Station list     Available data
    
         

422803087475301       LAKE COUNTY, IL, LOCAL NUMBER 46N12E-14.6G1

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°28'03", long 87°47'53" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4NE1/4NW1/4 sec. 14, T. 46 N., R. 12 E., Hydrologic Unit 04040002, at Illinois Beach State Park, northern unit. Owner: U.S. Geological Survey.

 

AQUIFER.-- Galena, Platteville, and Ancell Groups of Ordovician age.

 

WELL CHARACTERISTICS.-- Diameter 10 in., depth 940 ft, cased to 589 ft, unscreened, drilled observation artesian well.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

 

GROUND-WATER LEVELS: November 1988 to September 1997, December 1998 to current year. Miscellaneous water-level measurements from December 1981 to November 1988 are available in files of the U.S. Geological Survey.

 

INSTRUMENTATION.-- Manual steel-tape measurement made every 2 months.

 

DATUM.-- Land-surface datum is 586 ft above NGVD of 1929. Measuring point: Top coupling on 1.25-in. plastic pipe, 2.73 ft above land-surface datum.

 

REMARKS.-- Ground-water levels affected by regional pumping.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

GROUND-WATER LEVELS: Highest water level, 208.96 ft below land-surface datum, April 9, 2001; lowest, 235.35 ft below land-surface datum, Oct. 30, 1990.


WATER LEVELS, IN FEET BELOW LAND SURFACE DATUM, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
WATER WATER WATER WATER
LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL
OCT 09 212.16 JAN 22 210.46 MAY 13 209.60 SEP 03 213.46
NOV 27 210.99 MAR 11 209.87 JUL 10 210.10


Table of Contents

Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data