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RLRC DEIS Appendix E APPENDIX E Cultural Resources CULTURAL RESOURCES ASSESSMENT FOR THE RHODES LAKE ROAD CORRIDOR STUDY PIERCE COUNTY, WASHINGTON BY JENNIFER CHAMBERS GLENN D. HARTMANN, PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR SUBMITTED TO: PARAMETRIX, INC. P.O. BOX 460 SUMNER, WASHINGTON 98390-1516 WESTERN SHORE HERITAGE SERVICES, INC. 8001 DAY ROAD WEST, SUITE B BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, WA 98110 TECHNICAL REPORT #272 August 28, 2006 CULTURAL RESOURCES ASSESSMENT FOR THE RHODES LAKE ROAD CORRIDOR STUDY PIERCE COUNTY, WASHINGTON WESTERN SHORE HERITAGE SERVICES, INC. TECHNICAL REPORT #272 Author: Jennifer Chambers Date: August 28, 2006 Location: Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington USGS Quad: Sumner, WA (1993) and Orting, WA (1994) 7.5’ T, R, S: Township 19 North, Range 4 East, Section 12 and 13; Township 19 North, Range 5 East, Section 7 – 9, 17, 18, 20, 21, 28, 29. MANAGEMENT SUMMARY Western Shore Heritage Services, Inc. (WSHS) conducted a cultural resources assessment for the Rhodes Lake Road Corridor Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The study area is located in Pierce County, Washington in and adjacent to the Puyallup River Valley on the Orting Plateau near the towns of Orting, McMillin and Alderton. This technical memorandum evaluates eight different alternative corridors through the study area. The eight alternatives are composed of a no build alternative (called Alternative A), four separate corridor alternatives and three alternatives that propose combinations of the four corridor alternatives. WSHS was requested to determine the archaeological probability for any of the eight alternatives to affect significant cultural resources by reviewing and identifying the environmental, cultural and archaeological setting of the study area. Background research suggests a moderate to low probability for precontact or ethnographic archaeological sites for all eight alternatives evaluated based on landforms, available resources and absence of previously recorded archaeological or ethnographic sites in the immediate vicinity. Conversely, the likelihood of encountering historic-period cultural resources is considered moderate to high for Alternatives B, C and D. Seventeen historic properties have been inventoried within about a 0.5-mile radius of Alternatives B, C, and D; four of which are located within 1000 feet of Alternative B and seven are located within 1000 feet of Alternatives C and D. No historical properties have been inventoried within a 0.5-mile radius of the Alternative E. Historic structures that may be affected by the proposed project will require further assessment. Cultural Resources Assessment for the Rhodes Lake Road Corridor Study Pierce County, Washington Western Shore Heritage Services, Inc. i TABLE OF CONTENTS Management Summary................................................................................................................ i Introduction................................................................................................................................ 1 Study Area Location and Description ......................................................................................... 1 Methodology .............................................................................................................................. 4 Study Area Background.............................................................................................................. 4 Environmental Setting ........................................................................................................... 4 Cultural Setting...................................................................................................................... 5 Precontact Period................................................................................................................ 5 Ethnohistoric Period ........................................................................................................... 6 Historic Period.................................................................................................................... 7 Previous Cultural Resources Investigations and Recorded Sites................................................ 12 Alternative B ....................................................................................................................... 15 Alternative C ....................................................................................................................... 17 Alternative D ....................................................................................................................... 19 Alternative E........................................................................................................................ 21 Limitations of This Assessment................................................................................................ 23 References Cited ...................................................................................................................... 24 Appendix A: Project Correspondence Cultural Resources Assessment for the Rhodes Lake Road Corridor Study Pierce County, Washington Western Shore Heritage Services, Inc. ii TABLE OF FIGURES Figure 1. Location of the Rhodes Lake Road Corridor Study Area (USGS Sumner [1993] and Orting [1994], WA, 7.5’ Quads)................................................................................... 2 Figure 2. Location of the alternatives proposed for the Rhodes Lake Road Corridor study area..................................................................................................................................... 3 Figure 3. 1873 General Land Office (GLO) map detailing proposed alternatives for the Rhodes Lake Road Corridor (United States Surveyor General 1873)................................... 9 Figure 4. Land Classification Sheet detailing the thick forests on the Orting Plateau and early Orting rural development in 1900 (United States Surveyor General 1900)................ 10 Figure 5. 1913 Kroll’s Atlas map detailing proposed alternatives for the Rhodes Lake Road Corridor................................................................................................................... 11 Figure 6. Map detailing selected archaeological sites and inventoried historic structures located in the immediate vicinity of the proposed alternatives (USGS Sumner [1993] and Orting [1994], WA, 7.5’ Quads)................................................................................. 14 List of Tables Table 1. Summary of previously conducted cultural resources investigations within a one-mile radius of the study area....................................................................................... 12 Table 2. Previously recorded cultural resources sites within a one-mile radius of Alternative B. ................................................................................................................... 15 Table 3. Inventoried historic structures located within about 0.5 mile of Alternative B. ........... 16 Table 4. Previously recorded cultural resources sites within a one-mile radius of the Alternative C. ................................................................................................................... 17 Table 5. Inventoried historic structures located within about 0.5 mile of Alternative C. ........... 18 Table 6. Previously recorded cultural resources sites within a one-mile radius of Alternative D. ................................................................................................................... 19 Table 7. Inventoried historic structures located within about 0.5 mile of Alternative D. ........... 20 Table 8. Previously recorded cultural resources sites within a one-mile radius of Alternative E..................................................................................................................... 21 Cultural Resources Assessment for the Rhodes Lake Road Corridor Study Pierce County, Washington Western Shore Heritage Services, Inc. iii INTRODUCTION On behalf of Pierce County, Parametrix, Inc. (Parametrix) retained Western Shore Heritage Services, Inc. (WSHS) to conduct a cultural resources assessment for the Rhodes Lake Road Corridor Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) (herein after “the study”). The study intends to evaluate potential roadway corridors to provide local access for developed areas on the Orting plateau to urban areas located west and south of the plateau in the Puyallup River Valley. This cultural resources assessment is provided to support the historic, cultural and archaeological component of a State Environmental Protection Act (SEPA) EIS. WSHS’ efforts were designed to determine the archaeological probability for the alternatives to affect significant cultural resources by reviewing and identifying the environmental, cultural, and archaeological setting of the study area. STUDY AREA LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION The study area includes lands located in and adjacent to the Puyallup River Valley on the Orting Plateau, near the towns of Orting, McMillin and Alderton, Washington (Figure 1). Here, Pierce County is evaluating roadway alternatives that could provide access between developed areas on top of the plateau to urban areas in the valley. The alternatives evaluated are illustrated in Figure 2 and include: • Alternative A – The Baseline Alternative (no build) • Alternative B • Alternative C • Alternative D • Alternative E • Alternative F-1 - Combines Alternatives B and E • Alternative F-2 - Combines Alternatives C and E • Alternative
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