LOCATION.-- Lat 42°28'03", long 87°47'53" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4NE1/4NW1/4 sec. 14, T.46 N., R.12 E., Hydrologic Unit 04040002, at Illinois Beach State Park, northern unit. Owner: U.S. Geological Survey.

AQUIFER.-- Ironton and Galesville Sandstones of Cambrian age.

WELL CHARACTERISTICS.-- One of three piezometers in 10-in. borehole, diameter 1.25 in., depth 1,203 ft, cased to 1,186 ft, 2-in. screen, drilled observation artesian well.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

GROUND-WATER LEVELS: November 1988 to September 1997, December 1998 to current year. Miscellaneous water-level measurements from December 1981 to November 1988 are available in files of the U.S. Geological Survey.

INSTRUMENTATION.-- Electronic data logger--60-minute recording.

DATUM.-- Land-surface datum is 586 ft above NGVD of 1929. Measuring point: Top coupling on 1.25-in. plastic pipe, 2.73 ft above land-surface datum.

REMARKS.-- Ground-water levels affected by regional pumping.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

GROUND-WATER LEVELS: Highest water level, 206.79 ft below land-surface datum, April 12, 2001; lowest, 235.66 ft below land-surface datum, Dec. 22, 1989.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--

GROUND-WATER LEVELS: Highest water level 207.03 ft below land-surface datum, May 31; lowest, 211.98 ft below land-surface datum, Oct. 2.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data