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Kan-0946 (USGS-381447081393101) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This well site, maintained by the USGS West Virginia Water Science Center (identifier USGS-WV), has the name "Kan-0946" and has the identifier USGS-381447081393101. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05050008. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Kanawha County County, West Virginia at 38.24633330000000 degrees latitude and -81.6585556000000 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 939.3 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System" is .25 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NAVD88.

This site is located in the "Pennsylvanian aquifers" aquifer. The geologic formation type is Kanawha Formation. The aquifer is a Confined single aquifer type. The well depth is 126 ft. The well hole depth is 126 ft.

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 2010 - 2015
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2010 - 2015
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2010 - 2015
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2010 - 2015
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2010 - 2015
Microbiological 2010 - 2010
Nutrient 2010 - 2015
Organics, Other 2010 - 2015
Physical 2010 - 2015
Radiochemical 2010 - 2010
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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-WV
OrganizationFormalName USGS West Virginia Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-381447081393101
MonitoringLocationName Kan-0946
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 05050008
LatitudeMeasure 38.24633330000000
LongitudeMeasure -81.6585556000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .5
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 939.3
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .25
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 039
AquiferName Pennsylvanian aquifers
FormationTypeText Kanawha Formation
AquiferTypeName Confined single aquifer
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 126
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 126
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName NWIS