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Cn-120 (USGS-295721093115701) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This well site, maintained by the USGS Louisiana Water Science Center (identifier USGS-LA), has the name "Cn-120" and has the identifier USGS-295721093115701. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)08080206. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Cameron Parish County, Louisiana at 29.95604720000000 degrees latitude and -93.1993200000000 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 1:62500. This site is at an elevation of 3.00 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Interpolated from topographic map." is 2.5 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NGVD29.

This site is located in the "Coastal lowlands aquifer system" aquifer. The geologic formation type is 500-foot Sand of Lake Charles Area. The well was contructed on 19740829. The well depth is 764 ft. The well hole depth is 877 ft.

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 1996 - 2017
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1979 - 1979
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1974 - 2017
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1979 - 1979
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1982 - 1982
Nutrient 1979 - 1979
Physical 1974 - 2017
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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-LA
OrganizationFormalName USGS Louisiana Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-295721093115701
MonitoringLocationName Cn-120
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 08080206
LatitudeMeasure 29.95604720000000
LongitudeMeasure -93.1993200000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 62500
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 5
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 3.00
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 2.5
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from topographic map.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 22
CountyCode 023
AquiferName Coastal lowlands aquifer system
FormationTypeText 500-foot Sand of Lake Charles Area
ConstructionDateText 19740829
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 764
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 877
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName NWIS