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YW-66-08-602 (USGS-295134095471700) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: NWIS (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This well site, maintained by the USGS Texas Water Science Center (identifier USGS-TX), has the name "YW-66-08-602" and has the identifier USGS-295134095471700. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)12070104. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Waller County County, Texas at 29.92638889000000 degrees latitude and -96.0344444000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 10 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 171.22 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Light Detection And Ranging, airplane" is 1 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NAVD88.

This site is located in the "Coastal lowlands aquifer system" aquifer. The geologic formation type is Evangeline and Jasper Aquifers. The aquifer is a Confined multiple aquifers type. The well was contructed on 1952. The well depth is 1608 ft. The well hole depth is 1608 ft.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-295134095471700" 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 1952 - 1965
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1952 - 1965
Nutrient 1952 - 1952
Organics, Other 1952 - 1965
Physical 1952 - 1965
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-TX
OrganizationFormalName USGS Texas Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-295134095471700
MonitoringLocationName YW-66-08-602
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 12070104
LatitudeMeasure 29.92638889000000
LongitudeMeasure -96.0344444000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 10
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 171.22
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Light Detection And Ranging, airplane
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 48
CountyCode 473
AquiferName Coastal lowlands aquifer system
FormationTypeText Evangeline and Jasper Aquifers
AquiferTypeName Confined multiple aquifers
ConstructionDateText 1952
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 1608
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 1608
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName NWIS