WATER LEVELS FROM PENNSYLVANIA OBSERVATION-WELL NETWORK December 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
Allegheny AG-700 1967 7.88 8.39 7.68 7.01 8.12/68 5.68/90 7.53 12/26 UP DOWN -0.87
Beaver BV-156 1967 8.78 9.29 8.93 9.03 10.42/67 8.19/96 8.53 12/26 UP UP .25
Butler BT-311 1970 9.45 22.90 7.27 9.68 25.81/89 3.10/96 5.05 12/26 UP DOWN .23
Crawford CW-413 1967 52.99 54.80 52.20 49.65* 54.25/95* 40.37/81* 51.56 12/26 UP DOWN -3.34*
Elk EK-108 1975 5.97 6.85 6.19 4.82 8.81/96 2.57/90 5.48 12/26 UP UP -1.15
Erie ER-82 1966 18.73 19.51 18.45 18.79* 23.38/98* 17.37/86* 18.30 12/26 UP DOWN .06*
Fayette FA-17 1968 22.96 23.52 22.39 22.37 23.89/98 20.79/86 22.57 12/26 UP DOWN -.59
Forest FO-11 1974 8.31 9.14 8.33 8.79 9.60/91 7.98/96 7.91 12/26 UP UP .48
Green GR-118 1973 33.17 39.38 32.93 32.87 43.73/87 23.22/93 31.75 12/26 UP DOWN -.30
Lawrence LA-1201 1967 16.39 18.67 17.18 16.12 18.98/91 14.53/72 15.70 12/26 UP UP -.27
Mercer MR-1364 1964 NDR 3.75 3.07 3.73 5.22/80 1.88/99 NDR NDR NDR NDR NDR
Somerset SO-2 1937 35.09^ 35.45^ 34.24 34.40* 38.67/98* 32.51/96* 34.77 12/21 UP DOWN -.69*
Warren WR-50 1972 42.45 43.12 43.32 42.64 44.34/91 40.34/90 41.69 12/26 UP UP .19
Washington WS-155 1971 36.20 36.54 36.36 35.39 36.52/98 34.17/78 36.07 12/26 UP UP -.81
Westmoreland WE-300 1968 17.69 18.51 15.96 17.13 20.34/68 14.92/90 16.88 12/26 UP DOWN -.56

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