USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
423115071032001 Wakefield well WAW 38
Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions)
Ice-Contact Deposits, Including Eskers and Kames
LOCATION - Lat 42°31'00.27", long 71°02'54.47" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Middlesex County, MA, Hydrologic Unit 01090001, 75 ft north of State Highway 128 and 0.4 mi southeast of Saugus River in Wakefield.
GROUNDWATER RECORDS
WELL CHARACTERISTICS - Depth 25.5 ft. Upper casing diameter 2.00 in; top of first opening 23.55 ft, bottom of last opening 25.55 ft.
DATUM - Land-surface datum is 80 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Measuring point: top of floor in shelter, 3.54 ft above land-surface datum, July 1, 2001, to present.
PERIOD OF RECORD - January 1965 to current year.
GAGE - Digital recorder with satellite telemeter since July 2001. Monthly measurements prior to July 2001.
COOPERATION - Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, Office of Water Resources.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Highest water level, 2.92 ft below land-surface datum, Oct. 29, 1996; lowest, 9.99 ft below land-surface datum, Sept. 22, 1965.