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Puerto Rico Well No. 68C (11NPSWRD_WQX-AMME_GS1_PR68C) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This well site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "Puerto Rico Well No. 68C" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-AMME_GS1_PR68C. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)22020000.

This site is located in Saipan Municipality County, Northern Mariana Islands at 15.2210655000 degrees latitude and 145.7462531400 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 130.2 ft No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.

The well hole depth is 135 ft.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "11NPSWRD_WQX-AMME_GS1_PR68C" 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, Non-metals 1945 - 1945
Physical 1945 - 1945
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-AMME_GS1_PR68C
MonitoringLocationName Puerto Rico Well No. 68C
MonitoringLocationTypeName Well
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This station is at Puerto Rico Well No. 68C. No coordinates were given in the source but the well is at Sablan Quarry. Sablan Quarry was plotted using the hand-drawn map of approximately 1:13000 scale in the source. This was 1 of 4 wells spaced around a large sinkhole in the Sablan Quarry at As Rapugao. The well was abandoned due to bacterial contamination.
HUCEightDigitCode 22020000
LatitudeMeasure 15.2210655000
LongitudeMeasure 145.7462531400
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 130.2
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Unknown
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 69
CountyCode 110
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureValue 135
WellHoleDepthMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
ProviderName STORET