USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
401216080362703 Brk-0066
Pennsylvanian aquifers
Monongahela Formation
LOCATION - Lat 40°12'17.0", long 80°36'28.0" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Brooke County, WV, Hydrologic Unit 05030106, about 2.5 mi west of Bethany on hilltop about 1,700 ft west of Buffalo Creek.
GROUNDWATER RECORDS
WELL CHARACTERISTICS - Depth 50.5 ft. Upper casing diameter 6 in; top of first opening 46.5 ft, bottom of last opening 50.5 ft.
DATUM - Land-surface datum is 1,125.6 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Measuring point: Top edge of recorder shelter floor, 2.14 ft above land-surface datum, Mar. 1, 2002 to present. For the period from June 3, 1999 to Feb. 28, 2002, measuring point was top edge of recorder shelter, 2.18 ft above land-surface datum. Prior to June 3, 1999, measuring point was top edge of recorder shelter floor, 2.20 ft above land-surface datum.
PERIOD OF RECORD - July 1982 (periodic water level), August 1982 to current year (daily water level at noon).
GAGE - Water-level recorder with satellite telemeter. No instrumentation prior to August 1982.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Highest water level, 34.87 ft below land-surface datum, Apr. 3, 1985; lowest, 43.15 ft below land-surface datum, Dec. 13, 1994.