USGS Water-Year Summary 2025
451753093434801 ALUS-32 121N24W08DCAD 0000685847
Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions)
Glacial Buried Sand and/or Gravel
LOCATION - Lat 45°17'52.84", long 93°43'48.11" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.08, T.121 N., R.24 W., Wright County, MN, Hydrologic Unit 07010203, The well is located approximately 230 feet east of where you will park. Additionally, the well is located approximately 30 feet to the northeast of the NE corner of a large shed/garage.
GROUNDWATER RECORDS
WELL CHARACTERISTICS - Depth 25.19 ft. Upper casing diameter 2 in; top of first opening 20.19 ft, bottom of last opening 25.19 ft. The hole for well ALUS-32 was drilled with an 8.25-inch-diameter, hydraulic rotary drill rig, on 08 June 2006 to a depth of 25.5 feet. The well is constructed of a 5-feet-long, 2-inch-diameter, schedule-40 PVC, 0.010-inch slotted, flush-threaded screen attached to about 19.5 feet of 2-inch-diameter, schedule-40 PVC casing. The casing stickup was 2.55 feet above land surface on 02 August 2012. The open interval of the well is 19.5 - 24.5 feet below land surface and the total well depth is 25.19 feet.
DATUM - Land-surface datum is 919.78 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Measuring point: top of casing, not protection casing and/or post, 2.55 ft above land-surface datum, Jan. 1, 2009 to present. The current measuring point is a black mark on the top of the PVC well casing (no protection post around casing), which was 2.55 feet above land surface on Aug. 02, 2012. Elevation of that measuring point was 922.33 plus-or-minus 0.04 feet above sea level, North American Vertical Datum of 1988, based on a RTK GPS survey on Sept. 18, 2012.
PERIOD OF RECORD - Water levels are recorded periodically from 29 June 2006 to the present. Hourly water levels were recorded from 11 September 2012 at 18:00 CDT to 04 November 2014 at 08:00 CST.
GAGE -
Continuous water level, water temperature, and battery voltage were measured with an OTT Orpheus Mini 0-4m pressure transducer on Sept. 11, 2012 at 18:00 CDT. These data were recorded hourly by the same OTT Orpheus Mini pressure transducer, which had a datalogger built into it. The datalogger was housed inside of the 2-inch PVC well casing, which has an aluminum locking well cap on top of that. The gage was powered by 3 AA lithium batteries that were inside of the communications rod. Data were downloaded manually and no telemetry or phone line were wired into the gage.
An unheated Onset RG3 tipping-bucket raingage was added to the station on Sept. 11, 2012 at 17:45 CDT. The raingage was mounted on a green T-post, located approximately 60 ft. northwest of well ALUS-32, on top of a elevated berm in the yard. The raingage had a built-in datalogger, which measured and recorded precipitation quarter-hourly. Raingage was nominally accurate to 0.01 inches.
The pressure transducer and rain gage were removed from the site on Nov. 04, 2014, due to data collection completion for the I-94 Growth Corridor project.
This well is not currently gaged. Only visited periodically to measure discrete groundwater levels and periodically collect discrete water quality samples.
COOPERATION - This site is operated by the U.S. Geological Survey as a monitoring well for the Upper Mississippi (UMIS) National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) program. This well is included in the UMIS NAWQA Agricultural Land-Use Study (ALUS) network. The well was incorporated into the I-94 Growth Corridor Study during August 2012 to November 2014. The I-94 Growth Corridor Study was a collaborative effort between the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Geological Survey.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Quarter-hourly precipitation were recorded from 11 September 2012 at 17:45 CDT to 04 November 2014 at 08:00 CST.
INSTRUMENTATION - Precipitation were measured with an Onset RG3 tipping-bucket rain gage, which is accurate to 0.01 inches. The rain gage was unheated and uncovered during the winter. Thus precipitation data during freezing periods (about December through early April) result from melting of snow during warm periods and do NOT represent actual precipitation.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
WELL CHARACTERISTICS - Depth 25.19 ft. Upper casing diameter 2 in; top of first opening 20.19 ft, bottom of last opening 25.19 ft. The hole for well ALUS-32 was drilled with an 8.25-inch-diameter, hydraulic rotary drill rig, on 08 June 2006 to a depth of 25.5 feet. The well is constructed of a 5-feet-long, 2-inch-diameter, schedule-40 PVC, 0.010-inch slotted, flush-threaded screen attached to about 19.5 feet of 2-inch-diameter, schedule-40 PVC casing. The casing stickup was 2.55 feet above land surface on 02 August 2012. The open interval of the well is 19.5 - 24.5 feet below land surface and the total well depth is 25.19 feet.
DATUM - Land-surface datum is 919.78 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Measuring point: top of casing, not protection casing and/or post, 2.55 ft above land-surface datum, Jan. 1, 2009 to present. The current measuring point is a black mark on the top of the PVC well casing (no protection post around casing), which was 2.55 feet above land surface on Aug. 02, 2012. Elevation of that measuring point was 922.33 plus-or-minus 0.04 feet above sea level, North American Vertical Datum of 1988, based on a RTK GPS survey on Sept. 18, 2012.
PERIOD OF RECORD -
Hourly water temperatures were recorded from 11 September 2012 at 18:00 CDT to 04 November 2014 at 08:00 CST.
Water quality samples have been collected periodically from 29 Jun. 2006 to the present.
COOPERATION - This site is operated by the U.S. Geological Survey as a monitoring well for the Upper Mississippi (UMIS) National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) program. This well is included in the UMIS NAWQA Agricultural Land-Use Study (ALUS) network. The well was incorporated into the I-94 Growth Corridor Study during August 2012 to November 2014. The I-94 Growth Corridor Study was a collaborative effort between the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Geological Survey.
INSTRUMENTATION - Water temperature were measured with a OTT Orpheus Mini submersible pressure transducer accurate to +/- 0.1°C. Temperature differences are accurate to 0.1°C.