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Well X 18 Wilcox County Al (USGS-315309087242901) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: NWIS (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This well site, maintained by the USGS Alabama Water Science Center (identifier USGS-AL), has the name "Well X 18 Wilcox County Al" and has the identifier USGS-315309087242901. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03150203. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Wilcox County County, Alabama at 31.88598416000000 degrees latitude and -87.4080483000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 10 seconds. This site is at an elevation of 155.00 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Altimeter." is 5. feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NGVD29.

This site is located in the "Southeastern Coastal Plain aquifer system" aquifer. The geologic formation type is Nanafalia Formation. The aquifer is a Confined single aquifer type. The well was contructed on 19670101. The well depth is 400 ft.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-315309087242901" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 1967 - 1967
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1967 - 1967
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1967 - 1967
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1967 - 1967
Nutrient 1967 - 1967
Physical 1967 - 1967
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-AL
OrganizationFormalName USGS Alabama Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-315309087242901
MonitoringLocationName Well X 18 Wilcox County Al
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 03150203
LatitudeMeasure 31.88598416000000
LongitudeMeasure -87.4080483000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 10
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 155.00
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 5.
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Altimeter.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 01
CountyCode 131
AquiferName Southeastern Coastal Plain aquifer system
FormationTypeText Nanafalia Formation
AquiferTypeName Confined single aquifer
ConstructionDateText 19670101
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 400
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName NWIS