USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
272129082330202 City of Sarasota Hickory Avenue Well at Sarasota, FL.
Floridan aquifer system
Floridan Aquifer System
LOCATION - Lat 27°21'31.8", long 82°33'02.5" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.13, T.36 S., R.17 E., Sarasota County, FL, Hydrologic Unit 03100201, 200 ft east of Hickory Avenue, 0.2 mi west of U. S. Highway 41, and 1.7 mi northwest of Sarasota.
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR-US-2012:Date for period of record maximum water level published in WDR-US-2011. All datum elevations and field measurements above NGVD 1929 and NAVD 1988 prior to December 1, 2014 were revised on September 6, 2022 based on more accurate datum elevations.
GROUNDWATER RECORDS
WELL CHARACTERISTICS - Depth 591 ft. Upper casing diameter 8 in; top of first opening 38 ft, bottom of last opening 591 ft. Drilled, observation, artesian well, cased to 38 ft.
DATUM - Land-surface datum is 12.80 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988 and 13.83 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Measuring point: Top of 6 inch flange, 17.05 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, May. 1, 1979 to Dec. 10, 2014; Cut out in case floor, 17.16 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, Dec. 10, 2014 to present.
PERIOD OF RECORD - November 1987 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder--15-minute interval.
COOPERATION - This gage is monitored in cooperation with the City of Sarasota.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Highest water level, 15.91 ft NGVD, Nov. 4, 2010; lowest, 33.83 ft below NGVD, Apr. 8, 2018.