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Home My WebLink AboutACE200700001 Conservation Easements Baseline Documentation Report 2008-12-15CONSERVATION EASEMENT BASELINE DOCUMENTATION REPORT Please complete to satisfy section 1.170A- 14(g)(5) of the federal tax code: Property Name Coles - Anderson, LLC - "Coles Mill Farm" Grantor Name Margaret Coles Anderson Address P.O. Box 701 Keswick, VA 22947 Phone 434 - 984 -5448 home E -mail colesanderson earthlink.net Grantee Name Albemarle County Public Recreational Facilities Authori Address c/o Planning Division, Albemarle County Community Development Department 401 McIntire Rd, North Wing, Charlottesville VA 22902 Property Location/Description i.ncatinn- The Anderson property lies approximately nine miles south of Charlottesville, just west of Route 20 near Walton Middle School. It is bound on the north by Route 708 (Red Hill Road) and on the west by State Road 717 (Secretary's Sand Road). All together, the property has nearly 6,000 feet of road frontage on these two major roads. Legal Description: ALL that certain tract or parcel of land, situated in the Scottsville Magisterial District of Albemarle County, Virginia, near Carter's Bridge, containing 247.780 acres, more or less, being all of a tract of 254.28 acres as shown on plat recorded in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Albemarle County, Virginia, in Deed Book 368, Page 64; LESS and EXCEPT three off - conveyances of 1.50 acres and .42 acre conveyed by Roberts Coles to Leigh Walker by deed of May 4, 1962, recorded in the aforesaid Clerk's Office, in Deed Book 378, Page 473; AND 4.58 acres conveyed to Ronald Marcus in the aforesaid Clerk's Office in Deed Book 2046, Page 431. Baseline Documentation Report Grantor: Tax Map/Parcel(s): Date: Parcel Information Tax Map Parcel Acreage Notes 101 60 247.780 acres vacant pasture and wooded land Land Types ercent of property Forest I Farm /Ranch I 100- ear_Floodplain I Buildings -& Grounds Other 24% 47% 29% 0% 0% Man -made Features on Property: Describe size, type and condition of structures including houses, sheds, dams, dykes, towers, docks, barns, man -made ponds, roads, trash piles, utilities, etc. Photograph and map location of man -made features on attached map. If there are no such features, indicate none. Improvements (type and brief description) Condition Area (sq ft) Source 1. none except an old dilapidated barn (18' x 32' ) 576 to Inspector Condition of Land: Describe condition and management status of forest or farmland, health of wetlands or waterways, unusual features, rare species; note erosion, v-ravel pits or pollution. The Anderson property lies in the Green Mountains of southern Albemarle County and is located within the Southern Albemarle Rural Historic District, an historic area known for its beautiful estates and highly productive farmland. The rolling Piedmont property is composed of both woodlands and unimproved pastureland. Since nearly 6,000 linear feet of the South Fork of the Hardware River and almost 2,500 linear feet of the Hardware River run through the property, a significant amount of land (72 acres) occupies a 100 -year floodplain. Much of this floodplain, which occupies both pasture and woodland, will be protected with 100 foot wide riparian easements. Due to its proximity to major waterways, the terrain is deeply folded with a series of alternating ridges and deep valleys that feed in to the river. The forestland contains a mix of upland hardwoods (including yellow poplar, red oak, white oak, chestnut oak and hickory) and scattered yellow pine that have been thinned several times in the past. Many of the previously open hillsides that are steep and difficult to access have been abandoned and are naturally reforesting with cedar, pine, mixed hardwoods and dense shrub growth. Due to the natural erodibility of the soil and damage from past cattle grazing, the river has scoured a deep channel that is steep and unstable for significant portions of its length. Baseline Documentation Report Grantor: Tax Map /Parcel(s): Date: In compliance with Section 1.170A- 14(g)(5) of the federal tax regulations this natural resources inventory is an accurate representation of the property at the time of the conservation easement transfer. Name Grantor Name - Grantor Date Attachments: Name Grantee Name - Grantee Chairman or other position) Date USGS topographic map (showing property line & other nearby protected land) Aerial photograph On Site photographs with description of what they show and where they were taken. Survey or detailed property map (showing man -made features) Other: Map of proposed riparian easements Other: This report and the attached photos /documents accurately describe, to the best of my ability, the condition of the property known as Tax J111ap 101 Parcel 60 on the date of the site visit. McChesney Goo I, I s ector Date In compliance with Section 1.170A- 14(g)(5) of the federal tax regulations, this natural resources inventory is an accurate representation of the property at the time of the conservation easement transfer. Baseline Documentation Report Grantor: Tax Map /Parcel(s): Date: CONSERVATION EASEMENT BASELINE DOCUMENTATION PHOTOGRAPHS Listed below is a description of the attached photographs that relate to this baseline report: PHOTO #1— from just inside gate along SR 708, looking SE toward Hardware River. Baseline Documentation Report Grantor: Tax Map /Parcel(s): Date: PHOTO #2 — from just inside gate along SR 708, looking SW over creek to distant hillside. Baseline Documentation Report Grantor: Tax Map/Parce](s): Date: PHOTO #3 — from just inside gate along SR 708, looking west toward distant barn. Baseline Documentation Report Grantor: Tax Map/Parcel(s): Date: PHOTO #4 — view of dilapidated 18' x 32' barn. Baseline Documentation Report Grantor: Tax Map/Parcel(s): Date: PHOTO #5 — from next to barn, looking SE down pasture toward Hardware River. Baseline Documentation Report Grantor: Tax Map/Parcel(s): Date: 1. Ado r Ir it yt Sty. • . • iii >' .v, v, i}'r. y`;. S • .. ;` T, • '. '.. p PHOTO #6 — looking up creek from point just below barn (note eroded channel). Baseline Documentation Report Grantor: Tax Map/Parcel(s): Date: T ' r ,yam • AS_ PHOTO #7 — from intersection of creek and South Fork of the Hardware River, looking up creek (same creek as shown above that flows past barn). Baseline Documentation Report Grantor: Tax Map /Parcel(s): Date: PHOTO #8 — from intersection of creek (which flows past barn) and South Fork of the Hardware River, looking upstream at the South Fork of the Hardware River. Baseline Documentation Report Grantor: Tax Map/Parcel(s): Date: PHOTO #9 — from just below intersection of creek (which flows past barn) and South Fork of the Hardware River, looking downstream at South Fork of the Hardware River. Baseline Documentation Report Grantor: Tax Map/Parcel(s): Date: M. PHOTO #10 — from gate at main entrance to Coles Mill Farm, looking NE over pastureland to Carters Mountain in the distance. Baseline Documentation Report Grantor: Tax Map /Parcel(s): Date: 4mj PHOTO #11 — from gate at main entrance to Coles Mill Farm, looking east over pastureland to woodland in the distance. Baseline Documentation Report Grantor: Tax Map /Parcel(s): Date: PHOTO #12 — from gate at main entrance to Coles Mill Farm, looking SE over pastureland. South Fork of the Hardware lies beyond the line of cedar at bottom of distant mountain range. Baseline Documentation Report Grantor: Tax Map/Parcel(s): Date: PHOTO 913 — from SR 717, looking NE at bridge crossing over the South Fork of the Hardware River. Baseline Documentation Report Grantor: Tax Map /Parce](s): Date: PHOTO #14 — from SR 717 bridge crossing over the South Fork of the Hardware River, looking downstream. Baseline Documentation Report Grantor: Tax Map /Parce](s): Date: PHOTO #15— from big turn in South Fork of the Hardware River, looking upstream. Baseline Documentation Report Grantor: Tax Map/Parcel(s): Date: PHOTO #16 — from knoll in pasture, looking SE and downstream at the South Fork of the Hardware River. Baseline Documentation Report Grantor: Tax Map/Parcel(s): Date: PHO'T'O #17— from same knoll in pasture, looking east over pastureland. Baseline Documentation Report Grantor: Tax Map /Parcel(s): Date: i ••fin -'" r . ! s µ:S" I V JW- r ? PHOTO #18 — looking downstream at the South Fork of the Hardware River, not far from intersection with Eppes Creek (note eroded stream channel). Baseline Documentation Report Grantor: Tax Map / Parcel( I I• r N 4' I SkIV -• PHOTO #19— from intersection of Eppes Creek and South Fork of the Hardware River, looking upstream at South Fork of the Hardware River. Baseline Documentation Report Grantor: Tax Map/Parcel(s): Date: PHOTO #20 — from intersection of Eppes Creek and South Fork of the Hardware River, looking downstream at South Fork of the Hardware River (note eroded stream channels). Baseline Documentation Report Grantor: Tax Map /Parce](s): Date: V. r . ..: is ,`:•- _- _': "_;:= Sell` PHOTO #21 — from westside of the South Fork of the Hardware River, looking NE at path in elevated bottomland along river. Baseline Documentation Report Grantor: Tax Map /Parcel(s): Date: PHOTO #22 — from edge of bottomland, looking upstream at the South Fork of the Hardware River. Baseline Documentation Report Grantor: Tax Map /Parcel(s): Date: Baseline Documentation Report Grantor: Tax Map/Parcel(s): Date: 14,. ti PHOTO #23 — from edge of bottomland, looking downstream at the South Fork of the Hardware River. Baseline Documentation Report Grantor: Tax Map/Parcel(s): Date: ACE - Coles Mill Farm pColes-Anderson Buildings irryared hq 11l.teaur ie caue[y Co,m ILy uevelopgent D-pt.. gap Crra [ed by 11cCheaney 6eoda 11, D--b- 2008. $IFEafn9 Ho Ce:: Th, map elements deI -1 R e gr RphFc to ptefen[a[ -•vno Red at. not tee Construed or Waal . . legal deaCrip[Lon. 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