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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Ports - Data Dictionary

Abstract: Contains physical information on commercial facilities at the principal U.S. Coastal, Great Lakes and Inland Ports. The data consists of listings of port area's waterfront facilities, including information on berthing, cranes, transit sheds, grain elevators, marine repair plants, fleeting areas, and docking and storage facilities. Collection of data is performed on a rotational basis to ensure on-site accuracy at each facility.

Purpose: The Navigation Data Center had several objectives in developing the U.S. Waterway Data. These objectives support the concept of a National Spatial Data Provide public access to national waterway data. Foster interagency and intra-agency cooperation through data sharing. Provide a mechanism to integrate waterway data (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Port/Facility and U.S. Coast Guard Accident Data, for example) Provide a basis for intermodal analysis. Assist standardization of waterway entity definitions (Ports/Facilities, Locks, etc.). Provide public access to the National Waterway Network, which can be used as a basemap to support graphical overlays and analysis with other spatial data (waterway and modal network/facility databases, for example). Provide reliable data to support future waterway and intermodal applications.

Field Number	Attribute	Description	Data Type
0	FID	Internal feature number.	Long Integer representing an object identifier
1	Shape	Feature geometry.	Geometry
2	ID	Unique Identifier	Double Precision Floating Point
3	LONGITUDE	The longitude of the point expressed as a signed real number. This value is in decimal degrees with negative values indicating West longitude and positive values indicating East longitude.	Double Precision Floating Point
4	LATITUDE	The latitude of the point expressed as a signed real number. This value is in decimal degrees with negative values indicating South latitude and positive values indicating North latitude.	Double Precision Floating Point
5	NAME	Wharf Name	Character String
6	LOCATION	Location of wharf on wharf waterway or in port	Character String
7	ADDRESS	Street address for wharf location	Character String
8	COUNTY	County in which wharf is located	Character String
9	COUNTY_FIP	County FIPS Code	Character String
10	TOWN	Town in which wharf is located	Character String
11	STATE	State in which wharf is located	Character String
12	WTRWY	Waterway on which wharf is located	Character String
13	PORT	Port in which the wharf is located	Character String
14	MILE	Waterway mile of wharf location above or below a datum point	Long Integer
15	BANK	Bank of river for wharf location (Left or Right)	Character String
16	LATDEC	WHARF LOCATION LATITUDE: DECIMAL	Double Precision Floating Point
17	LONGDEC	WHARF LOCATION LONGITUDE: DECIMAL	Double Precision Floating Point
18	OPERTOR1	Operator of wharf	Character String
19	OWNER	Owner of wharf	Character String
20	PURPOSE	Purpose for which wharf is used, including commodities handled and/or services performed	Character String
21	RWYCONN	Railway connections servicing wharf	Character String
22	PORTSER	Port Series Report Number (One of 57, Hard Copy)	Character String
23	SEQ_NO	Unique number that is generated within each port series number	Character String
24	LOC_CD	Location code generated by waterborne commerce statistics center (WCSC)	Character String
25	PWDNO	Pier, wharf or dock record sequence number from current edition of port series report	Character String
26	OLDPWD	Pier, wharf or dock record sequence number from previous edition of Port Series Report	Character String
27	DOCKCD	Location code designating where a dock is located generated by WCSC	Integer
28	NDCCODE	Internal code generated by the navigation data center for data integration and system interoperability	Character String
29	CNGDST	Congressional district of structure	Character String
30	COMM_CD1	Commodity code for first commodity handled at wharf	Character String
31	COMM_CD2	Commodity code for second commodity handled at wharf	Character String
32	COMM_CD3	Commodity code for third commodity handled at wharf	Character String
33	COMM_CD4	Commodity code for fourth commodity handled at wharf	Character String
34	REMARK1	Remarks, including description of wharf - related storage facilities and their operators	Character String
35	REMARK2	Remarks, including description of wharf - related storage facilities and their operators	Character String
36	REMARK3	Remarks, including description of wharf - related storage facilities and their operators	Character String
37	REMARK4	Remarks, including description of wharf - related storage facilities and their operators	Character String
38	REMARK5	Remarks, including description of wharf - related storage facilities and their operators	Character String
39	DATUM	Depth/Height Datum Used	Character String
40	DEPTH1	Depth alongside wharf's first operational element being described	Character String
41	DEPTH1A	Second depth alongside wharf's first operational element being described	Character String
42	DEPTH2	Depth alongside wharf's second operational element being described	Character String
43	DEPTH2A	Second depth alongside wharf's second operational element being described	Character String
44	DEPTH3	Depth alongside wharf's third operational element being described	Character String
45	DEPTH3A	Second depth alongside wharf's third operational element being described	Character String
46	TBIRTH1	Berthing distance of wharf's first operational element being described	Character String
47	TBIRTH2	Berthing distance of wharf's second operational element being described	Character String
48	TBIRTH3	Berthing distance of wharf's third operational element being described	Character String
49	YEAR	Year of last survey	Character String
50	MAPNO	Port series report map no.	Character String
51	FNAME	First name of contact person	Character String
52	LNAME	Last name of contact person	Character String
53	PHONE	Telephone number of facility operator or contact person	Character String
54	FAX	Fax telephone number of facility operator or contact person	Character String
55	STFIPS	The 2-character FIPS code of the State or State equivalent	Character String
56	VERSION	The VERSION is a 2-digit number that will be incremented for all records in the database whenever a new release is distributed.	Character String
57	REVISION	REVISION is a 2-digit number that will be incremented individually for each record whenever a change is made to one of its fields	Character String