USGS Water-Year Summary 2025
370806116264001 UE-18r
Southern Nevada volcanic-rock aquifers
Volcanic Rocks
LOCATION - Lat 37°08'05.12", long 116°26'40.95" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Nye County, NV, Hydrologic Unit 18090202,
REVISIONS HISTORY -
Revisions: Groundwater levels above NGVD of 1929
and NAVD of 1988 from January 26, 1968, at 21:30 UTC to June 11, 2025, at 18:22
UTC were revised on July 22, 2025, because land-surface datum was resurveyed.
The previous land-surface datum was 5,538.2 ft above NGVD of 1929. The
current/updated land-surface datum is 5,535.71 ft above NAVD of 1988.
GROUNDWATER RECORDS
WELL CHARACTERISTICS - Depth 2,183 ft. Upper casing diameter 10.05 in; top of first opening 1,629 ft, bottom of last opening 5,004 ft.
DATUM - Land-surface datum is 5,538.2 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Measuring point: Top of 2 1/2-ft steel flange surrounding a 10 3/4 inch O.D. steel casing, north side, 2.45 ft above land-surface datum, Jun. 12, 1986 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 9, 2025, and tied to the land-surface reference mark on the bottom
of the steel plate near ground level. Prior to June 9, 2025, the land-surface
datum was 5,538.2 ft above NGVD of 1929 as reported on a Fenix & Scisson,
Inc., Hole History Data report dated 2/9/1968.
COOPERATION - U.S. Department of Energy as part of the Nevada Environmental Management Operations Activity.