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Map showing the potentiometric surface of the Magothy Aquifer in southern Maryland, September 1982

Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4282
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https://doi.org/10.3133/wri834282

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Abstract

A map was prepared that shows the potentiometric surface of the Magothy aquifer in southern Maryland in September 1982. The map is based on measurements from a network of 83 observation wells. The highest levels of the potentiometric surface, 57 and 58 feet above sea level, were measured near the outcrop-subcrop of the aquifer in topographically high areas of Anne Arundel and Prince Georges Counties. The potentiometric surface slopes to the southeast to about sea level along much of the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay. Three distinct and extensive cones of depression have developed in the potentiometric surface around the well fields of the Annapolis area, Waldorf area, and Chalk Point. Several square miles of each cone are below sea level, and in some areas at Chalk Point and Waldorf, the cone is more than 50 feet below sea level. The network of wells was developed as part of the cooperative program between the U.S. Geological Survey, the Maryland Geological Survey, and the Maryland Energy Administration. (USGS)

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Mack, F., Wheeler, J.C., Curtin, S.E., 1982, Map showing the potentiometric surface of the Magothy Aquifer in southern Maryland, September 1982: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4282, 1 map ; 21 x 16 cm., on sheet 28 x 22 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/wri834282.

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Map showing the potentiometric surface of the Magothy Aquifer in southern Maryland, September 1982
Series title Water-Resources Investigations Report
Series number 83-4282
DOI 10.3133/wri834282
Year Published 1982
Language ENGLISH
Description 1 map ; 21 x 16 cm., on sheet 28 x 22 cm.
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