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Available Parameters
00010 Temperature, water(Mean)  
00010 Temperature, water(Mean)  
00010 Temperature, water(Mean)  
62611 Elevation, GW, NAVD88(Mean)  
72019 Water level, depth LSD(Med.,Max.,Min.,Mean)  

Water year 2024: 2023-10-01 to 2024-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
443852092420901 PI98-09 114N16W26CADD 01 Prairie Is.2 0000612789
Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions)
Pleistocene Series
LOCATION - Lat 44°38'52", long 92°42'10" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.26, T.114 N., R.16 W., Goodhue County, MN, Hydrologic Unit 07040001, 5 miles south and 8 miles east of Hastings, Minnesota. The land surface at the site is 681.70 plus-or-minus 1 foot above the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 based on a LIDAR DEM from the MN DNR.
GROUNDWATER RECORDS
WELL CHARACTERISTICS - Depth 21.11 ft. Upper casing diameter 2 in; top of first opening 8.3 ft, bottom of last opening 21.05 ft.

CURRENT / RE-INSTALLED PI98-09 WELL: The hole for well PI98-09 was re-drilled with an 8.25-inch-diameter power auger to a depth of 22.0 feet. The new PI98-09 well is constructed of a 3.00-feet-long, 2-inch-diameter, schedule-40 stainless steel, 0.01-inch slotted, drive coupling-threaded screen attached to 18.05 feet of 2.04-inch-diameter, schedule-40 galvanized steel casing. This casing stick-up was 3.24 feet above land surface when measured on 06 May 2014. The open interval of the well is between 18.05 and 21.05 feet below land surface and the well is 21.11 feet deep.

ORIGINAL PI98-09 WELL: The hole for the original PI98-09 well was drilled with an 8.25-inch-diameter power auger to a depth of 19 feet. This well was constructed of a 4.3-foot-long, 2-inch-diameter, flush-threaded, 10-slot PVC screen, attached to 6.99 feet of 2-inch-diameter, flush-threaded, PVC well casing. The casing stuck up 3.18 feet above land surface on Oct. 25, 2011. The open interval of the well was 8.3 - 12.6 feet below land surface and the well is 13 feet deep, according to drilling log. However, a total well depth of only 8.81 feet below land surface was measured on Oct. 25, 2011. During 25 Oct. 2011 to 06 May 2014, the well (and transducer) went dry at a water level of 8.79 feet below land surface. The well was pinched at land surface, probably due to the water table freezing. This probably also accounts for a measured depth just below the screen top. The screen was likely destroyed by freezing and the well collapsed below. A 1.25"-diameter steel pipe was driven into the pinched casing to open it on Oct. 24, 2011, breaking the 2"-diameter PVC casing above.
DATUM - Land-surface datum is 681.82 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Measuring point: Black mark on 2-inch galvanized steel well casing. Not Protection post, 3.24 ft above land-surface datum, May 6, 2014 to present. The measuring point is the top of the 2-inch diameter galvanized steel well casing (not protection post), marked with a black mark, which was 3.24 feet above land surface on 06 May 2014. Elevation of the measuring point is 685.06 plus-or-minus 0.01 foot above sea level, North American Vertical Datum of 1988, based on an optical level survey.
PERIOD OF RECORD -

Water levels are recorded periodically from 09 September 1998 to the present. Hourly water levels were recorded from 25 October 2011 at 20:00 CDT to the present, except during the following periods:

25 Oct. 2011 - 06 May 2014, the well would periodically go dry at a water level of approximately 8.79 - 8.86 feet below land surface, and transducer would be out of the water. This well was re-drilled on 06 May 2014. The transducer now hangs well below the point of possibly going dry. During the periods of 7 - 30 May 2014 and 4 June - 16 July 2014, the water level was too far above the transducer causing it record a fixed water level that was too deep.

10 Oct. 2016 at 11:00-19:00 CDT: transducer did not record data for unknown reason after site visit.
28 Oct. 2019 at 11:00-19:00 CDT: transducer did not record data for unknown reason after site visit.

GAGE - Continuous water level, water temperature, and battery voltage are measured with an OTT Orpheus Mini 0-10m pressure transducer. These data are recorded hourly by the same OTT Orpheus Mini pressure transducer, which has a data logger built into it. The data logger is housed inside of the 2-inch PVC well casing, which has an aluminum locking well cap on top of that. The gage is powered by 3 AA lithium batteries that are inside of the communications rod. Data is downloaded manually and no telemetry or phone line is wired into the gage.
COOPERATION - Well PI98-09 is operated by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Prairie Island Indian Community. The monitoring well is part of a network of monitoring wells; used to collect water quality and water quantity data for the Prairie Island Indian Community.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
WELL CHARACTERISTICS - Depth 21.11 ft. Upper casing diameter 2 in; top of first opening 8.3 ft, bottom of last opening 21.05 ft.

CURRENT / RE-INSTALLED PI98-09 WELL: The hole for well PI98-09 was re-drilled with an 8.25-inch-diameter power auger to a depth of 22.0 feet. The new PI98-09 well is constructed of a 3.00-feet-long, 2-inch-diameter, schedule-40 stainless steel, 0.01-inch slotted, drive coupling-threaded screen attached to 18.05 feet of 2.04-inch-diameter, schedule-40 galvanized steel casing. This casing stick-up was 3.24 feet above land surface when measured on 06 May 2014. The open interval of the well is between 18.05 and 21.05 feet below land surface and the well is 21.11 feet deep.

ORIGINAL PI98-09 WELL: The hole for the original PI98-09 well was drilled with an 8.25-inch-diameter power auger to a depth of 19 feet. This well was constructed of a 4.3-foot-long, 2-inch-diameter, flush-threaded, 10-slot PVC screen, attached to 6.99 feet of 2-inch-diameter, flush-threaded, PVC well casing. The casing stuck up 3.18 feet above land surface on Oct. 25, 2011. The open interval of the well was 8.3 - 12.6 feet below land surface and the well is 13 feet deep, according to drilling log. However, a total well depth of only 8.81 feet below land surface was measured on Oct. 25, 2011. During 25 Oct. 2011 to 06 May 2014, the well (and transducer) went dry at a water level of 8.79 feet below land surface. The well was pinched at land surface, probably due to the water table freezing. This probably also accounts for a measured depth just below the screen top. The screen was likely destroyed by freezing and the well collapsed below. A 1.25"-diameter steel pipe was driven into the pinched casing to open it on Oct. 24, 2011, breaking the 2"-diameter PVC casing above.
DATUM - Land-surface datum is 681.82 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Measuring point: Black mark on 2-inch galvanized steel well casing. Not Protection post, 3.24 ft above land-surface datum, May 6, 2014 to present. The measuring point is the top of the 2-inch diameter galvanized steel well casing (not protection post), marked with a black mark, which was 3.24 feet above land surface on 06 May 2014. Elevation of the measuring point is 685.06 plus-or-minus 0.01 foot above sea level, North American Vertical Datum of 1988, based on an optical level survey.
PERIOD OF RECORD -

Hourly water temperatures were recorded from 25 October 2011 at 20:00 CDT to the present, except during the following periods:

25 Oct. 2011 - 06 May 2014, the well would periodically go dry at a water level of approximately 8.79 - 8.86 feet below land surface, and transducer would be out of the water.The WT data during this period was stored in Data Descriptor #2 (Temperature, water, 8.8 feet BLS (deg C)). This well was re-drilled on 06 May 2014. The transducer was then re-hung in this well at 20.8 ft. BLS and WT data was stored in Data Descriptor #5 (Temperature, water, 20.8 feet BLS (deg C)) during 06 May 2014 - 13 Mar. 2015. The original transducer was then replaced with a 0-10m range transducer, which is capable of recording all WL fluctuations in this well. Transducer is now hanging at 13.6 ft. BLS and WT data is currently stored in Data Descriptor #6 (Temperature, water, 13.6 feet BLS (deg C)).

10 Oct. 2016 at 11:00-19:00 CDT: transducer did not record data for unknown reason after site visit.
10 May 2018 at 14:00-19:00 CDT: transducer did not record data for unknown reason after site visit.
28 Oct. 2019 at 11:00-19:00 CDT: transducer did not record data for unknown reason after site visit.

COOPERATION - Well PI98-09 is operated by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Prairie Island Indian Community. The monitoring well is part of a network of monitoring wells; used to collect water quality and water quantity data for the Prairie Island Indian Community.
INSTRUMENTATION - Water temperature are measured with a OTT Orpheus Mini submersible pressure transducer accurate to +/- 1.0°C. Temperature differences are accurate to 0.1°C.