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STATION.--411756076162701 LUZERNE COUNTY, local well
number LU 294
LOCATION.--Lat 41`17'57.9", long
76`16'28.2", Hydrologic Unit 02050107, in Ricketts Glen State
Park.
OWNER.--Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
AQUIFER.--Catskill Formation, Late Devonian age.
WELL CHARACTERISTICS.--Drilled unused observation
well, diameter 6 in., depth 167 ft, cased to 40 ft, open hole.
INSTRUMENTATION.--Electronic data logger with
60-minute recording interval. Landline telemetry at station.
DATUM.--Elevation of land surface is 1,247 ft above
North American Vertical Datum of 1988, from Lidar. Measuring point: Top
of casing, 2.7 ft above land-surface datum; 2.8 ft above land surface
datum since April 19, 1999.
REMARKS.--Water levels affected by nearby intermittent
pumpage.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--November 1994 to current
year.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this
station is provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection and the U.S. Geological Survey.