--- a/client/src/components/identify/Identify.vue	Fri Aug 16 17:22:17 2019 +0200
+++ b/client/src/components/identify/Identify.vue	Mon Aug 19 12:27:19 2019 +0200
@@ -198,13 +198,19 @@
       let featureId = this.featureId(feature);
 
       // create array with {key, val} objects
+      //   skip geometry here, because it is slightly more robust
+      //   to get the name of the property to skip and we need a reference
+      //   to `feature` for doing so.
+      //   The geometry is not needed (and previous comments in the code
+      //      mentioned a problem with it becoming cyclic when left in).
+      let skipList = [feature.getGeometryName()];
       let propsArray = [];
       Object.keys(feature.getProperties()).forEach(key => {
-        // skip geometry (would lead to cyclic object error)
-        if (key !== feature.getGeometryName()) {
+        if (skipList.indexOf(key) === -1) {
           let val = feature.getProperties()[key];
 
-          // if val is a valid json object string, spread its values into the array
+          // if val is a valid json object string,
+          // spread its values into the array
           let jsonObj = this.getObjectFromString(val);
           if (jsonObj) {
             Object.keys(jsonObj).forEach(key => {
@@ -217,17 +223,15 @@
         }
       });
 
-      // change labels and remove unneeded properties
-      // for all features
+      // run general formatter
       propsArray = propsArray.map(formatter.all).filter(p => p);
-      // feature specific
+      // run feature specific formatter
       if (
         formatter.hasOwnProperty(featureId) &&
         formatter[featureId].hasOwnProperty("props")
       ) {
         propsArray = propsArray.map(formatter[featureId].props).filter(p => p);
       }
-
       // remove underscores in labels that where not previously changed already
       propsArray = propsArray.map(prop => {
         return { key: prop.key.replace(/_/g, " "), val: prop.val };

--- a/client/src/components/identify/formatter.js	Fri Aug 16 17:22:17 2019 +0200
+++ b/client/src/components/identify/formatter.js	Mon Aug 19 12:27:19 2019 +0200
@@ -33,7 +33,16 @@
       if (p.key === "gm_n_14d") p.key = "G.W. Count in Last 14 Days";
 
       // remove certain props
-      let propsToRemove = ["nobjnm", "reference_water_levels", "fa_data"];
+      //    * gauge_obj is another feature object and we want to stay flat
+      //      for display (if left in causes a
+      //        TypeError: Converting circular structure to JSON
+      //      somewhere later)
+      let propsToRemove = [
+        "nobjnm",
+        "reference_water_levels",
+        "fa_data",
+        "gauge_obj"
+      ];
       if (propsToRemove.indexOf(p.key) !== -1) return null;
 
       return p;