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CU 839 (USGS-400953077163901) 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 "CU 839" and has the identifier USGS-400953077163901. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02050305. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Cumberland County County, Pennsylvania at 40.16481055000000 degrees latitude and -77.2772057000000 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 575 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 "Valley and Ridge aquifers" aquifer. The geologic formation type is Shadygrove Formation. The well was contructed on 19870828. The well depth is 150 ft. The well hole depth is 150 ft.

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Nutrient 1991 - 1991
Organics, Pesticide 1991 - 1991
Physical 1991 - 1991
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-PA
OrganizationFormalName USGS Pennsylvania Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-400953077163901
MonitoringLocationName CU 839
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 02050305
LatitudeMeasure 40.16481055000000
LongitudeMeasure -77.2772057000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 5
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 575
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 5
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from topographic map.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 42
CountyCode 041
AquiferName Valley and Ridge aquifers
FormationTypeText Shadygrove Formation
ConstructionDateText 19870828
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 150
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 150
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName NWIS