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290532-- PW 3 (USGS-400459074035901) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This well site, maintained by the USGS New Jersey Water Science Center (identifier USGS-NJ), has the name "290532-- PW 3" and has the identifier USGS-400459074035901. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02040301. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Ocean County County, New Jersey at 40.08303247000000 degrees latitude and -74.0660542000000 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 .5 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 10.00 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Interpolated from topographic map." is 2.5 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NGVD29.

This site is located in the "Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain aquifer system" aquifer. The geologic formation type is Englishtown Formation. The aquifer is a Confined single aquifer type. The well was contructed on 19460415. The well depth is 798 ft.

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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 1961 - 1972
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1958 - 1992
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1947 - 1992
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1947 - 1961
Nutrient 1947 - 1961
Physical 1947 - 1992
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-NJ
OrganizationFormalName USGS New Jersey Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-400459074035901
MonitoringLocationName 290532-- PW 3
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 02040301
LatitudeMeasure 40.08303247000000
LongitudeMeasure -74.0660542000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .5
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 10.00
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 2.5
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from topographic map.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 34
CountyCode 029
AquiferName Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain aquifer system
FormationTypeText Englishtown Formation
AquiferTypeName Confined single aquifer
ConstructionDateText 19460415
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 798
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName NWIS