Soil Water Table Index well  -EGC (Dartmouth MA. - Windsor Soils

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LOCATION.--Lat 41.682602 N, Lon 71.019988 W |  UTM NAD 83 Zone 19 meters: 331876.46 Easting,  4616504.98 Northing.
 Bristol County Massachusetts, Town of Dartmouth.
WELL CHARACTERISTICS.-- 2 inch slotted PVC pipe installed to a depth of 7.92 feet below the surface. Well was monitored during the following periods: 5/94 to 4/95, 11/95 to 6/96, 11/97 to 7/98, 10/98 to 11/98, 2/99 to 4/99. A total of 87 observations were made.
ELEVATION.-- 22 feet (USGS Topo - National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929)
GEOLOGY--Fluvial (outwash) deposits consisting of loamy sand - nearly level outwash plain landform.
SOIL TYPE.- Windsor Soils (somewhat excessively drained). The estimated average seasonal high water table, based on soil morphology for this site is -5 feet below the surface based on soil morphology. Below is a hydrograph of this well site:

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