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Cultural Resources

A cultural resource is a site, structure, object or district, usually more that 50 years old, that relates to the past. Federal law protects "significant" sites that are important to our past.

The following documents require Microsoft PowerPoint.

PowerPoint Presentations
(To open a file, right click on the link, save target as..., name and save file where desired, open the file where saved.)

PowerPoint PresentationHow to Identify an Alluvial Fan - a landform that is important to cultural resources compliance (9 MB)    New!
Microsoft PowerPointArcheological Sites and High Probability Locations (57 MB)
Microsoft PowerPointField Office Cultural Resources Surveys (27 MB)    Updated 12/11/06
Microsoft PowerPointCultural Resources Indicators (60 MB)
Microsoft PowerPointHow to Take Burials, Burial Mounds, and Human Remains into Account (40 MB)
Microsoft PowerPointSurveying Structures (26 MB)

The following document requires Adobe Acrobat.

Adobe AcrobatRequesting State Office Assistance for Potential Archeological Impacts (1 MB)
Adobe AcrobatIowa State Level Agreement between NRCS Iowa and the Iowa SHPO (138 KB)

Quality Assurance

 Adobe AcrobatCultural Resources Determination Flowchart    Revised 11/1/07
Adobe AcrobatCultural Resources Determination    Revised 11/1/07

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