USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
422341071464901 West Boylston well WSW 26
Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions)
Stratified Deposits, Undifferentiated
LOCATION - Lat 42°23'41.22", long 71°46'47.47" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Worcester County, MA, Hydrologic Unit 01070004, Located approximately 0.1 mi south of Pleasant Street and 50 ft west of Prescott Street in West Boylston.
REVISIONS HISTORY - Monthly groundwater-level measurements from Feb. 24, 2005 to Sept. 30, 2009 were all revised upward (increased by 0.59 ft closer to land surface) after a correction to the measuring point was detected. Groundwater-level data are correct in the database.
GROUNDWATER RECORDS
WELL CHARACTERISTICS - Depth 16.8 ft. Upper casing diameter 2 in; top of first opening 6.8 ft, bottom of last opening 16.8 ft.
DATUM - Land-surface datum is 462.55 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Measuring point: top of PVC well casing, 3.0 ft above land-surface datum, Apr. 3, 1995 to Oct. 1, 2004; Top of well casing prior to installation of recorder shelter, 2.78 ft above land-surface datum, Dec. 21, 2004 to Jun. 1, 2011; top of well casing after recorder shelter installed, 2.19 ft above land-surface datum, May. 31, 2011 to Jul. 26, 2017; Top of well casing, 2.18 ft above land-surface datum, Jul. 25, 2017 to present.
PERIOD OF RECORD - June 1995 to current year.
GAGE - Digital recorder with telephone telemeter since May 2012; monthly measurements prior to May 2012.
COOPERATION - Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, Office of Water Resources.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Highest water level, 1.19 ft below land-surface datum, Oct. 26, 2005 (monthly measurement); lowest, 11.95 ft below land-surface datum, Oct. 23, 2014.