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NH-544 NR CAROLINA BEACH, NC PEEDEE (USGS-340329077532001) 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 North Carolina Water Science Center (identifier USGS-NC), has the name "NH-544 NR CAROLINA BEACH, NC PEEDEE" and has the identifier USGS-340329077532001. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03020302. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in New Hanover County County, North Carolina at 34.05805556000000 degrees latitude and -77.8886111000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is Unknown Unknown. This site is at an elevation of 0 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 NAVD88.

This site is located in the "Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain aquifer system" aquifer. The geologic formation type is Peedee Formation. The well depth is 202 ft.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-340329077532001" 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 2012 - 2017
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2012 - 2017
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2012 - 2017
Nutrient 2017 - 2017
Physical 2012 - 2017
Stable Isotopes 2012 - 2017
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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-NC
OrganizationFormalName USGS North Carolina Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-340329077532001
MonitoringLocationName NH-544 NR CAROLINA BEACH, NC PEEDEE
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 03020302
LatitudeMeasure 34.05805556000000
LongitudeMeasure -77.8886111000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue Unknown
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode Unknown
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 10
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from topographic map.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 37
CountyCode 129
AquiferName Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain aquifer system
FormationTypeText Peedee Formation
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 202
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName NWIS