"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"	""			""