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Data Set Name        NWSA.WSA_SITEINFO_TS_FINAL                 Observations          2003
Member Type          DATA                                       Variables             61  
Engine               V9                                         Indexes               0   
Created              Wed, Feb 18, 2009 03:40:37 PM              Observation Length    816 
Last Modified        Monday, March 02, 2009 11:32:57 AM         Deleted Observations  0   
Protection                                                      Compressed            NO  
Data Set Type                                                   Sorted                NO  
Label                Post-Sampling Site Info & Survey Design                              
Data Representation  WINDOWS_32                                                           
Encoding             wlatin1  Western (Windows)                                           

                              


                             Alphabetic List of Variables and Attributes
 
 # Variable  Type Len Format      Informat    Label

40 COUNTY    Char  25                         County                                                 
14 DATE_COL  Num    8 MMDDYY10.   MMDDYY10.   Date of Site Visit                                     
46 ECO3      Char   2                         Omernik Level 3 Ecoregion                              
47 ECO3_NM   Char  50                         Omernik Level 3 Ecoregion Name                         
54 ECOREPORT Char  50                         Aggregated NAECO2 Name used for reporting              
49 ECOWSA3   Char   6 $6.         $6.         WSA Mega Reporting Unit (3 aggregated ecoregions)      
48 ECOWSA9   Char   3 $4.         $4.         WSA Reporting Unit (9 aggregated ecoregions)           
41 EPAREGION Char  15                         EPA Region                                             
20 EVALSTATU Char   3                         Site evaluation classification                         
   S                                                                                                 
17 FLOWSITE  Char  20                         Target Class of Site (WADEABLE/BOATABLE/INTERRUPTED    
                                              WADEABLE/PARTIAL WADEABLE/PARTIAL BOATABLE/ALTERED)    
55 HUC2      Char   2 $2.         $2.         2-digit HUC Catalog Unit Number                        
56 HUC4      Char   4 $4.         $4.         4-digit HUC Catalog Unit Number                        
57 HUC6      Char   6 $6.         $6.         6-digit HUC Catalog Unit Number                        
58 HUC8      Char   8 $8.         $8.         8-digit HUC Catalog Unit Number                        
59 HUC8_NM   Char  60                         HUC Catalog Unit Name                                  
61 IM_       Char  80 $VARYING80. $VARYING80. Comments regarding data validation                     
   COMMENT                                                                                           
60 IM_FLAG   Char  12 $12.        $12.        Flag assigned during data validation                   
32 INDEXVIS_ Num    8                         Visit Number Concidered Index for Benthic Sampling     
   BENT                                                                                              
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 # Variable  Type Len Format      Informat    Label

28 INDEXVIS_ Num    8                         Visit Number Concidered Index for Chemistry Sampling   
   CHEM                                                                                              
37 INDEXVIS_ Num    8                         Visit Number Concidered Index                          
   PHAB                                       for Physical Habitat Sampling                          
31 INDEXYR_  Num    8                         Year Considered Index for Benthic Sampling             
   BENT                                                                                              
27 INDEXYR_  Num    8                          Year Considered Index for Chemistry Sampling          
   CHEM                                                                                              
36 INDEXYR_  Num    8                         Year Considered Index for Physical Habitat Sampling    
   PHAB                                                                                              
30 INDEX_    Char  20                         Benthic Sample Type to Use as Index                    
   SAMPTYPE                                                                                          
33 INDXVIS_  Char   3                         Index visit used for population estimates for          
   BENT                                       benthic macroinvertebrate variabless (YES/NO)          
26 INDXVIS_  Char   3                         Index visit used for population estimates              
   CHEM                                       for water chemistry variables(YES/NO                   
24 INDXVIS_  Char   3                         Index visit used to estimate EXTENT (YES/NO)           
   EXTENT                                                                                            
35 INDXVIS_  Char   3                         Index visit used for population estimates              
   PHAB                                       for physical habitat variables (YES/NO)                
 8 LAT_DD    Num    8                         Official Latitude in Decimal Degrees equal             
                                              to  DLON_DD, or MLON_DD, or XLON_DD                    
 7 LON_DD    Num    8                         Official Longitude in Decimal Degrees equal            
                                              to  DLON_DD, or MLON_DD, or XLON_DD                    
53 NAECO1    Char   6                         North American Level 1 Ecoregion code                  
51 NAECO2    Char   8                         North American Level 2 Ecoregion code                  
50 NAECO3    Char  10                         North American Level 3 Ecoregion code                  
52 NAECO2_NM Char  60                         North American Level 2 Ecoregion Name                  
 6 REPEAT    Char   1                         Was this a Repeat Visit (Y/blank)                      
43 RT_WSA    Char   1                         Reference Condition (ATH screen; R=Reference,          
                                              S=Somewhat Disturbed, T=Highly Disturbed               
                                              [trashed], B=R W/Failed/insufficient                   
                                              benthic sampling or < 250 organisms)                   
29 SAMPBENT  Char   8                         Benthic Sample Collected - YES/NO/NA (NA indicates     
                                              benthic sample low effort or not analyzed for WSA)     
25 SAMPCHEM  Char   8                          Chemistry Sample Collected - YES/NO/NA/PENDING        
                                              ('NA'indicates chemistry sample lost or not analyzed)  
34 SAMPPHAB  Char   8                         Physical Habitat Sample Collected - YES/PENDING        
 4 SITENAME  Char  80                         Site Name                                              
16 SITESAMP  Char   1                         Was Site Sampled (Y/N)                                 
 5 SITETYPE  Char   8                         Site Type (EMAP PROBablilty/EMAP                       
                                              HAND-picked/STAR HAND-picked)                          
 1 SITE_ID   Char  25 $VARYING25. $VARYING25. Site Identification Code                               
38 STATE     Char   2                         State                                                  
39 STATE_NM  Char  15                         State Name                                             
12 STRAHLER  Num    8                          Strahler Order from RF3 Stream Data                   
22 STRATUM   Char   4                         Stratum from the survey design for the site            
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 # Variable  Type Len Format      Informat    Label

13 ST_ORDER  Char   8 $8.         $8.         RF3 STRAHLER ORDER CLASS                               
21 TNT       Char   2                         Site is a target stream (perennial                     
                                              wadeable) or a non-target site                         
15 USED      Char   1                         Used as a probability survey design site               
19 VALXSTAT  Char  12                         X-site Sampling Status Sub-Category                    
 3 VISIT_NO  Num    8 BEST8.      BEST8.      Within Year Site Visit Number                          
42 WESTEAST  Char   4                         Site comes from EMAP-West (WEST)                       
                                              vs. WSA-east study (EAST)                              
23 WGT_WSA   Num    8                         Weight for statistical population estimation in km     
45 WSAREA    Num    8                          Watershed Area Digitized from Maps (km2). Local       
                                              Watershed Area if INTERBASIN                           
                                              TRANSFERS Noted in IM Comment                          
11 XCOORD_   Char  16 $VARYING16. $VARYING16. Source for X-site coordinates (GPS,                    
   SOURCE                                     MAP, DESIGN, PREV. VISIT)                              
44 XELEV     Num    8                         Elevation at the X-site (m)                            
10 XLAT_DD   Num    8                         X-site GPS Latitiude - Decimal Degrees                 
 9 XLON_DD   Num    8                         X-site GPS Longitude - Decimal Degrees                 
18 XSTATUS   Char  12                         X-site Sampling Status Category                        
 2 YEAR      Num    8 BEST12.     F12.        Year of Site Visit