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LAKE COUNTY


SITE ID.--422803087475302. Local number, 46N12E-14.6g2.

LOCATION.--Lat 42°28'03", long 87°47'53", Hydrologic Unit 04040002, at Illinois Beach State Park, northern unit. Owner: U.S. Geological Survey.

AQUIFER.--Lower Mount Simon Sandstone of Cambrian age.

WELL CHARACTERISTICS.--Drilled unused artesian well, one of three piezometers in 10-in. borehole, diameter 1.25 in., depth 2,264 ft, cased to 2,244 ft, 2-in. screen.

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

DATUM.--Land-surface datum is 586 ft above sea level. Measuring point: Top coupling on 1.25-in. plastic pipe, 2.67 ft above land-surface datum.

REMARKS.--Water level affected by regional pumping.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--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.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Highest water level, 197.88 ft below land-surface datum, Dec. 14, 1988; lowest, 208.37 ft below land-surface datum, Nov. 6, 1992.
WATER LEVELS IN FEET BELOW LAND SURFACE DATUM,
WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1998 TO SEPTEMBER 1999
WATER WATER WATER WATER WATER WATER
LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL
DEC 13 199.19 JAN 28 199.27 MAR 24 199.25 MAY 25 198.83 JUN 25 199.04 AUG 18 199.43


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