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Coldwater Fen piezometer 1b-Branch County, MI (USGS-414838084564202) 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 Michigan Water Science Center (identifier USGS-MI), has the name "Coldwater Fen piezometer 1b-Branch County, MI" and has the identifier USGS-414838084564202. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)04050001. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Branch County County, Michigan at 41.81065278000000 degrees latitude and -84.9451306000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "GNSS4 - Level 4 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System" and the accuracy is .01 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 999.3 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "GNSS4 - Level 4 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System" is 0.1 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NAVD88.

This site is located in the "Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions)" aquifer. The geologic formation type is Sand and Gravel. The aquifer is a Unconfined single aquifer type. The well was contructed on 20200922. The well depth is 14.34 ft. The well hole depth is 14.34 ft.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-414838084564202" 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 2021 - 2022
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2021 - 2022
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2021 - 2022
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2021 - 2021
Nutrient 2021 - 2022
Organics, Other 2021 - 2022
Physical 2021 - 2022
Stable Isotopes 2021 - 2022
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What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-MI
OrganizationFormalName USGS Michigan Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-414838084564202
MonitoringLocationName Coldwater Fen piezometer 1b-Branch County, MI
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 04050001
LatitudeMeasure 41.81065278000000
LongitudeMeasure -84.9451306000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .01
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GNSS4 - Level 4 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 999.3
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 0.1
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName GNSS4 - Level 4 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 26
CountyCode 023
AquiferName Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions)
FormationTypeText Sand and Gravel
AquiferTypeName Unconfined single aquifer
ConstructionDateText 20200922
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 14.34
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 14.34
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName NWIS