VARIABLE DESCRIPTION SAMPLE_TYPE UNITS RANGE_LOW RANGE_HIGH LEGAL_VALUES AA_CENTER_LAT Latitude of center point of AA in decimal degrees SITEINFO AA_CENTER_LON Longitude of center point of AA in decimal degrees SITEINFO ANALYSIS_LAT Latitude in decimal degrees for the site location in the field on the date of sampling (VISIT_NO = 1) SITEINFO ANALYSIS_LON Longitude in decimal degrees for the site location in the field on the data of sampling (VISIT_NO = 1) SITEINFO CLASS_DESIGN_FWSST US Fish and Wildlife Service Status and Trends wetland class from design file SITEINFO E2EM|E2SS|PEM|PF|PFO|PSS|PUBPAB CLASS_FIELD_FWSST US Fish and Wildlife Service Status and Trends wetland class assigned during field visit SITEINFO E2EM|E2SS|PEM|PF|PFO|PSS|PUBPAB CLASS_FIELD_HGM Hydrogeomorphic class assigned in the field SITEINFO DPRSS|FLATS|FRINGE|RIVERINE|SLOPE|TIDAL COE_REGION Army Corps subregions used for wetland indicator status for plants SITEINFO "Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast|Arid West|Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain|Great Plains|Midwest|Eastern Mountains and Piedmont|Northcentral and Northeast" COE_SUBREG Army Corps regions used for wetland indicator status for plants SITEINFO COUNTY County in which site is located SITEINFO DATE_COL Date of primary site visit SITEINFO DESIGN_ID Site identification number from the original design SITEINFO DESIGN_LAT Latitude in decimal degrees from the associated design SITEINFO DESIGN_LON Longitude in decimal degrees from the associated design SITEINFO 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" SITEINFO CPL-PW|CPL-PH|EMU-PW|EMU-PH|IPL-PW|IPL-PH|W-PW|W-PH|E2SS|E2EM ECO_X_WETGRP "Combined NWCA_ECO4 and NWCA_WET_GRP classes:CPL-PRLH=Coastal Plain Palustrine, Riverine, and Lacustrine Herbaceaous,CPL-PRLW=Coastal Plain Palustrine, Riverine, and Lacustrine Woody ,ALL-EH=Estuarine Herbaceous,ALL-EW=Estuarine Woody,EMU-PRLH=Eastern Mountains and Upper Midwest Palustrine, Riverine, and Lacustrine Herbaceous ,EMU-PRLW=Eastern Mountains and Upper Midwest Palustrine, Riverine, and Lacustrine Woody ,IPL-PRLH=Interior Plains Palustrine, Riverine, and Lacustrine Herbaceous,IPL-PRLW=Interior Plains Palustrine, Riverine, and Lacustrine Woody ,W-PRLW=West Palustrine, Riverine, and Lacustrine Woody,W-PRLH=West Palustrine, Riverine, and Lacustrine Herbaceous" SITEINFO CPL-PRLW|CPL-PRLH|EMU-PRLW|EMU-PRLH|IPL-PRLW|IPL-PRLH|W-PRLW|W-PRLH|ALL-EH|ALL-EW EPA_REG USEPA Region SITEINFO 1 10 FED_NONFED Indicates whether site is in an area owned/managed by a federal or non federal entity. Federal entities are further divided by principle Agency. SITEINFO BOR; BLM; DOD; Forest Service; FWS; NPS; NOAA; Non Federal; Tribal Land – PAD FIP Federal Information Processing standard code which uniquely identifies counties and county-equivalents SITEINFO FIRST_PLOT Phase 1 Plot Name SITEINFO FW_ECO3 Codes for the three climatic regions SITEINFO EHIGH|PLNLOW|WMTNS FW_ECO3_NM Names of the three climatic regions SITEINFO Eastern Highlands|Plains and Lowlands|West FW_ECO9 Code for aggregated Omernick ecoregions SITEINFO CPL|NAP|NPL|SAP|SPL|TPL|UMW|WMT|XER FW_ECO9_NM Name for aggregated Omernick ecoregions SITEINFO Coastal Plains|Northern Appalachians|Northern Plains|Southern Appalachians|Southern Plains|Temperate Plains|Upper Midwest|Western Mountains|Xeric HUC10 Hydrologic Unit Code for watershed level SITEINFO HUC10_NAME Name of HUC10 watershed SITEINFO LRR_NAME "NRCS Land Resource Region name, representing geographically associated major land resource areas (MLRAs) which approximate broad agricultural regions" SITEINFO LRRSYM "NRCS Land Resource Region code, representing geographically associated major land resource areas (MLRAs) which approximate broad agricultural regions" SITEINFO A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M|N|O|P|R|S|T|U MAJ_RIVER_BASIN Major river basin SITEINFO MDCATY "Multi-density category from designs, varies widely from one sub-design to another" SITEINFO MLRA_ID NRCS Major Land Resource Area ID code. MLRAs are subunits that compose LRRs. SITEINFO MLRA_NAME Name of MLRA corresponding to site. MLRAs are subunits that compose LRRs. SITEINFO NEP_AREA Indicates whether site is within a National Estuary Program (NEP) Study Area SITEINFO YES; NO NEP_NAME Name of NEP Study Area SITEINFO NWCA_ECO4 "Aggregated ecoregions based on FW_ECO9 regions:CPL=Coastal Plain,EMU=Eastern Mountains and Upper Midwest,IPL=Interior Plains,W=West" SITEINFO CPL|IPL|EMU|W NWCA_WET_GRP "NWCA Aggregated Wetland classes:PRLH=Palustrine, Riverine, and Lacustrine Herbaceous,PRLW=Palustrine, Riverine, and Lacustrine Woody,EH=Estuarine Herbaceous,EW=Estuarine Woody" SITEINFO PRLW|PRLH|EH|EW PAD_AREA Indicates whether site is in an area delineated in the Protected Area Database. Areas identified have various levels of protection. SITEINFO YES; NO PAD_NAME Primary name of land unit in Protected Area Database SITEINFO PAD_OWN_NAME Name of owner in Protected Area Database SITEINFO PAD_OWN_TYPE Type of owner by major category in Protected Area Database SITEINFO Federal; Jointly Owned; Local Government; Native American; Non-Governmental Organization; Private; Regional Agency; State; Unknown Landowner; (blank) PANEL "Base, OverSamp, or Revisit designation from design file" SITEINFO Base|Oversamp|Revisit PH2_WGTCAT Phase 2 Weight Category SITEINFO PHYS_REG Physiographic region SITEINFO REF_NWCA "Reference classes for NWCA:(L)east Disturbed,(I)ntermediate Disturbance,(M)ost Disturbed" SITEINFO L|I|M REFPLUS_NWCA "Reference classes with minimal disturbance added: (MIN)imal Disturbance, (L)east Disturbed,(I)ntermediate Disturbance,(M)ost Disturbed" SITEINFO MIN|L|I|M SANDT_COAST_REG Subregion designated by US FWS in Status and Trends Coastal Watershed Report SITEINFO Great Lakes Region; Gulf Coast Region; North East Coast Region; Pacific Coast Region; South East Coast Region; (blank) SANDT_FIELD_GRPS "Aggregated S & T Classes based on CLASS_FIELD_FWSST:PH=Palustrine Herbaceous,PW=Palustrine Woody,E2EM=Estuarine Emergent,E2SS=Estuarine Shrub-scrub" SITEINFO PW|PH|E2SS|E2EM SANDT_RSTUDY Special regional study conducted by Status and Trends Program SITEINFO Coastal Watersheds; Prairie Pothole SITE_ID Identification code for site SITEINFO SITE_USE Result classifies each point in a way that indicates how a point can be used in analysis or not SITEINFO NWCA_DO_NOT_USE|NWCA_NOT_NEEDED|NWCA_NOT_PROBABILITY|NWCA_NOT_SAMPLED|NWCA_PROBABILITY|NWCA_REVISITS SITESAMP POINT is sampleable SITEINFO |YES|NO ST_FIP State-level Federal Information Processing standard code SITEINFO STATE State abbreviation SITEINFO STATE_NAME State name SITEINFO STATUS_11 Site status for purposes of sampling for NWCA 2011 SITEINFO NonTarget_NotWetland|Target_Access_Denied|NonTargetNonTarget_NotWetland|Target_Access_Denied|NonTarget_Ag_Aqua|NotTarget_WetlandType|Target_Sampled|NonTarget_Active_Crop|Target_AA_SIZE|NonTarget_Inundated|Target_Inaccessible_Effort|Target_Other|Target_AA_AREA|Target_Inaccessible_Safety|Target_Proximity|Target_AA_HGM STRATUM "From design, primarily is the state but has other specific cases depending on the design requirements" SITEINFO TNT_11 Target Status for NWCA 2011 SITEINFO NonTarget|Target_Presumed|Target|Target_Not_Assessed|Target_Other UID Unique identification number for a site visit US_ECO3 Codes for Omernick Level 3 ecoregions SITEINFO US_ECO3_NAME Names for Omernick Level 3 ecoregions SITEINFO US_ECO4 Codes for Omernick Level 4 ecoregions SITEINFO US_ECO4_NAME Names for Omernick Level 4 ecoregions SITEINFO USAC_REGION "Shorthand for US Army Corps of Engineers regions, corresponds to format used by USDA PLANTS for taxonomic trait designation of Wetland Indicator Status" SITEINFO VALXSITE "The categorical value representing site conditions for the one XSTATUS category (A, B, C, or D) applicable to the site" SITEINFO |ACTIVE_CROP|AG_AQUA|AREA|DENIED|E2EM|E2SS|INACCESS_PERM|HGM|INACCESS_TEMP|INUNDATED|MAPERROR|NONTARGET|PEM|PF|PFO|PSS|PUBPAB|SIZE|TEMP_NONSAMP|OTHER_NONSAMP:.+ VISIT_NO Visit number within the year SITEINFO WGT Current design weight used in extent and population estimates SITEINFO WGT_11 Final NWCA 2011 weight for population estimates SITEINFO ACRES WGT_PH1_11 Phase 1 final weight for NWCA 2011 SITEINFO ACRES WGT_PH2_11 Phase 2 final weight for NWCA 2011 SITEINFO ACRES WGTPH2DSGN Phase 2 design weight fo NWCA 2011 SITEINFO ACRES XCOORD x-coordinate specific to geographic region (Alber's) SITEINFO XSTATUS POINT Status SITEINFO |POINT_SAMPLEABLE|NONSAMP_NONTARGET|NONSAMP_NOACCESS|NONSAMP_TEMP|NONSAMP_AA|RELOCATED_POINT_SAMPLEABLE YCOORD y-coordinate specific to geographic region (Alber's) SITEINFO