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USACE CDF MONITORING WELL MW-21A NEAR E CHICAGO IN (USGS-413849087291001) 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 Indiana Water Science Center (identifier USGS-IN), has the name "USACE CDF MONITORING WELL MW-21A NEAR E CHICAGO IN" and has the identifier USGS-413849087291001. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)04040001. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Lake County County, Indiana at 41.64721944000000 degrees latitude and -87.4862056000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Reported." and the accuracy is 1 seconds. This site is at an elevation of 590.56 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Reported method of determination." is .01 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NAVD88.

This site is located in the "Other aquifers" aquifer. The geologic formation type is Dune Deposit. The aquifer is a Unconfined single aquifer type. The well was contructed on 20080903. The well depth is 25.3 ft. The well hole depth is 26.5 ft.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-413849087291001" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2017 - 2017
Physical 2017 - 2017
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-IN
OrganizationFormalName USGS Indiana Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-413849087291001
MonitoringLocationName USACE CDF MONITORING WELL MW-21A NEAR E CHICAGO IN
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 04040001
LatitudeMeasure 41.64721944000000
LongitudeMeasure -87.4862056000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Reported.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 590.56
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .01
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Reported method of determination.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 18
CountyCode 089
AquiferName Other aquifers
FormationTypeText Dune Deposit
AquiferTypeName Unconfined single aquifer
ConstructionDateText 20080903
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 25.3
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 26.5
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName NWIS