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Available Parameters
00010 Temperature, water(Mean)  
00045 Precipitation(Max.,Sum)  
62611 Elevation, GW, NAVD88(Mean)  
72019 Water level, depth LSD(Mean)  

Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
452215093481001 ALUS-18 033N28W10CBA 01 0000582137
Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions)
Glacial Surficial Sand and/or Gravel
LOCATION - Lat 45°22'12.33", long 93°48'23.13" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NE 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.10, T.33 N., R.28 W., Sherburne County, MN, Hydrologic Unit 07010203, The well is located approximately 40 ft. to the northwest of the NW corner of the detached garage, along a white fence.
GROUNDWATER RECORDS
WELL CHARACTERISTICS - Depth 26.27 ft. Upper casing diameter 2 in; top of first opening 21.27 ft, bottom of last opening 26.27 ft. The hole for well ALUS-18 was drilled with an 8.25-inch-diameter, hollow-stem auger drill rig to a depth of 28 feet. The well is constructed of a 5-feet-long, 2.04-inch-diameter, schedule-40 PVC, 0.010-inch slotted, flush-threaded screen attached to several lengths of 10.00 feet of 2.04-inch-diameter, schedule-40 PVC casing. The casing measuring point (stickup) was 1.75 feet (954.32 ft. NAVD88, +/- 0.06 ft.) above land surface when measured on Aug. 01, 2012. The open interval of the well is between 21 and 26 feet below land surface and the well is 26.27 feet deep. 
DATUM - Land-surface datum is 952.57 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Measuring point: top of casing, not protection casing and/or post, 1.75 ft above land-surface datum, Jan. 1, 2009 to present. The current measuring point is a black mark on the top of the PVC well casing (no protection post around casing), which was 1.75 feet above land surface on Aug. 01, 2012. Elevation of that measuring point was 954.32 plus-or-minus 0.06 feet above sea level, North American Vertical Datum of 1988, based on a RTK GPS survey on Sept. 18, 2012.
PERIOD OF RECORD - Water levels are recorded periodically from 16 September 1997 to the present. Hourly water levels were recorded from 11 September 2012 at 12:00 CDT to 04 November 2014 at 15:00 CST, except during the following periods:

Aug. 28, 2013 - Sept. 30, 2013: due to a rapid decrease in battery voltage, which cause the pressure transducer to quit recording. Daily values during this period were estimated based on the trend of the hydrograph at this and nearby sites.

Oct. 31, 2014 & Nov. 01, 2014: due to a the pressure transducer failing for an unknown reason. Daily values during this period were estimated based on the trend of the hydrograph.
GAGE -

Continuous water level, water temperature, and battery voltage were measured with an OTT Orpheus Mini 0-4m pressure transducer on Sept. 11, 2012 at 12:00 CDT. These data were recorded hourly by the same OTT Orpheus Mini pressure transducer, which had a datalogger built into it. The datalogger was housed inside of the 2-inch PVC well casing, which has an aluminum locking well cap on top of that. The gage was powered by 3 AA lithium batteries that were inside of the communications rod. Data were downloaded manually and no telemetry or phone line were wired into the gage.

An unheated Onset RG3 tipping-bucket raingage was added to the station on Sept. 11, 2012 at 11:30 CDT. The raingage was mounted on a green T-post, located approximately 140 ft. southwest of well ALUS-18. The raingage had a built-in datalogger, which measured and recorded precipitation quarter-hourly. Raingage was nominally accurate to 0.01 inches.

The pressure transducer and rain gage were removed from the site on Nov. 04, 2014, due to data collection completion for the I-94 Growth Corridor project.

This well is not currently gaged. Only visited periodically to measure discrete groundwater levels and periodically collect discrete water quality samples.

COOPERATION - This site is operated by the U.S. Geological Survey as a monitoring well for the Upper Mississippi (UMIS) National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) program. This well is included in the UMIS NAWQA Agricultural Land-Use Study (ALUS) network. The well was incorporated into the I-94 Growth Corridor Study during August 2012 to November 2014. The I-94 Growth Corridor Study was a collaborative effort between the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Geological Survey.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Quarter-hourly precipitation were recorded from 11 September 2012 at 11:30 CDT to 04 November 2014 at 16:15 CST.
INSTRUMENTATION - Precipitation is measured with an Onset RG3 tipping-bucket rain gage, which is accurate to 0.01 inches. The rain gage is unheated and uncovered during the winter. Thus precipitation data during freezing periods (about December through early April) result from melting of snow during warm periods and do NOT represent actual precipitation.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
WELL CHARACTERISTICS - Depth 26.27 ft. Upper casing diameter 2 in; top of first opening 21.27 ft, bottom of last opening 26.27 ft. The hole for well ALUS-18 was drilled with an 8.25-inch-diameter, hollow-stem auger drill rig to a depth of 28 feet. The well is constructed of a 5-feet-long, 2.04-inch-diameter, schedule-40 PVC, 0.010-inch slotted, flush-threaded screen attached to several lengths of 10.00 feet of 2.04-inch-diameter, schedule-40 PVC casing. The casing measuring point (stickup) was 1.75 feet (954.32 ft. NAVD88, +/- 0.06 ft.) above land surface when measured on Aug. 01, 2012. The open interval of the well is between 21 and 26 feet below land surface and the well is 26.27 feet deep. 
DATUM - Land-surface datum is 952.57 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Measuring point: top of casing, not protection casing and/or post, 1.75 ft above land-surface datum, Jan. 1, 2009 to present. The current measuring point is a black mark on the top of the PVC well casing (no protection post around casing), which was 1.75 feet above land surface on Aug. 01, 2012. Elevation of that measuring point was 954.32 plus-or-minus 0.06 feet above sea level, North American Vertical Datum of 1988, based on a RTK GPS survey on Sept. 18, 2012.
PERIOD OF RECORD -

Hourly water temperatures were recorded from 11 September 2012 at 12:00 CDT to 04 November 2014 at 15:00 CST, except during the following periods:

Aug. 28, 2013 - Sept. 30, 2013: due to a rapid decrease in battery voltage, which cause the pressure transducer to quit recording. Daily values during this period were estimated based on the trend of the thermograph at this and nearby sites.

Oct. 31, 2014 & Nov. 01, 2014: due to a the pressure transducer failing for an unknown reason. Daily values during this period were estimated based on the trend of the thermograph.

Water quality samples have been collected periodically from 16 Sept. 1997 to the present.

COOPERATION - This site is operated by the U.S. Geological Survey as a monitoring well for the Upper Mississippi (UMIS) National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) program. This well is included in the UMIS NAWQA Agricultural Land-Use Study (ALUS) network. The well was incorporated into the I-94 Growth Corridor Study during August 2012 to November 2014. The I-94 Growth Corridor Study was a collaborative effort between the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Geological Survey.
INSTRUMENTATION - Water temperature were measured with a OTT Orpheus Mini submersible pressure transducer accurate to +/- 0.1°C. Temperature differences are accurate to 0.1°C.