On May 23, 2018, R.S. Webb & Associates conducted a Phase I archeological field survey of the proposed raw water intake site for the proposed Big Indian Creek raw water supply reservoir in Carroll County, Georgia (Figure 1.1). The water line corridor was surveyed by R.S. Webb & Associates in 2017 and resulted in the recordation of two historic isolated finds and four historic resources, none of which are in the vicinity of the proposed raw water intake site. The details of the 2017 survey and the resources recorded can be found in the report entitled Phase I Cultural Resources Survey of the Proposed Water Line Corridor, Indian Creek Water Supply Reservoir Project, Carroll County, Georgia (Quirk 2018).
The proposed raw water intake tract covers approximately 2.8 hectares (7.0 acres) and is located at the southern terminus of the water line corridor along the Little Tallapoosa River (Figures 1.1 and 1.2). The exact footprint of the facility has not yet been determined, but the actual facility will cover approximately 0.4 hectare (1.0 acre) within the intake tract.
Project activities will involve the construction of the intake facility and include site vegetation clearing and cutting/filling/grading of the intake and immediate surrounding area. Given the small size of the intake facility, the heavily wooded nature of the surrounding area, mature streamside vegetation on both sides of the Little Tallapoosa River, and the lack of historic structures within at least 350 meters (m) of the intake site, the project Area of Potential Effects was set at the limits of the raw water intake tract (Figure 1.2).
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