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CH 6879 (USGS-395752075424801) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This well site, maintained by the USGS Pennsylvania Water Science Center (identifier USGS-PA), has the name "CH 6879" and has the identifier USGS-395752075424801. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02040205. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Chester County County, Pennsylvania at 39.96450000000000 degrees latitude and -75.7133333000000 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 .5 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 398 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 Peters Creek Schist. The well was contructed on 1958. The well depth is 128 ft.

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 2005 - 2005
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2005 - 2005
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2005 - 2005
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2005 - 2005
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2005 - 2005
Microbiological 2005 - 2005
Nutrient 2005 - 2005
Organics, Other 2005 - 2005
Organics, Pesticide 2005 - 2005
Physical 2005 - 2005
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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-PA
OrganizationFormalName USGS Pennsylvania Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-395752075424801
MonitoringLocationName CH 6879
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 02040205
LatitudeMeasure 39.96450000000000
LongitudeMeasure -75.7133333000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .5
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 398
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 5
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from topographic map.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 42
CountyCode 029
AquiferName Piedmont and Blue Ridge crystalline-rock aquifers
FormationTypeText Peters Creek Schist
ConstructionDateText 1958
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 128
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName NWIS