USGS Water-Year Summary 2025
364920076093202 61C 28 SOW 174B
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain aquifer system
Yorktown Confining Zone
LOCATION - Lat 36°49'13.90", long 76°09'18.08" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Virginia Beach City, VA, Hydrologic Unit 02080208, at Kempsville High School in Virginia Beach. Owner: Virginia Department of Environmental Quality.
REVISIONS HISTORY -
WDR 2008: Daily maximums, Nov. 23, 2006 to Sept. 30, 2007. WDR 2011: Daily maximums and minimums, 2009-2010.
DAM 2025: Groundwater levels for the period Nov. 20, 2020, to Oct. 18, 2021, were revised on Mar. 27, 2025, because Measuring Point (MP-5) was taped down from when MP-6 was being entered in SVMAQ. Previous MP correction length was 2.33 ft above LSD. New corrected MP length is 3.23 ft above LSD. This results in a 0.90 ft correction.
GROUNDWATER RECORDS
WELL CHARACTERISTICS - Depth 80 ft. Upper casing diameter 3 in; top of first opening 65 ft, bottom of last opening 75 ft. Drilled observation water well, screened 65 to 75 ft.
DATUM - Land-surface datum is 13.34 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Measuring point: TOP OF CASING, 1.2 ft above land-surface datum, Apr. 25, 1984 to Nov. 7, 2001; TOP OF CASING, 1.72 ft above land-surface datum, Nov. 6, 2001 to Sep. 3, 2009; TOP OF CASING, 1.65 ft above land-surface datum, Sep. 2, 2009 to Jul. 30, 2010; TOP OF CASING, 1.72 ft above land-surface datum, Jul. 29, 2010 to Oct. 19, 2011; TOP OF CASING, 2.33 ft above land-surface datum, Oct. 18, 2011 to Oct. 21, 2011; TOP OF CASING PROTECTOR PIPE, 3.23 ft above land-surface datum, Oct. 20, 2011 to present.
PERIOD OF RECORD - April 1984 to current year. Unpublished records available prior to October 1985 in files of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality - Water Division.
GAGE - Electronic data logger and pressure transducer, 60-minute record interval. July 5, 1995 to June 14, 2005, occasional measurement with chalked tape by Virginia Department of Environmental Quality - Water Division and USGS personnel. Oct. 9, 1985 to July 5, 1995, bimonthly measurement with chalked tape. Prior to Oct. 9, 1985, occasional measurement with chalked tape.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Highest water level recorded, 4.70 ft below land-surface datum, 3/1/2021; lowest measured, 18.01 ft below land-surface datum, 7/12/2017.