Addendum to Cultural Resources Surveys Tornado Damage Areas Putnam, Jones, Jasper, Lumpkin Counties, Georgia F.S. Report No. 93GA08-01 February 22, 1993

After the Tornado Damage Survey Report (Taylor, Benyshek and Bruce 1992) was prepared and submitted to the SHPO for review, several things happened which required this Addendum to it.

A. First, the review comments were received from the SHPO which required certain changes to the report, among them an important stress in the Abstract that the surveys reported here were conducted ONLY on the log landings and access roads within the tornado damage paths. The Programmatic Agreement on the November 1992 Storm Damage Recovery with the SHPO and the Advisory Council was for these small areas to be done first, then a second survey is to be done after the damaged timber is removed to record any sites within the remainder of the damage paths. In this way, any sites found in the proposed log landings and access roads could be avoided, and thus protected, by moving the landings and roads slightly.

B. During the consultations between the FS Timber Sales personnel on the Chestatee District (Lumpkin County), and the helicopter logging contractors, it was decided that a pair of "drop zones" were needed on the lower access road along Waters Creek, to allow the helicopters to drop their logs where they could be easily loaded onto trucks. These areas were not initially accessible to the archaeological surveyors, and since there were initially to be no new landings, no intensive surveys were done there. Because of the need for these new areas, a field survey was done of them on 2/22/93, by Jack Wynn. The results of that survey are reported below. C. Prior to the original surveys in Lumpkin County by Wynn, it had been decided in the District Office that one small Area of about 5 acres would simply not be salvaged, due to its inaccessibility without major road construction efforts, as it was separated from the county road by private land. After the CRM survey report was completed, we learned that the landowner had no objection to loggers crossing her land to access the FS timber, so it will be possible to salvage that 5-acre parcel. This also required an extra survey, which was conducted on 2/17/93 by Wynn. It is also reported in this Addendum. Throughout this project, since its inception in late November, the staff of the State Historic Preservation Office and been kept appraised of its progress. SHPO was notified of both of these additional surveys, and concurred by telephone to their addition in this addendum.