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140-101-35DAD (S UNIT PAINTED CANYON WELL) (USGS-465343103225001) 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 "140-101-35DAD (S UNIT PAINTED CANYON WELL)" and has the identifier USGS-465343103225001. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10110203. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Billings County County, North Dakota at 46.89448610000000 degrees latitude and -103.3803528000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Reported." and the accuracy is Unknown Unknown. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 2783 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model" is 4.3 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-Fox Hills Sandstone. The well was contructed on 19730601. The well depth is 1870 ft. The well hole depth is 1930 ft.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-465343103225001" 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 1973 - 1975
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1973 - 1975
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1973 - 1975
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1973 - 1975
Nutrient 1973 - 1973
Organics, Other 1975 - 1975
Physical 1973 - 1975
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-ND
OrganizationFormalName USGS North Dakota Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-465343103225001
MonitoringLocationName 140-101-35DAD (S UNIT PAINTED CANYON WELL)
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 10110203
LatitudeMeasure 46.89448610000000
LongitudeMeasure -103.3803528000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue Unknown
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode Unknown
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Reported.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 2783
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 4.3
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 38
CountyCode 007
AquiferName Upper Cretaceous aquifers
FormationTypeText Hell Creek Formation-Fox Hills Sandstone
ConstructionDateText 19730601
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 1870
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 1930
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName NWIS