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NH-BUW 5 (USGS-430945071314801) 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 New Hampshire Water Science Center (identifier USGS-NH), has the name "NH-BUW 5" and has the identifier USGS-430945071314801. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)01070006. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Merrimack County County, New Hampshire at 43.16258166000000 degrees latitude and -71.5295153800000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 5 seconds. This site is at an elevation of 400.00 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Interpolated from topographic map." is 20 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NGVD29.

This site is located in the "New York and New England crystalline-rock aquifers" aquifer. The geologic formation type is Crystalline Rocks, Noncarbonate. The well was contructed on 1962. The well depth is 312 ft.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-430945071314801" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 1970 - 1970
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1970 - 1970
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1970 - 1970
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1970 - 1970
Nutrient 1970 - 1970
Physical 1970 - 1970
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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-NH
OrganizationFormalName USGS New Hampshire Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-430945071314801
MonitoringLocationName NH-BUW 5
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 01070006
LatitudeMeasure 43.16258166000000
LongitudeMeasure -71.5295153800000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 5
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 400.00
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 20
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from topographic map.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 33
CountyCode 013
AquiferName New York and New England crystalline-rock aquifers
FormationTypeText Crystalline Rocks, Noncarbonate
ConstructionDateText 1962
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 312
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName NWIS