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MA-XHW 17 (USGS-422629072405501) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This well site, maintained by the USGS Massachusetts Water Science Center (identifier USGS-MA), has the name "MA-XHW 17" and has the identifier USGS-422629072405501. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)01080201. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Franklin County County, Massachusetts at 42.44147636000000 degrees latitude and -72.6814793000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is Unknown Unknown. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 685 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Interpolated from topographic map." is 5 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NGVD29.

This site is located in the "New York and New England crystalline-rock aquifers" aquifer. The geologic formation type is Crystalline Rocks, Undifferentiated. The aquifer is a Confined single aquifer type. The well was contructed on 19510824. The well depth is 192 ft. The well hole depth is 192 ft.

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-MA
OrganizationFormalName USGS Massachusetts Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-422629072405501
MonitoringLocationName MA-XHW 17
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 01080201
LatitudeMeasure 42.44147636000000
LongitudeMeasure -72.6814793000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue Unknown
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode Unknown
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 685
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 5
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from topographic map.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 25
CountyCode 011
AquiferName New York and New England crystalline-rock aquifers
FormationTypeText Crystalline Rocks, Undifferentiated
AquiferTypeName Confined single aquifer
ConstructionDateText 19510824
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 192
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 192
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName NWIS