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Example Site Status File for Indiana Streams
A database was created to document the field sampling, laboratory analyses, etc., processes. That database is not included in this example, only a simplified extract is used.
Example Site Status File for Upper Wabash River Basin 1998, includes index scores and impairment status for two indicators. Complete Site Status File.
| The Site Status File [a comma-delimited, ASCII file] having the following variable definitions: |
| Variable | Definition | Example |
| Site_ID | Sample Identifier assigned to each site | INRB98-02 |
| Basin | Upper Wabash River Basin | Upper Wabash |
| HUC14Code | 14-Digit HUC from USGS | 05120101140020 |
| StreamName | Stream Name | Loon Cr |
| StrahlerOrder | Strahler Order 1 - 4 | 1 |
| BiologicalSampleDate | Date of sample collection | 07/08/98 |
| StatusB | Biological Site Sampling Actions (see Site Status Codes) | TS |
| Comments | Field Sampling Crew notes | |
| OHEI.Score | Qualitative Habitat use Evaluation Index | 48 |
| OHEI.Status | OHEI <= 50 Impaired, > 50 Not Impaired | Impaired |
| IBI.Score | Fish Community Index Biological Integrity | 50 |
| IBI.Status | IBI <= 30 Impaired, > 30 Not Impaired | Not Impaired |
| Code | Definition |
| TS | Target and Sampled site |
| NT | Non-Target site (dry, non-wadeable, etc.) |
| LD | Landowner Denied access to site |
| PB | Physical Barrier - unable to reach site |
| OT | Target site f or which sample was not collected |
| UK | UnKnown if site is target or non-target (shouldn't happen) |
| SCNB | Target site Sampled for Chemistry but Not Biology |
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