USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

281448082301801 Bexley Well 2 near Drexel, FL.

Floridan aquifer system
Floridan Aquifer System

LOCATION - Lat 28°14'48.5", long 82°30'17.9" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NW 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.4, T.26 S., R.18 E., Pasco County, FL, Hydrologic Unit 03100207, 2.0 mi west of U. S. Highway 41, and 2.8 mi west of Drexel.

GROUNDWATER RECORDS

WELL CHARACTERISTICS - Depth 743 ft. Upper casing diameter 8 in; top of first opening 44 ft, bottom of last opening 743 ft. Drilled, unused irrigation, artesian well.

DATUM - Land-surface datum is 67.43 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 and 66.60 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Measuring point: Top of recorder shelter floor, 70.45 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, Jan. 1, 1952 to present.

PERIOD OF RECORD - November 1969 to current year. Records of water levels prior to January 1974 are not published but are available in files of the Geological Survey.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder--15-minute interval.

COOPERATION - This gage is monitored in cooperation with Southwest Florida Water Management District and Pasco County.

REMARKS - Water level affected by pumping of nearby irrigation wells.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Highest water level, 64.50 ft NGVD, September 11, 2017; lowest, 56.06 ft NGVD, June 6, 7, 2000.

CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - December 2014 to current year.

INSTRUMENTATION - An 8-inch diameter, tipping bucket precipitation gage 15-minute interval, mounted on a 2-inch diameter aluminum pipe with the top of the funnel 10 ft above the ground.

REMARKS - Collection, computation and publication of precipitation data do not necessarily conform to standards used by the National Weather Service.