Ground Water Status - End of April, 2016

Drought status evaluation of Maryland ground water for the end of April, 2016 

Region USGS Well ID Well Level[1] Status Regional Status
Western AL Ah 1 4.76

Watch

Watch
WA Be 2 30.80

Watch

WA Bk 25 42.88 Watch
Central BA Ea 18 18.90

Normal

Watch
HA Bd 31 11.24

Warning

HA Ca 23 5.91

Normal

MO Cc 14 31.43 Watch
MO Eh 20 13.32 Warning
Eastern QA Cg 69 [5] Unkown Watch
WI Cg 20 4.60 Normal
MC51-01

11.95 

Watch

SO Cf 2 1.94 Emergency
Southern

CH Bg 12 (unconfined)

2.75 Normal Normal
AA Cc 40 (confined) Na[2] Unknown
CA Bb 27 (confined) 173.95 On Trend[4]
CH Dd 33 (confined) 149.60 On Trend[4]
PG De 21 (confined) 62.52 On Trend[4]
SM Fg 45 (confined) 92.28 On Trend[4]
Well Level[1] - Measurement of water level as feet below land surface
[2] -  Measurements not reported as of 2016-05-04 at 01:30 PM
[3] -  Value computed from real time measurement
On Trend[4] - In accordance with Maryland's drought monitoring and response plan, the impact of drought upon confined aquifers is analyzed as a departure from long term trend.
[5] - Value disregarded based on the recommendation of USGS

Selected ground water levels are availble from USGS at:
http://md.water.usgs.gov/groundwater/

Data for other wells may be downloaded from:
USGS - NWIS Web Information for USA

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