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EB-870 (USGS-302729091100601) 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 "EB-870" and has the identifier USGS-302729091100601. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)08070201. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in East Baton Rouge Parish County, Louisiana at 30.45824600000000 degrees latitude and -91.1684403000000 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 50.00 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 600-foot Sand of Baton Rouge Area. The well was contructed on 19710308. The well depth is 692 ft. The well hole depth is 844 ft.

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 1982 - 2015
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1975 - 1984
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1971 - 2015
Physical 1971 - 2015
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-LA
OrganizationFormalName USGS Louisiana Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-302729091100601
MonitoringLocationName EB-870
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 08070201
LatitudeMeasure 30.45824600000000
LongitudeMeasure -91.1684403000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 5
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 50.00
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 2.5
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from topographic map.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 22
CountyCode 033
AquiferName Coastal lowlands aquifer system
FormationTypeText 600-foot Sand of Baton Rouge Area
ConstructionDateText 19710308
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 692
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 844
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName NWIS