Property characterization3

3. PROPERTY CHARACTERIZATION3

1. DESCRIPTION OF FACILITIES31

SVDA comprises 923 buildings, which include more than 430 ammunition storage igloos; more than 150 aboveground storage magazines; and more than 300 general supply warehouses, administrative buildings, shop buildings, and plant buildings (SVDA Undated‑b). These structures typically are grouped by general administration/training, housing, shop, plant, and storage areas, as presented in Figure 3‑3 (SVDA 1979a). This section provides a general overview of the main areas of SVDA. Real property inventories for SVDA are provided in Appendix A.

The Hill, the Combined Shop, and the Troop Housing areas are located on the southern end of the installation known as the lower post. The Hill area (approximately 40 acres) is used for a number of activities, including administration, family housing, the U.S. Army Defense Ammunition Center and School (USADACS), the Occupational Health Nursing Office (Building 29), storage, and recreation. Other administration facilities include Building 1 (Post Headquarters), Building 9 (administration office and classrooms for USADACS), Building 121 (Facilities Engineers Office), Building 132 (Security Office Headquarters), and Building 134 (USADACS Administration and Operation Building). USADACS also maintains facilities in Buildings 21, 22, 23, and 26. Buildings 11 through 13, 50 through 53, 55, 57, and 58 contain family housing units. Buildings 262 through 267 were built to provide Bachelor Housing. Only 14 persons (including dependents) were residing in SVDA housing as of 1 January 1996.

The Combined Shop area (approximately 35 acres) accommodates shops (e.g., plumbing, heating, and carpentry) and utilities. The Troop Housing area (approximately 45 acres) contains Buildings 204, 206, 208, 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, and 220. A recreation area (approximately 30 acres) is located adjacent to the Troop Housing area. A heliport was constructed north of the Hill area in 1973 to accommodate the CH47 helicopter. The heliport was upgraded in 1974.

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  The 500‑Series area (approximately 20 acres) originally was constructed as an ammonium nitrate plant (the CN Plant) in 1942, but never was used for that purpose. Most of the buildings were modified for use as ammunition inspection and renovation shops and for miscellaneous storage (USDOI 1984).
  

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  The 600‑Series area (approximately 65 acres) also is known as the former Group III Load Line or the CL Plant. Buildings at the CL Plant were constructed between 1939 and 1940 for loading bombs with explosives. After World War II, the loading equipment was removed and the plant was used during the Korean War for demilitarization, renovation, and modification of ammunition. Since then, it has been used occasionally for ammunition renovation and surveillance activities (USDOI 1984).
  
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  The 700‑Series area (approximately 125 acres) also is known as the former Group I Load Line or the CF Plant. The CF Plant was constructed in 1942 for loading fixed round ammunition with explosives. The plant was deactivated and the loading equipment was removed at the end of World War II. The plant was reactivated during the Korean War and new equipment was installed. Since the Korean War, the plant has been used for various ammunition and surveillance activities (USDOI 1984).
  

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  The Ammunition Washout Facility, Buildings 2204 through 2210 were constructed in 1956 for washing explosives from bombs. The facility was used until the early 1970s (Bundy 1996, Robinson 1996, Clarke 1996).
  

Storage is provided in buildings located in the A‑, B‑, C‑, D‑, E‑, F‑, G‑, H‑, and J‑Areas, which are described below:

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  The A‑Area (approximately 620 acres) contains 102 aboveground standard ammunition magazines built in 1921, 1940, and 1941 (USDOI 1984).
  
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  The B‑Area (approximately 670 acres) contains 30 high-explosive magazines built in 1921 (USDOI 1984).
  
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  The C-, E-, and F‑Areas contain earth‑covered igloos used primarily for ammunition storage. The C‑Area (approximately 120 acres) contains 23 igloos built in 1929; the E‑Area (approximately 2,200 acres) contains 247 igloos built between 1939 and 1941, of which all but 4 are used for ammunition storage; and the F‑Area (approximately 750 acres) consists of 136 igloos built between 1939 and 1941 used for ammunition storage (USDOI 1984). Four igloos in the E‑Area are used as hazardous waste storage facilities.
  
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  The D‑Area (approximately 170 acres) contains 26 smokeless powder magazines that were built in 1939. Each building has a platform along one side for direct rail car loading.
  
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  The G‑Area (approximately 95 acres) contains 14 warehouses that were built in 1941 for inert storage.
  
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  The H‑Area (approximately 180 acres) is located east of the tracks of the Burlington Northern Railroad in the southern portion of the installation. The H‑Area contains 15 general purpose warehouses that were built in 1920.
  

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  The 800‑Series or J‑Area (approximately 323 acres) formerly was a special weapons maintenance and storage area. The J‑Area comprises 31 magazines, 23 built between 1939 and 1941 and annexed from the E‑Area and 8 yurt‑style magazines built in 1961 (USDOI 1984, SVDA 1995c). Buildings 802, 803, 806, 807, and 810 formerly housed the Special Weapons Maintenance Shop prior to the relocation of the Special Weapons Mission from SVDA. The Liquid Propellant Storage Area, constructed in 1957, also was located in the J‑Area (USDOI 1984).
  

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