USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
384242099165201 15S 18W 25CCC 01
Alluvial aquifers
Smoky Hill Marl Member of Niobrara Formation
LOCATION - Lat 38°42'41.80", long 99°16'51.50" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.25, T.15 S., R.18 W., Ellis County, KS, Hydrologic Unit 10260006, 2.6 mi east of Schoenchen. Owner: City of Hays.
GROUNDWATER RECORDS
WELL CHARACTERISTICS - Depth 58 ft. Upper casing diameter 2 in; top of first opening undefined, bottom of last opening undefined. Drilled observation well.
DATUM - Land-surface datum is 1,905 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Measuring point: MP is top of 2-in PVC casing, 1902.258 ft above land-surface datum, Dec. 16, 2020 to Aug. 9, 2022; MP is top of 2-in PVC casing, 1902.254 ft above land-surface datum, Aug. 9, 2022 to present.
PERIOD OF RECORD - November 2009 to current year.
GAGE - Submersible transducer interfaced to a data-collection platform/data logger with a 15-minute update interval.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum water level, 1,891.09 ft. above NGVD of 1929, May 22, 2019; minimum, 1,876.97 ft above NGVD of 1929, Apr. 11, 2014.