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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
261938080101001 G -2852. USGS Observation Well near Boca Raton, FL.
Biscayne aquifer
Biscayne Limestone Aquifer
Biscayne Limestone Aquifer
LOCATION - Lat 26°19'39.6", long 80°10'09.3" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.33, T.47 S., R.42 E., Broward County, FL, Hydrologic Unit 03090202, approximately 12 ft south of Hillsboro Canal, 90 yards east of Florida Turnpike, 0.8 mi west of County Road 845 (Powerline Road), and 1.0 mi south of Camino Real Road, approximately 3.0 mi southwest of Boca Raton.
GROUNDWATER RECORDS
WELL CHARACTERISTICS - Depth 140 ft. Upper casing diameter 2 in; top of first opening 130 ft, bottom of last opening 140 ft.
DATUM - Land-surface datum is 15.82 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Measuring point: Top of casing (LSD considered 16.50 ft NGVD 10/88 to 11/95), 16.14 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, Oct. 16, 1979 to Nov. 1, 1995; Top of casing, 18.79 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, Nov. 1, 1995 to Apr. 16, 2015; Top of casing, 18.72 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, Apr. 16, 2015 to present.
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1988 to May 1990 (semiannual), September 1990 to October 1991 (intermittent), November 1991 to October 1995 (monthly), November 1995 to current year.
GAGE - Satellite data collection platform with pressure transducer.
COOPERATION - South Florida Water Management District.
REMARKS - Well was designated PB 1105 until September 1992 and published under the current station number. Well was also used for salinity monitoring until October 1993. Published figures of water levels as elevation, in ft NGVD, are in error for November 1995 to September 1999. Corrected figures are available in the files of the U.S. Geological Survey. Station was rebuilt on April 2015. No data was collected from October 27, 2014 to April 16, 2015, station's relocation for the construction project on Hillsboro canal. See DATUM.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Highest water level, 12.41 ft NGVD, June 04, 2022; lowest, 1.56 ft NGVD, June 12, 2011.
