AD 146 Adams County Observation Well - 395846077040601

Important information about this monitoring location

Diurnal water-level fluctuations evident during some periods are caused by earth tides.

Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	395846077040601	_n/a
Site name	AD 146 Adams County Observation Well	_n/a
Site type	Well	GW
DMS latitude	395845.4	_n/a
DMS longitude	0770409.0	_n/a
Decimal latitude	39.97927778	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-77.0691667	_n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft)	G
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS).	1
Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
District	Pennsylvania	42
State	Pennsylvania	42
County	Adams County	001
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description		_n/a
Name of location map	HAMPTON	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	531.5 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	Light Detection And Ranging, airplane	J
Altitude accuracy	1 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Lower Susquehanna	02050306
Drainage basin		_n/a
Topographic setting	Valley flat	V
Flags for instruments at site	YNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction	19670601	_n/a
Date site established or inventoried	19680101	_n/a
Drainage area		_n/a
Contributing drainage area		_n/a
Time Zone abbreviation	EST	_n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time	Y	_n/a
Data reliability	Data have been checked by the reporting agency.	C
Data-other GW files	YYYYNYNN	_n/a
National aquifer	Early Mesozoic basin aquifers	N300ERLMZC
Local aquifer	Gettysburg Shale	231GBRG
Local aquifer type	Unconfined single aquifer	U
Well depth	99.5 feet	_n/a
Hole depth	100 feet	_n/a
Source of depth data	S	_n/a
Project number	444200220	_n/a

Operated in cooperation with:

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water

USGS - Cooperative Matching Funds