MONTANA DEPARTMENT HSH, WILDLIFE, AND PARKS 

 MRIS Reporting Program 



APPENDIX E 



Recreation Databases Structures 

 GENREC.DBF - Contains data source information and general recreation information, including: use, access,water 

 character, scenery and solitude, and boating information 



R0S_CLASS2 N 

 SCENIC_QUA N 



USE_LEVEL N 



USE_ESTIMA N 



DQR_USE N 



ANGLER DAY N 



Width 



8 



8 



9 



1 



30 

 1 



30 

 3 



100 

 15 



8 



2 

 1 



Field Definition 



HYDROLOGIC UNIT 



EPA RIVER REACH NUMBER 



BASIN CODE + RIVER REACH NUMBER 



R = RESERVOIR,L= LAKE,S = STREAM,F = FLOATABLE 



STREAM 



STREAM NAME 



DEPT. OF COMMERCE TOURISM BUREAU 



VACATION REGION SEE LOOKUP TABLE I 



INDIVIDUAL'S NAME 



AGENCY RATING CODE (1=DFWP, 2=BLM, 



3= USPS) 



SOURCES OF DATA 



CODE TO PUBUC LIBRARY FILE, GIVES INFO ON 



TYPE AND METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION 



REC DATA REVISION DATE 



NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS EVALUATING THE REACH 



ACCESS RATING (1=ABUNDANT, 



2=M0DERATE, 3=LIMITED, 4=RESTRICTED, 



0= UNKNOWN) SEE LOOKUP TABLE m 



INGRESS RATING SEE LOOKUP TABLE IV 



ROS CLASS (1=PRIMITIVE, 



2 = SEMIPRIMITIVE/NONMOTORIZED, 



3 = SEMIPRIMITIVE/M0T0RIZED, 4 = R0ADED 

 NATURAL, 5 = RURAL, 6 = tTRB AN = UNKNOWN) SEE 

 LOOKUP TABLE V 



SAME AS R0S_CLASS1 



SCENIC QUALITY (l=EXCEPTIONAL, 2= HIGH, 



3=M0DERATE, 4=LIMITED, 0=UNKNOWN) SEE 



LOOKUP TABLE VI 



QUANTITATIVE MEASURE OF OVERALL USE 



(# VISITOR DAYS IN THOUSANDS PER 



ANNUM) 



OVERALL USE ESTIMATE CODE (1 = HIGH, 



2 = MODERATE, 3 = LOW, = UNKNOWN) SEE LOOKUP 



TABLE Vn 



DATA QUALITY RATING FOR OVERALL USE 



ESTIMATE CODE (1=BASED ON JUDGEMENT 



ONLY, 2=BASED ON SOME MEASURABLE 



DATA, 3=BASED ON MEASURABLE DATA) 



NUMBER OF ANGLER DAYS IN THOUSANDS 



PER ANNUM 



E-1 



