USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
410431074395801 370204 Sparta Twp 6 Obs NJ Permit Number 22-28915-1
Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions)
Stratified Drift
LOCATION - Lat 41°04'49", long 74°39'32" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Sparta Township, Sussex County, NJ, Hydrologic Unit 02040105, Route 15 North, right on White Lake Road, right on Prosper Place (0.3 miles, Testo Company on left) into recently built housing development. Make first left, loop around to between first and second set of town homes. Walk past house # 16-15. Sparta 6 Obs between houses past cement patio by tree line. Defunct farm on other side of tree line.
GROUNDWATER RECORDS
WELL CHARACTERISTICS - Depth 143 ft. Upper casing diameter 6 in; top of first opening 123 ft, bottom of last opening 143 ft. Drilled observation well.
DATUM - Land-surface datum is 621.7 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Measuring point: TOP OF CASING, 1.86 ft above land-surface datum, Sep. 5, 1989 to Sep. 2, 1991; Top of shelf, 2.8 ft above land-surface datum, May 29, 1998 to May 21, 2009; Top of base of locking cap, 2.55 ft above land-surface datum, May 20, 2009 to present.
PERIOD OF RECORD - August 1991 to September 1993, May 1995 to current year.
GAGE - Water-level recorder.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Highest water level, 30.53 ft below land surface datum, Sep 30, 2011; lowest, 56.09 ft below land surface datum, Nov 19, 2001.