| DataCode | DataCode | Nominal | Dataset code |
| RecType | | Physical quantity | Record type |
| RecYear | | Physical quantity | Year of sample |
| DateTime | | Date/time | day and time data was collected |
| UniqueID | | Physical quantity | number assigned to each wallow by person collecting data |
| SampleWeek | | Physical quantity | week of the summer of 2020 in which the wallow was sampled (1 = 8-12 Jun; 2 = 15-19 Jun; 3 = 22-26 Jun; 4 = 29 Jun - 3 Jul; 5 = 6-10 Jul; 6 = 13-17 Jul; 7 = 20-24 Jul; 8 = 27-31 Jul; 10 = 10-14 Jul)
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| Latitudey | | Physical quantity | latitude coordinates of wallow |
| Longitudex | | Physical quantity | logitude coordinates of wallow |
| Elevation_mean | | Physical quantity | elevation of wallow in meters above sea level |
| Slope | | Physical quantity | slope of wallow in degrees |
| Watershed | | Nominal | the watershed management treatment in which wallow was found |
| FireFrequency | | Physical quantity | how often the watershed was burned (1 = every year; 2 = every other year; 4 = every four years; 20 = every 20 years)
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| AquaticPlants | | Nominal | how much of the wallow was covered with aquatic vegetation - for statistical analysis, "none" was counted as 0, all other categories were counted as 1 (having some quantity of plants) |
| TerrestrialPlants | | Nominal | how much of the wallow was covered with terrestrial vegetation - for statistical analysis, "none" was counted as 0, all other categories were counted as 1 (having some quantity of plants) |
| GrazingLawn | | Nominal | whether a wallow was located on a grazing lawn (this was "yes" or "no" for statistical analysis) |
| Length_mean | | Physical quantity | average of two measurements of the wallow's long axis in meters |
| Width_mean | | Physical quantity | average of two measurements of the wallow's short axis in meters |
| Depth_median | | Physical quantity | median measurement in centimeters of depth taken every 61 cm across the long axis of the wallow |
| Area | | Physical quantity | surface area of wallow in meters2 |
| Volume | | Physical quantity | volume of wallow in meters3 |
