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FLA WELCOME STA PAXTON (USGS-305804086180901) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This well site, maintained by the USGS Florida Water Science Center (identifier USGS-FL), has the name "FLA WELCOME STA PAXTON" and has the identifier USGS-305804086180901. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03140103. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Walton County County, Florida at 30.96795906000000 degrees latitude and -86.3024455000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 1 seconds. The source map scale is 1:62500. This site is at an elevation of 324.00 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Interpolated from topographic map." is 5. feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NGVD29.

This site is located in the "Floridan aquifer system" aquifer. The geologic formation type is Floridan Aquifer System. The well depth is 350 ft.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-305804086180901" 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 1968 - 1990
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1968 - 1968
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1968 - 1968
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1968 - 1968
Nutrient 1968 - 1968
Physical 1968 - 1990
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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-FL
OrganizationFormalName USGS Florida Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-305804086180901
MonitoringLocationName FLA WELCOME STA PAXTON
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 03140103
LatitudeMeasure 30.96795906000000
LongitudeMeasure -86.3024455000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 62500
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 324.00
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 5.
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from topographic map.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 131
AquiferName Floridan aquifer system
FormationTypeText Floridan Aquifer System
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 350
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName NWIS