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USGS WELL 1A AT WHIHALA BEACH, WHITING, IN (USGS-414128087301401) 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 "USGS WELL 1A AT WHIHALA BEACH, WHITING, IN" and has the identifier USGS-414128087301401. 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 41.69106389000000 degrees latitude and -87.5038111000000 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 .5 seconds. This site is at an elevation of 585.01 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "GNSS4 - Level 4 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System" is .05 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 20180222.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-414128087301401" 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 2018 - 2018
Microbiological 2018 - 2018
Physical 2018 - 2018
*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-414128087301401
MonitoringLocationName USGS WELL 1A AT WHIHALA BEACH, WHITING, IN
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 04040001
LatitudeMeasure 41.69106389000000
LongitudeMeasure -87.5038111000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .5
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 585.01
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .05
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName GNSS4 - Level 4 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 18
CountyCode 089
AquiferName Other aquifers
FormationTypeText Dune Deposit
AquiferTypeName Unconfined single aquifer
ConstructionDateText 20180222
ProviderName NWIS