NATURAL AREA INVENTORY FORM 



Basic Information Summary Sheet 



1. Natural area name: DISMAL SWAMP NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE 



(portion not included in Washington's Rice Farm and the Dismal 

 Swamp mesic islands) . 



2. County: Gates. 



3. Location: Entire tract of land bounded on the south by US 158; 



on the north by the NC/VA state line; on the east by the Gates 

 County 'line, and on the west by the Suffolk. Scarp. 



4. Topographic quadrangle( s ) : Beckford 1929(1942) 15 min (1:62,000) 



South Mills 1940 15 min (1:62,000); Corapeake VA-NC 1977 Ih min 

 (1:24,000); Beckford NE, 1981 advance print 7% min (1:24,000). 



5. Size: 13,500 acres (5,464 ha) not including 600 acres in the 

 mesic island portion and 300 acres in Washington's Rice Farm. 



6. Elevation: 20-30 ft MSL. 



7. Access: By Refuge roads from US 158, Corapeake and Holly Grove. 



All Refuge roads are gated and permission to enter must be obtained. 



8. Names of investigators: Cecil C. Frost, Dept. of Botany, UNC 

 Chapel Hill. 



9. Date(s) of investigation: 12 August 1981, 15 August 1981 and 

 numerous other visits from 1976 to 1981. 



10. Priority rating: High. 



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