Archeological Survey of the Proposed Wolf Creek 230/25 kV Substation II, Fulton County, Georgia

From November 4 through 6, 2018 Southeastern Archeological Services, Inc., conducted a Phase I archeological survey of a 17-ha (41-ac) tract in southern Fulton County, where the Georgia Transmission Corporation wishes to construct a substation. The project is named the Wolf Creek Substation II Project. The survey was undertaken to be in compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, which requires that federal agencies that fund or license projects take into account the effects of an undertaking on significant cultural resources. The proposed substation tract is currently wooded, with the existing East Point-Camp Creek 115 kV transmission line traversing the northern portion of the tract. The archeological survey primarily relied on shovel testing to detect sites, but also included surface inspection in patches of ground surface exposure within the transmission line corridor and recently bulldozed trails. Archival research revealed no previously recorded sites or twentieth century structures within the Wolf Creek Substation II tract. 

We identified seven archeological sites, four of which consist of low rock piles. The remaining three sites are one middle twentieth century liquor still, one late nineteenth-early twentieth century house, and one unidentified prehistoric lithic scatter and late nineteenth-early twentieth century artifact scatter (Table 1). Due to lack of good preservation integrity and/or very low research potential, we recommend that all seven sites are not eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. Thus, the proposed project will have no adverse effects to significant archeological sites and should be granted clearance to proceed.