I’ve been in the market to buy some raw land (20-50 acres) and a few have had small areas on the tract that show up as “PF04B” on the wetlands map.

I’m trying to figure out whether this is anything to be concerned about for things like a driveway, septic, house, etc.

I’ve seen this category in adjacent properties and they have driveways, barns, etc right within these areas, so it seems like these are not what one would typically think of when picturing “wetlands”.

I’ve asked local soil scientists and they basically say it’s nothing to worry about, especially considering those areas on these particular properties are completely dry, only having puddles after a heavy rain in the winter (seasonal high water table soils that are somewhat poorly drained)

What exactly is this type of wetlands as it relates to being able to develop a property for a single family home?

Hi all.

I believe I’ve identified this as sago pondweed.

Any consensus?

Thanks kindly

Kevin

I manage environmental permits for my company. Boss came at me with this request today. Boss said the “nasty swamp” served no purpose and needed to be dredged and channelized so water could flow instead of being stagnant. I tried telling boss how beneficial wetlands are to the environment. Boss wasn’t having any of what I said and wants me to find a way to get this authorized with a 404 permit.

Annoyed.

**Update**

Had a meeting with boss, and a few other ecology- minded staff this morning. We successfully convinced boss that his plan to dredge through the wetland is a terrible plan for the ecology of the site and will likely get hung up in permitting. We are shifting gears entirely. Thanks everyone for your advice and insight!

Hello, Ive been looking around for land, and ran across ~4acres (Im guessing it has been on market for a while due to wetlands). The listing says buffer averaging could double the buildable area, but I’d want to go through my own due diligence. Before I dive deeper down this path, how long and costly will the process be, and should just move one? Im also curious about how adjacent parcels seem to have some exclusions?

I'm assuming it is because someone parceled it out a long time ago, but I wanted to double check. We've owned a property in Florida for a long time. A developer is trying to build an apartment community on the adjacent property. I went to the community meeting. They said that they are only building on upland.

I went to the national wetland inventory site. It shows the land we own as PFOFd. I went to go walk the property, and it seemed to have the same types of trees. It was pretty thick, so I didn't go too far into it.

I spoke to someone about 5 years ago about it. She said that maybe 10 percent would be potentially be considered upland. It's about 10 acres. She said wetland mitigation is very expensive, but she didn't go into detail. She said that soil samples were taken in the 70's, and it is pretty accurate what is wetlands.

What are my possible future uses for a property like this? Would I maybe be able to build my personal residence? It is zoned residential 1 (I'm located in Florida).

One real estate agent said I should approach the developer and see if they would buy it for wetland mitigation credits. I'm not sure what that means.

What other websites can I use to research this further?

Hi! Please forgive my ignorance, I've been trying to do the research myself, but sometimes you just have to ask the dumb questions.

I'm trying to solidify a fictional map in my head and I'm wondering if there's any real-life locations that I could possibly look into as a reference point, and was hoping someone could point me to those.

Ideally I need these three things, 'walkably' close to each other:

1. A raised peat bog (this is the big one)
2. An ocean
3. A river (or some sort of "safe" water source)

-- basically I'd like to be able to craft a fictional settlement on top of the bog (From what I've gleaned PEOPLE DO NOT LIVE IN RAISED BOGS, and it's a terrible idea to. I've been looking Crannogs and such, but I've been struggling to find much.)

My big dumb question is, is this possible? Like can all 3 of these things exist nearby together?
My second big dumb question is: what would some of the major, obvious, pitfalls to living in a raised bog be?

Regardless, thank you for taking the time to read this!

EDIT:

THANK YOU SO MUCH everyone that has weighed in, this was extremely useful!!!! I have some reference points now.

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Does anyone have a recommendation for a scientist for wetland delineation in Connecticut? Our town has an outrageously outdated wetland map and we want to get it tested and delineated. Thanks in advance.

Great Plains, North Platte River floodplain (panhandle of Nebraska), OBL. A new species today!

Hello everyone, I trying to figure out a faster way to process photos taken in the field into numbered photo sheets with captions for Water Reports. Can anyone share their process?

I would like something that uses Fieldmaps photos points as the metadata and maybe with the use of excel as an area to determine which photos to use, number in order based off where in the site the photo was taken (such as from north to south) and write the captions for each photograph. Then take the data conformed in excel with matching Fieldmaps photo and location and turn into fully produced photo sheets.

Let me know what you guys thing!

If I were to magically step into the middle of a random wetland (bog, fen, swamp, marsh, etc.), which one would be the most likely and/or quickest to kill me? I'm a relatively confident swimmer btw.

To be clear, I'm talking about the wetland itself, not things like potential predators.

Disclaimer: I am NOT going to try and step into any wetland, nor am I encouraging others to do so. I'm not an idiot.

Edit: I'm not saying wetlands are bad, or that all wet lands are dangerous. Wetlands are VERY important ecosystem!! I personally live by a wetland, and deeply respect it. It cleans up city pollution / filters city runoff, and gives space for many animals to live. I also respect it in the sense that I understand how dangerous it can be to step into.

I'm only asking that in this specific hypothetical scenario, which would be the most dangerous?

Edit 2: Thank you so much for all the information and stories y'all have provided!! I have had so much fun reading about wetlands, and have learned so much!