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How-to
Procedure |
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Start with a plat of
your property and determine its scale (often
1”=30’; it can be converted at a copy shop); put
the property map onto a gridded paper using
either 1/8” or ¼” grid
Make a map of the attributes of the site using a
graph paper with either 1/8” or ¼” grid;
Record site factor data (draw locations and
information on base map) |
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Social: |
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How people move
through the area
Views
Noise
Proximity to other things |
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Environmental: |
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Erosion |
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Is there any and
locate the areas (SF and places) on the site map
Indicate severity of the problem (depth of ruts,
how widespread) |
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Slope |
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Note the steepness
(percent grade) and extent of grade changes (how
high does the land go over a set horizontal
distance?)
Note if the slope is constant or where the grade
changes steepness |
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Exposure (which way
the [slope faces)
Moisture/water issues and distribution on
property |
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Identify water
sources (roof runoff, slope runoff, drive
runoff, low spots)
The locations of areas which are wet during a
rain (flow paths and puddling) |
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Areas that are wet 2-3 days after a typical 1”
rain
Areas that are wet 5-7 days after a typical 1”
rain |
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Sun/shade locations
(position and extent of each in the morning and
afternoon)
Soil type (from the County soil maps and/or soil
analysis sent to State Extension Service Soil
lab)
Existing plants – place all plants in one of
three categories |
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Plants to keep where
they are |
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Appropriateness/desire to keep |
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Plants to be moved
Plants to go |
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Unhealthy plants
Exotic invasives
Misplaced plants |
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Identify the
planting zone (cold hardiness and heat zone) as
well as the physiographic province in the
Chesapeake Bay Watershed (USDA Hardiness Zones
5b – 7a, Heat Hardiness 7-3) |
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Mountain
Piedmont
Coastal Plain |
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Hardscape/Infrastructure: |
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Identify amount of
impervious surface on the property (record
location and SF of each – roof area, patios,
decks, sidewalks, sheds, any other thing which
covers the ground and is impervious such as a
boat)
Locate all utilities (overhead and underground)
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GET YOUR UTILITIES
MARKED AT THIS POINT |
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Unhealthy plants
Exotic invasives
Misplaced plants |
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End product of
inventory: |
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A map of conditions
that exist on the property and factors which
impact property from outside of the property.
Information which can be used to be able to
size
and locate the rain garden |
