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A Cultural Resources Survey Of Texas Eastern Transmission Lps Phase 1 Pipeline Anomaly Repairs On The Petr To Tivo Segment Of Line 16 In Refugio And Aransas Counties, Texas, Charles E. Bludau Jr., Tony Scott

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

On behalf of Texas Eastern Transmission, LP and Edge Engineering and Science, LLC., HRA Gray & Pape, LLC, of Houston, Texas, has completed a 100% pedestrian cultural resources survey and limited shovel testing of an estimated 4.5 kilometers (2.8 miles) of linear area in Refugio and Aransas Counties, Texas. Texas Eastern has identified several locations along the PETR to TIVO Segment of Line 16 that require replacement of aging pipe. One of the areas requiring maintenance work is identified as “Phase 1”, for which the archaeological survey was completed in May of 2015.

The Lead Federal Agency has been identified …

Cultural Resource Investigations At The Proposed Montgomery County Wastewwater Treatment Plant Montgomery County, Texas, Trevor Seekamp

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

DESCO Environmental Consultants, LP conducted a cultural resource investigation on behalf of Imperial Promenade, Inc. on a privately owned 4.6 acre tract of land located on the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Outlaw Pond Quadrangle 3095-124 in Montgomery County, Texas. The cultural resource investigation was conducted to meet Section 106 requirements as part of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) permitting process for a proposed wastewater treatment plant with a depth ranging from 36 (1 meter) to 48 inches (1.2 meters).

The project area consisted of a pine/mixed hardwood area located on a terrace of the West Fork of …

A Cultural Resources Survey Of Texas Eastern Transmission Lps Phase 2 And Phase 3 Pipeline Anomaly Repairs On The Petr To Tivo Segment Of Line 16 In Refugio And Aransas Counties, Texas, Charles E. Bludau

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

On behalf of Texas Eastern Transmission, LP and Edge Engineering and Science, LLC., HRA Gray & Pape, LLC, of Houston, Texas, has completed a 100% pedestrian cultural resources survey and limited shovel testing of an estimated 7.84 kilometers (4.87 miles) of linear area in Refugio and Aransas Counties, Texas. Texas Eastern has identified several locations along the PETR to TIVO Segment of Line 16 that require replacement of aging pipe. Two of the areas requiring maintenance work are identified as “Phase 2” and “Phase 3” for which the archaeological survey was completed in May of 2015.

The Lead Federal Agency …

Rockwall To Royse City Pipeline Route Rockwall County, Texas, Molly A. Hall, Nick Coleman

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

North Texas Municipal Water District is proposing to construct a 3.05- mile-long pipeline and a storage tank area (measuring up to 4.7 acres) in Rockwall County, Texas. The combination of permanent and temporary easements varies along the route but they are never wider than 70 ft combined. AR Consultants, Inc. (ARC) was contracted to survey the route and conducted the survey March 17 and 26, 2015. No prehistoric archaeological sites were found during the survey. This follows the predictions made prior to field work which were based on the project area’s location in the upper reaches of the Camp Creek …

Backhoe Trenching In The Proposed Center Street Expansion Right-Of-Way Pasadena, Harris County, Texas, David M. Yelacic

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

Harris County plans to extend Center Street from its current position just south of the intersection at Fairmont Parkway to residential area across Armand Bayou. As a result of public funding and property involved with the proposed project, an intensive pedestrian survey of the proposed linear right-of-way was conducted to complete permitting requirements of the Antiquities Code of Texas, enforced by the Texas Historical Commission. The survey was performed under Antiquities Permit Number 7067, issued to David M. Yelacic, who also carried out fieldwork and subsequent reporting.

A total of four trenches, two on either side of Armand Bayou, were …

Stone Creek Park Rockwall County, Texas, Molly A. Hall

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

The City of Rockwall is proposing to construct the 14.4-acre Stone Creek Park on the northwest corner of John King Boulevard and Featherstone Drive in Rockwall, Texas. AR Consultants, Inc. (ARC) was contracted to survey the route and conducted the survey March 6, 2015. No prehistoric or historic archaeological sites were found during the survey. This follows the predictions made prior to field work which were based on the project area’s location in the upper reaches of the Thompson Branch Watershed. Given the results of this survey, AR Consultants, Inc. recommends that further cultural resource investigations are unnecessary for this …

A Cultural Resources Investigations For The Ramsey North Residue Line Project, Reeves And Culberson Counties, Texas, Cherie K. Walth, Kimberly Parker, Meaghan Trowbridge, Adrian Martinez

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

This report details the results of an intensive archaeological survey by SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) for the proposed Ramsey North Residue Line (Residue Line). The 51-cmdiameter (20-inch-diameter) Residue Line will be located in Reeves and Culberson Counties, Texas (2.35 and 7.21 km [1.46 and 4.48 miles], respectively) and Eddy County, New Mexico (4.83 km [3.0 miles]). The line will start at the Ramsey Gas Plant in Reeves County, Texas, and then run northwest for approximately 14.5 km (9 miles), largely following existing rights-of-way (ROWs). The Residue Line will be constructed in a 15-m-wide (50-foot-wide) ROW. The 15-m (50-foot) ROW in …

An Intensive Cultural Resources Survey Of The Usace Jurisdictional Areas Within The 153.0-Acre Cuatro Vientos Tract In Webb County, Texas, Russell K. Brownlow

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

On 21 April 2015, Horizon Environmental Services, Inc. (Horizon) conducted an intensive cultural resources survey of the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) jurisdictional areas within the 153.0-acre Cuatro Vientos tract located just southeast of Laredo in Webb County, Texas (Project Area). In all, the USACE jurisdictional areas within the Project Area total approximately 13.6 acres along opposing sides of an unnamed tributary of Chacon Creek. Although the Project Area consists of private property and will be developed with private funds, its development will require the usage of a Nationwide Permit (NWP) issued by the USACE. As NWPs are federal …

A Cultural Resources Investigation For The Ramsey North Residue Line Project, Reeves And Culberson Counties, Texas, Cherie K. Walth, Kimberly Parker, Meaghan Trowbridge, Adrian Martinez

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

This report details the results of an intensive archaeological survey by SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) for the proposed Ramsey North Residue Line (Residue Line). The 51-cmdiameter (20-inch-diameter) Residue Line will be located in Reeves and Culberson Counties, Texas (2.35 and 7.21 km [1.46 and 4.48 miles], respectively) and Eddy County, New Mexico (4.83 km [3.0 miles]). The line will start at the Ramsey Gas Plant in Reeves County, Texas, and then run northwest for approximately 14.5 km (9 miles), largely following existing rights-of-way (ROWs). The Residue Line will be constructed in a 15-m-wide (50-foot-wide) ROW. The 15-m (50-foot) ROW in …

Sixmile Creek Drainage Improvements, Project Sa-43 Bexar County, Texas, Karl W. Kibler

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

On June 2–3, 2014, Prewitt and Associates, Inc., conducted an archeological survey for proposed drainage improvements along a ca. 2,800-foot (ft) (853 meter [m]) segment of the Sixmile Creek channel downstream from Roosevelt Avenue in San Antonio, Texas. Desktop research and an earlier field reconnaissance found that the Area of Potential Effects (APE) has little to no potential of yielding significant archeological resources based on the geologic and geomorphic setting and twentieth-century channel and landscape modifications. Based on these findings, the current investigations focused on two known cultural resources near the APE: the Stinson #1 cemetery (part of 41BX789) and …

A Cultural Resources Survey For The Donna Independent School District’S Aquatic Center And Walking Trail Project, Donna, Hidalgo County, Texas, Herbert G. Uecker, James E. Warren

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

In late April, 2015, Archaeology Consultants, Inc., performed a cultural resources survey for the Donna Independent School District Aquatic Center and Walking Trail Project in Hidalgo County, Texas. About 6.65 acres was surveyed. The location of the project area within public school district property and within a region known to contain numerous archeological sites prompted the Texas Historical Commission to recommend the survey for compliance with the Antiquities Code of Texas. The Commission issued Texas Antiquities Permit 7163 for the survey.

The survey included a search of the Commission’s Texas Archeological Sites Atlas for previous surveys and recorded archaeological sites …

A Cultural Resources Survey Of The Lindale Community Park Smith County, Texas, Victor Galan, Joshua O' Banion

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

In July 2014 Deep East Texas Archaeological Consultants (DETAC) conducted a cultural resource management survey of the proposed Lindale Community Park with National Recreational Trails Funds administered by Texas Parks and Wildlife. The initial phase of park development is a cement walking trail, trail side amenities, and three parking areas; however, future development will impact a majority of the park property; therefore, the entire property (9.6 hectare (23.6 acres)) was surveyed. The pedestrian survey was conducted under Texas Antiquities Permit #6931 in compliance with the Antiquities Code of Texas. The investigations included a combination of visual examination, shovel testing, and …

A Cultural Resource Survey Of The Memorial Woods Town Home Removal Project, Harris County, Texas, Eleanor Stoddart

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

On February 25, 2015, Moore Archeological Consulting, Inc., conducted a cultural resource survey investigation of the Memorial Woods Town Home Complex prior to the removal of several homes, near a section of Spring Branch, in central Harris County, Texas. The objectives of the investigation were to locate and identify cultural materials, sites, or historic properties within the proposed impact area, and to prepare management recommendations regarding any identified resources. The investigations were conducted for the Harris County Flood Control District (Project ID Z100-00-00- H042), under Texas Antiquities Permit Number 7188. An intensive pedestrian field survey of the project area was …

Legacy U47-2aer And U22-19aer Pipeline Rows University Lands, Crockett And Reagan Counties, Texas, Terry Burgess

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

In January 2015, TAS Inc. conducted a pedestrian survey of two proposed pipelines in northern Crockett and southern Reagan counties. The U22-19Aer pipeline right-of-way (ROW) would run in a generally SE-NW direction for .714 miles (1.149 km), covering 6.49 acres, and the U47-2Aer ROW generally SW-NE for 2.34 miles (3.83 km), covering 21.27 acres. These pipelines would converge at a facility in SE Reagan County. The proposed ROWs cross University Lands Block 48, Sections 22, 23, and 24, and Block 47, Section 2. The proposed pipelines are approximately 10 mi (16 km) southeast of the town of Big Lake. The …

Smart Sand Partners, Lp Railway Yard University Lands, Reagan County, Texas, Terry Burgess

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

In February 2015, TAS Inc. conducted a pedestrian survey of a proposed railway yard in south central Reagan County. The roughly rectangular tract lies just south of US Highway 67 about 5.5 miles west of the town of Big Lake. This location would span most of the distance between US Highway 67 and the TXPF railroad (formerly Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe) within University Lands Block 11, Sections 1, 2, 11, and 12. The survey was sponsored by Smart Sand Partners LP as part of their permitting process to construct a rail yard on University Lands and was authorized by …

An Intensive Cultural Resources Survey Of Brazos Electric Cooperative, Inc.’S Proposed 22.0-Acre Railport Substation Property In Ellis County, Texas, Russell K. Brownlow

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

On 24 March 2015, Horizon Environmental Services, Inc. (Horizon) conducted an intensive cultural resources survey of Brazos Electric Cooperative, Inc.’s (Brazos) proposed 22.0-acre Railport Substation property in northwestern Ellis County, Texas (Project Area). The Project Area is located on private property, and its development will be funded by private sources. Additionally, no state or federal permitting is currently anticipated in connection with the proposed undertaking. As such, no identifiable regulatory requirements exist regarding cultural resources management. At the request of Brazos, Horizon conducted the cultural resources survey of the Project Area as part of Brazos’s due diligence process. Brazos intends …

A Cultural Resources Survey Of The Redland Est. & Angelina Co. Sewer Improvements (Twdb Cwsrf No. 73677) Angelina County, Texas, Victor Galan

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

On the 30th and 31st of December 2014 Deep East Texas Archaeological Consultants (DETAC) conducted a cultural resource management survey of the proposed 15.3 kilometers (9.5 miles) of sewer lines and a one acre expansion of an existing water treatment facility in the community of Redland, Texas. All 15.3 km (9.5 mi) were examined and shovel tests were excavated in areas not disturbed by drainage ditches, road surfaces, or other buried utilities. No artifacts were found during the surface inspection or in shovel tests; therefore, no artifacts were curated. The visual examination found the proposed sewer lines will pass near …

Intensive Cultural Resources Survey Of 53 Acres Along Seber Road In Harris County, Texas, J Bryan Mason, James Hughey, Ryan Van Dyke

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

HRA Gray & Pape, LLC., of Houston, Texas performed an intensive archaeological pedestrian and reconnaissance-level walkover survey on an estimated 21.4-hectare (53-acre) property designated for residential development in Harris County, Texas. The project is being conducted on private property in anticipation of potential United States Army Corps of Engineers permitting requirements.

All fieldwork and reporting activities were completed with reference to the Texas Antiquities Code 26.24, Council of Texas Archeologists guidelines, federal (National Historic Preservation Act) laws and guidelines (United States Department of the Interior 1981), and guidance for conducting cultural resources surveys pursuant to Section 106 of the National …

Farm-To-Market (Fm) 116 Improvements From Us 84 To Cactus Lane, Coryell County, Waco, Eric R. Oksanen, James T. Abbott

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

On March 17 and 25, 2015, archeologists from the Texas Department of Transportation Archeological Studies Branch conducted an archeological survey that included mechanical trenching along FM 116. The project Area of Potential Effects (APE) begins at United States Highway (US) 84 in Gatesville to the north and continues southward approximately 18.8 miles to Cactus Lane. All construction would occur in the existing right of way which is typically 100-feet-wide. The project would add sections of passing lanes and turn lanes at select locations and would replace the existing bridge at Cowhouse Creek with a new structure. The typical depth of …

Archeological Trenching For The Proposed Big Fossil Creek Parallel Relief Sanitary Sewer Phase 1 And Haltom City Meter Station And Sewer Outfall Phase 3, Tarrant County, Texas, Melissa M. Green

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

On February 19-20, 2015, archeological trenching and reconnaissance survey was completed in order to evaluate potential archeological impacts associated with the proposed construction of the Big Fossil parallel relief sewer line and the Haltom City sewer meter station and outfall in central Tarrant County, Texas. Melissa M. Green (Principal Investigator) of Cox|McLain Environmental Consulting, Inc. (CMEC) carried out the survey for City of Fort Worth, a subentity of the State of Texas, under Texas Antiquities Permit 7172 as required under the Antiquities Code of Texas (9 TNRC 191). Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), as amended (16 …