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179 N16 E63 29AAAA1 City of Ely - Spring (USGS-391345114535501) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: NWIS (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This spring site, maintained by the USGS Nevada Water Science Center (identifier USGS-NV), has the name "179 N16 E63 29AAAA1 City of Ely - Spring" and has the identifier USGS-391345114535501. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)16060008. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in White Pine County County, Nevada at 39.22910620000000 degrees latitude and -114.8994630000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 5 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 6600. 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 "Basin and Range basin-fill aquifers" aquifer. The geologic formation type is Carbonate Rocks.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-391345114535501" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 2003 - 2003
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1983 - 2003
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1983 - 2003
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1983 - 2003
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1983 - 2003
Microbiological 2003 - 2003
Nutrient 1983 - 2003
Organics, Other 2003 - 2003
Organics, Pesticide 2003 - 2003
Physical 1983 - 2003
Radiochemical 2003 - 2003
Stable Isotopes 1983 - 2003
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-NV
OrganizationFormalName USGS Nevada Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-391345114535501
MonitoringLocationName 179 N16 E63 29AAAA1 City of Ely - Spring
MonitoringLocationTypeName Spring
HUCEightDigitCode 16060008
LatitudeMeasure 39.22910620000000
LongitudeMeasure -114.8994630000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 5
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 6600.
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 20
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from topographic map.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 32
CountyCode 033
AquiferName Basin and Range basin-fill aquifers
FormationTypeText Carbonate Rocks
ProviderName NWIS