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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


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

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°28'05", long 87°47'58" (NAD of 1983), 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 (586 ft NAVD 1988). 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 2004 TO SEPTEMBER 2005
WATER WATER WATER WATER
LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL
NOV 02 212.33 APR 21 209.91 FEB 01 211.05 JUL 07 212.20
 
WATER YEAR 2005 HIGH 209.91 APR 21 LOW 212.33 NOV 02



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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data