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Research and IPM
Research Tools: California Pesticide Use Summaries
UC IPM developed this database from data from the California Department
of Pesticide Regulation. The database includes summaries of pesticides
used on California crops datailed by commodity, pesticide, county, and
month. The database has no information about a pesticide or its label.
Description of Variables in the Pesticide Use Database,
California Department of Pesticide Regulation
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Position Field Name Field Description Valid Values
1-2 PROCESS_YR Year document was processed. 90, 91, blank
3-10 USE_NO System assigned key to uniquely identify use transaction record. *
11-15 CHEM_CODE Chemical code present in CHEM database.
16 CHEMSTAT_SW Chemical activity status. Indicates whether the chemical has declared A
pesticidal activity or if it is the vehicle.
17 RECORD_ID Defines transaction record type for selecting edit criteria. A, B, C, D, E, F, G, 1, 2, 4, 9
8-19 COUNTY_CD Standard county number ID code established by numbering an alpha 1 - 58
sorted list of county names.
20 BASE_LN_MER TRS baseline/meridian of application location S = San Bernardino, M, S, H, blank
M = Mt. Diablo, H = Humboldt.
21-22 TOWNSHIP TRS township number of application location. 1 - 48, blank
23 TSHIP_DIR TRS direction of township where applied. S, N, blank
24-25 RANGE TRS range for application. Indicates E/W direction. 1 - 47, blank
26 RANGE_DIR TRS range direction of application location. E, W, blank
27-28 SECTION TRS section number of application location. 1 - 54, blank
29-36 APPLIC_DT Date pesticide applied. 01-01-1990 - 12-31-1990
37-42 SITE_CODE Site code from list established by EPA and modified for use by CDFA.
43-44 QUALIFY_CD Site qualifier code which modifies or limits the meaning of the site *
code upon which the product may be used.
45 PLANTING_SEQ Flag to indicate multiple plantings in same field. *
46-59 LBS_CHEM_USED Pounds of active ingredient in application. 00000000000001 - 99999999999999
60-68 ACRE_PLANTED Total planted acres for site IDs with code. 00000000 - 99999999, blank
69 UNIT_PLANTED Units of ACRE_PLANTED. A, S, U, C, T, P, K, blank
70-78 ACRE_TREATED Total number of units (acres) upon which pesticide was applied. 00000000 - 99999999
79 UNIT_TREATED Refers to type of units reported in ACRE_TREATED. A, S, U, C, T, P, K, blank
80-91 AMT_PRD_USED Amount of product used. 00000000001 - 99999999999
92-93 UNIT_OF_MEAS Units of product reported used for application. OZ, LB, PT, QT, GA, ML, LI, GR, KG
94-99 APPLIC_CNT Line sequence within document or sign of offse.t 0 - 999999
100-110 GROWER_ID ID assigned to grower by county agricultural commissioner. *
This value has significance to the permit program.
111 GRWR_FUT_SUF Reserved for future use. *
112-119 SITE_LOC_ID Site ID code assigned by county agricultural commissioner. This field
should be unique within county. It is designed to be a unique
numeric value, but is not currently implemented as such.
120 AER_GND_IND Air/ground application flag. G, A, O, blank
121-126 PRODNO System assigned product number. This has a one to one relationship to *
the four attribute keys: REG_FIRMNO + MFG_FIRMNO +
LABEL_SEQ_NO + REVISION_NO.
127-133 MFG_FIRMNO Numeric code assigned by the EPA to the company, or by California if *
the company has no products registered with EPA.
One of four parts of the product key.
134-138 LABEL_SEQ_NO The EPA's sequence number for product within registrant company. *
One of four parts of the product key.
139-140 REVISION_NO Revision code (the product label revision) one of four-part key to AA, ZA, ZB, ZC, EX, ZE, ZD, XX,
product. ZF, ZX, ZG, ZH
141-147 REG_FIRMNO Numeric code assigned to registrant firm by EPA. One of four-part key *
for product.
148 PRODSTAT_IND Flag for product registration status. A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H
149-156 REG_DT Product registration date. 01-01-1900 - 12-31-1991, blank
157-165 PRODCHEM_PCT Percentage of chemical in the product . 00000001 - 10000000
166-167 FORMULA_CD Pesticide formulation code. Encoded data as to the type of O0, B0, P0, S0, A0, E0, N0, M0, R0,
formulation of the product concentration, DO=gel/paste/ cream, H0, J0, L0, C0, G0
EO=granular. I0, D0, U0, F0, K0, Q0, T0
168 NURSERY_IND Indicates use nursery, code is not on label. Transactions with 0, 1, blank
this code will be matched to commodity codes 151-156 rather
than label codes.
169 REG_TYPE_IND Product registration type. A, B, C, D, E, blank
170 RODENT_SW Indicates product registered as rodenticide. blank, X
171 SIGNLWRD_IND Signal word indicator: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
172 SOILAPPL_SW Indicates if the product can be applied directly to soil. A, B, blank
173-174 PROCESS_MT Month document was processed. 1 - 12, blank
175-178 BATCH_NO Numeric sequence assigned to batch within process date. *
179-186 DOCUMENT_NO Sequence number of document within batch imprinted number on the *
document.
187-190 SUMMARY_CD Line number within document for most record types. *
191 FUMIGANT_SW Indicator if label indicates use for fumigation used in validation blank, X
use reporting for commodity FUM.
192 AGRICOMM_SW The agricultural commissioner use flag. Indicates if the blank, X
registration is exempt from mill tax assessment.
193 CONFID_SW Flag for spreader stickers. Indicates that field is confidential blank, X
business information.
194 GEN_PEST_IND Denotes whether a pesticide is a chemical or microbial or both. C, M, K, blank
195 MFG_REF_SW Indicates manufacturer, reformat, repack showing that the sole blank, X
use is for repackaging, has no end use, and are not subject to
mill tax.
mill tax.
196-200 RESERVED
* indicates that no quality checks were performed on the data in this field
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