DATA DICTIONARY

Point attribute table:   pcamon32.pat

ITEM NAME WIDTH OUTPUT TYPE DEC DESCRIPTION OF ITEM CONTENT
AREA 8 18 F 5 Area = 0 for a point.
PERIMETER 8 18 F 5 Length = 0 for a point.
PCAMON32# 4 5 B - Internal sequence number.
PCAMON32-ID 4 5 B - User ID.
HUC 8 8 F 0 Hydrologic Unit Code
SEG 4 3 B - Stream Segment
A 7 7 C - STORET Agency Code
STATION 4 5 B - Fieldnum.   A unique number for each station
LONG 8 8 F 4 Longitude of station; decimal degrees.
LAT 8 8 F 5 Latitude of station; decimal degrees.
MAJOR2 2 2 I - Minnesota unique two digit major watershed ID number.
MINOR5 5 5 I - Minnesota unique five digit minor watershed ID number.
MAJOR-NAME 50 50 C - Major watershed name.
COUNTY-NAME 17 17 C - Name of the county in which the station is located.
COUNTY-NO 2 2 C - Minnesota unique two character county ID number.
TOWNSHIP 20 20 C - Name of the political township in which the station is located.   Incorporated areas, such as municipalities, are not distinguished from the political township.
TWP 3 3 I - PLS Township number in which the station is located.
RNG 2 2 I - PLS Range number in which the station is located.
SEC 3 3 I - PLS Section number in which the station is located..
PEDIGREE 12 12 C - Acronym that identifies the organization responsible for point features and attributes.
MPCA Minnesota Polution Control Agency.
MSUWRC Minnesota State University, Mankato
Water Resources Center.
PEDYEAR 4 4 I - Year in which the polygon feature was created or last updated.