USGS Water-Year Summary 2025
365956116421601 ER-OV-03a
Southern Nevada volcanic-rock aquifers
Volcanic Rocks
LOCATION - Lat 36°59'55.91", long 116°42'18.65" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NE 1/4 SW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.10, T.11 S., R.47 E., Nye County, NV, Hydrologic Unit 18090202,
REVISIONS HISTORY - Revisions: Groundwater levels above NGVD 1929 and NAVD 1988 from August 7, 2023, at 18:50 UTC to October 31, 2023, at 20:10 UTC were revised on November 29, 2023, because land-surface datum was resurveyed. The previous land-surface datum of 3,841.28 ft above NGVD 1929 was used from October 27, 1997, to July 30, 2023. The current/updated land-surface datum of 3,844.30 ft above NAVD 1988 is applied from July 31, 2023, to the present.
GROUNDWATER RECORDS
WELL CHARACTERISTICS - Depth 251 ft. Upper casing diameter 2.5 in; top of first opening 198 ft, bottom of last opening 251 ft.
DATUM - Land-surface datum is 3,844.3 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Measuring point: Red mark on top of pvc casing, 2.8 ft above land-surface datum, Oct. 2, 1997 to Nov. 16, 2022; Red mark on top of PVC casing, south side, 2.7 ft above land-surface datum, Nov. 15, 2022 to present. The NAVD of 1988
datum was determined by a level 2 GNSS survey (Reference Frame
NAD_83 (2011) (EPOCH:2010.0000), GEOID18) by USGS on July 31, 2023, and tied to the land-surface reference mark on the well casing. Prior to July 31, 2023, the land-surface datum was 3,841.28 ft above NGVD of 1929 as determined via level survey by
USGS in 1997.
COOPERATION - U.S. Department of Energy as part of the Nevada Environmental Management Operations Activity.