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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Groundwater Levels, Unit Values 1989-11-02 2021-10-13
n/a USGS Active Groundwater Level Network Site 1989-01-01 2021-01-01
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2021-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 444950068220602 is associated with a Well in Hancock County, Maine. Water data back to 1989 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
444950068220602 n/a
Site name
ME-HW1A Amherst, Maine n/a
Site type
Well
GW
DMS latitude 444955 n/a
DMS longitude 0682159 n/a
Decimal latitude 44.83201539 n/a
Decimal longitude -68.36585489 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
Maine 23
State
Maine 23
County
Hancock County 009
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map AMHERST n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 336.20 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS3 - Level 3 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System Y
Altitude accuracy 0.1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Maine Coastal 01050002
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Hilltop
H
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
19891005 n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19891005 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 YNNNNYNN n/a
National aquifer Other aquifers N9999OTHER
Local aquifer Till 112TILL
Local aquifer type
Unconfined single aquifer U
Well depth 47 feet n/a
Hole depth
47 feet n/a
Source of depth data S n/a
Project number 442300200 n/a

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