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RAS-53 (USGS-391734075401101) 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 Maryland Water Science Center (identifier USGS-MD), has the name "RAS-53" and has the identifier USGS-391734075401101. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02040207. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in New Castle County County, Delaware at 39.29277778000000 degrees latitude and -75.6697222000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from Digital MAP." and the accuracy is 1 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 46 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model" is 1.6 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NAVD88.

This site is located in the "Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain aquifer system" aquifer. The geologic formation type is Rancocas Formation. The aquifer is a Confined single aquifer type. The well was contructed on 20060119. The well depth is 225 ft. The well hole depth is 225 ft.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-391734075401101" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2015 - 2015
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2015 - 2015
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2015 - 2015
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2015 - 2015
Nutrient 2015 - 2015
Physical 2015 - 2015
Radiochemical 2015 - 2015
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-MD
OrganizationFormalName USGS Maryland Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-391734075401101
MonitoringLocationName RAS-53
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 02040207
LatitudeMeasure 39.29277778000000
LongitudeMeasure -75.6697222000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from Digital MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 46
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1.6
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 10
CountyCode 003
AquiferName Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain aquifer system
FormationTypeText Rancocas Formation
AquiferTypeName Confined single aquifer
ConstructionDateText 20060119
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 225
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 225
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName NWIS