COLUMN_NAME	LABEL	LEGAL_VALUES
AG_ECO3	"NARS 3-level reporting region (2015), based on aggregating AG_ECO9 reporting regions.   No missing or \blank\"" values allowed."""	EHIGH|PLNLOW|WMTNS|
AG_ECO3_NM	"NARS 3-level reporting region name.   No missing or \blank\"" values allowed."""	Eastern Highlands|Plains and Lowlands|West|
AG_ECO9	"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|
AG_ECO9_NM	"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|
CNTYNAME	"County name (source ESRI counties based on census 2010). No missing or \blank\"" values allowed."""	
COAST_REG	"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|
COE_REG_ID	"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|
COE_REGION	"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|"
COE_SUBREG	"Corps of Engineers wetland sub-regions.  All values begin with LRR.  No missing or \blank\"" values allowed."""	
DATE_COL	Date site was visited	
DSGN_CYCLE	NWCA survey design time period. No missing or blank values allowed. (2011|2016|2021)	
EPA_REG	"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|
EVAL_CAT	"NWCA site evaluation result.   Hand-picked site evaluation is Target_Sampled.  No missing or \blank\"" values allowed."""	
FED_NONFED	"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	"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."""	
HUC10_NM	"USGS Level 10 Hydrologic Unit  Name where wetland is located. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed."""	
HUC12	"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."""	
HUC12_NM	"USGS Level 12 Hydrologic Unit Code Name where wetland is located. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed."""	
HUC2	"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	"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	Hydrologic class based on NWCA aggregated wetland classes	INLAND|TIDAL
LAT_ANALYS	"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."""	
LAT_DD83	Latitude in decimal degrees of wetland site  at the evaluated or sampled site location for 2011 and design latitude for wetland site for 2016 and 2021. No missing or blank values allowed.	
LON_ANALYS	"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."""	
LON_DD83	Longitude in decimal degrees of wetland site  at the evaluated or sampled site location for 2011 and design longitude for wetland site for 2016 and 2021. No missing or blank values allowed.	
LRR_NAME	NRCS Land Resource Region name. No missing or blank values allowed.	
LRR_SYM	NRCS Land Resource Region symbol. No missing or blank values allowed.	
MAJ_BAS_NM	"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|
MAJ_BASIN	"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
MIS_BAS_NM	"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	"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	"Within Mississippi Basin or outside, based on MAJ_BAS_NM values"	MISSISSIPPI_BASIN|NOT_MISSISSIPPI_BASIN
MLRA_ID	"NRCS Major Land Resource Area code.  No missing or \blank\"" values allowed."""	
MLRA_NAME	"NRCS Major Land Resource Area name.  No missing or \blank\"" values allowed."""	
MLRARSYM	"NRCS Major Land Resource Area region code.  No missing or \blank\"" values allowed."""	
NEP_NAME	"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|
NEP_NAT	"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|
NWC_CREG16	"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."""	
NWCA_ECO4	"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|
NWCA_ECO5	"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|
OWN_NARS	"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|
PANEL_USE	"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."""	
PHYS_REG	"FWS Physiographic Region code.  No missing or \blank\"" values allowed. Text with leading P followed by 2-digit numbers from 01 to 36."""	
PSTL_CODE	"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."""	
PUBLICATION_DATE	Date of data file publication	
RPT_UNIT	"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	"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	"Recategorization of RPT_UNIT to distinguish estuarine regions and inland regions, keeping ARW and WVM separate"	ARW|EMU|ICP|PLN|TDL|WVM
RPT_UNIT20	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	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	"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 |
RPTGRP_12	"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|
SITE_ID	"Unique Site ID for the study and design cycle sampled. Preferred form is NWCnn_MM-xxxxx  where  nn is current cycle year (11, 16, 21), MM is two letter state code, and xxxxx is between 10001 and 99999.  No missing or \blank\"" values allowed."""	
SITESAMP	Original site is sampleable	|Y|N
SITETYPE	"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|
STATE_NM	State to which wetland point is assigned for sampling in NWCA. No missing or blank values allowed.	
STATECTY	"FIPS state and county code. Text with leading \F\"" before code.  No missing or \""blank\"" values allowed."""	
STRATUM	Strata used in NWCA survey design. Hand-picked sites assigned value of None. No missing or blank values allowed.	
STUDY	Study conducted as part of NWCA. NWCA is main study identifying the core NWCA study. A unique site may belong to multiple studies. A study may be a state-specific design where not all the sites are included in NWCA.   No missing or blank values allowed.	Coastal Watersheds|NWCA|Prairie Pothole
UID	Unique site visit ID	
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	"Omernik Level III ecoregion code. Coded as \0\"" if ecoregions have not been defined for state or territory. No missing or \""blank\"" values allowed."""	
US_L3NAME	"Omernik Level III ecoregion name. \None\"" if no ecoregion defined for state or territory.  No missing or \""blank\"" values allowed."""	
US_L4CODE	"Omernik Level IV ecoregion code. Level three codes plus alphabetic ending identifying level 4 subregion. No missing or \blank\"" values allowed."""	
US_L4NAME	"Omernik Level III ecoregion name. \None\"" if no ecoregion defined for state or territory.  No missing or \""blank\"" values allowed."""	
VALXSITE	The categorical value representing site conditions for the one XSTATUS category applicable to the site	|EW|EH|PRLEM|PRLSS|PRLFO|PRLUBAB|PRLF|TEMP_NONSAMP|INACCESS_TEMP|DENIED|INACCESS_PERM|AREA|SIZE|HGM|NONWETLAND|NONTARGET|ACTIVE_CROP|AG_AQUA|INUNDATED|OTHER_NONSAMP
VISIT_NO	Sequential visit in each year	
WETCLS_DSN	"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
WETCLS_EVL	"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|
WETCLS_GRP	"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|
WETCLS_HGM	"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
WGT_TP_CORE	"NWCA adjusted weight for site, used to create population estimates for the Target Population. They account for sites with unknown status and sites known to be target but not sampled. Handpicked sites and unsampled sites have a weight of 0."	
WGT_TP_EXTENT	"NWCA adjusted weight for site used to create estimates for the Target Population. These are the weights to use for extent estimates, which include all sites evaluated. Handpicked sites will have a weight of 0."	
XCOORD	"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"""	
XSTATUS	Broad category to describe sampleability of site	|POINT_SAMPLEABLE|SHIFTED_POINT_SAMPLEABLE|NONSAMP_TEMP|NONSAMP_NOACCESS|NONSAMP_AA|NONSAMP_NONTARGET
YCOORD	"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"""	
YEAR	Year of sampling