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55A 3 SOW 086 (USGS-363632076580101) 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 Virginia Water Science Center (identifier USGS-VA), has the name "55A 3 SOW 086" and has the identifier USGS-363632076580101. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03010202. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Southampton County County, Virginia at 36.60947500000000 degrees latitude and -76.9666056000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Differentially corrected Global Positioning System." and the accuracy is .01 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 18.00 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Interpolated from topographic map." is 3 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NGVD29.

This site is located in the "Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain aquifer system" aquifer. The geologic formation type is Patuxent Formation. The well depth is 745 ft. The well hole depth is 835 ft.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-363632076580101" 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 1999 - 2010
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1999 - 2010
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1999 - 2010
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1999 - 2010
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2010 - 2010
Physical 1999 - 2010
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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-VA
OrganizationFormalName USGS Virginia Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-363632076580101
MonitoringLocationName 55A 3 SOW 086
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 03010202
LatitudeMeasure 36.60947500000000
LongitudeMeasure -76.9666056000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .01
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Differentially corrected Global Positioning System.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 18.00
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 3
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from topographic map.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 51
CountyCode 175
AquiferName Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain aquifer system
FormationTypeText Patuxent Formation
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 745
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 835
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName NWIS