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A Vision for the River Corridor <br /> <br /> 200[ Com£rehensive _Plan <br />.4me~c/ed February 2d, 2002 <br /> <br />"The ~:m~,5'ev communio/ baa ac/a~owledged crud embr~ced ~he hnRormnce of the <br />:~[ississip? River Corridor, zY.~ hw~o~y, ~.~,a;er qua/i?, beau~ ~md recreational <br />opportzmities. Yhe .fimo'e ~/' the corridor ;hr,'ugh Ramsey cons]sin </'cz sanctuahv <br />where ~vi/d/~ c'~nd n~ture coexist with ~eople and development. ~Zuch Qf'the land i~ <br />~reserved c~s Fassive open zpace, restored to its native vege(ation q~ering <br />opportztnitie3'/bt educ~m'on crud recreation to both residents and visitors to the river <br />corrk{or. ;7hile t/~e /'ig/tas~ ~t'private proper~ ownerxh~ czre protected c~nd respected <br />by the ua'erx of'the t'iver corridor, it remains accessible to the general Fub/ic through <br />con~'o{Zed c'wcea's points such ~s the ~P[ia'aissippi Pr/est Regional Park site and the <br />comin'uous wed/ corridor /inking R~zmsey to other river,'oat communities. /n the <br />fitture, the river corridor will condnue to be an important part of ;he Ramsey <br />communi/v idend~ vmd will receive the attention that its local, regional crud national <br />sign~/icance deman&." <br /> <br />B. Background In./brmation <br /> <br />Natural Communities and Features <br />Original vegetation within the river corridor included a variety.' of prairie grasses (Dry <br />Sand-dune Prairie) and floodplain forests consisting of lowland.tree canopy of <br />seasonally flooded river bottoms. Today's features are much different due to acts of <br />weather, urbanization and agriculture activities. (See Figure XI-2" Critical <br />ArewM~lL4 Environmental Features.") The tbllowing is'a cursory inventory, of <br />existing natural features and communities present in tile corridor. <br /> <br />a) <br /> <br />Wetlands <br />Few wetlands are located within the Critical Area Corridor in the Ci~ of Ramsey. <br />No wetlands are featured by the DNR protected waters inventory, however, the <br />National Wetland inventory indicates some wetlands ol' Wooded Swamps (Type <br />7) and Seasonally Flooded Basins (Type 2) as being within the Critical Area <br />Corridor. The many islands along the cmridor are .typically classified as Wooded <br />Swamp wetlands. The Critical Area Con'idor is entirely within the Mississippi <br />River Watershed and is therefore affected by surface water runoff coming from <br />lands within the Highway 10 Corridor that also drain towards the Mississippi <br />River. There are several wetlands of the Shallow Marsh (Type 3) located in the <br />central port/on of the Mississippi River Watershed but not within the Critical ~ea <br />Corridor. <br /> <br />b) <br /> <br />Floodplain <br />The riverbank along milch of the riveT' has relatively distinct edges with slopes of <br />12-25%: however, some areas are more even with the river's water level and are <br />more prone to seasonal r~oods. Tilese areas were officially mapped by the Federal <br />Emergency .Management Association (FEMA,) and can be seen on flood rate maps <br />produced bv FEN'lA or oil the Cit7' of Ramsey's ol-}]cial zoning map. <br /> <br /> c) $oitdslopes <br /> -r!,e, ,, ,predominant soil t~,i,e~.. ~., fiound within tlne "~ritical.~ Area Corridor include rile. <br /> (-[uiobard. Dickman :_lnd Becket Series oF soils. Slopes are predominantly ~la[ [o <br /> gend?' r'oi[ina and generally Jo llOt exceed a slope oF 6% ex_.z~pt !¥r a few' <br /> <br />2")~; :' ,~:,'t~:,';'~. ~ ':.,~.',c'~".'::~:'.:~.vi:',: .'/, ,~; ,'9_,'t'e 'C5L / <br />.~]]~C.'IL['UL/ ?:/~i':lc.'/"~ ~.,. <br /> <br />20 <br /> <br /> <br />