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Originally Posted by luv4horses
It sounds from your description though that is is intermittent. As I understand it ephemeral would be a once a year thing, always at the same time? You are right in that you need to look up the technical/declared meaning as far as classifications go.
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Intermittent streams are seasonal from groundwater, whereas ephemeral occur only within 48 hours after rainy weather to carry stormwater. There's definitely no (current) spring feeding at the point where the stream's headwaters are supposed to be, in the backyard of a lot across the street, but years of flowing water have definitely made the river bed seem intermittent.
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Originally Posted by toot68
Best to either go straight to the NC Department of Environmental Quality or to a private firm like soil and environmental consultants and pose the question to them. My gut says if it is already classified as intermittent and in the Jordan Buffer, then chances are extraordinarily slim, but you never know til you ask.
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Have any good reference to a local firm? I've spent about half an hour on the phone with Chapel Hill Stormwater and haven't gotten a straight answer. As I'm not the current property owner, I'm not entitled to request a stream determination, either.