COLUMN_NAME SAMPLE_TYPE UNITS LABEL FORMABBR VAR_TYPE RANGE_HIGH RANGE_LOW LEGAL_VALUES AA_COVERAGE ASSEWQ percent Percent of AA covered with surface water NWCA_AAWATERQUAL NUMERIC 100 0 CAL_INST_MODEL ASSEWQ Field probe manufacturer and model NWCA_AAWATERQUAL CHARACTER CLARITY_CLEAR ASSEWQ Water is clear NWCA_AAWATERQUAL CHARACTER |CLEAR CLARITY_MILKY ASSEWQ Water is milky NWCA_AAWATERQUAL CHARACTER |MILKY CLARITY_OTHER ASSEWQ Other clarity condition(s) defined NWCA_AAWATERQUAL CHARACTER CLARITY_STAINED ASSEWQ Water is stained NWCA_AAWATERQUAL CHARACTER |STAINED CLARITY_TURBID ASSEWQ Water is turbid NWCA_AAWATERQUAL CHARACTER |TURBID CLASS_FIELD_FWSST US Fish and Wildlife Service Status and Trends wetland class assigned during field visit COLOR_BLACK ASSEWQ Substrate color is black NWCA_AAWATERQUAL CHARACTER |BLACK COLOR_BROWN ASSEWQ Substrate color is brown NWCA_AAWATERQUAL CHARACTER |BROWN COLOR_GRAY ASSEWQ Substrate color is gray NWCA_AAWATERQUAL CHARACTER |GRAY COLOR_OTHER ASSEWQ Other substrate color(s) defined NWCA_AAWATERQUAL CHARACTER CONDUCTIVITY ASSEWQ uS/cm Conductivity by surface water field probe NWCA_AAWATERQUAL NUMERIC 15000 1 DATE_COL Date of primary site visit DO ASSEWQ mg/L Dissolved oxygen by surface water field probe NWCA_AAWATERQUAL NUMERIC 98.3 0.1 ECO_X_ST "Combined NWCA_ECO4 and SANDT_FIELD_GRPS classes:CPL-PH=Coastal Plain Palustrine Herbaceaous,CPL-PW=Coastal Plain Palustrine Woody,E2EM=Estuarine Emergent,E2SS=Estuarine Shrub-scrub,EMU-PH=Eastern Mountains and Upper Midwest Herbaceous,EMU-PW=Eastern Mountains and Upper Midwest Woody,IPL-PH=Interior Plains Herbaceous,IPL-PW=Interior Plains Woody,W-PW=West Woody,W-PH=West Herbaceous" NWCA_ECO4 "Aggregated ecoregions based on FW_ECO9 regions:CPL=Coastal Plain,EMU=Eastern Mountains and Upper Midwest,IPL=Interior Plains,W=West" PH ASSEWQ pH by surface water field probe NWCA_AAWATERQUAL NUMERIC 10 3.7 PUBLICATION_DATE Date the dataset was published to the NARS site SITE_ID Identification code for site SITE_USE Result classifies each point in a way that indicates how a point can be used in analysis or not SMELL_ALGAE ASSEWQ Water smells like algae NWCA_AAWATERQUAL CHARACTER |ALGAE SMELL_CHEMICAL ASSEWQ Water has chemical odor NWCA_AAWATERQUAL CHARACTER |CHEMICAL SMELL_FISHY ASSEWQ Water smells fishy NWCA_AAWATERQUAL CHARACTER |FISHY SMELL_NONE ASSEWQ Water has no odor NWCA_AAWATERQUAL CHARACTER |NONE SMELL_OTHER ASSEWQ Other water odor(s) defined NWCA_AAWATERQUAL CHARACTER SMELL_ROTTEN ASSEWQ Water smells like rotten vegetation NWCA_AAWATERQUAL CHARACTER |ROTTEN SMELL_SULPHUR ASSEWQ Water smells like sulfur NWCA_AAWATERQUAL CHARACTER |SULFUR STATE State abbreviation SUB_COBBLE ASSEWQ Substrate is cobble NWCA_AAWATERQUAL CHARACTER |COBBLE SUB_GRAVEL ASSEWQ Substrate is gravel NWCA_AAWATERQUAL CHARACTER |GRAVEL SUB_MINERAL ASSEWQ Sustrate is mineral soil NWCA_AAWATERQUAL CHARACTER |MINERAL SUB_MUCK ASSEWQ Substrate is muck NWCA_AAWATERQUAL CHARACTER |MUCK SUB_ORGANIC ASSEWQ Substrate is organic NWCA_AAWATERQUAL CHARACTER |ORGANIC SUB_OTHER ASSEWQ Other substrate type(s) defined NWCA_AAWATERQUAL CHARACTER SUB_SAND ASSEWQ Substrate is sand NWCA_AAWATERQUAL CHARACTER |SAND SUB_SHELLHASH ASSEWQ Substrate is shellhash NWCA_AAWATERQUAL CHARACTER |SHELLHASH SURFACE_ALGAE ASSEWQ Algal bloom on water surface NWCA_AAWATERQUAL CHARACTER |ALGAE_BLOOM SURFACE_FILM ASSEWQ Film on water surface NWCA_AAWATERQUAL CHARACTER |FILM SURFACE_FLOC ASSEWQ Floc on water surface NWCA_AAWATERQUAL CHARACTER |FLOC SURFACE_OTHER ASSEWQ Other water surface(s) defined NWCA_AAWATERQUAL CHARACTER SURFACE_SHEEN ASSEWQ Sheen on water surface NWCA_AAWATERQUAL CHARACTER |SHEEN SURFACE_VEGETATION ASSEWQ Floating aquatic vegetation on water surface NWCA_AAWATERQUAL CHARACTER |VEGETATION SURFACE_WATER ASSEWQ Surface water > 100cm NWCA_AAWATERQUAL CHARACTER |YES|NO SW_DEPTH ASSEWQ cm Maximum Depth of surface water NWCA_AAWATERQUAL NUMERIC 99 0 TEMP ASSEWQ cm Water temperature by surface water field probe NWCA_AAWATERQUAL NUMERIC 37.1 0.3 TIDAL Water is tidal or non-tidal TIDAL ASSEWQ Water is tidal or non-tidal NWCA_AAWATERQUAL CHARACTER |TIDAL|NON_TIDAL UID Unique identification number for a site visit VEG_PRESENT ASSEWQ Vegetation is present in water NWCA_AAWATERQUAL CHARACTER |Y|N VISIT_NO Visit number within the year WATER_DEPTH ASSEWQ Sampleable water (>15cm deep) NWCA_AAWATERQUAL CHARACTER |Y|N WATER_PRESENCE ASSEWQ Surface water NWCA_AAWATERQUAL CHARACTER |Y|N WATER_SALINITY ASSEWQ "Salinity of water: freshwater, brackish, saline" NWCA_AAWATERQUAL CHARACTER |BRACKISH|FRESH|SALINE WATER_TYPE_BACKWATER ASSEWQ Water body is a backwater NWCA_AAWATERQUAL CHARACTER |BACKWATER WATER_TYPE_CHANNEL ASSEWQ Water body is a channel NWCA_AAWATERQUAL CHARACTER |CHANNEL WATER_TYPE_LAKE ASSEWQ Water body is a lake NWCA_AAWATERQUAL CHARACTER |LAKE WATER_TYPE_OTHER ASSEWQ Water body is some other type NWCA_AAWATERQUAL CHARACTER |OTHER.+ WATER_TYPE_POND ASSEWQ Water body is a pond NWCA_AAWATERQUAL CHARACTER |POND