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093N20W05ACB 1996NAWQA City of Sheffield (USGS-425401093135201) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This well site, maintained by the USGS Iowa Water Science Center (identifier USGS-IA), has the name "093N20W05ACB 1996NAWQA City of Sheffield" and has the identifier USGS-425401093135201. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07080204. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Franklin County County, Iowa at 42.90022220000000 degrees latitude and -93.2311111000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft)" and the accuracy is .1 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 1087.96 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Light Detection And Ranging, airplane" is .01 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NAVD88.

This site is located in the "Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions)" aquifer. The geologic formation type is Holocene Alluvium. The aquifer is a Unconfined single aquifer type. The well was contructed on 19961101. The well depth is 20.0 ft.

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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 1996 - 2017
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1997 - 2017
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1996 - 2017
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1997 - 2017
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2007 - 2017
Nutrient 1997 - 2017
Organics, Other 1996 - 2017
Organics, Pesticide 1997 - 2017
Physical 1996 - 2017
Radiochemical 1997 - 2017
Stable Isotopes 1997 - 2007
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-IA
OrganizationFormalName USGS Iowa Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-425401093135201
MonitoringLocationName 093N20W05ACB 1996NAWQA City of Sheffield
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 07080204
LatitudeMeasure 42.90022220000000
LongitudeMeasure -93.2311111000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1087.96
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .01
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Light Detection And Ranging, airplane
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 19
CountyCode 069
AquiferName Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions)
FormationTypeText Holocene Alluvium
AquiferTypeName Unconfined single aquifer
ConstructionDateText 19961101
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 20.0
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName NWIS