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422803087475301       LAKE COUNTY, IL, LOCAL NUMBER 46N12E-14.6G1

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°28'03", long 87°47'53" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4NE1/4NW1/4 sec. 14, T.46 N., R.12 E., Hydrologic Unit 04040002, at Illinois Beach State Park, northern unit. Owner: U.S. Geological Survey.

 

AQUIFER.-- Galena, Platteville, and Ancell Groups of Ordovician age.

 

WELL CHARACTERISTICS.-- Diameter 10 in., depth 940 ft, cased to 589 ft, unscreened, drilled observation artesian well.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

 

GROUND-WATER LEVELS: November 1988 to September 1997, December 1998 to current year (fragmentary). Miscellaneous water-level measurements from December 1981 to November 1988 are available in files of the U.S. Geological Survey.

 

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

 

DATUM.-- Land-surface datum is 586 ft above NGVD of 1929. Measuring point: Top coupling on 1.25-in. plastic pipe, 2.73 ft above land-surface datum.

 

REMARKS.-- Ground-water levels affected by regional pumping.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

GROUND-WATER LEVELS: Highest water level, 208.11 ft below land-surface datum, July 12, 2004; lowest, 235.35 ft below land-surface datum, Oct. 30, 1990.


WATER LEVELS, IN FEET BELOW LAND-SURFACE DATUM, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
WATER WATER WATER WATER
LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL
OCT 07 212.86 FEB 05 211.06 MAY 18 209.56 SEP 13 211.78
DEC 08 211.69 MAR 29 210.03 JUL 12 208.11
 
WATER YEAR 2004 HIGH 208.11 JUL 12 LOW 212.86 OCT 07


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