NCCA 2010 SITEINFO Metadata for Assessed and Not_Assessed files. Revised 06.21.2016 "“’Assessed’ data were used to develop the Good, Fair and Poor ratings in the report. ‘Not_Assessed’ data were not used to develop the ratings.”" "For questions about these data, please contact Hugh Sullivan at sullivan.hugh@epa.gov or use the Contact Us link on the webpage: http://www.epa.gov/national-aquatic-resource-surveys/forms/national-aquatic-resource-surveys-contact-us" "It is the responsibility of the end data user to become familiar with the QA codes used in the NCCA 2010 assessment (NCCA_QA_Codes.csv) and review the ""QA_CODES"" column in each dataset to determine whether the data meet quality objectives for specific uses." Files Contents Assessed SITEINFO Contains information about sites used to develop the 2010 National Coastal Condition Assessment (i.e. Index sites) whether they were sampled or not. Not_Assessed SITEINFO Contains information about sites that were NOT used to develop the 2010 National Coastal Condition Assessment. Sites may have been supplemental study sites or sites that were dropped and replaced with oversample sites. Location information for each site is contained in the SITEINFO Files. Use UID as key column for merging data into the data files. Variable Definition UID Unique Identifier for site and visit number SITE_ID Unique NCCA site dentifier STATE State in which sample collection site s located VISIT_NO "Sequential visit number in sampling season. ALL ASSESSED visits are Visit 1, so the VISIT_NO column is removed from the ASSESSED file." DATE_COL Date sample was collected at field site WTBDY_NM Waterbody name SITESAMP Identifies sites sampled (Y) vs sites not sampled (N) INDEX_VISIT Identifies visit used for analysis (Y) vs. not used (N) of 2010 Sample data EPA_REG Identifies EPA Region within which the site is located NCCR_REG Reporting region designations used in the National Coastal Condition Assessment Reports NCA_REGION Alternate reporting region designations used for design purposes only COUNTRY Identifies the country within which the site is located PROVINCE Biogeographic province STATION_DEPTH Depth of water at station STATION_DEPTH_UNITS Units for depth of water ALAT_DD Actual Latitude sampled (decimal degrees) ALON_DD Actual Longitude sampled (decimal degrees) MAP_DATUM "Reference system used in identifying location with GPS. Legal values are ""WGS84"", ""NAD83"" or ""not reported.""" TLAT_DD Target Latitude for site (included in NONAssessment SITEINFO file only) TLON_DD Target Longitude for site (included in NONAssessment SITEINFO file only) DSNTYPE Identifies site as part of NCCA draw or Supplemental draw MDCATY Probability survey design categories used to assign unequal probability of selection NEP_NM Name of National Estuary Program study area within which site is located area (if applicable) NPSPARK Name of National Park within which site is located (if applicable) PANEL Probability survey design categories STATUS10 "Status of sampling at that site. Status10 of index visit in """"Assessment SITEINFO"""" tab are either """"Target_sampled"""" (if site was sampled) or """"Target_presumed"""" (if site was not sampled). In """"NonAssessment SITEINFO"""" tab Other values indicate reason target was not sampled." STRATUM Probability survey design stratum used to identify assessment region TNT Target or not Target WGT_CAT Category used to derive weight WGT_NCCA10 Adjusted site weight. USE for population estimates. Units are Square miles. RSRC_CLASS Resource classification QA_CODES Qualifier codes entered during NCCA QA process COMMENT Comment to accompany QA Code if necessary ** Change LOG ** "Date: June 21, 2016: Change to Filename ""assessed_ncca2010_sinteinfo.revised.06212016.csv"": Site weights (Column ""WGT_NCCA10"") corrected." "Date: June 21, 2016: Change to Filename ""not_assessed_ncca2010_siteinfo.revised.06212016.csv"": Site Weights removed from file because sites were not used in the assessment."