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Ground-water level data for North Carolina, 1988-90

Open-File Report 92-57
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr9257

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Abstract

Continuous and periodic water-level measurements were made in 59 key wells throughout North Carolina. Additional measurements were made in 112 supplementary wells completed in Coastal Plain aquifers of the State. Changes in groundwater storage are shown in 3-year and 10-year hydrographs of selected wells in the State. The water table in the shallow aquifers was higher throughout most of 1989 and early 1990 than in 1988, indicating that these aquifers were sufficiently recharged by precipitation to replenish the late 1987-88 deficit in groundwater storage. Water levels in the heavily pumped Coastal Plain aquifers declined as a result of water being withdrawn from aquifer storage. Record low water levels were measured in 8 to 13 wells completed in the Castle Hayne aquifer and in 6 of 8 wells in the Peedee aquifer; the maximum annual declines during 1988-90 averaged 3.3 and 1.6 ft/yr, respectively, for these two aquifers. All wells in the Black Creek, upper Cape Fear, and lower Cape Fear aquifers had record low water levels during 1988-90, with maximum annual declines averaging 9.0, 2.2, and 2.6 ft/yr, respectively. Water levels in two of three wells in the Yorktown aquifer did not show a general downward trend during 1988-90, although water levels declined in the third well, reaching a record low in 1990. The effects of water withdrawals from major pumping centers in the North Carolina Coastal Plain are shown in potentiometric-surface maps of the Black Creek and lower Cape Fear aquifers.

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Strickland, A., Coble, R.W., Edwards, L., Pope, B., 1992, Ground-water level data for North Carolina, 1988-90: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-57, viii, 168 p. ill. ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr9257.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Ground-water level data for North Carolina, 1988-90
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 92-57
DOI 10.3133/ofr9257
Year Published 1992
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey ;
Contributing office(s) South Atlantic Water Science Center
Description viii, 168 p. ill. ;28 cm.
Country United States
State North Carolina
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