NATURAL AREA INVENTORY 

 Basic Information Summary Sheet 



1. Natural Area Name: Jones Creek Savanna 



2 . County : Pender 



3. Location: The savanna is located on the south side of SR 1201 in the 

 northwestern part of the county, northwest of Atkinson, about 3 miles 



by road, and on the east side of the drainage of Jones Creek. Coordinates: 

 34°32'N, 78°13'W (FIGURE 15). 



4. Topographic Quadrangle: Atkinson, NC 1955 (15' series) 



5. Size: 350 ac 



6. Elevation: 60 ft to 75 ft above mean sea level 



7. Access: By paved road (SR 1201) and private driveway; site is approximately 

 2 miles east of Black River. 



8. Names of investigators: S. W. Leonard Ricky Davis 



P. O. Box 3475 126 Duncansby Court 



Wilmington, NC 28406 Cary, NC 2 7511 



9. Date(s) of Investigation: May-September 1981 



10 o Priority Rating: High 



11A. Prose Description of Site: The Jones Creek Savanna is part of a 9,000 

 acre tract, privately owned, between SR 1201 and NC 53 on the east side 

 of the Black River. The savanna has been managed for several years 

 for timber and wildlife — the owner being aware of the significant 

 features herein described. Wildlife food plots have been strategically 

 located on the property, and some of these are included within the 

 boundaries of the natural area. Although the preponderance of the 

 tract is comprised of longleaf pine, loblolly pine, and some pond pine 

 timber, smaller habitats of mixed pine-hardwoods and drainage ditches 

 and pocosin are also present. 



To the west of the site is a large undulating tract of sloughs and 

 ridges which were formed by channel meandering of Black River. North, 

 east, and southeast of the tract are agricultural lands and other 

 tracts of pine timber, but none of the woodlands have been managed with 

 the intensity and care as the Jones Creek tract. 



Jones Creek Savanna is located near the western contact of the 

 Lumbee-Johns-Kalmia soil association with the Lynn Haven-Leon-Kureb 

 association. The topography is flat to gently sloping and poorly 

 drained. The major feature of the site is a vigorous population of 



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