USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
365133076351202 58C 58 SOW 141B
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain aquifer system
Patapsco Formation
LOCATION - Lat 36°51'33", long 76°35'12" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Suffolk City, VA, Hydrologic Unit 02080206, 500 ft west of old Chuckatuck High School in Chuckatuck. Owner: Virginia Department of Environmental Quality.
GROUNDWATER RECORDS
WELL CHARACTERISTICS - Depth 605 ft. Upper casing diameter 4 in; top of first opening 595 ft, bottom of last opening 605 ft. Drilled observation water well, screened 595 to 605 ft.
DATUM - Land-surface datum is 52 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Measuring point: TOP OF CASING, 2.38 ft above land-surface datum, Mar. 12, 1997 to present.
PERIOD OF RECORD - April 1980 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 Unpublished records available prior to October 1985 in files of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality - Water Division.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, 15-minute record interval. Mar. 12, 1997 to Mar. 22, 2005, continuous strip-chart recorder. July 20, 1995 to Mar. 12, 1997, occasional measurement with chalked tape by Virginia Department of Environmental Quality - Water Division personnel. Oct. 8, 1985 to July 19, 1995, bimonthly measurement with chalked tape. Prior to Oct. 8, 1985, occasional measurement with chalked tape.
COOPERATION - Records provided by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality - Water Division.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Highest water level measured, 108.60 ft below land-surface datum, Apr. 24, 1980; lowest measured, 159.46 ft below land-surface datum, Aug. 23, 2007.