Potentiometric surface of the middle Potomac Aquifer in Virginia, 1993
Open-File Report
94-372
By: E. C. Hammond, E. R. McFarland, and M. J. Focazio
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Abstract
Ground-water level measurements from 50 wells in the middle Potomac aquifer in the Coastal Plain Physiographic Province of Virginia in 1993 were used to prepare a map of the potentiometric surface of the aquifer. The map shows the potentiometric surface of the middle Potomac aquifer sharply declining eastward from nearly 100 feet above sear level near the western boundary of the aquifer to 20 feet below sea level, and continues declining gradually toward the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean. A cone of depression is apparent around well fields in Franklin, Virginia. The potentiometric surface also appears to be affected by pumping in the area of Henrico County and Hanover County, Virginia. The highest ground-water-level measurement was 89 feet above sea level in Chesterfield County near Richmond, and the lowest ground-water-level measurement was 179 feet below sea level in southeastern Isle of Wight County, Virginia.
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Potentiometric surface of the middle Potomac Aquifer in Virginia, 1993 |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 94-372 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr94372 |
| Year Published | 1994 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Description | 1 p. |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| Other Geospatial | middle Potomac Aquifer |
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