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Potentiometric surface of the Lower Patapsco Aquifer in southern Maryland, September 2003

Open-File Report 2005-1010
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20051010

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Abstract

This report presents a map showing the potentiometric surface of the Lower Patapsco aquifer in the Patapsco Formation of Lower Cretaceous age in Southern Maryland during September 2003. The map is based on water-level measurements in 66 wells. The highest measured water level was 112 feet above sea level near the northwestern boundary and outcrop area of the aquifer in northern Prince Georges County. From this area, the potentiometric surface declined towards well fields at Severndale, Arnold, and Annapolis. The measured ground-water levels were 86 feet below sea level at Severndale, 41 feet below sea level at Arnold, and 39 feet below sea level a few miles west of Annapolis. There was also a cone of depression covering a large area in Charles County that includes Waldorf, LaPlata, Indian Head, and the Morgantown powerplant. The ground-water levels measured were as low as 165 feet below sea level at Waldorf, 135 feet below sea level at LaPlata, 114 feet below sea level at Indian Head, and 92 feet below sea level at the Morgantown powerplant.

Suggested Citation

Curtin, S.E., Andreasen, D., and Wheeler, J.C., 2006, Potentiometric surface of the Lower Patapsco Aquifer in southern Maryland, September 2003: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1010, 1 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20051010.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Potentiometric surface of the Lower Patapsco Aquifer in southern Maryland, September 2003
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 2005-1010
DOI 10.3133/ofr20051010
Year Published 2006
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Description 1 p.
Time Range Start 2003-09-01
Time Range End 2003-09-30
Country United States
State Maryland
Other Geospatial lower Patapsco aquifer
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