Contents of the
                                  METHODS.DAT
                                     file

                                  Version 1.0
                                    09/12/96


        There is one record (line) for each of 76 laboratory analyzed
        parameters (209 records total).

        The file is sorted by parameter and method code.



Columns  Format  Contents

  1-5      I5    Water-quality constituent parameter code.
   6       1X    Blank.
   7       A1    Water-quality constituent field or laboratory analysis 
                        method code.
   8       1X    Blank.
  9-15     A7    Fishman laboratory method code (see Fishman and others, 1994).
 16-17     2X    Blanks.
 18-83     A66   Water-quality constituent descriptor.
 84-88     A5    Laboratory analytical method short name.
 89-96     F8.2  Method reporting limit of the analytical method.
  97       1X    Blank.
 98-110    A13   USGS publication including Techniques of Water Resources
                    Investigations (TWRI) or Open-File Report (OFR).
  111      1X    Blank.
112-158    A47   Laboratory analytical method description corresponding to 
                    the method short name.

Format descriptions:

   In    an integer field n columns wide.
   An    a character field n columns wide.
   1X    a single blank column.