USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
384143075382505 BUCKS-IR-W-1M
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain aquifer system
Columbia Group or Aquifer
LOCATION - Lat 38°41'43.1", long 75°38'24.6" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Sussex County, DE, Hydrologic Unit 02080109, Bucks Branch.
GROUNDWATER RECORDS
WELL CHARACTERISTICS - Depth 24 ft. Upper casing diameter 2 in; top of first opening 21 ft, bottom of last opening 24 ft.
DATUM - Land-surface datum is 41 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Measuring point: Center of bolt, 2.00 ft above land-surface datum, July 24, 2014, to present.
PERIOD OF RECORD - April 8, 2014 to April 11, 2016 (end of record- project complete).
GAGE -
Water Year 2016: Records good.
Water Year 2015: Records satisfactory to good.
Water Year 2014: Records satisfactory to good.
Water-level measurements by U.S. Geological Survey personnel. Equipped with water-level data logger -- 15-minute recording interval, June 2014 to April 2016. Missing record due to recorder malfunction and equipment removal during crop growing season.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Highest water level measured, 7.41 ft below land surface, February 17, 2016 (recorder); lowest measured, 10.89 ft below land surface, October 1, 2015 (recorder).