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003G0018 ALCORN (USGS-345624088303201) 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 "003G0018 ALCORN" and has the identifier USGS-345624088303201. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)08010207. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Alcorn County County, Mississippi at 34.94119720000000 degrees latitude and -88.5109194000000 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 482.00 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Level or other surveyed method." is .1 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NGVD29.

This site is located in the "Southeastern Coastal Plain aquifer system" aquifer. The geologic formation type is Paleozoic Erathem. The well was contructed on 19590101. The well depth is 485 ft.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-345624088303201" 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*
Information 1960 - 1960
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1960 - 1960
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1960 - 1960
Nutrient 1960 - 1960
Physical 1960 - 1960
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-MS
OrganizationFormalName USGS Mississippi Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-345624088303201
MonitoringLocationName 003G0018 ALCORN
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 08010207
LatitudeMeasure 34.94119720000000
LongitudeMeasure -88.5109194000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Differentially corrected Global Positioning System.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 482.00
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .1
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Level or other surveyed method.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 28
CountyCode 003
AquiferName Southeastern Coastal Plain aquifer system
FormationTypeText Paleozoic Erathem
ConstructionDateText 19590101
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 485
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName NWIS