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Example Design File Format for Indiana Streams
A standardized Design File is created to document the design process
- Establishes a data record with design information for each site
Example Design File Format for Rotating Basins 1998 (Upper Wabash River Basin)
| The Design File [a comma-delimited, ASCII file] is created having the following variable definitions: |
| Variable | Definition | Example |
| Site_ID | Sample Identifier assigned to each site | INRB98-002 |
| RF3Name | EPA's River Reach File V.3 Primary Name | Loon Creek |
| County | County Name | Huntington |
| RF3RCHID | EPA's River Reach File V.3 Reach ID | 5120101 542 0.00 |
| Map24k | 1:24,000 scale map name | Andrews |
| Map100k | 1:100,000 scale map name | Wabash |
| Map250k | 1:250,000 scale map name | Muncie |
| Long-DD | Longitude, Decimal Degrees | 85.605508 |
| Lat-DD | Latitude, Decimal Degrees | 40.857389 |
| Stratum | Stratum (stratum # defined in this design) | 3 |
| MD_Caty | Multi-Density weight category - defined above | 21 |
| Nest1_wt | Initial Design weight for the site | 368.5265 |
| Strahler | Strahler Order for Stream Segment | 1 |
| OECO | Omernik Ecoregion Level III number (version) | 55 |
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