WATER LEVELS FROM PENNSYLVANIA OBSERVATION-WELL NETWORK April 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 Susquehanna River Basin
Adams AD-146 1968 11.46 11.36 11.51 11.67 12.01/71 11.27/73 11.91 4/29 DOWN UP 0.21
Bedford BD-150 1965 13.01 22.54 16.15 9.83 34.53/66 0.33/84 11.24 4/26 UP UP -3.18
Blair BA-74 1969 11.80 12.32 12.11 11.81 14.39/71 10.22/83 12.34 4/29 UP UP .01
Bradford BR-92 1966 3.81 7.04 3.25 5.77 9.81/81 2.36/93 5.25 4/29 UP DOWN 1.96
Cameron CM-13 1967 22.91 23.10 22.57 22.79 23.85/81 18.59/93 23.13 4/29 UP DOWN -.12
Clinton CN-1 1950 48.51 50.31 48.23 47.69 49.86/81 45.20/94 48.11 4/29 UP DOWN -.82
Cumberland CU-2 1951 14.28 18.54 18.57 15.25 21.63/92 9.64/93 13.88 4/29 UP UP .97
Dauphin DA-350 1964 4.14 4.38 4.18 4.31 4.92/71 3.80/83 4.46 4/27 UP UP .17
Franklin FR-332 1975 14.25 14.57 16.20 23.65 29.78/88 16.20/00 14.86 4/29 UP UP 9.40
Huntingdon HU-301 1969 53.16 53.98 53.11 53.06 54.17/86 51.55/87 53.60 4/29 UP DOWN -.10
Juniata JU-351 1968 12.43 12.51 12.41 12.80 13.34/71 11.92/94 12.84 4/29 UP DOWN .37
Lancaster LN-514 1964 29.71 32.32 29.27 30.27 33.22/69 22.47/93 30.70 4/27 UP DOWN .56
Luzerne LU-294 1994 31.62 31.83 30.87 31.73 32.84/95 30.87/00 32.28 4/29 UP DOWN .11
Lycoming LY-112 1967 101.76^^ 102.16^^ 101.64 87.77 101.60/00 85.05/80 102.34^^ 4/29 UP DOWN -13.99
Mifflin MF-344 1983 51.48 53.59 48.88 47.55 57.61/90 27.31/93 54.57 4/29 UP DOWN -3.93
Potter PO-72 1967 13.53 20.92 14.82 15.26 19.82/85 10.28/93 18.08 4/29 UP UP 1.73
Snyder SN-130 1968 18.58 18.59 18.60 18.66 19.12/81 17.83/93 19.01 4/29 UP UP .08
Sullivan SU-34 1965 25.38 25.45 23.78 25.16 27.32/88 21.52/93 27.02 4/29 UP DOWN -.22
Susquehanna SQ-61 1972 30.07 30.51 29.68 27.41 31.58/81 24.52/87 30.48 4/29 UP DOWN -2.66
Tioga TI-100 1972 31.14 32.28 30.33 32.08 33.79/89 30.04/99 31.19 4/29 UP DOWN .94
Union UN-51 1967 33.83 40.04 34.84 34.85 38.44/81 29.52/94 35.01 4/29 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.

^^ Below normal conditions for well LY-112 are due to installation of nearby well in August 1999. Record adjusted to compute current conditions shown on map.


NOTE:
1) Continuous water-level records for wells CE-118 (Centre County), BD-654 (Bedford County), and PH-12 (Philadelphia County) are being collected but are not reported in the monthly summary because they are not used for drought monitoring.

Questions concerning the ground-water observation wells can be directed to:
Dennis Risser, Ground-Water Program Coordinator, USGS, New Cumberland, PA (717) 730-6911
Naomi Weisbeker, Hydrologic Technician, USGS, New Cumberland, PA (717) 730-6937