NATURAL AREA INVENTORY FORM 

 (To be prepared for each site) 



Basic Information Summary Sheet 



1. Natural Area Name: Conaby Creek - Roanoke River Swamp Forest 



2 . County : Washington 



3. Location: In the extreme northwest corner of the county near the 

 mouth of the Roanoke River at Albemarle Sound. 



4. Topographic quadrangle (s) : Westover (1978) 



5. Size: 3240 acres, measured with grid calculator (includes about 

 200 acres of open water on Conaby Creek) 



6. Elevation: 0-5 feet msl 



7. Access: Although relatively inaccessible, the margins of the natural 

 area can be reached: 1) on foot north of SR 1300 between SR 1333 and 

 1324; 2) on foot off NC 45 near junkyard and sandpits across highway 

 from grass airstrip; and 3) by boat from either Conaby Creek, Roanoke 

 River, or Albemarle Sound. 



8. Names of investigators: J. Merrill Lynch S. Lance Peacock 



Route 2, Box 222-B P. O. Box 6006 

 Enfield, NC 27823 Raleigh, NC 27628 



9. Date(s) of investigation: April 10, April 18, May 12, 1982 

 10. Priority rating: Medium 



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