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UN-145 PIEDMONT MAJOR AQUIFER STUDY SITE 53 (USGS-350251080212301) 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 "UN-145 PIEDMONT MAJOR AQUIFER STUDY SITE 53" and has the identifier USGS-350251080212301. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03040105. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Union County County, North Carolina at 35.04750000000000 degrees latitude and -80.3563888900000 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. This site is at an elevation of 508 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model" is 5 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NGVD29.

This site is located in the "Piedmont and Blue Ridge crystalline-rock aquifers" aquifer. The geologic formation type is Argillite. The well depth is 255 ft.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-350251080212301" 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 2007 - 2007
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2007 - 2007
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2007 - 2007
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2007 - 2007
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2007 - 2007
Microbiological 2007 - 2007
Nutrient 2007 - 2007
Organics, Other 2007 - 2007
Organics, Pesticide 2007 - 2007
Physical 2007 - 2007
Radiochemical 2007 - 2007
Stable Isotopes 2007 - 2007
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-NC
OrganizationFormalName USGS North Carolina Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-350251080212301
MonitoringLocationName UN-145 PIEDMONT MAJOR AQUIFER STUDY SITE 53
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 03040105
LatitudeMeasure 35.04750000000000
LongitudeMeasure -80.3563888900000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 508
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 5
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 37
CountyCode 179
AquiferName Piedmont and Blue Ridge crystalline-rock aquifers
FormationTypeText Argillite
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 255
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName NWIS