Water-quality sample-coding outline

Appendixes


Appendix 1  Ground-water sampler-type and sampling-method codes (for a complete list of codes, 
                      refer to
QWDATA manual, Appendix B)

        84164 Sampler type 
             4010 Thief sampler
             4020 Open-top bailer 
            4025 Double-valve bailer 
            4030 Suction pump 
            4040 Submersible positive-pressure pump 
            4050 Bladder pump 
            4060 Gas reciprocating pump 
            4070 Gas lift 
            4080 Peristaltic pump 
            4090 Jet pump 
            4100 Flowing well 
            8010 Other 

        82398 Sampling method 
            4010 Thief sampler 
            4020 Open-top bailer 
            4025 Double-valve bailer 
            4030 Suction pump 
            4040 Submersible pump 
            4045 Submersible multiple impeller (turbine) pump 
            4050 Squeeze pump 
            4060 Gas reciprocating pump 
            4070 Gas lift 
            4080 Peristaltic pump 
            4090 Jet pump 
            4100 Flowing well 4110 Resin trap collector 
            8010 Other

Appendix 2 Hydrologic-condition codes

                A     Not determined 
   
             4     Stable, low stage 
                5     Falling stage 
                6     Stable, high stage 
                7     Peak stage 
                8     Rising stage 
                9     Stable, normal stage

Appendix 3 Hydrologic-event codes

                A     Spring breakup 
                B     Under ice cover 
                C     Glacial lake outbreak 
                D     Mudflow 
                E     Tidal action 
                H     Dam break
                 J     Storm 
                K    Backwater 
                1     Drought 
                2     Spill 
                3     Regulated flow 
                4     Snowmelt 
                5     Earthquake 
                6     Hurricane 
                7     Flood 
                8     Volcanic action 
                9     Routine sample

Appendix 4   Surface-water sampler-type and sampling-method codes (for a complete list of codes, 
                      refer to
QWDATA manual, Appendix B)

        84164 Sampler type 
   
               280     Periphyton-natural substrate 
                  290     Periphyton-artificial substrate 
                3031     DH-48 TM w/ Teflon gasket and nozzle 
                3033     DH-59 TM w/ Teflon gasket and nozzle 
                3035     DH-76 TM w/ Teflon gasket and nozzle 
                3007     Sampler, US D-49 
                3008     Sampler, US D-49AL 
                3009     Sampler, US D-74 
                3038     D-74 AL-TM W/ Teflon gasket and nozzle 
                3039     D-77 TM 
                3040     D-77 TM modified Teflon bag sampler 
                3014     Sampler, US P-61-A1 
                3041     P-61 AL-TM 
                3015     Sampler, US P-63 
                3044     DH-81 
                3045     DH-81 with Teflon cap and nozzle 
                3050     Sampler, frame-type, plastic bottle w/Teflon collaps. bag 
                3051     US DH-95 Teflon bottle 
   
             3052     US DH-95 plastic bottle 
                3053     US D-95 Teflon bottle 
                3054     US D-95 plastic bottle 
                3055     US D-96 bag sampler                     
                3060     Weighted-bottle sampler 3080 VOC Hand sampler 
                8010     Other 

        82398 Sampling method 
                10     Equal Width Increment (EWI) 
                20     Equal Discharge Increment (EDI) 
                25     Timed sampling interval 
                30     Single vertical 
                40     Multiple verticals 
                50     Point sample 
                60     Weighted bottle 
                70     Grab sample (dip) 
            8010     Other 

Appendix 5  Commonly specified taxon (for a detailed list of codes, refer to taxonomic reference list; the 
                      lists are large---they may take awhile to load)

ITIS_cd nodc_cd Taxonomic_Name Taxonomic_Authority                     
2101 Protascales
38936 33050101 Elodea
38937 3305010101 Elodea canadensis Michx.
38973 33050109 Hydrilla
38974 3305010901 Hydrilla verticillata Royle
39005 33060501 Potamogeton Linnaeus
39007 3306050102 Potamogeton crispus Linnaeus
39010 3306050105 Potamogeton pectinatus Linnaeus
80035 5512020701 Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)
81385 55154502 Corbicula Mergele von Muhlfeld, 1811
81387 5515450201 Corbicula manilensis Philippi
89803 6148 Anaspidacea
95599 6175 Decapoda
97326 6181020201 Pacifastacus leniusculus (Dana, 1852)
97421 61810503 Orconectes
97431 6181050310 Orconectes causeyi Jester, 1967
97491 6181050401 Procambarus clwww.arkii (Girard, 1852)
101593 6223 Odonata
181180 622902 Calopterygidae
102467 6251 Plecoptera
102470 625201 Pteronarcidae
102916 625401 Perlidae
102917 62540101 Acroneuria Pictet, 1841
102994 625402 Perlodidae
115095 6418 Trichoptera
115398 641804 Hydropsychidae
115408 64180402 Cheumatopsyche Wallengren, 1891
115453 64180403 Hydropsyche Pictet, 1834
115529 64180404 Arctopsyche McLachlan, 1869
115570 64180412 Ceratopsyche
116069 64180717 Limnephilus Leach, 1815
116909 64181501 Brachycentrus Curtis, 1834
127917 648933 Chironomidae
181211 64896006 Chironomus
161094 8732010101 Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus, 1758)
161984 8755010208 Oncorhynchus clwww.arki (Richardson, 1836)
161991 8755010211 Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792)
161997 8755010306 Salmo trutta Linnaeus
162003 8755010404 Salvelinus fontinalis Mitchill, 1814
162009 8755010602 Prosopium williamsoni Girard
163344 8776010101 Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758
163376 8776010802 Semotilus atromaculatus (Mitchill, 1817)
163517 8776011602 Pimephales promelas Rafinesque, 1820
163533 8776012101 Agosia chrysogaster Girard, 1856
163794 8776017614 Cyprinella lutrensis (Baird and Girard, 1853)
163894 8776040101 Catostomus catostomus (Forster, 1773)
163895 8776040102 Catostomus commersoni (Lacepede, 1803)
163896 8776040103 Catostomus macrocheilus Girard, 1856
163898 8776040104 Catostomus columbianus (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1893)
163899 8776040105 Catostomus ardens Jordan and Gilbert, 1881
163901 8776040107 Catostomus clwww.arkii Baird and Girard, 1854
163908 8776040115 Catostomus occidentalis Ayres, 1854
163909 8776040116 Catostomus platyrhynchus (Cope, 1874)
163919 8776040202 Carpiodes carpio (Rafinesque, 1820)
163920 8776040203 Carpiodes velifer (Rafinesque, 1820)
163924 8776040302 Erimyzon oblongus (Mitchill, 1814)
163926 8776040303 Erimyzon tenuis Agassiz, 1855
163929 8776040401 Moxostoma macrolepidotum (Lesueur, 1817)
8776040402 Moxostoma congestus (Baird and Girard, 1854)
163936 8776040407 Moxostoma carinatum (Cope, 1870)
163938 8776040409 Moxostoma duquesnei (Lesueur, 1817)
163939 8776040410 Moxostoma erythrurum (Rafinesque, 1818)
163949 8776040501 Hypentelium nigricans (Lesueur, 1817)
163997 8777020102 Ictalurus furcatus (Lesueur, 1840)
163999 8777020105 Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818)
164029 8777020301 Pylodictis olivaris (Rafinesque, 1818)
164040 8777020603 Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820)
164042 8777020604 Ameiurus natalis (Lesueur, 1819)
165896 8804080116 Gambusia holbrooki Girard, 1859
167229 88310208 Cottus
167237 8831020807 Cottus bairdi Girard
167238 8831020808 Cottus beldingi Eigenm. & Eigenm.
167246 8831020816 Cottus leiopomus Gilbert Evermann
168097 8835160201 Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque)
168100 8835160204 Ambloplites constellatus
168130 88351605 Lepomis
168131 8835160501 Lepomis auritus (Linnaeus, 1758)
168137 8835160502 Lepomis cyanellus Rafinesque, 1819
168143 8835160504 Lepomis macrochirus Rafinesque, 1819
168153 8835160508 Lepomis megalotis (Rafinesque)
168159 8835160601 Micropterus dolomie Lacepede, 1802
168160 8835160602 Micropterus salmoides (Lacepede)
168161 8835160603 Micropterus punctulatus (Rafinesque)
169813 8835610405 Tilapia zillii (Gervais, 1848)

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