inldata (version 1.0.3)

sites: Descriptive Site Information

Description

Information for sampling sites in the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) aquifer monitoring networks, Idaho National Laboratory and vicinity, Idaho.

Usage

sites

Format

A SpatialPointsDataFrame of the sp package with 182 records and 21 variables:

site_no

USGS site number for monitoring well

station_nm

USGS site name

coord_meth_cd

latitude/longitude coordinate method code. The codes and their meanings are: "D" differentially corrected Global Positioning System (GPS), "G" mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 3.7 to 12.2 meters), "L" long range navigation system, "M" interpolated from topographic map, and "S" transit, theodolite, or other surveying method.

coord_acy_cd

accuracy code for latitude/longitude values. The codes and their meanings are: "H" accurate to \(\pm\) 0.1 second, "5" accurate to \(\pm\) 0.5 second, "S" accurate to \(\pm\) 1 second, and "F" accurate to \(\pm\) 5 seconds.

alt_va

elevation of the land surface reference point, in feet above the North American Vertical Datum of 1988.

alt_meth_cd

method code for measuring elevation. The codes and their meanings are: "D" differentially corrected global positioning system, "L" level or other surveyed method, and "M" interpolated from topographic map.

alt_acy_va

accuracy of the elevation value (alt_va), does not account for vertical datum shift.

construction_dt

date the well was completed.

huc_cd

hydrologic unit code (HUC). Hydrologic units are geographic areas representing part or all of a surface drainage basin or distinct hydrologic feature and are delineated on the Hydrologic Unit Map.

reliability_cd

reliability code for data available for the site. The codes and their meanings are: "C" data have been checked by the reporting agency, and "U" unchecked data.

nat_aqfr_cd

national aquifer codes

aqfr_cd

aquifer codes defined by the catalog of aquifer names and geologic unit codes used by the Water Mission Area.

aqfr_type_cd

aquifer type code. The codes and their meanings are: "C" confined single aquifer, "M" confined multiple aquifers, "U" unconfined single aquifer, and "X" mixed (confined and unconfined) multiple aquifers.

well_depth_va

depth of the finished well, in feet below the land surface datum

hole_depth_va

total depth of the borehole, in feet below the land surface datum

depth_src_cd

source code for depth measurements. The codes and their meanings are: "A" reported by another government agency, "D" from driller's log or report, "G" private geologist-consultant or university associate, "L" interpreted from geophysical logs by personnel of source agency, "O" reported by owner of well, "R" reported by person other than the owner, driller, or another government agency, and "S" measured by personnel of reporting agency.

site_nm

local site name

completion_cd

borehole completion code. The codes and their meanings are: "O" open hole completion, "M" multilevel completion, and "P" open hole completion prior to multilevel completion.

network

aquifer monitoring network, either "aquifer" or "perched".

pos

a position specifier for site-labels on a map. Values of 1, 2, 3 and 4, respectively indicate positions below, to the left of, above and to the right of the site coordinates.

See projection dataset for coordinate reference system information.

References

U.S. Geological Survey, 2020, National Water Information System---web services, accessed August 4, 2020, from https://doi.org/10.5066/F7P55KJN.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
inlmisc::PlotMap(sites, dms.tick = TRUE)
sp::plot(sites, add = TRUE)
str(sites@data)

# }