes iv i_No=
Prevalence Index:
OBL species
Total % Cover (all strata)
Multiply by:
Result
X 1
_
=0
FACW species
121.5
X 2
=243
=
FAC species
X 3
FACU species
X 4
=0
UPL species
X 5
=0
Column Totals
(A)121.5
(B)243
Prevalence Index
B/A =2
Is the Prevalence Index 5 3.0?
Yes iv i_No�
Wetland vegetation criterion met? Yes
No
Definitions of Vegetation Strata
Tree - Woody plants 3 in. (7.62 cm) or more in diameter at breast height (DBH), regardless of height
Shrub / Sapling - Woody plants less than 3 in. (7.62 cm) DBH and greater than or equal to 3.3 ft. (1 m) tall
Herb - All herbaceous (non -woody plants, regardless of size, and woody plants less than 3.3 ft. (1 m) tall
Woody vines - All woody vines greater than 3.3 ft. (1 m) in height
Cover Ranges
Range
Midpoint
1-5 %
3.0 %
6-15 %
10.5 %
15-25 %
20.5 %
26-50 %
38.0 %
51-75 %
63.0 %
76-95 %
85.5 %
96-100 %
98.0 %
Form Revised July 2023
Sampling PointWet 6
SOIL
Profile Description: (Describe to the depth needed to document the indicator or confirm the absence of indicators)
Depth Matrix Redox Features
(inches) Color (moist) % Color (moist) % Type' Location Texture Remarks
'Type: C=Concentration, D=Depletion,
RM=Reduced Matrix, MS --Masked Sand Grains
ZLocation: PL=Pore Lining, M=Matrix
Hydric Soil Indicators (Check all that apply)
Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils
Histosol (Al) ILI Polyvalue Below Surface (S8)
I—LI-listic Epipedon (A2) Thin Dark Surface (S9)
Black Histic (A3) =Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2)
2 cm Muck (A10)
=5 cm Mucky Peat or Peat (S3)
Iron -Manganese Masses (F12)
Hydrogen Sulfide (A4) Depleted Matrix {F3)
❑ Mesic Spodic (A17)
Stratified Layers (A5)
Redox Dark Surface (F6)
Red Parent Material (F21)
Depleted Below Dark Surface (All) Depleted Dark Surface (F7)
❑ Very Shallow Dark Surface (F22)
i—LThick
Dark Surface (Al2)
Redox Depressions (F8)
L—Lsandy Mucky Mineral (Si)
Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4)
Sandy Redox (S5) Other (Include Explanation in
J_LStripped Matrix (S6) Remarks)
L_jDark Surface (S7)
Restrictive Layer (if observed) Type: None Depth (inches):
Remarks:Soils not evaluated due to all FACW plant species.
Hydric Soils criterion met? Yes _J� No
Form Revised July 2023