| Abstract: | Groundwater conditions in Brunswick County, North Carolina, have been monitored continuously since 2000 through the operation and maintenance of groundwater-level observation wells in the surficial, Castle Hayne, and Peedee aquifers of the North Atlantic Coastal Plain aquifer system. Groundwater-resource conditions for the Brunswick County area were evaluated by relating the normal range (25th to 75th percentile) monthly mean groundwater-level and precipitation data for water years 2001 to 2008 to median monthly mean groundwater levels and monthly sum of daily precipitation for water year 2008. Summaries of precipitation and groundwater conditions for the Brunswick County area and hydrographs and statistics of continuous groundwater levels collected during the 2008 water year are presented in this report. Groundwater levels varied by aquifer and geographic location within Brunswick County, but were influenced by drought conditions and groundwater withdrawals. Water levels were normal in two of the eight observation wells and below normal in the remaining six wells. Seasonal Kendall trend analysis performed on more than 9 years of monthly mean groundwater-level data collected in an observation well located within the Brunswick County well field indicated there is a strong downward trend, with water levels declining at a rate of about 2.2 feet per year. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 98615 |
| Citation Author: | McSwain, Kristen Bukowski; Strickland, A.G. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | North Carolina Water Science Center |
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| Citation Language: | ENGLISH |
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| Citation LatN: | 0343000 |
| Citation LatS: | 0334500 |
| Citation LonE: | -0774500 |
| Citation LonW: | -0790000 |
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| Citation No Pagination: | N |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | iv, 41 p. |
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| Citation Public Comments: | Prepared in cooperation with Brunswick County, North Carolina |
| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Citation Series: | Open-File Report |
| Citation Series Code: | OFR |
| Citation Series Number: | 2010-1154 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Summary and statistical analysis of precipitation and groundwater data for Brunswick County, North Carolina, Water Year 2008; 2010; OFR; 2010-1154; McSwain, Kristen Bukowski; Strickland, A.G. |
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| Citation Year: | 2010 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Summary and statistical analysis of precipitation and groundwater data for Brunswick County, North Carolina, Water Year 2008; 2010; OFR; 2010-1154; McSwain, Kristen Bukowski; Strickland, A.G. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/ofr_2010_1154.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1154/ |
| Date Other: | Sat, 21 Aug 2010 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
