NATURAL AREA INVENTORY FORM 

 (To be prepared for each site) 



Basic Information Summary Sheet 



1. Natural Area Name: (a) Federal Paper Hardwood Flats, (b) Stonewall 

 Hardwood Flats and (c) Merritt Hardwood Flats 



(Descriptions of these three separate sites are combined due to 

 their vegetational relationship) 



2. County: Pamlico 



3. Location: (a) Federal Paper - north of SR 1300, paralleling that 



road approximately between Granny Gut and the NC 55 

 junction. Light Ground Pocosin borders this tract 

 on its western and northern edges. 



(b) Stonewall - due south of Bayboro across the_ South 

 Prong of the Bay River. Bounded on the east by 

 SR 1337 and associated fields; on the west by 

 Neal Creek. 



(c) Merritt - centered about 2.3 miles ENE of the com- 

 munity of Merritt, in a large loop formed by SR 

 1324, 1329, 1321 and 1322. 



4. Topographic quadrangle (s) : Federal Paper: Arapahoe (1951) and 



Oriental (1975) 

 Stonewall: Bayboro (1974) and Oriental 

 Merritt : Oriental 



All 7.5 min. 



5. Size: Federal Paper - 2400 acres; Stonewall - 425 acres; Merritt - 



1500 acres; all measured with a grid calculator 



6. Elevation: Federal Paper and Stonewall: 10 to 15 feet or slightly 



higher above mean sea level. 



Merritt: 7 to 8 feet above mean sea level 



7. Access: The Federal Paper Hardwood Flat may be reached from points 

 along SR 1300 and SR 1313, and from an unnamed woods road north from 

 old SR 1300 (a minor relocation of SR 1300 may be confusing) . The 

 Stonewall tract is entered where it abuts SR 1337. The Merritt Flat 

 is reached via Jack Taylor Road, a private woods road going southeast 

 from SR 1324. 



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



P. 0. Box 6006 Route 2, Box 222-B 

 Raleigh, NC 27628 Enfield, NC 27823 



9. Date(s) of investigation: February 25, April 14, June 28 and July 13, 1982. 

 10. Priority rating: Medium, to high for the Federal Paper tract 



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