USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
260657080122301 S - 329. USGS Observation Well in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
Biscayne aquifer
Biscayne Limestone Aquifer
LOCATION - Lat 26°06'56.44", long 80°12'22.80" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.12, T.50 S., R.41 E., Broward County, FL, Hydrologic Unit 03090202, at Fort Lauderdale Country Club, about 75 ft west of East Country Club Circle, 200 ft of the intersection with SW 4th Street, 0.3 mi west of U.S. Highway 441.
REVISIONS HISTORY - Groundwater levels above NGVD 1929, for the period February 24, 2015 to June 15, 2017, were revised on February 26, 2018, previously provided on nwisweb was revised, based on time correction and complete water levels records. Daily values are available online at http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis.
GROUNDWATER RECORDS
WELL CHARACTERISTICS - Depth 68 ft. Upper casing diameter 4 in; top of first opening undefined, bottom of last opening undefined.
DATUM - Land-surface datum is 9.20 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Measuring point: top of base, 12.44 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, Sep. 1, 1940 to present; top of casing, 10.42 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, Sep. 21, 1940 to Aug. 24, 1949; top of casing, 12.38 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, Aug. 23, 1949 to Oct. 1, 1997. Land-surface datum is 7.96 ft, above North American Vertical Datum of 1988.
PERIOD OF RECORD - September 1940 to June 1946 (weekly), June 1946 to current year.
GAGE - Satellite data collection platform.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Highest water level measured, 10.76 ft NGVD, Oct. 17, 1947 (Corrected); lowest measured, 0.29 ft below NGVD, May 13, 1981.