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SW-048 NR CHEROKEE, NC QUARTZITE (USGS-353405083202101) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This well site, maintained by the USGS North Carolina Water Science Center (identifier USGS-NC), has the name "SW-048 NR CHEROKEE, NC QUARTZITE" and has the identifier USGS-353405083202101. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)06010203. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Swain County County, North Carolina at 35.56800556000000 degrees latitude and -83.3391472000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Reported." and the accuracy is Unknown Unknown. This site is at an elevation of 2505 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Interpolated from topographic map." is 10 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NAVD88.

This site is located in the "Piedmont and Blue Ridge crystalline-rock aquifers" aquifer. The geologic formation type is Quartzite. The well was contructed on 19670612. The well depth is 148 ft. The well hole depth is 148 ft.

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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

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-NC
OrganizationFormalName USGS North Carolina Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-353405083202101
MonitoringLocationName SW-048 NR CHEROKEE, NC QUARTZITE
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 06010203
LatitudeMeasure 35.56800556000000
LongitudeMeasure -83.3391472000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue Unknown
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode Unknown
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Reported.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 2505
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 10
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from topographic map.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 37
CountyCode 173
AquiferName Piedmont and Blue Ridge crystalline-rock aquifers
FormationTypeText Quartzite
ConstructionDateText 19670612
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 148
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 148
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName NWIS