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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1994-08-03 1994-08-03
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1994-08-03 1994-08-03
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1994-08-03 1994-08-03
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1994-08-03 1994-08-03
Nutrient Water-quality 1994-08-03 1994-08-03
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1994-08-03 1994-08-03
Organics, other Water-quality 1994-08-03 1994-08-03
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1994-08-03 1994-08-03
Physical Groundwater Levels, Water-quality 1994-08-03 1994-08-09
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 422959078573101 is associated with a Well in Erie County, New York. Water data back to 1994 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
422959078573101 n/a
Site name
E 917 n/a
Site type
Well
GW
DMS latitude 422959 n/a
DMS longitude 0785731 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.49978319 n/a
Decimal longitude -78.9583682 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
New York 36
State
New York 36
County
Erie County 029
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map GOWANDA, NY n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 829.9 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy 0.1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
04120102
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Alluvial terrace
T
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
19940726 n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19940726 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 YYNYNYNN n/a
National aquifer Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions) N100GLCIAL
Local aquifer Sand and Gravel Aquifer 112SDGV
Local aquifer type
Unconfined single aquifer U
Well depth 35 feet n/a
Hole depth
44 feet n/a
Source of depth data S n/a
Project number WRI97-4210 n/a