In October, 2000 Southeastern Archeological Services, Inc., conducted a Phase I archeological survey of a proposed 4.8 ha (12 ac) substation tract in southern Cherokee County, Georgia. The Georgia Transmission Corporation is proposing to construct a 230 kV substation on the triangular shaped tract located at the intersection of Ragsdale and Trickum Roads. The goal of the survey was to locate, describe and evaluate archeological resources within the area of potential effect for the proposed project, so that potential effects to those resources could be evaluated in accordance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. The area of potential effect is defined as the entire 4.8 ha tract, even though the substation and access road will occupy only a portion of it. Archival research had indicated that no known sites or historic period structures were documented for the tract. Our field survey recorded one archeological site (9CK1118), a group of three historic period rock piles located on an agriculturally terraced ridge slope. We recommend that 9CK1118 is ineligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places because it is unlikely to yield important information on the history of the area (National Register criterion d). Therefore, we conclude that the proposed construction of the substation will not adversely affect any significant archeological resources.
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