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127Q0015 SIMPSON (USGS-315215089435401) 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 Mississippi Water Science Center (identifier USGS-MS), has the name "127Q0015 SIMPSON" and has the identifier USGS-315215089435401. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03170004. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Simpson County County, Mississippi at 31.87070833000000 degrees latitude and -89.7318139000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Differentially corrected Global Positioning System." and the accuracy is .1 seconds. This site is at an elevation of 415.00 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Interpolated from topographic map." is 10 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NGVD29.

This site is located in the "Coastal lowlands aquifer system" aquifer. The geologic formation type is Citronelle Formation. The well was contructed on 19700101. The well depth is 96.0 ft.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-315215089435401" 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*
Information 1970 - 1970
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1970 - 1970
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1970 - 1970
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1970 - 1970
Nutrient 1970 - 1970
Physical 1970 - 1970
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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-MS
OrganizationFormalName USGS Mississippi Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-315215089435401
MonitoringLocationName 127Q0015 SIMPSON
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 03170004
LatitudeMeasure 31.87070833000000
LongitudeMeasure -89.7318139000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Differentially corrected Global Positioning System.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 415.00
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 10
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from topographic map.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 28
CountyCode 127
AquiferName Coastal lowlands aquifer system
FormationTypeText Citronelle Formation
ConstructionDateText 19700101
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 96.0
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName NWIS