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Distribution of transmissivity and yield of the surficial, Castle Hayne, and Peedee aquifers in Northern New Hanover County, North Carolina

Open-File Report 2011-1205
Prepared in cooperation with the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20111205

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Abstract

Data were collected from more than 230 wells in northern New Hanover County, North Carolina, to evaluate the distribution of transmissivity and yield of the surficial, Castle Hayne, and Peedee aquifers of the Coastal Plain Physiographic Province. Constant-rate,single-well aquifer test data were obtained and analyzed to calculate additional transmissivity values for 25 production wells that were completed in the Castle Hayne or Peedee aquifer. In the surficial aquife, transmissivity values ranged from 400 to 12,700 feet squared per day, and reported yields ranged from 6 to 100 gallons per minute. In the Castle Hayne aquifer, transmissivity values ranged from 1,400 to 18,700 feet squared per day, and reported yields ranged from 9 to 640 gallons per minute. In the Peedee aquifer, transmissivity values ranged from 530 to 18,600 feet squared per day, and reported yields ranged from 8 to 1,000 gallons per minute.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Distribution of transmissivity and yield of the surficial, Castle Hayne, and Peedee aquifers in Northern New Hanover County, North Carolina
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 2011-1205
DOI 10.3133/ofr20111205
Year Published 2011
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) North Carolina Water Science Center
Description 1 Sheet: 34 x 36 inches
Time Range Start 2004-12-01
Time Range End 2008-09-30
Country United States
State North Carolina
County New Hanover
Other Geospatial Castle Hayne Aquifer;Peedee Aquifer;Coastal Plain Physiographic Province
Scale 500000
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