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18-106-16ada01 Oil Shale (USGS-413228109220801) 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 Wyoming Water Science Center (identifier USGS-WY), has the name "18-106-16ada01 Oil Shale" and has the identifier USGS-413228109220801. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14040105. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Sweetwater County County, Wyoming at 41.54107569000000 degrees latitude and -109.3695765000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is Unknown Unknown. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 6000 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Unknown." is 10 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NGVD29.

This site is located in the "Colorado Plateaus aquifers" aquifer. The geologic formation type is Wasatch Formation. The aquifer is a Unconfined single aquifer type. The well depth is 1030 ft.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-413228109220801" 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 1982 - 1983
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1982 - 1983
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1982 - 1983
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1982 - 1983
Nutrient 1982 - 1983
Organics, Other 1982 - 1983
Physical 1982 - 1983
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-WY
OrganizationFormalName USGS Wyoming Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-413228109220801
MonitoringLocationName 18-106-16ada01 Oil Shale
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
HUCEightDigitCode 14040105
LatitudeMeasure 41.54107569000000
LongitudeMeasure -109.3695765000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue Unknown
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode Unknown
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 6000
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 10
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Unknown.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 56
CountyCode 037
AquiferName Colorado Plateaus aquifers
FormationTypeText Wasatch Formation
AquiferTypeName Unconfined single aquifer
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 1030
WellDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName NWIS