GWSI APPENDIX 4 |
Assigners |
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This group contains well names and/or numbers assigned by coal mining companies. If the company's name is longer than 15 characters, use the first 15 characters of the company's name. |
EXAMPLES |
Company Name |
Code |
Black Widow Coal Company |
BLACK WIDOW COA |
Island Creek Coal Company |
ISLAND CREEK CO |
Westmoreland Coal Company |
WESTMORELAND CO |
Jewell Smokeless |
JEWELL SMOKELES |
This group contains well names and/or numbers assigned by corporations or companies. Examples for deriving assigner codes for different corporations are listed below. Corporations that commonly assign well names and/or numbers are listed on the following page. |
EXAMPLES |
Company Name |
Code |
Allied Chemical |
ALLIED CHEM |
Anheuser-Busch, Inc. |
ANHEUSER-BUSCH |
Appalachian Power Company |
APCO |
C&O Railroad |
C&O RR |
H.T.E. Corporation |
HTE CORP |
Murro Chemical Company |
MURRO CHEM CO |
Weyerhaeuser, Incorporated |
WEYERHAEUSER |
W.R. Grace Chemical |
WR GRACE CHEM |
Xerox |
XEROX |
This group contains wells that have been named and/or numbered by private consulting firms as part of a project for a client. The first 15 characters of the firms name should be coded in for the assigner component. If parts of the name can be represented by using abbreviations from the common abbreviations list, the code may be shorter than the maximum of 15 characters. |
EXAMPLES |
Firm Name |
Code |
Dames & Moore |
DAMES&MOORE |
Schnabel Engineering Associates |
SCHNABEL ENG |
Geo Trans, Incorporated |
GEO TRANS INC |
Russknow-Kane& Associates |
RUSSKNOW-KANE |
Geraghty& Miller, Incorporated | GERAGHTY&MILLER |
This group contains well names and/or numbers assigned by drilling companies. The appropriate abbreviation for the drilling company can be found in Appendix 2. |
EXAMPLES |
Company Name |
Code |
Sydnor Hydrodynamics, Incorporated |
SYDNOR HYDRO |
Layne-Atlantic |
LAYNE-ATLANT |
This group contains well names and/or numbers assigned by individuals. The name should be coded by using the first 15 characters of the last name. In most cases, the last name will be less than 15 characters. For these situations, code the last name first, followed by the first name, and then the middle name or initial. |
EXAMPLES |
Name |
Code |
John E. Rose |
ROSE JOHN E |
Willard Johnson | JOHNSON WILLARD |
P. C. Kellam | KELLAM P C |
T. Robbins Jones | JONES T ROBBINS |
R. R. Branton | BRANTON R R |
Doctor G. Whitley | WHITLEY DR G |
David S. Beach Jr. |
BEACH DAVID S |
This group contains well names and/or numbers assigned by the owner. For this case code in
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This group contains well names and/or numbers assigned by a city, county or town. The cities, counties, and towns listed below must be coded this way. |
EXAMPLES |
Name | Code |
Virginia Beach |
VA BEACH |
Isle of Wight |
ISLE OF WIGHT |
King and Queen |
KING AND QUEEN |
Colonial Heights |
COLONIAL HGTS |
This group contains well names and/or numbers assigned by a branch of the military or an organization within the military. |
EXAMPLES |
Branch Name | Code |
U.S. Army |
US ARMY |
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
USACE |
U.S. Army Environmental Hygiene Agency |
USAEHA |
U.S. Air Force |
US AIR FORCE |
U.S. Coast Guard |
US COAST GUARD |
U.S. Marine Corps |
US MARINES |
U.S. Navy |
US NAVY |
The following is a list of commonly used State of Virginia agencies that assign well names and/or numbers. |
EXAMPLES |
Agency Name | Code |
Virginia Department of Health |
VDH |
Virginia Department of Highways |
HIGHWAYS VA |
Virginia Department of Transportation |
VDOT |
Virginia Department of Corrections |
VA CORRECTIONS |
Virginia State Police |
VA STATE POLICE |
Virginia Division of Forestry |
VA DIV FORESTRY |
Virginia Division of Mineral Resources |
VDMR |
Virginia Tech Extension Service |
VPI EXTEN SERV |
Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences |
VIMS |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
VPI&SU |
University of Virginia |
UVA |
Virginia State University |
VSU |
College of William and Mary |
WILLIAM&MARY |
James Madison University |
JMU |
George Mason University |
GMU |
Virginia Commonwealth University |
VCU |
P.D. Camp Community College |
P D CAMP COLL |
Northern Virginia Community College |
NOVA |
J. Sargeant Reynolds Comm. College |
J SARG REYNOLDS |
State Park Service |
SPS |
The VDEQ has three types of assigner abbreviations:
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EXAMPLES |
Type | C190 contains | C191 code |
1 | 161-00416 | VASWCB |
2 | SOW 180E | SWCB |
3 | From
Planning Bulletin 331: PZOW |
VWCB BULL 331 |
This section contains State of North Carolina agencies that assign well names and/or numbers. |
Agency Name | Code |
North Carolina Department of Natural and Economic Resources |
NCDNR |
This section is a partial list of other federal agencies that assign well names and/or numbers. |
EXAMPLES |
Agency Name | Code |
Bureau of Land Reclamation |
BLR |
Department of Defense |
DOD |
Department of Energy |
DOE |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
US EPA |
Fish and Wildlife Service |
FISH&WILDLIFE |
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development |
HUD |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin. |
NOAA |
National Aeronautics and Space Admin. |
NASA |
National Park Service |
NPS |
The USGS has three types of assigner abbreviations:
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EXAMPLES |
Type | Assigner | Code |
1 | U.S. Geological Survey | USGS |
2 |
John D. Powell |
POWELL J D |
2 |
D.J. Cederstrom |
CEDERSTROM |
3 |
Water-Supply Paper 2274 |
WSP 2274 |
3 |
Professional Paper 796 |
PP 796 |
3 |
Water Resources Investigations Report 85-4238 |
WRIR 85-4238 |
3 |
Open-File Report 82-334 |
OFR 82-334 |
3 |
Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-410 |
HA-410 |
3 |
Miscellaneous Investigations Map I-1313-D |
MIM I-1313-D |
3 |
Annual Water Resources Data Report VA-84-1 |
AR VA-84-1 |
Compiled
by D.L. Nelms (11-05-86)
Revised
by D.L. Nelms (03-30-00)