COLUMN_NAME TABLE_NAME SAMPLE_TYPE LABEL LEGAL_VALUES RANGE_HIGH RANGE_LOW VAR_TYPE AG_ECO3 tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "NARS 3-level reporting region (2015), based on aggregating AG_ECO9 reporting regions. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed.""" EHIGH|PLNLOW|WMTNS| CHARACTER AG_ECO3_NM tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "NARS 3-level reporting region name. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed.""" Eastern Highlands|Plains and Lowlands|West| CHARACTER AG_ECO9 tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "NARS 9-level reporting region, based on aggregated Omernik Level III ecoregions. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed.""" CPL|NAP|NPL|SAP|SPL|TPL|UMW|WMT|XER| CHARACTER AG_ECO9_NM tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "NARS 9-level reporting region name. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed.""" Coastal Plains|Northern Appalachians|Northern Plains|Southern Appalachians|Southern Plains|Temperate Plains|Upper Midwest|Western Mountains|Xeric| CHARACTER CNTYNAME tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "County name (source ESRI counties based on census 2010). No missing or \blank\"" values allowed.""" CHARACTER COAST_REG tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "FWS S & T coastal region name. Used by US Fish and Wildlife Service to identify coastal wetland region. \NotCoast\"" if not in coastal region. No missing values allowed.""" Great Lakes Region|Gulf Coast Region|North East Coast Region|Pacific Coast Region|South East Coast Region|Not Coast| CHARACTER COE_REG_ID tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "US Army Corps region name shorten for printing purposes. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed.""" ARID_W|CSTL_PLAIN|E_MTNS|GT_PLAINS|MIDWEST|NE|W_MTNS| CHARACTER COE_REGION tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "Corps of Engineers wetland regions. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed.""" "Arid West|Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain|Eastern Mountains and Piedmont|Great Plains|Midwest|Northcentral and Northeast|Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast|" CHARACTER COE_SUBREG tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "Corps of Engineers wetland sub-regions. All values begin with LRR. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed.""" CHARACTER DATE_COL tblPOINTVERIFICATION PTVER Date site was visited CHARACTER EPA_REG tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "EPA Region. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed.""" Region_01|Region_02|Region_03|Region_04|Region_05|Region_06|Region_07|Region_08|Region_09|Region_10| CHARACTER EVAL_CAT tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "NWCA site evaluation result. Hand-picked site evaluation is Target_Sampled. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed.""" CHARACTER FED_NONFED tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "Federal or Non-Federal land, based on OWN_NARS. OWN_NARS in FWS, Other Fed, USFS, NPS, NOAA, BLM, DOD, BOR considered Federal and all others Non-Federal." Federal|Non-Federal HUC10 tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "USGS Level 10 Hydrologic Unit Code where wetland is located. where region 10-digit code is preceded by letter H. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed.""" CHARACTER HUC10_NM tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "USGS Level 10 Hydrologic Unit Name where wetland is located. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed.""" CHARACTER HUC12 tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "USGS Level 12 Hydrologic Unit Code where wetland is located. Region 12-digit code is preceded by letter H. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed.""" CHARACTER HUC12_NM tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "USGS Level 12 Hydrologic Unit Code Name where wetland is located. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed.""" HUC2 tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "Watershed Boundary Dataset Level 2 Hydrologic Unit Code where lake is located. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed.""" H01|H02|H03N|H03S|H03W|H04|H05|H06|H07|H08|H09|H10L|H10U|H11|H12|H13|H14|H15|H16|H17|H18|H20 HUC2_NM tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "Watershed Boundary Dataset Level 2 Hydrologic Unit Region Name where lake is located. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed.""" New England Region|Mid-Atlantic Region|South Atlantic-North Region|South Atlantic-South Region|South Atlantic-West Region|Great Lakes Region|Ohio Region|Tennessee Region|Upper Mississippi Region|Lower Mississippi Region|Souris-Red-Rainy Region|Lower Missouri Region|Upper Missouri Region|Arkansas-Red-White Region| Texas Region|Rio Grande Region|Upper Colorado Region|Lower Colorado Region|Great Basin Region|Pacific Northwest Region|California Region|Hawaii Region HYD_CLS tblSITETRUTH DESIGN Hydrologic class based on NWCA aggregated wetland classes INLAND|TIDAL LAT_ANALYS tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "Latitude in decimal degrees of wetland site sampled or design latitude if site not sampled. Used for analyses where actual plot location is required. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed.""" NUMERIC LAT_DD83 tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "Latitude in decimal degrees of wetland site at the evaluated or sampled site location for 2011 and design latitude for wetland site for 2016. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed.""" NUMERIC LON_ANALYS tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "Longitude in decimal degrees of wetland site sampled or design longitude if site not sampled. Used for analyses where actual plot location is required. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed.""" NUMERIC LON_DD83 tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "Longitude in decimal degrees of wetland site from the survey design, , i.e., \design longitude.\"" Note that this is at the evaluated or sampled site location for NWCA 2011 due to concerns about location of sites that were moved and design longitude for wetland site for 2016. No missing or \""blank\"" values allowed.""" NUMERIC LRR_NAME tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "NRCS Land Resource Area name. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed.""" CHARACTER LRR_SYM tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "NRCS Land Resource Area symbol. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed.""" CHARACTER MAJ_BAS_NM tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "Name of major USGS Hydrologic Basins derived from NHDPlus codes. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed.""" Arkansas-White-Red Region|California Region| Great Basin Region|Great Lakes Region|Lower Colorado Region|Lower Mississippi Region|Mid Atlantic Region|Missouri Region|New England Region|Ohio-Tennessee Region|Pacific Northwest Region|Rio Grande-Texas-Gulf Region|Souris-Red-Rainy Region|South Atlantic Gulf Region|Upper Colorado Region|Upper Mississippi Region| CHARACTER MAJ_BASIN tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "Major USGS Hydrologic Basins code derived from NHDPlus codes. Has leading \H\"" to preserve leading zeros. No missing or \""blank\"" values allowed.""" H01|H02|H03|H04|H05_H06|H07|H08|H09|H10|H11|H12_H13|H14|H15|H16|H17|H18 CHARACTER MIS_BAS_NM tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "The hydrologic basin name for streams in the Mississippi Basin derived from NHDPlus names. \Not Miss River Basin\"" for streams not in the Mississippi Basin. No missing values allowed.""" Ohio-Tennessee Region | Upper Mississippi Region |Lower Mississippi Region | Lower Missouri Region | Upper Missouri Region | Arkansas-Red-White Region | Not Mississippi River Basin MIS_BASIN tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "The hydrologic basin code for streams in the Mississippi Basin derived from NHDPlus codes. For streams not in the Mississippi Basin value equal to \NMRB\"". No missing values allowed.""" H05_H06|H07|H08|H10L|H10U|H11|NMRB MISS_BASIN tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "Within Mississippi Basin or outside, based on MAJ_BAS_NM values" MISSISSIPPI_BASIN|NOT_MISSISSIPPI_BASIN MLRA_ID tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "NRCS Major Land Resource Area code. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed.""" NUMERIC MLRA_NAME tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "NRCS Major Land Resource Area name. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed.""" CHARACTER MLRARSYM tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "NRCS Major Land Resource Area region code. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed.""" CHARACTER NEP_NAME tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "National Estuary Program name if site is in the NEP or Chesapeake Bay if site in Chesapeake Bay. \Not_NEP\"" if site is not in any NEP or Chesapeake Bay. No missing or \""blank\"" values allowed.""" Albemarle-Pamlico Sounds|Barataria-Terrebonne NEP|Barnegat Bay|Buzzards Bay Estuary Program|Casco Bay Estuary Partnership|Charlotte Harbor NEP|Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries|Delaware Estuary|Delaware Inland Bays|Galveston Bay|Indian River Lagoon|Long Island Sound Study|Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership|Maryland Coastal Bays|Massachusetts Bays|Mobile Bay|Narragansett Bay|New Your-New Jersey Harbor|Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership|Peconic Estuary Program|Puget Sound Partnership|San Francisco Estuary Partnership|Santa Monica Bay|Sarasota Bay|Tampa Bay|Tillamook Estuaries|Chesapeake Bay|Not_NEP| CHARACTER NEP_NAT tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "Site is located in a National Estuary Program watershed. NEP if site is in an NEP; Not_NEP if not. Does not include Chesapeake Bay as an NEP. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed.""" NEP|Not_NEP| CHARACTER NWC_CREG11 tblSITETRUTH DESIGN NWCA regions for coefficients of conservation defined for NWCA 2011. For 2011 these are state PSTL_CODE. CHARACTER NWC_CREG16 tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "NWCA regions for coefficients of conservation defined for NWCA 2016. Regions are continuing to be updated. Some are only a state level and some are for subregions of a state. Generally, the values begin with two-letter postal code and if state has a subregion then followed by \_\"" and subregion letter code. No missing or \""blank\"" values allowed.""" CHARACTER NWCA_ECO4 tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "4 NWCA aggregated ecoregions. AG_ECO9 is collapsed to make CPL = CPL, EMU = NAP, SAP, UMW; IPL = NPL, SPL, TPL; and W = WMT, XER. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed.""" CPL| EMU|IPL| W| CHARACTER NWCA_ECO4_HYD tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "Omernik Level III Ecoregions aggregated into four NWCA Aggregated Ecoregions (NWCA_ECO4) and distinguished by inland sites (HYD_CLS = INLAND) or tidal saline sites (HYD_CLS = TIDAL): Coastal Plains Inland (CPL-INLAND), Coastal Plains Tidal (CPL-TIDAL), Eastern Mountains & Upper Midwest Inland (EMU-INLAND), Eastern Mountains & Upper Midwest Tidal (EMU-TIDAL) , Interior Plains Inland (IPL-INLAND), West Inland (W-INLAND), West Tidal (W-TIDAL). Note that there are no Interior Plains Tidal sites, thus there is no IPL-TIDAL subpopulation." CPL-TIDAL|CPL-INLAND|W-INLAND|W-TIDAL|IPL-INLAND|EMU-INLAND|EMU-TIDAL NWCA_ECO5 tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "5 NWCA aggregated ecoregions. AG_ECO9 is collapsed to make CPL = CPL, EMU = NAP, SAP, UMW; IPL = NPL, SPL, TPL; and WMT = WMT, XER = XER. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed.""" CPL| EMU|IPL| WMT|XER| CHARACTER NWCA_ECO5_HYD tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "Omernik Level III Ecoregions aggregated into five NWCA Aggregated Ecoregions (NWCA_ECO5) and distinguished by inland sites (HYD_CLS = INLAND) or tidal saline sites (HYD_CLS = TIDAL): Coastal Plains Inland (CPL-INLAND), Coastal Plains Tidal (CPL-TIDAL), Eastern Mountains & Upper Midwest Inland (EMU-INLAND), Eastern Mountains & Upper Midwest Tidal (EMU-TIDAL) , Interior Plains Inland (IPL-INLAND), Western Valleys & Mountains Inland (WMT-INLAND), Western Valleys & Mountains Tidal (WMT-TIDAL), Xeric West Inland (XER-INLAND), and Xeric West Tidal (XER-TIDAL). Note that there are no Interior Plains Tidal sites, thus there is no IPL-TIDAL subpopulation." CPL-TIDAL|CPL-INLAND|WMT-INLAND|XER-TIDAL|XER-INLAND|IPL-INLAND|EMU-INLAND|EMU-TIDAL|WMT-TIDAL OWN_NARS tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "Land ownership code derived from USGS PADUS (http://gapanalysis.usgs.gov/padus/data/) - pulled May 2016 version of database. Aggregated to categories used by NARS. Text of 13 land ownership category names. Similar to OWN_TYPE in USGS PADUS dataset except that Federal_Land is separated into major federal agencies. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed.""" BLM|BOR|DOD|Forest Service|FWS|NOAA|Non Federal|NPS|Tribal Land - PAD| CHARACTER PANEL_RVST tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "Sets of sites and the pattern of their being evaluated in one or more design cycles regardless whether the sites are probability or hand-picked. As new design cycles are added for NWCA, PANEL_RVST values must be updated. Form is NWC_XX_XX_XX_etc. Where XX equal design cycle year or NO if not evaluated and position designates the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd design cycles. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed.""" NWC_11|NWC_11_NO|NWC_11_16|NWC_NO_16 NWC_11_NO_NO|NWC_11_16_NO|NWC_11_NO_21| NWC_11_16_21|NWC_NO_16_NO|NWC_NO_16_21|NWC_NO_NO_21 | CHARACTER PANEL_SOT tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "Survey over time sets of sites for only probability sites. As new design cycles are added for NWCA, PANEL_SOT values must be updated. Form is NWC_XX_XX_XX_etc. Where XX equal design cycle year or NO if not evaluated and position designates the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd design cycles. Note that all possible combinates for PANEL_RVST may not be present for PANEL_SOT. For hand-picked sites, value is HAND. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed.""" NWC_11|NWC_11_NO| NWC_11_16|NWC_NO_16|NWC_11_NO_NO|NWC_11_16_NO|NWC_11_NO_21|NWC_11_16_21|NWC_NO_16_NO|NWC_NO_16_21|NWC_NO_NO_21|HAND| CHARACTER PANEL_USE tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "NWCA Panel Assignment used in implementing the survey design when sites must be replaced due to not being a target site or site cannot be sampled. Hand-picked sites have value \HAND\"". Assigned where survey design is completed and never changed. No missing or \""blank\"" values allowed.""" CHARACTER PANEL_WGT tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "Sets of probability sites required for the weight adjustment for each design cycle. PANEL_WGT is not changed when future design cycles are completed. For initial design cycle: NWC11_11. For second design cycle: NWC16_11_NTS, NWC16_11_TSNS, NWC16_11_TSS and NWC16_16.Hand-picked sites assigned as HAND, since they are not a probability site. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed.""" CHARACTER PH1_PLOTNM tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "FWS Status and Trends plot number or for NWI plots number assigned by NWCA. Should be \None\"" if no plot number (for hand-picked sites or state design sites).""" CHARACTER PHYS_REG tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "FWS Physiographic Region code. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed. Text with leading P followed by 2-digit numbers from 01 to 36.""" 36 1 CHARACTER PNWCA_ECO4 tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "Omernik Level III Ecoregions aggregated into four NWCA Aggregated Ecoregions and applied to the Pacific Northwest National Condition Assessment (PNWCA) sites located in the states of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho: West (W). Sites not included in the PNWCA are NOT_PNWCA." W|NOT_PNWCA PNWCA_ECO5 tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "Omernik Level III Ecoregions aggregated into five NWCA Aggregated Ecoregions and applied to the Pacific Northwest National Condition Assessment (PNWCA) sites located in the states of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho: Western Mountains (WMT) and Xeric West (XER). Sites not included in the PNWCA are NOT_PNWCA." WMT|XER|NOT_PNWCA PNWCA_RPT_UNIT tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "A combination of Omernik Level III Ecoregions and USCOE Wetland Regions aggregated into ten NWCA Aggregated Ecoregions and applied to the Pacific Northwest National Condition Assessment (PNWCA) sites located in the states of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho: Pacific Coast (PAC), Western Mountains (WMT), Xeric West (XER). Sites not included in the PNWCA are NOT_PNWCA." PAC|WVM|ARW|NOT_PNWCA PNWCA_WETCLS_GRP tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "Aggregated S&T Class that combines wetland type and dominant vegetation type for reporting and applied to the Pacific Northwest National Condition Assessment (PNWCA) sites located in the states of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho: Estuarine Herbaceous (EH), Estuarine Woody (EW), Palustrine, Riverine, and Lacustrine Herbaceous (PRLH), and Palustrine, Riverine, and Lacustrine Woody (PRLW). Sites not included in the PNWCA are NOT_PNWCA." EH|EW|PRLH|PRLW|NOT_PNWCA PROB_CAT tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "NWCA unequal probability categories used within a stratum. Hand-picked sites have value of \None\"" as they are not a site from probability design. No missing values or \""blank\"" values allowed.""" CHARACTER PSTL_CODE tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "State two letter postal code for site sampled. 50 state postal codes plus AS, MP, GU, PR, VI for American Samoa, Commonwealth of Northern Marianas, Guam, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed.""" CHARACTER PUBLICATION_DATE Date the dataset was published to the NARS site REF_NWCA tblEVALVISITS EVAL "Disturbance level based on criteria using metrics for physical alteration and heavy metals in soils, and a biotic criterion of mean cover of alien and cryptogenic taxa < 10%. L=Least disturbed, I=Intermediate, M=Most disturbed, ?=Unknown due to missing data." I|L|M|? REF_NWCA_ABIOTIC tblEVALVISITS EVAL "Disturbance level based only on criteria using metrics for physical alteration and heavy metals in soils. L=Least disturbed, I=Intermediate, M=Most disturbed, ?=Unknown due to missing data." I|L|M|? RPT_UNIT tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "NWCA Reporting unit code based on NWCA aggregated wetland classes, aggregated Omernik Level III ecoregions, and state to distinguish coastal from inland wetlands by region" ARW|ATL|GFC|GPL|ICP|NCE|PAC|SAP|TPL|WVM RPT_UNIT_5 tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "Recategorization of RPT_UNIT to distinguish estuarine regions and inland regions, combines ARW and WVM into WST" EMU|ICP|PLN|TDL|WST RPT_UNIT_6 tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "Recategorization of RPT_UNIT to distinguish estuarine regions and inland regions, keeping ARW and WVM separate" ARW|EMU|ICP|PLN|TDL|WVM RPT_UNIT20 tblSITETRUTH DESIGN Recategorization of RPT_UNIT to include designation as woody or herbaceous ARW-H|ARW-W|ATL-H|ATL-W|GFC-H|GFC-W|GPL-H|GPL-W|ICP-H|ICP-W|NCE-H|NCE-W|PAC-H|PAC-W|SAP-H|SAP-W|TPL-H|TPL-W|WVM-H|WVM-W RPT_UNITNM tblSITETRUTH DESIGN Full name of NWCA reporting unit Arid West|Atlantic Coast|Gulf & Florida Coasts|Great Plains|Inland Coastal Plains|North Central East|Pacific Coast|Temperate Plains|Western Valleys & Mountains RPTGRP_10 tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "Combination of 4 NWCA ecoregions (NWCA_ECO4) by 4 Aggregated Wetland classes (WETCLS_EVL). Initially defined for NWCA 2011. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed.""" ALL-EH|ALL-EW|CPL-PRLH|CPL-PRLW|EMU-PRLH|EMU-PRLW|IPL-PRLH|IPL-PRLW|W-PRLH|W-PRLW | CHARACTER RPTGRP_12 tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "Combination of 5 NWCA ecoregions (NWCA_ECO5) by 4 Aggregated Wetland classes (WETCLS_EVL). Initially defined for NWCA 2016. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed.""" ALL-EH|ALL-EW|CPL-PRLH|CPL-PRLW|EMU-PRLH|EMU-PRLW|IPL-PRLH|IPL-PRLW|WMT-PRLH|WMT-PRLW|XER-PRLH|XER-PRLW| CHARACTER SITE_ID tblPOINTVERIFICATION PTVER NWCA Site ID CHARACTER SITESAMP tblPOINTVERIFICATION PTVER Original site is sampleable CHARACTER SITETYPE tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "Site type (Probability-based or hand-picked). PROB for sites from probability survey. HAND for hand-picked sites. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed.""" PROB|HAND| CHARACTER SOURCE tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "Sample frame source of wetland plots. In 2011 all were from FWS Status and Trends plots (FWS_ST_2005) from 2005 except for Minnesota which has its own sample frame from 2006-8 and Ohio which had it own sample frame. In 2016, frame is combination of FWS Status and Trends plots from 2009 (FWS_ST_2009) and NWI National Digital Map wetland coverage (NWI_2015) where additional 2x2 sq mi plots were selected using FWS S&T grid. For 2016 Minnesota used sample frame from 2009-11. No missing or blank values." FWS_ST_2005|FWS_ST_2009|MN_FRAME_2011|OH_FRAME_2011| NWI_2015|MN_FRAME_2016|HAND| CHARACTER STATE_NM tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "State to which stream reach is assigned for sampling in NRSA. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed.""" CHARACTER STATECTY tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "FIPS state and county code. Text with leading \F\"" before code. No missing or \""blank\"" values allowed.""" CHARACTER STRATUM tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "Strata used in NRSA survey design. Hand-picked sites assigned value of \None\"". No missing or \""blank\"" values allowed.""" CHARACTER TNT_CAT tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "NWCA target status assigned based on wetland site evaluation. For population estimation must combine with SITETYPE to restrict to probability survey sites. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed.""" Target| Target_Not_Assessed|Target_Presumed|Uncertain|Non_Target|Not_Needed CHARACTER UID Unique identifier for the site/visit UNIQUE_ID "Unique site ID based on location that does not depend on year sampled or any other factor. Form is NWC_ss_nnnnn where ss state and nnnnn is number that starts at 10001. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed. NA""" US_L3CODE tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "Omernik Level III ecoregion code. Coded as \0\"" if ecoregions have not been defined for state or territory. No missing or \""blank\"" values allowed.""" 85 1 NUMERIC US_L3NAME tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "Omernik Level III ecoregion name. \None\"" if no ecoregion defined for state or territory. No missing or \""blank\"" values allowed.""" CHARACTER US_L4CODE tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "Omernik Level IV ecoregion code. Level three codes plus alphabetic ending identifying level 4 subregion. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed.""" CHARACTER US_L4NAME tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "Omernik Level III ecoregion name. \None\"" if no ecoregion defined for state or territory. No missing or \""blank\"" values allowed.""" CHARACTER VISIT_NO tblPOINTVERIFICATION PTVER Visit Number CHARACTER WETCLS_ALT tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "Based on WETCLS_HGM2, distinguishes HGM altered sites from not altered sites using QAed and validated values (HGM_CLASS_VALID and HGM_SUBCLASS_VALID in tblASSESSMENT) designated on form AA-2 on date of sampling. HGM_ALTERED includes DEPRESSION_ALT, FLATS_ALT, LACUSTRINE_ALT, RIVERINE_ALT, SLOPE_ALT, and TIDAL_ALT, while HGM_NOT_ALTERED includes DEPRESSION, FLATS, LACUSTRINE, RIVERINE, SLOPE, and TIDAL." HGM_ALTERED|HGM_NOT_ALTERED WETCLS_DSN tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "Wetland Class used in survey design. Classes are from FWS Status and Trend plots or NWI National Digital Map plots. Classes in NWI were matched to Status and Trend classes. SOURCE_PH1 variable identifies origin of plot: Status and Trend or NWI National Digitial Map. Value of \None\"" if site is a HAND site.""" E2EM|E2SS|PEM|PF|PFO|PSS|PUBPAB|None CHARACTER WETCLS_EVL tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "Wetland class from site evaluation. If sampled in field, then wetland class assigned when sampled. If evaluated in field but not sampled, then wetland class assigned from field visit. If site only evaluated in office, then wetland class assigned at that time. If no site evaluation information on wetland class, then wetland class assigned wetland class used for the survey design. Hand-picked sites should be assigned during field sampling. Wetland classes use FWS S&T classes. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed.""" E2EM|E2SS|PEM|PF|PFO|PSS|PUBPAB| CHARACTER WETCLS_GRP tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "4 NWCA aggregated wetland classes used for reporting. EH is estuarine herbaceous (E2EM); EW is estuarine woody (E2SS); PRLH is inland herbaceous (PEM, PF, PUBPAB); PRLW is inland woody (PFO, PSS). No missing or \blank\"" values allowed.""" EH|EW|PRLH|PRLW| CHARACTER WETCLS_HGM tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "Wetland HGM class determined in field. Only available for target sampled sites. It is possible for a sampled site not to have HGM assigned. In this case the value is UND for undetermined. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed.""" DPRSS|FLATS|FRINGE|RIVERINE|SLOPE|TIDAL|UND CHARACTER WETCLS_HGM2 tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "Hydrogeomorphic (HGM) classes, separated into natural and altered HGM subclasses from QAed and validated values (HGM_CLASS_VALID and HGM_SUBCLASS_VALID in tblASSESSMENT) designated on field on Form AA-2 on date of sampling. Altered HGM subclasses are indicated by an appended _ALT. Note that _ALT indicates historic HGM class that should be at the site, denoting that it has been altered (e.g., a site that was historically FLATS but excavated into a depression would be designated as FLATS_ALT)." DEPRESSION|DEPRESSION_ALT|FLATS|FLATS_ALT|LACUSTRINE|LACUSTRINE_ALT|RIVERINE|RIVERINE_ALT|SLOPE|SLOPE_ALT|TIDAL|TIDAL_ALT WGT_CAT tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "NWCA categories used to adjust weights for each design cycle. Hand-picked sites assigned value of \NONE\"". No missing or \""blank\"" values allowed.""" CHARACTER WGT_SP_CORE tblSITETRUTH DESIGN NWCA adjusted weight for site for the implemented survey design. To be used for NWCA national population estimation when want estimates to be for the Sampled Population. >0 or 0 if site is not to be used for sampled population estimation. Units: acres. 0 NUMERIC WGT_TP_CORE tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "NWCA adjusted weight for site when want estimates to be for the Target Population. For IND_DOMAIN equal to EXTENT, these are the weights to use for population estimates. For other IND_DOMAIN values includes weight adjustments to account for sites with unknow status and when site status is known to be target but not sampled. Currently, the latter is not available. >0 or 0 if site is not to be used for target population estimation. Weight unit is acres." 0 NUMERIC WGT_TP_EXTENT tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "NWCA adjusted weight for site when want estimates to be for the Target Population. For IND_DOMAIN equal to EXTENT, these are the weights to use for population estimates. For other IND_DOMAIN values includes weight adjustments to account for sites with unknow status and when site status is known to be target but not sampled. Currently, the latter is not available. >0 or 0 if site is not to be used for target population estimation. Weight unit is acres." 0 NUMERIC XCOORD tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "x-coordinate from US Contiguous Albers Equal Area Conic projection. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed. Projection: sph = \""GRS80\"", clon = -96, clat = 37.5, sp1 = 29.5, sp2 = 45.5""" NUMERIC YCOORD tblSITETRUTH DESIGN "y-coordinate from US Contiguous Albers Equal Area Conic projection. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed. Projection: sph = \""GRS80\"", clon = -96, clat = 37.5, sp1 = 29.5, sp2 = 45.5""" NUMERIC