USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
271232081392201 ROMP 15 AVON PARK WELL NEAR ARCADIA FL
Floridan aquifer system
Avon Park Limestone
LOCATION - Lat 27°12'32.9", long 81°39'21.8" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NW 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.6, T.38 S., R.27 E., DeSoto County, FL, Hydrologic Unit 03100101,
REVISIONS HISTORY - Period of record high was previously published in error as 51.0 ft NGVD, Sept. 12, 1995, published in WDR-US-2007. The period of record high is 51.59 ft NGVD, Oct. 20, 1995. Period of record low was previously published in error as 35.4 ft NGVD, Jan. 9, 2002, published in WDR-US-2007. The period of record low is 32.76 ft NGVD, June 3, 2000.
GROUNDWATER RECORDS
WELL CHARACTERISTICS - Depth 1,360 ft. Upper casing diameter 6 in; top of first opening 654 ft, bottom of last opening 1,360 ft.
DATUM - Land-surface datum is 78.89 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Measuring point: Top of recorder shelter floor, 2.10 ft above land-surface datum, UNDEFINED BEGIN DATE to present.
PERIOD OF RECORD - November 1987 to September 2000; October 2000 to September 2011 (miscellaneous water level measurements), discontinued.
GAGE - Miscellaneous measurement with chalked tape.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Highest daily maximum water level, 51.59 ft NGVD, Oct. 20, 1995; lowest, 32.76 ft NGVD, June 3, 2000.