Appendix F Cultural Resources Survey and Inventory for the Upper Santa Ana River Restoration Project, Riverside County, California Upper Santa Ana River Tributaries Restoration Project and April 2019 Mitigation Reserve Program ICF 96.18 Draft Environmental Impact Report CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY AND INVENTORY FOR THE UPPER SANTA ANA RIVER TRIBUTARIES RESTORATION PROJECT, RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA P REPARED FOR : San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District 380 East Vanderbilt Way San Bernardino, CA 92408 Contact: Heather Dyer 909387-9256 P R E P A R E D B Y : ICF 1250 Corona Pointe Court, Suite 406 Corona, CA 92879 Contact: Benjamin Vargas M.A., RPA 951.493.0667 April 2019 ICF. 2019. Cultural Resources Survey and Inventory for the Upper Santa Ana River Tributaries Restoration Project, Riverside County, California. April. (ICF 00096.18.) Riverside, California. Prepared for San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District, San Bernardino, California. Contents List of Tables and Figures ...................................................................................................................... iii List of Acronyms and Abbreviations ....................................................................................................... v Page Executive Summary .............................................................................................................................. I Chapter 1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 1-1 Project Purpose ................................................................................................................................... 1-1 Project Description .............................................................................................................................. 1-2 Tributaries Restoration Project Components ............................................................................... 1-2 Mitigation Reserve Program ......................................................................................................... 1-4 Chapter 2 Regulatory Setting ............................................................................................................ 2-1 Federal ................................................................................................................................................. 2-1 National Environmental Policy Act ............................................................................................... 2-1 Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act ................................................................. 2-1 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 – Code of Federal Regulations ................................................................................................................................... 2-3 National Registry of Natural Landmarks ....................................................................................... 2-3 Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act of 1966 (23 USC 138; 49 USC 1653) ............................................................................................................................................. 2-4 Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ...................................................................... 2-4 Paleontological Resources Preservation Act of 2009 ................................................................... 2-4 State..................................................................................................................................................... 2-4 California Environmental Quality Act and Cultural Resources ..................................................... 2-4 California Government Code Sections 6254(r) and 6254.10 ........................................................ 2-6 Health and Safety Code 7050.5 .................................................................................................... 2-7 Public Resources Code Section 5097 ............................................................................................ 2-7 Assembly Bill 52 ............................................................................................................................ 2-8 Thresholds of Significance ............................................................................................................ 2-8 Local ..................................................................................................................................................... 2-9 County of Riverside ....................................................................................................................... 2-9 City of Riverside .......................................................................................................................... 2-10 City of Jurupa Valley .................................................................................................................... 2-12 Chapter 3 Environmental Setting ...................................................................................................... 3-1 Physical Environment .......................................................................................................................... 3-1 Upper Santa Ana River Tributaries Restoration Project and April 2019 Mitigation Reserve Program i ICF 96.18 Cultural Resources Survey and Inventory San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District Contents Anza Creek/Old Ranch Creek Site ................................................................................................. 3-1 Lower Hole Creek .......................................................................................................................... 3-1 Hidden Valley Creek ...................................................................................................................... 3-2 Geology ......................................................................................................................................... 3-2 Prehistory ............................................................................................................................................ 3-2 Early Man Period/San Dieguito (circa 10,000–6,000 B.C.) ............................................................ 3-3 Milling Stone/Encinitas Period (circa 6000–3000/1000 B.C.) ....................................................... 3-3 Intermediate Period (circa 3000/1000 B.C.–A.D. 500) ................................................................. 3-4 Late Prehistoric Period (circa A.D. 500–A.D. 1769) ...................................................................... 3-5 Ethnography ........................................................................................................................................ 3-6 Gabrielino/Tongva ........................................................................................................................ 3-6 Serrano .......................................................................................................................................... 3-7 Cahuilla.......................................................................................................................................... 3-9 Historical-Period Background ............................................................................................................ 3-10 Spanish Period (1769–1822) ....................................................................................................... 3-11 Mexican Period (1822–1848) ...................................................................................................... 3-12 American Period (1848–Present) ................................................................................................ 3-13 Chapter 4 Methods ........................................................................................................................... 4-1 Methods .............................................................................................................................................. 4-1 Records Search .............................................................................................................................. 4-1 Native American Outreach ........................................................................................................... 4-1 Pedestrian Survey ......................................................................................................................... 4-1 Chapter 5 Results .............................................................................................................................. 5-1 Records Search .................................................................................................................................... 5-1 Native American Outreach .................................................................................................................. 5-5 Pedestrian Survey ................................................................................................................................ 5-6 Archaeological Sites ...................................................................................................................... 5-6 New Resources ............................................................................................................................ 5-20 Paleontological Record Search ..................................................................................................