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18N/18E-35K02 SWQA5 (USGS-470021120325201) 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 Washington Water Science Center (identifier USGS-WA), has the name "18N/18E-35K02 SWQA5" and has the identifier USGS-470021120325201. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17030001. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Kittitas County County, Washington at 47.00440599000000 degrees latitude and -120.5498142000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Differentially corrected Global Positioning System." and the accuracy is .5 seconds. This site is at an elevation of 1570.5 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Reported method of determination." is 10 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NGVD29.

This site is located in the "Columbia Plateau basin-fill aquifers" aquifer. The geologic formation type is Ellensburg Formation. The well was contructed on 19870602. The well depth is 617 ft. The well hole depth is 700 ft.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-470021120325201" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 2003 - 2003
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2003 - 2003
Microbiological 2003 - 2003
Organics, Other 2003 - 2003
Organics, PCBs 2003 - 2003
Organics, Pesticide 2003 - 2003
Physical 2003 - 2003
Stable Isotopes 2003 - 2003
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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-WA
OrganizationFormalName USGS Washington Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-470021120325201
MonitoringLocationName 18N/18E-35K02 SWQA5
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 17030001
LatitudeMeasure 47.00440599000000
LongitudeMeasure -120.5498142000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .5
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Differentially corrected Global Positioning System.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1570.5
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 10
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Reported method of determination.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 53
CountyCode 037
AquiferName Columbia Plateau basin-fill aquifers
FormationTypeText Ellensburg Formation
ConstructionDateText 19870602
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 617
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 700
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName NWIS