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083 N20 E22 31DDBA1 WILDHORSE CANYON WELL (USGS-393312119331201) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This well site, maintained by the USGS Nevada Water Science Center (identifier USGS-NV), has the name "083 N20 E22 31DDBA1 WILDHORSE CANYON WELL" and has the identifier USGS-393312119331201. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)16050102. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Storey County County, Nevada at 39.55344444000000 degrees latitude and -119.5533860000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Differentially corrected Global Positioning System." and the accuracy is .01 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 4311.75 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Differentially corrected Global Positioning System." is .1 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NAVD88.

This site is located in the "Other aquifers" aquifer. The geologic formation type is Kate Peak Formation. The aquifer is a Mixed (confined and unconfined) multiple aquifers type. The well depth is 212 ft.

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 2002 - 2002
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2002 - 2002
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2002 - 2002
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2002 - 2002
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2002 - 2002
Nutrient 2002 - 2002
Physical 2002 - 2002
Radiochemical 2002 - 2002
Stable Isotopes 2002 - 2002
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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-NV
OrganizationFormalName USGS Nevada Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-393312119331201
MonitoringLocationName 083 N20 E22 31DDBA1 WILDHORSE CANYON WELL
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 16050102
LatitudeMeasure 39.55344444000000
LongitudeMeasure -119.5533860000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .01
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Differentially corrected Global Positioning System.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 4311.75
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .1
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Differentially corrected Global Positioning System.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 32
CountyCode 029
AquiferName Other aquifers
FormationTypeText Kate Peak Formation
AquiferTypeName Mixed (confined and unconfined) multiple aquifers
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 212
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName NWIS