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GU-508 NEAR SCALESVILLE, NC (USGS-361412079461201) 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 "GU-508 NEAR SCALESVILLE, NC" and has the identifier USGS-361412079461201. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03030002. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Guilford County County, North Carolina at 36.23680180000000 degrees latitude and -79.7697544000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 5 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 840 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 "Piedmont and Blue Ridge crystalline-rock aquifers" aquifer. The geologic formation type is Felsic Intrusive Igneous Rock. The aquifer is a Confined multiple aquifers type. The well was contructed on 19910703. The well depth is 185 ft.

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 1996 - 1996
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1996 - 1996
Physical 1996 - 1996
Radiochemical 1996 - 1996
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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-361412079461201
MonitoringLocationName GU-508 NEAR SCALESVILLE, NC
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 03030002
LatitudeMeasure 36.23680180000000
LongitudeMeasure -79.7697544000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 5
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 840
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 5
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from topographic map.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 37
CountyCode 081
AquiferName Piedmont and Blue Ridge crystalline-rock aquifers
FormationTypeText Felsic Intrusive Igneous Rock
AquiferTypeName Confined multiple aquifers
ConstructionDateText 19910703
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 185
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName NWIS