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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
440810069553601 ME-KW872A Litchfield, Maine
New York and New England crystalline-rock aquifers
Devonian System
Devonian System
LOCATION - Lat 44°08'17", long 69°55'36" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Kennebec County, ME, Hydrologic Unit 01030003, on Small Road, 0.40 mi north of State Route 197, Litchfield. Owner: private.
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR ME-82-1: 1980, WDR ME-84-1: 1980, 1981.
GROUNDWATER RECORDS
WELL CHARACTERISTICS - Depth 404 ft. Upper casing diameter 6 in; top of first opening 9.6 ft, bottom of last opening 404 ft. Cased to bedrock, open end. Drilled artesian observation well.
DATUM - Land-surface datum is 251.47 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Measuring point: Top of steel casing at file mark, 1.58 ft below land-surface datum, Sep. 7, 2005 to present. Land-surface datum is 2.2 ft above the general land surface.
PERIOD OF RECORD - November 1978 to current year. Dec. 1989 to Dec. 2000, monthly measurement with chalked steel tape by USGS personnel. Daily mean data were published for Oct.-Nov. 1989. Prior to Oct. 1989, daily mean data were published every fifth day.
GAGE - Electronic water-level recorder.
REMARKS - Gaps in record indicate missing data. Aquifer: Bedrock of Devonian age.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Highest daily water level, 6.09 ft below land-surface datum, May 12, 1989; lowest daily water level, 22.22 ft below land-surface datum, Oct. 20, 2016.
