USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
370246116461901 ER-OV-05
Basin and Range basin-fill aquifers
Valley-Fill Deposits
LOCATION - Lat 37°02'45.91", long 116°46'22.13" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.24, T.10 S., R.46 E., Nye County, NV, Hydrologic Unit 18090202,
REVISIONS HISTORY - Revisions: Groundwater levels above NGVD 1929 and NAVD 1988 from August 7, 2023, at 15:50 UTC to October 31, 2023, at 16:40 UTC were revised on November 29, 2023, because land-surface datum was resurveyed. The previous land-surface datum of 3,934.65 ft above NGVD 1929 was used from October 27, 1997, to July 19, 2023. The current/updated land-surface datum of 3,937.67 ft above NAVD 1988 is applied from July 20, 2023, to the present.
GROUNDWATER RECORDS
WELL CHARACTERISTICS - Depth 200 ft. Upper casing diameter 2.5 in; top of first opening 136 ft, bottom of last opening 200 ft.
DATUM - Land-surface datum is 3,937.67 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Measuring point: Red mark on top of pvc casing, 1.3 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 July 20, 2023, and tied to file mark on well casing. Prior to July 20, 2023, the land-surface datum was 3,934.65 ft above NGVD of 1929 as determined via level survey by
USGS on July 30, 1997.
COOPERATION - U.S. Department of Energy as part of the Nevada Environmental Management Operations Activity.