Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

WQP Home >  Providers >  NWIS >  USGS-MD >  USGS-393143075440101

Eb42-03 (USGS-393143075440101) 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 Maryland Water Science Center (identifier USGS-MD), has the name "Eb42-03" and has the identifier USGS-393143075440101. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02060002. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in New Castle County County, Delaware at 39.52872280000000 degrees latitude and -75.7332661800000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 1 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 70 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Interpolated from topographic map." is 5 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NGVD29.

This site is located in the "Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain aquifer system" aquifer. The geologic formation type is Magothy Formation. The aquifer is a Confined single aquifer type.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-393143075440101" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 1992 - 1992
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1992 - 1992
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1992 - 1992
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1992 - 1992
Nutrient 1992 - 1992
Organics, Other 1992 - 1992
Physical 1992 - 1992
Radiochemical 1992 - 1992
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-MD
OrganizationFormalName USGS Maryland Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-393143075440101
MonitoringLocationName Eb42-03
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 02060002
LatitudeMeasure 39.52872280000000
LongitudeMeasure -75.7332661800000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 70
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 5
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from topographic map.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 10
CountyCode 003
AquiferName Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain aquifer system
FormationTypeText Magothy Formation
AquiferTypeName Confined single aquifer
ProviderName NWIS