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RK-245 UPPER PIEDMONT RS MW-S4D (USGS-362226079410103) 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 "RK-245 UPPER PIEDMONT RS MW-S4D" and has the identifier USGS-362226079410103. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03010103. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Rockingham County County, North Carolina at 36.37388889000000 degrees latitude and -79.6836111000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Differentially corrected Global Positioning System." and the accuracy is .1 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 659.57 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 NGVD29.

This site is located in the "Piedmont and Blue Ridge crystalline-rock aquifers" aquifer. The geologic formation type is Felsic Gneiss. The well was contructed on 20020312. The well depth is 380 ft. The well hole depth is 380 ft.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-362226079410103" 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 2002 - 2002
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2002 - 2004
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2002 - 2004
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2002 - 2004
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2002 - 2004
Nutrient 2002 - 2004
Physical 2002 - 2004
Radiochemical 2002 - 2004
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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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-362226079410103
MonitoringLocationName RK-245 UPPER PIEDMONT RS MW-S4D
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 03010103
LatitudeMeasure 36.37388889000000
LongitudeMeasure -79.6836111000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Differentially corrected Global Positioning System.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 659.57
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 0.1
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Level or other surveyed method.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 37
CountyCode 157
AquiferName Piedmont and Blue Ridge crystalline-rock aquifers
FormationTypeText Felsic Gneiss
ConstructionDateText 20020312
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 380
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 380
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName NWIS