VAFB-2021-25: Archaeological Investigations Supporting Section 106 Compliance for the Army Extended Range Cannon Artillery II Project
Creators: name: Nocerino, Eric S.
name: Lebow, Clayton G.
name: Harro, Douglas
name: Gerber, Joyce
name: Whitaker, Adrian
name: Munns, Ann M.
name: Eisenhart, Victoria
Publisher: name: Applied EarthWorks Incorporated
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Vandenberg Air Force Base
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/47649/vandenberg-air-force-base
subject: Santa Barbara County
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85429/santa-barbara-county
subject: California
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/71/california
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5728/historic
subject: Prehistoric
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/53/prehistoric
subject: Indigenous
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/9367/indigenous
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: San Antonio Terrace Archaeological District
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/118606/san-antonio-terrace-archaeological-district
subject: Peacekeeper Rail Garrison Historic District
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/118766/peacekeeper-rail-garrison-historic-district
subject: Launch Facility 25
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/118765/launch-facility-25
subject: CA-SBA-513
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/93024/ca-sba-513
subject: CA-SBA-3480
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/118768/ca-sba-3480
subject: Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missle District
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/118767/minuteman-intercontinental-ballistic-missle-district
subject: CA-SBA-943
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/118762/ca-sba-943
subject: CA-SBA-793
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/93148/ca-sba-793
subject: Launch Facility 05
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/118764/launch-facility-05
subject: CA-SBA-1853
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/118763/ca-sba-1853
subject: Archaeological Feature
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/339/archaeological-feature
subject: Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/251/domestic-structure-or-architectural-complex
subject: Shell
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/14/shell
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Fauna
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/4/fauna
subject: Artillery
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/159310/artillery
subject: Cannon
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/96019/cannon

description: This document is a Section 106 Archaeological Investigation Report Supporting Compliance for the Army Extended Range Cannon Artillery II (ERCA) Project. The ERCA II Project proposes to fire 77 test launches from the existing decommissioned Launch Facility 05 (LF-05), a former Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missile test launch silo. The Project would also involve storage at Launch Facility 25 (LF-25) and Building 1824, also on Vandenberg SFB. Based on information provided by the U.S. Army and Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) cultural resources personnel, Applied EarthWorks defined multiple Areas of Direct Impact (ADIs). Two overlapping ADIs were identified at LF-05: the Facility ADI and the Debris Field ADI. The LF-05 facility and pad, approximately 15–20-meter-wide firebreak corridor, and vegetation maintenance area between the facility and the firebreak comprise the Facility ADI. The area within which launch debris could fall is the Debris Field ADI. The Archaeological Study Area (ASA) was defined as the two ADIs plus a 100-meter buffer and the entirety of any cultural resource intersected by the ADI. Background research, surface survey, and subsurface survey revealed that four archaeological sites (CA-SBA-513, -739, -943, and -1853) and the historic LF 05 are present within the LF-05 ASA. In summary, it is Applied Earthworks’ opinion that the Project will have no adverse effect to historic properties.