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Data from Stratigraphic Test Holes Drilled at the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina, 1994–2001, and Periodic Water Levels, 2000–2003

Open-File Report 2004–1434
By Beth M. Wrege and Philip S. Jen

Strat-5

Map showing location of Strat-5 well

Lithologic log for Strat-5 test hole

Selected borehole geophysical logs collected in Strat-5 test hole

Strat-5 monitoring-well construction report

Periodic water levels in Strat-5 monitoring well

Hydrograph showing ground-water levels in Strat-5 monitoring well, September 2000–May 2002

Continuous ground-water levels recorded for water year 2001 in the Strat-5 monitoring well

Continuous ground-water levels recorded for water year 2002 in the Strat-5 monitoring well

Hydrograph showing continuous daily mean ground-water levels in Strat-5 monitoring well for water year 2002

Hydrograph showing continuous daily mean ground-water levels in Strat-5 monitoring well for the period of record

Generalized map of MCAS showing location of Strat-5 well
Figure 20. Location of Strat-5 well at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina.

Table 13. Lithologic log for Strat-5 test hole, U.S. Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina.
 
[ft, feet; mm, millimeter]
Depth below land surface (in feet) Description (compiled by C.C. Daniel, III)
0.0 – 1.2 Fill.
1.2 – 6.7 Silty CLAY, gray to orange.
6.7 – 7.5 Sandy silt.
7.5 – 20.7 Yellow-orange SAND.
20.7 – 26.8 Silty, clayey silt, CLAY all with storm sand layers – coarsens upward.
26.8 – 47.7 Shell hash, shell fragments with some whole shells, bivalves and gastropods. Matrix fines upward from clean, medium and fine sand to greenish silty, very fine sand. At 46.9 ft, phosphate nodules 3–4 mm in shell hash.
47.7 – 59.5 Greenish-gray silty SAND, fine to very fine, well-sorted large phosphate and quartz pebbles, coral and arenite fragments.
59.5 – 72.0 Medium to fine SAND with a few phosphate and quartz pebble layers, clean sand medium, uncemented.
72.0 – 75.6 Moldic calcarenite with quartz pebbles, a few shells and phosphate nodules.
75.6 – 84.0 Greenish-gray silt, very fine SAND, well sorted. Trace shell fragments.
84.0 – 107.1 Calcareous, fine SAND. Clay balls at 95.3 ft. Sand. Some phosphate grains.
107.1 – 128.2 Greenish silt, very fine SAND matrix. Silty clay. Abundant, large thick-shelled oysters.
128.2 – 137.8 Greenish silt, very fine SAND, scattered large oysters, some clay.
137.8 – 140.0 Oysters and phosphate limestone fragments and shell hash at bottom.
140.0 – 143.0 Silty zone.
143.0 – 147.0 LIMESTONE fragments, often moldic, shell fragments.
147.0 – 155.6 LIMESTONE and shell fragments, predominantly angular in silt.
155.6 – 165.5 Moldic (voidic) LIMESTONE, clams, other bivalves dissolutioned.
165.5 – 175.0 Calcareous fragments, angular, fine SAND matrix, phosphate calcarenite fragments, lumps.
175.0 – 185.0 Moldic LIMESTONE, some weathered shell material (lime) remaining in molds.
185.0 – 186.5 Competent moldic.
186.5 – 188.8 Weakly competent, fragmented.
188.8 – 194.5 Moldic LIMESTONE, moderately competent.
194.5 – 216.5 Weakly competent LIMESTONE composed of plates, flat fragments (pelagic?) with some calcite cement, especially pores and voids, some quartz and sand.
216.5 – 219.3 Transitional, becomes very sandy, fewer plates.
219.3 – 235.0 Weakly cemented fine SAND, well sorted, phosphate grains small, same size as the sand grains.

generalized lithology with selected borehole geophysical logs for Strat-5 well
Figure 22. Selected borehole geophysical logs collected in Strat-5 test hole, U.S. Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina.


Figure 23. Strat-5 monitoring-well construction report, U.S. Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina.

Table 14. Periodic water levels in Strat-5 monitoring well, U.S. Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina.
Date Water level, in feet below land surface
09-21-2000 15.71
10-05-2000 15.36
12-08-2000 15.99
02-09-2001 16.23
05-03-2001 16.91
08-09-2001 17.38
08-23-2001 17.68
09-20-2001 17.38
11-27-2001 18.16
03-20-2002 16.61
05-15-2002 17.32

hydrograph for strat-5 well from September 2000 to May 2002
Figure 24. Hydrograph of ground-water levels in Strat-5 monitoring well, U.S. Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina, September 2000– May 2002.

Table 15. Continuous ground-water levels recorded for water year 2001 in the Strat-5 monitoring well, U.S. Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina.
 
[Water year is the period from October 1 through September 30 and is defined by the year in which the period ends; thus, the 2001 water year is the period October 1, 2000, through September 30, 2001. Continuous data recording at this site began in December 2000. Data are in feet below land surface. —, missing data]
Day Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept.
  1          16.24 16.48 16.02 — 16.91 16.98 17.01 17.32 —
  2          16.35 16.48 15.94 15.95 16.84 16.96 17.23 17.33 —
  3          16.39 16.54 15.93 15.97 16.89 16.94 17.29 17.32 —
  4          16.24 16.48 15.83 16.15 16.92 16.94 17.18 17.29 —
  5          16.16 16.39 15.78 16.24 16.93 16.95 17.14 17.41 —
  6          16.22 16.42 15.79 16.22 16.94 16.95 17.13 17.54 —
  7          16.25 16.33 15.97 16.06 16.96 17.09 17.11 17.55 —
  8          16.27 16.30 16.14 16.04 17.03 17.11 17.09 — —
  9       16.08 16.47 16.21 16.10 16.11 17.07 17.19 17.17 — —
  10       16.03 16.57 16.22 15.96 16.16 17.06 17.26 17.21 — —
  11       16.02 16.57 16.45 15.93 16.12 17.20 17.26 17.24 — —
  12       16.05 16.39 16.38 15.87 16.12 17.26 17.36 17.23 — —
  13       16.12 16.39 16.25 15.76 16.12 17.29 17.45 17.35 — —
  14       16.16 16.39 16.18 15.97 16.16 17.30 17.47 17.33 — —
  15       16.29 16.33 16.13 16.06 16.15 17.29 17.47 17.37 — —
  16       16.24 16.44 16.18 16.05 16.13 17.24 17.21 17.50 — —
  17       15.97 16.49 16.32 16.02 16.16 17.24 17.10 17.46 — —
  18       15.98 16.47 16.44 16.14 16.24 17.08 17.03 17.43 — —
  19       15.99 16.33 16.44 16.34 16.51 16.97 16.96 17.43 — —
  20       16.18 16.18 16.38 16.29 16.65 16.97 16.91 17.47 — —
  21       16.17 16.31 16.16 16.02 16.72 16.99 16.89 17.55 — —
  22       16.12 16.33 16.05 16.03 16.75 16.99 16.84 17.57 — —
  23       16.18 16.22 16.08 16.08 16.76 16.98 16.83 17.51 — —
  24       15.94 16.20 16.13 16.05 16.76 16.97 16.81 17.45 — —
  25       15.97 16.24 16.05 16.04 16.72 17.03 16.84 17.45 — 17.47
  26       15.99 16.30 16.19 16.20 16.59 16.99 16.93 17.45 — 17.41
  27       15.94 16.29 16.28 16.32 16.60 16.98 16.97 17.47 — 17.32
  28       15.90 16.34 16.21 16.35 16.72 16.96 16.91 17.60 — 17.30
  29       16.06 16.30 — 16.09 16.99 16.95 16.89 17.55 — 17.46
  30       16.15 16.17 — 15.95 17.01 16.96 16.89 17.31 — 17.47
  31       16.30 16.30 — 15.94 — 16.99 — 17.30 — —
Table 16. Continuous ground-water levels recorded for water year 2002 in the Strat-5 monitoring well, U.S. Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina.
 
[Water year is the period from October 1 through September 30 and is defined by the year in which the period ends; thus, the 2002 water year is the period October 1, 2001, through September 30, 2002. Data are in feet below land surface. —, missing data]
Day Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept.
1 17.46 17.98 18.36 18.63 18.15 17.73 16.54 — 17.68 — — —
2 17.34 18.14 18.28 18.62 18.24 17.59 16.53 — 17.68 18.11 — —
3 17.31 18.17 18.26 18.31 — — 16.48 — 17.77 18.15 — —
4 17.32 18.19 18.44 18.41 — — 16.68 — 17.92 18.25 — —
5 17.44 18.03 18.50 18.41 — — 16.72 — 17.96 18.23 — —
6 17.52 18.02 18.48 18.36 — 17.39 16.78 — 17.96 18.22 — —
7 17.47 18.04 18.45 18.46 — — 16.76 — 17.96 18.22 — —
8 17.47 18.17 18.36 18.52 — — 16.68 — 17.96 18.22 — —
9 17.48 18.30 18.36 18.37 — — 16.66 — 17.96 18.25 — —
10 17.55 18.31 18.37 18.32 — — 16.67 17.42 18.09 18.34 18.40 —
11 17.55 18.30 18.41 18.37 — 17.34 16.83 17.53 18.14 18.38 18.43 —
12 17.44 18.22 18.53 18.48 — 17.18 16.87 17.52 18.15 — 18.45 —
13 17.60 18.18 18.50 18.52 — — 16.87 17.27 — — 18.45 —
14 17.64 18.15 18.47 18.55 — — 16.64 17.22 — — — —
15 17.56 18.28 18.43 18.33 — — 16.59 17.33 — — — —
16 17.47 18.32 18.44 18.36 — — 16.59 17.41 — — — —
17 17.53 18.40 18.34 18.31 — — 16.61 17.50 — — — —
18 17.57 18.35 18.42 18.52 — — 16.80 17.52 — — 18.52 —
19 17.69 18.29 18.50 18.49 17.74 — 16.86 17.53 — — 18.53 —
20 17.79 18.26 18.58 18.58 17.63 — 16.77 17.49 — — — —
21 17.86 18.44 18.52 18.42 17.55 16.59 16.71 17.49 — — — —
22 17.77 18.50 18.51 18.39 17.61 16.82 16.73 17.62 — — — —
23 17.60 18.52 18.42 18.25 — 16.88 16.96 17.70 — — — —
24 17.60 18.31 18.50 18.12 — 16.87 17.12 17.70 — — 18.63 —
25 17.64 18.23 18.58 18.14 17.73 16.75 17.07 17.69 — — 18.62 —
26 17.86 18.18 18.53 18.27 — 16.69 17.04 17.67 — — — —
27 18.00 18.24 18.58 18.32 — 16.63 16.90 17.67 — — — —
28 18.12 18.39 18.41 18.26 17.73 16.65 16.77 17.67 — — — —
29 18.03 18.43 18.39 18.13 — 16.78 — 17.72 — — — —
30 17.95 18.43 18.45 18.04 — 16.80 — 17.71 — — — —
31 17.95 — 18.59 18.15 — 16.75 — 17.68 — — — —

daily hydrograph for strat-5 well for 2002 water year (October 2001 to September 2002)
Figure 25. Hydrograph of continuous daily mean ground-water levels at Strat-5 for water year 2002.

daily hydrograph for strat-5 well for period of record
Figure 26. Hydrograph of continuous daily mean ground-water levels at Strat-5 for the period of record.

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