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ME-HW171 McFarland Hill near Bar Harbor, Maine (USGS-442238068154101) 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-HW171 McFarland Hill near Bar Harbor, Maine" and has the identifier USGS-442238068154101. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)01050002. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Hancock County County, Maine at 44.37722220000000 degrees latitude and -68.2613888900000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft)" and the accuracy is 1 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 495.13 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "GNSS3 - Level 3 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System" is 0.1 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NAVD88.

This site is located in the "New York and New England crystalline-rock aquifers" aquifer. The geologic formation type is Bedrock. The aquifer is a Unconfined single aquifer type. The well was contructed on 20030807. The well depth is 98.2 ft. The well hole depth is 98.2 ft.

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 2003 - 2006
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2003 - 2006
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2003 - 2006
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2003 - 2006
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2003 - 2006
Nutrient 2003 - 2004
Organics, Other 2003 - 2004
Organics, PCBs 2003 - 2003
Organics, Pesticide 2003 - 2003
Physical 2003 - 2006
Radiochemical 2003 - 2006
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-ME
OrganizationFormalName USGS Maine Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-442238068154101
MonitoringLocationName ME-HW171 McFarland Hill near Bar Harbor, Maine
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 01050002
LatitudeMeasure 44.37722220000000
LongitudeMeasure -68.2613888900000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 495.13
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 0.1
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName GNSS3 - Level 3 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 23
CountyCode 009
AquiferName New York and New England crystalline-rock aquifers
FormationTypeText Bedrock
AquiferTypeName Unconfined single aquifer
ConstructionDateText 20030807
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 98.2
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 98.2
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName NWIS