We have reviewed the information you provided us and conducted a Georgia Archaeological Site File search for the proposed Vada cellular tower location in Decatur County, Georgia northeast of Bainbridge, Georgia. I am pleased to provide the following assessment, which includes information required as attachments for the FCC Form 620. A review of the records at the Georgia Archaeological Site File Office indicates that there are no recorded archaeological sites at the proposed tower site location, nor within the three-quarter (0.75) mile visual APE. The Vada tower is located on County Line Road (Decatur and Mitchell Counties) near the intersection with Vada Road (SR 97). This is the small rural community of Vada, which lies on the Decatur-Mitchell County line. To the east of the proposed cell tower location at the intersection of County Line Road and SR 97 is a convenience store built sometime during the late twentieth century. Several large pecan trees are located immediately to the east of the tower compound with and a larger woods tract to the east closer to SR 97. The proposed tower location is situated in an open plowed agricultural field (see Photo 1). The tower tract consists of an approximately 100 by 100 foot compound that will surround the tower base with three guy wires for support that will extend out and attach to supports anchored beyond the tower compound (these were staked and flagged).
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