USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
354302081433201 BK-126, GLEN ALPINE RESEARCH STATION NEAR MORGANTON, NC (BEDROCK)
Piedmont and Blue Ridge crystalline-rock aquifers
Bedrock Undifferentiated
LOCATION - Lat 35°43'02", long 81°43'32" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Burke County, NC, Hydrologic Unit 03050101, 2.2 mi southwest of Morganton.
REVISIONS HISTORY - Gage datum was revised on October 1, 2022, based on an error in the determination of the gage datum.
GROUNDWATER RECORDS
WELL CHARACTERISTICS - Depth 232 ft. Upper casing diameter 6 in; top of first opening 55 ft, bottom of last opening 232 ft.
DATUM - Land-surface datum is 1,038.42 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Measuring point: Unknown - GW WL Clean up, 0 ft above land-surface datum, Sep. 15, 1999 to Feb. 1, 2000; Floor of instrument shelf, 1.77 ft above land-surface datum, Jan. 1, 2000 to present.
PERIOD OF RECORD - September 1999 to current year. Continuous record January 2000 to current year. Records for September 1999 to August 4, 2008 furnished by NCDENR, Division of Water Resources.
PRECIPITATION: October 2008 to current year, published as station number 354302081433245.
GAGE - Water-level recorder collecting data at 15-minute intervals. Satellite telemetry at station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Highest water level recorded, 4.96 ft below land-surface datum, December 28, 2018; lowest water level recorded 10.91 ft below land-surface datum, August 25, 2008.