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Local Number   

Well Depth 

aquifer

Period of Record

CE Ee 29

547 ft

Potomac Group of Lower Cretaceous age

From August 1978

CE Ee 29

NWIS Historical Levels
CE Ee 29 on Groundwater Watch

WELL NAME

CE Ee 29

SITE ID

392403075521801

LOCATION

Lat 39°24´03", long 75°52´18", Hydrologic Unit 02060002, 0.3 mi southwest of MD Rts. 213 and 282, Cecilton. Owner: U.S. Geological Survey.

AQUIFER

Upper Patapsco of Lower Cretaceous age. Aquifer code: 217PPSCU.

INSTRUMENTATION

Monthly measurements with electric tape by U.S. Geological Survey personnel. Equipped with a digital water-level recorder from Aug. 22, 1979 to Dec. 4, 1979.

CHARACTERISTICS

Drilled, observation, artesian well, depth 547 ft; casing diameter 10 in., to 158 ft; casing diameter 4 in., to 515 ft and 525 to 547 ft; screen diameter 4 in. from 515 to 525 ft.

DATUM

Elevation of land surface is 75 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, from topographic map. Measuring point: Top of casing, 2.35 ft above land surface.

REMARKS

Maryland Water-Level Network observation well.

PERIOD OF RECORD

August 1978 to current year.

EXTREMES FOR RECORD

Highest water level measured, 67.99 ft below land surface, March 25, 1979; lowest measured, 79.21 below land surface, Sept. 2, 1999.

COOPERATORS

Maryland Geological Survey

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