ASI
SELECTED LIST OF CURRENT
AND COMPLETED PROJECTS

Broadstone II Master Plan and Regional Mall
H.C. Elliott Company, Folsom, California
Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District Section 404 permit
Study began in 1993 and concluded April 1998

ASI conducted a cultural resources inventory of more than a 1,000 acres in Folsom, California and discovered, recorded, and evaluated eighty cultural resources. ASI prepared a Historic Property Treatment Plan for all significant cultural resources; the plan includes resource avoidance and data recovery. Data recovery included excavation of prehistoric and historic sites and preparation of HABS documentation for the Rhodes Branch of the Natomas Water System.

Miller Island Cultural Resources Inventory and Mapping Project
Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Hood River, Oregon
Contract with the Department of Agriculture
Study conducted between Fall 1993 and Summer 1995

ASI prepared a digital elevation model (DEM) from a pair of aerial photographs and used these data to develop a high-resolution topographic map of a 1,200-acre island near Biggs, Oregon. Using an infrared total station, ASI then keyed the digital map to real world USGS benchmarks. ASI completed a cultural resources inventory locating more than 125 historic and prehistoric sites, including more than 1,500 rock art panels. Archaeological sites and individual rock art panels were recorded, precisely mapped, and photographically documented. ASI also worked with the Federal Bureau of Investigations (Portland office) mapping damage to several significant archaeological sites vandalized by artifact looters. This work involved precise mapping damaged areas and calculating the quantity of site disturbed.

Bruno Meadows Archaeological Project
Willamette National Forest, Eugene, Oregon
Contract with the Department of Agriculture
Study conducted between Fall 1993 and Spring 1998

ASI evaluated the significance of eight high elevation prehistoric sites and conducted field survey of approximately 100 acres in Lane County, Oregon. The work was performed at an elevation of more than 5,000 feet, and the archaeological sites varied from small lithic scatters to very large and complex use/occupation loci some covering over 25 acres. The archaeological sites were evaluated both individually and as a district for their eligibility for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places. In addition to the archaeological study, ASI was retained to evaluate the physical and chemical affects to archaeological sites caused by trees blown down during frequent high winds and to compare these affects with those caused by helicopter logging. These effort required extensive geological and soil studies as well as specifically tailored archaeological data gathering methods.

Saddle Creek Golf and County Club Master Planned Community
Sierra Engineering Associates, San Andreas, Calaveras County, California
Calaveras County Use Permit, Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District Section 404 Permit
Study conducted intermittently between Spring 1988 and Winter 1998

ASI conducted a preliminary site assessment of the 850-acre project site located in Calaveras County, California in 1988 and we completed the field inventory in 1991. Five prehistoric and five historic archaeological sites were located. ASI performed CEQA-level cultural resources evaluations of the ten cultural resources in 1993. In 1995, ASI re-evaluated all known cultural resources according to federal standards pursuant to the regulations set forth by the Corps of Engineers in 36CFR325. One historic era homestead and three prehistoric milling locations were subject to data recovery. In 1999, ASI was retained to conduct a cultural resources survey of a ca. 2.5-mile long extension of Littlejohn Road to the project.

Greenhorn Creek Golf and Country Club Master Planned Community
Bardon Stevenot principal partner of a California LLC
Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District Section 404 Permit
Study conducted in 1994

ASI recorded, mapped, and tested eleven previously identified large prehistoric occupation sites at the 600-acre project site located in Angels Camp, California. The sites were then evaluated for significance pursuant to 36CFR325 and a Historic Property Treatment Plan was prepared for significant archaeological sites that involved long-term mitigation for prehistoric sites.

City of Calistoga Pine Street Lift Station Project
City of Calistoga Department of Public Works
Federal Emergency Management Agency Grant Conditions, Programmatic Agreement
Study began in 1997 and is in progress

ASI conducted a field survey of a ca < 2-acre project site with negative results. Owing to the fact that the project site was situated in the heart of the oldest part of the city, within 500 meters of a very large prehistoric occupation site, ASI recommended exploratory trenching to insure that buried cultural resources were not present. Since the discovery of buried archaeological sites would have significantly delayed construction at considerable cost to the City, ASI was requested to generate definitive positive or negative determinations. Backhoe trenching discovered a huge concrete feature approximately 35 ft by 30 ft by 12 ft deep. The feature, defined by 6-inch thick concrete walls divided into four rectangular compartments. Research has identified the feature as a ca. 1920s community septic system of an unusual character. ASI evaluated the feature and judged it significant. HAER recording and mapping was completed in the spring of 2000 as part of the stipulations of a Historic Property Treatment Plant.

Benziger Family Winery Water Treatment Expansion Project
Benziger Winery, Glen Ellen, CA
Sonoma County Use Permit
Study began spring 1998 and was Summer 1999

ASI conducted a field survey of a 60-acre winery and relocated one prehistoric site that had been recorded in 1978. ASI conducted a CEQA-level significance evaluation and judged the site eligible for inclusion on the California Register of Historic Resources. Working with the project engineers, ASI accurately determined the boundaries of the site; thus enabling construction of holding ponds to proceed on schedule.

South County Surface Water Project
Environmental Science Associates, Sacramento and
South San Joaquin Irrigation District
Project begun Spring 1998 and completed Summer 1998

ASI conducted a complete and intensive survey of a ca 250-acre water treatment plant site and a windshield survey of approximately 45 miles of potential pipeline right-of-way in southern San Joaquin County. ASI prepared a CEQA-level report that recommended additional field survey along the pipeline ROW once the final route had been established. In addition, subsurface exploration of proposed stream crossings and at the water treatment plant site has been proposed. These areas judged archaeologically sensitive.

Altamont Commuter Express (ACE) Station Platform Project
San Joaquin County Rail Commission, Stockton
County Use permit
Spring 1997

ASI conducted field survey of four proposed station sites in Stockton, Lathrap, Tracy, and Livermore with negative results. This work was conducted pursuant to Federal Section 106 requirements.

Royal Mountain King Mining Project, Copperopolis
Meridian Minerals Company
Mining permit for the Bureau of Land Management, Folsom District Office and Water Rights permit, Division of Water Rights State Water Resources Control Board
Fall 1987 to Fall 1991

ASI conducted a field survey of approximately 2,000 acres in Copperopolis, California locating thirteen prehistoric sites and twenty-seven historic era mining sites. ASI recorded all of the prehistoric cultural resources and working with a qualified historical archaeologist, recorded historic sites and evaluated the significance of all identified cultural resources employing both CEQA-level and National Register of Historic Places criteria. All discovered prehistoric sites were subject to subsurface testing. All of the historic sites were grouped into the Felix-Hodson Historic Mining District; data recovery was performed on specific historic resources. ASI conducted data recovery at seven prehistoric sites, one of which contained two distinct prehistoric cemeteries. In total, more than 1,000 individual human graves were exhumed, analyzed, and reburied. The site in question proved to have at least ten distinctive cultural occupations the earliest dating back to the Pleistocene Epoch ca 9,500 years BP. The most recent occupation was in the 1830s. ASI's involvement ended with the last field season in 1991 and the client retained a university to perform laboratory analysis on a partially pro bone basis.

Dos Palos and South Dos Palos Sewage Treatment Plant Project, Merced County
Joint Powers Authority, County of Merced under authority of FmHA
Farmers Home Administration (FmHA), Woodland office Grant Condition
Spring 1993 to Summer 1995

ASI conducted a field survey of approximately 200 acres of reclaimed farmland with generally negative results. ASI, however, received verbal statements from local farmers about a Native American cemetery located somewhere in the ca. 500-acre field within which the project was to be located. Based on these reports, ASI conducted an extensive backhoe-trenching program. ASI excavated one hundred 20-ft long trenches with negative results. Owing to persistent oral concerns of the community, ASI recommended construction monitoring. On the first day of project excavation, human remains were located at several widely dispersed locations. After consulting with local Native Americans, the client, FmHA, and the Office of Historic Preservation, a combination burial rescue and archaeological data recovery program was devised. ASI identified, carefully excavated, and reburied on site more than 600 individual graves and the individuals therein; simultaneously, ASI was able to salvage a large amount of associated archaeological data.

Lodi and Tracy Multimodal Transportation Station Development Projects
Environmental Science Associates, San Francisco
San Joaquin and Alameda County's Use permits
Fall 1995 to Fall 1996

ASI conducted archival research and field surveys at the two locations. The project location in Lodi involved an existing Southern Pacific Railroad station and the Lodi Arch. ASI recorded and evaluated the station and the arch, judging them both eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places. ASI worked closely with an historical architect and the SHPO to develop an interior building redesign that enabled the existing station to retain its historic external characteristics. The depot in Tracy had been demolished in the 1960s but ASI recorded footings and foundations during the field survey in 1996. Working closely with ESA, the project was partially redesigned so that the remains of the depot would not be affected by proposed construction. All work conducted under this study was to Federal standards.

Roseville Regional Wastewater System
Environmental Science Associates, Sacramento
City of Roseville Use permit
Spring 1994 and Spring through Summer 1995, Summer 1999

ASI completed a cultural resources survey of more than twenty miles of pipeline right-of-way, and tested and defined the boundaries of one prehistoric site. ASI also gathered environmental, historical, topographical, and archaeological information and using GIS technology developed a regional constraint map for the City of Roseville encompassing more than twenty-five square miles.

Weber Point Events Center
City of Stockton
Department of Housing and Urban Development Urban Renewal Grant Condition
Fall 1999 to Winter 2004

ASI completed extensive archival research and performed limited exploratory excavation to discover the location of the 1850 Charles M. Weber home and ascertain if evidence for the home was still extant. The work involved use of modern and historical aerial and terrestrial photographs, historic maps, and city records, published and unpublished information, and newspaper microfilm archives. ASI collected these data from numerous local and regional data repositories and the Internet. Data were used to develop of a series of AutoCAD base maps, from which a predictive location of the Weber home was made; the trenching program was based on these maps. Testimony of the accuracy of these maps was that the foundation remains of the Weber home were found within an hour after trenching began. In addition, to the mapping database, ASI is developing a photo-archive specific to Weber Point and an extensive source list of materials relating to Weber Point, the Weber family use of the location, the use of Weber Point over time, other related subjects. The Weber home site will be evaluated for its National Register of Historic Places and California Register of Historic Resources eligibility in the Summer of 2000.

Flowers Ranch Cultural Resources Study
aka Oak Canyon Ranch Master Planned Community
Chevron Land Company, San Francisco
Present Owners Oak Canyon Ranch LLC.
Calaveras County Rezoning and Use permits, Section 404 Corps of Engineers permit
Summer 1991- Spring 92, Summer 1995, Winter 1999, Winter 2000 – Winter 2001

In 1991, ASI was retained to complete a constraint analysis of the 3,000-acre Flowers Ranch located at Copperopolis, California. This effort involved limited field inspection of selected locations, extensive use of aerial photographs, historical maps, and locally available archival resources. Data were then digitized and entered into a GIS and a series of maps were created identifying development sensitivity based on costs associated with archaeological site location, testing, mitigation, and avoidance. Subsequent to this study, ASI was retained to complete a cultural resources survey of the proposed encroachment of the Littlejohns Creek Road extension on to State Highway 4. This effort involved field survey of approximately 50 acres. One prehistoric and one historic site were identified. The prehistoric site was subject to a limited test and judged eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places. Working with Sierra Engineering Associates, the encroachment design was modified to avoid this prehistoric site. In 1995, ASI was retained to evaluate a prehistoric site located along the State Route 4 encroachment to the Flowers Ranch Project. This study entailed working with the local Indian community and conducting subsurface testing. In 1999, ASI was asked to conduct a survey of the proposed extension of Littlejohns Road north to State Route 4. The survey was 2.5 miles long and 100 feet wide. We are presently under contract to complete cultural resources work for a proposed encroachment onto State Route 4. In 1999, ASI was retained to complete an intensive cultural resources study of 3,300 acres for an environmental impact report for a proposed planned community. ASI completed this work, recording 128 cultural resources of various types. A preliminary document was prepared that detailed the results for the survey, and included basic recommendations for a second phase of site-specific investigations.

Placer County Cultural Resources Inventory
Placer County Museum, Auburn, California
1989-1991

ASI conducted an inventory all historic era resources in non-incorporated areas of Placer County and developed a relational database in dBase IV+ with which to store, retrieve, manipulate, and analyze data from more 800 structures and structural remnants. A windshield survey of the entire county was completed and all observed cultural resources were recorded on State forms, which were then digitally recreated in dBase. The final product was a report discussing Placer County historical context, tables depicting site records by type and location, a comprehensive database of all historical structures under county jurisdiction, and a set of USGS topographic base maps showing the locations of all structures and the physical remains of structures as well as all recorded prehistoric and historic archaeological sites. The contract required that ASI develop an effective volunteer program and monthly reports to the Board of Supervisors. The work was performed as part of Placer County's effort to gain classification as a certified local government under Section 106 of the National Historic preservation Act.

Open Contract to Perform Cultural Resources Surveys, Merced County
Merced County Department of Public Works (Subcontractor)
State of California Local Assistance Grants, Section 106 Compliance
Fall 1997 through Fall 1999

ASI conducted cultural resources inventories for eight bridge replacement projects throughout Merced County. These projects involved evaluation of historic canal alignments and some structures. Various Caltrans compliance reports were completed and submitted.

Diablo Grande Golf Course, Country Club, and Master Planned Community
Diablo Grande LLC, Atlanta Georgia
Stanislaus County Use Permits, Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Section 404 permits (both Nationwide and Individual)
Intermittent work from Spring 1991 through Spring 2001
Present Budget: $125,000.00

In 1991, ASI evaluated five prehistoric cultural resources located in western Stanislaus County, California for their CEQA significance. Later in 1991, ASI was requested to generate revised site records for other cultural resources discovered on within the project area. In 1994, ASI completed a survey of a road alignment, identified, and evaluated four possible cultural resources for an individual Section 404 Corps of Engineers Clean Water Act Section 404 permit. In 1995, ASI conducted a cultural resources survey of approximately 100 acres and evaluated three prehistoric loci and one historic period ranch complex for their eligibility for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places. Simultaneously, ASI was requested to develop a more precise map for a large occupation site located within the project area. In 1998, ASI was retained to survey more than 800 acres and to assess and integrate into a coherent document all cultural resources studies completed within the project area for a combined Section 404 permit for the entire Diablo Grande project. The final report recommended substantial additional efforts with respect to evaluation and avoidance. In 2001, ASI was retained to undertake the work proposed in our 1998 report. This entailed the testing and evaluation of 16 cultural resources identified in the 1998 cultural resources study. This work included preparing primary record forms and maps along with preliminary evaluations of significance. ASI was requested in January 2002 to prepare a Programmatic Agreement (PA) for all cultural resources that will require further testing and mitigation. The PA included seven cultural resources including both historic and prehistoric archaeological sites.

University of the Pacific Oil Sand Separator Project, Emergency Removal of Native American Human Remains
University of the Pacific, Department of Building and Grounds
Spring 2002

In February, the university buildings and grounds staff accidentally unearthed at least seven (7) human skeletons while excavating to install an oil sand separator system along the Calaveras River in Stockton, California. Pursuant to the state Public Resources Code, the university halted all construction, contacted the County Coroner and the Native American Heritage Commission, who put them in contact with the legally recognized most likely descendant in San Joaquin County. The university retained ASI to work with the local Indian community to remove the seven disturbed graves and any additional inhumations that may have been effected by project construction. In addition, the university requested ASI to excavate roughly 100 feet of trench associated with the oil sand separator. The skeletal materials will be repatriated by the university and the legally recognized most likely descendants.

Gordon Ranch Master Plan Community, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California Archaeological Investigations
TRI Development
Summer 2001 to present
Present Budget: Active project $100,000+

In August 2001, ASI was requested to conduct an archaeological survey of approximately 15 acres in the foothills east of Santa Rosa. The property yielded one large prehistoric site encompassing more than 10 acres and three historic era ranch complexes. ASI recorded CA-SON-1019 and through limited testing, defined its boundaries. We also recorded numerous historic archaeological features within the three ranch complexes. Subsequent to recording, ASI evaluated the prehistoric site for its eligibility for inclusion on the California and National registers finding the site eligible. In fall 2002, ASI completed a data recovery program at the site.

County of Mendocino General Plan Update
Cultural Resources Component
Pacific Municipal Consultants, Chico, California
Summer 2002

In Spring 2002, ASI was contacted by PMC to assist in preparing the Mendocino County General Plan cultural resources component. This effort consisted almost entirely of document and policy review and making recommendations to streamline and improve existing regulatory structures and provide updates where necessary. The project was carried out intermittently beginning in Fall 2002.

Copperopolis Town Square
Castle and Cook Calaveras, LLC
Copperopolis, California
Spring 2003-Summer 2005

In the Spring 2003, ASI conducted an investigation of the ca 50-acre high density Copper Mill Master Planned Community. In 2004, ASI was retained to completed and investigation of off site improvements including widening of Littlejohns Road and historic Reeds Turnpike, and, water and waste water lines; seven historic and prehistoric cultural resources were identified and recorded, and, site specific recommendations for treatment were proposed. This work was conducted pursuant to the California Public Resources Code.

Sawmill Lake Specific Plan
Caste and Cook Calaveras, LLC
Copperopolis, California
Spring 2003 to Fall 2006

In Spring 2003, ASI completed an investigation of a 210-acres in Copperopolis, California. The study was part of a preliminary design effort and we identified 17 cultural resources. In winter 2005, ASI was retained to record and accurately map the cultural resources and prepare a report of findings. This effort required subsurface exploration, archival research, use of metal detector, and mapping. This work was completed pursuant to the requirements of the California Pubic Resources Code.

Mokelumne Oaks Subdivision
Reynen and Bardis Calaveras
Sacramento, California
Summer 1992, Fall – Summer 2003, Fall 2005 to Spring 2006

In 1992, ASI was retained to complete an investigation of a ca 100-acre project locating five cultural resources. In 2003, Reynen and Bardis retained ASI to complete the mitigation proposed in 1992 and to undertake studies for a Department of Transportation encroachment permit to State Route 12. In 2005, Reynen and Bardis retained ASI to prepare Corps of Engineers Section 404 permit cultural resource compliance documentation, which involved evaluating the National Register eligibility of several nineteenth century mining ditches and placer mining areas.

Black Creek Ranch Master Planned Community
Black Creek Partners, LLC c/o Sierra Engineering Associates
San Andreas, California Fall 1992, Fall 2004 to Winter 2005

In 1992, ASI was retained to complete an investigation of the 70-acre Black Creek Phase 1 Master Plan area in Copper Cover, Calaveras County, California. Seven cultural resources were identified. ASI was retained to complete an investigation of the 440-acre Black Creek Phase 2 area during which time we identified, recorded, and evaluated for California Register eligibility 29 cultural resource including prehistoric and historic archaeological sites.

Higgins Ranch Master Planned Community
Reynen and Bardis Calaveras
Sacramento, California
December 2004 to January 2005

ASI completed a preliminary site assessment of the ca 650-acre Higgins Ranch in Wallace, California. ASI was specifically requested to assess the proposed project for fatal flaws respecting development and report results in less than a month.

Copper Valley Master Planned Community
Castle and Cook Calaveras, LLC
Copperopolis, California
Spring 2005 to present

In spring 2005, ASI was retained to conduct a study of 4,400 acres of the Brunker Ranch near Knight's Ferry in Calaveras County near the Stanislaus County boundary. This investigation discovered more than 120 cultural resources including extensive water conveyance features, surface placer, drift, and hydraulic mining activity, historical era habitation, and over 30 prehistoric archaeological sites. Final report is due in Spring 2007.

Gold Rush Ranch and Gold Resort
Gold Rush Partners LLC c/o Abbott and Kindermann Attorneys at Law, LLC
Sacramento, California
Spring 2005 to Spring 2006

Abbott and Kindermann Attorneys and Law retained ASI to complete an investigation of the Gold Rush Ranch and Gold Resort project in Amador County, California. The project included ca 1000 acre and several miles of off site improvements including a State Route 104 encroachment, and, water and waste water lines. ASI identified 79 cultural resources. ASI conducted its investigation to be suitable for CEQA and Section 404 Corps of Engineers permitting. The effort entailed extensive archival research.

Ponte Valley Springs Ranch Master Planned Community
CRV Enterprises
Galt, California
Spring 2005 to Fall 2005

ASI was retained by CRV to conduct an investigation of the ca 650-acre Ponte Ranch in Valley Springs, California. We located 39 historic sites including the remains of an American Forest Products planning mill, the first Valley Springs community water system, and the first natural gas line to San Andreas. This effort required extensive archival research and collection of oral history. All identified cultural resources were recorded and then evaluated for their eligibility for inclusion on the California Register.

Saddleback Hills Subdivision
Martin Rodriguez LLC c/o Sierra Engineering Associates
San Andreas, California
Spring 2005 to Summer 2006, Winter and Spring 2006-2007

In Spring 2005, ASI was retained to complete a study of ca 75 acres located in San Andreas, California. Seven historic era cultural resources were identified. In Spring 2006, ASI was retained to complete a study of proposed off site improvements including a State Route 49 encroachment and an encroachment on to a county road. All work was conducted to California Public Resource Code standards and involved extensive archival research on a nineteenth and early twentieth century drift mine. ASI will complete National Register evaluations of discovered cultural resources in early 2007.

Contacts:

Roger Werner

Jay Flaherty