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OW 685 (USGS-443140070232301) 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 Maine Water Science Center (identifier USGS-ME), has the name "OW 685" and has the identifier USGS-443140070232301. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)01040002. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Oxford County County, Maine at 44.52784150000000 degrees latitude and -70.3892293000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 1 seconds. This site is at an elevation of 740 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Unknown." is 10 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 Till. The aquifer is a Unconfined single aquifer type. The well depth is 20 ft.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-443140070232301" 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 1979 - 1979
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1979 - 1979
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1979 - 1979
Nutrient 1979 - 1979
Organics, Other 1979 - 1979
Physical 1979 - 1979
*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-ME
OrganizationFormalName USGS Maine Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-443140070232301
MonitoringLocationName OW 685
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 01040002
LatitudeMeasure 44.52784150000000
LongitudeMeasure -70.3892293000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 740
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 10
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Unknown.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 23
CountyCode 017
AquiferName Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions)
FormationTypeText Till
AquiferTypeName Unconfined single aquifer
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 20
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName NWIS