USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
344333080503600 LAN- 497
Piedmont and Blue Ridge crystalline-rock aquifers
Regolith
LOCATION - Lat 34°43'33.5", long 80°50'36.0" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Lancaster County, SC, Hydrologic Unit 03050103, located at the Lancaster County Airfield, at SC Hwy 9, 4.0 miles northwest of Lancaster, SC. Add to location and road log. To access Well first check in with Airport officials at the desk. Careful driving to not hit the airport lights on runway. The front desk will open the gate. Drive through gate, make sure the gate closes behind if not possibility of fine. Drive down right plane run way all the way down to the end. A dirt road will appear which will lead up a hill. follow the dirt road to arrive at a gate use Key 1227 to open gate. Drive 125 feet straight and you will reach the gage and well facing the front of gage Well on left side of gage.
REVISIONS HISTORY - Data between November 11, 2023 and January 4, 2024 was deleted due to later findings of questionable sensor data.
GROUNDWATER RECORDS
WELL CHARACTERISTICS - Depth 58 ft. Upper casing diameter 4 in; top of first opening 38 ft, bottom of last opening 58 ft.
DATUM - Land-surface datum is 511 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Measuring point: GW WL CLEAN UP, 2.75 ft above land-surface datum, Mar. 24, 2009 to Aug. 26, 2011; Top of casing, 2.75 ft above land-surface datum, Aug. 26, 2011 to present; Altitude of top of well casing, 514.13 ft above land-surface datum, Sep. 27, 2016 to present. Land-surface datum is 511.39 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Measuring point: Top of casing, 2.75 ft above land-surface datum, Aug. 26, 2011, to present.
PERIOD OF RECORD - January 2010 to current year.
GAGE - Data collection platform--60 minute collection interval.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Highest water level, 20.52 ft below land-surface datum, Dec. 31, 2015; lowest water level, 35.21 ft below land-surface datum, Sep. 23, 2011.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - March 2010 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping bucket raingage and data collection platform.