WATER LEVELS FROM PENNSYLVANIA OBSERVATION-WELL NETWORK
February 2001


County
Well Number
Year record began
Mean depth to water below land surface, in feet
Last recorded water level
date of last recorded water level
trend from last month
trend from last year
Departure from mean for all years in feet
This month
Last month
This month last year
This month for all years
Maximum for this month/year of occurrence
Minimum for this month/year of occurrence
Observation wells in the Ohio River Basin

Allegheny

AG-700

1967

7.20 7.60 7.03 6.50 7.81/69 5.48/91 7.03

2/28

UP

DOWN

-.70

Beaver

BV-156

1967

8.61 8.85 8.77 8.69 10.05/68 8.08/91 8.28

2/20

UP

UP

.08

Butler

BT-311

1970

3.81 4.66

N/D

6.44 14.29/71 3.05/99 3.40

2/26

UP

N/D

2.63

Crawford

CW-413

1967

48.10 50.87 51.40 48.59* 52.65/99* 43.76/91* 47.90

2/20

UP

UP

.49*

Elk

EK-108

1975

5.70 5.86 6.14 4.60 7.96/97 2.58/91 5.20

2/20

UP

UP

-1.10

Erie

ER-82

1966

18.52 18.74 19.00 18.72* 19.51/91* 17.37/96* 18.09

2/22

UP

UP

.20*

Fayette

FA-17

1968

21.19 22.28 22.04 21.96 23.06/77 20.39/98 21.03

2/28

UP

UP

.77

Forest

FO-11

1974

8.43 8.44 8.57 8.86 9.70/77 8.08/99 8.03

2/22

UP

UP

.43

Green

GR-118

1973

27.53

N/D

29.36 30.77 38.39/88 23.46/93 26.77

2/20

N/D

UP

3.24

Lawrence

LA-1201

1967

15.76 16.97 16.56 15.88 17.45/92 14.49/76 16.16

2/28

UP

UP

.12

Mercer

MR-1364

1964

N/D

3.03+ 2.54 3.80 5.01/80 2.02/99

N/D

N/D

N/D

N/D

N/D

Somerset

SO-2

1937

40.08^ 36.91^

N/D

34.11* 43.32/99* 32.58/91* 40.17^

2/21

DOWN

N/D

-5.97*

Warren

WR-50

1972

42.45 43.23 42.46 42.49 44.53/77 40.18/91 41.90

2/28

UP

UP

.04

Washington

WS-155

1971

35.91 36.53 35.91 35.18 35.94/99 33.39/75 34.94

2/20

UP

SAME

-.73

Westmoreland

WE-300

1968

15.70 15.98 17.28 16.72 22.34/68 14.29/91 14.81

2/20

UP

UP

1.02
N/D indicates no data NDR indicates no data received at time of report
DOWN = Water level is lower than that reported for last month or year
UP = Water level is higher than that reported for last month or year
Shaded block indicates this month is a new recorded maximum or minimum
Year refers to water year, October 1 - September 30.

* Value for well is computed using less than the full period of record because of a change in well hydraulics, or nearby non-climatic hydrologic stress.
^ Below normal conditions for well SO-2 are due to nearby pumping.
+ Well MR-1364 was affected by the Pymatuning Earthquake on Sept. 25, 1998. Record adjusted to compute current conditions shown on map.

Note: Water levels from well MG-225 are being collected but not reported in this monthly summary, because they are not comparable to historical levels due to changes in ground-water pumping.