OK, this post is old but I would like to give my answer. Based on your input above here it is how you should look at it.
You have two types of columns, 1) Site columns
and 2) list columns
.
In your case you have created a list column, like "Status". When the columns are created, SharePoint creates crawled properties as follows:
Site columns
e.g.: I create a site column called FullName
which is of type single line
.
SharePoint will create a crawled property as such:
ows_q_TEXT_FullName
So anything starting with ows_q_<4 Letters>_
indicates that it is a site column.
List columns:
If you create a column as list level, SharePoint uses this format: ows_<Column name>
In your case above it will be ows_Status
.
To distinguish between site columns and list columns simply check if the crawled property starts with ows_q_<4 Letters of you column type>_
is a site column otherwise ows_<your Internal field name>
is your list column.