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FOREST SERVICE MANUAL
SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO
FSM 7700
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
Supplement No.: 3
Effective Date: September 1, 1981
Duration: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
Approved: JAMES L. PERRY
Forest Supervisor
Date Approved: 09/1/1981
Posting Instructions: Supplements are numbered consecutively by title and calendar year.
Post by document; remove the entire document and replace it with this supplement. Retain this
transmittal as the first page(s) of this document. Place it at the front of the title.
New Document
7706-1
1 Pages
Superseded Document(s)
(Supplement Number and
Effective Date)
7706-1
1 Pages
Digest: Updates the color coding system for use of colored flagging for all
functions.
SFNF SUPPLEMENT 7706
EFFECTIVE DATE: 09/01/1981
DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
7706
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MULTIPLE USE COORDINATION
7706 - MULTIPLE USE COORDINATION. To avoid confusion in the use of color flagging by
all functions, the following "Uniform Color Coding System" will be used for administration,
engineering, and other project work on the Santa Fe National Forest.
1. Colors for District Use
a. Red
Property lines and corners.
Plant control boundaries and clearing limits
for fence r/w.
Temporary spurs, skid trails, landings
(flag boundaries).
Slash disposal areas and aerosion
control.
b. Blue
c. Yellow
d. Blue and yellow
e. White
f. Black and white or Blue and White
g. Orange
"Group" cutting boundaries.
Cultural resource and miscellaneous
administration.
h. Red and white stripe
Preliminary road location.
Temporary access (for fires, range projects,
engineering, etc.).
i. Florescent red
Fire activities.
2. Colors for Engineering Use
b. Orange (on stakes)
Engineering road, trail, waterlines
reconnaissance only.
P-Line, L-Line, L-Line reference stakes and
TBM's.
c. Red (on stakes)
Slope stakes and reference stakes.
d. White (on lath or wire)
Clearing limits.
e. Blue (on stakes)
Culvert or drainage stakes.
f. Blue and white strips (on stakes)
R/W traverse ties.
g. Purple
Communications.
a. Pink glo
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