USGS Water-Year Summary 2025
365956116421603 ER-OV-03a3
Southern Nevada volcanic-rock aquifers
Volcanic Rocks
LOCATION - Lat 36°59'55.91", long 116°42'19.07" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SW 1/4 NW 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, 2024, at 19:10 UTC to August 21, 2024, at 20:59 UTC were revised on October 29, 2024, because land-surface datum was resurveyed. The previous land-surface datum of 3,840.70 ft above NGVD 1929 was used from October 27, 1997, to June 26, 2024. The current/updated land-surface datum of 3,843.82 ft above NAVD 1988 is applied from June 27, 2024, to the present.
GROUNDWATER RECORDS
WELL CHARACTERISTICS - Depth 133 ft. Upper casing diameter 2 in; top of first opening 88 ft, bottom of last opening 160 ft.
DATUM - Land-surface datum is 3,843.82 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Measuring point: Red mark on top of 2-in casing, 1.8 ft above land-surface datum, Oct. 2, 1997 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 June 27, 2024, and tied to RP1, file mark on top of the well casing. Prior to June 27, 2024, the land-surface datum was 3,840.70 ft above NGVD of 1929 as determined via level survey by USGS on October 7, 1997.
COOPERATION - U.S. Department of Energy as part of the Nevada Environmental Management Operations Activity.