COLUMN_NAME SAMPLE_TYPE UNITS LABEL FORMABBR VAR_TYPE RANGE_HIGH RANGE_LOW LEGAL_VALUES A1 SOIL_PROF A1- Histosol (A-U) NWCA_SOILPROF-BACK CHARACTER |Y A10 SOIL_PROF "A10 - 2 cm Muck (M, N)" NWCA_SOILPROF-BACK CHARACTER |Y A11 SOIL_PROF A11 - Depleted Below Dark Surface (A-U) NWCA_SOILPROF-BACK CHARACTER |Y A12 SOIL_PROF A12 - Thick Dark Surface (A-U) NWCA_SOILPROF-BACK CHARACTER |Y A16 SOIL_PROF A16 - Coast Prairie Redox (T) NWCA_SOILPROF-BACK CHARACTER |Y A2 SOIL_PROF A2 - Histic Epipedon (A-U) NWCA_SOILPROF-BACK CHARACTER |Y A3 SOIL_PROF A3 - Black Histic (A-U) NWCA_SOILPROF-BACK CHARACTER |Y A4 SOIL_PROF A4 - Hydrogen Sulfide (A-U) NWCA_SOILPROF-BACK CHARACTER |Y A5 SOIL_PROF "A5 - Stratified Layers (C, F, K-U)" NWCA_SOILPROF-BACK CHARACTER |Y A6 SOIL_PROF "A6 - Organic Bodies (P, T, U)" NWCA_SOILPROF-BACK CHARACTER |Y A7 SOIL_PROF "A7 - 5 cm Mucky Mineral (P, T, U)" NWCA_SOILPROF-BACK CHARACTER |Y A8 SOIL_PROF A8 - Muck presence (U) NWCA_SOILPROF-BACK CHARACTER |Y A9 SOIL_PROF "A9 - 1 cm Muck (D, F, G, H, P, T)" NWCA_SOILPROF-BACK CHARACTER |Y DATE_COL Date of primary site visit F1 SOIL_PROF "F1 - Loamy Mucky Mineral (A-M, O)" NWCA_SOILPROF-BACK CHARACTER |Y F10 SOIL_PROF F10 - Marl (U) NWCA_SOILPROF-BACK CHARACTER |Y F12 SOIL_PROF "F12 - Iron-Maganese (N, P, T)" NWCA_SOILPROF-BACK CHARACTER |Y F13 SOIL_PROF "F13 - Umbric Surface (N, P, T)" NWCA_SOILPROF-BACK CHARACTER |Y F18 SOIL_PROF F18 - Reduced Vertic (T) NWCA_SOILPROF-BACK CHARACTER |Y F19 SOIL_PROF F19 - Piedmont Flood Plain Soils (S) NWCA_SOILPROF-BACK CHARACTER |Y F2 SOIL_PROF F2 - Loamy Gleyed Matrix (A-U) NWCA_SOILPROF-BACK CHARACTER |Y F20 SOIL_PROF "F20 - Anomalus Bright Loamy Soils (S, T)" NWCA_SOILPROF-BACK CHARACTER |Y F3 SOIL_PROF F3 - Depleted Matrix (A-U) NWCA_SOILPROF-BACK CHARACTER |Y F6 SOIL_PROF F6 - Redox Dark Surface (A-U) NWCA_SOILPROF-BACK CHARACTER |Y F7 SOIL_PROF F7 - Depleted Dark Surface (A-U) NWCA_SOILPROF-BACK CHARACTER |Y F8 SOIL_PROF F8 - Redox Depression (A-U) NWCA_SOILPROF-BACK CHARACTER |Y F9 SOIL_PROF F9 - Vernal Pools (B-D) NWCA_SOILPROF-BACK CHARACTER |Y HORIZON SOIL_PROF "Horizon Number, consecutive numbers labeling horizons by increasing depth from the surface" NWCA_SOILPROF-FRONT CHARACTER Beginning with 1 consecutive numbers down to the deepest horizon. Seldom more than 9. PUBLICATION_DATE Date the dataset was published to the NARS site REP_PIT SOIL_PROF Identifies a particular Soil Pit as the Representative Pit NWCA_SOILPROF-FRONT CHARACTER |Y S1 SOIL_PROF "S1 - Sandy Mucky Mineral (A-O, R, S)" NWCA_SOILPROF-BACK CHARACTER |Y S2 SOIL_PROF "S2 - 2.5 cm Mucky Peat or Peat (G, H)" NWCA_SOILPROF-BACK CHARACTER |Y S3 SOIL_PROF "S3 - 5 cm Mucky Peat or Peat (F, M, R)" NWCA_SOILPROF-BACK CHARACTER |Y S4 SOIL_PROF S4 - Sandy Gleyed Matrix (A-U) NWCA_SOILPROF-BACK CHARACTER |Y S5 SOIL_PROF S5 - Sandy Redox (A-U) NWCA_SOILPROF-BACK CHARACTER |Y S6 SOIL_PROF S6 - Stripped Matrix (A-U) NWCA_SOILPROF-BACK CHARACTER |Y S7 SOIL_PROF "S7 - Dark Surface (N, P, R-U)" NWCA_SOILPROF-BACK CHARACTER |Y S8 SOIL_PROF S8 - Polyvalue Below Surface (R-U) NWCA_SOILPROF-BACK CHARACTER |Y S9 SOIL_PROF S9 - Thick Dark Surface (R-U) NWCA_SOILPROF-BACK CHARACTER |Y SAMPLE_ID SOIL_PROF Sample ID root code used with horizon number NWCA_SOILPROF-FRONT CHARACTER SAMPLE_ID SOBD Sample ID root code (tblSOILPROF) + horizon layer CHARACTER SAMPLE_ID SOCH Sample ID root code (tblSOILPROF) + horizon layer CHARACTER SAMPLE_TYPE Code identifying sample type SATURATION_DEPTH SOIL_PROF cm Depth from ground surface down to level of saturated soil in pit NWCA_SOILPROF-FRONT NUMERIC 0 -60 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 SOIL_PIT_VEG SOIL_PROF The Veg Plot to which the Soil Pit is nearest NWCA_SOILPROF-FRONT NUMERIC 5 1 STATE State abbreviation SURFACE_WATER_ABSENT SOIL_PROF Surface water absent NWCA_SOILPROF-BACK CHARACTER |ABSENT SURFACE_WATER_DEPTH SOIL_PROF cm Depth of water above ground surface NWCA_SOILPROF-BACK NUMERIC 100 0 UID Unique identification number for a site visit VISIT_NO Visit number within the year