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ON-291 RAGGED POINT WELL CASTLE HAYNE (USGS-344037077253901) 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 "ON-291 RAGGED POINT WELL CASTLE HAYNE" and has the identifier USGS-344037077253901. 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 Onslow County County, North Carolina at 34.67638889000000 degrees latitude and -77.4275000000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft)" and the accuracy is 1 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 25.95 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Level or other surveyed method." is 0.1 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 Castle Hayne Limestone. The aquifer is a Confined single aquifer type. The well was contructed on 19880307. The well depth is 180 ft. The well hole depth is 232 ft.

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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 1989 - 1989
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1989 - 1989
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1989 - 1989
Nutrient 1989 - 1989
Organics, Other 1989 - 1989
Organics, Pesticide 1989 - 1989
Physical 1989 - 1989
Stable Isotopes 1989 - 1989
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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-344037077253901
MonitoringLocationName ON-291 RAGGED POINT WELL CASTLE HAYNE
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 03020302
LatitudeMeasure 34.67638889000000
LongitudeMeasure -77.4275000000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 25.95
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 0.1
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Level or other surveyed method.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 37
CountyCode 133
AquiferName Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain aquifer system
FormationTypeText Castle Hayne Limestone
AquiferTypeName Confined single aquifer
ConstructionDateText 19880307
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 180
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 232
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName NWIS