3388 Concession Road 3, Newcastle ON

Site Analysis
AGPD 2131
By: Kymberlee Jenkins
Submitted to: Ryan Cullen
05/03/2019
Item Data Notes
Lowest Recorded Temp – Day (°C) -33°C Recorded on Jan 10, 1859, at Toronto
Pearson Airport
Lowest Recorded Temp – Night (°C) “ “
Highest Recorded Temp – Day (°C) 38.3°C Recorded on Aug 25, 1948, at Toronto
Pearson Airport
Highest Recorded Temp – Night (°C) “ “
Growing Day Degrees/Year >1800 Recorded from 1971-2000
Chilling Hours/Year >1000 Apples are the most popular crop in
the area, and they require and
average of 1000 hours
Average Last Frost Spring April 29th For Oshawa
Average First Frost Fall October 13th “
Frost Days/Year 126 “
Frost Free Days/Year 168 “
Extreme Weather Potential Hail, freezing rain, drought,
heavy snowfall, tornados,
flooding
Solar Exposure (Avg kWh/m2) 43.44/year For Oshawa
Sunshine Hours (Days/Year) 86.08 For Toronto
Clear Days/Year 305 “
Rain: APR-OCT (mm) 530 For Oshawa
Rain: NOV-MAR (mm) 230 “
Total Annual Precipitation AVG 878mm “
Total all time high 36°C “
Total all time low -30.5°C “
Wind (seasonal charts) First image:
February
Second image:
July

Altitude 106m
Latitude 43.9235169669
Country Canada
Region Durham Region
City/Town Newcastle
Municipality Clarington
Address 3388 Concession Road 3
Zoning By-laws apply to land and the They follow Clarington’s Official Plan
development of land between
Lake Ontario and the Oak
Ridges Moraine
Land Restrictions Must follow the legislation of The Creek is an Environmental
the Environmental Protection Protection Area
Act
Acreage 69 acres Severing off an acre soon.
Describe Geographic Location Areas in lower elevation will hit Flooding of the river results in part of
water 80cm below soil level. the river and small creeks being
Has 2 springs. Receives lake redirected
effect snows. Has 1 large ridge
and 1 valley. Across the street
from a popular blueberry farm,
down the street from an apple
market and bakery. Very close
to a major highway.
Population/Markets 0-5km
Population/Markets 6-10km
Population/Markets 11-25km
Population/Markets 25-50km
Population/Markets 50-100km
Highest Elevation
Lowest Elevation
Ponds
Rivers
Creeks
City Water
Wilmot Orchards (0.1 km) Also, Foodland and Palmiere’s No Frills
Allin’s Orchard (0.5 km)
Fred’s Fruit Market (4 km)
Algoma Orchards (4.1 km)
Newcastle, population: 9200
Newcastle Farmers Market (3
km)
Bowmanville, population: Also, Metro, Freshco, and Loblaws
39,300
Watson’s Farm Market (9.6 km)
Link’s Greenhouses (7.3 km)
Orono, population: 1800
Price’s Country Market (6 km)
Courtice, population: 35000 Another Nofrill’s and Freshco also.
Pingles Farm Market (18.5 km)
Archibalds Orchard and Winery
(15 km)
Courtice Farmer’s Market (14.7
km)
Landomills Farm (21.1 km)
Highland Farms (18.8 km)
North Oshawa Farmer’s Market
(21.7 km)
Durham Region, population: Many grocery stores, including
646000 Farmboy’s
Durham Organics (24.7 km)
Whitby Farmers Market (28.5
km)
The Organics Farm (31.2 km)
Toronto, population: 2.7 million 30+ farmers markets at this level
GTA, population: 6.4 million
Toronto Food Terminal (88.9
km)
Peterborough, population:
87000
116m
103m
5 ponds, largest: 1.8 acres, Pipes used for filtration are clogged,
smallest: 70m2 and the ponds are becoming dirty
Wilmot Creek, approx. 500m Floods with extreme rainfall, forks at
the northmost edge of the property
1 small creek Runs through the valley near the
house
Yes Currently hooked up to the
refurbished barn
Wells 5 wells: house, portable/new Front gate wells are out-of-use
barn, 2 near front gate,
furbished barn
Other Catchments N/A
Forests 22.96 acres Half of forest is located on a ridge
Riparian Zones 9 acres
Orchards 12.42 acres of apples 2.2 acres is retired orchard, the rest is
rented out to Algoma.
12 pear trees.
Habitat + Species Cedar forest, grassland field, Valleys and riverbeds full of
pine forest, maple woodlots fiddleheads, fencerows covered in
blackberry brambles
Gardens 2 acres/4 plots +2 small out-of-use plots
6 acres of usable garden space
Species List Snapping turtles, raccoons, Typical insect pests to Ontario
coyotes, moles, rats, waterfowl,
wild turkeys, oppossums,
rabbits, gardener snakes,
rainbow trout, salmon, bass,
crayfish, leeches, frogs
Buildings Picnic shelter, cabin, house,
garage, 2 chicken coops,
portable, new barn, furbished
barn, market stand
Dominant Soil Class Newcastle Clay Loam Small areas of Bottom Land
Land Capability for Agriculture Class 2 Poor drainage in fields, low water
availability in high clay gardens
Soil Drainage Class WELL
Soil Hydraulic Group MODERATE