Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) Cultural Resource Archive - Documents, Images, and other Data

DOCUMENT Full-Text 30th Civil Engineer Squadron, Environmental Flight Cultural Resources Section (30 CES/CEVNC).

This government generated Section 106 report is a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the Installation Remediation Program, Site ST171 Remediation Project. The purpose of the document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the Installation Remediation Program, Site ST171 Remediation project as a single Section 106 report. Applied EarthWorks was tasked with supporting the 30 CES/CEIEA Section 106 compliance effort through...

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This document is a DRAFT report. The draft version of this report has been uploaded here because a final version has not been identified. The draft version of this report will be replaced with the final when the final version has been identified. This DRAFT report describes the project areas and provides historical overviews, research design, and project methodology. The results are then summarized, followed by a comprehensive survey log that presents the survey conclusions for each historic...

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This government generated Section 106 report is a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the San Antonio Road West Bridge Erosion Protection System Maintenance. The purpose of this document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the San Antonio Road West Bridge erosion protection system maintenance as a single Section 106 report. This report provides the information needed by the California State Historic Preservation Officer...

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This government generated Section 106 report is a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the American Water Operations Center Construction Project. The purpose of this document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the American Water operations center construction project as a single Section 106 report. This report provides the information needed by the California State Historic Preservation Officer to concur on the project...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Josh Smallwood. Christopher Ryan.

This document is a Section 106 report of a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the Installation of the Optical Tracking System at the Tranquillon Peak Optical and Radar Tracking Station Project. The purpose of the document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the Installation of the Optical Tracking System at the Tranquillon Peak Optical and Radar Tracking Station project as a single Section 106 report. This report...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Sarah Nicchitta.

This contractor generated letter report is a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the Extended Phase I Testing Results for the South Base Utility Underground Project (XUMU 12-1276B). The purpose of the letter is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the Extended Phase I Testing for the South Base Utility Underground project as a single Section 106 report. The CAPE Environmental Management, Inc. (CAPE) contracted with Albion to...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Timothy J. Murphy IV.

This report documents and outlines the condition assessment of each rock art site on VAFB for Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17). This report lists information about each site and brief summaries about common impacts, tasks, and specific observations at sites. Information in this report focuses on areas at rock art sites with significant impacts, high-risk areas for impacts, and professional insight to help understand the sensitivity of sites and implemented management strategies. This report outlines...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Sarah Nicchitta.

This contractor generated letter report is a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the All Terrain Vehicles (ATV)/Obstacle Course Improvements Project. The purpose of the letter is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the ATV/Obstacle Course Improvements project as a single Section 106 report. To support Section 106 compliance requirements, CAPE Environmental Management, Inc. (CAPE) contracted with Albion to complete this...

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This Mitigation and Monitoring Plan (CMMP) provides the concepts and direction for implementation and maintenance of the mitigation required to compensate for impacts to California State Waters associated with repairs to the San Antonio Road West Bridge. The site is dominated by riparian vegetation within the channel, throughout the bridge gabions, and on the creek banks. Due to the nature of the proposed action, the requirement for riparian vegetation removal, and subsequent maintenance to keep...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jon Picciuolo.

Appendix B is a memorandum report that outlines a potential unrecorded pictographic element in the rock art at Swordfish Cave (CA-SBA-503). Jon Picciuolo has submitted the memorandum as a record of the observation of the possible unrecorded pictographic element at Swordfish Cave. The memorandum outlines the element as possibly representing a Chumash harpoon toggle point. The element is on Panel 3 of the rock art at Swordfish Cave. The memorandum includes a description of the element and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Eric S. Nocerino.

This document is a contractor generated letter report consisting of a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the Remediation at IRP Site 171 Project. The purpose of the letter is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the remediation at IRP Site 171 project as a single Section 106 report. To support their National Historic Preservation Act Section 106 compliance requirements, the 30th Civil Engineer Squadron, Installation...

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This report provides an evaluation of National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility for Boeing Michigan Aeronautical Research Center (BOMARC) CQM10A/B target drone launch complex at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB). It has been prepared pursuant to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) in support of the proposed demolition of the former BOMARC launch complex. The BOMARC CQM10A/B target drone launch complex is made up of three buildings: Facilities 1815, 1816, and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Audrey Lindsay. Center for the Environmental Management of Military Lands (CEMML).

In September 2016, the Canyon Fire burned approximately 12,742 acres on southern Vandenberg Air Force Base. The wildfire impacted three rock art sites, but most negatively affected the Honda Ridge rock art site (CA-SBA-550). The northeastern side of the pictograph panel took the brunt of the fire impacts, resulting in extensive carbon deposits, micro- and macro spalling, and possibly host rock discoloration (Murphy 2017). This study, more broadly situated within the Honda Ridge Pilot Project,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher Ryan. Josh Smallwood.

This document is a Section 106 report on the Identification of Historic Properties and Assessment of Effect United States Marine Corps’ Amphibious Vehicle Testing Project Vandenberg Air Force Base Santa Barbara County, California. Potentially impacted sites are identified within the report, as are the boundaries of both alternative sites. This document 1) delineates the Area of Direct Impact (ADI) for this project to be the footprint for all foreseeable project-related ground-disturbing...

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This document is a Section 106 inventory letter report that was generated as a part of the Canyon Fire Damage Repair Project while supporting the upcoming repair and replacement of the South Loop 2 power line. Therefore, the survey considered the impacts of the demolition of the existing power line, construction of the new line, and improvements to access roads that will be used for construction activities. The report provides details about the previous cultural resource work performed in...

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This report documents the conditions assessments of archaeological sites on Vandenberg Air Force Base during FY17.

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This document is an Archaeological Survey Report (ASR), Extended Phase I report, and an Archaeological Evaluation Report (AER) for the San Antonio Creek Bridge Scour Mitigation project.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Timothy J. Murphy.

This document presents the results of sensitive and threatened archaeological site condition assessments for fiscal year 2018.

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This document is a letter report that presents the results of surface and subsurface survey for the South Base Water Treatment Plant Project. The study was done for Section 106 compliance, and no archaeological deposits were found.

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This document presents the results of extended phase 1 excavations at CA-SBA-1145/H for an underground utility project. Historic artifacts were found and assumed to be associated with the Honda Section House, however it was not clear if the artifacts were in a disturbed context.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Josh Smallwood. Christopher Ryan.

This government generated Section 106 report is a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the Base Laundry Demolition and Soil Remediation Project. The purpose of the document is to identify historic properties and compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the Base Laundry and Soil Remediation project as a single Section 106 report. This report provides the information needed by the California State Historic Preservation Officer to...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Audrey K. Lindsay. Christopher Ryan.

This government generated Section 106 report is a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the N4 Manholes and Conduit Replacement Project. The purpose of the document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the N4 Manholes and Conduit Replacement project as a single Section 106 report. This report provides the information needed by the California State Historic Preservation Officer to concur on the project findings and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher Ryan. Josh Smallwood.

This document is a Section 106 historic property inventory report and an assessment of adverse effects for the Vandenberg Operational Lightning Tracking System (VOLTS) Project. The purpose of the document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the Vandenberg Operational Lightning Tracking System (VOLTS) project as a single Section 106 report. This report provides the information needed by the California State Historic Preservation Officer to concur on the project...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Clayton G. Lebow. Josh Smallwood.

This document is a Section 106 report for an archaeological investigation and an assessment of adverse effects in support of the Narlon Bridge Replacement Project. The purpose of the document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the Narlon bridge replacement project as a single Section 106 report. This report provides the information needed by the California State Historic Preservation Officer to concur on the project findings and determinations for individual...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Josh Smallwood. Christopher Ryan.

This government generated Section 106 report is a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the Narlon Bridge Replacement Project. The purpose of the document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the bridge replacement project as a single Section 106 report. This report provides the information needed by the California State Historic Preservation Officer to concur on the project findings and determinations for individual...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Timothy J. Murphy IV.

This report documents and outlines the condition assessment of each rock art site on Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) for Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18). This report lists information about each site and brief summaries about common impacts, tasks, and specific observations at sites. Information in this report focuses on areas at rock art sites with significant impacts, high-risk areas for impacts, and professional insight to help understand the sensitivity of sites and implemented management...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Timothy J. Murphy IV.

This report documents the condition assessment of sensitive and threatened sites on Vandenberg Air Force Base. The sensitive and threatened sites are cultural resources with high informational value and are important to Native American groups, such as the Chumash, and have active impact agents and/or the potential to be severely impacted. This report documents the condition of these sites using the new approach developed by Applied EarthWorks and Cultural Resources Section (30 CES/CEIEA) in 2009...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Josh Smallwood. Christopher Ryan.

This document is a government generated Section 106 report consisting of a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the Lift Station 1758 Force Main Sewer Line Reroute and Replacement Project. The purpose of the document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the Life Station 1758 Force Main Sewer Line Reroute and Replacement project as a single Section 106 report. This report provides the information needed by the California...

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This document is a Section 106 historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects report associated with the Archaeological Testing and Evaluation for the B1/B6 Electrical Feeder Line Corridor Project. The purpose of the document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the B1/B6 Electrical Feeder Line Corridor project as a single Section 106 report. This report provides the information needed by the California State Historic Preservation Officer to...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Roscoe Loetzerich.

This government generated Section 106 report is a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the Replace the 12 kV Switchgear at Switchyard M Project. The purpose of this document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the Replace 12 kV Switchgear at Switchyard M project as a single Section 106 report. This report provides the information needed by the California State Historic Preservation Officer to concur on the project...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher Ryan. Josh Smallwood.

This government generated Section 106 report is a historic property inventory and assessment of adverse effects associated with the TP-01 Improvements Supporting Future Ballistic Missile Test Launches Project. The purpose of the document is to compile any prior or currrent studies performed in support of the TP-01 improvements supporting future Ballistic Missile Test launches as a single Section 106 report. This report provides the information needed by the California State Historic Preservation...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Roscoe Loetzerich.

This document is a government generated Section 106 report consisting of a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the A5 Powerline Replacement Project. The purpose of the document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the A5 Powerline replacement project as a single Section 106 report. This report provides the information needed by the California State Historic Preservation Officer to concur on the project findings and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Eric S. Nocerino. Clayton G. Lebow.

This contractor generated Section 106 report is a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the D2–D4 Circuit Electric Lines Replacement Projects. The purpose of the document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the D2–D4 Circuit Electric Lines Replacement projects as a single Section 106 report. This report provides the information needed by the California State Historic Preservation Officer to concur on the project findings...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Eric S. Nocerino. Clayton G. Lebow.

This report is a Section 106 historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the D2–D4 Circuit Electric Lines Replacement Projects. The purpose of the document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the D2–D4 Circuit Electric Lines Replacement projects as a single Section 106 report. This report provides the information needed by the California State Historic Preservation Officer to concur on the project findings and determinations...

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This document is a Section 106 built environment evaluation for the United States Air Force proposal to bed down an MQ-9 Remotely Piloted Aircraft Wing at either Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB) or Tyndall AFB. An Environmental Impact Statement is being prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act to analyze the potential environmental impacts associated with the proposed beddown of the MQ-9 Wing. The proposed action could impact one building (Building 8401) at Vandenberg AFB...

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This government generated Section 106 report is a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the U.S. Space Command Headquarters Basing and Construction Project. The purpose of the document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the U.S. Space Command Headquarters Basing and Construction project as a single Section 106 report. This report provides the information needed by the California State Historic Preservation Officer to...

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This contractor generated Section 106 report is a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the U.S. Space Command Headquarters Basing and Construction Project. The purpose of the document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the U.S. Space Command Headquarters Basing and Construction project as a single Section 106 report. This report provides the information needed by the California State Historic Preservation Officer to...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeremy Hollins. Dennis Pearson. Shannon Wright. Richard Bambam. Scott McCrady. Mark Taberner.

This document is a study intended to serve as a preliminary analysis of the current conditions and possible repairs for the Point Conception Lighthouse and Family Quarters C. The field investigations consisted of visual surface observations, avoided destructive analysis, and did not include the preparation of structural calculations, structural or material testing, or development of design or construction drawings. This report and cost estimates are intended to provide the USAF with a rough...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Karin Olmedo.

This letter reports the results of an archaeological study supporting the proposed replacement of two manholes and the intervening conduit and conductor associated with the N4 electrical circuit on Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB) in Santa Barbara County, California. In this report, replacing the manholes and the associated conduit/conductor is referred to as the Project. The Project area is on the east side of Coast Road, between the South Base Power Plant and the Gaseous Nitrogen Production...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher Ryan. Josh Smallwood.

This document is a historic property inventory report for the Narlon Bridge Replacement Project. The purpose of the document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the Narlon bridge replacement project as a single Section 106 report. This report provides the information needed by the California State Historic Preservation Officer to concur on the project findings and determinations for individual resources as presented by the Vandenberg Air Force Base Cultural...

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This document is an excavation plan for minimal data recovery excavations at CA-SBA-698 on Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Paula Bienenfeld. Jonathan Green. Kara Saffos.

This document is a contractor generated Section 106 and 110 report consisting of a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the MTRS-2 Dock Station Project. The purpose of the document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the MTRS-2 Dock Station project as a single Section 106 and 100 compliance report. This report provides the information needed by the California State Historic Preservation Officer to concur on the project...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John G. Jones.

Soil sample analysis results from flotation analysis for Archaeological Investigations at Site CA-SBA-793 Supporting Section 106 and 110 Compliance for MTRS-2 Dock Station Project, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Karin Olmedo.

This document is a contractor generated historic property inventory letter format report for an assessment of adverse effects associated with the proposed replacement of an American Water pressure release valve and water vault on Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB) in Santa Barbara County, California. The purpose of the letter is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the replacement project as a single Section 106 and 110 compliance report. To support Section 106 compliance...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Josh Smallwood. Roscoe Loetzerich.

This document is a Section 110 National Register Eligibility Re-evaluation of the Peacekeeper Rail Garrison Test Site. The purpose of this study is to review previous investigations pursuant to the National Register of Historic Places (NHPA); to identify the extant buildings and structures of the Peacekeeper Rail Garrison Test Site complex; to document the buildings and structures on California Department of Parks & Recreation recording forms (placed on file with the California Office of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Josh Smallwood. Roscoe Loetzerich.

This document is a government generated Section 106 report consisting of a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the Facility 15501 Renovation Project. The purpose of this document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the Facility 15501 Renovation project as a single Section 106 report. This report provides the information needed by the California State Historic Preservation Officer to concur on the project findings and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Roscoe Loetzerich.

This document is a government generated Section 106 report consisting of a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the Repair of the Overhead Distribution Line B1 Project. The purpose of the document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the repair of the overhead distribution line B1 project as a single Section 106 report. This report provides the information needed by the California State Historic Preservation Officer to...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Josh Smallwood. Roscoe Loetzerich.

This document is a government generated Section 106 report for a historic property inventory associated with the Facility 13140 Renovation Project. The purpose of the document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the Facility 13140 Renovation project as a single Section 106 report. This report provides the information needed by the California State Historic Preservation Officer to concur on the project findings and determinations for individual resources as...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert Newcomb.

This contractor generated letter report is a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the Water Distribution System Rehabilitation Project at the Rod and Gun Club. The purpose of the letter is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the Water Distribution System Rehabilitation Project at the Rod and Gun Club as a single Section 106 report. To support Section 106 compliance requirements, the 30th Civil Engineer Squadron, Installation...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Roscoe Loetzerich.

This document is a government generated Section 106 report consisting of a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the Perform Water Distribution System Rehab at Rod & Gun Club Project. The purpose of the document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the water distribution rehab at Rod & Gun Club project as a single Section 106 report. This report provides the information needed by the California State Historic Preservation...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Josh Smallwood. Roscoe Loetzerich.

This document is a government generated Section 106 report consisting of a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the Facility 8337 Paint Booth Removal Project. The purpose of this document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the Facility 8337 Paint Booth Removal project as a single Section 106 report. This report provides the information needed by the California State Historic Preservation Officer to concur on the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Josh Smallwood. Christopher Ryan.

This government generated Section 110 report is a National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) Section 110 inventory and evaluation of the numerous buildings, structures, and objects which constitute the Point Conception Light Station Historic District. The purpose of this study is to provide information for compliance with Section 110 of the NHPA of 1966, as amended, and to support the review of anticipated future activities conducted under Section 106 of the NHPA. Section 110 of the NHPA...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Josh Smallwood. Roscoe Loetzerich.

This document is a government generated Section 106 report consisting of a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the Facility 1430 All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) Obstacle Course Improvements Project. The purpose of this document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the Facility 1430 ATV obstacle course improvements project as a single Section 106 report. This report provides the information needed by the California State...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Josh Smallwood. Christopher Ryan.

This document is a Section 106 report consisting of a historic property inventory report and assessment of effects for the Honda Culverts Repair Project (813-17-007). The purpose of the project is to replace the existing culverts that are 12.5-foot-diameter, corrugated metal pipes that were emplaced during construction of this segment of Coast Road in 1979–1983. The two pipes have been scoured along the bottom and have lost structural integrity. The proposed Honda Creek Culverts Repair Project...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Roscoe Loetzerich. Josh Smallwood.

This document is a Historic Properties Report for the Western Range 915-MHz Radar Wind Profiler Relocation Project. This report provides details about the undertaking. It defines a project Area of Direct Impact (ADI) and an Area of Potential Impact (APE). The report provides background information about resources found around the project area and demonstrates that there are no resources within the APE. The report supports a project finding of no historic properties affected.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Beniamino Volta. Michael Connolly. Daniel Leonard. Daniel Leard.

This document is a report on the Archaeological Investigations in Support of the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Test Program. The purpose of this project is to modernize the United States’ land-based nuclear arsenal and eventually replace the nation’s current Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) system. A portion of development and testing of the new system, named Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD), would take place in California at Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Eric S. Nocerino. Clayton G. Lebow. Karin Pitts-Olmedo. Rebecca McKim. Ann Munns. Michelle Newcomb. Terry Joslin.

This document is a Section 110 Archaeological Data Recovery and Removal of Stabilization Measures at CA-SBA-698. The purpose of this Archaeological Study is to evaluate the eligibility of CA-SBA-698 for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Based on midden characteristics observed on the surface and in exposed erosional profiles, the site is likely to contain information important to the understanding of prehistory and retain sufficient contextual integrity to qualify for listing.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Chad Blackwell.

This document is a Section 106 Identification of Built Environment Historic Properties and Assessment of Effects for the Ground Bases Strategic Deterrent Test Program (GBSD). The project proposes to develop and test a new Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) system by utilizing and modifying existing ICBM infrastructure at VAFB. The proposed Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) Test Program would develop and test a new ICBM system that would modernize the United States’ land-based...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Eric S. Nocerino. Clayton G. Lebow. Nathan T. Cruz.

This document is an Assessment of Archaeological Site Conditions on Vandenberg Air Force Base for the Fiscal Years of 2019 for Zones 1 and 2. This report documents site conditions in Zones 1 and 2. Applied EarthWorks archaeologists examine sites in both subzones in each zone. The scope of work calls for preparing updated site records for all sites with boundary changes. Those updates were completed for 41 sites; the updated records, including maps, are included in Appendix B. 404 sites are...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Eric S. Nocerino. Clayton G. Lebow. Ann M. Munns. Nathan T. Cruz.

This document is a report that presents the results of the sensitive and threatened archaeological sites condition assessments on Vandenberg Space Air Force Base for Fiscal Year 2019.

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This document is a Section 106 historic property inventory report for the Repair of the Overhead Distribution Line B6 Project. The report presents, 1) details about the project, 2) lists the cultural resources that were analyzed for the project, 3) delineates the Area of Direct Impact and the Area of Potential Effect, 4) a determination for each resource, and 5) the overall project finding of no adverse effect to historic properties.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Chad Blackwell. Beniamino Volta.

The present report was prepared to address requests by the California SHPO and the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians during consultation. It contains five chapters and one appendix. Chapter 1 is this introduction, which briefly describes the purpose of the report. Chapter 2 describes the revised design of the undertaking, highlighting changes implemented since the start of Section 106 consultation in January 2021. Chapter 3 provides an analysis of cumulative effects on historic properties....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Clayton G. Lebow. Joyce Gerber.

This document is an Archaeological Investigation in Support of Section 106 Compliance for the ABL Space Systems RS-1 Project at Launch Complex 576-E at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California. The Project proposes to operate the ABL Space Systems RS1 launch vehicle at the existing, decommissioned Launch Complex 576-E (LC 576-E) on Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB) in Santa Barbara County, California. Applied EarthWorks delineated the Area of Direct Impact. The Archaeological...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Roscoe Loetzerich.

This document is a Section 106 report on the Identification of Historic Properties and Assessment of Effect for the Repair Conduits Along Umbra Road and Tod Road Project at Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB), Santa Barbara County, California. The report 1) delineates the Area of Direct Impact (ADI) as providing sufficient space for the project, and 2) that the Area of Potential Effect (APE) is defined as the intersection of the ADI and the full extent of the archaeological boundaries, and 3)...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Chris Patrick.

This document is a report on the Radiocarbon Dating Results. The Conventional Radiocarbon Ages have all been corrected for total fractionation effects and where applicable, calibration was performed using 2020 calibration databases. Four samples were sent to the lab and tested. Results are in the associated report in the form of calibrated date graphs.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Roscoe Loetzerich. Josh Smallwood.

This document is a Section 106 historic property inventory report to assess historic properties in the location of a planned Verizon Wireless Communications Tower. It was determined that no cultural resources exist within the project Area of Direct Impact. This report 1) delineates the project area of direct impact (ADI) and the area of potential effect (APE), and 2) discusses the strategy to identify historic properties within the ADI with the result that no resources were found. The report...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Roscoe Loetzerich.

This document is a Historical Properties Inventory Report on the Project to Replace the B4 Power line. The proposed Project will remove and replace approximately 4,800 linear feet of the B4 overhead feeder line that is a part of the 12kV distribution system. Vandenberg Space Force Base is seeking State Historic Preservation Office concurrence that 1) the Area of Potential Effect is adequately delineated, and 2) the effort to identify historic properties and the result that no historic properties...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher Ryan. Beniamino Volta.

This document is the archaeological monitoring and unanticipated discovery plan for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) Project. This plan is complex and organized to facilitate the various phases of activities associated with the GBSD project. The document includes the following chapters. Chapter 1 is this introduction. Chapter 2 contains a summary of the relevant regulations. Chapter 3 provides the environmental and cultural setting of the APE. Chapter 4 contains brief...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Chad Blackwell. Christopher Ryan.

This document is an Archaeological Resources Supplemental Report on Phase II of the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) Test Program. The project involves Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) to take part in developing and testing a new Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) system, which will involve utilizing and modifying existing ICBM structures on VSFB. VSFB determined that the GBSD Test Program will result in no adverse effects to archaeological and historic properties for Phase II.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Eric S. Nocerino. Clayton G. Lebow. Douglas Harro. Joyce Gerber. Adrian Whitaker. Ann M. Munns. Victoria Eisenhart.

This document is a Section 106 Archaeological Investigation Report Supporting Compliance for the Army Extended Range Cannon Artillery II (ERCA) Project. The ERCA II Project proposes to fire 77 test launches from the existing decommissioned Launch Facility 05 (LF-05), a former Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missile test launch silo. The Project would also involve storage at Launch Facility 25 (LF-25) and Building 1824, also on Vandenberg SFB. Based on information provided by the U.S. Army...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher Ryan.

This document is a Section 106 historic property inventory report for the Army Extended Range Cannon Artillery II Test Program. The project involves the implementation of the Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA II) Test Program on the norther part of Vandenberg Space Force Base. ERCA II is a multi-element, multi-phase test program of the Army’s next generation artillery systems. Major components of the artillery system include the cannon, gun mount, artillery projectile, and propelling...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Roscoe Loetzerich.

This document is a Section 106 historic property inventory report for the Install Pad Mounted Switch at Pole A2-01/01 on OH Distribution Line Project. The document defines a study area, area of direct impact, and area of direct effect. The identification of historic properties within the study identified five archaeological sites, CA-SBA-2569, -2888, -3560, -3747, and -3748, the Camp Cooke Cantonment District, and two isolated finds, VAFB-ISO-170 and 510. This report supports a Section 106...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher Ryan.

This document is a Section 106 Identification of Historic Properties for the Public Safety Radio Upgrade at the Ground-to-Air Transmission and Receiving (GATR) Site Project. The proposed project would install new receiver/transmitter antennas, radios, a global positioning system receiver, and associated racks and hardware at the GATR Site, located on the peak of Oak Mountain on the south base portion of Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB). VSFB requests concurrence from the State Historic...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Beniamino Volta.

This document is a Section 106 report on Places of Traditional Religious and Cultural Importance that might be impacted by the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) Test Program. Upon request by the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, this report was designed to present available information regarding places of traditional religious and cultural importance that may be affected by the proposed undertaking. Places of traditional religious and cultural importance may include Traditional Cultural...

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This document is a letter report for the Proposed Building 1810 Septic System Replacement project on Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. The report provides a brief description of the project and describes that it will require excavation within an approximately 2,500-square-foot (210-square-meter) area to a depth of approximately 3 feet (1 meter) in order to remove the existing 1,000-gallon septic tank and sewer leach field and install a new 3,000-gallon septic tank and leach field. The...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Roscoe Loetzerich.

This document is a report Identifying the Historic Properties and Assessment of Effected for the American Water Grubbing and Vegetation Removal behind Building 856 Project. The grubbing activity has the potential to uproot vegetation and therefore cause subsurface disturbance. Three sites were found to be within the survey area; CA-SBA-923, CA-SBA-2952, and CA-SBA-3107H. Vandenberg Space Force Base is seeking State Historic Preservation Office concurrence that 1) the area of direct impact was...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert Newcomb.

This document is a letter reporting the results of an Archaeological Study Supporting the Repair of Two Culverts on Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB). The project will entail reinforcing the existing culvert structures that serve to divert storm runoff under the access roads. On October 8, 2021, Applied EarthWorks’ field supervisor and two field technicians conducted a pedestrian survey and excavated 11 shovel test pits to assess whether surface or subsurface archaeological deposits exist...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Nathan T. Cruz. Eric S. Nocerino. Clayton G. Lebow.

This document is a report for the Condition Assessment of Sensitive and Threatened Sites on Vandenberg Space Force Base, Fiscal Year 2020. When the program began, 25 sites were identified as particularly sensitive and threatened. Sensitive cultural resources on Vandenberg SFB are archaeological sites that are of particular importance to local ethnic groups such as the Chumash Indians. These resources include ceremonial sites such as shrines and rock art sites, cemeteries, and village sites....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Clayton G. Lebow. Joyce L. Gerber.

This document is a synthesis of archaeological sites that cross firebreaks and fire access roads on Vandenberg Space Force Base. The document includes lists of sites and recommendations to support future maintenance activities that pass through the sites.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher Ryan. Beniamino Volta.

This document consists of the archaeological resource treatment plan for the ground based strategic deterrent project at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. The plan includes a description of the proposed project, outlines the phases of the project, and presents the treatment plan for archaeological resources crossed by project activities.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Josh Smallwood.

This document is a historic property inventory report and assessment of effects for the Facility 1810 Sewer System Replacement Project. The report 1) provides a project description and details about the work to be performed, 2) defines the Area of Direct Impact (ADI) and the project Area of Potential Effect (APE), explains the process of identifying historic properties that may be impacted by the project, 4) identifies the archaeological site CA-SBA-1060 as a historic property that may be...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Karin Pitts-Olmedo. Eric Nocerino. Clayton G. Lebow. Douglas Harro. Rebecca McKim. Michelle Newcomb. Ann Munns.

This document is a Section 106 report that presents the study and results of the 2019–2020 Firebreaks and Access Roads Maintenance Program. Across Vandenberg Space Force Base (SFB), there is an extensive system of about 54 miles of firebreaks and 192 miles of associated roads. Many of these firebreaks and access roads are maintained on an annual basis. There are more than 2,100 archaeological resources on Vandenberg SFB, and firebreaks and access roads coincide with archaeological resources in...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert Newcomb. Eric S. Nocerino. Clayton G. Lebow.

This document is a report that presents the results of the sensitive and threatened archaeological site condition assessments on Vandenberg Space Force Base for Fiscal Year 2021.

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This document is an archaeological evaluation Section 110 report. Numerous archaeological excavation projects have occurred on Vandenberg SFB wherein a sufficient amount of data has been obtained to evaluate the eligibility of prehistoric archaeological site for listing in the National Register, but the federal agency eligibility determination was never presented to the State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) for consensus determination. The goal of this Project is to provide evaluations to...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert Newcomb. Eric S. Nocerino.

This document is a threatened and sensitive site condition assessment report completed as part of the Fence 2 Fence contract.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert Newcomb.

This document is a letter report presenting the results of 72 radiocarbon samples collected on Vandenberg Space Force Base. The samples were taken from archaeological sites from 20 archaeological sites including CA-SBA-204, -530, -553, -639, -662, -668, -697, -733, -734, -735/H, -739, -972, -1060, -1547/H, -1594, -1596, -1598, -1600, -1604, and -1679. The samples consist of 67 marine shells, 3 pieces of charcoal, and 2 sample of charcoal-stained soil. The document presents several tables of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Daniel Laird. Beniamino Volta.

This document is a Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act After-Action report for discoveries at CA-SBA-512 on Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. This report documents the discovery of cultural items covered under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) during archaeological mitigation activities and the actions taken to implement the project’s Plan of Action for the Treatment of Cultural Items in Accordance with the Native American Graves...

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This document is a Section 110 report that includes the evaluation of cultural resources for eligibility for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Numerous archaeological excavation projects have occurred on Vandenberg Space Force Base, wherein a sufficient amount of data has been obtained to evaluate the eligibility of a prehistoric archaeological site for listing on the National Register, but the federal agency eligibility determination was never presented to the State Historic...

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This document is a Section 110 evaluation report for sites in Zones 6-10 on Vandenberg Space Force Base California. Briefly, a review of existing documentation was used prepare this Section 110 National Register evaluation report for 25 prehistoric sites in Zones 6 through 10. Based on review of existing documentation of previous studies at these sites, 22 of the sites evaluated are recommended eligible for listing in the National Register and the other 3 sites evaluated are not eligible.

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This document is a letter report for the collection of four marine shell samples from the cutbank wall of a large washout west of Culvert 10 at CA-SBA-666 on Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB). Two of the samples were submitted to Beta Analytic for radiocarbon analysis. This was undertaken as part of the Archaeological Investigations Supporting Section 106 Compliance for the Culvert 10 Repair Project.

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This document is a Section 106 for the Air Combat Command F-15E/EX Beddown Project. The purpose of the proposed F-15E/EX Beddown Project would be to test and develop new-generation weapons, payloads, and propulsion systems. The operational and training flights would be flown over the Pacific Ocean at altitudes from 10,000 to 50,000 feet above sea level. The beddown would include a temporary deployment of up to 12 F-15E or F-15EX aircraft with test operations of approximately one week in duration...

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This document is a Section 110 National Register Eligibility Evaluation of the Francis and Katherine Hall Residential Site (CA-SBA-3530H). The Department of the Air Force (DAF) has determined that the Francis and Katherine Hall Residential Site (CA-SBA-3530H0 is not eligible for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

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This document is a Section 110 National Register eligibility evaluation of the Decosta Ranch (CA-SBA-658). The Department of the Air Force (DAF) determined that the DeCosta Ranch site, historical component of CA-SBA-658/H, is not eligible for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

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This document is a Section 110 National Register eligibility evaluation for the multicomponent archaeological site CA-SBA-3535/H at Marshallia Ranch. This study seeks to overturn the previous eligibility determination of being individually eligible for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The Department of the Air Force (DAF) determined that the Marshallia Ranch and archaeological site CA-SBA-3535/H is not eligible for the NRHP.

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This document is a Section 106 cultural resources investigations report for the Air Combat Command Strategic Basing for F-15E Testing on Vandenberg Space Force Base Santa Barbara County, California. Testing was completed at three archaeological sites CA-SBA-964, CA-SBA-1130, and CA-SBA-3407 and one new built environment resource (Building 1754). Applied Earthworks recommends that all three archaeological sites and the built environment site are not eligible for the National Register of Historic...

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This study was conducted to monitor, identify unknown archaeological sites, and evaluate cultural resources which were potentially affected by the emplacement of a buried fiber optics cable on VAFB. During a previous study, nine archaeological sites had been identified in the APEI. Of these nine, five were in the ROW of the cable line: CA-SBA-512, 513, 941, 1853, and 1866. Monitoring of cable emplacement within or immediately adjacent to these sites confirmed previous assessments of low or no...

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This document is a letter report presenting the results of archaeological monitoring for the Launch Complex Shop Facility project. Monitoring of ground disturbing activities revealed: 1) extensive previous disturbance, and 2) a lack of significant archaeological remains within the project area.

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This document is a memorandum for record of archaeological monitoring activity near Umbra and Tod Road. The monitoring was performed in order to observe trenching activity that occurred on archaeological site CA-SBA-706. No cultural remains were observed during the excavation of the trench.

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This document is the daily monitoring record for the Marshallia Ranch Golf Course IRP Soil Testing Project.

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This document is a monitoring summary report for work completed by Applied EarthWorks, Inc. (AE) during June 2001. AE completed archaeological and Native American monitoring for communication line repairs in the vicinity of Pega, Dione, and Perigee roads on Vandenberg Air Force Base.