Appendix E Cultural Resources Technical Studies Supplemental Project Statistics Report 1. Project Name. RE Cinco Gen-Tie Line Project 2. BLM State Permit Number. CA-12-22 3. Field Authorization Number. Issued on May 14, 2014 4. Dates of Field Survey. May 19-25, 2014 5. Total acreage of lands surveyed at BLM Class II level. 0 Of Item 5 above: A) Acreage of BLM lands surveyed 0 B) Acreage of other lands surveyed (Private, 0 State, Other Federal) List separately 6. Total acreage of lands surveyed at BLM Class III level. 200 Of Item 6 above: A) Acreage of BLM lands surveyed 150 B) Acreage of other lands surveyed (Private, 50 State, Other Federal) List separately 7. Total number of cultural properties in project Area (of Potential 8 Effect). Of Item 7 above: A) Total number of cultural properties for which site records were completed (newly recorded 8 cultural properties). B) Number of new cultural properties on BLM 6 lands C) Number of new cultural properties on other 1 lands (Private, State, Other Federal) 8. Of the cultural properties located within the Area (of Potential Effect): [If properties are not located on BLM, place this number in parentheses ( ) after the number of BLM properties.] A) Number of cultural properties that you are recommending as eligible for the National 0 Register. B) Number of cultural properties you are a recommending as not eligible for the National 7, (1) Register. Of Item 8A above: a) Number of cultural properties that can/will be 0 avoided. b) Number of cultural properties that will be 0 affected. c) Number of cultural properties that you are recommending data recovery/mitigation. 0 d) Number of cultural properties that were data 0 recovered/mitigated. Of Item 8B above: a) Number of cultural properties that can be 7, (1) avoided. b) Number of cultural properties that will be TBD affected. TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Page EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................ v CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................. 1 Project Description ................................................................................................................ 1 Regulatory Setting ................................................................................................................. 4 Area of Potential Effects (APE)............................................................................................. 5 Project Personnel ................................................................................................................... 6 Report Organization ............................................................................................................. 13 CHAPTER 2 – PROJECT SETTING ........................................................................................... 15 Natural Context .................................................................................................................... 15 Physiography and Geology ......................................................................................... 15 Climate and Hydrology ............................................................................................... 16 Flora and Fauna........................................................................................................... 16 Geomorphology and Subsurface Deposits .................................................................. 17 Geomorphological Setting .......................................................................................... 17 Physical Setting.................................................................................................. 17 Holocene Climate Change ................................................................................. 18 Geological Units ......................................................................................................... 20 Quaternary Recent Alluvium (Qal) .................................................................... 20 Quaternary Terrace Deposits (Qc) ..................................................................... 20 Mesozoic Granitic Bedrock (gra) ...................................................................... 21 Project Geomorphology and the Potential for Buried Deposits.................................. 21 Cultural Context ................................................................................................................... 22 Prehistory .................................................................................................................... 22 Paleoindian Period (12,000 to 7000 B.P.) ......................................................... 22 Pinto Period (7000 to 4000 B.P.) ....................................................................... 23 Gypsum Period (4000 to 1500 B.P.) .................................................................. 23 Rose Spring Period (ca. 1500 to 1000 B.P.) ...................................................... 23 Protohistoric Period (1000 B.P. to European contact) ....................................... 24 Archaeological Patterns ..................................................................................... 24 Ethnographic Background .......................................................................................... 24 History......................................................................................................................... 25 Early Exploration ............................................................................................... 25 Mining ................................................................................................................ 27 Railroad .............................................................................................................. 28 Agriculture ......................................................................................................... 28 Los Angeles Aqueduct ....................................................................................... 28 The Military ....................................................................................................... 29 California City ................................................................................................... 30 RE Cinco Gen-Tie Line Project Class III Survey Report Page i CHAPTER 3 – ARCHIVAL RESEARCH AND CONTACT PROGRAM ................................ 31 Records Search .................................................................................................................... 31 Previous Studies .......................................................................................................... 31 Previously Recorded Cultural Resources.................................................................... 31 Other Archival Research ............................................................................................. 36 Historic Maps ..................................................................................................... 36 Contact Program .................................................................................................................. 41 Native American Contact Program ............................................................................. 41 Required Permits.................................................................................................................. 41 CHAPTER 4 – METHODOLOGY .............................................................................................. 43 Survey Methods ................................................................................................................... 43 Documentation ............................................................................................................ 43 Site Types ............................................................................................................................ 44 Prehistoric Site Types ................................................................................................. 44 Lithic Scatters .................................................................................................... 44 Habitation Sites .................................................................................................. 45 Ceramic Scatters ................................................................................................ 45 Human Remains ................................................................................................. 45 Historic Site Types ...................................................................................................... 45 Refuse Scatters and Dumps ............................................................................... 45 Early Farms and Ranches .................................................................................. 46 Transportation Routes ........................................................................................ 46 Historic Camps and Temporary Settlements ..................................................... 46 Historic Cairns ................................................................................................... 46 Utility and Water Conveyance Features ............................................................ 46 Isolated Finds .............................................................................................................. 46 Research Issues and 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