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KW-59-16-403 (USGS-304930096053300) 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 Texas Water Science Center (identifier USGS-TX), has the name "KW-59-16-403" and has the identifier USGS-304930096053300. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)12030202. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Grimes County County, Texas at 30.82527778000000 degrees latitude and -96.0927778000000 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 341.28 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 "Texas coastal uplands aquifer system" aquifer. The geologic formation type is Yegua Formation. The well was contructed on 1967. The well depth is 471 ft.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-304930096053300" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1970 - 1970
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1970 - 1970
Nutrient 1970 - 1970
Organics, Other 1970 - 1970
Physical 1970 - 1970
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-TX
OrganizationFormalName USGS Texas Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-304930096053300
MonitoringLocationName KW-59-16-403
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 12030202
LatitudeMeasure 30.82527778000000
LongitudeMeasure -96.0927778000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 5
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 341.28
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Light Detection And Ranging, airplane
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 48
CountyCode 185
AquiferName Texas coastal uplands aquifer system
FormationTypeText Yegua Formation
ConstructionDateText 1967
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 471
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName NWIS