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44N 3E-24.8a1 (USGS-421615088502701) 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 "44N 3E-24.8a1" and has the identifier USGS-421615088502701. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07090006. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Boone County County, Illinois at 42.27085410000000 degrees latitude and -88.8412119000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 5 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 781.9 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Level or other surveyed method." is 0.1 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NGVD29.

This site is located in the "Cambrian-Ordovician aquifer system" aquifer. The geologic formation type is Ordovician-Cambrian Systems. The aquifer is a Confined multiple aquifers type. The well was contructed on 195506. The well depth is 868 ft. The well hole depth is 868 ft.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-421615088502701" 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 1985 - 1985
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1985 - 1985
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1985 - 1985
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1985 - 1985
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1985 - 1985
Nutrient 1985 - 1985
Organics, Other 1985 - 1993
Organics, Pesticide 1985 - 1993
Physical 1985 - 1985
Radiochemical 1999 - 1999
Stable Isotopes 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-421615088502701
MonitoringLocationName 44N 3E-24.8a1
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 07090006
LatitudeMeasure 42.27085410000000
LongitudeMeasure -88.8412119000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 5
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 781.9
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 0.1
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Level or other surveyed method.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 17
CountyCode 007
AquiferName Cambrian-Ordovician aquifer system
FormationTypeText Ordovician-Cambrian Systems
AquiferTypeName Confined multiple aquifers
ConstructionDateText 195506
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 868
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 868
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName NWIS