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23N18E27BAB (USGS-455601101525101) 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 Dakota Water Science Center (identifier USGS-ND), has the name "23N18E27BAB" and has the identifier USGS-455601101525101. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10130205. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Corson County County, South Dakota at 45.93351667000000 degrees latitude and -101.8807778000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from Digital MAP." and the accuracy is .5 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 2477 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 "Upper Cretaceous aquifers" aquifer. The geologic formation type is Hell Creek Formation. The well was contructed on 20030730. The well depth is 440 ft. The well hole depth is 440 ft.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-455601101525101" 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 2015 - 2018
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2015 - 2018
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2015 - 2018
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2015 - 2018
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2015 - 2018
Nutrient 2015 - 2018
Organics, Other 2015 - 2018
Organics, Pesticide 2015 - 2018
PFAS,Perfluorinated Alkyl Substance 2018 - 2018
Physical 2015 - 2018
Radiochemical 2015 - 2018
Stable Isotopes 2018 - 2018
*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-ND
OrganizationFormalName USGS North Dakota Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-455601101525101
MonitoringLocationName 23N18E27BAB
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 10130205
LatitudeMeasure 45.93351667000000
LongitudeMeasure -101.8807778000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .5
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from Digital MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 2477
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 10
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from topographic map.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 46
CountyCode 031
AquiferName Upper Cretaceous aquifers
FormationTypeText Hell Creek Formation
ConstructionDateText 20030730
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 440
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 440
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName NWIS