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FA 17 Fayette County Observation Well (USGS-394843079351401) 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 Pennsylvania Water Science Center (identifier USGS-PA), has the name "FA 17 Fayette County Observation Well" and has the identifier USGS-394843079351401. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05020006. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Fayette County County, Pennsylvania at 39.81250000000000 degrees latitude and -79.5872222000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is .1 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 1927 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Light Detection And Ranging, airplane" is 1 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NAVD88.

This site is located in the "Pennsylvanian aquifers" aquifer. The geologic formation type is Glenshaw Formation. The well was contructed on 19670101. The well depth is 100 ft.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-394843079351401" 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 1968 - 1968
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1968 - 1992
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1968 - 1992
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1968 - 1992
Nutrient 1968 - 1968
Physical 1968 - 1992
*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-PA
OrganizationFormalName USGS Pennsylvania Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-394843079351401
MonitoringLocationName FA 17 Fayette County Observation Well
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 05020006
LatitudeMeasure 39.81250000000000
LongitudeMeasure -79.5872222000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1927
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Light Detection And Ranging, airplane
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 42
CountyCode 051
AquiferName Pennsylvanian aquifers
FormationTypeText Glenshaw Formation
ConstructionDateText 19670101
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 100
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName NWIS