Cultural Resources, Biotic Communities and Endangered Species Survey for the T.B. David Airport Calhoun, Georgia

The following report details the findings and recommendations of a cultural resource survey and a biotic communities/endangered species survey of proposed improvements at the Tom B. David Airport, 3 miles- south of Calhoun on U.S. 41 in Gordon County, Georgia (See Figure 1). These services were performed by Steve Webb (archeologist, Cultural Resource Services, Inc.) and Tom Mather (terrestrial biologist, Claude Terry & Associates, Inc.) at the request of Henley-Schmidt, Inc. Verbal authorization to proceed was received on June 5. 1981 (followed by written authorization on June 8, 1981) and the surveys were conducted on June 7, 1981. Although airport properties total approximately 200 acres, the present survey efforts were focused on two 300 (E-W) by 2000 (N-S) foot (28 total acres) apron corridors along either side of the existing runway, north of the airport terminal, and a 700 to 1200 (E-W) by 1750 (N-S) foot (35 acres) corridor north of the existing runway. The latter corridor will contain a. proposed runway extension, return loop and clear zone. Figures 2 and 3 illustrate the areas intensively examined during these surveys. Since previous archeological (Grosser 1977) and environmental assessments (Williams, Sweitzer and Barnum, Inc. 1975) have been made, the present efforts serve to update, complement and confirm these studies in areas where specific impacts will be occurring. Confirmatory cursory examinations were made on uninvolved adjacent airport properties, but intensive examinations were confined to the specific aforementioned properties. The cultural resource survey relocated one of Grosser's sites (SC-5) and discovered one new site (402-1-1), the latter requiring further Work. The biotic communities/endangered species survey-located 'a potentially. sensitive wetland area, but-no protected.- faunal or floral- '-species. Although site 402-1-1 requires additional work, this can be accomplished in conjunction with the construction phase of the airport improvement project. The following report has been formatted similar to the FAA 5050.4 regulations, pages 38 through 45, so that our findings can be easily coordinated with other sections of the assessment report. Section 8. Historic, Architectural, Archeological and Cultural Resources. This cultural resource assessment was conducted with two regulations under consideration: the amended National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and the Archeological and Historic Preservation Act of 1974. These laws provide statements concerning the protection of, criteria for assessing proposed effect upon and mitigation of cultural resource properties to be impacted by federally licensed or funded projects.