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ME-PIW 33 (USEPA-450959069222101) 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 Maine Water Science Center (identifier USGS-ME), has the name "ME-PIW 33" and has the identifier USEPA-450959069222101. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)01020004. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Piscataquis County County, Maine at 45.16607500000000 degrees latitude and -69.3739000000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from Digital MAP." and the accuracy is .1 seconds. This site is at an elevation of 396 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model" is 10 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NGVD29.

This site is located in the "Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions)" aquifer. The geologic formation type is Ice-Contact Deposits, Pleistocene. The aquifer is a Unconfined single aquifer type. The well was contructed on 19840614. The well depth is 70 ft.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USEPA-450959069222101" 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*
Information 2014 - 2014
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2014 - 2014
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2014 - 2014
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2014 - 2014
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2014 - 2014
Microbiological 2014 - 2014
Nutrient 2014 - 2014
Organics, Other 2014 - 2014
Organics, Pesticide 2014 - 2014
PFAS,Perfluorinated Alkyl Substance 2014 - 2014
Physical 2014 - 2014
Radiochemical 2014 - 2014
Stable Isotopes 2014 - 2014
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-ME
OrganizationFormalName USGS Maine Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USEPA-450959069222101
MonitoringLocationName ME-PIW 33
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 01020004
LatitudeMeasure 45.16607500000000
LongitudeMeasure -69.3739000000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from Digital MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 396
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 10
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 23
CountyCode 021
AquiferName Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions)
FormationTypeText Ice-Contact Deposits, Pleistocene
AquiferTypeName Unconfined single aquifer
ConstructionDateText 19840614
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 70
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName NWIS