Fort Worth Zoo Creek Drainage Improvements Project Tarrant County, Texas

The City of Fort Worth is proposing to construct storm drainage improvements along Zoo Creek in Tarrant County, Texas. The project area is located in the southern 10.5 acres of Forest Park in central Fort Worth. The parcel is bounded by Park Hill Drive (Dr) on the north, Sandage Avenue (Ave) on the west, McPherson Ave on the south, and McCart Ave on the east. South (S.) Forest Dr bisects the property. This project consists of the construction of a stormwater detention wall to help alleviate flooding in the area. There will be four main impact areas and portions of S. Forest Dr will be repaved. The deepest impacts will occur in the northern portion of the park where the detention wall will be built along the Park Hill Dr Bridge. The second impact area will be for the new sanitary sewer being rerouted along McCart Ave. The third is the replacement of a low water crossing culvert on S. Forest Dr near the central part of the parcel. The final impact will be for a stormwater outfall on Zoo Creek to be constructed on the south end of the park where the creek intersects McPherson Ave. A 30-meter area around all four impact areas was surveyed for a total of 1.72 acres. The purpose of this investigation was to determine if significant cultural resources are present in the proposed impact areas as part of the Section 106 process. The area had potential for both historic and prehistoric resources. Ten negative shovel tests were excavated throughout the survey areas. Two historic-age resources were recorded as archaeological sites and evaluated by an architectural historian. Site 41TR306 is a historic culvert on S. Forest Dr. This culvert will be replaced and is not recommended eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places or as a State Antiquities Landmark. Site 41TR307, is a park shelter over 50 meters outside the culvert’s direct impact area. The structure will not be impacted, but is recommended as eligible. No other cultural resources were identified on or below the surface during the survey. Based on the results of the survey, AR Consultants, Inc. concludes that further cultural resource investigations for this project are unwarranted, and requests that the Texas Historical Commission and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers concur with this recommendation. However, if buried cultural materials are discovered during construction, both agencies should be notified. Work should not resume until all coordination with agencies is completed. The project will be curated with the Center for Archaeological Studies at Texas State University

Eagle Mountain To Big Fossil Creek Diversion Tarrant, County, Texas

The City of Fort Worth is proposing to construct the Eagle Mountain to Big Fossil Diversion Pipeline in northern Tarrant County. Alan Plummer Associates, Inc. is handling the environmental permitting for the construction of the pipeline. AR Consultants, Inc. was contracted to conduct a cultural resource survey, which included archival research, to determine the presence of prehistoric and historic archaeological sites along the route and make recommendations about eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and State Antiquities Landmark (SAL) designation. Four survey areas were identified, totaling approximately 3.1 kilometers of the approximately 9-km-long route. The westernmost survey area of the pipeline crosses Dosier Creek on the northside of Boat Club Road. The central segment out of the four survey areas is parallel to Park Drive and was investigated due to the presence of structures shown on historic maps within the 100-foot survey corridor. The longest segment in the east is parallel an intermittent tributary flowing northeast into Big Fossil Creek, while the final survey area approaches Big Fossil Creek in its floodplain. Survey of the approximately 25 acres was conducted on January 09, 2018. One site, 41TR309, was recorded and represents the remains of a historic farmstead. The site is not recommended eligible for NRHP or SAL. No other cultural resources were identified on or below the surface during the survey. Based on the results of the survey, ARC concludes that further cultural resource investigations for this project are unwarranted, and requests that the Texas Historical Commission (THC) concur with this recommendation. However, if buried cultural materials are discovered during construction, the Archeology Division of the THC should be notified. The records will be curated at the Center for Archaeological Studies at Texas State University in San Marcos

Archeological Survey Of The Proposed Sanger Outfall Pipeline Denton County, Texas

The City of Sanger is proposing to construct the 3.06-kilometer-long Sanger Outfall Pipeline in Denton County, Texas. Alan Plummer Associates, Inc. contracted with AR Consultants, Inc. to survey a 100-foot-wide corridor along the proposed route. AR Consultants, Inc. hypothesized that there would be low potential for both prehistoric and historic cultural resources. These hypotheses were based on the location of the pipeline route in the narrow Ranger Branch floodplain and lack of mapped historic structures remaining in the project area. Fieldwork was conducted on May 31, 2018 under Texas Antiquities permit 8338, during which 19 shovel tests were excavated and a total of 11 acres were surveyed. No historic or prehistoric cultural resources were noted within the survey corridor. As such, AR Consultants, Inc. recommends that no further cultural resource investigations are necessary for this project, and requests that the Texas Historical Commission concur with this recommendation. Project documents will be curated at the Center for Archaeological Studies, Texas State University, San Marcos