Pocasset River Acec

POCASSET RIVER ACEC Boundary Description

The boundary for the Pocasset River Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) begins where the 100 year flood line intersects with Shore Road at a point approximately 275 feet from the intersection of Shore and Barlows Landing Road.

ROAD From this point, the boundary follows the eastern side Shore Road in a northerly direction, where it crosses the Pocassett River, and continues north until it intersects with 100 year flood line elevation (floodplain definitions are based on the most currently available Flood Insurance Rate Maps from the Federal Emergency Management Agency).

FLOODPLAIN The boundary then follows the 100 year flood line until it intersects with Shore Road at the old railroad bed.

ROAD At this point, the boundary follows the south side of Shore Road until it intersects again with the 100 year flood line.

FLOODPLAIN The boundary follows the 100 year flood line easterly and extends upriver to the landward limit of the 100 year flood line where it intersects with the 100 foot buffer of Mill Pond.

WETLAND + Above the limit of tidal extent, the boundary includes all of the 100 FT connecting freshwater ponds, surface water courses and adjacent wetlands (as defined in c. 131, s. 40, Wetlands Protection Act Regulations 310 CMR 10.00) from Mill Pond to the tributaries of Upper Pond. This boundary also includes a 100 foot setback distance that borders all of the above described freshwater ponds, surface water courses, and adjacent wetlands.

FLOODPLAIN Where the 100 foot wetland buffer and the flood line intersect on the southwest side of Mill Pond, the boundary again follows the 100 year flood line.

ROAD The boundary continues westerly along the flood line until it intersects and follows the north side of Barlows Landing Road until it again reaches the 100 year flood line.

FLOODPLAIN The boundary then follows the flood line to the point of origin at the eastern side of Shore Road.

Where ACEC boundaries are defined by the location of natural resource features (e.g. floodplain, wetlands), the boundaries are subject to change based on the most current definitions and data. For a review of site specific projects within the ACEC boundary, determinations need to be made in the field or in consultation with ACEC Program staff. Coastal ACEC Boundary Clarification Project, November 2002.