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227B S08 E50 17 8 U -20bg (USGS-371414116242901) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This well: test hole not completed as a well site, maintained by the USGS Nevada Water Science Center (identifier USGS-NV), has the name "227B S08 E50 17 8 U -20bg" and has the identifier USGS-371414116242901. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)18090202. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Nye County County, Nevada at 37.23707950000000 degrees latitude and -116.4088828000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Transit, theodolite, or other surveying method." and the accuracy is .01 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 6567.2 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Level or other surveyed method." is .1 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NGVD29.

This site is located in the "Southern Nevada volcanic-rock aquifers" aquifer. The geologic formation type is Volcanic Rocks. The well was contructed on 19900606. The well depth is 2200 ft. The well hole depth is 2200 ft.

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-NV
OrganizationFormalName USGS Nevada Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-371414116242901
MonitoringLocationName 227B S08 E50 17 8 U -20bg
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well: Test hole not completed as a well
HUCEightDigitCode 18090202
LatitudeMeasure 37.23707950000000
LongitudeMeasure -116.4088828000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .01
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Transit, theodolite, or other surveying method.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 6567.2
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .1
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Level or other surveyed method.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 32
CountyCode 023
AquiferName Southern Nevada volcanic-rock aquifers
FormationTypeText Volcanic Rocks
ConstructionDateText 19900606
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 2200
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 2200
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName NWIS