WATER LEVELS FROM PENNSYLVANIA OBSERVATION-WELL NETWORK May 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 12.17 11.46 11.98 11.95 12.39/69 11.32/90 12.25 5/29 DOWN DOWN -0.22
Bedford BD-150 1965 15.69 13.01 13.97 9.91 35.20/69 -.02/98 17.80 5/25 DOWN DOWN -5.78
Blair BA-74 1969 13.11 11.80 12.97 12.15 14.19/92 10.36/89 12.23 5/29 DOWN DOWN -.96
Bradford BR-92 1966 8.52 3.81 5.92 7.50 9.83/81 3.64/83 9.84 5/29 DOWN DOWN -1.02
Cameron CM-13 1967 23.27 22.91 22.95 23.16 24.15/93 22.56/71 23.28 5/29 DOWN DOWN -.11
Clinton CN-1 1950 48.81 48.51 48.10 47.93 49.71/65 45.73/98 49.34 5/29 DOWN DOWN -.88
Cumberland CU-2 1951 16.50 14.28 17.49 16.12 20.51/69 11.42/98 18.49 5/29 DOWN UP -.38
Dauphin DA-350 1964 5.06 4.14 4.82 4.61 5.24/65 3.81/90 5.21 5/29 DOWN DOWN -.45
Franklin FR-332 1975 17.31 14.25 16.84 25.28 31.69/76 15.62/98 18.72 5/29 DOWN DOWN 7.97
Huntingdon HU-301 1969 54.17 53.16 53.55 53.39 54.61/82 51.76/73 54.30 5/29 DOWN DOWN -.78
Juniata JU-351 1968 13.18 12.43 12.86 12.99 13.85/77 12.45/96 12.58 5/29 DOWN DOWN -.19
Lancaster LN-514 1964 32.58 29.71 32.78 31.67 33.35/69 26.65/98 32.66 5/29 DOWN UP -.91
Luzerne LU-294 1994 33.40 31.62 32.09 32.07 33.25/95 31.12/96 33.90 5/30 DOWN DOWN -1.33
Lycoming LY-112 1967 103.45^^ 101.76^^ 103.16 88.85 103.20/00 85.77/83 103.68^^ 5/29 DOWN DOWN -14.60
Mifflin MF-344 1983 59.48 51.48 53.12 52.69 57.73/95 42.55/89 57.40 5/29 DOWN DOWN -6.79
Potter PO-72 1967 23.42 13.53 18.17 17.93 25.45/85 11.60/68 23.73 5/29 DOWN DOWN -5.49
Snyder SN-130 1968 19.11 18.58 19.11 18.86 19.24/77 18.31/98 19.03 5/29 DOWN SAME -.25
Sullivan SU-34 1965 28.23 25.38 26.40 26.41 28.12/95 23.51/89 28.60 5/29 DOWN DOWN -1.82
Susquehanna SQ-61 1972 32.17 30.07 29.74 28.37 31.64/82 25.11/84 37.60 5/29 DOWN DOWN -3.80
Tioga TI-100 1972 31.51 31.14 30.47 32.28 33.15/89 30.47/00 31.63 5/29 DOWN DOWN .77
Union UN-51 1967 37.56 33.83 36.83 36.87 39.12/97 33.08/98 38.47 5/29 DOWN DOWN -.69

 

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