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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Groundwater Levels, Unit Values 2016-05-05 2021-03-10
n/a USGS Active Groundwater Level Network Site 2016-01-01 2021-01-01
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2016-01-01 2021-01-01
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Monitoring location 413558087200401 is associated with a Well in Lake County, Indiana. Water data back to 2016 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
413558087200401 n/a
Site name
WELL BFPK-1 AT BUFFINGTON PARK IN GARY, IN n/a
Site type
Well
GW
DMS latitude 413558.13 n/a
DMS longitude 0872004.24 n/a
Decimal latitude 41.59948056 n/a
Decimal longitude -87.3345111 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Differentially corrected Global Positioning System. D
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .01 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). H
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Indiana 18
State
Indiana 18
County
Lake County 089
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 600.49 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Differentially corrected Global Positioning System. D
Altitude accuracy .04 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
04040001
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNYNNNNNNNYNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
20160420 n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20160420 n/a
Drainage area
n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation EST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
N n/a
Data reliability
Data have been checked by the reporting agency. C
Data-other GW files Y Y n/a
National aquifer Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions) N100GLCIAL
Local aquifer Dune Deposit 110DUNED
Local aquifer type
Unconfined single aquifer U
Well depth 20.2 feet n/a
Hole depth
20.2 feet n/a
Source of depth data D n/a
Project number n/a

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