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APPENDIX I Cultural and Historical Resources Survey and Evaluation Report CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL RESOURCES SURVEY AND EVALUATION REPORT FOR THE SAN LUIS REY INDIAN WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, ESCONDIDO CANAL UNDERGROUNDING, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Prepared for: Diane Sandman Atkins 3570 Carmel Mountain Road, Suite 300 San Diego, California 92130 (858) 514-1010 Lead Agencies: Bureau of Indian Affairs Southern California Agency 1451 Research Park Drive, Suite 100 Riverside, California 92507 Phone No: (909) 276-6624 Vista Irrigation District 1391 Engineer Street Vista, California 92081-8836 Phone: (760) 597-3100 Prepared by: Shelby Gunderman, M.A., RPA Sarah Stringer-Bowsher, M.A., RPH Micah Hale, Ph.D., RPA, ASM Affiliates, Inc. 2034 Corte Del Nogal Carlsbad, California 92011 September 2012 PN 17350 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter Page NADB TITLE PAGE .............................................................................. v MANAGEMENT SUMMARY ................................................................. vi 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................... 1 1.1 UNDERTAKING INFORMATION ...................................................... 1 2. SETTING .............................................................................. 9 2.1 NATURAL SETTING ....................................................................... 9 2.1.1 Geography .............................................................................. 9 2.1.2 Geology and Soils ..................................................................... 9 2.1.3 Biology ................................................................................. 10 2.2 CULTURAL SETTING .................................................................... 10 2.2.1 Prehistoric Period .................................................................... 10 2.2.2 Paleoindian (pre-5500 B.C.) ........................................................ 10 2.2.3 Archaic (8000 B.C. – A.D. 500) .................................................. 12 2.2.4 Late Prehistoric (A.D. 500-1750) ................................................. 13 2.3 ETHNOHISTORIC PERIOD (Post A.D. 1750) ....................................... 14 2.4 HISTORIC PERIOD ........................................................................ 18 2.4.1 Spanish Period ............................................................................ 18 2.4.2 Mexican Period ........................................................................... 19 2.4.3 American Period ......................................................................... 20 2.5 RECORD SEARCH RESULTS ........................................................... 22 2.5.1 Previous Studies ...................................................................... 22 2.5.2 Previously Recorded Sites .......................................................... 25 2.5.3 Previously Recorded Historic Addresses ......................................... 28 3. RESEARCH DESIGN ............................................................ 29 4. METHODS .......................................................................... 31 4.1 FIELD SURVEY METHODS ............................................................ 31 4.2 NATIVE AMERICAN PARTICIPATION / CONSULTATION ................... 31 5. REPORT OF FINDINGS ........................................................ 33 5.1 PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES ........................................ 33 5.1.1 SLR-Rincon-1 ......................................................................... 33 5.1.2 SDI-257 ................................................................................ 33 5.2 HISTORICAL STRUCTURES ............................................................ 34 5.2.1 Escondido Canal (P-37-014670) ................................................... 34 5.2.2 Rincon Penstock ...................................................................... 34 5.2.3 SLR-Rincon-2 ......................................................................... 35 San Luis Rey Indian Water Rights Settlement Agreement i Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) Chapter Page 5.2.4 SLR-Rincon-7 (Rincon Powerplant)............................................... 36 5.2.5 SLR-Rincon-9 ......................................................................... 36 5.2.6 SLR-Rincon-10 ....................................................................... 37 6. DISCUSSION / INTERPRETATION......................................... 39 6.1 PREHISTORIC SYNTHESIS ............................................................. 39 6.2 HISTORICAL SYNTHESIS ............................................................... 39 7. EVALUATIONS AND MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS ........ 41 7.1 EVALUATION OF THE ESCONDIDO CANAL AND THE RINCON PENSTOCK .................................................................................. 41 7.1.1 Methods ................................................................................ 41 7.1.2 Historical Context .................................................................... 42 7.1.3. Description of Features .............................................................. 48 7.1.4 Historic Resource Evaluation ....................................................... 54 7.2 MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS ................................................. 59 7.2.2 The Five Escondido Canal Undergrounding Alternative Alignments ....... 59 7.2.3 The Rincon Penstock ................................................................ 59 8. CONCLUSIONS ................................................................... 61 REFERENCES .................................................................................... 63 APPENDICES ..................................................................................... 77 APPENDIX A. Permission to Work on Reservation Lands APPENDIX B. Personnel Qualifications APPENDIX C. SCIC Record Search Results - Confidential APPENDIX D. Site Maps - Confidential APPENDIX E. DPR Forms - Confidential ii San Luis Rey Indian Water Rights Settlement Agreement Table of Contents LIST OF FIGURES Page Figure 1. Regional project location. ................................................................. 3 Figure 2. Project vicinity shown on USGS 7.5’ quadrangles. ................................... 4 Figure 3. Escondido Canal undergrounding five potential alignments. ........................ 5 Figure 4. Rincon Penstock alignment. ............................................................... 6 Figure 5. View of the several concrete and tar paper layers of the Escondido Canal walls, near the Rincon Penstock. ........................................................ 35 Figure 6. View of the Rincon Penstock, visible above ground, facing north. ............... 36 Figure 7. Topographic map showing the alignments of the Escondido Canal and the Rincon Penstock. ...................................................................... 49 Figure 8. 1928 aerial photograph of the alignment of the Escondido Canal. ................ 51 Figure 9. Photograph of the walls of the Escondido Canal at the connection between the Canal and the Rincon Penstock. ......................................... 53 Figure 10. Photograph of the filter at the connection between the Canal and the Rincon Penstock. ........................................................................... 53 Figure 11. 1928 aerial photograph of the alignment of the Rincon Penstock. ................ 55 LIST OF TABLES Page Table 1. Previous Cultural Resources Reports Addressing the APE and One Mile Buffer ........................................................................................ 23 Table 2. Previously Recorded Cultural Resources within the APE and One Mile Buffer ........................................................................................ 26 San Luis Rey Indian Water Rights Settlement Agreement iii NADB Title Page NADB TITLE PAGE Author: Shelby Gunderman, M.A., RPA Sarah Stringer-Bowsher, M.A., RPH Micah Hale, Ph.D., RPA ASM Affiliates, Inc. 2034 Corte del Nogal, Carlsbad, California 92011 (760) 804-5757 Date: September 2012 Report title: Cultural and Historical Resources Survey and Evaluation Report for the San Luis Rey Indian Water Rights Settlement Agreement, Escondido Canal Undergrounding, San Diego County, California Submitted by: ASM Affiliates, Inc. Submitted to: PBS&J USGS 7.5’ Quadrangles: Boucher Hill and Rodriguez Mountain, California Acres: Approximately 10-acres Keywords: Escondido Canal, Rincon Penstock, Bedrock Milling, SDI-257, SLR-Rincon-1, SLR-Rincon-2, SLR-Rincon-7, SLR-Rincon-9, SLR-Rincon-10, P-37-014670, Rincon Powerplant New Resources: SLR-Rincon-1, SLR-Rincon-2, SLR-Rincon- 7, SLR-Rincon-9, SLR-Rincon-10 Updated Sites: SDI-257, P-37-014670 San Luis Rey Indian Water Rights Settlement Agreement v Management Summary MANAGEMENT SUMMARY The San Luis Rey Indian Water Rights Settlement Agreement (SA) among the United States, the City of Escondido (Escondido), the Vista Irrigation District (VID), the La Jolla, Pala, Pauma, Rincon and San Pasqual Bands of Mission Indians (Bands), and the San Luis Rey Indian Water Authority (a permanent intertribal entity established by the Bands- (SLRIWA)) is designed to provide for a complete resolution of all disputes among the above parties involved in pending proceedings in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California and before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Implementation of the SA requires