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230195-- PW 5 (USGS-402537074200201) 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 Jersey Water Science Center (identifier USGS-NJ), has the name "230195-- PW 5" and has the identifier USGS-402537074200201. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02030105. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Middlesex County County, New Jersey at 40.42691240000000 degrees latitude and -74.3335646000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Differentially corrected Global Positioning System." and the accuracy is .5 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 18 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model" is 5 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NAVD88.

This site is located in the "Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain aquifer system" aquifer. The geologic formation type is Old Bridge Sand Member of Magothy Formation. The aquifer is a Unconfined single aquifer type. The well was contructed on 19650914. The well depth is 80.0 ft.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-402537074200201" 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 1975 - 1998
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1984 - 1998
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1970 - 1998
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1984 - 1998
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1997 - 1998
Nutrient 1984 - 1998
Organics, Other 1985 - 1998
Organics, PCBs 1985 - 1985
Organics, Pesticide 1985 - 1998
Physical 1970 - 1998
Stable Isotopes 1985 - 1998
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-NJ
OrganizationFormalName USGS New Jersey Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-402537074200201
MonitoringLocationName 230195-- PW 5
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 02030105
LatitudeMeasure 40.42691240000000
LongitudeMeasure -74.3335646000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .5
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Differentially corrected Global Positioning System.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 18
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 5
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 34
CountyCode 023
AquiferName Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain aquifer system
FormationTypeText Old Bridge Sand Member of Magothy Formation
AquiferTypeName Unconfined single aquifer
ConstructionDateText 19650914
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 80.0
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName NWIS