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422803087475302       LAKE COUNTY, IL, LOCAL NUMBER 46N12E-14.6G2

 

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.-- Lower Mount Simon Sandstone of Cambrian age.

 

WELL CHARACTERISTICS.-- One of three piezometers in 10-in. borehole, diameter 1.25 in., depth 2,264 ft, cased to 2,244 ft, 2-in. screen, 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, 2.67 ft above land-surface datum.

 

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

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

GROUND-WATER LEVELS: 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 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
WATER WATER WATER WATER
LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL
OCT 07 199.68 FEB 05 199.74 MAY 18 199.28 SEP 13 199.33
DEC 08 199.44 MAR 29 199.33 JUL 12 198.89
 
WATER YEAR 2004 HIGH 198.89 JUL 12 LOW 199.74 FEB 05


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