USGS CD-ROM: REMARKS CODES

REMARK CODES

The following remark codes may appear with data in this report:
 
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Value is estimated.
   
Actual value is known to be greater than the value shown.
   
Actual value is known to be less than the value shown.
   
S Water quality--Most probable value.
Precipitation--Snowfall-affected precipitation.
   
Presence of material verified but not quantified.
   
K Results based on colony count outside the acceptance range (non-ideal colony count).
   
Biological organism count less than 0.5 percent (organism may be observed rather than counted). 
   
Biological organism count equal to or greater than 15 percent (dominant).
   
Analyte was detected in both the environmental sample and the associated blanks.
   
Biological organism estimated as dominant.
   
Biological organism present in qualitative sample. 
   
Biological organism in pupal life stage. 
   
LV  Biological organism in larval life stage. 
   
Biology--Biological organism in adult life stage. 
Water quality--Average value.
   
N Presumptive evidence of presence of material.
   
U Material specifically analyzed for, but not detected.


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