USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
370504116404903 ER-OV-06a2
Southern Nevada volcanic-rock aquifers
Volcanic Rocks
LOCATION - Lat 37°05'03.56", long 116°40'52.76" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NE 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.11, T.10 S., R.47 E., Nye County, NV, Hydrologic Unit 18090202,
REVISIONS HISTORY - Revisions: Groundwater levels above NGVD 1929 and NAVD 1988 from June 27, 2024, at 20:00 UTC to October 2, 2024, at 18:00 UTC were revised on October 30, 2024, because land-surface datum was resurveyed. The previous land-surface datum of 4,007.04 ft above NGVD 1929 was used from October 27, 1997, to June 23, 2024. The current/updated land-surface datum of 4,010.20 ft above NAVD 1988 is applied from June 24, 2024, to the present.
GROUNDWATER RECORDS
WELL CHARACTERISTICS - Depth 65 ft. Upper casing diameter 2.5 in; top of first opening 44 ft, bottom of last opening 65 ft.
DATUM - Land-surface datum is 4,010.2 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Measuring point: Red mark on top of pvc casing, 2.2 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 24, 2024, and tied to file mark on the well casing. Prior to June
24, 2024, the land-surface datum was 4,007.04 ft above NGVD of 1929 as
determined via level survey by USGS on August 27, 1997.
COOPERATION - U.S. Department of Energy as part of the Nevada Environmental Management Operations Activity.