Floodplain Agricultural Basin

Working production & temporary floodwater storage

SoilsSuB — Sunev loam, 1–3% slopes

PositionThe lowest broad interior swath of the property

RoleAgricultural production and temporary floodwater storage

Designation04 of 07 — the field stays in working agricultural use while the edge ground converts

SequenceTifton burndown and native conversion of the field come later, after the first ground proves out. The one exception is the southernmost corner, which went into the 2026 burndowns and gets planted as a wetland pocket this first winter

StatusThe southernmost corner is already returning to a small wetland marsh — being developed as a seasonal wetland pocket

Why this section stays in production

Productive under normal conditions, this field occupies the lowest continuous basin on the property. During rare flood events — when the drainage corridor overtops or the river backs up — it temporarily holds water. That role is not a flaw; it is a pressure-release valve for the entire system. Because inundation is infrequent and the soils recover well, continued agricultural use is appropriate in the near term, with conversion held until the first converted ground proves out.

Landscape Character

A working bottomland field that doubles as the property’s flood relief valve.

Existing & Intended Condition

Existing condition — Floodplain Agricultural Basin — Photographed on the property

Intended condition — Floodplain Agricultural Basin — AI-generated visualization · not a photograph

The intended-condition plates are AI-generated images, made from our own site photographs and our written description of the target vegetation. They are a design aid for what this ground could look like decades on, not a record of anything that exists. The existing-condition plate beside each one is a real photograph taken here.

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