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ZL-68-54-807 (Picosa Well 2) (USGS-290849098174001) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This well site, maintained by the USGS Texas Water Science Center (identifier USGS-TX), has the name "ZL-68-54-807 (Picosa Well 2)" and has the identifier USGS-290849098174001. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)12100303. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Wilson County County, Texas at 29.14685000000000 degrees latitude and -98.2943833000000 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 .1 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000.

This site is located in the "Texas coastal uplands aquifer system" aquifer. The geologic formation type is Carrizo Sand. The aquifer is a Confined single aquifer type. The well was contructed on 19980729. The well depth is 808 ft. The well hole depth is 890 ft.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-290849098174001" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2004 - 2017
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2004 - 2017
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2004 - 2017
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2004 - 2017
Nutrient 2004 - 2006
Physical 2004 - 2017
Radiochemical 2004 - 2017
Stable Isotopes 2004 - 2017
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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-TX
OrganizationFormalName USGS Texas Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-290849098174001
MonitoringLocationName ZL-68-54-807 (Picosa Well 2)
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 12100303
LatitudeMeasure 29.14685000000000
LongitudeMeasure -98.2943833000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 48
CountyCode 493
AquiferName Texas coastal uplands aquifer system
FormationTypeText Carrizo Sand
AquiferTypeName Confined single aquifer
ConstructionDateText 19980729
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 808
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 890
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName NWIS