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• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 8224
• Author: Lapham, W. W., F. D. Wilde and M. T. Koterba.
• Title: Ground-Water Data-Collection Protocols and Procedures for hte National Water-Quality Assessment Progra
• USFW Year: 1995.
• USFW - Doc Type: Selection, Installation, and Documentation of Wells, and collection of Related Data.
• Copyright Material: NO

from 7 1/2-minute quadrangle maps. In these cases, standard second-order ground-surveying
techniques (Davis and others, 1966) generally are to be used. An alternative to ground surveying
is to use a global-positioning system. In addition, the records should show if a vertical reference
point has been established near the well that can be used to check the measuring point and to re-
establish a measuring point that has been changed or destroyed.
Table 11. Information required for creation of files and storage of water-quality-related data in
U.S. Geological Survey data bases within the National Water Information System-I
Data required for creation of a site file in the Ground-Water Site Inventory data base' (GWSI)
Component number for Example code
Data description data entry into GWSI (Description of code)
Agency Code C4 USGS
Site (Station) Identification C1 394224075340501
(Latitude/longitude/sequence no.)
Station Name C12 Alpha
Latitude C9 394224
Longitude CIO 753405
Station locator sequence
number C815 01
District/User C6 24 (Maryland)
State C7 10 (Delaware)
County Code C8 003 (Sussex)
Agency Use C803 A (Active)
Station Type C802 Y (Well)
Data Reliability C3 C (Field Checked)
Site Type C2 W (Well)
Use of site C23 O (Observation)
Data required for storage of sample analyses in the Water-Quality data base (QWDATA)
Example code
Data description (Description of code)
Agency Code USGS
Station Identification 394224075340501
Sample Medium 6 (ground water)
Sample Type 2 (blank sample)
Hydrologic ("Hydro') Event 9 (routine sample)
Hydrologic ("Hydro') Condition 9 (stable, normal stage)
Begin Date and Time (month/day/year, 090988, 1530 hrs
standard military time)
Analysis Status H (initial entry)
Analysis Source 9 (USGS laboratory and field)
'From Ground-Water Site Schedule Form No. 9-1904-A, February, 1987.
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