archeological survey the white cliffs ii...
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aci consulting, a division of aci group, LLC
www.aci-consulting.net
aci consulting 1001 Mopac Circle Austin, TX 78746 512.347.9000 1550 Wewatta, Floor 2 Denver, CO 80202 720.440.5320
Key Services
Archeological Survey
Documentation of 13 Sites
NRHP Eligibility Recommendation
Coordination with SHPO & USACE
Clients
White Cliffs Pipeline, Southwest Geosci- ence, & USACE Location s
Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado
ARCHEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOR THE WHITE CLIFFS II PIPELINE
White Cliffs Pipeline, LLC, is proposing to
construct and operate the White Cliffs II
Pipeline, a 526-mile-long, twelve-inch-
diameter crude oil transportation pipeline
extending from Cushing, Oklahoma, through
western Kansas and terminating in Platte-
ville, Colorado. White Cliffs Pipeline and
Southwest Geoscience contracted with aci
to provide archeological services for this
project.
In January through March 2013, archeolo-
gists from aci consulting conducted pe-
destrian survey and shovel testing at USACE
jurisdictional waters. Archeologists exam-
ined 110 waters in Oklahoma, 70 waters in
Kansas, and 15 waters in Colorado. A total
of 13 new archeological sites was recorded,
two in Oklahoma, one in Kansas, and ten in
Colorado. In addition, four previously rec-
orded sites in Colorado were revisited. One
of the historic sites recorded in Colorado
was a historic farmstead that had been in
continuous occupation since at least the
1920s but had burned in 2012 and was set
to be bulldozed immediately following the
survey. This survey provided an opportunity
to record a site that otherwise would have
been completely destroyed and never docu-
mented.
Based on soils, stream types, floodplains,
and other factors, archeologists from aci
worked with USACE and the SHPOs from
each state to develop a probability model
that would ensure the jurisdictional waters
with the highest likelihood of retaining in-
tact archeological deposits were surveyed
while eliminating from the survey list waters
where archeological deposits were highly
unlikely.