NOTICE (09/16/2020) -- Water Data
collection at this well has been discontinued.
Although historic data will remain accessible, no new data will be
collected unless one or more new funding partners are found.
Potential funding partners or general questions concerning continuance
of operations may contact Chuck Walker
(cwwalker@usgs.gov;443-498-5523).
LOCATION.--Lat 38°46´37.4" long 75°15´31.9", Sussex County, DE, Hydrologic Unit 02040207, near Milton. WELL CHARACTERISTICS.--Depth 22 ft. Casing diameter 2 in., top of opening 19 ft, bottom of opening 22 ft. Drilled, observation, water-table well. DATUM.--Elevation of land surface is 16 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, from topographic map. Measuring point: Top of casing, 3.55 ft above land surface. PERIOD OF RECORD.--September 2002. August 2005 to June 2008. September 2010 to August 2012. February 2014 to September 2020. GAGE.--Water-level measurements by U.S. Geological Survey personnel. Equipped with digital water-level recorder from February 2014 to September 2020. REMARKS.--Water levels are affected by intermittent pumping intervals. Water quality data are reflective of intermittent pumping intervals. U.S. Geological Survey water-data telemeter at station.
At times water quality data from this site may be more than 24 hours old; the "purged ex situ" parameters measured at this site are dependent upon operation of the on site well pump.