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Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Location identification number	403006080252301	n/a
Location name	BV 156 Beaver County Observation Well	n/a
Site type	Well	GW
Decimal latitude (WGS84)	40.5015	n/a
Decimal longitude (WGS84)	-80.4221944444444	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.	S
District	Pennsylvania	42
State	Pennsylvania	42
County	Beaver County	007
Country	United States of America	n/a
Altitude of gage/land surface	925 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	Upper Ohio	05030101
Drainage basin		n/a
Date of first construction	1967	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
National aquifer	Pennsylvanian aquifers	N300PNSLVN
Local aquifer	Conemaugh Formation	321CNMG
Local aquifer type	Unconfined single aquifer	U
Well depth	101 feet	n/a
Hole depth	101 feet	n/a
Source of depth data	D	n/a

Monitoring location BV 156 Beaver County Observation Well - USGS-403006080252301