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bh26 poe school (USGS-414209087362501) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This well site, maintained by the USGS Illinois Water Science Center (identifier USGS-IL), has the name "bh26 poe school" and has the identifier USGS-414209087362501. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07120003. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Cook County County, Illinois at 41.70253448000000 degrees latitude and -87.6069915000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 5 seconds. This site is at an elevation of 592 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Interpolated from topographic map." is 3 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NGVD29.

This site is located in the "Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions)" aquifer. The geologic formation type is Clay (Holocene and/or Pleistocene). The aquifer is a Unconfined single aquifer type. The well was contructed on 19930518. The well depth is 18 ft. The well hole depth is 18 ft.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-414209087362501" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1993 - 1993
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1993 - 1993
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1993 - 1993
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1993 - 1993
Nutrient 1993 - 1993
Organics, Other 1993 - 1993
Organics, PCBs 1993 - 1993
Organics, Pesticide 1993 - 1993
Physical 1993 - 1993
*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-IL
OrganizationFormalName USGS Illinois Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-414209087362501
MonitoringLocationName bh26 poe school
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 07120003
LatitudeMeasure 41.70253448000000
LongitudeMeasure -87.6069915000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 5
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 592
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 3
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from topographic map.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 17
CountyCode 031
AquiferName Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions)
FormationTypeText Clay (Holocene and/or Pleistocene)
AquiferTypeName Unconfined single aquifer
ConstructionDateText 19930518
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 18
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 18
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName NWIS