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SC 296 Schuylkill County Observation Well (USGS-404708076070701) 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 "SC 296 Schuylkill County Observation Well" and has the identifier USGS-404708076070701. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02040203. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Schuylkill County County, Pennsylvania at 40.78575000000000 degrees latitude and -76.1184722000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Differentially corrected Global Positioning System." and the accuracy is .1 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 1272 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 "Mississippian aquifers" aquifer. The geologic formation type is Mauch Chunk Formation, Middle Member. The aquifer is a Unconfined single aquifer type. The well was contructed on 19750625. The well depth is 242 ft. The well hole depth is 242 ft.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-404708076070701" 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 2000 - 2000
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1991 - 2000
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1991 - 2000
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1991 - 2000
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2000 - 2000
Microbiological 2000 - 2000
Nutrient 1991 - 2000
Organics, Other 2000 - 2000
Organics, Pesticide 2000 - 2000
Physical 1991 - 2000
Radiochemical 2000 - 2000
Stable Isotopes 2000 - 2000
*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-404708076070701
MonitoringLocationName SC 296 Schuylkill County Observation Well
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 02040203
LatitudeMeasure 40.78575000000000
LongitudeMeasure -76.1184722000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Differentially corrected Global Positioning System.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1272
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Light Detection And Ranging, airplane
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 42
CountyCode 107
AquiferName Mississippian aquifers
FormationTypeText Mauch Chunk Formation, Middle Member
AquiferTypeName Unconfined single aquifer
ConstructionDateText 19750625
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 242
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 242
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName NWIS