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CATEGORY DESCRIPTION : 



Montana Cultural Resources. By "Cultural Resources" We mean reported Montana 

 districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects of State or national signi' 

 ficance in architecture, American history or prehistory. 



VALUE CLASSES : 

 Value Class 



1. Class I. 



2. Class II. 



3. Class III. 



4. Class IV. 



5. Class V. 



River segments will be classified into one of these categories based on the 

 below-1 isted criteria. 



CRITERIA : 



Class I. Sites listed in or determined eligible or listing in the National 

 Register of Historic Places have been recorded on the river segment. 



Class II. Sites have been recorded on the river segment and may be eligible for 

 listing in the National Register of Historic Places. 



Class III. No sites have been recorded but there is the potential for National 

 Register eligible properties on the river reach. 



Class IV. No possibility of significant cultural resources existing on the 

 river segment. 



Class V. Not enough information available to classify the river segment in 

 Categories I, II, III, or IV. 



If a river segment can be placed within more than one class the the category of 

 highest significance (the lower numbered category) will be used for mapping 

 purposes. 



STANDARDS : 



The above-listed categories have the advantages of precision and being to the 

 point as National Register Significance is the yardstick by which cultural 

 resource values are judged on the State and Federal Agency level in Montana. 

 The potential for National Register eligible sites existing on a river segment 

 will be estimated using the cultural resource data base maintained at the 

 University of Montana. This data base contains information on 17,000 pre- 

 historic and historic sites reported in the State of Montana and provides for 

 the information needs of local. State, and Federal agencies. 



