VAFB-1981-04: Union Oil Company of California Geophysical Evaluation, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California, Environmental Resource Survey

Summary

This document describes how the Union Oil Company of California is proposing to conduct a geophysical data evaluation of reserved mineral lands within VAFB. The collection and compilation of this data entails a seismic survey of approximately 90.3 line-miles (14.5 line-kilometers). Prior to commencing the seismic survey, an investigation of potentially impacted biological and archaeological resources was initiated encompassing a 50-foot (15-m) centerline corridor involving 82.6 miles (132.2 km) of the survey line. The discrepancy involving the total line-miles versus the line-mileage that underwent environmental resource evaluation is the result of topographic, vegetative, hydrologic, and structural barriers encountered during the survey.

31 sites and 17 isolated artifacts were encountered within the survey corridor. Seventeen of these sites may represent previously recorded sites and relationships between isolates and known resources is unknown.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) - Cultural Resource Report

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Roscoe Loetzerich

Record Identifiers

VAFB Document Number(s): VAFB-1981-04

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