Sample Rapid Assessment Sheet - Jamaican Caves Organization

Page ____ of ____ JAMAICA CAVE PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT

DATE: (dd-mm-yy) TIME IN TIME OUT EXPEDITION LEADER & PERSONNEL

CAVE NAME: PARISH NEAREST VILLAGE/TOWN

REFERNCE DATUM # SATELLITES COORDINATES + ACCURACY ELEVATION (m):

VEGETATION / HABITAT AT CAVE ENTRANCE VEGETATION / HABITAT IN GENERAL LOCALE

ACCESSIBILITY THREAT VULNERABILITY ___ Ropes/ladder ___W/out climbing aid but difficult ___Walk-in ___Low ___Intermediate ___High CAVE TYPE SPELEOTHEMS (Notable or Unusual; Note location on map on page 2, if necessary)

RESURGENCE SINK STREAM PASS W/ SURFACE ACTIV STREAM PASS W/OUT SURFACE ACTI 0. No 0. No 0. No A. Dry 0. No A. Dry A. Dry A. Dry B. Standing B. Standing B. Active B. Active C. Flowing C. Flowing BATS GUANO GUANO MINING Est. colony size No. of species Location A. Fresh/fluff A. None None ______0. None A. Twilight B. Old/compact B. Historic < 100 ______A. One species B. Dark Zone Comments: C. Current 101-1000 ______B. 2 - 4 EXTENT OF MINING % suitable > 1000 ______C. > 4 A. Intermittent & localized ceiling occupied D. Undetermine B. Extensive INVERTEBRATES (0=None, S=Some, M=Many, U=Undetermined OR Estimate Number) Amblypygid ______Spiders ______Sesarma verleyi ______American or German Cockroach ______Other interesting fauna:

PALEO RESOURCES EXTENT OF PALEO ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES 0. None 0. None 0. None observed A. Bone breccia A. Small amounts A. Amerindian B. Fossiliferous cave earth B. Extensive B. Historic BROKEN SPELEOTHEMS GRAFFITI/SOOT GARBAGE 0. Pristine 0. None Amount: 0. None A. Some B. Much A. Light damage A. Light damage Type: ______B. Moderate damage B. Moderate damage Location: ______C. Heavy damage C. Heavy damage Dumped _____ Carried by river _____ Carried for guano extraction _____ Page ____ of ____

DATE: (dd-mm-yy) CAVE NAME EXPEDITION LEADER

MAP, ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, etc.

TEMP C. (Roosting chambers) HUMIDITY % (Roosting chambers) TEMP C. (Deepest point) HUMIDITY % (Deepest point)