WELL NAME

CA Gd 6

SITE ID

381952076270901

LOCATION

Lat 38°19´52", long 76°27´09", Hydrologic Unit 02060006, at the Lord Calvert Yacht Club, 0.5 mi northeast of Solomons. Owner: Calvert Marina.

AQUIFER

Aquia Formation of Upper Paleocene age. Aquifer code: 125AQUI.

INSTRUMENTATION

Monthly measurements with chalked steel tape by U.S. Geological Survey personnel. Equipped with a graphic water-level recorder from Oct. 19, 1949 to Feb. 25, 1960.

CHARACTERISTICS

Drilled, observation, artesian well, depth 493 ft; casing diameter 8 in., to 272 ft; casing diameter 6 in. from 272 to 472 ft; screened from 472 to 493 ft.

DATUM

Elevation of land surface is 12.73 ft above sea level. Measuring Point: Top of manhole rim, 6.59 ft above land surface.

REMARKS

Maryland Water-Level Network observation well. Water level reported at land surface in 1942; water-level measured 58.9 ft below land surface, Jan 13, 1944. Well not measured from April through July 1988 during building construction at well site. On July 18, 1991 the water-level measured 119.93 ft below land surface during an extended pumping period. Water levels are affected by local and regional Groundwater withdrawal.

PERIOD OF RECORD

October 1949 to current year.

EXTREMES FOR RECORD

Highest water level measured, 26.15 ft below land surface, May 18 1950; lowest measured, 168.63 ft below land surface, July 20, 1999.

COOPERATORS

Maryland Geological Survey

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