Table Name

Field Name

Begin Column

Definition

Valid Values

Descriptions

meekfobs.dbf

Ident

 

Text, 8

Ex: AA-015, CD-112

Unique identifiers used in the field, letters have no significance. 

 

Site_type1

 

Text, 20

Borrow Pit

A pit usually dug in material that is not sand and gravel.

 

 

 

 

Drill Hole

Test hole drilled with a Giddings Soil probe.

 

 

 

 

Excavation

Badger holes, trenches, construction areas, or foundations

 

 

 

 

Exposure

Outcrop of material from erosional processes

 

 

 

 

Gravel Pit

Gravel pits exposing sand and gravel material.

 

 

 

 

Observation

Observing vegetation, landscape, or soil patterns.

 

 

 

 

Sand Pit

A pit dug in sandy material

 

Site_type2

 

Text, 20

 

Further description of the observation site specified in Site_type1.

 

 

 

 

Animal Hole

A hole dug by an animal which exposes sediment

 

 

 

 

Animal Mound

A mound of sediment created by the burrowing of an animal.

 

 

 

 

Back Hoe

A hole dug by a backhoe.

 

 

 

 

Basement

Excavation of a basement.

 

 

 

 

Burrow Pit

A mined pit for construction material

 

 

 

 

Construction

Mining or digging due to construction.

 

 

 

 

Ditch

Material exposed in a ditch due to a slump or landscaping that has removed vegetation.

 

 

 

 

Foundation

Material exposed in the digging of a basement/foundation.

 

 

 

 

Generalization

A general observation made about the landscape, vegetation, and other features.

 

 

 

 

Giddings Drill Hole

Test hole drilled with an 8 inch auger.

 

 

 

 

Gravel Pit

Materials exposed in gravel pit.

 

 

 

 

Gully

Material exposed in a gully.

 

 

 

 

Hill Cut

Material exposed on a cow path.

 

 

 

 

Judicial Ditch

Materials exposed in manmade ditch.

 

 

 

 

River Cut

Stream exposed an area.

 

 

 

 

Road Cut

Materials exposed in a road cut.

 

 

 

 

Sand Pit

Exposure of sand in a pit.

 

 

 

 

Scarp

Sediment exposed due to an erosional scarp.

 

 

 

 

Slump

Sediment exposed due to small mass movement or slump.

 

 

 

 

Stream

Exposure of sediment due to erosion and down cutting of streams and rivers.

 

 

 

 

Stream Sediment

Sediment observed along the bed of a stream.

 

 

 

 

Surface

Exposures of bedrock/material on the ground surface.

 

 

 

 

Telephone Pole

Sediment exposed due to drilling and installation of new telephone poles.

 

 

 

 

Tiling Trench

Trenches for pipelines, tiling, cables, etc.

 

 

 

 

Tree Planting

Sediment excavated due to the planting of trees.

 

 

 

 

Trench

Any trench exposure of material.

 

 

 

 

Trowel Hole

Sediment observed by digging a hole with a towel (usually 9 to 12 inches deep)

 

 

 

 

Utility Construction

Sediment observed by the excavation and work on utility boxes.

 

 

 

 

Well

Sediment observed in the construction and drilling of a well.

 

Material_1

 

Text, 20

Ex: Sand, Gravel, Till, Silt and Clay.

Describes the primary type of material encountered at each observation site.

 

Material_2

 

Text, 20

Ex Sand, Gravel, Till, Silt and Clay..

Describes the secondary (not primary) type of material at each observation site.

 

Fielddesc

 

Text, 80

Ex: Drill Hole (0-9 ft)  0-6 Till, 6-9 Gravel.

A short field description of the observation site.

 

Thickmod

 

Text, 1

>

Modifies the thickmin or thickmax (i.e., Thickness field).  Greater Than

 

 

 

 

<

Less Than.

 

 

 

 

~

Approximately.

 

Thickmin

 

Number, 6, 0

Ex: 2, 6, 50

The minimum thickness of the observed unit

 

Thickmax

 

Number, 6, 0

 

The minimum thickness of the observed unit

 

Overmod

 

Text, 1

>

Modifies the Overmin or Overmax (i.e., Thickness field).  Greater Than

 

 

 

 

<

Less Than.

 

 

 

 

~

Approximately.

 

Overmin

 

Number, 6, 0

Ex: 2, 9, 35

A description of the minimum thickness of the overburden covering the unit.

 

Overmax

 

Number, 6, 0

Ex: 3, 5, 10

A description of the maximum thickness of the overburden covering the unit.

 

Unitsamp

 

Text, 3

Yes or No

Indicates whether the material was sampled.  Not all sampled material was tested.

 

Gravelpct

 

Number, 6, 0

41, 30, 20

The measured amount of gravel within a sample.