USGS Water-Year Summary 2025
362231079410801 RK-239, NCDENR UPPER PIEDMONT RESEARCH STATION MW-S3S NEAR REIDSVILLE, NC (REGOLITH)
Piedmont and Blue Ridge crystalline-rock aquifers
Saprolite
LOCATION - Lat 36°22'31", long 79°41'08" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Rockingham County, NC, Hydrologic Unit 03010103, 0.2 mi north of Wentworth Road (Secondary Road 1998), 0.5 mi west of U.S. Highways 158/29, and 1.5 mi northwest of Reidsville.
GROUNDWATER RECORDS
WELL CHARACTERISTICS - Depth 38 ft. Upper casing diameter 4 in; top of first opening 23 ft, bottom of last opening 38 ft. Depth 38.07 ft (sounding on 01/02/2024). Upper casing diameter 4 in; top of first opening 23 ft, bottom of last opening 38 ft.
DATUM - Land-surface datum is 705.16 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Measuring point: top of protective steel casing at lock bracket, 2.99 ft above land-surface datum, Apr. 10, 2002 to Jan. 22, 2009; Floor of instrument shelf, 3.0 ft above land-surface datum, Jan. 22, 2009 to present.
The land surface datum is 704.6 ft above the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAD83(2011) Geoid 18 as determined by a level II static survey performed on January 11, 2023.
Land-surface datum previously reported as 705.16 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Measuring point: top of protective steel casing at lock bracket, 2.99 ft above land-surface datum, Apr. 10, 2002 to Jan. 22, 2009; Floor of instrument shelf, 3.0 ft above land-surface datum, Jan. 22, 2009 to present.
PERIOD OF RECORD - May 2002 to October 2009, March 2014 to current year.
GAGE - Measured periodically by USGS and North Carolina Division of Environment and Natural Resources.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Highest water level measured, 17.62 ft below land-surface datum, March 21, 2019; lowest water level measured, 25.45 ft below land-surface datum, October 26, 2009.