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Local Number   

Well Depth 

aquifer

Period of Record

2S5E-1

290 ft

Patuxent Formation of Lower Cretaceaus age

April 1943 to current year

2S5E-1

NWIS Historical Levels
2S5E-1 on Groundwater Watch

WELL NAME

2S5E-1

SITE ID

391617076322001

LOCATION

Lat 39°16´17", long 76°32´20", Hydrologic Unit 02060003, near Holabird Ave. and Pumphrey St. at Holabird Industrial Park. Owner: City of Baltimore.

AQUIFER

Patuxent Formation of Lower Cretaceaus age. Aquifer code: 217PTXN.

INSTRUMENTATION

Monthly measurements with electric tape by U.S. Geological Survey personnel.

CHARACTERISTICS

Drilled, observation, artesian well, depth 290 ft; casing diameter 14(?) in., to unknown depth.

DATUM

Elevation of land surface is 30 ft above sea level, from topographic map. Measuring point: Top of casing extension, 2.35 ft above land surface.

REMARKS

Maryland Water-Level Network observation well. Water Level reported 58 ft below land surface in 1934.

PERIOD OF RECORD

April 1943 to current year.

EXTREMES FOR RECORD

Highest water level measured, 33.97 ft below land surface, April 21, 2000; lowest measured, 103.70 ft below land surface, Oct. 15 1948.

COOPERATORS

Maryland Geological Survey

Download the data for the entire period of record for this well
NOTE: October 2001 to current data are provisional and subject to change

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