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Well I 1 311523085235601 15 Houston Cnty Al (USGS-311523085235601) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This well site, maintained by the USGS Alabama Water Science Center (identifier USGS-AL), has the name "Well I 1 311523085235601 15 Houston Cnty Al" and has the identifier USGS-311523085235601. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03140201. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Houston County County, Alabama at 31.25656350000000 degrees latitude and -85.3985446000000 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 327.82 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Level or other surveyed method." is 1 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NGVD29.

This site is located in the "Southeastern Coastal Plain aquifer system" aquifer. The geologic formation type is Tertiary System. The aquifer is a Confined multiple aquifers type. The well was contructed on 19610421. The well depth is 724 ft. The well hole depth is 733 ft.

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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 1973 - 1973
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1961 - 1973
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1961 - 1973
Nutrient 1973 - 1973
Physical 1961 - 1973
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-AL
OrganizationFormalName USGS Alabama Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-311523085235601
MonitoringLocationName Well I 1 311523085235601 15 Houston Cnty Al
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 03140201
LatitudeMeasure 31.25656350000000
LongitudeMeasure -85.3985446000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 5
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 327.82
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Level or other surveyed method.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 01
CountyCode 069
AquiferName Southeastern Coastal Plain aquifer system
FormationTypeText Tertiary System
AquiferTypeName Confined multiple aquifers
ConstructionDateText 19610421
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 724
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 733
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName NWIS