Table Name |
Field Name |
Begin Column |
Definition |
Valid Values |
Descriptions |
meekfobs.dbf |
Ident |
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Text, 8 |
Ex: AA-015, CD-112 |
Unique identifiers used
in the field, letters have no significance.
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Site_type1 |
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Text, 20 |
Borrow Pit |
A pit usually dug in
material that is not sand and gravel. |
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Drill Hole |
Test hole drilled with
a Giddings Soil probe. |
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Excavation |
Badger holes, trenches,
construction areas, or foundations |
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Exposure |
Outcrop of material
from erosional processes |
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Gravel Pit |
Gravel pits exposing
sand and gravel material. |
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Observation |
Observing vegetation,
landscape, or soil patterns. |
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Sand Pit |
A pit dug in sandy
material |
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Site_type2 |
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Text, 20 |
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Further description of
the observation site specified in Site_type1. |
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Animal Hole |
A hole dug by an animal
which exposes sediment |
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Animal Mound |
A mound of sediment
created by the burrowing of an animal. |
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Back Hoe |
A hole dug by a
backhoe. |
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Basement |
Excavation of a
basement. |
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Burrow Pit |
A mined pit for
construction material |
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Construction |
Mining or digging due
to construction. |
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Ditch |
Material exposed in a
ditch due to a slump or landscaping that has removed vegetation. |
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Foundation |
Material exposed in the
digging of a basement/foundation. |
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Generalization |
A general observation
made about the landscape, vegetation, and other features. |
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Giddings Drill Hole |
Test hole drilled with
an 8 inch auger. |
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Gravel Pit |
Materials exposed in
gravel pit. |
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Gully |
Material exposed in a
gully. |
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Hill Cut |
Material exposed on a
cow path. |
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Judicial Ditch |
Materials exposed in
manmade ditch. |
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River Cut |
Stream exposed an area. |
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Road Cut |
Materials exposed in a
road cut. |
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Sand Pit |
Exposure of sand in a
pit. |
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Scarp |
Sediment exposed due to
an erosional scarp. |
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Slump |
Sediment exposed due to
small mass movement or slump. |
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Stream |
Exposure of sediment
due to erosion and down cutting of streams and rivers. |
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Stream Sediment |
Sediment observed along
the bed of a stream. |
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Surface |
Exposures of bedrock/material
on the ground surface. |
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Telephone Pole |
Sediment exposed due to
drilling and installation of new telephone poles. |
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Tiling Trench |
Trenches for pipelines,
tiling, cables, etc. |
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Tree Planting |
Sediment excavated due
to the planting of trees. |
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Trench |
Any trench exposure of
material. |
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Trowel Hole |
Sediment observed by
digging a hole with a towel (usually 9 to 12 inches deep) |
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Utility Construction |
Sediment observed by
the excavation and work on utility boxes. |
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Well |
Sediment observed in
the construction and drilling of a well. |
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Material_1 |
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Text, 20 |
Ex: Sand, Gravel, Till,
Silt and Clay. |
Describes the primary type
of material encountered at each observation site. |
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Material_2 |
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Text, 20 |
Ex Sand, Gravel, Till,
Silt and Clay.. |
Describes the secondary
(not primary) type of material at each observation site. |
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Fielddesc |
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Text, 80 |
Ex: Drill Hole (0-9
ft) 0-6 Till, 6-9 Gravel. |
A short field
description of the observation site. |
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Thickmod |
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Text, 1 |
> |
Modifies the thickmin
or thickmax (i.e., Thickness field).
Greater Than |
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< |
Less Than. |
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~ |
Approximately. |
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Thickmin |
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Number, 6, 0 |
Ex: 2, 6, 50 |
The minimum thickness
of the observed unit |
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Thickmax |
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Number, 6, 0 |
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The minimum thickness
of the observed unit |
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Overmod |
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Text, 1 |
> |
Modifies the Overmin or
Overmax (i.e., Thickness field).
Greater Than |
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< |
Less Than. |
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~ |
Approximately. |
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Overmin |
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Number, 6, 0 |
Ex: 2, 9, 35 |
A description of the
minimum thickness of the overburden covering the unit. |
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Overmax |
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Number, 6, 0 |
Ex: 3, 5, 10 |
A description of the
maximum thickness of the overburden covering the unit. |
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Unitsamp |
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Text, 3 |
Yes or No |
Indicates whether the
material was sampled. Not all sampled
material was tested. |
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Gravelpct |
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Number, 6, 0 |
41, 30, 20 |
The measured amount of
gravel within a sample. |