Phase I Cultural Resources Survey Timberbrook Tract, Phase II Testing Site 9CW453 and 9CW454

From July 24 through July 28, 2017, Brockington and Associates, Inc. (Brockington) conducted a Phase I cultural resources survey of the Timberbrook Tract in Coweta County, Georgia.  From August 15 through August 18, 2017, Brockington conducted Phase II testing at two newly recorded archaeological sites (9CW453 and 9CW454) on the Timber-brook tract to better assess their National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility. Figure 1.1 is a map showing the location of the project tract. The Phase I survey and Phase II testing were conducted for Applied Environmental Services (APS) pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, and in order to comply with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA) (as amended). The Phase I survey was conducted to determine if cultural resources are located within the Area of Potential Effects (APE). The APE consists of the 196.7-acre project survey tract and the project view-shed, which in some areas extends up to 0.5 mile (0.8 kilometers [km]) from the project tract. The 196.7-acre survey tract only includes the jurisdictional waters of the United States as administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, and is only a portion of the larger 258.94-acre Timberbrook development tract. The Phase I cultural resources survey consisted of both background research and fieldwork. Back-ground research focused on documenting previously recorded archaeological and architectural resources within the APE. Research was conducted at the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Historic Preservation Division (HPD) in Stockbridge, the Georgia Archaeological Site File in Athens, the Georgia Archives in Morrow, and the Coweta County Tax Assessors Office. Background research revealed that there are no previously recorded archaeological sites, cemeteries, or architectural resources within the project APE. In addition, there are no previously recorded NRHP eligible, nominated, or listed buildings, structures, or objects within the project tract boundary. However, there are two previously recorded archaeological sites and three previously recorded architectural resources within one mile (1.6 km) of the project tract. The archaeological sites are a prehistoric lithic and historic artifact surface scatter (9CW114) and a historic artifact surface scatter (9CW115). The architectural resources are a circa 1910 church and cemetery (Resource 16812), a circa 1900 church (demolished) and cemetery (Resource 16850), and a circa 1890 central hall house (Resource 16849) which has been demolished. Figure 4.1 shows the locations of these resources in relation to the APE. Table 4.1 provides a list of cultural resources identified in the APE and provides descriptions and NRHP recommendations.