USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
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Valley and Ridge aquifers
Martinsburg Shale
LOCATION - Lat 40°47'45.6", long 75°18'39.8" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Northampton County, PA, Hydrologic Unit 02040105,
0.75 mi east of Bushkill Center on SR 1010, at Jacobsburg State Park.
GROUNDWATER RECORDS
WELL CHARACTERISTICS - Depth 218 ft. Upper casing diameter 6 in; top of first opening 50 ft, bottom of last opening 218 ft. Drilled observation well, cased to 50 ft.
DATUM - Land-surface datum is 584 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Measuring point: top of steel casing, 3.25 ft above land-surface datum, Mar. 23, 2001 to present. Elevation of land surface is from Lidar.
PERIOD OF RECORD - May 3, 2001 to current year.
GAGE - Data collection platform with 15-minute recording interval since February 2023; prior, 60-minute recording interval. Satellite telemetry at station.
COOPERATION - Site maintained in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Geological Survey.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - The extremes shown are extremes of the instantaneous depth below land surface for the period of record indicated above. Highest water level, 11.39 ft below land-surface datum, May 15 2019; lowest, 51.58 ft below land-surface datum, Nov 28, 2016.