Water Levels 

and Artesian Pressure 

in Observation Wells 

in the United States 

in 1948

Part 6. Southwestern States and Territory 

of Hawaii

Prepared under the direction of C. G. PAULSEN, Chief Hydraulic Engineer

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 1131

Prepared in cooperation with the States 

of Arizona , California, and New Mexico, the Territory of Hawaii, and other 

agencies

PROreRTY ««- ..

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1951
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Oscar L. Chapman, Secretary

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 

W. E. Wrather, Director

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PREFACE

This report was prepared by the Geological Survey in cooperation 

with the States of Arizona, California, New Mexico, the Territory of 

Hawaii, and other agencies, by personnel of the Water Resources 

Division under the direction of:

C. G. Paulsen_____________.,_____Chief Hydraulic Engineer 

A. N. Sayre__________________-Chief, Ground Water Branch 

S. F. Turner_____District Engineer (Ground Water), Tucson, Aria. 

J. F. Poland___District Geologist (Ground Water), Long Beach, Calif. 

Dan A. Da vis__District Geologist (Ground Water), Honolulu, Hawaii 

C. V. Theis_District Geologist (Ground Water), Albuquerque, N. Mex.

in

CONTENTS

Page

Introduction, by A. N« Sayre and others .............. 1

Significance Of records of water level and artesian pressure . 1

Annual publication of records by Geological Survey ..... 1

.Scope of present volume ................... 2

Land-surface datum ............».... . 2

Network of Federal observation wells ............ 3

Changes In ground-water level In 1948 in the southwestern

part of the United States ................ 4

Acknowledgments ...................... 4

Arizona .............................. 5

Program of work, by S* P- Turner and R. L. Cushman ..... 5

Apache County, by G- E. Hazen ................ 7

Coehise County, by R. L. Cushman and M. B. Booher ...... 8

Graham County, by R. L. Cushman and M- B. Booher ....... 15-

Greenlee County (Duncan Valley), by R. L. Cushman and

M. B. Booher ....................... 25

Maricopa County, by P. I. Bluhm and H. E- Sklbltzke ..... 28

Navajo County, by G- E- Hazen ................ 40

Plma County, by R. L. Cushman and M- B. Booher ........ 41

Final County, by R. L. Cushman and M. B. Booher ...... 46

Santa Cruz County, by R. L. Cushman and M. B- Booher .... 54

Yuma County, by H« M. Babcock ................ 57

California, by A. A. Garrett, 0. J. Wlttman, M. A- Warren, and

G- P. Worts, Jr. ........................ 63

Scope of water-level program ................ 63

Rainfall and snowfall .................... 66

Summaries of programs, hydrologic conditions and water-level

fluctuations ....................... 69

Coastal plain In Los Angeles and Orange Counties .... 69

Mojave Desert region .................. 73

Mokelumne River basin, San Joaquin County ./...... 74

San Gabriel River basin, Los Angeles County ...... 75

Basins In San Diego County ................. 75

Santa Ana River basin, Riverside and San Bernardino

Counties ........................ 76

Basins In Santa Barbara County ............. 77

Symbols assigned to observation wells ............ 89

Well descriptions and water-level measurements ....... 89

Hawaii, by D- A- Davls ...................... 140

Program of work ....................... 140

Island of Oahu ........................ 140

Island of Haul ......................... 149

Island of Molokal ...................... 150

Island of Lanai ....................... 151

Island of Hawaii ...................... 151

Island of Kaual ....................... 152

Pumpage ........................... 154

New Mexico .... ....................... 157

Introduction, by C- S. Conover ............... 157

Program of work .................... 157

Changes of water level ................ 153

Well-numbering system ................. 160

Well descriptions, records of artesian head, and

water-level measurements .............. 161

rhaves and Eddy Counties (Roswell basin), by C-, S. Conover . 164

Eddy County, by C. S- Conover ............... 194

Lea County (Tatum-Lovington-Hobbs area), by C. S- Conover .. . 213 

Luna County (pjimbres Valley), by C- S. Conover and

H. 0. Reeder ....................... 225
VI CONTENTS

New Mexlco--Continued. Page 

Quay County (House area), by C- S. Oonover ......... 239

Roosevelt County (Portales Valley), by C- S. Conover . . . 247 

Sierra County (Hot Springs area), by C- S*. Oonover and

H. 0. Reeder ..........'.... ........ 264

Torrance County (Estancla Valley), by C. S- Conover and

H. 0. Reeder ..........'.... ........ 270

Valencia County (Grants-Bluewater area), by C. S. Conover 280

ILLUSTRATIONS

Figure 1. Outline map of the United States showing sections 

of the country covered by the six water-supply 

papers on water levels and artesian pressure In 

observation wells In 1948 ............. 3

2. Graphs showing fluctuations of water level In

observation wells In Wlllcox and Douglas Basin,

Cochlse County, Arizona ............. 10

3. Graphs showing fluctuations of water level In

observation wells In the Safford Valley, Graham

County ......... ............. 16

4. Graphs showing fluctuations of water level In 

observation wells In Duncan-Vlrden Valley, 

Greenlee County, Arizona, and Hidalgo County, 

New Mexico ....... ............. 26

5. Graphs showing cumulative net change In water levels

in various parts of the Salt River Valley, Maricopa 

County ......... ............. 30

6. Graph showing cumulative net change in water level

and water pumped for Irrigation in the Salt River

Valley area, Maricopa County ........... 32

7. Graphs showing fluctuations of water level In 

observation wells in the Santa Cruz Valley, 

Plma County .................... 42

8. Graphs showing fluctuations of water level in 

observation wells in the Casa Orande-Eloy 

area, Final County .........'...... 47

9. Graphs showing fluctuations of water level in 

observation wells In the Santa Cruz Valley, 

Santa Cruz County ................. 55

10. Graphs showing fluctuations of water level in 

observation wells In the Lower Gila Region, 

Yuma County .................... 59

11. Water-level fluctuations In 10 wells In Santa

Barbara County, California, and seasonal rainfall at Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, and Ozena 

for the years 1941-48 ............... 81

12. Map of northern part of Roswell shallow ground-water 

basin, Chaves County, ^ew Mexico, showing change 

In water level from January-February 1948 to 

January-February 1949 . . ............ 166

13. Map of southern part of Roswell shallow groundwater basin, Eddy County, New Mexico, showing 

change In water level from January 1948 to 

January 1949 ................... 168

14. Map of Carlsbad area, Eddy County, New Mexico, 

showing change of ground-water level from 

January or February 1947 to January 1948 ..... 179

15. Map of Carlsbad area, Eddy County, New Mexico, 

showing change of ground-water level from 

January 1948 to January 1949 ... ....... 180

16. Map of Tatum-Lovington-Hobbs area, Lea County,

New Mexico, showing change of ground-water level

from January 1948' to January 1949. ....... 216
ILLUSTRATIONS VII

Page

Figure 17. Map of Mimbres Valley, Luna County, New Mexico, 

showing decline of ground-water level from 

January 1948 to January 1949 ............ 228

18. Map of House area, Quay County, New Mexico, showing 

decline in ground-water level from January 1948 

to January 1949 ....... ........... 241

19. Map of Portales Valley, Roosevelt County, Hew Mexico, 

showing decline in ground-water level from 

January 1948 to January 1949 ........... 250

20. Map of Portales Valley, Roosevelt County, New Mexico, 

showing decline in ground-water level from 

January 1942 to January 1949 ........... 251

21- Map of Estancia Valley, Torrance County, New Mexico, 

showing decline of ground-water level from 

March 1948 to February 1949 ............ 272

WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE IN OBSERVATION VJELLS 

IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1948

Part 6. SOUTHWESTERN STATES

INTRODUCTION

By A. N. Sayre and others

The ground-water investigations of the United States Geological Survey 

are primarily concerned with the location and appraisal of the ground-water 

resources of the Nation. They are carried on principally in financial cooperation with States and municipalities, or at the request of other Federal 

agencies. Most of the investigations have to do with the availability of 

usable water supplies, but a few deal with drainage, flood control, construction of waterways and dams, mine drainage, and other problems to which 

the principles of ground-water hydrology are pertinent. Water-Supply Paper 

992 lists about 1,800 papers and reports describing ground-water investigations made by the Survey in cooperation with States and municipalities 

through 1945.

Significance of records of water level and artesian pressure

An essential part of the ground-water investigations is the measurement 

of fluctuations of water level and artesian pressure in wells. The rock 

formations of the earth are great natural reservoirs in which a part of the 

water derived from rain and snow is stored to supply wells and springs and 

to maintain the flow of streams during periods of fair weather. Water 

levels in wells indicate the stages of these natural reservoirs; they show 

the"extent to which water supplies are depleted by drought or by heavy 

pumping, whether for public waterworks, irrigation," or industrial uses, and 

the extent to which they are replenished in seasons of abundant rainfall or 

melting snow. Changes of pressure in artesian wells also indicate the rate 

of depletion or replenishment of artesian supplies.

Annual publication of records by Geological Survey

The regular publication of records of water level and artesian pressure 

in the United States was begun by the Geological Survey in 1935 and has
WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PBESSUBE,. 194Q, £ramm*fP*fni

continued yearly since. This series of Water-supply papers is in a sense 

an inventory of ground-water supplies. Prior to 1940 the records were 

lished in a single volume. Beginning with 1940 the records have been 

published in six volumes, covering the northeastern, southeastern, northcentral, south-central, northwestern, and southwestern sections of the 

country. Hawaii is included in the southwestern section. (See fig. 1.) 

The introduction to the chapter on each State contains an outline of the 

general program of work and special features of the program in the current 

year, such as preliminary reports Issued or put on file during the year or 

of work done in preparption for such a report. A general discussion of th* 

fluctuations of water level and statements in regard to precipitation, pumfage, and other factors affecting water level are included, fhe following 

table gives the numbers of water-level reports from 1955 through*1948.

Water-supply papers on water levels and artesian pressure in observation 

wells in the United States

Year

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

Northeastern

States

777

817

840

845

886

906

936

944

986

1016

1023

1071

1096

1126

Southeastern

States

777

817

840

845

886

907

937

945

987

1017

1024

1072

1097

1127

Northcentral

States

777

817

840

845

886

908

938

946

988

1018

1025

1073

1098

1128

Southcentral

States

777

817

840

845

886

909

939

947

989

1019

1026

1074

1099

1129

Northwestern

States

777

817

840

845

886

910

940

948

990

1020

1027

1075

1100

1130

Southwestern

States

and

Hawaii

777

817

840

845

886

911

941

949

991

1021

1028

1076

1101

1131

Scope of present volume

^The present volume covers the southwestern States and gives records o£ 

water level and artesian pressure in about 2,230 observation wells of the 

Geological Survey and cooperating agencies in Arizona, California, Hawaii, 

and New Mexico. Of these wells, 60 are equipped with automatic water-stage 

recorders. For some wells not previously reported complete records of watefr 

level are given. For wells whose previous records have been published thia( 

volume gives only the current records. If a complete description of a well 

has been published in a previous report, only the well number or the well 

number and a brief description are given in this report. This report incladBB at>ou-t~8-;630 Individual determinations of water level and artesian 

pressure
INTRODUCTION

Land-surface datum

Before 1843, In Geological Survey reports, the water levels and artesian pressures for some wells were given In feet above or below the measuring points and for other wells In feet above or below sea level or above or 

below various assumed datum planes. In 1943, It was decided that uniform

Figure 1. Outline map of the United States, showing sections of the country covered by the six water-supply papers on water levels and artesian 

pressure in observation wells in 1948. The shaded section represents 

the part of the country covered by this volume.

practice should be adopted. Accordingly, a precise datum plane was established approximating the land surface at each well. The water levels and 

artesian heads for all wells listed in this report are given in feet below 

land-surface datum unless preceded by a plus (+) sign, or otherwise indicated in the descriptive text for each State. When water levels or artesian heads are referred to land-surface datum for the first time, a 

conversion factor la given In the descriptive matter preceding them in 

order to facilitate comparison of the older and newer records.

Network of Federal observation wells.

 In 1942 and.1943 the Geological Survey established a network of 60- 

Federal observation welld. These wells were selected because the water
4 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

level was indicative of the general water-table conditions in areas remote 

from heavy pumping. At the end of 1948 the network comprised 360 wells in 

45 States, including 300 water-table wells and artesian wells,, some of which 

are in areas of heavy pumping. They are being observed in connection with 

cooperative ground-water investigations.

Changes in ground-water level in 1948 in the southwestern part of the

United States

The year 1948 was one of continued drought in Arizona. In February 

precipitation was above normal for the first time since October 1947 with 

the average for the State 1.56 inches. In November 1948 the monthly average 

was .02 inch, which is .95 inch below normal. California was faced with a 

serious water shortage at the beginning of 1948. Above-normal amounts of 

precipitation .occurred in all months from March through June. Prom July to 

December precipitation was slightly below normal. In New Mexico, annual 

precipitation was 1.69 inches below normal. The fluctuations of both water 

level and artesian pressure in wells, however, depend on many factors besides 

the amount of precipitation. In certain of the observation wells there 

are fluctuations caused by differences in the rate of pumping or artesian 

flow from other wells in the area, but most of the observation wells are 

not noticeably affected by pumping or artesian flow. A summary of the v 

changes in ground-water level is given in the chapter for each State.

Acknowledgments

The observation-well program was supervised by Perm Livingston. The 

reports were edited by Miss Verda M. Dougherty and the illustrations by 

Hodney Hart.
ARIZONA

By 8. F. Turner and R. L. Cushman 

PROGRAM OP WORK

Studies of the ground-water resources of Arizona were continued in 

1948 in cooperation with the State Land Department. The 1948 program consisted of measuring water levels in selected wells and making an inventory 

of the quantities of water pumped from wells in the principal ground-water 

basins in the State. In addition, detailed studies were made of the geology 

and ground-water resources of the Eloy area in Final County. Data from the 

ELoy area studies were made available to the State Land Commissioner to 

assist him in evaluating the area as a critical or noncritical ground-water 

area. Similar studies are under way in the Casa Grande-Florence area of 

Final County, and in the Deer Valley area of Maricopa County.

List of reports issued in 1948: Memorandum on ground-water supply of 

the Joseph City Irrigation District, by H. M. Bab cock. Wellton-Mohawk area., 

Yuma County, Records of wells, well logs, water analyses, and maps showing 

ocation of wells, by H. M. Babcock and A. M. Sourdry.

PTJMPAGE

Ground water has been the major source of water for irrigation since 

the beginning of the 1945 irrigation season. Each succeeding year, pumpaga 

from wells has supplied a larger percentage of the total water supply for 

irrigation. In 1948, approximately 71 percent of the total water supply 

for irrigation was pumped from wells, an increase of 3 percent 

over 1947. The following table contains a summary of the quantities of 

water pumped in the principal ground-water areas in the State. The lack of 

sntrfftce-water supplies and the cultivation of newly cleared lands resulted 

in an increase in pumpage of water from wells, from about 2^ million acrefeet in 1947 to 3 million in 1948.
WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

Table 1. Pumpage, in acre-feet, in principal ground-water areas

1941

Cochise County:

San Simon basin (a)

Willcox basin (a)

Douglas basin (a)

Graham County:

Cactus Flat-Artesia area (a)

Safford valley 8,685

Greenlee County: . 

Duncan-Virden valley^/ 1,348

Maricopa County:

Salt- River valley

area£/ 444,000

Gila Bend area (a)

Dendora Ranch area (a)

Pima County:

Part of Santa Cruz

River basin 68,500

Pinal County:

Part of Santa Cruz and

Gila River basins 351,000

Santa Cruz County:

Part of Santa Cruz

River basin 11,500

Yuma County:

Dateland area (a)

Wellton-Mohawk area (a)

South Gila valley (a)

1942

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

18,900

1,900

1,004.000

(a)

(a)

85,500

500,000

14,500

(a)

(a)

(a)

1943

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

35,000

7,100

1,104.000

(a)

(a)

100,000

515,000

15,000

(a)

(a)

(a)

1944

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

52,000

9,500

1,017.000

(a)

(a)

106,000

530,000

12,500

4,000

37,000

20,000

1945

Cochise County:

San Simon basin (a)

Willcox basin 9,000

Douglas basin 8,000

Graham County:

Cactus Flat-Artesia

area (a)

Safford valley 35,200

Greenlee County: 

Dunoan-Virden valley^/ 8,300

Maricopa County:

Salt River valley

areac/ 1,143,000

Gila Bend area (a)

Dendora Ranch area (a)

Pima County:

Part of Santa Cruz

River basin 111,000

Pinal County:

Part of Santa Cruz

and Gila River

basins 610,000

Santa Cruz County:

Part of Santa Cruz

River basin 18,500

Yuma County:

Dateland area 4,000

Wellton-Mohawk area 35,000

South Gila valley 22,000

Total

a Not determined.

b Partly in Hidalgo County,

. c Includes Queen Creek area

1946

5,800

15,500

12,500

5,600

115,000

21,000

1,360,000

33,300

6,700

108,000

660,000

24,000

4,000

38,000

32,000

2,441,400

N. Hex.

of Maricopa and.

1947

(a)

20,000

17,000

(a)

100,000

26,000

1,406,000

40,500

6,700

145,000

700,000

25,000

4,000

43,000

35,000

2,568,200

Pinal Counties

1948

(a)

23,000

22,000

(a)

110,000

27,000

1,670,000

60,800

1,900

145,000

950,000

28,000

5,300

49,900

53,800

3,146,700
ARIZONA, APACHE COUNTY

FLUCTUATIONS OP WATER LEVEL

Ground-water levels in most areas were lower in 1948 than at any time 

on record since the beginning of the program of water-level measurements in 

the State in 1939. The water table lowered at a more rapid rate in the 

last 3 years than in the preceding years. It was depressed as a result of 

heavy pumping from wells .to supplement dwindling surface-water supplies, 

and because of drought conditions. The greatest declines of the water 

table occurred in Maricopa and Final Counties, the areas of heaviest withdrawals .

Records of water levels for the years 1940-47, inclusive, are given 

in U. S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Papers 911, 941, 949, 991, 1021, 

1028, 1076, and 1101.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Many irrigation districts, power companies, and individuals cooperated 

in furnishing the information contained in this report. The following organizations were particularly helpful in furnishing data on which the 

figures Tor pumpage were based: Arizona Edison Electric Company, Citizens 

Utilities Company, Dunoan Utilities Company, Eloy Light and Power Company, 

Gila Water Commissioner, Goodyear Farms, Maricopa County Municipal Water 

Conservation District, Mohawk Municipal Water Conservation District, Rural 

Electrification Administration, Roosevelt Irrigation District, Roosevelt 

Water Conservation District, Salt River Valley Water Users' Association, 

San Carlos Irrigation District, Tucson Gas and Electric Company, Office of 

Indian Affairs, and Bureau of Reclamation, U. S. Department of Interior.

APACHE COUNTY 

By G. E. Hazen

A total of 20 water-level measurements was made in 7 wells in Apache 

County during 1948. Little ground water is pumped for irrigation in the 

county, and the water levels in wells fluctuate directly with the changes 

in rainfall and with the runoff in the streams in the area. 

Well descriptions and water-level measurements

315S. Petrified Forest National Monument. SEfNWi seo. 5, T. 19 N., 

R. 24 E. Records available: 1945-48. Jan. 19, 8.04; Feb. 18, 8.90.

6601. L. M. Farr. NE^NEi sec. 26, T. 13 N., R. 27 E. Records 

available: 1939-48. June 3, 26.38; Oct. 13, 26.77.
WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

6709. Jacob Barth. SEiNWi see. 27, T. 13 N., R. 28 E. Records 

available: 1944-48. June 3, flowing} Oct. 13, flowing.

6716. E. L. Johns. SW± see. 30, T. 13 N., R. 28 E. Records available: 1944-48. June 3, 20.14; Oct. 13, 13.03.

7415. Max Romel. SEt sec. 18, T. 12 N., R. 28 E. Records available: 1944-48. June 3, 16.44; Oct. 13, 15.23.

74-16. J. B. Lamp son. NEi see. 18, T. 12 N., R. 28 E., 0.5 mile west 

of U. S. Highway 666, 4.5 miles south of St. Johns. Drilled domestic well, 

diameter 6 Inches, depth 115 feet. Measuring point, top of casing, 1.5 

feet above land-surface datum. Equipped with windmill and cylinder pump. 

Records available: 1944-48.

Date

June 

Aug. 

May

8, 

9 

30,

1944 

1945

Water 

level

2.45 

2.30 

4.50

Date

Sept 

June 

Aug.

.25, 

5,

28

1945 

1946

Water 

level

1.96 

3.09 

2.96

Date

June 

Oct.

11.

13,

1947 

1948

Water 

level

4.13 

2.66

9007. E. C. Beoker. SWtNWt sec. 33, T. 9 N., R. 29 E. Records 

available: 1944-48. June 2, 9.65; Oct. 13, 11.41.

10,001. C. Traweek. NWf sec. 33, T. 9 N., R. 29 E. Records available: 1944-48. June 2, 31.59; Oct. 13, 31.73.

COCHISE COUNTY 

By R. L. Cushman and M. B. Booher

Water-level measurements were made during 1948 in selected wells in 

Cochise County in the principal cultivated areas where water from wells is 

ueed for irrigation.

St. David-Benson-Pomerene area

Most of the water developed from wells In the St. David-BensonPomerene area comes from artesian aquifers. The available records of 

water-level measurements in artesian wells were begun In 1944. The annual 

net changes in water level as measured in four artesian wells were somewhat 

inconsistent, and do not indicate a general change in pressure within the 

artesian system. Pressure changes observed were the result of interference 

caused by pumping from nearby wells.

Water levels in shallow nonartesian wells changed slightly but with no 

definite trend.

Port Huachuca-Charleston area

Water-level records dating back to 1941 show a slight downward trend 

of the water level In most of the wells in this area. The annual decline 

in water level In five of six wells averaged about 0.6 foot during the 

period 1941-48. The sixth well is near the river, and the water level has 

risen about 0.5 foot a year.
ARIZONA, COCHISE COUNTY

Sulphur Springs Valley

The water-level measurements reported for this area are divided Into 

two parts: (l) water levels In wells In the Wlllcox Basin, and (2) water 

levels In wells In the Douglas Basin. A partially burled rook barrier near 

the town of Pearoe divides the Sulphur Springs Valley Into these two 

ground-water basins.

There has been a general downward trend of the water levels In wells 

In the Wlllcox Basin during the period of record, 1942-48. The average 

total decline of the water table In the 7-year period was about 5^ feet In 

the pumped arfea northwest of Wlllcox. Water levels In wells outside the 

pumped areas declined about 2 feet In the same period of time. Drought 

conditions and heavy pumping from wells for Irrigation were the principal 

causes of the general water-level decline.

Water-level fluctuations In wells 1527 and 1700, precipitation at 

Wlllcox, and pumpage from wells .in the Willcox Basin are shown by graphs 

in figure 2 .

The water-level fluctuations In well 1527 are typical for wells in the 

pumped area northwest of Willcox. The rate of water-level decline was 

accelerated during the last 3 years. Only one water-level measurement was 

made in well 1527 during 1948, because the well was being pumped at the 

time of other visits. The rate of decline of the water table in this 

vicinity in 1948 cannot be judged from this single measurement; however, 

measurements made in neighboring wells indicate that the decline was 

greater In 1948 than in either 1946 or 1947.

The water-level fluctuations In well 1700 are typical for wells outside the pumped areas but near the Willcox Playa. All the surface water 

and most of the ground water in the Willcox Basin moves toward the playa 

area. Water reaching that area is discharged from the basin by evaporation 

from the surface of the playa. The general downward trend of the water 

level in well 1700 indicates that less ground water is moving to the playa 

area, probably as a result of the drought and heavy pumping from wells for 

irrigation.

Figure 2 shows graphs of water-level fluctuations in wells 2701 and - 

3350, and pumpage from wells In the Douglas Basin.

947807 O 51 2
PRECIPITATION, 

IN INCHES

PUMPAGE, IN

THOUSANDS OF

ACRE-FEET

WATER LEVEL, IN FEET

BELOW LAND-SURFACE

DATUM

PUM

THOUS

ACR
ARIZONA, COCHISF COUNTY 11

The water-level fluctuations in well 2701 reflect the ground-water 

conditions in the Irrigated area near Elfrida. The water level in this 

well declined about 5 feet during the period of record, from 1942 to 1948. 

The rate of decline was higher in the last 3 years than in the first .2 

years. Water-level measurements made in other wells in the Elfrida area 

indicate that declines near the center of heavy pumping were greater than 

5 feet for the period 1942 to 1948.

The water-level fluctuations in well 3350 indicate the ground-water 

conditions in the irrigated area near McNeal and Double Adobe. The 6-foot 

decline of the water level in well 3350 from 1942 to 1948 was about the 

average decline for wells in this area. It is apparent from the hydrograph 

for well 3350 that the annual rate of decline in water level has increased 

in the period 1946 to 1948.

About 23,000 acre-feet of water was pumped for irrigation from wells 

in the Willcox Basin in 1948, or about 3,000 acre-feet more water than was 

pumped in 1947. In the Douglas Basin, pumpage of ground water for irrigation increased from 17,500 acre-feet in 1947 to about 22,000 in 1948. 

The additional water pumped in both basins in 1948 was used to irrigate 

newly cultivated lands.

Precipitation totaled 12.19 Inches at Willcox in 1948, or 0.78 inch 

above normal. This is the only above-normal precipitation shown in figure

2.

San Simon Valley

Most of the water developed from wells in the San Simon Valley comes 

from artesian aquifers. Water levels in wells in the pumped area near San 

Simon declined about 3 feet during the period of record, 1942 to 1948. 

Water levels in these wells indicate that the rate of decline was accelerated during the last 3 years of this period. Pumping from artesian wells 

for irrigation caused seasonal declines of as much as 7 feet in neighboring 

wells.

Water levels declined about 2 feet in the period 1942 to 1948 in two 

wells in the Bowie area, where artesian wells are pumped only for domestic 

and stock use. Apparently the artesian system received less water from 

recharge because of the prolonged period of below-normal precipitation.
12 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

Well descriptions and water-level measurements 

St. David-Bens on-Pomerene area

302-A. (Replaces well 302.) W. N. East. SW^SEi sec. 27, T. 16 S., 

R. 20 E., 100 feet east of county road, 0.75 mile west and north of 

Pomerene Post Office. Drilled well, diameter 12 inches, depth 110 feet. 

Measuring point, bottom of hole in south side of caaing, 3.5 feet above 

land-surface datum.' Equipped with turbine and gasoline engine. Records 

available: 1945, 1947-48. Sept. 25, 1945, 44.40; Sept. 22, 1947, 46.82; 

May 18, 1948, 47.61.

305. L. A. Scott. SW^NEi sec. 34, T. 16 S., R. 20 E. Records 

available: 1940-42, 1944-48. May 18, 77.84.

475. Earl M. Brown. NW^NWf sec. 12, T. 17 S., R. 20 E. Records 

available: 1944-48. May 18, 56.94.

477-. City of Benson. SWtSWi sec. 10, T. 17 S., R. 20 E. Records 

available: 1944-48. May 19, 14.00.

583. Will Campbell. SWiSW^ sec. 31, T. 17 S., R. 21 E. Records

available: 1941-42, 1944-48. May 18, 22.80.

599. Boquillas Cattle Co. NW^NWi sec. 32, T. 17 S., R. 21 E. Records available: 1944-48. May 18, 17.61.

600. Mrs. E'. M. Miller. SE^SEt sec. 32, T. 17 S., R. 21 E. Records

available: 1944-47. Measurements discontinued, Sept. 22, 1947.

601. Mrs. Parley McRae. SE^SEt sec. 32, T. 17 S., R. 21 E. Records

available: 1944-48. May 18, 1.92.

701. Leo Westfield. SE^SEi sec. 1, T. 18 S., R. 20 E. Records

available: 1944-48. May 18, 9 '.64.

745. Walter Haymore. NWfNEt sec. 6, T. 18 S., R. 21 E. Records

available: 1944-48. May 18, 29.83.

749. A. L. Owens. SWiNEi sec. 5, T. 18 S., R. 21 E. Records available: 1944-48. May 18, 56.43.

753. Milton Curtis. SEi sec. 34, T. 18 S., R. 21 E. Records available: 1944-48. May 18, 24.60.

Charleston area

950. Lon Hunt. SE^SWi sec. 32, T. 20 S., R. 20 E. Records available: 1941-43, 1945-48. May 19, 89,68.

951. Lon Hunt. SW^SEi sec. 32, T. 20 S., R. 20 E. Records available: 1941-47. No measurements made in 1948.

1070. Cochise County. SW£SWi aec , 31, T. 21 S., R. 21 E. Records 

available: 1942-43, 1945-48. May 19, 297.50.

1071. E. Pry. SW^SWt sec. 29, T. 21 S., R. 21 E. Records available: 1942-47. No measurements made in 1948.

1072. E. Pry. SEiSEi sec. 22, T. 21 S., R. 21 E. Records available: 1941, 1944, 1946-48. May 19, 60.65.

1074. J. L. Parker. NEiNEi sec. 11, T. 21 N., R. 21 E. Records 

available: 1941, 1944-48. May 19, 27.27.

1126. Dept. of the Army. NW^NWi sec. 3, T. 22 S., R. 20 E. Records 

available: 194.2-48. May 19, 495.80.
ARIZONA, COCHISE COUNTY ' 13

1226. H. P. Fletcher. NWiNEf sec. 8, T. 23 S., R. 21 E. Records ' 

available: 1941, 1944-48. May 19, 61.72.

Willcox Basin of Sulphur Springs Valley

1500. Prank R. Harris. NE^NEi sec. 13, T. 12 S., R. 23 E. Records 

available: 1942, 1945-48. June 16, 71.25; Aug. 12, 72.55; Oct. 13, 

73.82.

1527. Owner unknown. NW-^NWi sec. 28, T. 12 S., R. 24 E. Records 

available: 1942, 1944-48. Oct. 13, 73.37.

1576. J. D. Rutledge. NWiNEi sec. 2, T. 13 S., R. 24 E. Records 

available: 1942, 1944-48. June 16, 68.20; Oct. 13, 66.64.

1581. Paul Lely. SE^SEi sec. 13, T. 13 S., R. 24 E. Records available: 1942, 1946-47. Sealed, measurements discontinued, Sept. 24, 1947.

1582. State of Arizona. NWiNMf sec. 16, T. 13 S., R. 24 E. Records 

available: 1942, 1944-48. June 16, 37.10; Aug. 12, 37.86; Oct. 13, 38.90.

1584. J. J. Meyer. NW^NWi sec. 23, T. 13 S., R. 24 E. Records 

available: 1942, 1944-48. June 16, well dry at 45.0 feet; irrigation 

well, 600 feet west, pumping; Oct. 13, 41.82.

1585. W. A. Hines. SWiSW^ sec. 25, T. 13 S., R. 24 E. Records 

available: 1942, 1944-48. June 16, 26.48; Aug. 12, 26.94; Oct. 13, 31.10,

1588-. P. H. Pregenzer. NE-^SWi sec. 35, T. 13 S., R. 24 E. Records

available: 1942, 1944-48. June 16, 26.55; Oct. 13, 26.17.

1700, Fay Proctor. NE^NW^ sec. 36, T. 14 S., R. 23 E. Records

available: 1942, .1944-48. June 18, 40.40; Aug. 30, 40.74; Oct. 13, 41.50.

1725. C. A. Williamson. NW^SWi sec. 13, T. 14 S., R. 24 E. Records 

available: 1942, 1944-48. Oct. 13, 13.94.

1726. W. L. Woodrow. NWiNWi sec. 14, T. 14 S., R. 24 E. Records 

available: 1942, 1944-48. June 18, 20.65; Aug. 30, 19.55; Oct. 13, 17.70.

1728. Fay Proctor. NW^SEi sec. 30, T. 14 S., R. 24 E. Records 

available: 1942, 1944-48. June 18, 23.44; Aug. 30, 25.70; Oct. 13, 24,85.

1776. Dunlap Auto Court. NE^SWi see. 6, T. 14 S., R. 25 E. Records 

available: 1942, 1944-48. June 17, pumping; Aug. 30, 14.89; Oct. 13, 

15.02.

1953. B. B. Gibbons. HE^NEi sec. 11, T. 16 S., R. 25 E. Records

available: 1942, 1944-48. June 17, 47.10; Aug. 30, 48.45; Oct. 14,

55.40, irrigation well, 500 yards east, pumping.

1954. Henry Gibbons. NWiNWi sec. 13, T. 16 S., R. 25 E. Records 

available: 1942, 1944-48. June 17, 47.66; Aug. 30, 47.93; Oct. 13, 47.78,

1956. State of Arizona. SE^NE^ sec. 16, T. 16 S., R. 25 E. Records 

available: 1942, 1944-48. June 17, 35.43; Aug. 30, 38.30; Oct. 14, 37.40,

Douglas Basin of Sulphur Springs Valley

2700. M. L. Vineyard. NE^NE^ sec. 3, T. 20 S., R. 26 E. Records 

available: 1942, 1946-48. Mar. 27, 76.05; June 16, pumping; Oct. 12, 

78.21.

2701. W. H. Seaver. NEiNW^ sec. 12, T. 20 S., R. 26 E. Records 

available: 1942, 1945-48. Oct. 11, 91.63.

2702. W. P. Cheek. Formerly owned by Gilbert Thompson. 

sec. 11, T. 20 S., R. 26 E. Records available: 1942, 1944-48. June 16, 

80.15, irrigation well, 100 feet south, pumping; Oct. 11, 79.73.
14 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

2709. F. 0. Maokey. SENE sec. 33, T. 20 S., R. 26 E. Records 

available! 1942, 1944-48. Mar. 27, pumping; June 16, pumping; Oct. 12, 

33.18.

3001. Owner unknown. NE±NWi sec. 24, T. 21 S., R. 26 E. Records 

available: 1946-48. Mar. 27, 114.00; June 16, 114.84; Oct. 12, 115.57.

. . . y. . , . ., . .

available: 1942, 1944-48. Mar. 27, 32.30; June 16, pumping; Oct. 11, 

30.75.

3651. MoOlntry. SEiSWi sec. 27, T. 23 S., R. 27 E. Repords available: 1943-44, 1946-48. Mar. 27, 53.50; June 15, 53.60; Oct. 11, 53.87.

3654. W. E. Mason. NE^SEi sec. 19, T. 23 S., R. 27 E. Records 

available: 1946-48. June 15, 32.02; Oct. 11, 31.84.

3800. Walter Holland. NWtSWt sec. 1, T. 24 S., R. 26 E. Records 

available: 1942, 1944-48. June 15, 111.05.

3803. Cochlse County Hospital. SW^SWi sec. 3-, T. 24 S., R. 27 E. 

Records available: 1942, 1944-48. Mar. 26, 70.60; June 15, 74.45; 

Oct. 11, 72.65.

3804. L. L. Keith. SEtNW^ sec. 5, T. 24 S., R. 27 E. Records 

available: 1942, 1944-48. June 15, 57.31; Oct. 11, 57.70.

3810. Victor Nelson. NE^NEi sec. 17, T. 24 S., R. 27 E. Records 

available: 1942, 1944-48. June 15, 52.94; Oct. 11, 51.78.

San Simon .Vallay

4200. A. R. Spikes. SWiSWi sec. 6, T. 13 S., R. 29 E. Records 

available: 1941-42, 1944-47. No measurements made in 1948.

4201. U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. NW^SWi sec. 8, T. 13 S., R. 29 E. 

Records available: 1942, 1944, 1946-48. Feb. 20, 2.40.

4250. U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. SEiNWi sec. 3, T. 13 S., R. 30 E. 

Records available: 1940, 1942, 1944, 1946. No measurements made in 1948.

4252. T. P. Oarrett. SW^NE^ sec. 9, T. 13 S., R. 30 E. Records 

available: 1940-42, 1946-48. Feb. 20, 28.51.

4261. Woolston. SEiSEi sec. 25, T. 13 S., R. 30 E. Records available: 1940-42, 1944, 1946-48. Feb. 20, 60.40; June 11, 59.75.

4262. W. F. Lewis. NW^SWi sec. 30, T. 13 S., R. 31 E. Records 

available: 1940-42, 1946-48. Feb. 20, 60.29.

4366. Elmer Franklin. SE^SWi sec. 30, T. 13 S., R. 31 E. Records 

available: 1940-42, 1944, 1946-48. Feb. 20, 60.85.

4500. U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. NEiSE± sec. 1, T. 14 S., R. 30 E. 

Records available: 1940-42, 1944, 1946-48. Feb. 20, 69.95; June 17, 

70.34.

4600. Otto Malone. NHjtNWi sec. 3, T. 14 S., R. 31 E. Records available: 1941-42, 1946-48. Feb. 20, 3.12.

4606. Owner unknown. SE^SEi sec. 3, T. 14 S., R. 31 E. Records

available: 1941-42, 1946-48. Feb. 20, 21.40.

4633. Marshall Barnes. NE£SWi sec. 14, T. 14 S., R. 31 E. Records

available: 1940, 1942, 1944, 1946. Measurements discontinued, Oct. 31, 

1946.

4661. M. Galloway. SE^NEt sec. 25, T. 14 S., R. 31 E. Records

available: 1940-42, 1944, 1946-48, Feb. 20, 2.53.
ARIZONA, GRAHAM COUNTY 15

GRAHAM COUNTY 

By R. L. Cushman and M. B. Booher

Water pumped from wells was the major source of water for irrigation 

in the Safford Valley portion of Graham County from 1946 to 1948. During 

this period the water level in 19 selected wells in the valley declined an 

average of 8^ feet, about 4 feet of the decline occurring in 1948. The 

large decline in 1948 was caused by the cumulative effects of drought and 

heavy pumping from wells during the period 1947-48 rather than from conditions originating entirely within the last year. The average water level 

in the 19 wells in 1948 was lower than for any year in the period 1940-48.

Figure 3 shows graphs of water-level fluctuations in wells 662, 597, 

282, and 76; monthly precipitation at Safford; and pumpage from wells in 

the Safford Valley.

Well 662 is an unused dug well in the eastern part of the Safford 

Valley, about 1,250 feet south of the Gila River. An automatic water-stage 

recorder is operated on this well. The water level fluctuates with the 

change in amount of ground water in storage in the vicinity. The amount 

of ground water In storage during the first part of the period of record 

was regulated almoet entirely by the stage of the river, but in the last 2 

years pumping from nearby irrigation wells has had a prominent effect. A 

prolonged period of low flow in the Gila River and heavy pumping from 

nearby wells to make up for the scarcity of surface water for irrigation 

resulted in the loss of ground water in storage to the extent that the 

water level in well 662 declined below the bottom of the well. The well 

was dry from July 24, 1947, until March 24, 1948. A sand point was driven 

about 4 feet Into the bottom of the well on February 2, 1948, and water 

levels were measured at weekly intervals in the sand point with a steel 

tape. The water table was within the dug portion of the well from March 24 

to August 17 and the automatic water-stage recorder registered water-level 

fluctuations during that period. Tape measurements of the water level were 

made in the sand point for the remainder of the year.

Well 597 is an unused well near Solomonsville, about 100 feet from a 

major canal. This well went dry for the first time since water-level 

records were begun in 1939, and remained dry throughout 1948. This well, 

like well 282, near Fima, and well 76, near Geronlmo, went dry as the
16 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

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Precipitation at Safford, Arizona

Figure 3. Graphs showing fluctuations of water level in observation wel],s 

In the Safford Vallby, Graham County, Arizona.
ARIZONA, GRAHAM COUNTY 17

result of heavy pumping from wells in the Safford Valley to make up for the 

scarcity of surface water for irrigation.

Approximately 67 percent of the total supply of water used for irrigation in the Safford Valley from 1946 through 1948 was pumped from wells. 

Additional wells placed in operation during 1948 made it possible.for 

farmers to pump about 10,000 acre-feet more water in 1948 than was pumped 

in 1947. The following table shows the amount of surface water diverted 

annually, the amount of ground water pumped annually, and the total -annual 

supply of irrigation water available from surface diversions and wells, 

for the years 1940-48. The information on surface water was obtained from 

annual reports of the Qila Water Commissioner.

Year

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

Surface water 

( acre-feet)

99,693

151,300

172,005

121,569

128,027

148,675

69,909

51,978

39,848

Ground wat er 

( acre-feet)

24,600

8,685

18,900

35 ,000

52 ,000

35,000

115,000

100,000

110,000

Total 

( acre-feet)

124,293

159,985

190,905

156,569

180,027

183,875

184,909

151,978

149,848

Precipitation amounting to 5.57 inches was recorded at Safford in 

1948. This is an increase of 1.75 inches over the total recorded in 1947, 

but is 3.91 inches below normal.

Well descriptions and water-level measurements

8. Office of Indian Affairs, U. S. Dept. of Interior. On San Carlos 

Indian Reservation, at Calva. Records available: 1940-48. Apr. 29, 7.70.

9. Office of Indian Affairs, U. S. Dept. of Interior. On San Carlos 

Indian Reservation, at Calva. Records available: 1940-48. Apr. 29, 6.49.

11. Office of Indian Affairs, U. S. Dept. of Interior. On San Carlos 

Indian Reservation, at Calva. Records available: 1940-48. Apr. 29, 4.97.

12. Office of Indian Affairs, U. S. Dept. of Interior. On San Carlos 

Indian Reservation, at Calva. Records available: 1940-48. Apr. 29, 5.11.

13. Office of Indian Affairs, U. S. Dept. of Interior. On San Carlos 

Indian Reservation, at Calva. Records available: 1940-48. Apr. 29, 9.86.

14. Office of Indian Affairs, U. S. Dept. of Interior. On San Carlos 

Indian Reservation, at Calva. Records available: 1940-48. Apr. 29, 

10.59.

17. Office of Indian Affairs, U. S. Dept. of Interior. On San Carlos 

Indian Reservation, at Bylas. Records available: 1940-48. Apr. 29, 7.32.

18. Office of Indian Affairs, U. S. Dept. of Interior. On San Carlos 

Indian Reservation, at Bylas. Records available: 1940-48. Apr. 29, 7.48.
18 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

20. Office of Indian Affairs, U. S. Dept. of Interior. On San Carloa 

Indian Reservation, at Bylas. Records available: 1940-48, Apr. 29, 8.15.

51. Bert Hinton. SWiHE-isec. 13, T. 4 S., R. 22 E. Records available: 1940-48.

Date

Feb. 15 

Mar. 14 

Acr. 9

Water 

level

21.18 

20. R8 

21.30

Date

Apr . 29 

May 29 

June 26

Water 

level

(a) 

2Q.82 

21.20

Date

July 26 

Aug. 30 

Sept. 27

Water 

level

22.21 

(a) 

22.90

Date

Oct. 25 

Nov. 29 

Dec. 24

Water 

level

22.98 

22.65 

22.40

a Pumping .

52. Bert Hinton. SW^NEf sec. 13, T. 4 S., R. 22 E. Records available: 1940-47. Measurements discontinued, July 24, 1947.

55A. J. G. Willis. 

able: 1944-48.

sec. 19, T. 4 S., R. 23 E. Records availDate

Feb. 15 

May 29

Water 

level

32.01 

35.00

Date

Aug. 30 

Oct. 25

Water 

level

38.25 

35.01

Date

Dec. 24

Water 

level

33.14

56. Eliaa Alien. SW^NEi sec. 24, T. 4 S., R. 22 E. Records available: 1940-48. Feb. 15, 36.75; Apr. 29, 17.96, irrigation water in nearby field.

60. Pat Hinton. SE^SE? sec. 35, T. 4 S., R. 22 E. Records available: 1941-48. Feb. 15, 25,80; Apr. 29, 26.'24.

71. Ed McEuen. SE^SW^ sec. 7, T. 4 S., R. 23 E. Records available: 

1940-48. Feb. 15, 20.00; Apr. 29, 18.90.

72. Ed McEuen. SE^SW^ sec. 7, T. 4 S., R. 23 E. Records available: 

1940-48. Feb. 15, 5.50; Apr. 29, 3.98.

76. E. W. Black. SW^NWi sec. 18, T. 4 S., E. 23 E. Well was deepened to 50 feet and equipped with a turbine pump. Records available: 

1940-48. Apr. 29, 22.60.

77. E. M. Claridge. NWiSW-t sec. 18, T. 4 S., R. 23 E. Records

available: 1940-48. Feb. 15, 38.46.

80. Fay Rabb. NW^SWt sec. 17, T. 4 S., R. 23 E. Records available: 

1940-47. Measurements discontinued, Mar. 15, 1947.

81. Mrs. J. B. Blessing. NWtNEt sec. 19, T. 4 S. R. 23 E. Records

available: 1940-48. Apr. 29, 34.53.

82-A. Fay Rabb. NEtSWt sec. 35, T. 4 S., R. 23 E. Records available: 1944-48. Feb. 15, 21.40; Apr. 30, 21.45.

91. Ben Montierth. SE^NE^ sec. 29, T. 4 S., R. 23 E. Records available: 1940-48. Feb. 15, 63.23; Apr. 29, 57.39.

92. Wendell Montierth. SE^SWi sec. 28, T. 4 S., R. 23 E. Records

available: 1940-48. Feb. 15, 68.18; Apr. 29, 64.76.

93. Graham County. NE^SE^ sec. 27, T. 4 S., R. 23 E. Records available: 1940-48. Apr. 30, 12.64, river water in nearby canal.

94. Graham County. NE^SE? sec. 27, T. 4 S., R. 23 E. Records available: 1940-48. Apr. 30, 9.05.

95. Graham County. SE^SEt sec. 27, T. 4 S., R. 23 E. Records available: 1940-48. Apr. 30, 10.45.
ARIZONA, GRAHAM COUNTY 19

98. Graham County. NW-^NW-t sec. 35, T. 4 S., R. 23 E. Records available: 1940-48. Feb. 15, 6.20; Apr. 30, 5.16.

100. C. N. Biggins. SEfNEi sec. 34, T. 4 S., R. 23 E. Records 

available: 1940-48. Feb. 15, 13.45; Apr. 30, 12.45.

107. Port McEuen. 

able: 1940-48.

sec. 35, T. 4 S., R. 23 E. Records availDate

Feb. 14 

Mar. 14 

Apr. 9

Water 

level

47.40 

45.36 

45.90

Date

Apr. 29 

May 29 

June 26

Water 

level

44.82 

44.78 

45.62

Date

July 26 

Aug. 30 

Sept. 29

Water 

level

47.17 

46.65 

a 47.4

Date

Oct. 25 

Nov. 29 

Dec. 27

Water 

level

(a) 

(a) 

(a)

a Dry.

108. W. 0. Tyler. NWiNEf sec. 2, T. 5 S., R. 23 E. Records available: 1940-48. Feb. 15, 17.85; Apr. 30, 17.12.

122A. Elliott Montierth. 

ords available: 1944-48.

sec. 28, T. 4 S., R. 23 E. RecMar.

Apr.

14

9

29

36.16

36.64

38.02

May

June

July

29

26

26

38.62

39.80

41.21

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

30

.27

25

41.55

41.77

40.35

Nov.

Dec.

29

24

39.36

38.60

124A. Nash C. Willis. SWiSWf sec. 27, T. 4 S., R. 23 E. Records 

available: 1943-48.

Feb. 15 

May 29

37.84

37.96

July 26 

Aug. 30

39.44

59.93

Sept.27 

Oct. 25

40.10

39.90

Nov. 29 

Dec. 24

39.63

39.33

126. YL Ranch. SE^NE^ sec. 24, T. 5 S., R. 21 E. Records available: 1940-48. Feb. 15, dry at 73.1 feet; Apr. 29, 70.30.

143. R. S. Snedigar. NW-^SWi sec. 25, T. 5 S., R. 22 E. Records 

available: 1940-48. Feb. 15, 51.85; Apr. 29, 50.65.

156. Roy Layton. SW-jSEi sec. 1, T. 5 S., R. 23 E. Records available: 1940-48. Apr. 30, 12.19, irrigation water in nearby ditch.

157. M. J. Ferguson. SEiSE-J sec. 2, T. 5 S., R. 23 E. Records 

available: 1943-48.

Feb. 14 

Mar. 14 

Apr. 9

17.12 

17.00 

16.83

Apr. 30 

May 29 

June 26

17.37 

16.50 

17.24

July 26 

Aug. 30 

Sept. 27

18.06 

18.37 

18.50

Oct. 25 

Nov. 29 

Dec. 27

18.60 

18.30 

17.90

158. W. C. Rhodes. NEfSW-? sec. 2, T. 5 S., R. 23 E. Records available: 1940-48. Feb. 15, 51.10; Apr. 30, 52.55; irrigation well, 300 feet 

north, pumping 2 days.

160. W. 0. Tyler. NWfNE-^ sec. 2, T. 5 S., R. 23 E. Records available: 1940-48. Feb. 15, 31.90; Apr. 30, 31/40.

194A. Ed and Port McEuen. NEtSEf sec. 18, T. 5 S., R. 24 E. Records available: 1945-48.

Feb. 15 

Mar. 14 

Apr. 9

19.82 

19.41 

18.93

Apr. 28 

May 29 

June 26

18.73 

19.18 

19.67

July 26 

Aug. 30 

Sept. 27

20.60 

20.96 

21.43

Oct. 25 

Nov. 29 

Dec. 27

21.71 

21.65 

21.53

198ft. 

available:

C. J. Farrington. SEtSW-£ sec. 19, T. 5 S., R. 24 E. Records 

1943-48.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

14

14

9

25.25

24.60

24.16

Apr.

May

June

30

29

26

24.30

25.72

26.34

July

Aug.

Sept.

26

30

27

27.72

28.42

28.83

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

25

29

27

28.50

27.76

26.92
20 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

206. J. D. Colvin. 

able: 1940-48.

aec. 29, T. 5 S., R. 24 E. Recorda availDate

May 29 

AUK. 30 '

Water 

level

28.82 

28.20

Date

Sept 

Oct.

.27 

25

Water 

level

28.67 

27.80

Date

Nov. 29 

Dec. 27 ,

Water 

level

27.40 

27.40

208. L. W. Farrington. SWfSEf sec. 30, T. 5 S., R. 24 E. Records 

available: 1940-48. Feb. 15, 27.90; Apr. 30, 27.59.

210. Boyd Hawkins. SW^NEt sec. 31, T. 5 S., R. 24 E. Records available: 1940-48. Feb. 15, 39.95; Apr. 30, 35.70. Destroyed, measurements 

discontinued.

211. Producers Ginning Go. NW^NE-t sec. 31, T. 5 S., R. 24 E. Records available: 1940-47. Measurements discontinued, Dec. 28, 1947.

214. Graham County. NE^NEf sec. 31, T. 5 S.', R. 24 E. Records 

available: 1940*-48. Feb. 15, 15.22; Apr. 30, 15.91, Gila River, 200 feet 

feast, flowing about 100 second-feet, and an irrigation well 200 feet southwest pumping.

220. Lionel Hancock. 

available: 1940-48.

sec. 33, T. 5 S., R. 24 E. Records

Date

Feb. 15 

Max*. 14 

AbC . 9

Water 

level

16.51 

16.30 

14.42

Date

Apr. 30 

May 29 

June 26

Water 

level

13*35 

14.50 

15.84

Date

July 26 

Aug. 30 

Sent. 27

Water 

level

16.59 

15.29 

16.30

Date

Oct. 26 

Nov. 29 

Dec. 27

Water 

level

15.73 

16.18 

16.41

223A. Ira Hancock. NEiSWf aec. 33, T. 5 S., R. 24 E. Records 

available: 1944-48. Feb. 15, 34.60.

259. Jess Udall. SWtNE£ aec. 1, T. 6 S., R. 24 E. Records available! 1944-48.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

15

14

9

80.82

29.45

31.04

Apr.

May

June

30

29

26

30.40

(a)

37.52

July

Aug.

Sept

26

50

.27

35.45

(a)

35.85.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

25

29

27

34.30

33.28

32.60

a Pumping.

264. J. Hancock. NEiNEi aec. 3, T. 6 S., R. 24 E. Records available: 1940-48. Feb. 15, 14.64; Apr. 28, 13.75. Destroyed, measurements 

discontinued.

867. Wm. Carpenter. NE£NEi sec. 4. T. 6 S., R. 24 E. Records available: 1940-48.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

15

14

9

24.62

24.36

26.11

Apr.

May

June

36

29

26

26.45

27.42

27.44

July

Aug.

Sept

26

30

.27

29.03.

(a)

28.05

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

2529 '

27

27.35

26.18

25.74

a Dry at 31.8 feet.

269A. Silas Jarvis. 

available: 1943-48.

a.ec. 10, T. 6 S., R. 24 E. Recorda

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

14

14

9

26.80

26.77

26.52

Apr.

May

June

30

29

26

25.91

26.15

27.00

July 26

Aug. 30

Sept. 27

28

29

a 29

.21

.09

.3

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

25

29

27

(a)

29.15

28.57

a Dry.

270A. M. J. Ferguaon. NW^NWf sec. 9, T. 6 S., R. 24 E. Recorda 

available: 1943-48. Feb. 15, 54.22; Apr. 30, 53.13.

273. Eldon Palmer. SW^NEf aec. 5, T. 6 S., R. 24 E. Recorda available: 1940-48. "
ARIZONA, GRAHAM COUNTY 21

273 Continued.

Date

Apr. 30 

May 29 

June 26

Water 

level

43.18 

45.57 

(a)

Date

July 26 

Aug. 30

Water 

level

(a) 

(a)

Date

Sept. 27 

Oct. 25

Water 

level

48.87 

(a)

Date

Nov. 29 

Dec. 27

Water 

level

47.60 

47.04

a Pumping.

275. Lamar Bellman. SEfNEi sec. 10, T. 6 S., R. 24 E. Records available: 1940-48. Feb. 15, 26.45; May 6, 25.90.

276A. M. J. Ferguson. SWtSWf sec. 11, T. 6 S., R. 24 E. 

available: 1943-48.

Records

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

14

14

9

47.37

40.38

40.37

Apr.

May

June

30

29

26

39.80

40.22

40.66

July

Aug.

Sept.

26

30

27

41.18 1

41.42

41.68 1

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

25

29

27

41.94

42.03

42.10

279. Howard McBride. SW^SWi sec. 12, T. 63., R. 24 K. Records 

available: 1943-47. Destroyed, measurements discontinued, Mar. 13, 1947.

282. Guy Anderson. SW^NEi sec. 13, T. 63., R. 24 E. Records available: 1940-48. Mar. 14, 24.54; Apr. 9, 24.55; Apr. 30, measurements discontinued.

285. Guy Anderson. SE^SE^ sec. 13, T. 6 S., R. 24 E. Records available: 1940-48. Feb. 15, 45.00; Apr. 30, 41.20, pump removed and a new 

irrigation well drilled 8 feet east.

289. W. J. Preston. NW^SW^ sec. 13, T. 6 S., R. 24 E. Records 

available: 1942-48. Feb. 15, 44.20; Apr. 30, 44.43.

298. Joe Rogers. NE-jNWf sec. 25, T. 6 S., R. 24 E. Records available: 1940-48. Feb. 15, 16.95; Apr. 30, 16.06. '

302A. Mattice Bros. SEfNEt sec. 23, T. 6 S., R. 24 E. 

able: 1943-48.

Records availMar.

Apr.

14 

9 

30

50.54 

53.38 

50.77

May 

Aug.

28 

30

50.94 

50.90

Sept 

Oct.

.27 

25

50.96 

50.74

Nov. 

Dec.

29 

27

50.75 

50.95

313. Jack Bryce. NWiNE± sec. 7, T. 6 S., R. 25- E. Records available: 1940-48. Feb. 15, 63.89. Measurements discontinued.

318. Vance Marshall. NB£NEf sec. 17, T. 6 S., R. 25 E. Records 

available: 1941-48. Feb. 15, 27.90; Apr. 28, pumping.

320. Vance Marshall. SE^SEi sec. 17, T. 6 S., R. 25 E. Records

available: 1940-46, 1948. Feb. 15, 17.75; May 5, 16.15.

321. Graham County. SW^SEt sec. 7, T. 6 S., R. 25 E. Records available: 1940-48. Feb. 15, 9.88; Apr. 28, 8.70.

322. Bryce Bros. NE^NW^ sec. 18, T. 6 S., R. 25 E. Records available: 1940-47. Destroyed, measurements dis continued, July 22, 1947.

324. Graham County. SWtNE£ sec. 18, T. 6 S., R. 25 E. Records available: 1940-48. Feb. 15, 5.94; Apr. 28/5.44.

325. Graham County. SWfNEi sec. 18, T. 63., R. 25 E. Records' 

available: 1940-48. Feb. 15, 7.43; Apr. 28, 7.22.

326. Graham County. SWtNEf sec. 18, T. 6 S., R. 25 E. Records 

available: 1940-48. Feb. 15, 8.57; Apr. 28, 7.23.

342. Ed Howard. .SE^SWf sec. 23, T. 6 S., R. 25 E. Records av/iilable: 1940-48. Feb. 15, 28.44; Apr. 28, 29.43.
22 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

346. Graham County. SE-^NEi sec. 27, T. 6 S., R. 25 E. Records 

available: 1940-48. Feb. 15, 12.06; Destroyed, measurements dlacontlnued 

Apr. 28.

347. 'Graham County. SE^NEi aec. 27, T. 6 S., R. 25 E. Recorda 

available: 1940-48. Feb. 15, 9.31; Apr. 28, 7.63.

354. Ned Daley. 

able: 1940-48.

aec. 27, T. 6 S., R. 25 E. Recorda availDate

Feb. 14 

Mar. 14 

At>r. 9

Water 

level

15.12 

(a) 

(a)

Date

Apr. 30 

May 29 

June 26

Water 

level

18.10 

(a) 

(a)

Date

July 26 

Aug. 30 

Sent .27

Water 

level

24.51 

25.54 

25.99

Date

Oct. 5 

Nov. 29 

Dec. 27

Water

level

25.23 

23.18 

21.70

a Pumping.

366. Charlea M. Beals. HE^SEf sec. 30, T. 6 S., R. 25 E. Recorda 

available: 1940-48. Apr. 28, 20.18.

408. Roy Saline. SWfNWt aec. 30, T. 6 S., R. 25 E. Records available: 1943-48.

Mar.

Apr.

14

9

30

54.96

54.94

54.88

May

June

July

28

26

26

55.10

55.43

55.56

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

30

.27

25

55.68

55.86

56.05

Novt

Dec.

29

27

56.66

56.00

409. Joe Alder. 

able: 1943-48.

sec. 29, T. 6 S., R. 25 E. Records availFeb. 

Mar. 

Am*.

14 

14 

9

7.39 

6.62 

6.82

Apr. 

May 

June

30 

28 

26

5.31 

6.63 

6.30

July 

Aug. 

Seat

26 

.27" 30 

7.43 

7.58 

8.85

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec.

25 

29 

27

9.49 

8.77 

8.27

434. Abel Sanchez. SW-tNWt aec. 36, T. 6 S., R. 27 E. Records available: 1940-48. Feb. 12, 21.15; Apr. 28, 20.45.

452. S. A. Clontz. SW^SW^ sec. 31, T. 6 S., R. 28 E. Records available: 1940-48. Feb. 12, 24.30.

454. Brown Canal Co. NE^NE^ aec. 31, T. 6 S., R. 28 E. Recorda 

available: 1940-48. Feb. 12, 23.36; Apr. 28, 22.57.

506. Roy Layton. 

able: 1943-48.

aec. 2, T. 7 S., R. 25 E. Recorda availFeb.

Mar.

Aor.

14

14

9

a 37.7

(a)

(a)

Apr.

May

June

30

28

26

36.82

(a)

34.70

July

Aug.

Sect

26

30

,27

34.89

(a)

(a)

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

25

29

27

32.84

(a)

(a)

a Dry.

509. Ellla Welker and Eldon Palmer. SE±SW± aec. 3, I1 . 7 S., R. 25 E. 

Records available: 1940-48, Feb. 16, 50.03} Apr. 28, 49.90.

565A. Z. C. Prina. SW^WW-J sec. 8, T. 7 S., R. 26 E. Recorda available: 1941-46, 1948.

Feb.

Mar.

ADT .

14

14

9

a 12.4

(a)

(a)

Apr.

May

June

30

29

26

(a)

(a)

(a)

July

Aug.

Sect .

26

30

27

(a)

(a)

(a)

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

25

29

30

(a

f a

(a

a Dry.

566A. Z. C.. Prina. SW^NWi aec. 8, T. 7 S., R. 26 E. Recorda available: 1941-48. Feb. 15, dry at 11.6 fe'et; Apr. 28, dry.

567A. Z. C. Prina. NWiNW± aec. 8, T. 7 S., R. 26 E. Recorda available: 1941-48. Feb. 15, dry at 12.8 feet; Apr. 28, dry.
ARIZONA, GRAHAM COUNTY 23

568A. Z. C. Prlna. NWfNWi see. 8, T. 7 S., R. 26 E. Records available: 1941-48. Feb. 15, dry at 12.8 feet; Apr. 28, dry.

569A. Graham County. NW^SWi sec. 8, T. 7 S., R. 26 E. Records 

available: 1941-48. Feb. 15, dry; Apr. 28, destroyed, measurements discontinued.

574. Z. C. Prlna. SW^SWi sec. 5, T. 7 S., R. 26 E. Records available: 1940-47. Destroyed, measurements discontinued, Mar. 11, 1947.

575. Z. C. Prina. SW^SW-j sec. 5, T. 7 S., R. 26 E. Records available: 1940-47. Destroyed,, measurements discontinued, Mar. 11, 1947.

580. City of Safford. NEiSWi sec. 8J T. 7 S., R. 26 E. Records 

available: 1940-48. Feb. 16, 24.85; Apr. 28, 26.42.

586. Ted Tidwell. SE^SEt sec. 12, T. 73., R. 26 E. Records available: 1940-48. Apr. 28, 27.82, irrigation water in nearby field.

592. E. M. Claridge. SW^SEf sec. 13, T. 7 S., R. 26 E. Records 

available: 1940-48. Feb. 17, resetting pump sealed entrance to casing; 

Apr. 28, 51.02.

593. E. M. Claridge. SE^SWt sec. 13, T. 7 S., R. 26 E.. Records 

available: 1940-46, 1948. Feb. 17, 37.90; Apr. 28, 49.78; irrigation 

well, 600 feet south, pumping.

594. E. M. Claridge. NE^SEi sec. 14, T. 7 S., R. 26 E. Records

available: 1940-48. Feb. 17, 21.50; Apr. 28, pumping.

597. C. M. Pursley. NE^SE* sec. 15, T. 7 S. , R. 26 E. Records

available: 1940-48. Dry at 31.1 feet on Apr. 30, 1948.

598. Union Canal Co. NE-iSEi sec. 15, T. 7 S., R. 26 E. Records 

available: 1940-48. Feb. 14, 30.62; Feb. 17, 30.79; Mar. 10, 30.40; 

Apr. 28, dry at 31.1 feet.

603. L. A. Nelson. SE^SW^ sec. 16, T. 7 S., R. 26 E. Records available: 1940-48.

Date

Feb. 14 

Mar. 10 

17

Water 

level

62.02 

52.55 

53.09

Date

Apr. 14 

30 

May 26

Water 

level

67.66 

64.27 

71.50

Date

June 20 

July 26 

Oct. 25

Water 

level

72.80 

(a) 

69.66

Date

Nov. 29 

Dec. 28

Water 

level

65.98 

63.65

a Pumping.

610. Bert Hatch. SW-^SW-i sec. 17, T. 7 S., R. 26 E. Records available: 1940-48. Feb. 16, dry at 65.0 feet; Apr. 28, destroyed, measurements discontinued.

616. Kimball & Greenhalgh. NW^SEi sec. 20, T. 7 S., R. 26 E. Records available: 1940-47. Dry, measurements discontinued, Nov. 29, 1947.

623. Lee Johns. NEfNWi sec. 22, T. 7 S., R. 26 E. Records available: 1940-48. Feb. 17, pumping; Apr. 28, 58.23.

625. Willard Welker. NE^SEi sec. 22, T. 7 S., R. 26 E. Records 

available: 1940-48.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

14

10

14

52.58

53.04

54.36

Apr.

May

June

30

26

30

55.77

57.56

59.36

July

Aug.

Sept

26

30

,26

60.58

62.39

63.58

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

25

29

28

64.41

64.14

63.50

630. E. L. Claridge. NEiNE* sec. 24, T. 7 S., R. 26 E. Records 

available: 1940-48.

Feb. 14 

Mar. 10 

17 

Acr. 14

40.10 

*2.41 

46.52 

52.66

Apr. 30 

May 26 

June 30

a 50.96 

52.48 

56.58

July 26 

Aug. 30 

Sept. 26

57.60 

57.94 

57.88

Oct. 25 

Nov. 29 

Dec. 28

54.52 

52.23

50.32

a Water in canal, 15 feet south,
24 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

639. Amos Cook. NH^SEi sec. 31, T. 7 S., R. 26 E. Records available: 1940-46, 1948. May 14, 21.15.

662. Mrs. Jose Somora. HE^NEf sec. 2, T. 7 S., R. 27 E. Records 

available: 1940-48.

Daily noon water level, from recorder charts

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb. Mar.

.....a!6.57

.....a!6.53

.....a!6.51

a!6.72 .....

a!6.70 .....

a!6.68 .....

.....a!6.39

a!6.62 16.39

..... 16.38

..... 16.37

..... 16.36

16.35

16.34

16.33

Apr.

16.31

16.29

16.28

16.27

16.26

16.24

16.23

16.21

16.19

16.18

16.16

16.14

16.12

16.11

16.10

16.07

16.04

16.01

15.99

15.97

15.95

15.93

15.90

16.00

15.96

15.87

15.83

15.80

15.79

15.78

a Tape measurement at

b Float on bottom of

May

15.90

15.92

15.92

15.90

15.90

15.90

15.90

15.90

15.91

15.93

15.92

15.96

15.98

16.01

16.03

16.05

16.07

16.09

16.10

16.13

16.14

16.14

16.20

16.24

16.15

16.07

16.05

16.06

16.09

16.09

16.09

June

16.11

16.26

16.33

16.40

16.44

16.48

16.50

16.53

16.57

16.62

16.66

16.70

16.74

16.74

16.81

16.86

16.85

16.78

16.71

16.64

16.59

16.56

16.53

16.50

16.49

16.50

16.49

16.50

16.53

16.56

July

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

.57

.59

.60

.60

.61

.63

.63

.62

.63

.62

.61

.60

.61

.66

.71

.77

.82

.86

.90

.90

.92

.94

Aug.

17.18

17.20

17.22

17.25

17.29

Sept

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

17. 33 018.30

17.39

17.26

17.16

17.09

17.03

17.15

17.31

17.42

17.47

17.63

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

.96cl7.97

.99

.02

.04

.07

.10

.12

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

.14ol8.19

.16 (b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

18.54

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

18.40

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

18.56

(b)

(b)

(b)

. Oct.

(b)

(b)

(b)

018.50

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

clS.73

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

018.36

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

cl8.55

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

Nov.

018.31

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

018.23

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

018.15

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

018.16

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

018.00

(b)

Dec.

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

c!7 .94

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

018.02

(b.)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

clS.70

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

018.62

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

odd hours.

well.

c Tape measurement made in sand point driven in bottom of well.

664. San Jose Canal Co. SW-jNEi sec. 2, T. 7 S., R. 27 E. Records 

available: 1940-48. Feb. 17, 20.57; Apr. 28, 20.07.

674. Louis Michelena. NEiSW-$ sec. 4, T. 7 S., R. 27 E. Records 

available: 1940-48. Feb. 12, 19.67; Apr. 28, 20.54.

675. Louis Miohelena. SE^SEt sec. 4, T. 7 S., R. 27 E. Records 

available: 1941-48. Apr. 28, 17.93.

676. Louis Michelena. SW^SEf sec. 4, T. 7 S., R. 27 E. Records 

available: 1940-48. Feb. 12, 1940; Apr. 28, 20.02.

683. Tom Gardner. NEiNW-4 sec. 10, T. 7 S., R. 27 E. Records available: 1940-46, 1948. Dry at 24 feet, Apr. 28, 19.40. Measurements disoont limed.

708. Pete Bertaldo. 

able: 1940-48.

see. 20, T. 7 S., R. 27 E. Records availDate

Feb. 14 

Mar. 10 

Anr. 14

Water 

level

40.78 

40.18 

39.41

Date

Apr. 30 

May 26 

June 30

Water 

level

39.42 

39.42 

39.52

Date

 fcily 26 

Aug. 30 

SeDt.26

Water

level

39.58 

39.59 

39.64

Date

Oct. 25 

Nov. 29 

Dec. 27

Water 

level

39.65 

39.69 

39.65
ARIZONA, OREENLEE COUNTY 25

709. E. E. Taylor. NW^NWt see. 30, T. 7 S., R. 27 E. Recorda available: 1940-48. Feb. 17, 24.22; Apr. 28, caaing aealed; meaaurementa diacontinued.

791. Howard Olaen. SW^SEi aec. 16, T. 8 S., R. 27 E. Recorda available: 1940-46. Meaaurementa diacontinued, Dec. 28, 1946.

792. Howard Olaen. NW^SWt aec. 15, T. 8 S., R. 27 E. Recorda available: 1940-46. Meaaurementa diacontinued, Dec. 28, 1946.

793. Howard Olaen. SWtNEt aec. 16, T. 8 S.; R. 27 E. Recorda available: 1940-46. Meaaurementa discontinued, Dec. 28, 1946.

QREENLEE COUNTY- (DDNCAN VALLEY) 

By R. L. Cuahman and M. B. Booher

The Duncan Valley ia the Arizona portion of a northweat-aoutheaattrending valley in which the Qila River flowa through Hidalgo County, New 

Mexico, and Qreenlee County, Arizona. The New Mexico portion of the valley 

ia known aa the Virden Valley and the whole valley ia known aa the 

Duncan-Virden Valley. Hydrologically there ia no diviaion between the 

Duncan Valley in Arizona and the Virden Valley in New Mexico.

Figure 4 ahowa grapha of water-level fluctuationa in wella 232 and 

201 in the Virden Valley, and in wella 171, 133, 92, 63, and 5 in the 

Duncan Valley; precipitation at Duncan, Arizona; and pumpage from wella in 

the Duncan-Virden Valley.

The broken linea in the grapha of water-level fluctuationa connect 

meaaurementa that are aeparated by a period of time in exceaa of 6 montha. 

The grapha of water-level fluctuationa in these wella were extended through 

the laat 7 montha of 1948 by a atraight-line interpolation between meaaurementa made in May 1948 and meaaurementa made in March 1949. The riae in 

water level shown by the grapha for the laat half of 1948 ia, therefore, 

not a true repreaentation of the actual trend of the water level during 

 the period. Inatead, the acarcity of aurface water for irrigation neceaaitated heavy pumping from wella, and the water levela probably declined 

until December. Starting in December 1948, raina and melting snow in the 

headwatera of the Oila River reaulted in above-normal runoff in the river. 

The ground-water reaervoir in the Duncan Valley gained in water atorage 

from the flowa in the river, and. water levela in wella in the Duncan Valley 

roae.

Well 171 went dry after May 1948 and. the top of the well waa aealed

by the owner. Water level meaaurementa in this well were diacontinued. 

1 Measurements of water level made in wells in Virden Valley are 

listed in the New Mexico section under Hidalgo County .

947807 O 51 3
PUMPAGE, IN

THOUSANDS OF PRECIPITATION, 

ACRE-FEET IN INCHES

WATER LEVEL, IN FEET 

O O

-*

/

» 

a
ARIZONA, OREF.NLEE COUNTY 27

Precipitation totaling 7.28 inches, 2.58 inches below normal, was recorded at Dunoan, Arizona, in 1948. Below-normal precipitation apparently 

was common in the Gila River watershed, as surface-water supplies for irrigation were deficient. To supplement dwindling surface-water supplies 

approximately 27,000 acre-feet of water was pumped from wells in the 

Duncan-Virden Valley in 1948. This amounted to an increase of 1,000 acrefeet over the total pumpage in 1947. The following table shows the amount 

of surface water diverted and the amount of ground water pumped in the 

Duncan-Virden Valley each year since 1939. The information on surface 

water was obtained from annual reports of the Gila Water Commissioner.

Year

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

Surface water 

(acre-feet )

39,935

34,262

36,439

31,520

27,225

27,657

14,419

10,168 -

9,080

Ground water 

(acre-feet )

2,436

1,348

1,900

7,100

9,500

8,300

21,000

26,000

27,000

Total 

(acre-feet )

42,371

35,610

38,339

38,620

36,725

35,957

35,419

36,168

36,080

Well descriptions and water-level measurements

5. Warner Poote.' SEtNWf sec. 7, T. 6 S., R. 31 E. Records available! 1941-48. Feb. 13, 8.66.

14. Victor Rowden. SE^SEi sec. 19, T. 6 S., R. 31 E. Records available: 1940-48. Feb. 13, 31.00; May 19, 39.00.

31. J. C. Merritt. SW^NWi sec. 4, T. 7 S., R. 31 E. Records available: 1940-48. May 19, 32.77.

36. M. M. Cosper. NE^NWi s ec. 16, T. 7 S., R. 31 E. Records available: 1940-48. Feb. 13, 24.25; May 19, 20.90.

49. W. M. Zumwalt. NEfNJWt sec. 34, T. 7 S., R. 31 E. Records available: 1940-48. Feb. 13, 61.50; May 18, 53.08.

63. M. W. McKelvey. NE^SEt sec. 3, T. 8 S., R. 31 E. Records available: 1940-48. Feb. 13, 73.68; May 18, 70.81.

72. Hugh Howell. Formerly owned by J. C. Campbell. SE^SE^ sec. 12, 

T. .8 S., R. 31 E. Records available: 1940-48. Feb. 13, 50.38} May 18, 

58.85, pumping recently; May 19, 55.60.

92. Raymond Davis. SW^SEi sec. 17, T. 8 S., R. 32 E. Records available: 1940-48. Feb. 13, 66.50; May 18, 67.60, pumping recently.

96. L. Deane. NW^NWf sec. 19, T. 8 S., R. 32 E. Records available: 

1940-48. Feb. 13, 28.70. Destroyed, measurements discontinued.

120. D. E. Wilkins. NEfNWt sec. 32, T. 8 S., R. 32 E. Records 

available: 1940-48. Feb. 13, 9.38; May 18, 7.79. Destroyed, measurements 

discontinued.
28 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

122. 0. Christensen. Formerly owned by Delbert Moyer. 

sec. 32, T. 8 S., R. 32 E. Records available: 1940-48. Feb. 13, 27.50; 

May 18, 28.05.

133. Floyd McDaniels. SE^SWi sec. 34, T. 8 S., R. 32 E. Records 

available: 1940-43, 1945-48. Feb. 13, 11.25; May 18, 13.24.

136. Franklin Irrigation District well 1. SEiNEi sec. 34, T. 8 S., 

R. 32 E. Records available: 1940-43, 1945-48. Feb. 13, 52.90; May 19, 

47.60.

160. Franklin Irrigation District well 7. NEiNEt sec. 3, T. 9 S., 

R. 32 E. Records available: 1940-48. Feb. 13, 10.09; May 18, pumping.

161. Franklin Irrigation District well 6. NEiNEi sec. 3, T. 9 S., 

R. 32 E. Records available: .1940-48. Feb. 13, 9.89; May 18, 15.09, 

irrigation well, 400 feet east, pumping.

162. Franklin Irrigation District well 5. NEtNEf sec. 3, T. 9 S., 

R. 32 E. Records available: 1940-48. Feb. 13, 22.70.

171. John Chapman. NEtNWt sec. 9, T. 9 S., R. 32 E. Records available: 1940-48. Feb. 13, 37.85; May 18, 38.96. Sealed, measurements discontinued.

MARICOPA COUNTY 

By F. I. Bluhm and H. E. Skibitzke

During 1948, water-level measurements were made in selected observation wells, and an inventory was made of the water pumped for irrigation. 

A total of 242 water-level measurements in 124 wells in the county is 

listed.

In 1948, 1,732,700 acre-feet of water was pumped for irrigation in 

the county. The. records of the quantity of water pumped have been supplied 

by the irrigation districts. The amount of water pumped from the privately 

owned wells was determined as follows: The discharge of each well was 

measured; where electricity or natural gas was used for power, the rate of 

power consumption was measured for each pump and the period of operation 

was computed from the power records; where other types of power were used 

the amount of water pumped was computed on the basis of average crop usage 

for the crop concerned. The following tables show the amount of water 

pumped, in acre-feet, in Maricopa County.

Area

Salt River Valley 

Qila Bend 

Dendora Ranch 

Total

1946

1,360,000 

33,300 

6,700

1,400,000

1947

1,406,000 

40,500 

6,700

1,453,200

1948

1,670,000 

60,800 

1^900

1,732,700
ARIZONA, MARICOPA COUNTY 29

Quantity of water pumped from wells and quantity of surface water 

diverted at Granite Reef Dam, Salt River Valley area, 1955-48

Water pumped from wells 

Water diverted at Granite 

Reef Dam 

Ratio of water pumpedv 

from wells to total 

water used (percent)

1955

572,000 

956,700

58-

1934

711,000 

841,800

46

1955

554,000 

1,045,000

55

1956

684,000 

1,075,500

39

Water pumped from wells 

Water diverted at Granite 

Reef Dam 

Ratio of water pumped 

from wells to total 

water used (percent)

1957

665,000 

1,277,900

54

1958

905,000 

1,067,800

47

1959

758,000 

777,000

49

1940

9.45 , 000 

605,800

61

Water pumped from wells 

Water diverted at Granite 

Reef Dam 

Ratio of water pumped 

from wells to total 

water used (percent)

1941

444,000 

1,249,400

26

1942

1,004,000 

1,104,800

48

1945

1,104,000 

981,400

55

1944

1,017,000 

991,100

51

Water pumped from 'wells 

Water diverted at Granite 

Reef Dam 

Ratio of water pumped 

from wells to total 

water used (percent)

1945

1,145,000 

997,900

53

1946

1,560,000 

875,500

61

1947

1,406,000 

665,600

68

1948

1,670,000 

632,200

73

For the 16-year period 1935-48, the total amount of water pumped for 

Irrigation in the Salt River Valley area was 14,920,000 acre-feet, and the 

total amount of water diverted at Granite Reef Dam was 15,117,200 acrefeet. The ratio of water pumped from wells to the total water used in the 

16-year period thus was about 50 percent.

Figure 5 shows the average cumulative net change in water levels in 

the five areas into which the Salt River Valley has been divided, as 

follows:

Queen Creek-Higley-Gilbert area 

Tempe-Mesa-Chandler area 

Phoenix-Glendale-Tolleson area 

Litchfield-Beardsley-Marinette area 

Liberty-Buckeye-Hassayampa area

The Queen Creek-Higley-Gilbert area lies in the eastern part of the 

valley, and each succeeding area lies farther west. The graphs show a 

general decline In the water levels, during the past years, in all but the 

Liberty-Buckeye-Hassayampa area. The decline has been the result of the 

generally increasing rate of pumping.
WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

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ARIZONA, MARICOPA COUNTY 31

Most of the irrigation water used in the Queen Creek-Higley-Gilbert 

area is derived from the ground-water reservoir. The increase in pumping 

in the area has resulted in a continued decline of the water levels during 1948. The water levels declined during the late spring, summer, and 

fall, but recovered a part of the decline during the winter months. This 

recovery was the result of the decreased demand for pumped water during 

the winter. Prom the beginning of 1939 to the end of 1948 the water levels 

in the area declined an average of 34.5 feet. More than 24 feet of this 

decline occurred in the last 3 years.

The fluctuations of the water levels in the. Tempe-Mesa-Chandler area 

are caused mainly by pumping water for irrigation and by recharge from 

irrigation water. During 1948 there was a shortage of surface water, and 

large quantities of ground water were pumped, which caused a lowering of 

the water table. The general trend of the water table in this area has 

been downward, the total decline having been about 45 feet between 1930 

and 1948.

The fluctuations of the water levels in the Phoenix-Glendale-Tolleson 

area are similar to those in the Tempe-Mesa-Chandler area, but they are 

not quite so great. The trend of the water levels has been generally downward, the total decline having been about 33 feet between 1930 and 1948.

In the Litchfield-Beardsley-Marinette area the trend of the water 

table has been downward. The average decline in the water levels was about 

56 feet between 1930 and 1948, and it is evident that the rate of pumping 

is greatly in excess of the safe yield. In this area, as in the Queen 

Creek-Higley-Gilbert area, little surface water is available for irrigation 

in comparison to the amount of water pumped.

In the Liberty-Buckeye-Hassayampa area there was a rise of the water 

levels prior to 1945, as most of the pumped water used was derived from 

outside the area. Since 1945 there has been a general decline of the water 

levels as the amount of water pumped within the area increased. The water 

levels lowered an average of 5.5 feet during 1948. However, the average 

water levels at the end of 1948 were 3 feet higher than in 1930.

Figure 6 shows the cumulative net change in water levels in the 

entire Salt River Valley area since 1930, and the total amount of water 

pumped in the area since 1953. The water levels fluct\iate with
32 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

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the rate of pumping. The average decline of the water table in the Salt 

River Valley area was 34.5 feet between 1930 and 1948, and 7 feet of this 

decline occurred during 1948.

Well descriptions and water-level measurements

19. E. D. Edwards. NEfNEi sec. 28, T. 1 N., R. 6 E. Records available: 1939-48. Apr. 19, 164.50j Sept. 16, 174.44.

68. Osborn and Gass. Formerly owned by Mr. Schmitt. NW^SEt sec. 23,

T. 1 N., R. 7 E. Records available: 1939-48. Apr. 19, pumping; Sept. 16,

pumping; Dec. 20, 308.01.

84. W. A. Anderson. SfffSE^ sec. 11, T. 1 S., R. 7 E. Records available: 1939-48. Apr. 20, 179.00; Sept. 20, 187.45.

89. D. Cole. NE-|SEi'sec. 18, T. 1 S., R. 7 E. Records available: 

1939-48. Apr. 20, 123.70; Sept. 20, 129.15.

94. Old Clifford Place. NEtNEt sec. 21, T. 1 S., R. 7 E. Records 

available: 1939-48. Apr. 20, 140.33; Sept. 20, 145.60.

101. Mr. Gardiner. NEfSEf sec. 25, T. 1 S., R. 7 E. Records available: 1939-48. Apr. 20, 169.71; Sept. 20, 174.66.

125. G. H. Dunn. .NW*NWt sec. 12, T. 1 S., R. 6 E. Records available: 1940-48. Sept. 16, 197.80. Measurements discontinued.

136. Roosevelt Water Conservation District. NEtNEf sec. 25, T. 1 S., 

R. 6 E. Records available: 1939-48. Apr. 19, 110.01; Sept. 17, 119.37.

151. Roosevelt Water Conservation District. SWfSEt sec. 13, T. 2 S., 

R. 5 E. Records available: 1939-48. Apr. 19, 86.75:

177. J. 0. Power. SEtNWt sec. 12, T. 2 S., R. 6 E. Records available: 1940-48. Apr. 19, pumping; Sept. 20, 181.71.

205. Joy Compton. SE-^SWt sec. 24, T. 2 S., R. 6 E. Records available: 1940-48. Apr. 19, pumping; Sept. 20, 164.90.

218. Clyde Fitzgerald. SEtNWt sec. 34, T. 2 S., R. 6 E. Records 

available: 1940-46, 1947. No measurements made in 1948.

221. Roosevelt Water Conservation District. NEtNEt sec. 31, T. 2 S., 

R. 6 E. Records available: 1940-48. Apr. 19, 55.10-

254. W. J. Germann. SE-jNEt sec. 7, T. 2 S., R. 7 E. Records available: 1940-48. Sept. 20, 180.20.

261. Higley Ward School. NWfNW^ sec. 15, T. 2 S., R. 7 E. Records 

available: 1940-47. No measurements made in 1948.

273. Leo Ellsworth. SEtNE-^sec. 28, T. 2 S., R. 7 E. Records available: 1940-47. No measurements made in 1948.

926. 0. H. Semon. NW^NW-j sec. 31, T. 2 N., R. 6 E. Records available: 1946-48. Mar. 5, 101.24; Oct. 7, 103.61.

1061. W. L. Brooks. NW^NWt sec. 29, T. 3 N., R. 5 E. Records available: 1946-48. Mar. 4, 185.13; Sept. 28, 187.71.

1086. Salt River Valley Water Users' Association. SE^SWt sec. 8, 

T. 2 N., R. 5 E. Records available: 1946-48. Mar. 5, 104.60; Oct. 7, 

105.17.

1087. Salt River Valley Water Users' Association. NW^SEt sec. 23, 

T. 2 N., R. 5 E. Records available: 1945-48. Mar. 5, 114.18; Oct. 7, 

118.30.
34 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

1106. Charley Weaks . NE^SE^seo. 25, T. 1 N., R. 5 E. Records avail 

able: 1935-48. Mar. 5, 94.06; Oct. 7, 107.72.

1107. Prank E. Shill. SWiNWt sec. 2, T. 1 N., R. 5 E. Records available: 1946-48. Mar. 5, 83.40; Oct. 7, 88.61.

1208. Salt River Valley Water Users' Association. NWtNW£ sec. 1, 

T. 1 S., R. 5 E. Records available: 1945-48. Mar. 5, 91.49; Oct. 7, 

98.12.

1210. Mrs. J. L. Cobb. SE^SE* sec. 32, T. 1 S., R. 5 E. Records 

available: 1946-48. Oct. 8, 83:74.

1211. K. K. Skousen. NEtSE^ sec. 35, T. 1 S., R. 5 E. Records 

available: 1946-48. Mar. 5, 95.40; Oct. 8, 108.30.

1307. Bob Milan. SE^SE^ sec. 22, T. 2 S., R. 5 E. Records available: 1946-48. Mar. 5, 41.79; Oct. 8, dry at 44 feet; measurements discontinued.

1308. R. W. Hanna. SE^SEt sec. 30, T. 2 S., R. 5 E. Records available: 1946-48. Mar. 5, 41.16; Oct. 8, 44.90.

1309. Travis Moseley. NWiNEi sec. 34, T. 2 S., R. 5 E. Records 

available: 1946-48. Mar. 5, 55.21; Oct. 8, 60.85.

1456. G. R. Pinch. SWfSWt sec. 15, T. 1 S., R. 4 E. Records available: 1935-48. Mar. 8, 49.10; Oct. 8, 65.80.

1457. Ben Taylor. SW^SBt sec. 29, T. 1 S., K. 4 E. Records available: 1946-48. Mar. 8, 76.66; Oct. 8, -84.70..

1458. C. W. Brooks. SE^SEt sec. 27, T. 1 S., R. 4 E. Records available: 1946-48. Mar. 8, 38.50; Oct. 8, 35.32.

1459. P. H. Hall. SEtSV»i sec. 29, T. 1 S., R. 4 E. Records available: 1946-48. Mar. 8, 76.27; Oct. 8, 81.26.

1501. Elkins. NWpEt sec. 24, T. 1 N., R. 4 E. Records available: 

1935-48. Mar. 8, 36.34; Oct. 11, dry at 40.0 feet; measurements discontinued.

1502. J. B. House. SWt»Wi sec. 11, T. 1 N., R. 4 E. Records available: 1946-48. Mar. 8, 43. §1; Oct. 11, 50.39, nearby well pumping.

1503. M. P. Bearden. SWiS*t sec. 23, T. 1 N., R. 4 E. Records 

available: 1946-48. Mar. 8, dry at 32.5 feet; Oct. 11, dry at 32.5 feet.

1504. Nelson Pritchard. NE^SE*. sec. 35, T. 1 N., R. 4 E. Records 

available: 1946-47. Dry, measurements discontinued, Aug. 27, 1947.

1601A. Stannards. SWiNEt sec. 19, T. 2 N., R. 4 E. Records available: 1935-48. Mar. 22, 17.26; Sept. 30, 11.88.

1603A. Owner unknown. NWiNWi sec. 26, T. 2 N., R. 4 E. Records 

available: 1935-47. Dry, measurements discontinued, Mar. 5, 1948.

1619. Wm. Schrader. NE-tNEi sec. 26, T. 2 N., R. 4 E. Records available: 1946-48. Mar. 6, 73.86; Oct. 7, 82.62, nearby irrigation well 

pumping .

1620. C. T. Sharp. NEiNWi 3 ec. 29, T. 2 N., R. 4 E. Records available: 1946-48. Mar. 22, 13.18; Sept.. 30, 9.48.

1701. K. C. Caswell. NW±SWf sec. 15, T. 3 N., R. 4 E. Records 

available: 1945-48. Mar. 4, 170.66; Sept. 28, 170.27.

1711. Owner unknown. SE^SEt sec. 15, T. 3 N., R. 4 E. Records 

available: 1946-48. Mar. 4, 166.15; Sept. 28, 166.22.
ARIZONA, MARICOPA COUNTY 35

1712. Owner unknown. 3E±SEt aeo. 17, T. 3 N., R. 4 E. Records 

available: 1946-48. liar. 4, 161.91; Sept. 28, 161.95.

1887. Owner unknown. NE^SWt aec. 5, T. 4 N., R. 3 E. Records available: 1946-48. Sept. 28, 36.71.

1891. Owner unknown. SE^SE^ sec. 27, T. 4 N., R. 5 E. Record? 

available: 1946-48. Mar. 4, 216.41; Sept. 28, 216.71.

1906. Maxwell. SW±SWt sec. 1, T. 3 N., R. 3 E. Records available: 

1946-48. Mar. 4, 183.79; Sept. 28, 183.85.

1906A. Geo. R. Putnam. NWtNWt sec. 32, T. 3 N., R. 3 E. Records 

available:. 1943-48. Mar. 22, 86.23; Sept. 30, 93.97.

1907. H. J. Love. SW^NWt sec. 2, T. 3 N., R. 3 E. Records available: 1947-48. Mar. 4, 176.23} Sept. 28, 176.96.

1920. Arizona Aeronautics Corporation. SW£ sec. 14, T. 3 N., R. 3 E. 

Records available: 1946-47. No measurements made in 1948.

1924. Owner unknown. NE^NWt sec. 5, T. 3 N., R. 3 E. Records available: 1946-48. Mar. 22, 207.60; Sept. 30, 210.88; Dec. 20, 211.70.

1925. E. S. Stewart. NW^NEt sec. 32, T. 3 N., R. 3 E. Records 

available: 1946-47. Measurements discontinued.

1957. A. Pleks. NW^NWi sec. 24, T. 2 N., R. 3 E. Records available: 

1946-48. Sept. 30, 22.40.

1958. J. H. Porsyth. SEiNEt sec. 33, T. 2 N., R. 3 E. Records 

available: 1946-48. Mar. 22, dry at 42 feet, measurements discontinued.

2056. Godfrey. NE£NW£ aec. 36, T. 1 N., R. 3 E. Records available: 

1935-48. Oct. 7, 43.89.

2058. W. A. Campbell. SE£sWi sec. 33, T. 1 N.-, R. 3 E. Records 

available: 1946-48. Oct. 7, 110.54.

2157. Bill Dam on. NE$NEt sec. 9, T. 2 S., R. 3 E. Records available: 1946-48. Mar. 8, 53.01; Oct. 8, 55.49.

2256. W. R. Collier. NE^NWi sec. 36, T. 1 S., R. 3 E. Records 

available: 1946-48. Mar. 8, 87.92; Oct. 8, 98.12.

2301. A. Cheatum. SE^SEi sec. 8, T. 1 S., R. 2 E. Records available: 1935-48. Mar. 24, 11.73.

2351. W. E. Sorenson. SW±SWt sec. 3, T. 1 N., R. 2 E. Records 

available: 1935-48. Mar. 24, 71.71; Oct. 1, 89.00.

2352. C. V. Hllburs. NW±S«t sec. 7, T. 1 N., R. 2 E. Records available: 1946-48. Mar. 24, 61.46; Oct. 1, dry at 64.5 feet, measurements 

discontinued.

2353. C. Hobson. NW£SW± sec. 28, T. 1 N., R. 2 E. Records available: 1946-48. Mar. 24, 21.26; Oct. 7, 35.14.

2451. V. E. Messinger. NW^SWt sec. 8, T. 2 N., R. 2 E. .Records 

available: 1935-48. Mar. 24, 75.39; Oct. 1, 84.10.

2452. Leonard. SW£SW± a ec. 13, T. 2 N., R. 2 E. Records available: 

1935-48. Mar. 24, 39.11; Oct. 1, 42.94.

2453. B. F- Relchenberger. SW^SWi sec. 20, T. 2 N., R. 2 E. Records

available: 1946-48. Mar. 24, pumping; Oct. 1, 76.57.

2551. Charles Christopher. SEtSEt sec. 24, T. 3 N., R. 2 E. Records

available: 1940-48. Mar. 22, 153.63; Sept. 30, 153.67; Nov. 5, 154.96.
36 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

2552. Lee Hopper. NWfSWt see. 7, T. 3 N., R. 2 E. Records available: 1946-48. Mar. 23, 123.78; Oct. 1, 138.00.

2553. American Institute for Foreign Trade. NWiNWi sec. 8, T. 3 N., 

R. 2 E. Records available: 1946-48. Mar. 23, 150.68; Sept. 30, 169.82.

2555. Salt River Valley Water Users' Association. S1»tSWt sec. .26, 

T. 3 N., R. 2 E. Records available: 1944-48. Mar. 22, 125.51; Sept. 30, 

142.18.

2556A. H. D. Connor. NE^NEf sec. 1, T. 3 N., R. 2 E., at concrete 

block, 75 feet southwest of Intersection of 19th Ave. and Bell Road. Unused drilled well, diameter 6 inches, depth 282 feet. Measuring point, 

top of casing, 1.7 feet above land-surface datum and 1,344.3 feet above 

mean sea level. Records available: 1948. Mar. 17, 266.08.

2651. Prank Echenlque. SEtNEf sec. 27, T. 4 N., R. 2 E. Records 

available: 1946-48. Mar. 22, 221.36; Sept. 30, 245.00; Nov. 5, 248.58; 

Dec. 21, 250.10.

2781. C. P. Edwards. SWt sec. 20, T. 5 N., R. 1 E. Records available: 1946-48. Mar. 4, 51.85; Oct. 1, 53.55.

2801. Owner unknown. NE^NE* sec. 30, T. 4 N., R. 1 E. Records 

available: 1946-48. Mar. 4, 149.01.

2802. J. G. Boswell. NWiNWi sec. 5, T. 4 N., R. 1 E. Records available: 1946-48. Mar. 4, 78.39.

2804. R. E. Grace. NWfNWt sec. 34, T. 4 N., R. 1 E. Records available: 1946-47. No measurements made in 1948.

2852. J. G. Boswell. NWtSEf sec. 9, T. 3 N., R. 1 E. Records available: 1946-47. No measurements made in 1948.

2854. J. G. Boswell. SE^SEi sec. 7, T. 3 N., R. 1 E. Records available: 1942-48. Mar. 4, 130.55; Oct. 1, 139.75.

2856. Otis Cook. NEtNWf sec. 35, T. 3 N., R. 1 E. Records available: 1946-48. Mar. 23, 67.63; Oct. 1, 75.94.

3051. Roosevelt Irrigation District. NE^SEi sec. 12, T. 1 N., 

R. 1 E. Records available: 1930-46. No measurements made in 1948.

3053. Isabell-Hartner Co. NE^NEt sec. 4, T. 1 N., R. 1 E. Records 

available: 1946-48. Mar. 24, 69.73; Oct. 1, 88.20.

3054. Owner unknown. NE^NEt sec. 6, T. 1 N., R. 1 E. Records available: 1935-48. Mar. 24, 66.21?

3366. D. E. Aooomazzo. SE^NW^ sec. 2, T. 1 S., R. 1 W. Records 

available: 1946-48. Oct. 1, 44.16.

3386. Goodyear Farms well 9 B. NEfSEi sec. 9, T. 1 N., R. 1 W. 

Records available: 1940-48. Sept. 27, 60.15.

3387. Roosevelt Irrigation District. NEiNEfNEi sec. 10, T. 1 N., 

R. 1 W., 150 feet west of Richfield service station on the southwest corner 

of intersection, 4.6 miles east of Tolleson High School. Used drilled 

irrigation well, diameter 20 inches, depth unknown. Measuring point, 

bottom of notch on east side of pump base, at land-surface datum. Equipped 

with turbine pump and 100 horsepower electric motor. Records available: 

1929-45, 1947-48.
ARIZONA, MARICOPA COUNTY 37

3387 Continued.

Date

Jan.

May

Jan.

May

Jan.

May

Jan.

May

Jan.

May

Jan.

May

1

1

1

1

1

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

Water 

level

24.7

25.1

25.8

26.2

26.9

27.1

27.9

28.1

28.9

29.2

30.0

30.2

Date

Jan.

May

Jan.

May

Jan.

May

Jan.

May

Jan.

May

Jan.

May

1

1

1

1

1

1

1935

1936

1937

 1938

1939

1940

Water 

level

31.0

31.3

32.0

32.1

33.0

32.4

33.2

32.6

35.0

34.7

36.7

37.7

Date

Jan.

May

Jan.

May

Jan.

May

Jan.

May

Jan.

Nov.

Mar.

1

1

1

1

4,

5,

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1947

1948

Water 

level

39.9

38.9

38.4

39.8

42.2

43.3

45.7

44.6

40.2

51.96

51.98

3388. T. C. Rhodes. NW^NE^ sec. 6, T. 1 N., R. 1 W. Records available: 1946-48. Mar. 5, 80.04; Sept. 27, 91.52.

3389. A. R. Petri. NE^NWi sec. 28, T. 1 N., R. 1 W. Records available: 1946-48. Apr. 2, 15.08; Oct. 6, 19.78.

3486. Goodyear Farms. SEfNW-t sec. 2, T. 2 N., R. 1 W. Records 

available: 1946-48. Mar. 5, 95.93; Oct. 6, 126.40.

3487. Goodyear Parma well 19-D. NEpEt sec. 19, T. 2 N., R. 1 W. 

Records available: 1-927-48. Mar. 5, pumping; Sept. 27, 136.40.

3489. R. E. McMurchy. NW^SWi sec. 13, T. 2 N., R. 1 W. Records 

available: 1946-48. Mar. 5, 68.58; Oct. 11, 82.47.

3490. Goodyear Farms. NEtNWf sec. 26, T. 2 N., R. 1 W. Records 

available: 1946-48. Mar. 5, 87.66; Sept. 27, 107.50, irrigation well 

nearby pumping.

3586. A. J. Reema. SWtSWt sec. 5, T. 3 N., R. 1 W. Records available: 1946-48. Mar. 4, 209.90; Oct. 1, 224.14.

3587. Rancho Santa Maria. NW^NWt sec. 22, T. 3 N., R. 1 W. Records 

available: 1932-48. Mar. 5, 175.80. Measurements discontinued.

3587A. Rancho Santa Maria. NW^NWi- sec. 22, T. 3 N., R. 1 W., 100 

feet southeast of intersection, 4 miles west and 0.5 mile south of 

Marinette. Used drilled irrigation well, diameter 20 inches, depth 408 

feet. Measuring point, top of pump base, at land-surface datum. Equipped 

with turbine pump and electric motor. Records available: 1948. Oct. 1, 

185.45.

3588. Maricopa County Municipal Water Conservation District No. 1. 

sec. 31, T. 3 N., R. 1 W. Records available: 1946-48. Measurements discontinued, Dec. 31, 1946.

3686. Maricopa County Municipal Water Conservation District No. 1.

sec. 8, T. 4 N., R. 1 W. Records available: 1946-48. Mar. 4, 

205.10; Oct. 1, 211.16.

3786. Bard Ranch. Approximate location, SWi sec. 36, T. 5 N., 

R. 1 W. Records available: 1946-48. Mar. 4, 169. 71j Measurements discontinued.

3956. Maricopa County Municipal Water Conservation District No. 1.

sec. 4, T. 3 N., R. 2 W. Records available: 1946-48. Mar. 4, 

267.99; Oct. 1, dry at 286 feet.

4002. Maricopa County Municipal Water Conservation District No. 1.

sec. 4, T. 2 N., R. 2 W. Records available: 1946-48. Mar. 5, 

213.01; Oct. 6, 220.46.
38 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

4051. Roosevelt Irrigation District. SW^SWi sec. 16, T. 1 N., 

R. 2 W. Records available: 1946-47. !5p measurement made In 1948.

4052. H. P. Hollingshead. NW±NWi sec. 3, f. 1 N., R. 2 W. Records 

available: 1946-48. Apr. 2, pumping; Oct. 7, 153.5.

4053. Owner unknown. NW^SWi sec. 5, T. 1 N., R. 2 V. Records available: 1947-48. Apr. 2, 170.00; Oct. 7, 172.79.

4054. Jettie Robinson. NEiSE£ sec. 12, T. 1 N., R. 2 W. Records 

available: 1946-48. Apr. 2, 89.85.

4055. H. T. Kiefer. NEiSWi sec. 23, T. 1 N., R. 2 W. Records available: 1946-48. Apr. 2, 31.36; Oct. 6, 38.55.

4100. Roosevelt Irrigation District. SW^NE* see. 13, T. 1 N., 

R. 2 W. Records available: 1947-48. Apr. 2, 56.10; Oct. 6, 65.16.

4151. Lee Hunter. NE±BW± aeo. 4, T. 1 S., R. 2 W. Records available: 1946-48. Apr. 2, 16.83; Oct. 8, 20.83.

4352. Mrs. John Hughes. NE^SEi sec. 5, T. 1 S., R. 3 V. Records 

available: 1946-48. Apr. 2, 5.71; Oct. 8, 7.85.

4401. Roosevelt Irrigation District. NWiNWi sec. 34, T. 1 N., 

R. 3 V. Records available: 1928-48. Apr. 2, 56.99; Oct. 7, 57.74.

4402. Roosevelt Irrigation District. NEtNWi sec. 32, T. 1 N., 

R. 3 W. Records available: 1937-48. Apr. 2, 63.84'

4616. Palmer. NE± sec. 15, T. 6 N., R. 4 W. Records available: 

1946-48. Sept. 29, dry at 57 feet. Measurements discontinued.

4665. Lawrence Narramore. NWtSWi sec. 13, T. 4 N., R. 4 W. Records 

available: 1946, 1948. Sept. 29, 314.65.

4711. Roosevelt Irrigation District. SWiSWf sec. 31, T. 1 N., 

R. 4 V. Records available: 1937-48. Apr. 2, 65.33; Oct. 8, 64.87.

4712. Roosevelt Irrigation District. SW*SEi sec. 34, T. 1 N., 

R. 4 V. Records available: 1928-48. Apr. 2, 45.28; Oct. 7, 55.53, nearby 

irrigation well pumping.

4713. D. E. Aecomazzo. NfitNE± sec. 16, T. 1 N., R. 4 W. Records 

available: 1946-48. Apr. 2, 167.41. Measurements discontinued.

4714. Ben Younglcer. HE^NEi sec. 19, T. 1 N., R. 4 W. Records available: 1946-48. Apr. 2, 55.81. Destroyed, measurements discontinued.

4714A. Ben Youngker. NWfNE± sec. 19, T. 1 N., R. 4 W.,-0.3 mile 

west of road along east side of section, on north line of section, 6.3 

miles west and 3.5 miles north of Buckeye. Used drilled irrigation well, 

diameter 16 inches, depth 370 feet. Measuring point, top of casing, 1.0 

foot above land-surface datum. Equipped with turbine pump and electric 

motor. . Records available: 1948. Oct. 7, -55.94*

4715. Owner unknown. NE^SWi sec. 25, T. 1 N., R. 4 W. Records 

available: 1946-48. Apr. 2, 67.30; Oct. 7, 69.86.

4761. Blake. NW^SWt sec. 17, T. 1 S., R. 4 W. Records available: 

1946-48. Apr. 2, 13.21.

4762. George 0. Sevey. NE^SE* sec. 11, T. 1 3., R. 4 W. Records 

available: 1946-48. Apr. 2, 4.65.

5350. Owner unknown. SUf^SE^ sec. 13, T. 5 S., R. 5 W. Records 

available: 1945-48. Mar. 1, 33.28; Sept. 7, 36.76.
ARIZONA, MARICOPA COUNTY 391

5456. H. A. Kreager. SWtNWi sec. 8, T. 2 S., R. 5 W. Records available: 1946-48. Apr. 2, 18.40; Oct. 8, 23.54.

5457. Bill Jagow. NE^ sec. 20, T. 2 S., R. 5 W. Records available: 

1946-48. Oct. 8, 26.89.

5502. Olllesple Land & Irrigation Co. SE^SWi sec. 36, T. 2 S., 

R. 5 W. Records available: 1945-48. Mar. 1, 60.48; Sept. 7, 67.07.

5506. Charles Yokum. NEiNEf sec. 1. T. 1 S., R. 5 W. (erroneously 

published In Water-Supply Paper 1076 as NW^NEt sec. 1, T. 1 S., R. 5 W.). 

Records available: 1946-48. Apr. 2, 64.00; Oct. 8, 68.11.

5507. Owner unknown. NE£ sec. 11, T. 1 S., R. 5 W. Records available: 1946-48. Apr. 2, 27.94; Oct. 8, 34.43.

5606. Wheeler. SEt sec. 4, T. 1 N., R. 5 W. Records available: 

1946-48. Oct. 11, 62.13.

5607. Spencer Wilson. NW^Mt sec. 22, T. 1 N., R. 5 W. Records 

available: 1946-48. Apr. 2, 6.50; Oct. 11, 7.58.

5921. Owner unknown. SE^SWt sec. 20, T. 2 N., R. 6 W. Records 

available: 1946-48. May 13, 120.77; Oct. 13, 120.78.

5971. Mltchell. SE^SEi see. 16, T. 1 N., R. 6 W. Records available: 

1946-48. May 13, 85.74.

5972. Owner unknown. SEiNEi sec. 22, T. 1 N., R. 6 W. Records 

available: 1946. Measurements discontinued, May 2, 1946.

6260. Olllesple Land & Irrigation Co. NEfNEi sec. 4, T. 6 S., 

R. 6 W. Records available: 1945-48. Mar. 1, 127.35; Sept. 7, 132.31.

6562. R. L. Ward. NWfNW^ see. 19, T. 1 S., R. 7 W., near rock tank, 

200 feet east of road, 16 miles west of Hassayampa. Used dug well, 

diameter 48 Inches, depth unknown. Measuring point, top of plank cover, 

0.3 foot above land-surface datum. Records available: 1946-48. Mar. 21, 

1946, 16.90; Oct. 13, 1948, 19.55.

6563. Dr. Ward. SEi sec. 32, T. 1 S., R. 7 W. Records available: 

1946. Measurements discontinued, Apr. 12, 1946.

6581. Owner unknown. NEtNEt sec. 26, T. 2 N., R. 7 W. Records 

available: 1946-48. "May 13, 140.50; Oct. 13, 139.50.

6731. Owner unknown. SW^SEi sec. 13, T. 1 S., R. 8 W., 100 feet 

north of road, 0.3 mile west of southeast corner of section 13, 16 miles 

west of Hassayampa. Unused drilled well, diameter 20 Inches, depth 82 

feet. Measuring point, top of casing, 2.0 feet above land-surface datum. 

Records available: 1946-48. Mar. 21, 1946, 17.10; Oct. 22, 1947, 17.80; 

Oct. 13, 1948, 21.09.

6732. Roy Davls. NWtNW-* sec. 22, T. 1 S., R. 8 W., on east side of 

road, near old Volcanic School, 0.25 mile south of -graded road, 19 miles 

west of Hassayampa. Unused drilled well, diameter- 16 Inches, depth 500 

feet. Measuring point, top of casing at land-surface datum. Records 

available: 1946-48. Ma'r. 21, 1946, 55.90; Oct. 23, 1947, 56.30; Oct. 13, 

1948, 56.30.

6733. Roy Davls. NE£ sec. 38, T. 1 S., R. 8 W. Records available: 

1946. Measurements discontinued, Apr. 12, 1946.

6751. Owner unknown. NEi sep. 1, T. 2 S., R. 8 W. Records available: 1946. Measurements discontinued, Apr. 12, 1946.

7201. Moser. NE^NE^ see. 31, T. 3 N., R. 9 W. Records available: 

1946. Measurements discontinued, Mar. 27, 1946.
40 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

7241. R. E. Miller and Hodgeman. 3EtNW± aeo. 34, T. 7 N., R. 9 W. 

Records available; 1946. Measurements discontinued, Mar. 27, 1946.

NAVAJO COUNTY 

By 0. E. Hazen

A total of 29 water-level measurements was made In 15 veils In Navajo 

County during 1948. Water-level measurements have been made In selected 

observation veils In the county since 1944. A report on the ground-water 

resources of the Joseph City area, entitled "Memorandum on ground-water 

supply of the Joseph City Irrigation District," was released In August 1948.

The main source of ground water In the county Is the Cooonlno sandstone. Discharge of ground water from the sandstone takes place through 

springs and from flowing and nonf lowing wells. There has been little 

change In the rate of discharge of ground water for several years, and 

consequently little change In the water levels. Water levels In wells that 

penetrate the alluvial fill of the river fluctuate with the rise and fall 

of the river surface.

Well descriptions and water-'level measurements

2853. Simon Ranch. SH^NE^ sec. 27, T. 19 N., R. 15 E. Records 

available: 1944-48. June 4, 163.98; Oct. 14, 163.91.

5452. A. Smith. In Joseph City, on small knoll, one block north of 

store. Records available: 1944-47. No measurements made In 1948.

5652. Ben Hunt. SW&SW^ sec. 30, T. 18 N., R. 20 E. Records available: 1944-48. June 3, 38.57; Oct. 14, 39.27.

5653. Ben Hunt. SW±SWi sec.' 30, T. 18 N., R. 20 E. Records available: 1944-48. June 3, 21.84; Oct. 14, 22.62.

5654. Ben Hunt. SEt sec. 32, T. 18 N., R. 20 E. Records available: 

1944-48. June 3, 37.04; Oct. 14, 37.42. '

7451. E. B. Neuman. SW^NWi sec. 1, T. 17 N., R. 20 E. Records

available: 1944-48. June 3, 1.48; Oct. 14, 1.98.

7470. R. E. Whiting. NEtSWf sec. 10. T. 17 N.. R. 20 E. Records

available: 1944-48. June 3, 29.39; Oct. 14, 30.60.

7471. R. E. Whiting. NEiSWi sec. 10, T. 17 N., R. 20 E. Records 

available: 1944-47. No measurements made In 1948.

7478. Geo. McLaws. SEiSW^ sec. 10, T. 17 N., R. 20 E. Records 

available: 1944-48. June 3, 50.74; Oct. 14, 50.81.

7489. R. Henderson. NW^SWi sec. 11, T. 17 N., R. 20 E. Records

available: 1944-48. June 3, 13.32; Oct. 14, 13.37.

7493. P. J. McLaws. SEfNW^ sec. 12, T. 17 N., R. 20 E. Records

available: 1944k48. June 3, 54.69; Oct. 14, 54.38.

7651. Ambrosia Armijo. SW^SWi sec. 6, T. 17 H., R. 21 E. Records 

available: 1944-48. June 3, 12.98; Oct. 14, 13.55.
ARIZONA, PIMA COUNTY 41

7652. Ambrosia Armijo. SW±SW± sec. 6, T. 17 N., R. 21 E. Records

available: 1944-48. June 3, 7.61; Oct. 14, 8.28. 0

7653. State of Arizona. NWfNWt sec. 7, T. 17 N., R. 21 E. Records

available: 1944-48. June S, 39.51; Oct. 14, 40.05.

7654. Roy Richards. SEiNWt sec. 7, T. 17 N., R. 21 E. Records 

available: 1944-46. Measurements discontinued, June 12, 1947.

7655. John Mocko. SW±NWi sec. 10, T. 17 N., R. 21 E. Records available: 1944-48. June 3, 51.75; Oct. 14, 51.92.

10,500. McNell. In small valley, 0.4 mile north of U. S. Highway 60, 

1.9 miles west of Showlow. Records available: 1944-48. June 2, 52.84; 

Oct. 12, dry.

11,000. Office of Indian Affairs, U. 3. Dept.. of Interior. Unsurveyed land. In shed, behind house, at Forestdale Trading Post, 9 miles 

south of Sh'owlow. Records available: 1944-48. June 2, 7.55; Oct. 12, 

15.28.

PIMA COUNTY 

By R. L. Cushman and M. B. Booher

Water levels were measured in the Santa Cruz River Valley and Avra 

Valley of Pima County in 1948. Most of the cultivated area of Pima County 

is in the 'Santa Cruz River Valley.

Figure 7 shows graphs of water-level fluctuations in wells 1337, 

4156, and 8686; precipitation at Tucson; and quantities of water pumped 

from wells in Pima County.

Well 1337 is about 16 miles northwest of Tucson in a heavily pumped 

area of the Santa Cruz River Valley. Water levels in this area are regulated by gains in ground-water storage as a result of flows in the river, 

and by losses in ground-water storage as a result of pumping from wells. 

In the period of record, 1940-48, losses in storage exceeded the gains, 

and in 1948 the water levels in wells in this area reached their lowest 

stage in the period. The water level in well 1337 was about 2 feet lower 

at the end of 1948 than at the beginning of the year. Increased pumpage 

from wells in this vicinity in 1947 and 1948 was indicated by the magnitude of the seasonal drawdowns in well 1337 illustrated in figure 7 .

Well 4156 is 6 miles east of Tucson and several miles away from areas 

of 'recharge or heavy pumping from wells. The water level in this well refleets the combined effects of heavy pumping in the Santa Cruz River Valley 

to the west and gains in ground-water storage in the recharge areas to the 

east. The increased rates of pumping from wells to the west since 1943 

accelerated the rate of water-level decline in well 4156. The water leveD 

was about 1.3 feet lower at the end of 1948 than at the beginning of the 

year.

947807 O 51 4
PUMPAGE, IN THOUSANDS 

OF ACRE-FEET

 pa

PRECIPITATION, 

IN INCHES

WATER LEVEL, I

i _
ARIZONA, PIMA COUHTY j 43

Well 8686 is 20 miles south of Tucson in an area where water is pumped 

from wells for irrigation. Water-level fluctuations in this well represent 

the trend of the regional water-level fluctuations, as no irrigation wells 

are close enough to well 8686 to cause local water-level fluctuations that 

result from intermittent pumping. The general trend of the water level has 

been downward in this well in the period 1940-48. The water level was 

about 2 feet lower at the end of 1948 than at the beginning of the same 

year.

There were no significant changes in water levels in most wells in 

Avra Valley during the period 1940-48. In the northern part of Avra Valley, 

near its Junction with the Santa Cruz River Valley, water levels in wells 

declined about 7j^ feet in the period 1940-48 as the result of pumping from 

nearby wells in the Santa Cruz Valley.

Precipitation totaling 6.81 inches was recorded at the University of 

Arizona weather station in 1948, an increase of 1.09 inches above the 1947 

total but 4.30 inches below normal. Pumpage from wells in Pima County in 

1948 equaled the 1947 pumpage of 145,000 acre-feet.

Well descriptions and water-level measurements

454. Cortaro Farms. SEfNItt sec. 11, T. 11 S., R K 10 E. Records 

available: 1941-48.

Date

Jan. 7 

Mar 21

Water 

lev si

158.80 

164.82

Date

July SI 

Aua. 26

Water 

level

156.92 

157.68

Date

Oct. 1 

25

Water

level

160.21 

160.00

Date

Nov. 26

Water 

level

160.20

457. T. J. Smith. SEiNE* sec. 22, T. 11 S., R. 10 E. Records available: 1940-42, 1944-48. June 24, 152.96; Oct. 8, 152.70.

460. W. E. Anway. NWi sec. 27, T. 11 S., R. 10 E. Records available: 1940-42, 1944-48. June 24, well being deepened; Oct. 8, 142.69.

463. Bud Parker. SE±SEi sec. 36, T. 11 S., R. 10 E. Records available: 1940-42, 1944-48. June 24, 172.28; Oct. 8, 173.83.

466. T. V. Valsnzuela. NEiSEi sec. 32, T. 11 S., R. 10 B. Records

available: 1946-48. June 24, 161.10.

535. Cortaro Farms. NE$NE-£ sec. 30. T. 11 S., R. 11 E. Records

available: 1939-48.

Jan. 7 177.36 I July 31 (a) 

May 21 181.07 I Aug. 26 (a)

Oct. 1 180.91 

25 (a)

Nov. 26 179.J

a Pumping.

1254. Cortaro Farms. SE^SWi sec. 31, T. 12 S., R. 13 £. Records 

available: 1939-46. Measurements discontinued, Aug. 28, 1946.

1337. Cortaro Farms. NEtNWt sec. 16, T. 12 S., R. 12 E. Records 

available: 1939-48.
44 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

1337 Continued.

Date

Jan. 7 

May 21

Water 

level

96.25 

105.90

Date

July 31 

AUK. 25

Water

level

a!22.88 

123.33

Date

Oct. 1 

25

Water 

level

108.92 

105.62

Date

Nov. 26

Water 

level

102.92

a Nearby irrigation well pumping.

1367. Grady Wilson (formerly published as owned by Grady Adams.). 

SEfSEi sec. 28, T. 12 S., R. 12 E. Records available: 1939-48.

Jan. 7 138.39 I July 31 144.85 I Oct. I 146.55 I Nov. 26 143.40 

May 21 159. 55 } Aug. 26 146.12) _____ 26 145.57 I _____________

1428. J. E. Glover. NEiSWf sec. 8, T. 12 S., R. 11 E. Recordsavailable: 1940, 1942, 1944-48. June 24, 190.40; Oct. 8, 190.88.

1430. J. E. Glover. SEiSEt sec. 18, T. 12 S., R. 11 E. Records 

available: 1940-42, 1944-47. No measurements made in 1948; well in use.

1432. P.Johansen. NE-pEt sec. 29, T. 12 S., R. 11 E. Records available: 1940-42, 1944r46. io iueasunsiuent .aaue in. 194b.

1435. S. B. Niles. SWiSWt sec. 34, T. 12 S., R. 11 E. Records 

available: 1940-42, 1944-46, 1948. Oct. 21, 305.28.

1503. V. Valenzuela. NWfNWt sec. 9, .T. 12 S., R. 10 E. Records 

available: 1940-42, 1944-48. June 24, 167.55; Oct. 8, 165.86.

1505. Alonzo Stephens. Formerly owned by Wirt Bowman. SE-jSEf 

sec. 20, T. 12 S., R. 10 E. Records available: 1940-42, 1944-48. 

June 24, 189.44; Oct. 8, 187.10.

1506. Harry Alexander. NEtNEt sec. 26, T. 12 S., R. 10 E. Records 

available: 1940-42, 1944, 1946-48. June 24, 200.30.

2651. Plma County. SW^NEt sec. 7, T. 13 S., R. 12 E. Records 

available: 1940-42, 1944-48. May 25, 35.30; Oct. 21, 32.25.

2738. Bruce Knapp. 

available: 1939-48.

i sec. 28, T. 13 S., R. 13 E. Records

Jan. 7 

Ma? 21

47.70i 

48.30,

July 31 

Aug. 26

51.65 

(a)

Oct. 1 

 ' 26

50.92 

(a)

Nov. 26 51.51

a Pumping.

2808. Courtright Stables. SE^SEi sec. 25, T. 13 S., R. 14 E. Records available: 1939-48. Jan. 1, 11.74; May 21, 12.44; Nov. 26, 12.18.

2910. V. C. Crouch. SWfSEf sec. 36, T. 13 S., R. 15 E. Records 

available: 1939-48. Jan. 7, 36.13- Measurements discontinued.

4156. Charles Reynard. SW-jSEi sec. 7, T. 14 S., R. 15 E. Records 

available: 1939-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

26

25

29

185.12

185.16

185.27

Apr.

May

June

29

26

28

185.48

185.40

185.52

July

Aug.

Sept

28

26

,50

185.63

185.79

185.95

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

25

26

28

184.06

184.07

184.30

4375. E. L. Rogers. SE^SEf sec. 34, T. 14 S., R. 13 E. Records 

available: 1939-42, 1944-48.

Jan. 7 

May 21

(a) 

52.00

I July 28 

Aug. 24

55.62

56.00

Sept.30. 

Oct. 25

55.84

54.80

Nov. 26 53.16

a Pumping.

4379. Hal Manning. SEiNW^ sec. 35, T. 14 S., R. 13 E. Records 

available: 1940-47. Sealed, measurements discontinued, Oct. 28, 1947.
ARIZONA, PIMA COUNTY 45

4450. Pima County. NWtNWf sec. 6, T. 14 S., R. 12 E. Records available: 1940-42, 1944-48.. May 25, 87.75; Oct. 21, 71.30.

4452. Pima County. NWfNWi sec. 17, T. 14 S., R. 12 E. Records 

available: 1940-42, 1945-48. May 25, 77.30; Oct. 21, 79.98.

4453. Pima County. NEfSWi sec. 21, T. 14 S., R. 12 E. Records 

available: 1940-42, 1944-48. May 25, 60.78; Oct. 21, 58.98.

4454. State of Arizona. SE^SWi sec. 21, T. 14 S., R. 12 E. Records 

.available: 1940-42, 1944-48. May 25, 59.95; Oct. 21, 61.20. Damaged 

by caving, measurements discontinued.

4601. J. Burrell. Sec. 10, T. 14 S., R. 10 E. Records available: 

1940-42, 1944, 1946-48. May 25, 21.28; Oct. 7, 21.60.

4602. J. Burrell. Sec. 10, T. 14 S., R. 10 E. Records available: 

1940-42, 1944, 1946-48. May 25, 17.78; Oct. 7, 15.78.

4604. Prank R. Rendon. SWi sec. 24, T. 14 S., R. 10 E. Records 

available: 1940-42, 1944, 1946-48. May 25, 306.62; Oct. 7, 306.05.

6404. Everett Inscho. NEfNEi sec. 29, T. 15 S., R. 10 E. Records 

available: 1940-42, 1944-48. May 25, 143.39.

6405. C. W. Van Camp. NWtSEi sec. 33, T. 15 S., R. 10 E. Records 

available: 1940-42, 1944-48. May 25, 150.72; Oct. 7, 150.13.

6410. C. W. Van Camp. NEfN&t sec. 35, T. 15 S., R. 10 E. Records 

available: 1940-42, 1944, 1946-48. May 25, 213.18; Oct. 7, 212.17.

6575. H. C. Barker. NEiSWf sec. 1, T. 15 S., R. 13 E. Records 

available: 1939-48.

Date

Jan. 28 

May 20

Water 

level

54.34 

56.35

Date

July 28 

AUK. 24

Water 

level

55.87 

56.65

Date

Sept. 30 

Oct. 26

Water 

level

57.79 

57.13

Date

Nov. 24

Water 

level

56.84

6582. San Xavier School. NE-|NEi sec. 15, T. 15 S., R. 13 E. Records available: 1939-48.

Jan. 7 

May 21

43.85

45.60

July 28 

Aug. 24

45.30

44.80

Sept.30 

Oct. 28

44.46

44.35

Nov. 26 44.90

6593. Office of Indian Affairs, U. S. Dept. of Interior. San Xavier 

Reservation. SW^SEt sec. 22, T. 15 S., R. 13 E. Records available: 

1939-48.

Jan. 7 

May 21

30.58

33.95

July 28 

Aug. 24

32.75

32.55

Sept.30 

Oct. 25

34.39

32.61

Nov. 24 32.40

6612. City of Tucson. 

available: 1942-48.

sec. 2, T. 15 S., R. 13 E. Records

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

26

25

29

41.45

41.27

42.67

Apr.

May

June

29

26

28

44.80

45.77

47.61

July

Aug.

Sect

28

26

.30

45.85

45.04

47.10

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

25

26

28

48.08

47.07

42.31

7152. State of Arizona. NWtNEf sec. 7, T. 16 S., R. 14 E. Records 

available: 1939-47. Dry, measurements discontinued, Sept. 26, iQ4"7 .^

7166. Lane Farms. SE^SVIf-J sec. 31, T. 16 S., R. 14 E. Records available: 1941-48. Jan. 28, 52.80; May 20, 59.17; July 28, 59.45?

8578. Lane Farms. SEiNW-| sec. 13, T. 17 S., R. 13 E. Records 

available: 1939-47. Filled, measurements discontinued, Aug. 28, 1947.
46 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

8686. State Highway Department. NEfSWt sec. 18, T. 17 3., R. 14 E. 

Records available) 1939-48.

Date

Jan. 28 

Vlay 20

Water 

level

58.11 

62.41

Date

July 28 

Aug. 24

Water 

level

64.45 

64.46

Date

Sept .30 

Oct. 26

Water 

level

63.55 

62.50

Date

Nov. 24

Water 

level

62.03

9230. J. B. Bull. 

ablet 1939-48.

sec. 1, T. 18 S., R. 13 E. Records availJan.

May

28 

20

52.45 

58.43

July 

AUK.

28 

24

62.66 (a1) Sept 

Oct.

.30 

26

60.41 

58.35

Nov. 24 57.94

Pumping.

10,477. Intercontinental Ranch Co. well W 

T. 19 3., R. 13 E. Records availablet 1939-48.

Jan. 2857.10 July 2859.79 I Sept.30 

May 20 58.55 Aug. 24 59.26 I Oct. 26

1. sec. 3,

58.78 Nov. 24 58.75 

58.77

10,483. Oustavo Amado. NH*SWi sec. 29, T, 

available: 1939-48.

19 3., R. 13 E. Records

Date

Jan. 28 

May 20

Water 

level

34.50 

(a)

Date

July 28 

AUK. 24

Water 

level

(a) 

33.20

Date

Sept .30 

Nov. 24

Water 

level

33.40 

34.02

a Pumping.

PIHAL COtJHTY 

By R. L. Cushman and M. B. Booher

Ground-water studies in Final County during 1948 consisted of making 

depth-to-water measurements in selected wells in and near the cultivated 

areas along the Gila and Santa Cruz Rivers; making an inventory of the 

total volume of water pumped from wells; and making detailed studies of 

geology and ground-water resources of the part of the area near Eloy. 

These data were made available to the Arizona State Land Commissioner to 

assist him in evaluating the ground-water resources of the Eloy area.

Figure 8 shows graphs of water-level fluctuations in wells 890, 

890A, 975, and 1795; the amount of monthly precipitation at Casa Qrande 

Ruins National Monument; and the amount of monthly pumpage in Final County.

Water-level fluctuations in wells 890, 890A, and 975 are typical of 

ground-water conditions in the Casa Grande-Coolidge-Florence area where the 

land is irrigated with eurface water supplemented by water pumped from 

wells. The general trend of water levels in wells in this area was upward 

in the period 1940-42 because large amounts of surface water were available for irrigation and pumping from wells was comparatively light. Water 

levels started to decline in 1943 as surface water became depleted and more 

water was pumped from wells to supplement the supply of water for
PUMPAGE, IN THOUSANDS PRECIPITATION, 

OF ACRE -FEET IN INCHES

WATER LEVE
48 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

irrigation. Water levels declined an average of 24 feet in this area during the period 1943-48. The decline of the water level in seven wells 

averaged about 6-J feet in 1948. These wells are spaced so as to be representative of ground-water conditions in this area.

Water-level fluctuations in well 1795 are typical of ground-water conditions near the center of the heavily pumped Eloy area. Lands in the 

Eloy area are irrigated entirely from wells. Water levels declined an 

average of 42 feet in the Eloy area in the period of record, 1940-48. In 

the center of the pumped area the decline was as much as 60 feet during 

this period. Water levels declined an average of 7^ feet in this area in 

1948; this followed a decline of about 7 feet in 1947. The rise in water 

level in well 1795 shown by the November 1948 measurement was the result 

of encountering a partially confined aquifer while deepening the well.

Water levels in 17 wells in the Maricopa-Stanfield area declined an 

average of 25 feet in the period of record, 1942-48. The rate of decline 

was accelerated in 1947 and 1948 because of the increased pumpage from 

wells. This area, like the Eloy area, is irrigated entirely from wells.

The precipitation, amounting to 4.38 inches at the Casa Grande Ruins 

National Monument during 1948, was 5.07 inches below normal. Below-normal 

precipitation on the upstream watershed has resulted in a decreased supply 

of surface water during the last few years. Large amounts of ground water 

have been pumped to make up for the scarcity of surface water for irrigation. The following table summarizes the annual quantities of ground water 

pumped in Final County since 1939:

Year

1940 

1941 

1942 

1943 

1944

Pumpage , 

in acre-feet

372,000 

351,000 

500,000 

515,000 

530,000

Year

1945 

1946 

1947 

1948

Pumpage, 

in acre-feet

610,000 

660,000 

700,000 

950,000

Most of the increased pumpage in 1948 was used to irrigate new acreage 

brought under cultivation.

Wells 22 to 71, inclusive, are north of the Gila River in the Queen 

Creek area. The remainder of the wells listed are in the Casa GrandePlorence-Coolldge , Maricopa, and Eloy areas, south of the Gila River.
ARIZONA, FINAL COUNTY 49

Well descriptions and water-level measurements

22. Hart Mulllns. NW^SEi sec. 35, T. 1 S., R. 10 E. Records available: 1940-48. Apr. 19, 18.89. Measurements discontinued.

23. Hart Mulllns. NW^SEt sec. 35, T. 1 S., R. 10 E. Records available: 1939-48. Apr. 19, pumping; Sept. 16, 23.98.

35. E. M. Little. SW^SWi see. 8, T. 2 S., R. 10 E. Records available: 1940-48. Apr. 19, 398.71; Sept. 16, 398.03; Dec. 21, 398.22.

41. W. A. Barkley. NW^SEi sec. 27, T. 2 S., R. 8 E. Records available: 1940-48. Apr. 20, 232.08.

71. Magma Arizona Railroad. NE^NEi sec. 35, T. 3 S., R. 8 E. Records available: 1940-48. Apr. 20, 163.13; Sept. 21, 174.80.

123. -Office of Indian Affairs, U. S. Dept. of Interior well 61. 

SWiNEi sec. 36, T. 3 S., R. 4 E. Records available: 1942-48. Feb. 2, 

28.41; June 2, 28.98.

174. G. W. Yancy. NW^SEi sec. 18, T. 4 S., R. 3 E. Records available: 1942-48. Feb. 2, 27.84; June 2, 28.32; Oct. 25, 29.26.

257. Office of Indian Affairs, U. S. Dept. of Interior well 44. 

SE^SWi sec. 19, T. 4 S., R. 7 E. Records available: 1942-46. Sealed, 

measurements discontinued, Nov. 25, 1946.

258. Office of Indian Affairs, U. S. Dept. of Interior well 42.

sec. 20, T. 4 S., R. 7 E. .Records available: 1942-45. Measurements discontinued, Feb. 16, 1945.

259. Off Ice -of Indian Affairs, U. S. Dept. of Interior well 43. 

i sec. 30, T. 4 S., R. 7 E. Records available: 1942-48.

Date

Feb. 

June

3

3

Water 

level

31.00 

32.50

Date

July 

AUK.

26 

24

Water 

level

33.45 

33.89

Date

Sept 

Oct.

.28 

26

Water 

level

34.48 

34.56

Date

Nov. 24

Water 

level

35.09

278. Arizona Ranches, Inc. SW^SW-j sec. 2, T. 4 S., R. 8 E. Records 

available: 1941-48. Apr. 20, 173.18; Sept. 21, 176.26.

324. Office of Indian Affairs, U. S. Dept. of Interior well 1. 

SEiSW^ sec. 21, T. 4 S., R. 10 E. Records available: 1942-48. Sealed, 

measurements discontinued, Oct. 25, 1946.

327. Office of Indian Affairs, U. S. Dept. of Interior well 4. 

NEtSEi sec. 31, T. 4 S., R. 10 E. Records available: 1942-47. Sealed, 

measurements discontinued, Feb. 3, 1948.

341. Office of Indian Affairs, U. S. Dept. of Interior well 7. 

sec. 7, T. 4 S., R. 11 E. Records available: 1942-48.

Feb. 

June

Feb. 

June

3 

3

437.

]i sec

3 

3

40.86 

40.67

Office 

. 29, T

134.85 

146.45

July 26 

Aue. 24

of Indian 

. 5 S., R.

July 26 

\ Aug. 24

41.30 

41.34

Sept 

Oct.

Affairs, U. ,S. 

9 E. Records

145.25 

146.34

Sept 

Oct.

.28 42 

27 42

Dept . of 

available

.28 148 

27 147

.70 

.96

Nov. 24

Interior well 

: 1942-48.

.04 

.77

Nov. 24

44

76.

145

.14

.87

493. H. R. Montierth. SW^NWt sec. 32, T. 5 S., R. 8 E. Records 

available: 1942-48. Feb. 3, 76.66-

503. L. D. Ulmer. NEtNEi sec. 1, T. 5 S., R. 8 E. Records available: 1942-48.
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ARIZONA, FINAL COUNTY 51

968. C. E. Sherrill. SE&SWi sec. 13, T. 6 S., R. 6 E. Records 

available: 1940-48. Feb. 3, 55.42; June 3, pumping; Oct. 26, pumping.

975. Gilbert Bros. SEiSEt sec. 17, T. 6 S., R. 6 E. Records available: -1940-48. Feb. 3, 40.70; June 3, redrilled well and sealed entrance 

to casing by resetting pump. Measurements discontinued.

981. Gilbert Bros. SBiSE£ sec. 20, T. 6 S., R. 6 E. Records available: 1941-48.

Date

Feb. 

June

3 

3

Water 

level

51.30 , 

52.64

Date

July 

Aug.

26 

23

Water 

level

54.54 

54.68

Date

Sept 

Oct.

.28 

26

Water 

level

55.55 

55.19

Date

Nov. 23

Water 

level

54.90

991. Mrs. Emma Penning ton. SE^SEf sec. 25, T. 6 S., R. 6 E. Records 

available: 1940-48.

Feb. 3 

June 3

59.37

65.60

July 26 

Aug. 23

68.70

69.90

Sept.28 

Oct. 26

69.40

64.42

Nov. 23 63.72

1002. Office of Indian Affairs, U. S. Dept. of Interior well 103.

sec. 33, T. 6 S., R. 6 E. Records available: 1942-48. Feb. 4, 

50.35; June 2, 52.60; Oct. 26, pumping.

106S. Dlwan Slngh. SEtNWf sec. 22, T. 6 S., R. 7 E. Records available: 1939-4.7. No Measurement made in" 1948.

1072. Office of Indian Affairs, U. S. Dept. of Interior well 85. 

sec. 27, T. 6 S., R. 7 E. Records available: 1942-48.

Feb. 3 

June 5

91.98

97.25

July 26 

Aug. 23

97.65

97.79

Sept.27 

Oct. 26

100.13

102.88

Nov. 23 103.34

1079. Office of Indian Affairs, U. S. Dept. of Interior well 84.

sec. 35, T. 6 S., R. 7 E. Records available:. 1942-47. No measurements made in 1948.

1118. Dick Shiflet. SEfNEi sec. 4, T. 6 S., R. 8 E. Records available: 1940-47. No measurements made in 1948.

1153. Office of Indian Affairs, U. S. Dept. of Interior well 82. 

SWiSWj sec. 30, T. 6 S., R. 8 E. Records available: 1942-48. Mar. 2, 

113.93-

1157. Office of Indian Affairs, U. S. Dept. of Interior well 78. 

sec. 35, T. 6 S., R. 8 E. Records available: 1942-48.

Feb. 3 

June 5

57.07

59.24

July 26 

Aug. 24

64.71

67.00

Sept.27 

Oct. 26

66.92

68.57

Nov. 23 67.45

1162. Mr. McFarland. SW^SWi sec. 27, T. 6 S., R. 8 E. Records 

available: 1942-48. Feb. 3, 96.85-

1172. W. W. Ray. SWiSW^ sec. 20, T. 6 S., R. 8 E. Records available: 1944-48. Feb. 3, 108.96; June 3, 130.85, pumping recently; Oct. 26, 

127.85, pumping recently.

1331. D. C. Roberta. SE^SEt sec. 20, T. 7 S., R. 8 E. Records

available: 1942-47. Sealed, measurements discontinued, Nov. 5, 1947.

1405. S. C. McFarland. SE^SWi sec. 11, T. 7 S., R. 7 E. Records

available: 1942-48. Feb. 3, pumping; June 3, pumping; Oct. 26, 143.81.

1422. D. S. Cramer. SEiSW^ sec. 29, T. 7 S., R. 7 E. Records available: 1941-44. Dry, measurements discontinued, Aug. 2, 1944.
52 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

1430. Les Milligan. SWiNEi sec. 2, T. 7 S., R. 7 E. Records available: 1944-48. Feb. 3, pumping; June 3, pumping; Oct. 26, 136.71.

1476. D. A. Trekell. NEiSEt sec. 7, T. 7 S., R. 6 E. Records available: 1940-47. Filled, measurements discontinued, June 6, 1947.

1479. Paul Brophy. SWiSWi sec. 12, T. 7 S., R. 6 E. Records available: 1941-48.

Date

Feb. 

June

4 

2

Water 

level

78.80 

82.17

Date

July 26 

Aug. 24

Water 

level

85.22 

86.24

Date

Sept. 27 

Oct. 26

Water 

level

87.90 

89.21

Date

Nov. 22

Water 

level

88.32

1485. P. W. Shedd. SEiSEi sec. 27, T. 7 S., R. 6 E. Records available: 1940-48. Feb. 4, 80.85.

1489. Albert Steinfeld. SEfNEt sec. 30, T. 7 S., R. 6 E. Records 

available: 1942-48.

Feb. 4 

June 2

69.40

70.95

July 27 

Aug. 25

73.75 I Sept.27 

75.58 I Nov. 22

74.47

71.04

Dec. 7 77-77

1532. Phoenix Church of Brethren. SE^NEf sec. 7, T. 7 S., R. 5 E. 

Records available: 1940-47. Destroyed, measurements discontinued, Feb. 2, 

1948.

1539. W. S. Stephenson Estate. SEiSEi sec. 22, T. 7 S., R. 5 E. 

Records available: 1942, 1944-48. Feb. 2, 104.57; Oct. 25, 107.21.

1716. Smith-Thornburg Co. SW^NE^ sec. 29, T. 8 S., R. 6 E. Records 

available: 1941-48.

Feb. 

June

76.23

77.37

July 27 

Aug. 25

77.90

78.55

Sept.27 

Oct. 26

78.50

78.59

Nov. 22 78.84

1725. State of Arizona. SEiNW^ aec . 21, T. 8 S., R. 6 E. Records 

available: 1942-45. Measurements discontinued, Feb. 19, 1945.

1776. S. C. Milligan. SEfNEi sec. 9, T. 8 S., R. 7 E. Records 

available: 1941-48. Feb. 4, 148.20; Oct. 28, 158.46.

1787. Sam Phillips. SEiSEi sec. 15, T. 8 S., R. 7 E. Records available: 1941-48. No measurements made in 1948.

1791. S. G. Wilson. SEiNEi sec. 22, T. 8 S., R. 7 E. Records available: 1940-48. Feb. 4, pumping; June 3, 185.86-

1795. Jack Pretzer, Jr. SEfSEi sec. 25, T. 8 S., R. 7 E. Records 

available: 1940-48.

Date

Feb. 4 

June 3

Water 

level

177.03 

(a)

Date

July 27 

AUK. 25

Water 

level

(a) 

217.44

Date

Sept. 28 

Nov. 23

Water 

level

214.20 

169.40

a Pumping.

1855. D. A. Trekell. 

able: 1941-48.

i sec. 7, T. 83., R. 8 E. Records availDate

Feb. 

June

4 

3

Water 

level

172.85 

1&2,67

Date

July 26 

Aus. 25

Water 

level

185.41 

a!87.08

Date

Sept. 28 

Oct. 28

Water 

level

188.20 

186.70

Date

Nov. 23

Water 

level

190.30

a Nearby irrigation well pumping.

1864. John'Arujo. NW-jSEi sec. 18, T. 8 S., R. 8 E. Records available: 1944-46. Dry, measurements discontinued, Nov. 27, 1946.
ARIZONA, FINAL COUNTY 53

1884. Arizona Farm Products Co. Known locally as Jack Pretzer well 

6. SEiSWi sec. 33, T. 8 S., R. 8 E. Records available: 1940-48. Feb. 4, 

189.55; June 3, 208.70; Aug. 25, pumping; Oct. 28, 201.30.

2104. P. G. Wolfe. 

able: 1942-48.

i sec. 20, T. 9 S., R. 8 E. Records availDate

Feb. 

June

4 

3

Water, 

level

188.55 

(a)

Date

July 27 

AUK. 23

Water 

level

(a) 

(a)

Date

Oct. 29 

Nov. 23

Water 

level

202.24 

199.63

a Pumping.

2108. J. F. Nutt. SEfSEi sec. 26, T. 9 S., R. 8 E. Records available: 1942-45. No measurements made in 1948.

2173. R. W. Dickey well 2. SEfSEt sec. 15, T. 9 S., R. 7 E. Records available: 1942-48. Feb. 4, 159.21-

2174. R. H. Washburn. Formerly owned by Carl West. SE^SE^ sec. 16, 

T. 93., R. 7 E. Records available: 1944-48.

Date

Feb. 

June

4 

3

Water 

level

141.53 

181.20

Date

July 27 

AUK. 25

Water 

level

(a) 

(a)

Date

Sept .28 

Oct. 29

Water 

level

179.90 

174.06

Date

Nov. 23

Water 

level

155.55

a Pumping.

2233. J. Sevak. SEiSEf sec. 24, T. 9 S., R. 6 E. Records available: 1941-48.

Date

Feb. 

June

4 

3

Water 

level

96.05 

107.75

Date

Aug. 23 

Sept. 28

Water 

level

a!03.67 

101.84

Date

Oct. 29 

Nov. 23

Water 

level

100.25 

99.75

a Irrigation well, 300 feet west, pumping.

2236. B. F. Nelssen. SW^SEi sec. 3, T. 9 S., R. 6 E. Records available: 1940-44. Measurements discontinued, Aug. 3, 1944. Measurements 

reported for this well in Water-Supply Papers 1028, 1076, and 1101, were 

made in well 2239, 0.3 mile south of well 2236.

2239. B. F. Nelssen. NW^NEi sec. 10, T. 9 S., R. 6 E., 0.3 mile 

south of old stone house, 3.5 miles east of Papago Indian Reservation line, 

12 miles southwest of Eloy, and 15 miles south of Casa Grande. Unused 

drilled well, diameter 12 inches. Measuring point, lower edge of discharge 

pipe, 1.0 foot above land-surface datum. Records available: 1942, 1945-48.

Mar.

Aug.

Dec.

Feb.

14,

1,

20,

11,

1942

1945

1946

1947

100

114

118

118

.77

.15

.00

.40

June

Sept

Feb.

4,

.30

3,

1947

1948

120.05

122.44

123.40

June

Aug.

Oct.

2, 1948

25

26

125.12

127.12

128.51

2311. J. C. Kinney. NW£ sec. 3, T. 10 S., R. 7 E. 

able: 1941-47. No measurements made in 1948.

Records avail2332. J. C. Kinney. SE^SE^ sec. 5, T. 10 S., R. 8 E. Records available: 1941-48. Feb. 4, 181.24; June 3, 187.87; Aug. 19, 187.44; Nov. 23, 

187.85.

2351. J. C. Kinney. NW^SEf sec. 5, T. 10 S., R. 9 E. Records available: 1941-46. Dry, measurements discontinued, Oct. 25, 1946.

2354. H. H. Cake. SWfNW-t sec. 10, T. 10 S., R. 9 E. Records available: 1941-48.
54 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

2354 Continued.

Date

Feb. 6 

June 3

Water 

level

159 .75 

163.80

Date

July 27 

AUK. 23

Water 

level

157.77 

158.00

Date

Sept .27 

Oct. 25

Water 

level

158.27 

(a)

Date

Nov. 24

Water 

level

159.64

a Pumping.

2363. King Investment Co. Formerly owned by H. B. Aguirre. 

sec. 36, T. 10 S., R. 9 E. Records available: 1939, 1940-44. Water-level 

measurements reported for this well in 1945-47 were measured in well 2363A, 

100 feet northwest of well 2363. Measurements discontinued, July 18, 1944.

2363A. King Investment Co. SE^SEi sec. 36, T. 10 S., R. 9 E., 300 

feet northwest of frame house at King Ranch, 4.0 miles south of county 

road, 4.7 miles west of State Highway 84. Used drilled irrigation well, 

diameter 16 inches, depth 219 feet. Measuring point, 1-inch hole in pump 

base, south side, 1.3 feet above land-surface datum. Records available: 

1942-43, 1945-48.

Date

Dec. 

Jan. 

Oct. 

Dec.

21,

15, 

11, 

7

1942 

1943 

1945

Water 

level

137.63 

138.80 

140.26 

(a)

Date

July 

Oct. 

Dec. 

Feb.

25, 

22 

4

18,

1946 

1947

Water 

level

152.43 

150.70 

140.42 

(a)

Date

May 

Oct. 

June 

Oct.

8, 

9 

24, 

8

1947 

1948

Water 

level

" (a) 

150.40 

(a) 

151.75

a Pumping.

2383. Tom Soleng. SWtSE^ sec. 34, T. 10 S., R. 10 E. Records available: 1942-47. No measurements made in 1948.

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY 

By R. L. Cushman and H. B. Booher

A total of 48 water-level measurements were made in 8 wells in the 

Santa Cruz River Valley of Santa Cruz County. Most of the wells used for 

water-level observations are in the cultivated area adjacent to the river 

channel.. The stage of the water in these wells is regulated principally 

by the following two factors: (1) gains in ground-water storage resulting 

from seepage losses from intermittent flows in the river; and (2) losses in 

ground-water storage resulting from pumping water from wells.

Figure 9 shows graphs of water-level fluctuations in wells 915 and 

1525; volume of water discharged monthly in the Santa Cruz River near 

Nogalea; monthly precipitation at Nogales; and monthly quantities of water 

pumped from wells.

The general downward trend of the water level in well 915 is typical 

of ground-water conditions in the heavily pumped areas in the Santa Cruz 

River Valley. Drought and the resulting heavy pumping from wells are 

causing withdrawals from ground-water storage in excess of the amount being 

recharged.
PUMPAGE, IN THOUSANDS 

OF ACRE-FEET

PRECIPITATION, 

IN INCHES

ro A o» 

DISCHARGE, 

O

IN THOUSANDS

OF ACRE-FEET
56 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

Well 1525 is a few miles upstream from well 915 and is in a "narrows" 

in the valley fill. The water level in this well fluctuates ia. response 

to changes in stage of the underflow through the narrows. The City of 

tfogales obtains its public water supply from an infiltration gallery located a few hundred feet upstream from well 1525. Pumping from the gallery 

is relatively constant and does not cause a large fluctuation in the water 

level in the well.

It can be seen in figure 9 that rises in water levels in wells 1525 

and 915 do not always coincide. Some flows passing through the narrows at 

well 1525 are so small that they are lost underground before reaching well 

915. These small flows cause the water level in well 1525 to rise but have, 

no immediate effect on the water level in well 915. Sometimes pumping from 

wells near well 915 offsets the rise in water level that otherwise would 

result from recharge from river flows.

Precipitation at Nogales totaled 13.92 inches in 1948, or 1.73 inches 

above normal. The average annual precipitation is insufficient to mature 

crops completely; however, some of the summer rains are sufficiently heavy 

to reduce the amount of water needed from wells.

Approximately 28,000 acre-feet of water was pumped from wells in Santa 

Cruz County in 1948, an increase of 3,000 acre-feet over that pumped in 

1947. The increase in total pumpage probably was the result of heavier 

pumping during the winter months in 1948.

Well descriptions and water-level measurements

5. R. W. Littlejohn. SE^NE^ sec. 13, T. 20 S., R. 12 E. Records 

available: 1940-47. Dry, measurements discontinued, Oct. 28, 1947.

79. Mrs. Schenkel. SWtNW^ sec. 32, T. 20 S., R. 13 E. Records 

available: 1940-48.

Date

Jan. 28 

May 20

Water 

level

28.94 

(a)

Date

Aug. 24 

Sept .30

Water 

level

30.93 

30.83

Date

Oct. 26 

Nov. 24

Water 

level

30.85 

30.94

a Pumping.

908. T. T. Pendleton. SW^SEi sec. 16, T. 22 S., R. 13 E. Records 

available: 1940-48.

May2049.80 I Aug. 2441.10 I Oct. 2618.64 

July 28_______49.55 I Sept.50_______18.82 I_______________ _

915. T. T. Pendletpn. SE-|-SEi sec. 35, T. 22 S., R. 13 E. Records 

available: 1940-48. Jan. 28, 44.18; May 20, 48.30; Oct. 26, 43.82; 

Nov. 24, 43.51.
ARIZONA, YUMA COUNTY 67

1504. J. F. Dalton. 

available: 1940-48.

sec. 19, T. 33 S., R. 14 E. Records

Date

Jan. 28 

May 20

Water 

level

13.25 

13.98

Date

July 28 

Auc. 24

Water 

level

17.28 

16.15

Date

Sept .30 

Oct. 26

Water 

level

16.43 

16.75

Date

Nov. 24

Water 

level

17.20

1513. Dines Nelson. 

available: 1940-48.

sec. 27, T. 23 S., R. 14 E. Records

Date

Jan. 28 

May 20

Water 

level

18.62 

19.17

Date

July 28 

AUK. 24

Water 

level

21.80 

20.97

Date

Sept. 30 

Oct. 26

Water 

level

20.54 

21.00

1525. T. Griffin. Formerly owned by Camberos Bros. NWfNWt sec. 36, 

T. 23 S., R. 14 E. Records available: 1940-48.

Date

Jan. 28 

Hay 20

Water 

level

41.85 

42.45

Date

July 28 

Aug. 24

Water 

level

42.44 

40.55

Date

Sept .30 

Oct. 26

Water 

level

38.22 

38.10

Date

Nov. 24

Water 

level

38.97

1912. Simon Mastick. SWtNEi sec. 8, T. 24 S., R. 14 E. Records 

available: 1940-48.

Jan. 

Hay

sec.

Jan. 

May

28

20

2007. 

7, T.

28 

20

26.59 

25,96

July 

AUK.

28 

24

Nelson Brown. 

24 S., R. 15 E.

9.78 

10.20

July 

AUK.

28 

24

26.82 

24.80

Sept .30 

Oct. 26

25.33 

25.26

Nov. 24 25 .78

Buena Vista Land Grant, approximately SEi 

Records available: 1947-48.

10.42 

9.50

Sept .30 

Oct. 26

10.02 

10.26

Nov. 24- 9 .79

YUMA COUNTY 

By H. M. Babcock

A total of 53 water-leyel measurements was made in 21 selected observation wells in Yuma County in 1948, and an inventory was made of the 

amount of water pumped for irrigation. Water-level measurements have been 

made in the county by the Geological Survey since 1943, and records of the 

amount of ground water pumped for irrigation have been kept since 1944. A 

publication entitled "Wellton-Hohawk area, Yuma County, Arizona, Records of 

wells, well logs, water analyses, and maps showing location of wells," was 

released in July 1948.

In 1948, 109,000 acre-feet of water was pumped from wells for irrigation in the county. The following table shows the amount of water 

pumped, in acre-feetj during the period of record.

Year

Dateland area 

Wellton-Hohawk area 

South Gila Valley

1944

4,000 

37,000 

20,000

61,000

1945 .

4,000 

35,000 

22,000

61,000

1946

4,000 

38,000 

32,000

74,000

1947

4,000 

43,000 

35,000

82,000

1948

5,300 

49,900 

53,800

109,000

94780T O 51 5
58 WATER LEVELS AND ARTFSIAH PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

Figure 10 shows graphs of water-level fluctuations in selected wells 

in the Lower Gila region.

Well 195 is a drilled well at Azteo, on the desert plain about 5 

miles south of the Gila River. There has been very little change in the 

water table since measurements began.

Well 680 is a drilled well 5 miles east and 2 miles north of Roll, in 

the river bottom. a short distance from an area of heavy pumping. The water 

level in thi-s well continued to decline in 1948.

Well 710 is && miles east of Roll, in the river bottom near a. group 

of large irrigation wells. The water level in this well shows a steady 

lowering as a result of pumping of water for irrigation.

Well 1280, a few hundred feet from a large irrigation canal near 

Blaisdell, showed a rise in water level during 1948. This rise* was caused 

by greater-than-average recharge from the nearby canal.

Well 1520 is in the Yuma Mesa Irrigation Project. The water level began rising in the fall of 1946, when a nearby sandy area was irrigated for 

the first time. The water level continued Jbo rise during 1948. 

Well descriptions and water-level measurements

155. Western Farm Management Co. NEiNWt sec. 19, T. 6 S., R. 12 W. 

Records available: 1945-48. Mar. 1, pumping; Sept. 7, 38.16.

195. H. P. Johnson. NEiNW-t sec. 13, T. 7 S., R. 12 W. Records 

available: 1945-47. No measurements made in 1948.

200. Owner unknown. NWiSWt sec. 18, T. 7 S., R. 12 W. Records 

available: 1945-48. Mar. 1, 21.75; Sept. 7, 23.05.

248. Mr. Ludweid. SWfSWi sec. 22, T. 5 N., R. 13 W. Records available: 1945-46. Measurements discontinued, Feb. 19, 1946.

312. Owner unknown. SE-jSE^ sec. 1, T. 7 S., R. 13 W. Records available: 1945-48. Mar. 1, 82.79; Sept. 7, 82.90.

575. Mohawk Municipal Water Conservation District. NEfSEt sec. 30, 

T. 7 S., R. 15 W. Records available: 1945-47. No measurements made in 

1948.

628. Ray Tompson. SW±NW£ sec. 7, T. 6 N., R. 16 W., near water 

tower, 1.7 miles west of State Highway 72, 2.1 miles southeast of Bouse. 

Used drilled stock well, diameter 12 inches, depth 900 feet. Measuring 

point, top of casing, west side, 1.1 feet above land-surface datum. Records available: 1945-46, 1948.

Date

Jan. 9, 1945 

June 10 

Oct. 3

Water 

level

63.02 

63.03 

61.92

Date

Feb. 20, 1946 

Nov. 17

Water 

level

63.14 

64.29

Date

June 8, 1948 

Oct. 20

Water 

level

66.11 

63.70
WATER LEVEL, IN FEET BELOW LAND

 \
60 WATER LEVELS AND ARTKSIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

680. Mohawk Municipal Water Conservation District. NEfNEt sec. 33, 

T. 7 S., R. 16 W. Records available: 1945-48. Mar. 2, 30.71; Sept. 8, 

31.03.

7lD. Western Farm Management Co. NEtNWt sec. 11, T. 8 S., R. 16 W. 

Records available: 1945-48. Mar. 1, 31.57; Sept. 7, 32.02.

722. Smiley Airfield. NEfNWt sec. 28, T. 8 S., R. 16 W. Records 

available: 1945-47. No measurements made in 1948.

758. Judge Bellows. NWt sec-. 22, T. 7 N., R. 17 W. Records available: 1945-47. No measurements made in 1948.

760. V. C. Tarpley. SW£ sec. 23, T. 7 N., R. 17 W. Records available: 1945-48. June 8, 43.23; Oct. 20, 44.07.

762. Owner unknown. NWt sec. 23, T. 7 N., R. 17 W. Records available: 1945-48. June 8, 56.65; Oct. 20, 57.17.

764. Julian M. Jones. Sec. 26, T. 7 N., R. 17 W. Records available: 1945-48. June 8, 32.78; Oct. 20, 33.10.

784. Mohawk Municipal Water Conservation District. SEfNEf sec. 2, 

T. 8 S., R. 17 W. Records available: 1945-48. Mar. 2, 35.75; Sept. 8, 

36.16.

795. Roy Killen. SE^NEt sec. 13, T. 8 S., R. 17 W. Records available: 1945-48. Mar.-l, 29.07-

817. Oust Svensen. SW^NW? sec. 33, T. 8 S., R. 17 W. Records available: 1945-48. Mar. 1, 107.80-

865. R. B. Deason. NEfNEi sec. 27, T. 8 S., R. 18 W. Records available: 1946-48. Mar. 1, 23.21; Sept. 8, 23.23.

900. Robert Welch. »EfSW£ sec. 5, T. 9 S., R. 18 W. Records available: 1945-48. Mar. 1, 57.78; Sept. 7, 58.50.

975. Owner unknown. SEtSWt sec. 4, T. 9 S., R. 19 W. Records available: 1945-48. Sept. 7, 23.90.

1280. Owner unknown. SW-fNWt sec. 21, T. 8 S., R. 21 W. Records 

available: 1943, 1945-48. Mar. 2, 38.40; Sept. 8, 38.66.

1474. J. L. Moorish. SEtSEt, sec. 25, T. 8 S., R. 22 W. Records 

available: 1946-48. Mar. 2, 34..02; Sept. 8, 32.67.

1485. Owner unknown. NWtNWt sec. 34, T. 8 S., R. 22 W. Records 

available: 1945-48. Mar. 2, 27.83-

1520. Owner unknown. SEtSEt sec. 17, T. 9 S., R. 22 W. Records 

available: 1945-48. Feb. 6, 87.95; June 21, 86.39; Sept. 8, 86.75.

2045. Bureau of Reclamation, U. S. Dept. of Interior. SWtSEt sec. 2, 

T. 11 S., R. 25 W., about 35 feet east of West Main Canal, 0.5 mile north 

of U. S. -Mexican International Boundary, 1.5 miles east of San Luis. 

Driven sand point, diameter it inches, depth 22.5 feet. Measuring point, 

top of casing, 5.2 feet above land-surface datum and 93.63 feet above mean 

aea level. Measurements by Bureau of Reclamation. Records available: 

1916-48.

Date

June 1916 

July 

Aug. 

Sept. 

Oct. 

Dec.

Water 

level

5.25 

5.30 

7.00 

7.75 

8.40 

6.30

Date

Jan. 1917 

Feb. 

Mar. 

Apr. 

May 

June

Water 

level

7.40 

7.05 

5.75 

6.75 

5.05 

3.75

Date

July 1917 

Aug. 

Sept. 

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec. .

Water 

level

3.15 

5.85 

6.65 

7.45 

7.35 

6.45
ARIZONA, YOMA COUNTY 61

2045 Continued.

Date

Jan . 1918

Mar.

Apr.

May

Nov.

Mar. 1919

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Dec.

Apr. 1920

June

Nov.

Pet . 1921

June

July

Sept.

Dec.

Feb. 1922

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan. 1923

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan . 1924

Feb.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept-.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan. 1925

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan. 1926

Water 

level

6.95

5.95

6.08

6.08

8.17

7.57

7.17

5.67

3.57

5.77

7.17

8.57

6.27

5.37

.37

6.37

5.97

' .57

2.27

4.97

6.17

6.27

3.27

.57

3.97

4.97

6.47

6.87

6.87

5.77

5.77

5.77

5.67

4.27

2.07

1.47

2.27

2.57

3.47

3.07

1.87

2.77

2.77

2.57

3.17

1.77

3.37

4.37

4.67

4.77

4.97

4.77

5.57

5.17

5.77

3.47

4.07

3.47

4.67

5.07

5.47

5.87

5.67

5.57

Date

Feb . 1926

A-pr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan. 19?7

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan. 1928

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

July

Aug.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Feb. 1929

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

Aug.

Dec.

Jan. 1930

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan. 1931

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan. 1932

Feb.

Mar.

Water 

level

5.27

3.87

1.27

1.37

2.57

3.27

3.67

3.87

3.97

2.57

2.87

1.57

1.47

1.47

1.37

1.77

2.57

2.77

2.37

2.37

2.77

2.97

2.37

2.07

.77

1.37

1.87

2.0

4.8

3.4

2.9

2.7

3.0

4.0

.4

.9

2.4

4.0

4.4

4.0

3.8

4.1

2.4

1.9

2.8

4.3

5.2

4.7

3.5

3.4

4.4

5.0

5.1

6.1

6.2

6.7

6.6

7.9

6.8

7.5

7.4

7.1

4.3

4.8

Date

Apr. 1932

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Nov.

Jan. 1933

Feb.

Mar.

May

Nov.

Jan. 1934

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan . 1935

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan. 1936

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

.Nov.

Dec.

Jan. 1937

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan . 1938

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

Water 

level

4.8

3.5

3.1

4.9

6.8

5.4

6.0

6.1

6.9

6.9

6.9

9.0

8.2

7.7

8.0

8.7

9.3

9.5

10.4

11.0

11.4

11.6

11.5

11.1

9.6

8.8

8.9

9.1

9.7

9.9

9.2

9.6

9.6

9.7

8.9

8.4

8.5

8.6

8.5

8.3

9.0

9.2

9.0

10.0

9.7

9.8

9.5

9.0

8.8

8.2

7.9

7.9

8.7

8.8

9.0

9.4

9.2

9.0

9.2

8.9

8.6

7.9

7.7

7.6
62 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

2045 Continued.

Date

May 1938

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan . 1939

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan . 1940

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan. 1941

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Water 

level

8.2

9.1

9.7

9.8

9.6

9.4

8.9

8.3

8.2

7.4

7.1

7.6

7.7 .

8.8

9.0

9.4

8.8

8.5

7.9

7.7

7.1

7.2

7.0

6.8

7.7

8.1

8.8

9.0

9.8

8.4

7.0

7.2

6.8

6.7

6.6

6.8

6.7

6.0

7.3

7.3

6.9

6.1

5^5

Date

Dec. 1941

Jan. 1942

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan. 1943

Feb.

Mar.

Apr,

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan. 1944

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan. 1945

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

.Tnrje

Water 

level

5.0

5.1

4.7

4.7

5.1

5.6

6.6

7.3

7.7

8.2

8.0

7.8

7.1

6.7

6.6

6.4

6.3

7.0

7.4

7.0

7.8

7.8

7.6

6.7

6.6

6.0

6.4

6.3

6.3

6.7

7.3

7.9

7.8

7.8

6.7

4.3

6.6

6.6

6.6

5.9

5.7

6.1

7.1

Date

July. 1945

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan. 1946

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan. 1947

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

Mas

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan . 1948

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec. 13

Water

level

7.2

7.9

7.1

7.2

7.1

6.9

6.5

6.5

6.2

6.0

6.9

7.6

8.4

7.7

8.1

7.4

2.9

6.2

7.0

6.4

4.8

5.7

3.8

7.2

7.1

6.0

7.5

5.0

5.2

6.3

5.8

5.1

4.3

4.3

6.1

6.6

7.5

7.2

6.9

6.9

3.7

4.7
CALIFORNIA

By A. A. Qarrett, 0. J. Wittman, 

M. A. Warren, and 0, P. Worts, Jr.

SCOPE OF WATER-LEVEL PROGRAM

This report shows the progress made In 1943 In the measurement of 

water levels In California by the Geological Survey in cooperation or 

collaboration with several other Federal, State, and local agencies. 

Also, It reviews the general scope of certain other water-level programs 

in the State In which the Geological Survey did not participate, but concerning which general information is available.

The following table indicates the distribution of observation wells 

and .the scope of water-level measurements covered by this report, arranged 

by counties in alphabetical sequence. As the table shows, the report 

covers 4,128 water-level measurements during 1948 in 528 observation wells 

distributed in 8 of the 58 counties in the State. One of these counties, 

San Joaquin, is in the central part of California, but all the remaining 

seven for which water-level records appear in this report are in the 

southern part of the State, south of the Tehachapi Mountains. Among the 

eight, only for San Diego and Santa Barbara Counties do the water levels in 

this report cover all the principal ground-water areas; In the remaining 

six counties only scattered basins or areas are covered.

Distribution of observation wells in California in 1948

County

Kern County i 

Antelope Valley, 

part> 

Los Angeles Count yi 

Antelope Valley, 

part 

San Gabriel River 

basin

Number of 

observation wells

Bstab- Dlsconllshed tinued At 

during / in year 

1948S/ 1948 end

0 0 c 3

6 IS d!21 

001

Number of 

records 

of water 

levels in 

this 

report

10

b299 

366

Number of wells with 

water-stage recorders 

(E) or float gages (P)

Throughout 

1948

0

1R 

1R

fart 

of 

1948

0

1R 

0

At 

year 

end

0

1R 

1R

aIncludes wells established prior to 1948 but for which water-level 

records are renewed or are given for the first tine in this report.

63
64 WATER LEVELS AND ARTPSIAN PRFSSURE, 1948, SOTOBffiSTERH STATES

Distribution of observation wells in California In 1948 Continued

Number of 

observation wells

 ^ Estab- DlsconCounty 11 shed tinned At 

during . in year 

19482/ 1948 end

Number of Number of wells with 

records water-stage recorders 

of water (R) or float gages (P)

levels in Through- Part 

this out of 

report 1948 1948

At 

year 

end

Los Angeles County Continued

Coastal plain

Orange County;

Coastal plain

Riverside County:

San Jaclnto Valley

San Bernardino Count ys

Chlno baa In

Mojave River basin

Santa Ana River basin

San Diego County:

San Luis Rey River

basin

San Dieguito River

basin

San Diego Biver

basin

Sweetwater River

basin

Otay River basin

Tia Juana River

basin

San Joaquin County:

Mokelumne River basin

Santa Barbara County:

Carpinteria basin

Goleta basin

Middle Santa Ynez

Valley

Lower Santa Ynez

Valley

San Antonio Valley

Santa Maria Valley

area

Cuyama Valley

The State

0

0

0

4

7

0

1

0

3

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

4

0

0

0

27

0

0

0

0

6

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

0

1

0

0

0

23

13

22

8

4

c 77

10

17

6

23

d 1

d 1

4

22

17

25

16

62

4

40

8

505

381

b488 "

35

201

b!50

90

115

24

94

4

6

22

260

117

288

120

577

39

381

61

4,128

0

0

0

1R

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

IP

0

0

0

0

0

3R, IP

0

0

0

3R

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1R

0

1R

0

IP

0

6R, IP

0

0

0

4R

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1R, IP

0

1R

0

0

0

8R, IP

Includes wells established prior to 1948 but for which water-level 

records are renewed or are given for the first time in this report.

b In 1948 only; previous water levels also given in this report, 

c 4 additional wells in which no measurements were made in 1948. 

d 1 additional well in which no measurements were made in 1948.

In addition to this program in which the Geological Survey participated, systematic measurements of water level were made by numerous agencies 

in widely scattered and extensive parts of California. For the southern 

part of the State, the following programs were carried forward. In Ventura 

County basins measurements were continued by the Ventura County Water' Survey. In the western portion of the San Fernando Valley in the city of Los 

Angeles monthly measurements were made in about 65 piezometer wells by the 

Soil Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with the city of Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley Soil 

Conservation District. In the San Bernardino Valley, the San Bernardino
CALIFORNIA 65

Valley Water Conservation District continued measurements in about 300 wells 

and summarized the fluctuations of ground-water level in an annual mimeographed statement. In the .Imperial Valley, measurements of ground water 

were made by the Imperial Irrigation District in cooperation with the 

Division of Irrigation of the Soil Conservation Service, United States 

Department of Agriculture, as follows: in the East Mesa area in continuation of observations begun in 1942 by the Bureau of Reclamation, United 

States Department of the Interior, quarterly in about 37 observation wells; 

semiannually in 28 observation wells in the West Mesa area; in about 11 

observation wells in the Pilot Knob area; and annually in 30 artesian 

wells in the valley floor area. Chemical analyses of these well waters 

were made by the Imperial Irrigation District from samples collected by the 

Division of Irrigation of the Soil Conservation Service. The following 

table shows the number of wells measured and the frequency of measurements 

made by a number of local agencies in the South Coastal Basin which includes 

the drainage basins of the Los Angeles, San Gabriel, and Santa Ana Rivers 

and the coastal plain in Los Angeles and Orange Counties. Prom various 

agencies, the Division of Water Resources, Department of Public Works, 

State of California, continued to assemble records of water levels in wells 

in the South Coastal Basin and in Antelope Valley. The assembled records 

for 1946 have been published in the Division's Bulletin 39-0 which continues 

the series beginning with Bulletin 39, published in 1932.

In the central and northern parts of California a number of substantial water-rlevel programs were maintained by irrigation districts and local 

water-conservation agencies, partly through collaboration with the Division 

of Water Resources in the Department of Public Works, State of California. 

The facilities available to the Geological Survey have not been adequate to 

coordinate these programs for coverage into this report.

Programs of water-level measurement by local agencies in the 

__________________South Coastal Basin in 1948______________

Frequency of measurements

Subarea and agency Semi- o^t^y Monthly , Mor* 

____________________________annually _____*_____J frequently 

Coastal Plain, Los Angeles County: 

San Gabriel Valley Protective 

Association, city of Long 

Beach, and Los Angeles County

Flood Qontrol District 100+ 

Los Angeles County Flood Control

District 470 

California Division of Water

Resources (West Coastal Basin) 200+
66 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

Programs of water-level measurement by local agencies in the 

____________South Coastal Basin in 1948 Continued______________

Frequency of measurements 

Subarea and agency______________antSlly ^^ *«*** freely

Coastal plain, Orange Countyj 

Orange County Flood Control

.District 20 445 57 

Orange "County Water District

(Santa Ana- Gap) 16 

San Fernando Valley:

Los Angeles Department of

Water and Power .194 95 49 

Los Angeles County Flood Control

District 140 58 

Soil Conservation Service

(Western part of valley) 65 

San Gabriel Valley:

Los Angeles County Flood Control

District 260 50 

San Gabriel Valley Prot'ective

Association 100£ 

Upper Santa Ana Valley: 

Chino Basin

San Bernardino County Flood 

Control District 500 

San Bernardino Valley 

San Bernardino Valley

Water Conservation Measurements in about 300 wells and flueDistrict truationa. of ground-water level summarized 

___________________ in an annual mimeographed report.__________

RAINFALL AND SNOWFALL 

The following general summary of precipitation in California for the

calendar year 1948 is quoted from the annual report of climatological data

1 

issued by the Weather Bureau.

"At the beginning of 1948 the State of California was 

faced with a serious water shortage. This critical drought, 

was cause for much concern. By order of the Governor of 

California, power was curtailed for many weeks leaving many 

cities in near darkness. After fourteen months of comparative drought, generous rains and snow in March alleviated 

this serious situation to a considerable extent. Above 

normal amounts of precipitation occurred in all months from 

March through June. The late rains and attending much 

below normal temperatures caused most fruits, vegetables, 

and field crops to develop slowly. Generally below normal 

temperatures continued throughout the rest of the year, 

contributing to slow growth in most 'crops and delaying the 

date of maturity of many crops."

Because ground water is derived essentially from rain or snow, the volume in storage and the water levels in wells generally fluctuate in response 

to fluctuations in precipitation. Where there is a marked seasonal range 

in precipitation, such as prevails throughout California and the remainder of the Pacific Coast Region, ground-water storage, generally is greatest

1 U.'S, Department/of Commerce. Weather Bureau, Climatological data* 

California Section, Vol. 52, No, 13, 1948,
CALIFORNIA 67

and natural ground-water levels are highest during or somewhat after the 

height of the wet season, but during the ensuing dry season the unconfined 

ground-water storage is depleted by natural discharge and water levels 

commonly recede in wells. This depletion goes on until soil-moisture deficiencies have been replenished by the first rains of the next wet season. 

Thus, for the climatic conditions of California the ground-water level 

commonly is related less closely to precipitation within the calendar year 

than to precipitation within a "water year" which spans one wet season and 

the following dry season that is, which ends in mid-autumn. For this 

treatment of climatic conditions and for the following summary treatment 

of runoff, the water year is taken as ending September 30, the most practicable average date for near-maximum depletion of unconfined ground-water 

storage and near-minimum runoff.

The first of two following tables shows the average monthly distribution of precipitation in California in the 52 years ending with 1948. 

The second table shows the relative wetness of the water year ending 

September 30, 1948, at 15 representative stations in the State, both in 

inches and in percentage of the average for the 50 years ending September 

30, 1891-1940. This second table brings out that precipitation during the 

water-year, 1947-48 was considerably less than the average for the 50-year 

period ending with 1939-40.

The 15-station average was only 74 percent of the 50-year average, 

extremes in the table ranging from 37 percent at Indio to 110 percent at 

Eureka. Rainfall ranged from about average in the Northern Coast Ranges 

and in the Sierra Nevada to about 40 percent of average in the Great Basin 

(desert area). In the larger agricultural areas of the State, rainfall 

ranged from 50 to 80 percent of normal. The records show that 1948 was the 

third consecutive year of below-average rainfall with 1945 being slightly 

above average and 1944 slightly below. Thus, since 1943 ground-water replenishment essentially has been below average and ground-water storage has 

been depleted. The extent of the depletion in many of the basins in the 

State is shown by the records of water levels in the ensuing sections of 

this report.
68 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

State-wide average monthly and yearly precipitation in California, 

______in inches, baaed on the 52-year period 1897-1948& _____

October

November

December

January

February

March

1.29

2.43

3.88

4.59

4.46

3.68

April 

May

June 

July 

August 

September

1.72 

.94 

.33 

.08 

.10 

.42

20.35 5.59

The year 25.92

2 From "Climatological Data", op. cit., monthly and seasonal precipitation for the season July 1947 to June 1948, inclusive, and for the 

months July-September 1948.'

Precipitation and relative wetness for the year ending September 30, 1948, 

at 15 representative climatologic stations in California

Precipitation, 1947-48

Province

Northern Coast Ranges

Coast Ranges of- central

and southern California

Great Valley

(California Trough)

Sierra Nevada

Great Basin (Southwestern

Bolson province)

Station and county . 

Inches

Eureka, Humboldt 42.45

San Francisco, San Francisco 15.72

San Luis Obispo, San

Luis Obispo 15.50

Santa Barbara, Santa

Barbara 9.20

Los Angeles, Los Angeles 7.12

San Bernardino, San

Bernardino 10.69

San Diego, San Diego 6.65

Cuyamaca, San Diego 28.77

Red Bluff, Tehama 22.86

Stock ton, San Joaquin 11.56

Fresno, Fresno 7.96

Nevada City, Nevada 51.21

West Point, Calaveras 58.45

Indio, Riverside 1.22

Needles, San Bernardino 1.87

Percentage 

of 50-year 

averageS/

110

78

74

51

49

66

68

74

99

81

84

105

97

57

42

a Average for years ending Sept. 50, 1891, to 1940.

RtJMOFF 

The runoff in California streams during the water year ending

September 30, 1948, was generally below normal in the southern part of the

i 

State to normal in the portion north of San Francisco Bay. Representative

of the runoff in the northern and central parts of the State, the -year's 

total for Trinity River at Lewiston, in the north coastal drainage, was 120 

percent of normal; for the combined flow of the Sacramento and San Joaquin 

Rivers and tributaries, about 78 percent; and for Kings River at Piedra, 

in the southern Sierra drainage, 66 percent.

The 1947-48 runoff in southern California streams ranged from no flow 

to 94 percent of the average seasonal runoff. However, only 3 percent of 

the stations exceeded 59 percent of their average seasonal runoff and at
CALIFORNIA 69

42 percent of the stations the runoff did not exceed 9 percent of their 

average seasonal runoff. The extreme dryness of the 1947-48 water year is 

further indicated by the fact that at 77 percent of the gaging stations 

the runoff was less than 30 percent of the average.

Only in two small areas along the San Gabriel and Santa Ana Rivers, 

where the flow is largely derived from ground-water seepage, did the 

1947-48 seasonal runoff equal or exceed 60 percent of the average seasonal 

runoff. Representing the greatest runoff during the year from the mountain 

drainage areas, the runoff in the streams of the San Bernardino and San 

Jacinto Mountains ranged from 40 to 60 percent of the average. However, 

from these mountain areas of greatest runoff, the seasonal runoff showed 

a gradual decrease In all directions to the less than 10 percent of average 

for most of the coastal and desert areas.

SUMMARIES OP PROGRAMS, HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS, AND WATER-LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS

Coastal'plain in Los Angeles and Orange Counties

Program of work

Although no program of water-level measurement was undertaken by the 

Geological Survey in the coastal plain in Los Angeles and Orange Counties 

for 1948 the extensive programs for periodic measurements of observation 

wells are being continued by several local agencies In Orange County 

chiefly by the Orange County Flood Control District and in Los Angeles 

County chiefly by the Los Angeles County Flood Control District, the San 

Gabriel Valley Protective Association, the city of Long Beach, and the 

California Division of Water Resources. For the observation wells tabulated in this annual report, water-level measurements have been furnished ' 

by one or more of these agencies.

In 1948, the Geological Survey concluded its investigation of groundwater conditions in the Torrance-Santa Monica area in cooperation with the

Los Angeles County Flood Control District and certain municipalities. The

3 

interpretive final report concerning this area was released in May.

The -investigation was continued for the Corps of Engineers, United 

States Army, pertaining to ground-water conditions along the Rio Hondo and

3 Poland, J. P., Garrett, A. A., Sinnott, Alien, Geology> hydrology, 

and chemical character of the ground waters in the Torrance-Santa Monica 

area, Los Angeles County, Calif.: U. S. Geol. Survey duplicated report, 

472 pp., appendix, May 1948.
70 WATER LEVE1S AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

lower Los Angeles River, In connection with a proposed program for flood 

control.

In this report, records are Included for 35 wells In the main coastal 

basin In Los Angeles and Orange Counties, and In the so-called West basin 

southwest of the Newport-Inglewood uplift In Los Angeles County. Of these 

wells, records for 30 have been furnished by local agencies. Of six wells 

measured by the Geological Survey, one was measured monthly;'the other five 

are "permanent" observation wells, of which three were visited twice and 

two were visited once during the year.

Of the 68 wells for which records for 1947 were published In WaterSupply Paper 1101, 33 do not appear In this report* These wells, which 

were discontinued In 1947 either at year-end or earlier, ar^ listed In the 

following table.

Wells In which water levels were measured by the Geological Survey 

In 1947 but not In 1948

1/11-21B1 

2/12-23G1

27B1

27H2

28J2

29R1 

33B2

33B3

Los Angeles

2/12-33L2 

3/12-7A2

7»1

7P1

8P1

3/13-35B2 

4/13-2K1

2P1

County

4/13-10F1 

10R1

11B1

11B3

11D2

11K5 

11L3

12E1

4/13-12H1 

14F3

14P1

23P2

24M1

26P6 

4/14-8E1

13P1

Orange County

5/12-13D2

Hydrologlc conditions and water-level fluctuations

Records published by the United States Weather Bureau for three rainfall stations in the coastal plain of Los Angeles and Orange Counties Los 

Angeles at the north edge, Long Beach near the southwest edge, and Santa 

Ana near the southeast edge suggest that rainfall on this area in the 

calendar-year 1948 was about 45 percent of normal. "In the water year ending September 30, 1948, rainfall on the area was about 50 percent of normal. 

This small difference in rainfall for the two periods is caused by a 

slightly greater rainfall near year-end 1948 than near year-end 1947.
CALIFORNIA 71

The following table shows rainfall 'records for both the calendaryear 1948 and for1 -the water-year 1947-48. The use of the water year, 

which spans the rainy season, gives a more consistent approach to the relation of rainfall to runoff and to ground-water replenishment. However, 

because water-level records are tabulated in the annual reports on a 

calendar-year basis, rainfall records are also tabulated on that basis.

Because of a severe deficiency of rainfall during the early part of 

the year, pumping for irrigation began unusually early. As a result, the 

spring recovery of water levels in the main coastal basin, as indicated by 

several observation wells, was markedly suppressed.

Average rainfall, In inches, for three stations^/ on the coastal plain of

Los Angeles and Orange Counties, Calif. 

(Prom publications of the United States Weather Bureau)

Date

October 1947

November

December

January 1948

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

The water year

1947-48

October

November

December

The calendar year

1948

Normal

0.65

.92

2.76

2.51

3.00

2.21

.92

.39

.07

0

.04

.24

13.71

.65

.92

2.76

13.71

Current

0.10

.28

1.74

0

1.21

2.13

1.15

0

.17

0

0

0

6.78

.06

0

2.64

7.36

Departure

-0.55

-.64

-1.02

-2.51

-1.79

-.08

+ .23 

-.39

+ .10

0

-.04

-.24

-6.93

-.59

-.92

-.12

-6.35

Percent

-85

-70

-37

-100

-60

-4

+25

-100

+ 145

0

-100

-100

-51

-91

-100

-4

-46

a Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Santa Ana,

The following table summarizes water-level fluctuations in 29 selected 

observation wells in the coastal plain in Los Angeles and Orange Counties. 

In this table, water levels at year-end are compared to the year-end levels 

of 1947 and to those of the historic low-water year 1936. The data are 

tabulated separately in three groups: namely the main coastal basin in 

Orange County, the main coastal basin in Los Angeles County, and the West 

basin southwest of the Newport-Inglewood uplift. Within the main coastal 

basin, 15 index wells in Orange County show an average net drop of 6.4 

feet in the year 1948 and a net drop of 2.6 feet since 1936$ 5 index wells 

in Los Angeles County show an average net drop of 6.3 feet in 1948, a net 

drop of 7.9 feet since 1936. Within the West basin of Los Angeles County, 

5 index wells show an average net drop of 3.7 feet during 1947 and a net 

drop of about 30 feet since 1936.
72 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

Summary of water-level fluctuations In 29 selected observation wells 

____on the coastal-plain In Los Angeles and Orange Counties, Calif.____

Water level at end of December, In Net rise ( + ) or net decline

Well feet above (+') or b.elow (-) sea (-) In water level, In feet

______ ___ levelS,/ ___

1936 1947 1948 1936-48 1947-48

Wells In the main coastal basin Orange County

3/11-36Q2 

4/9-7B1E/

4/10-22L2

4/11-19K1

5/10-9D1

5/11-2E1

5/11-16D2

5/11-25P1

5/11-28A1 , 

5/11-29C4V

5/12-12P1

6/10-1E1

6/10-1L2

6/10-5C1

6/11-13G2

1-9P1

Averages :

18.2 

11.2

10.2

10.9

10.0

4.4

2.0

3.5

.6

.9

.2

17.1

3.5

.8

-1.8

5.8

26.1 

37.4

21.9

14.3

16.7

8.1

4.7

4.9

.7 

1.5

2.1

5.0

20.0

6.3

.9

3.1

9.6

18.3 

Dry

7.5

6.0

9.5

3.3

.4

-5.9

-5.6 

-1.5

1.2

-2.4

17.9

0.0

-2.1

-3.9

3.2

+0.1

-2'.7

-4.9

-.5

-1.1

-1.6

-9.4

-6.2

+ .3

-2.6

+ .8

-3.5

-2.9

-2.1

-2.6

-7.8

-£4 '.4

-8.3

-7.2

-4.3

-4.3

-10.8

-6.3 

-3.0

-.9

-7.4

-2.1

-6.3

-3.0

-7.0

-6.4

Wells In the main coastal basin Los Angeles County

2/12- 13A1

3/12-8L3

3/13-8L2

4/11-5D1

4/12-8P1

133.5

62.6

35.4

14.5

-14.2

152.8

64.5

9.9

28.1

-31.2

138.7

59.2

c 6.4

d 18.4 '

-30.3

+ 5.2

-3.4

-29.0

+3.9

-16.1

-14.1

-5.3

-3.5

-9.7

+ .9

Averages: 46.4 44.8 38.5 -7.9 -6*3

Wells In the West (coastal) basin, tapping the Sllverado water-bearing 

zone of Pleistocene age or Its equivalent

2/15-34H1 -0.8

3/13-1802. 13.4 

3/14-3Kl£/ ....

3/14-21B1 ., -11

3/14-36M3J/ -13.5

4/13-14Ll£/ .3

4/13-2302 -34.3

4/13-33D1 -30.5

Averages: -12.6

a Chiefly Interpolated.

b Excluded from averages

c Measurement on Dec. 30

d Measurement on Dec. 28

e Taps shallow deposits

-4

-36 

-32

-38

-22

-62

-52

-38

.

.1

.1 

.6

.7

.1

.1

.3

.4

.7

-3

d-43 

d-53

d-43

-23

-2

-67

-55

-42

.2

.6

.8

.6

.1

.2

.4

-2

-57

-32

-10

-2

-32

-24

-29

.4

.0

.3

.9

.8

.7

.8

+0.

-7. 

-20.

-4.

-1.

-2.

-4.

-2.

-3.

9

5 

4

3

7

7

8

8

7

, 1948.

, 1948.

of

f Taps Gaspur water-bearing

Pleistocene

zone

age;

of Recent

excluded from

age; excluded

averages

from

.

averages.
CALIFORNIA 73

Mo.lave Desert region

Antelope Valley, Kern and Los Angeles Counties 

Observations of water level in Antelope Valley by the Geological 

Survey and by the Los Angeles County Flood Control District were continued 

in 1948 in 124 wells. These included six wells of which four were established during 1948 and the remainder during earlier years, and for which 

water-level records are renewed or are given for the first time in this 

report. Levels in one well were measured by continuous water-stage recorder during the entire year and in another from January to June} in 12 wells 

measurements were made at approximately monthly intervals; 16 were measured 

bimonthly; and in most of the remainder only one measurement was made in 

the fall of -the year. The measurements indicate a continuation of the 

downward trend in levels of the past several years. For the entire valley 

the average decline in level from the fall of 1947 to the fall of 1948 was 

about 4.2 feet. The greatest declines were shown in T. 7 N., Rs. 10 and 

11 VJ., where there is heavy pumping for irrigation.

Mojave River basin, San Bernardino County

Observations of water level in the Mojave liver basin were continued 

in 1948 in 7V wells. These included six wells which were established 

during 1948, and for which water-level records are given for the first 

time in this report. Ordinarily the water levels in this basin are measured 

in both the spring and fall of the year as representing, respectively, the 

times of maximum and minimum stages. During 1948, the levels in most of 

the wells were measured in April, May, November, and December.

During the water year ending September 30, 1948, the discharge of the 

Mojave River near Victorville was 40 percent of the 23-year average, and 

there has been no flow at Barstow since March 23, 1947.

Measurements of water levels in 16 wells in the upper Mojave River 

basin {the area between the confluence of Deep Creek and West Fork of the 

Mojave River and Barstow) show an average net decline of 4.02 feet. Of the 

group two wells showed a 'slight rise and one well was flowing.

Wells in the area between Barstow and near Daggett varied considerably. 

Twenty wells indicated an average net decline of 0.83 foot, the greatest 

range being between well 9/1W-13B1, which showed a decline of 8.12 feet, 

and well 8/4W-31D1, which showed a rise of 2.12 feet. 

W7807 O 51 6
74 WATER LEVELS AND ARTFSIAfl PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

In the area east of Daggett, 28 wells showed an average net decline 

of 1.17 feet. The net change varied from a decline of 7.37 feet In wall 

9/1E-18E1 to a rise of 2.41 feet in well 9/&E-3D1. One well, 5/4H-S5A1, 

was flowing about 1/2 second-foot on December 1.

Mokelumne River basin, San Joaquin County

During 1948 the East Bay Municipal Utility District continued monthly 

measurements of water level in selected observation wells of the Hokelumne 

area, in the central part of the Great Valley. Records for 84 of these 

wells have been used as an index to the changes in ground-water storage, 

and they have been published by the Geological Survey since 1938, In these

index wells 260 measurements were made during the year.

» 

Of the original 24 wells, 1 was destroyed in September 1946, 3 more

were destroyed or abandoned because of lowering water table before the end 

of 1947, and 1 was replaced in 1948. As a rule, a nearby well has been 

measured to replace each abandoned well. The following table correlates 

the average yearly water-level changes in the index wells (21 in 1948) with 

the fluctuations in yearly rainfall, beginning with 1944. In this table 

the accumulated changes begin with 1934, as shown in the report for 1945. 

The water level in the Mokelumne area declined for the sixth consecutive 

year. The decline in 1948 was about a fourth of that in the preceding 8 

years, but the trend was still towards lower water levels. Rainfall at the 

three stations was 97 percent of average, a considerable increase over that 

for 1947, which was only 62 percent of average.

Average yearly rise or decline of water level in 24 observation wells, 

and yearly rainfall in the Mokelumne area. 1944-48

Water level Rainfall*/

Year

1944 

1945 

1946 

1947 

1948

Yearly rise ( + ) 

or decline ( -) 

(feet)

-2.32 

-.06 

c -2.24 

d -2.80 

d -,78

Accumulated rise Excess ( + ) or 

( + ) or decline deficiency (-) 

(-)£/ feet (inches)

+0.57 +0.46 

+.51 +9.50 

c -1.73 -8.92 

d -4.53 -14.69 

d -5.31 -.89

Accumulated 

excess (+3 or . / 

deficiency (-)*/ 

(inches)

+88.67 

+38.17 

 +23.25 

+8.56 

+7.67

aAverage of rainfall at Blectra, West Point, and Twin likes, 1906-45. 

Average yearly rainfall at the 3 stations in this- 40-year period waa 38.74 

inches.

b Accumulation dates from Jan. 1, 1934.

c Average based on 22 wellsk

d Average based on 21 wells.
CALIFORNIA 75

The second table ahowa the average change in water level in 1948 during the periods of Increasing and of diminishing withdrawals for Irrigation, 

respectively. This table shows that recharge sarly In 1948 was Insufficient to offs'et the withdrawals for Irrigation, as Indicated by the average 

decline of 1 foot. During the last half of the year, water levels rose 

slightly so that the average net change for the year was a decline of 0.8 

foot.

Seasonal changes in wafer level, In feet, In 21 observation wells 

In the Mqkelumne area. 1948

Period Greatest Greatest 

rise recession

Jan. 1 to May 31 (increasing 

withdrawal for Irrigation) +5.04 -6.20 

June 1 to Dec. 31 (diminishing 

withdrawal) +4.45 -4.32 

The year +1.92 -3.10

Average 

change

-1.01

+ .23

-.78

San Gabriel River basin, Los Angeles County

A continuous water-stage recorder was In operation throughout 1948 on 

well 15/10-18, at Baldwin Park, In the upper San Gabriel Valley. The water 

level In this well declined steadily from a mean daily elevation of 291.58 

feet above sea level on January 1 to an elevation of 278.44 feet, the 

lowest of the year on December 31. On that date the stage was 13.14 feet 

below the highest stage of the year, and below the mean daily stage of 

December 31, 1947, was 50.7 feet below the record high stage of 329.1 feet 

on May 19, 1916, and 21,3 feet above the record low stage of 257.1 feet on 

November 30, 1931.

Basins in San Diego County

The measurements of water level In 37 wells In San Diego County in 

1948 indicate net declines during the year In all of the principal river 

basins of the county except Otay River basin. As shown In the following 

table, the average net decline In San Luls Key, San Dlegulto, San Diego, 

and Tla Juana River ^asins ranged from 4.18 feet In 3 wells In the Tla 

Juana River basin to 5.12 feet In 15 wells In the San Diego River basin. 

In the Otay River basin, the net change In water level Is Indicated by one 

measurement In well 18/2W-22, a net rise of 1.07 feet. This was the only 

well in the entire series that showed a net rise. In the Sweetwater River 

basin observations of two wells Indicated declines. Well 17/1W-19 was dry 

on April 1 and well 17/VN-19B. went dry by July 15. The greatest net decline
76 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

in any of the measured wells was 12.14 feet in well 15/1E-17B1 in the San 

Diego River basin.

During the calendar year 1948, 7 observation wells in the county went 

dry, measurement of 2 wells waa discontinued, and measurement ,of 4 wells 

was begun.

Summary of net water-level changes, in feet, in 37 observation wells in 

San Diego County, 1948

Basin

San Luis Rey River, 

Bonsall basin 

San Luis Rey River 

Mission basin 

San Dieguito River, 

San Pasqual Valley 

San Diego River, 

below El Capitan Dam 

Sweetwater River baain 

Otay River, at Otay 

Tia Juana River, below 

San Ysidro

a Well 10/3W-lc, 

b Well 15/1E-17B1

Santa Ana River

Number Number of ^eatest 

wells "aasurementg rise

7 

6

5

15 

2 

1

3

5 a 

4 & 12

5

5 

1 & 4 

6

6

San Luis Rey River basin 

, San Diego River basin.

basin, Riverside and San

2.89 

0 

0

0 

0

1.07

0

Greatest Average 

net ' net 

decline change

5.10 

9.29 

2.90 

b!2.14

0

7.29

-0.68 

-5.60 

-1.72 

-5.12

+1.07 

-4.18

Bernardino CountiesChino Basin

Beginning in 1947 the Geological Survey in cooperation with San 

Bernardino County started a program to investigate the ground-water conditions at the lower end of the Chino Basin with special reference to groundwater outflow from the basin. By the end of 1948, considerable progress 

on the investigation had been made. As a part of the field program, waterstage recorders were established on four wells in the Chino Basin one in 

1947 and three in 1948. All wells are within or adjacent to the area of 

ground-water escape. These records were collected near one edge of the 

basin for special study purposes and are not to be considered as representative of conditions throughout the basin.

San Bernardino area

Observations of water level in the San" Bernardino area were continued 

in 1948 in 10 wells; in 8 of- these, levels were measured in February, May, 

August, and November; in well 1S/3W-17C1, the Williams well, at weokly 

intervals; and iff well 1S/5W-20B1, at monthly intervals.
CALIFORNIA 77

The water level In the Williams well, near Redlands, fluctuated from 

27.86 fe.et below land-surface datum on January 3 to 27.20 feet on February 

28, the highest observed stage of the year, then declined continuously to 

39.28 feet on December" 25, the lowest observed stage of the year. The net 

decline in water level for the year 4was 11.4 feet. The lowest observed 

level of record was 55.68 feet below land-surface datum on October 24, 

1936 16.4 feet lower than the lowest level of the year. During 1892-93 

the water level stood at the top of the casing, which was 3.8 feet above 

land surface.

The average net decline in water level during the year in seven wells 

In the San Bernardlno area, as Indicated by the February measurements of 

1948 and 1949, was 5.55 feet. The net change between those two dates, in 

all of the nine wells ranged from a decline of 14.2 feet In well 1S/3W-3N1 

to a rise of 1.2 feet In well 1S/3-16L1.

San Jacinto valley

Observations of water level In the' San Jacinto valley were continued 

in 1948 in eight wells by measurements made during February, April, August, 

and November.

The net change In water levels during the year Is best Indicated by 

comparisons of the measurements made on February 6, 1948, and February 24, 

1949. Excluding three wells because of incomplete record, the average net 

change In water level between those dates in the other five wells distributed over the valley was a decline of 1.1 feet. Net changes shown in the 

five wells ranged from a decline of 6.4 feet in well 5/1W-2N1 to a rise of 

1.81 feet In well 3/2Wr35Ql.

Basins in 3a.nta Barbara County 

Program of work

 Periodic water-level measurements in selected observation wells, made 

in connection with the investigation of -the geology and ground-water resources of Santa Barbara County', were continued throughout 1948 in cooperation with the Santa Barbara County Water .Agency. Water-Supply Paper 10683

3La Rocque, G.A., Jr., Upson, J. E., and Worts, G. P., Jr., Wells 

and water levels in principal ground-water basins In Santa Barbara County, 

Calif, t U. S. Geol. Survey Wa'ter-Supply Paper 1068, 1950.
78 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

contains tabulated descriptions for 2,246 wells in the seven ground-water 

basins in Santa Barbara County. This publication also contains many waterlevel measurements made prior to 1942 by the Federal Geological Survey, city 

of Santa Barbara, Santa Maria Valley Water Conservption District, San 

Joaquin Power Division of Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Union Sugar 

Company, Union Oil Company, and other organizations and individuals.

The six principal ground-water basins in the c'ounty are: the Carpinteria, Goleta, Middle Santa Yn«z, Lower Santa Ynez, Santa Maria, and Cuyama 

valleys, briefly described in Water-Supply paper 949. Comprehensive reports on the geology and ground-water resources of the Santa Ynez River 

Valley, 4 the south-coast basins 5 the Carpinteria and Goleta areas the 

Santa Maria Valley,6 and tllQ Q-^g,^^ Valley, 7 have been, prepared.

Water levels are also observed in the San Antonio Valley the seventh 

ground-water basin. It is about 20 miles long and lies in the western part 

of the county between the Santa Ynez River valley and the Santa Maria River 

valley. The development of ground water In this basin is small compared to 

the other basins, and no report has been^prepared on the geology and groundwater resources of the area. Beginning in January 1948, water-level fluctuations have been observed in one well in the city of Santa Barbara*

In 1948 water-level measurements were also made by the city of Santa 

Maria and the Santa Maria Valley Water Conservation District. These measurements were made available to the Geological Survey, and are included in 

this report. Of the 170 observation wells being maintained at the end of 

1947, 3 were discontinued during 1948 and 5 new wells were established, 

making a total of 172 active at the end of the year. During 1948 most of 

these wells were visited monthly; a few were equipped with water-stage recorders or "high-low" float gages.

4/ Upson, J. E., Thomasson, H. G., Jr., and others, Geology and water 

resources of the Santa Ynez River Valley, Santa Barbara County, Calif.: 

U. S. Geol. Survey Wa.ter-Supply paper 1107 (in course of preparation).

. 5 Upson, J. E., Tnomassbn, H. G., Jr'., and others, Geology and groundwater resources of the south-coast basins of Santa Barbara County, Calif, 

with a section on surface-water resources: U. S. Geol. Survey Wates-aupply 

Papey 1108 (in course of preparation).

6 Worts, G. P., Jr., and Thomasson, H. G., Jr., Geology and groundwater resources of the Santa Maria Valley area, Santa Barbara County, Calif, 

with a section on surface-water resources* U. S. Geol. Survey Water-supply 

Paper 1000 {in course of preparation).

17 Upson, J. E., and Worts, G. P.., Jr., Ground water in the Cuyama 

Valley, Calif.; U. S. Geol. SurveyWater-Sup'ply Paper 1110 (in course of 

preparation).
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Rainfall In Santa Barbara County for the year ending September 30, 

1948, was appreciably below normal, making the fourth consecutive year of 

below-normal rainfall. Rainfall at two stations with long records, Santa 

Barbara and Santa Maria, was 9.20 and 8.21 Inches, respectively. The 

average annual rainfall for the 81-year record at Santa Barbara Is 18.10 

Inches and for the 63-year record at Santa Maria Is 14.17 Inches. On the 

basis of these and about 20 additional records, rainfall over most of the 

county for the year ending September 30, 1948, appeared to range from 40 

to 60 percent of normal.

Due to low precipitation, recharge to the ground-water reservoirs was 

small and withdrawals by pumpage for Irrigation were above average. AS a 

result the water levels In most areas continued to decline.

In 1948 the total pumpage of ground water for Irrigation and for 

municipal, Industrial, domestic, and stock use In Santa Barbara County Is 

estimated to have been 175,000 acre-feet somewhat less than that estimated 

for .1947. The city of Santa Barbara began to pump from wells for municipal 

use In February 1948, and during the remainder of the year pumped about 

3,000 acre-feet of ground water. The balance.of the municipal water supply 

was obtained from Gibraltar lake, by seepage from Mission and Cold Springs 

Tunnels, and from the Montecito County Water District, which supplied about 

300 acre-feet. In addition to pumpage of ground water for municipal use a 

small quantity was pumped for irrigation and Industries from privately 

owned wells within the city limits.

The Montecito County Water District began pumping from wells within 

the district In June 1948, and during the year pumped an estimated 65 acrefeet from wells. The balance of Its water supply was obtained from Jameson 

lake, by seepage from Doulton Tunnel, and from wells in the gravel deposits 

of the Santa Ynez River downstream from Jameson Lake. Within the bounda«» 

ries of the Montecito County Water District additional ground water was also 

pumped from private wells for irrigation and domestic use.

Total pumpage for irrigation alone in Santa Barbara County is estimated 

to have been about 160,000 acre-feet. Because in some areas a part of the 

water applied to crops seeps downward to return to the water table, the 

figure for total pumpage is not the amount permanently removed from
80 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

underground storage. The amount of return probably, ranges from none to as 

much as 35 percent In the different areas. Accordingly, the net pumpage 

for Irrigation Is roughly estimated for the year 1948 as 140,000 acre-feet. 

Very little of the pumpage for use other than Irrigation returns to storage. 

Unless otherwise Indicated, pumpage Is estimated by dividing total kilowatthours of electric energy used during the year for pumping ground water for 

Irrigation by the kilowatt-hours required to pump 1 acre-foot of water. 

Data on electric energy consumed were very kindly supplied by the Pacific 

Gas and Electric Company and the Southern California Edison Company.

Figure 11 shows water-level fluctuations In 10 wells and rainfall at 

3 stations for the 8-year period, 1941-48. The hydrographs show that In 

most areas there was a general rise of water levels through 1943 and in 

some areas this rise extended through 1944 Into the spring of 1945. In 

1948 the ground-water levels were substantially below those of 1944.

Because hydrologlc conditions differ considerably from one groundwater basin to another the fluctuations of water levels are discussed 

separately.

Carpinteria basin

The total pumpage of ground water within the Carpinteria basin is 

estimated to have been 5,200 acre-feet for the period May 1, 1948, to 

April 30, 1949. This amount is about 900 acre-feet less than the pumpage 

during the preceding 12 months, but Is still about three times the estimated 

perennial yield of 1,700 acre-feet a year.^/ This continued heavy draft 

has caused the ground water levels to continue to decline.

Due to low precipitation during the fall of 1947 and winter of 1948, 

pumping for irrigation continued during the winter months. This caused 

the seasonal high levels In the spring of 1948 to be considerably below the 

spring levels of 1947. The maximum water levels of 1948 occurred in most 

wells about the end of April, and for 15 observation wells distributed over 

the basin the maximum levels ranged from 10 feet below the 1947 maximum 

levels In the western part of the basin to about 45 feet below In the 

eastern part of the basin. The average net decline was about 24 feet for 

the basin as a whole. In well 4/25-27Q2 (fig. 11), near the center of the 

Carpinteria basin, the maximum level of 1948 was about 24 feet below the

&/ Upson, J. E., Thomasson, H. G., Jr., and others, op. cit., p. 136.
PRECIPITATION, 

IN INCHES

WATER LEVEL, IN FEET BEL

P <6

31 et- H 

P H

 * 3 tr

H> cl- O

P <«) S

CO £

«! P o

d> ra ci09 H _
82 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

maximum level of 1947. In this well the water level at the end of 1948 was 

about 14 feet lower than at the end of 1947.

The average decline In water levels between the end of 1947 and the 

end of 1948 was about 12 feet for the basin as a whole, and ranged from 

slight rises in the western part of the area near the coast to declines of 

as much as 30 feet In the eastern part. Thus, the decline of water levels 

has been less In the western part of the basin than In the central and 

eastern parts. This difference has been due largely to concentration of 

the pumping In the central and eastern parts of the basin. However, near 

the coast, In the western part of the basin, the aquifers may be In hydraulic connection with the ocean and, if so, water levels there may be 

sustained primarily by the ocean-water head. Wells near the coast now are 

being sampled periodically for chemical analyses in order to determine 

whether ocean-water encroachment is occurring.

At the end of 1948 static water levels In wells In nearly all of the 

main lowland part of the basin were below sea level at places as much as 

30 feet.

Goleta basin

Total ground-water pumrage In the Goleta basin during the 12-month 

period May 1, 1948, to April 30, 1949, Is roughly estimated to have been 

9,000 acre-feet, which Is about three times the estimated perennial yield

Q

of 3,100 acre-feet a year. Excessive pumpage combined with lack of recharge due to low rainfall during the past 4 years caused the water levels 

to continue to decline. For 13 wella tapping the confined portion of the 

main ground-water body beneath the central part of the alluvial plain, the 

maximum levels In 1948 ranged from 2 to 14 feet below the maximum levels of 

1947 and averaged about 8-1/2 feet below. Water levels In the same 13 

wells at the end of 1948 ranged-from 2 to 9 feet lower than at the end of 

1947, averaging about 5<l/2 feet lower. For wells In the marginal part of 

the basin, In the recharge area, the average decline from maximum water 

levels in 1947 to maximum water levels In 1948 was about 12 feet, ranging 

In 10 observation wells from 2.5 to 18.5 feet. Water levels In the same 

10 wells averaged nearly 10 feet lower at the end of 1948 than at the end 

of 1947 and ranged from 4 to 14 feet lower In Individual wells. For the

9 Upson, J. E., Thomasson, H. G., Jr., op. clt., p. 210.
CALIFORNIA - 83

Goleta basin as a whole, the average decline in water levels between the 

spring peaks of 1947 and 1948 was about 10 feet and the average decline 

between the year-end water levels was about 7 feet.

The greater decline for the maximum water levels, which occur in the 

spring of each year, than for the year-end water levels, was due to abnormally large winter irrigation during the winter of 1947-48 which did 

not allow the water levels as much opportunity for recovery as ordinarily 

occurs during the winter months. Prom July 1, 1947, to March 12, 1948, 

only 2.33 inches of rain was recorded at the Santa Barbara Airport, near 

Goleta.

The hydrographs of two wells, 4/28-9A3 and 4/28-17H11 (fig. 11), 

illustrate the general conditions in the years 1941 to 1948. Both wells 

are in the area of confined water and heavy withdrawals and are fairly 

representative of average conditions in the Goleta area. For the basin as 

a whole the average decline from the spring peak water levels of 1945 to 

those of 1948 was about 16 feet; from the end of 1945 to the end of 1948 it 

was about 18 feet. At the end of 1948 water levels were below mean sea 

level in about half of the Goleta basin. Water levels have been below sea 

level in some wells for nearly 20 years, but since 1944 the area in which 

the water levels are below sea level has expanded as water levels.throughout the basin have declined.

In the Goleta basin two observation wells, 4/28-16P3 and 4/28-17H3, 

tap a shallow water body in the area of confined water from which there is 

essentially no pumping. During the year 1948 the water level in these 

wells declined from 1 to 2 feet.

Middle Santa Ynez valley

Total pumpage in the Middle Santa Ynez valley during 1948 is estimated 

to have been 15,000 acre-feet, about 3,000 acre-feet less than the estimated 

pumpage for 1947. Water levels in wells along the Santa Ynez Tliver declined only slightly during 1948, the approximate average net decline being 

about 1 foot during the year. The water level in most wells in this reach 

generally go through a seasonal fluctuation which varies from 1 or 2 feet 

to 10 feet or more, depending largely on the location of each well with 

respect to pumped irrigation wells and the rate at which water is pumped 

from these wells during the irrigation season. Even though 1948 was the
84 WATER LEVTTLS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

fourth year of subnormal rainfall and comparatively heavy pumping, the 

slight decline indicates that there waa sufficient recharge to the groundwater bodies adjacent to the Santa Ynez River nearly to equal the quantity 

of water used.

In the Santa Ynez upland, north of the Santa Ynez River, ground-water 

levels continued to decline during 1948. The rate of decline for the area 

as a whole was about the same as during 1947. The decline, although it 

varied considerably in individual wells, was greater in the northern and 

central parts of the Santa Ynez upland than in the southern part. In well 

7/31-23P1, at Los Olivos, the average rate of decline since 1945 has been 

about 7 feet a year, although the net change in water level during 1948 

was 15 feet. In wells 6/30-6A1, 6/31-2K1, 7/31-36G2, and 7/31-36L2, all 

in the northern or central parts of the upland, the average decline since 

1945 has ranged from 4 to 5 feet a year. The hydrograph for well 6/30-6A1, 

3 miles southeast of Los Olivos, is shown on figure 11. The net decline 

in this well from the end of 1947 to the end of 1948 was about 2 feet, compared with a decline of 10.feet for the preceding year. However, the 

average decline since 1945 has been about 4.7 feet a year. In wells 

6/30-7K1, 6/30-9N1, and 6/31-13D1, respectively, about 2-1/4, 1-1/4, and 

1-1/2 miles north of the Santa Ynez River, the decline in water levels 

since 1945 has averaged 1.2, 0.7, and 1.6 feet a year, respectively. 

Lower Santa Ynez valley

Total pumpage in the Lower Santa Ynez valley during 1948 is estimated 

to have been about 15,000 acre-feet, about 30 percent less than that in 

1947. During the year, pumpage from wells by the city of Lompoc and Camp 

Cooke was 57O and 615 acre-feet, respectively. Water levels, in general, 

continued to decline during 1948. In 22 observation wells in the Lompoc 

plain that end in the principal water-bearing sands and gravel, the water 

levels averaged about 1 foot lower at the end of 1948 than at the end of 

1947, but in individual wells the water levels at the end of 1948 ranged 

from about 7 feet above to 4 feet below those at the end of 1947. There 

has been a general net decline in most wells since the spring of 1945, and 

in the 22 observation wella referred to above this has averaged 1.4 feet a 

year for the past 4 years. The decline has been greatest just northwest of 

Robinson Bridge in the eastern part of the Lompo.c plain, where records for
CALIFORNIA 85

observation wells indicate an average decline during the past 4 years of 

about 2 rl/2 feet a year. Water levels have declined the least near the 

western end of the Lompoc plain. In well 7/35-20J1, 1.4 miles east of 

Surf, near the southern boundary of the Lompoc plain, the decline has 

averaged 0,8 foot a year since 1945.

Hydrographs for two representative wells that illustrate these conditions are shown on figure 11 . Well 7/35-26J3 is in the western part of 

the Lompoc plain where the principal ground-water body is confined. Well 

7/34-27L1 is in the eastern part of the plain where the water body is not 

confined.

San Antonio valley

In 1948 pumpage from 12 to 20 irrigation wells in the San Antonio 

valley probably did not amount to more than 2 to 3 thousand acre-feet. 

Average decline of water levels in observation wells in this area from 

the end of 1947 to the end of 1948 was about 1-1/2 feet. 

Santa Maria valley area

Total purnmge in the Santa Maria valley area during 1948 is estimated 

to have been about 100,000 acre-feet, which is about twice the estimated 

perennial yield of 53,000 acre-feet. 10/ During the calendar-year 1948 the 

city of Santa Maria pumped 2,170 acre-feet. Because rainfall was low and 

because there was very little recharge to the ground-water body, most of 

the water pumped came from storage.

Ground-water levels in the Santa Maria valley area were higher during 

the period 1941 to 1945 than at any time .since the late twenties. The peak 

water levels that occurred within this period did not occur simultaneously 

in all wells. The water levels in wells closest to the Santa Maria and 

Sisquo'c Rivers in the central and eastern part of the valley were first to 

reach their peak levels., whereas wells in the southern and western parts of 

the valley did not attain their peak levels until the latter part of this 

period, but by the end of 1945 the water levels, in general, were declining 

in all wells. In the central and eastern parts of the Santa Maria valley 

area, the ground water is unconfined and occurs in permeable sand and 

gravel deposits. No marked seasonal rise occurs following the end of the . 

irrigation season, as commonly occurs where the ground water is confined.

10 Worts, G. P., Jr., and Thomasson, H. G., Jr., op. cit., p. 233.
86 WATER LEVEIS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES 

Furthermore, In many wells the water levels declined continually during 

1948 and the highest level In 1948 was about the same as the lowest level 

In 1947. Accordingly, for the Santa Maria valley area the year-end levels 

of 1948 are compared with the year-end levels of 1947 and with the highest 

levels of 1945.

Considering the area as a whole, the average decline from the end of 

1947 to the end of 1948, as indicated by 33 observation wells, was about 

6-1/2 feet, and the average decline' from the maximum level of 1945 to the 

end of 1948 was about 25 feet. In the central and eastern parts of the 

Santa Maria valley, the average decline in 22 observation wells from the 

end of 1947 to the end of 1948 was about 8-1/2 feet, and the average decline from the maximum level In 1945 to the end of 1948 was about 32 feet.

In the Sisquoc River valley, from Fugler Point upstream about 4 miles, 

the average decline In water level during 1948, as Indicated by three observation wells, was about 14 feet. The average decline in these three 

wells from the maximum level In 1945 to the end of 1948 was about 40 feet. 

Prom Fugler Point for 5 miles downstream in the Santa Maria valley to the 

northwest, the average decline during 1948, as indicated by six observation 

wells, was 10-1/2 feet. The decline In these wells from 1945 to the end of 

1948 averaged about 42 feet. South of Fugler Point and west of Gfarey the 

average decline shown by three observation wells during 1948 was about 

7-1/2 feet. In the vicinity of the city of Santa Maria, which Is near the 

center of the valley, the average decline In six observation wells during 

1948 was about 7 feet. In these wells the average decline was about 26 

feet from 1945 to the end of 1948.

In the western 8 miles of the Santa Maria valley, where the water body 

is confined, measurements in 11 wells near the end of 1948 aver'aged about 

2 feet lower than the measurements made In these wells near the end of 1947, 

but In Individual wells the change ranged from a rise of 4 feet to a decline of 5 feet. The average decline from the maximum water level.of 1945 

to the end of 1948 was about 12-1/2 feet, being greatest at the eastern 

boundary of the area of confined water where it averaged about 17 feet.

Figure 11 shows hydrographs for three representative wells In the 

area. Well 9/33-2A1 Is in the Sisquoc valley, a tributary to the Santa 

Maria Valley, about 1 mile above Fugler Point. The graph of this well shows
CALIFORNIA 87

a nearly steady decline from May 1945 to December 1948, which amounted to 

about 34 feet. Well 10/34-14E3 is In Santa Maria at the City Water Works 

plant. The record for this well was started In 1917, and the lowest stage 

recorded was 132.7 feet below land surface In October, 1936. At the end 

of 1948 the water level In this well was 125.34 feet only 7.4 feet above 

the record low. The decline during 1948 was about 8 feet. Well 10/35-7F1 

Is In the area of confined water near Guadalupe. During the years 1941 to 

1946 the water level In this well recovered sufficiently at the end of 

each year to cause the well to flow, but at the end of 1947 the water level 

was nearly 7 feet below the land surface. At the end of 1948 the water 

level was about 3 feet below land surface. The net rise of about 4 feet 

was probably due to less nearby pumping near the end of 1948 than near the 

end of 1947, allowing the water level to recover locally..

Guyana valley

Pumping for Irrigation In the Guyana valley, which began In 1939, has 

Increased each year. The estimated ground-water pumpage In 1946 was 17,000 

acre-feet, and In 1947 and 1948 the pumpage was probably on the order of 

20,000 acre-feet. The greatest decline In water level occurred In the 

upper part of the valley. In well 9/24-19Q1, near the Guyana ranger 

station, water levels declined 8 feet during 1948 slightly more than the 

annual decline during 1946 and 1947. In well 7/24-13C1, 11 miles upstream 

from the Guyana ranger station, at Apache School, In Ventura County, the 

water level declined about 4-1/2 feet during the year.

Most of- the pumping for Irrigation occurred In the broader portion of 

the valley which begins about 5 miles downstream from the Guyana ranger 

station. The declines In water level In this area during 1948 ranged from 

less than 1 foot to 3 feet, and were about the same as during 1947. The 

average decline In the eastern part was greater than In the western part.

The hydrograph for well 10/25-30P1 (fig. 11), In the area of heavy 

pumping, shows fluctuations for the period 1941-48. In 1948, this well was 

found pumping at the time of each visit during the summer and fall months. 

A static water-level measurement on December 28 Indicated a net decline of 

about 2 feet during the year.
88 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

Other investigations by the Geological Survey

In addition to the programs described on preceding pages, for which 

water-level fluctuations have been summarized, the Ground Water Branch of 

the Geological Survey started several other Investigations in 1948 for 

which no water-level measurements are Included in this report.

In March a cooperative agreement was made between the California 

Division of Water Resources, Department of Public Works, and the Geological 

Survey, providing for an investigation of ground-water basins of the State 

with special reference to geologic features. Under this agreement, the 

Geological Survey has commenced a study of the Sacramento Valley to obtSin 

an estimate of total ground-water storage capacity to a depth of 200 feet 

below the land surface. In addition, the proposed report will include a 

section on geology, describing the water-bearing deposits with respect to 

physical and h;?drologic character, thickness, distribution, and structural 

features.

The investigation in the Sacramento Valley does not include measurement of depth to water in wells. The field program is chiefly one of 

collecting well logs from drillers and from public agencies and locating 

the logged wells in the field. Work iri the Sacramento Valley was begun in 

May. By year-end about 4,000 well logs had been collected from well 

drillers and from public agencies, and 1,800 had beenverified in the field.

In Solano County, northeast of San Francisco, the usable underground 

storage capacity of the Putah Creek fan has become important in connection 

with the proposed construction of Monticello dam by the Bureau of 

Reclamation. Accordingly, the Geological Survey has been asked by the 

Bureau (1) to make an estimate of the storage capacity of the ground-water 

basins underlying the extent of the Solano project; (2) to ascertain the 

-effective or usable capacity (recharge capacity) of the basins; and (3) 

to determine where and how recharge can be accomplished. With these objectives, field investigation in Solano County was started in April 1948. 

As of December 1948 the field canvass of water wells for the Putah area was 

about three-quarters completed. It is planned that the investigation will 

be concluded in 1951.
CALIFORNIA, KERN COUNTY 89

At the request of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, Department of the 

Navy, the Geological Survey has made an investigation of the ground-water 

conditions beneath the southern part of the Oxnard plain in Ventura County, 

with special reference to water supply for the Point Mugu Naval Base. This 

study was begun in February 1948 and was completed in September, with submittal of a report to the Navy-that has now been released.- 

SYMBOLS ASSIGNED TO OBSERVATION WELLS

In the following descriptions and records of water level, observation 

wells are identified by symbols or "numbers" that indicate their respective 

locations according to the rectangular system for subdivision of public 

land. In Water-Supply Paper 991 these symbols were assigned for the first 

time to all Geological Survey observation wells in the State, according to 

the system described in that water-supply paper and there accompanied by a 

cross-reference table of previous numbers and location symbols.

The description and records are given by counties in alphabetical 

sequence, and for each county by valleys or ground-water basins. Thus, 

each group of the data pertains to a distinct ground-water area as Indicated by subheadings in the record. Under each subhead the records are 

presented in numerical order of the location symbols.

WELL DESCRIPTIONS AND WATER-LEVEL MEASUREMENTS

Kern County 

Antelope Valley

9/12-16R1. Robert Rubeen. Records available: 1945-46. No measurements made in 1948.

9/12-21D1. Southern Pacific Lands Agency. Measurements by Los Angeles 

County Flood Control District. Records available: 1944-48.

Date

Jan. 21

"Mar. 5 .

Water 

level

45.80 

45.20

Date

July 14 

Oct. 14

Water 

level

46.8 

46.9

Date

Dec. 6

Water 

level

46.5

9/13-14H1. Records available: 1946. No measurements made In 1948.

9/13-20H1. Harry, White. Measurements by Los Angeles County Flood 

Control District. Records available: 1944-48, Mar. 2, 73.65} July 14, 

80.75; Oct. 14, 82.45; Dec. 1, 77.7.

9/L3-20H2. Harry White. Records available: 1944, 1946. No measurements made in 1948.

9/13-35P1. P. D. Gaskill. Records available: 1945-47. No measurements made in 1948.

11, Poland, J. P., Garrett, A. A., and Mann, J. P., Progress report 

on water supply for the Point Mugu Naval Base, Ventura County, Calif.: 

U. S. Geol. Survey typewritten report, 51 pp., November 1948.

947807 O 51 7
90 WATER LEVE1S AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

9/14-24K1. De Pone. Records available: 1941, 1943, 1946. No measurements made in 1943.

9/14-24Q1. De Pone. Measurements made by Los Angeles County Flood 

Control District. Records available: 1945-48. Dec. 1, 109.8.

9/14-29M1. Records available: 1945-47. No measurements made in 

1948.

9/14-32D1. Sears. Records available: 1945-47. No measurements made 

In 1948.

Loa Anftelea County

Antelope Valley

5/9-6B1. Records available: 1945-48. Nov. 8, 39.94. 

5/9-20J1. L. M. Nixon. Records available* 1940-48. Nov. 29, 240.9. 

5/9-28A1. R. C. Wiess. Records available: 1947-48. Nov. 8, 124.60.

5/10-6N1. Little Rock Irrigation District. Water-stage recorder installed Apr. 10, 1947. Measurements by Los Angeles County Flood Control 

District. Records available: 1945-48.

Date

Jan. 14 

21 

Feb. 19 

26

Water 

level

90.4 

90.8 

90.5 

90.5

Date

Mar. 23 

Apr. 7 

30 

May 6

Water 

level

90.4 

90.4 

92.6 

91.9

Date

May 12 

27 

June 3 

3

Water 

level

95.4 

95.5 

94.2 

95.5

Date

June 10 

July 15 

Aug. 11 

Dec. 10

Water 

level

95.2 

(a) 

(a) 

(a)

a Dry at 96.4,

5/10-7E1. Calavalley. Measurements by Los Angeles County Flood 

Control District. Records available: 1945-48. Dec. 14, 134.9.

5/10-7H1. Tamarack Park. Measurement by Los Angeles County Flood 

Control District. Records available: 1945-48. Dec. 20, 219.0.

5/10-12B1. Ed Sanner. Records available: 1945-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

5

2

1

29

51.40

51.53

51.55

51.77

Apr.

May

June

27

26

24

51.78

51.90

52.04

July

Aug.

Sent

26

25

.27

52.25

52.39

52.60

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

26

29

27

52.78

52.96

53.17

5/10-21J1. Records available: 1945-48. Nov. 8, 21.45.

5/10-26B1. R. J. Darling. Records available: 1945-48. .Nov. 8, 

50.19.

5/11-4E1* SWjNWj sec. 4, 70 feet north of bend on Pear Blossom 

Highway, 70 feet north of lane (about Avenue 54), 275 feet east of 47th 

Street E. Measuring point, hole in base of .pump at oil line, 0.4 foot 

above land-surface datum, and 2,695 feet above sea-level datum, from U. S. 

Geol. Survey topographic map. Records available: 1948. Dec..14, 149.4.

5/11-4R1. Joe Martin. Measurement by Los Angeles County Flood 

Control District. Records available: 1945-48. Dec. 14, 150.1.

5/11-9Q1. Records available: 1945-46, 1948. Dec. 14,.50.2.

5/11-10R1. Measurements by Los Angeles County Flood Control District. 

Records available: 1945-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

14

25

3

91.00

90.83

90.50

Apr.

June

July

30

10

15

91.30

92.5

93.2

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

11

.10

15

94.2

94.10

94.15

Nov.

Dec.

9

14

94.25

,95.15
CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES COUNTY 91

5/11-12H1. Wheelock. Records available: 1945. No measurements 

made in 1948,

5/11-12Q1. Wheelock. Measurement by Log Angeles County Flood 

Control District. Records available: 1945-48. Dec. 14, 142.1.

5/11-12R1. SEjSEi sec. 12, T. 5 N., R. 11 W., 175 feet west of 87th 

Street E., 700 feet north of Avenue U. Diameter 14 Inches, depth 602 feet, 

Measuring point, cast Iron pump base, at land-surface datum. No measurements made In 1948.

5/11-13J1. Little Rock Irrigation District. Measurement by Los 

Angeles County Flood Control District. Records available: 1945-48. 

Dec. 14, 227.1.

5/11-22D1. Totem Pole Ranch. Measurements by Los Angeles County 

Flood Control District. Records available: 1947-48. Jan. 6, pumping; 

Apr. 14, 29.65; Dec. 9, 34.25.

6/8-10N1. Robert Barnett. Formerly owned by W. G. Baguet. Records 

available: 1944-47. No measurements made In 1948.

6/fe-10N2. Robert Barnett. Records available: 1947-48. Nov. 15, 

27.35.

6/8-18D1. Hoff. Records .available: 1944-48.

Date

Jan. 5 

Feb. 2

a

Water 

level

159.72 

(a)

Date

Mar. 1 

29

Pumping.

Water 

level

159.60 

(a)

Date

Nov. 15

Water 

level

(a)

6/8-32P1. M. B. Scofleld. Records available: 1944-48. Nov. 15, 

193.09.

6/9-4H1. Wllsona School. Records available: 1945-48. Nov. 15, 

115.81.

6/9-31R1. Barlow. Records available: 1945-48. Nov. 8, 33.12. 

6/10-9E1. Records available: 1945-46, 1948. Nov. 10, 192.8.

6/10-9Q1. N. C. & 0. C. miey. Records available: 1945-48. 

Oct. 10, 149.09.

6/10-10Q1. Records available: 1945-48, Nov. 10, 73.32. 

6/10-20P1. Mrs. Johnson, Records available: 1945-48.

Date

Jan. 5 

Feb. 2 

Mar. 1 

29

Water 

level

161.58 

161.20 

167.81 

166.58

Date

Apr. 27 

May 26 

June 24 

Julv 26

Water 

level

176.40 

178,43 

179.02 

182.84

Date

Aug. 25 

Sept, 27 

Oct. 26

Water 

level

(a) 

(b) 

(b)

Date

Nov. 10 

29 

Dec. 27

Water 

level

(b) 

(b)

195.62

Dry at 200 feet, 

b Obstruction In casing; below 183.7.

6/10-27B1. Records available: 1943, 1945-48. Nov. 10, 150.22.

6/10-27B3. Alternate for well 6/10-27B1. Records available: 1945. 

No measurements made In 1948.

6/10-32E1. McAlester. Records available: 1945-47. No measurements 

made In 1948.
92 WATER LEVFLS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

6/10-32P1. McAlester. Records available: 1945-48. Nov. 10, 113.06.

6/11-4C1. Lyons Bros. Records available: 1945-46, 1948. Nov. 8. 

184.55.

6/11-5A1, Lyons Bros. Records available: 1944-46. No measurements 

made in 1948.

6/11-8E1. Palmdale Irrigation District. Records available: 1942-48'. 

Nov. 8, 196.7.

6/11-8R1. Records available: 1944-48. Nov. 8, 213.95, nearby well 

pumping.

6/11-9P1, Elmer Benson. Records available: 1945-47. No measurements made in 1948.

6/11-12M1. E. J. Ball. Records available: 1945-48. Nov. 10, 

197.62.

6/11-12Q1. E. J. Ball. Records available: 1941-48. Nov. 10, 

194.63.

6/11-18P1. Elmer Richardson. Formerly owned by Charles Richie. 

Records available: 1940, 1947-48. Nov. 8, 236.8.

6/11-19E1. Palmdale Irrigation District. Measurements by Los 

Angeles County Flood Control District. Records available: 1945-48. 

Jan. 21, 257.15; Aug. 26, 254.0.

6/11-20P1. Alternate for well 6/11-20R2. Mrs'. F. C. Smith. Records 

available: 1945. No measurements made in 1948.

6/11-20R2. Records available: 1946-48. Nov. 8, 240.9.

6/11-26J1. Replacement for well 6/11-26R1. L. A. Hudson. Records 

available: 1947. No measurements made in 1948.

6/11-28N1, Measurement by Los Angeles County Flood Control District. 

Records available: 1945-48. Dec. 14, 95.1.'

6/L1-32P1. . Palffldale Rancho. Records available: 1945-46. No measurements made in 1948.

6/11-33Q1. Alternate for 6/11-33R1. Pete Kikalivnas. Records 

available: 1941-43, 1946. No measurements made in 1948.

 6/11-33R1. Alternate for 6/11-33Q1.. Thornberg. Measurement by Los 

Angeles County Flood Control District. Records available: 1945-48. 

Dec. 14, 128.9.

6/12-25N1. Measurements by Los Angeles County Flood Control District* 

Records-available: . 1927-30, 1937-48.

Date

Jan. 14 

Feb. 25 

Mar. 3

Water 

level

294.0 

294.60 

294.90

Date

June 9

Water 

level

282.0

Date

July 15 

Aug. 11

Water 

level

283.2

283.7

Date

Oct. 14 

Nov. 9

Water 

level

285.0 

239.3

6/13-12 Jl. Glick. Measurement by Los Angeles County Flood Control 

District. Records available: 1945-48. Dec. 13, 248.6,

7/9-28M1. NWiSTSi sec. 28, T. 7 N., R. 9 W. 800 fe.et east of 160th 

Street E. produced, 1,280 feet south of Avenue K-8. Equipped with beltdriven Pomona pump, used for irrigation. Replaces 7/9-28N1. Measuring 

point, top of 14-inch casing, at land-surface datum. Records available: 

1948. Nov. 15, 140.33.
CALIFORNIA, LCS ANGELES COUNTY 93

7/9-17N1* Ernest Koch* Records available: 1945-48. Mar. 1, 136.96,

7AO-5M1. Ella E. Cunningharn. Records available: 1944-46. No 

measurements made in 1948.

7/10-5N3. Ella E. Cunningham. Records available: 1945-47. No 

measurements made in 1948.

7/10-6R1. Mrs. Jessie Hollingsworth. Records available: 1945-48. 

Nov. 9, 125.6.

7/10-7B1. Boege. Records available: 1944-48. Mar. 29, 78.9; 

Apr. 27, 80.8; May 26 and Nov. 9, dry at 81.6.

7/10-12H1. Records available: 1945-48.

Date

Apr. 27 

May 26 

June, 24 .

Water 

level

125.12 

125.78 

125.92

Date

July 26 

Aug. 25

Water 

level

126.66 

127.38

Date

Sept. 27 

Oct. 26

Water 

level

172.96 

128.32

Date

Nov. 29 

Dec. 27

Water 

level

128.84 

129.06

7/10-21A1. Records available: 1945-48. Nov. 10, 160.32.

7/10-3001. E. J. Ball. Records available: 1941-43, 1946-47. No 

measurements made in 1948.

7/10-31N1. H. 0. BaKken. Records available: 1943, 1945-48. 

Nov. 10, 195.5.

7/11-10.1. H. L. Gordon. Records available: 1943-46, 1948. Hov. 9, 

123.87.

7/11-8P1. HacAvery. Records available: 1944-48, Nov. 9, 73.01.

7/11-16B1* Records available: 1945-48. Nov. 9, 103.28.

7/11-19N1. Records available: 1945-48. Nov. 9, 149.37.

7/11-23L1. Barnes. Records available: 1943, 1945-48. Nov. 9, 

141.86.

7/11-24C1. Stevenson. Records available: 1944-48*

Jan. 5 

Feb. 2 

Mar. 1 

. 29

137.15 

136.48 

135.42 

(a)

Apr. 27 

May 26 

June 24

142.69 

144.56 

146.40

July 26 

Aug. 25 

Sept. 27

148.42 

151.64 

151.29

Nov. 26 

29 

Dec. 27

149.16 

146.69 

144.73

a Pumping.

7/11-27F1. James N. Provonyance. Records available: 1940-41, 

194S, 1947-48. Nov. 9, 162.80.

7/11-28E1. Leshin. Records available: 1943, 1945-48. Nov. 9, 

161.84.

7/11-28L1. Records available: 1944-48. Nov. 8, 149.52. 

7/12-4P2. Records available: 1945-48.

Date

Jan. 21 

Mar. 2

water 

level

8.60 

7.80

Date

July 14 

Oct. 15

Water 

level

12.3 

14.4

Date

Dec, 7

Water 

level

11.75

7/L2-6D1. Measurement by LOS Angeles County Flood Control District.

Records available! 1945, 1947-48. Dec. 7, 30,6.

7/12-8D1. Measurement by Los Angeles County Flood Control District,

Records available: 1945-48. Dec. 7, 15.4.
94 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

7/12-10P1. Antelope Valley Laundry. Records available: 1943, 1946. 

No measurements made in 1948.

7/12-15F1. A. H. Powell. Measurements by Los Angeles County Flood 

Control District. Records available: 1945-48.

Date

Jan. 21 

Mar. 3

Water 

level

46.0 

44.6

Date

July 14 

Oct. 15

Water 

level

60.2 

62.8

Date

Dec. 7

Water 

level

53.4

7/12-15F2. Los Angeles County Water District 4. Measurement by Los 

Angeles County Flood Control District. Records available: 1945-48. 

Dec. 7, 89.5.

7/12-22Jl. F. La Horgue. Measurements by Los Angeles County Flood 

Control District. Records available: 1945-48.

Date

Feb. 25 

Mar. 3 

Apr. 30

Water 

level

106.30 

105.90 

106.05

Date

June 9 

July 14 

15

Water 

level

110.9 

(a) 

111.2

Date

Aug. 12 

Sept. 10 

Oct. 15

Water 

level

113.3 

114.9 

116.4

Date

Nov. 19 

Dec. 7

Water 

level

114.1 

113.2

a Pumping.

7/12-29P1. Records available: 1945-47. No measurements made in 

1948.

7/12-34E1. G. Lane. Measurement by Los Angeles County Flood Control 

District. Records available: 1944, 194T-48. Dec. 13, 185.8.

7/13-3D1. F. Gorrindo. Measurement by Los Angeles County Flood 

Control District. Records available: 1945-48. Dec. 8, 75.0.

7/13-3D2. F. Gorrindo. Measurement by Los Angeles County Flood 

Control District, Records available: 1945-48. Dec. 8, 54.55.

7/13-6A1. Records available: 1944, 1945. No measurements made in

7/13-11C1. Records available: 1945-46. No measurements made in 

1948.

7/13-11D1. Measurement by Los Angeles County Flood Control District. 

Records available: 1945-48. Dec. 8, 4.85.

7/13-1XD3. Long. Measurements by Los Angeles County Flood Control 

District. Records available: 1945-48.

1948.

Date

Jan. 20 

Mar. 2

Water 

level

34.15 

(a)

Date

Mar. 3 

July 14

Water 

level

33.70 

 50.8

Date

Oct. 14 

Dec. 8

Water 

level

51.2 

39.4

a Pumping.

7/13-17D1. Measurement by Los Angeles County Flood Control District. 

Records available: 1944-48. Nov. 30, 124.3.

7/13-21Jl. Measurement by Los Angeles County Flood Control District, 

Records available: 1946-48. Dec. 9, 84.2.

7/13-21J2. L. H. Benson. Measurement by Los Angeles County Flood 

Control District. Records available: 1945-48. Dec. 15, 86.65.

7/13-21J3. L. H. Benson. Measurement by Los Angeles County Flood 

Control District. Records available: 1942-44, 1946-47. No measurements 

made in 1948.
CALIFORNIA} LOS ANGELES COUNTY 95

7/13-27N1. Measurement by Los Angeles County Flood Control District. 

Records available: 1945-48. Dec. 15, 148.7.

7/13-28P1. Crenmer. Measurement by Los Angeles County Flood Control 

District. Records available; 1945-47. No measurements made In 1948.

7A3-35E1. George Lane. Measurement by Los Angeles County Flood 

Control District. Records available: 1944-48. Dec. 13. pumping; Dec. 15. 

193.4.

7/14-10F1. F. A. Ullman., Measurements by Los Angeles County Flood 

Control District. Records available: 1945-48.

Date

Jan. 20 

Mar. 2

Water 

level

188.55 

188.25

Date

July 14 

Oct. 14

Water 

level

190.7 

a!91.4

Date

Dec. 11

Water 

level

192.9

a Pumping recently.

8/9-4N2. U. S. Army Reservation. Records available: 1944-48. 

Nov. 9, 14.80.

8/9-4P1. U. S. Army Reservation. Records available: 1945-48. 

Nov. 9, 24.39.

8/9-6N1. U. S. Army Reservation. Records available: 1945-48. 

Nov. 9, 12.80.

8/9-6R1. U. S. Army Reservation. Records available: 1945-47. No 

measurements made In 1948.

8/10-2P1. U. S. Army Reservation. Records available: 1945-48. 

Nov. 9, 18.96.

8/10-8R3. J. G. Walsh. Records available: 1947-48.

Date

Feb. 2 

Mar. 1 

29

a

Water 

level

28.08 

28.55 

(a)

Date

Apr. 27 

May 26 

June 24

Pumping.

Water 

level

(a) 

28.62 

(a)

Date

July 26 

Aug. 25 

Sect. 27

Water 

level

34.36 

(a) 

34,97

Date

Oct. 26 

Nov. 29 

Dec. 27

Water 

level

38.07 

30.83 

30.42

8/10-9M1. J. M. Hamilton. Records available: 1944-48.

Jan. 5 

Feb. 2 

Mar. 1 

29

23.25 

23.33 

23.36 

23.48

Apr. 27 

May 26 

June 24

23.67 

23.81 

24.07

July 26 

Aug. 25 

Sept .27

24.29 

24.62

24.87

Oct. 26 

Nov. 29 

Dec. 27

25.13 

25.08 

25.09

8/LO-19Q1. Union Trust & Savings Bank. Records available: 1943-48. 

Nov. 9, 84.64.

8AO-32N1. John Derauth. S^SW^ sec. 32, T. 8 N., R. 10 W.. 600 feet 

e'ast and 250 feet north of SW. corner sec. 32. Used domestic well, diameter 8 Inches, depth 97 feet. Equipped with windmill. Drilled In 1936. 

Altitude of land surface about 2,379 feet. Records available: 1948.

Feb. 2 

Mar. 1 

29

68.00 

68.38 

67.60

Apr. 27 

May 26 

June 24

(a) 

74.50 

75.88

July 26 

Aug. 25 

Sept. 27

76. 70 

77.60 

(a)

Oct. 26 

Nov. 29 

Dec. 27

76 .32 

73. 82 

72.69

a Pumping.

8/11-8P1. Records available: 1945-48. Nov. 9, 12.59.

8/11-10N1. E. R. Slple. Records available: 1945-48. Nov. 9, 23.47,

8/11-20L1. Records available: 1945-47. Nov. 9, dry at 30.3.
96 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

8/11-22N2. Lewis Prothro. Records available: 1936-37, 1942-47. No 

measurements made in 1948.

8/11-22N3. Lewis Prothro. Records available: 1944-48. Nov. 9, 

72.13.

8/U-30R1. Records available: 1945-48. Nov. 9, 37.17.

8/12-4K1. Measurements by Los Angeles County Flood Control District. 

Records available: 1945-47. No measurements made In 1948.

8/L2-20B1. Measurement by Los Angeles County Flood Control District. 

Records available: 1945-48. Dec. 7, 21.9.

8/12-21C1. Hoffman Gun Club. Records available: 1945-46. No 

measurements made in 1948.

8/12-22D1. Measurements by Los Angeles County Flood Control District. 

Records available: 1945-48. Oct. 14, 22.1; Dec. 7, 11.65.

8/12-22M1. Measurement by Los Angeles County Flood Control District. 

Records available: 1945-48. Dec. 7, 9.95,

8/12-22M2. Measurement by Los Angeles County Flood Control District. 

Records available: 1945-48. Dec. 7, 10.0.

8/12-22R1. I. B. Wibigler. Measurement by Los Angeles County Flood 

Control District. Records available: 1941-48. Dec. 7, 13.0.

8/12-22R2. I. B. Wibigler, Antelope Valley Gun Club. Records available: 1945-46. No measurements made In 1948.

8/12-24R1. Records available: 1945-48. Nov. 9, 17.23,

8/12-30Q1. Measurement by Los Angeles County Flood Control District. 

Records available: 1945-48. Dec. 7, 19.3.

8/13-2C1. Alternate for well 9/13-35P1. Records available: 1945, 

1948. Dec, 8, 49.0.

8/13-7H1. Lone Butte Ranch. Measurement by Los Angeles County Flood 

Control District. Records available: 1946-48. Dec. 8, 121.7.

8/L3-8C1. A. Boulln, Measurements by Los Angeles County Flood 

Control District. Records available: 1945-48.

Date

Jan. 21 

Mar. 2 

a Pumping

Water 

level

109.01 

(a)

Date

Mar.

JulT

9

3 

14

Water 

level

108.50 

115.1

Date

Oct. 14

Water 

level

116.8

8/13-8D1. Rogers School. Alternate for well 8/13-7H1. Records 

available: 1944. No measurements made In 1948.

8/13-20M1. 0. T. Kelly & Son. Measurement by Los Angeles County 

Flood Control District. Records available: 1945-48. Dec. 8, 125.5.

8/13-22K1. A. G. Andrews. Measurement by Los Angeles County Flood 

Control District. Records available: 1945-48. Dec. 8, 76.8.

8/13-23M1. A. G. Andrews. Measurement by Los Angeles County Flood 

Control District. Records'available: 1945-48. Dec. 8, 71.2.

8/13-32N1. Pedro Llzarraga. Measurement by Los Angeles County Flood 

Control District. Records available: 1946-48. Dec. 8, 120.65.

8/13-33Q2. Measurements by Los Angeles County Flood Control District, 

Records available: 1946-48. Dec. 8, 81,62.
CALIFORNIA, LOS A1IOELES COUNTY 97

8/14-2R1. Measurement by Tk>a Angelea County Flood Control District. 

Records available: 1945-48. Dec. 9, 145.3.

8/14-12A1. H. G. Ranch No. 1. Measurement by Los Angeles County 

Flood Control District. Records available: 1945-48. Dec. 8, 138.15.

8/14-12D1. H. 0. Ranch No. 1. Measurement by Los Angeles County 

Flood Control District. Records available: 1945-48. Dec. 8, 154.0.

8/14-14R1. Measurement by Los Angeles County Flood Control District, 

Records available: 1945-48. Dec.-8, 155.9.

8/14-17Q1. Marl Craven, Tibola, Measurement by Los Angeles County 

Floot Control District. Records available: 1946-48. Dec. I, 161.0.

1948.

8/14-23A1. Alternate for well 8/14-14R1. No measurements made in 

8/14-25C1. Alternate for well 8/14-25C2, No measurements made in

1948.

8/14-25C2. Measurement by Los Angeles County Flood Control District. 

Records available: 1945, 1947-48. Dec. 8, 148.8.

8/14-25D1. Records'available: 1946, 1948. Dec. 8, 157.2.

8/15-10P1. Scott. Measurements by Los Angeles County Flood Control - District. Records available: 1946-48.

Date

Jan. 20 

Feb. 25

Water 

level

139.95 

140.20

Date

Apr. 30 

July 13

Water 

level

(a) 

(a)

Date

July 14 

Oct. 31

Water 

level

(a)

138.7

Date

Dec. 1

Water 

level

138.5

a Pumping.

8/15-17R1. Canfield. Equipped with water-stage recorder. Measurements by Los Angeles County Flood Control District. Ttecords available: 

1946-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

20

25

23

118.55

117.80

117.35

Apr.

May

June

30

26

9

116.65

116.16

115,98

July

Aug.

Sept.

13

12

14

115.35

114.9

114.47

Oct.

Nov.

13

30

114.0

113.5

8/15-20N1. Measurements by Los Angeles County Flood Control District, 

Records available: 1946-48.

Jan. 

Feb.

20 

25

155.30 I 

154.80 1

Mar. 

Apr.

23 

30

154.80 

154.70

July 

Oct.

13 

13

154,5 

154.3

Nov. 29 154.0

8/15-22N1. Barnes. Measurements by. Los Angeles County Flood Control 

District. Records available: 1946-48.'

Jan. 20 

Feb. 25

174.20

175.59

Mar. 23 173.45 July 13 172.0 Dec. 1 170.8 

Apr. 50 175.50 Oct. 13__171.13

8/15-24B2. Charles L. Schnelder. Measurements by Los Angeles County 

Flood Control District. Records available: 1946-48.

Date

Jan. 20 

21

Water 

level

(a) 

144.05

Date

Mar. 2 

July 14

Water 

level

143.30 

147.7

Date

Oct. 14 

Dec. 1

Water 

level

148.1 

147.4

a Pump locked, no measurement made

8/15-27R1. I. T. Brandt. Measurements by Los Angeles County Flood 

Control District. Records available: 1946-48.

Jan. 20

Feb. 25 __ 

a Pumping.

140.4 

(a)

Mar. 2 

JulT 14

140.35 

al40.5

Oct. 13 

Nov. 29

140.7

140.5
98 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

8/L5-29M1. Soil Conservation Service, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 

Measurements by Los Angeles County Flood Control District. Records available: 1947-48. Dry at 189 feet from Jan. 20 to Nov. 29, 1948.

8/15-33G1. Correll. Measurements by Los Angeles County Flood 

Control District. Records available: 1946-48.

Date

Jan. 20 

Feb. 25

Water 

level

200.9 

200.85

Date

Apr. 30 

Julv 13'

Water 

level

200.75 

202.8

Date

Oct. 13 

Dec. 1

Water 

level

202.5 

202.2

8/15-36M1. Fairmont School. Measurement by Loo Angeles County Flood 

Control District. Records available: 1944-47. No measurements made in 

1948.

8/16-5N1. Carpy (International Harvester Co.). Measurements by loo 

Angeles County Flood Control District. Records available: 1942-48.

Jan. 20 

Mar. 2

197.4

196.6

July 13 

Oct. 13

196.8

196.3

TIov. 29 197.0

8/16-14K1. Snyder. Measurements by Los Angeles County Flood Control 

District. Records available: 1946-48.

Jan. 20 

Feb. 25

113.30

109.80

Mar: 2 

July 13

112.75

113.3

r^Jct. 

I Nov.

23

29

113.25

113.6

8/16-14L1. Snyder. Measurement by Los Angeles County Flood Control 

District. Records available: 1945-47. No measurements made in 1948.

8/16-18H1. Neenach School. Measurement by Los Angeles County Flood 

Control District. Records available: 1944-48. Dec. 1, 96.2.

8/17-14E1. P. M. Barnes. Measurement by Los Angeles County Flood 

Control District. Records available: 1945, 1947. Nov. 29, could not get 

tape down to water surface. Pump pulled 4 months ago. Water level 4C* 

feet below land surface at that time, (Reported by owner.)

8/17-14E2. About 2.92 miles west of Neenach School, 70 feet north of 

State Highway 138, 190 feet east of dirt road, 12 feet northwest of F. C. 

well 10741. Not in use. Diameter of casing 6 inches. Measuring point, 

top of casing, 1.7 feet above land-surface datum which is about 3,046.7 

feet above sea level (from U. S. Geol. Survey topographic map). Records 

available: 1948. Dec. 1, 44.7.

San Gabriel River basin

IS/10-18. Key well U. S. 75. At Baldwin Park. Equipped with waterstage recorder. Records available: 1903-48.

January

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

Below 

landsurface 

datum

95.42

95.43

95.46

95.48

95.50

95.52

95.52

95.54

95*56

95.58

95.63

95.69

95*72

95.73

Above 

sea

level

291.58

291.57

291.54

291.52

291.50

291.48

291.48

291.46

291.44

291.42

291.37

291.31

291.28

291.27

February

Below 

landsurface 

datum

96.38

96.40

96.42

96.43

96.46

96.50

96.53

96.53

96.48

96,46

96.53

96.55

96.54

96.53

Above 

sea

level

290.62

290.60

290.58

290.57

290.54

290.50

290.47

290.47

290.52

290.54

290.47

290.45

290.46

290.47

March

Below 

land- 

 surface 

datum

96.87

96.88

96.90

96.93

96*96

96.98

97.02

97.06

97.10

97.16

97.21

97.28

97.33

97.36

Above 

sea 

level

290.13

290.12

290.10

290.07

290.04

290.02

289.98

289.94

289.90

289.84

289.79

289.72

289.67

289.64

April

Below 

landsurface 

datum

97.47

97.46

97.46

97.47

97.47

97.49

97.49

97.49

97.50

97.51

97.52

97.53

97.55

97.54

Above 

sea

level

289.53

289.54

289.54

289.53

289.53

289.51

289 .51

289.51

289.50

289.49

289.48

289.47

289.45

289.46
CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGFLES COUNTY 99

IS/10-18 Continued.

January

Day

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Below 

landsurface 

datum

95.76

95.82

95.84

95.85

95.90

96.00

96.05

96.05

96.06

96.11

96.14

96.19

96.26

96.29

96.28

96.32

96.34

Above 

sea 

level

291.24

291.18

291.16

291.15

291.10

291.00

290.95

290.95

290.94

290.89

290.86

290.81

290.74

290.71

290.72

290.68

290.66

February

Below 

landsurface 

datum

96.56

96.58

96.59

96.60

96.61

96.63

96.64

96.64

96.67

96.71

96.75

96.77

96.79

96.80

96.83

Above 

sea 

level

290.44

290.42

2^0.41

290.40

290.39

290.37

290.36

290.36

290.33

290.29

290,25

290.23

290.21

290.20

290.17

March

Below 

landsurface 

datum

97.36

97.39

97.36

97.38

97.38

97.41

97.42

97.39

97.39

97.40

97.44

97.42

97.42

97.43

97.43

97.41

97^44

Above 

sea

level

289.64

289.61

289.64

289.62

289.62

289.59

289.58

289.61

289.61

289.60

289.56

289.58

289.58

289.57

289.57

289.59

289.56

April

Below 

landsurface 

datum

97.55

97.57

97.59

97.62

97.65

97.68

97.71

97.72

97.74

97.78

97.81

97.84

97.88

97.94

97.99

97.99

Above 

sea

level

289.45

289.43

289.41

289.38

289.35

289.32

289 .29

289.28

289.26

289.22

289.19

289.16

289.12

289.06

289.01

289.01

May

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

IS

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Below 

landsurface 

datum

97.99

97.99

98.00

98.03

98.07

98.11

98.15

98.18

98.24

98.31

98.38

98.44

98.50

98.58

98.66

98.70

98.79

98.85

98.89

98.94

99.01

99.05

99.12

99.18

99.24

99.30

99.36

99.42

99.46

99.52

99.55

Above 

sea 

level

289.01

289.01

289.00

288.97

288.93

288.89

288.85

288.82

288.76

288.69

288.62

288.56

288.50

288.42

288.34

288.30

288.22

288.15

288.11

288.06

287.99

287.95

287.88

287.82

287.76

287.70

287.64

287.58

287.54

287.48

287.45

June

Below 

landsurface 

datum

99.60

99.64

99.65

99.68

99.71

99.74

99.76

99.81

99.84

99.83

9 9. .78

99.76

99.75

99.75

99.75

99.74

99.71

99.67

99.64

99.59

99.55

99.56

99.53

99.59

99.61

99.61

99.63

99.64

99.67

99.72

July

Above 

sea 

level

287.40

287.36

287.35

287.32

287.29

287.26

287.24

237.19

287.16

287.17

287.22

237.24

287.25

287.25

287.25

287.26

287.29

287.33

287.36

287.41

287.45

287.44

287.42

287.41

287.39

287.39

287.37

287.36

287.33

287.28

Below 

landsurf a ce 

datum

99.80

99.86

99.91

99.95

99.99

100.05

100.12

100.21

100.30

100.40

100.47

100.57

100.67

100.75

100.81

100.88

100,94

101.01

101.07

101.15

101.24

101.34

101.42

101.48

101.54

101.60

101.68

101.76

101.85

101.92

102.01

Above 

sea

level

287.20

287.14

287.09

287.05

287.01

286.95

286.88

286.79

286.70

286.60

286.53

286.43

286.33

286.25

286.19

286.12

286.06

285.99

285.93

285.85

285.76

285.66

285.58

285.52

285.46

285.40

285.32

285.24

285.15

285.08

284.99

August

Below 

landsurface 

dafcinn

102.08

102.13

102.20

102.25

102.31

102.39

102.46

102.54

102.62

102.69

102.77

102.84

102.92

103.03

103.13

103.17

103.24

103.31

103.37

103.43

103.52

103.58

103.64

103.70

103.77

103.83

103.90

103.97

104.03

104.08

104.16

Above 

sea

level

284.92

284.87

284.80

284.75

284.69

284.61

284.54

284.46

284.38

284.31

284.23

284.16

284.08

283.97

283.87

283.83

283.76

283.69

283.63

283.57

233.48

233.42

283.36

283.30

283.23

283.17

283.10

283.03

282.97

282.92

282.84
100 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

13/10.18 Continued,

September

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

15

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

SI

Below 

landsurface 

datum

104.26

104.38

104,47

104,55

104.60

104.65

104.72

104.81

104.87

104.90

104.96

105. Og

105,08

105,14

105.20

105,26

105.38

105,39

105.47

105.51

105.55

105.59

105.64

105. 68

105.75

105.79

105.85

105.90

106.01

106.10

Above 

sea

level

282.74

282,62

282.53

282.45

282.40

282.35

282.28

282.19

282.13

282 . 10

282.04

281,98

281.92

281.86

281.80

281,74

281.68

281.61

281.53

281,49

281.45

231.41

281.36

281.32

281.25

281.21

281.15

281.10

280.99

280.90

October

Below 

landsurface 

datum

106.13

106.16

106.21

106.26

106.33

106.40

106.42

106,46,

106.50

106.54

106.58

106.64

106.69

106.72

106.75

106.78

106.82

106.84

106.86

106.89

106.92

106.95

106.99

107,04

107.08

107.11

107.16

107.22

107.26

107.27

V>7.28

Above 

sea

level

280,87

280.84

280.79

280,74

280.67

280.60

280.58

280.54

280.50

280.46

280.42

280.36

280.31 a

280.28 a

280.25 a

280.22

280.18

280.16

280.14

280.11

280.08

280.05

280.01

279.96

279,92

279.89

279.84

279.78

279.74

279.73 a

279.72

November

Below 

landsurface 

datum

107.26

107.28

107.30

107.32

107.35

107.38

107.41

107.47

107.50

107.52

107.58

107.67

107.72 a

107.78 a

107.84 a

107.89

107.91

107.95

107. P6

107.99

108.05

108.07

108.10

108.13

108.17

108.21

108.27

109.31

109.34

109.38 a

Above 

sea

level

279.73

279.72

279.70

279.68

279.65

279.62

279.58

279.53

279.50

279.47

279.42

279.33

279.28

279.22

279.16

279.11

279.09

279.05

279.04

279.01

278.95

278.93

278.90

278.67

278.83

278.79

278.73

278.69

278.66

278.62

December

Below 

landsurface 

datum

108.41

108.44

108.48

108.53

108.55

108.56

108.58

108.59

108.60

108.62

108.65

108.67

108.68

108.70

108.72

108.72

108.73

108.73

108.71

108.67

108.66

108.64

108.64

108.64

108.63

108.61

108.61

108.61

108.59

108.56

108.56

Above 

sea

level

278.59

278.56

278.52

278.47

278.45

278.44

278.42

278.41

278.40

278.38

278.35

278.33

278.32

278.30

278.28

278.28

278.27

278.27

278.29

278.33

278.34

278.36

278.36

278.36

278.37

278.39

278.39

278.39

278.41

278.44

278.44

a Clock stopped; record computed on basis of range in stage.

2S/12-13A1. Lycan 

Protective Association.

Coastal Plain

Bros. Records furnished by San Gabriel Valley 

Records available: 1928-48.

Date

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

7

14

21

28

4

11

18

25

3

10

17

24

31

Water 

level

28.14

28.08

28.08

28.09

28.08

27.91

27.85

27.79

27.79

28.02

28.23

28.09

27.84

Date

Apr.

May

June

7

14

21

28

5

12

19

26

2

9

16

23

SO

Water 

level

27.62

27.43

27.38

27.64

27.76

28.06

28.57.

29.11

29,76

29.66

28.63

28.78

29.38

Date

July

Aug.

Sept

7

14

21

28

4

11

18

25

. 1

8

15

22

29

Water 

level

30.15

31.06

32.00

32.81

33.64

34.41

35.14

35.85

36.55

37.26

37.95

38.58

39.19

Date

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

6

13

20

27

3

10

17

24

1

8

15

22

29

Water 

level

39.80

40.31

40.72

41.08

41.38

41.64

41.97

42.28

42.55

42.84

42.99

42.90

42.45

2S/15-34H1. Don Benshoof. All water levels are below sea level. 

Records furnished by California Division of Water Resources. Records 

available: 1929-48.

Feb.

Mar.

May

4

8

17

132.8 '

133.8

132.9

June

Julv

7

28

26

132.4

135,5 '

134.2

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

26

,29

26

135.1

135.5

135.3

Nov.

Dec.

28

31

135.0

134.5
CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES COUNTY 101

3S/12-8L3. Los Angeles County Farm. Records furnished by San Gabriel 

Valley Protective Association. Records available! 1930-48.

Date

Jan. 5

12

19

26

Feb. 2

9

16

23

Mar. I

&

15

22

29

Water 

level

27.81

27.73

29.50

29.74

30.17

28.40

29.45

29.75

31.86

34.10

32.94

30.08

29.08

Date

Apr. 5

12

19

26

May 3

10

17

24

51

June 7

10

21

28

Water 

level

28.71

29.05

34.14

34.96

53.34

36.22

57.97

38.96

57.43

38.65

40.26

40.30

40.42

Date

July 8

12

19

26

Aug. 2

9

16

23

50

Sept. 6

13

20

27

Water 

level

40.16

43.50

42.53

41.94

42.50

42.11

41.94

4S.g3

41.65

41.67

42.08

41.59

40.35

Date

Oct. 4

11

18

25

 Nov. 1

8

15

22

29

Dec. 6

13

20

27 ..

Water 

levej

41.41

40.71

38.85

38.33

37.87

58.17

38.04

38.51

37.71

36.97

35.99

84.31

. .35.08

5S/13-8L2. H. N. Edison. Records furnished by California Division 

of Water Resources. Records available: 1930-48.

Feb.

Mar.

3

5

22

115.7

116.4

116.1

May

June

July

17

2

PL

120.6

123.4

123.2

July

Aug.

Sect

28

27

,29

124.3

126.4

138.6

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

50

29

30

126.7

124.4

121.4

5S/15-18G2. Union Oil Co. All water levels are below sea level. 

Records furnished by California Division of.Water Resources. Records 

available: 1950-48.

Feb. 

Mar.

3

5 

31

168.7 

170.5 

169.8

May 

June

17 

2 

30

175. § 

179.4 

180.1

July 

Aug.

Sj3t>t

26 

51 

.27

178.8 

178.3 

179.. a

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec.

28 

27 

28

177.4 

176.0 

175.1

3S/14-5K1. Southern California Water Co., Yukon plant well 1* All 

water levels are below sea level. Records furnished by Southern California 

Water Co. Records available: 1941-48.

Jan. 7

14

21

28

Feb. 7

14

21

28

Mar. 7

14

21

28

108

102

102

109

102

102

108

108

110

110

108

110

Apr. 7

14

21

28

May 7

14

21

28

June 7

.14

21

88

108

108

112

117

120

125

130

155

136

136

140

.140

July 7

14

21

28

Aug. 7

14

21

28

Sept. 7

14

SI

28

141

142

156

137

138

138

138

137

136

138

138

156

 Oct. 7

14

fil

88

Nov, 7

14

81

23

Dec. 7

14

21

- .. .28

155

155

155

155

154

152

130

150

150

125

126

127

3S/14-21B1. Southern California Water Co., Rosecrans plant well 1. 

All water levels are below sea level. Records furnished by Southern 

California Water Co. Records available: 1931-48,

Jan. 7

14

21

28

Feb. 7

14

21

28

Mar. 7

14

21

28

101

101

102

101

101

101

102

102

107

107

106

107

Apr. 7

14

21

28

May 7

14

21

28

June 7

14

21

28

105

105

107

107

109

109

111

111

111

111

109

108

July 7

14

21

28

Aug. 7

14

21

28

Sept. 7

14

21

28

109

112

112

112

112

112

112

111

111

111

111

111

Oct. 7

14

21

28

Nov. 7

14

21

28

Dec. 7

14

21

.88

110

108

108

109

109

108

108

108

106

106

106

106
102 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

3S/14-36M3. H. T. Potonikin. All water levels are below sea level. 

Records furnished by California Division of Water Resources. Records 

available: 1910, 1928-48.

Date

Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar.

28 

24 

22

Water 

level

73.4 

73.5 

73.6

Date

Apr.

May 

June

27 

25 

28

Water

level

74.8 

76.3 

75.2

Date

Aug. 

Sect

4

30

.27

Water 

level

76.3 

75.9 

76.0

Date

Oct. 

Nov.

26 

29

Water 

level

75.7 

75.6

4S/11-5D1. V. Capovilla. Records furnished by Orange County Flood 

Control'District. Records available: 1930-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

23

26

23

20.04

27,25

31.05

Apr.

June

23

2

24

38.28

a 45.74

a 48.82

July 14

Aug. 24

Sent. 23

a

a

a

56.18

55.40

55.07

Oct.

Nov.

Dec,

26

24

28

43.29

39.75

27.30

a Below sea level.

4S/12-8P1. Montana Land Co. All water levels are below sea level. 

Records furnished by city of Long Beach. Records available: .1903, 

1914-19, 1942-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

5

12

19

26

2

9

16

23

1

8

15

22

29

99

99

100

101

101

102

102

104

105

104

104

101

100

.92

.18

.00

.11

.92

.17

.93

.04

.27

.28

.03

.38

f 08

Apr.

May

June

5

12

19

26

3

10

17

24

31

7

14

21

28

99.36

99.48

101.47

102.29

103.09

103.97

104.72

104.52

103.96

103.14

104.80

105.66

104.79

July

Aug.

Sept

5

12

19

26

2

9

16

23

3O

. 6

16

20

27

104.83

107.22

107.52

107.62

107.93

108.18

108.36

110.93

111.92

112.40

112.20

111.62

110.72

Oct. 4

11

18

25

Nov. 1

8

15

22

29

Dec. 6

13

20

27

113.30

113.80

112.77

109.18

108.30

106.04

108.98

106.70

108.14

107.45

105.97

101.09

99.00

4S/13-14L1. Southern California Edison Co., Ltd. All water levels 

are below sea level. Records furnished by city of Long Beach. Records 

available: 1930-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Am*.

5

12

19

2

9

16

23

1

8

15

22

29

5

28.75

28.62

29.26

29.52

29.05

29.56

29.76

29.81

30.14

30.01

29.81

29.31

29.21

Apr.

May

June

Julv

12

19

26

3

10

17

24

31

7

14

21

28

5

28

28

28

29

. 30

30

30

29

29

29

29

29

29

.81

.88

.86

.36

.56

.61

.26

.81

.73

.94

.85

.86

.89

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

12

19

26

2

9

16

23

30

. 6

13

20

27

4

29.64

29.85

30,41

30.46

30.38

30.36

30.32

30.22

30.24

30.01

29.86

29.78

29.74

Oct. 11

18

25

Nov. 1

8

15

22

29

Dec. 6

13

20

27

29.73

29.76

29.75

29.91

29.98

30.16

30.32

30.12

30.15

30.01

30.39

29.77

4S/13-23Q2. City'of Long Beach. All water levels are below sea 

level. Records furnished by city of Long Beach. Records available: 

1932-48.

Jan. 5

12

19

26

Feb. 2

9

16

24

Mar. 1

8

15

22

85. 9

87.5

92.7

89.0

86.9

86.0

86.7

88.3

89.1

89.3

88.7

88.5

Apr. 1

12

19

26

May 3

10

17

24

June 2

14

21

Julv 1

88.8

90.. 6

94.9

95.1

94.6

94.2

96.5

97.8

95.7

96.2

97.9

99.8

July 12

19

26

Aug. 2

9

16

23

Sept. 1

7

13

20

99.7

98.8

99.3

100.4'

98.9

9*7.8

101.2

100.9

97.3

91.8

87.6

Oct. 1

11

18

25

Nov. 1

8

15

22

Dec. 1

13

20

87.6

88,5

97,9

66.7

89.1

90.5

91.2

90.6

91.1

91.7

90.7
CALIFORNIA, ORANGE COUNTY 103

4S/13-33D1. City of Los Angeles, Wilmlngton plant well 14. All 

water levels are below sea level. Records furnished by California 

Division of Water Resources. Records available: 1931-48.

Date

Jan. 29 

Feb. 26 

Mar. 27

Water 

level

86.0 

86.1 

87.5

Date

Apr. 29 

May 28 

AUK. 2

Water 

level

97.2 

99.8 

95.2

Pate

Aug. 26 

Sept. 20

Water 

level

95.8 

91.6

Date

Oct.

Nov.

8 

9

Water 

level

88.7 

88.6

3S/11-36Q2. 

Control District,

Orange County 

Coastal Plain

i. Del Giorgio. Records furnished by Orange County Flood 

Records available: 1930-48.

Jan. 7

14

21

28

Feb. 4

9

11

18

25

Mar. 3

10

17

24

31

64.16

65.47

70.41

71.50

72.77

68.64

67.84

67.45

68.73

70.82

74.56

73.27

70.48

68.84

Apr. 7

14

21

28

May 5

12

19

26

June 2

9

16

23

30

67.92

68.10

70.03

72.91

72.35

74.04

81.69

80.92

79.79

80.64

81.05

81.41

83.29

July

Aug.

Sept

7

14

21

28

4

11

18

25

. 1

8

15

22

29

85.21

86.58

87.99

87.27

89.55

89.07

88,96

89.37

87.43

88.29

88.71

86.75

86.66

Oct. 6

13

20

27

Nov. 3

10

17

24

Dec. 1

8

15

22

29

85.49

86.86

85.44

83.23

82.09

83.04

83.32

85.33

82.24

80.51

79.36

75.39

73.46

4S/9-7B1. Dowling & Prentice. Records furnished by Orange County 

Flood Control District. Records available: 1928-48.

Jan. 7

14

21

28

Feb. 4

11

18

25

Mar. 3

10

177.26

177.82

177.68

177.80

178.67

178.54

178.26

178.28

178.34

178.79

Mar. 17

31

Apr. 14'

21

sa

May 5

12

19

June 2

?

178.84

179.04

179*09

178.99

178.95

178.93

179.52

180.24

187.27

189 .04

June 16

23

30

July 7

14

28

Aug. 4

11

.18

.25

183.19

184.02

184.47

185.32

186.17

192.33

192.33

192.89

193.41

193.54

Sept . 1

8

15

29

Oct. 6

13

20

27

Dec. 16

194.81

194.08

195.26

197.74

198.33

197.44

198.19

198.16

(a)

a Obstruction in well at 195 feet below land surface

4S/10-22L2. Halderman & Gallons. Records furnished by Orange County 

Flood Control District. Records available: 1928-39, 1941-48.

Jan. 13 

Feb. 13 

Mar. 9 

At>r. 13

114.06 

115.84 

119.52 

116.97

May 14 

June 15 

July 7

119.21 

121.34 

126.16

Aug. 10 

31 

Sept. 10

127.72 

a!27.50 

127.71

Oct. 15 

Nov. 16 

Dec. 16

126.84 

127.03 

129.15

aPump shut off prior to measurement,

4S/11-19K1. Los Alamitos Sugar Co. Records furnished by city of 

Long Beach. Records available: 1901, 1903, 1905, 1929-48.

Jan.

Feb.

5

12

19

26

30

2

9

16

23

a

b

a

b

b

b

b

By

14.41

15.05

19.36

22.44

26.98

28.57

29.23

29.75

30.4.25

Mar. 1 b

2 b

8 b

15 b

22 b

29 b

29 ab

Apr. 5

12

Geological Survey.

31.36

31.94

32.58

33.62

31.45

29.06

29.06

26.47

24.28

Apr. 18

26

27

30

May 3

10

17

24

31

a

a

b

b

b

b

25.57

26.88

27.18

28.09

27.58

28.95

30.61

31.28

33.62

June 1

7

14

21

28

29

July 5

12

19

ab

b

b

b

b

ab

b

b

b

33.80

33.36

32.47

33.14

31.97

32.05

35.68

39.83

41.88

Below sea level.
104 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

4S/ll-19Kl~Continued.

Date

July

Aug.

26

28

30

2

4

9

11

16

23

25

a

b

b

b

ab

b

b

b

b

b

b

b

By

Water 

level

42.06

41.88

42.33

40.93

41.93

40.70

41.41

39.99

39.26

39.78

Date

Aug. 30

30

b

b

31 ab

Sept. 1

6

8

13

15

30

Geological Survey

b

b

b

b

b

.

Water 

level

37.94

37.94

37.73

38.02

37.71

38.06

37.34

37.75

37.60

Date

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

.27 ab

27 b

4 b

11 b

18 b

25

1 ab

1

8

Water 

level

36.23

36.64

37.54

34.80

34.18

30.80

89.60

29.57

28.45

Date

Nov. 15

22

29

30

Dec. 6

13

20

27

31

Water 

level

b 28.70

28.02

28.02

a 27.74

27.14

28.40

24.56

22.27

a 22.47

Below sea level.

5S/10-9D1. Julio Martinez. Records furnished by Orange County Flood 

Control District. Records available: 1922-48.

Jan. 13 

Feb. 13 

Mar. 9

59.09 

63.32 

70.29

Apr. 13 

May 14 

June 15

65.26 

68*48 

(a)

July 7 

Aug. 10 

Sept. 10

(a)

78.05 

73.78

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec.

15 

16 

16

72.35 

69.70 

67.28

a Pumping.

5S/10-S8B1. John Sturtevant. Records furnished by Orange County 

Flood Control District. Records available; 1935-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

15

17

12

36.38

(a)

(a)

Apr

May

June

15

18

17

49.30

(a)

(a)

July

Aug.

Sept

15

12

14

57,48

58.46

(a)

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

19

18

15

(a)

(a)

(a

a Pumping.

5S/11-SE1. Western Trust & Savings Bank. Records furnished by Orange 

County Flood Control District. Records available: 1929-48.

Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar.

9 

6 

5 .

40.06 

51.71 

57.83

Apr. 

May 

June

9 

11 

11

54.25 

49.37 

52.38

July 

Aug. 

Sept.

12 

5 

8

67.44 

70.14 

60.23

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec.

14 

12

14

56.97 

55.43 

48.37

5S/11-16D2. Anaheim Sugar Co. Records furnished by Orange County 

Flood Control District. Except as noted, water levels are below sea level. 

Records available: 1929-48.

Jan. 7

14

21

28

Feb. 4

11

18

25

Mar. 3

10

17

24

31

Apr. '7

a 11.27

a 13.72

17.06

21.10

26.74

27.35

29.47

32.05

33.75

34.62

32 .33

29.97

28.83

25.66

Apr. 14

21

28

May 5

12

19

20

26

June 2

9

16

23

30

22.56

22.03

21.30

19.96

20.47

20.95

21.48

21.94

21.67

20,98

21.72

21.82

22.12

July

Aug.

Sept

7

14

21

28

4

w

18

35

. 1

8

16

22

29

"23.68

26.54

27.40

88.01

28.71

28.21

27.45

26.16

26.09

87.10

28,15

87.61

26.74

Oct. 6

13

20

27

Nov. 3

10

17

24

Dec. 1

8

15

22

29

25.64

23.70

23.96

22.63

21.09

21.07

21.68

21.42

19,38

18.89

18.11

16.88

a 15.72

a Above sea level,

5S/11-18N1. U. S. Naval Depot. Recprds available! 1941-48. Feb. 4, 

4.11j Dec. 30, 4.05.

5S/11-18P1. U. S. Naval Depot. Records available? 1941-48. Feb. 4, 

2.04} Dec. 30, +0.05.

5S/11-25P1. E. J, Lecrivaln. Records furnished by Orange County 

Flood Control District, Records available: 1930-48.
CALIFORNIA, ORANGE COUNTY 105

5S/ll-25Pl--Contlnued.

Date

Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar.

15 

17 

12

Water 

level

44.04 

a 58.73 

a 60.81

Date

Apr. 

May 

June

15 

18 

17

Water 

level

a 52.31 

a 50.07 

a 49.96

Date

July 

Aug. 

Sept.

15 

12 

14

Water 

level

a 52.96 

a 53.79 

a 53.04

Date

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec.

19 

18 

15

Water 

level

a 51.35 

a 49.81 

a 49.50

a Below sea level.

5S/11-28A1. A. Ruoff. Records furnished by Orange County Flood

Control District. Records available: 1930-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

15

17

12

6.78

a 23.68

(b)

Apr.

May

June

15

18

17

a 16.30

a 11.12

a 15.54

July

Aug.

Sept.

15

12

14

a 16.78

a 18.23

a 23.75

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

19

18

15

a 19.58

a 18.83

a 14.14

a Below sea level, 

b Pumping,

5S/11-29C4. Sunset Land & Water Co. Records furnished by Orange 

County Flood Control District. Records available: 1941-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

15

17

12

6.14

a 17.26

a 19.61

Apr.

June

July

15

17

15

a

a

a

13.33

11*67

14.63

Aug. 12

Sept. 14

a 17.56

a 18.60

Oct.

Dec.

19

15

a 16.35

a 10.60

a Below sea level.

5S/11-29E1. U. S. Government. Records available: 1941-48. 

Dec. 30, 4.90.

5S/11-29E2. U. S. Government. Records available: 1941-48. 

Dec. 30, 4.76.

5S/12-12P1. U. S. Naval Depot. All water levels are below sea level. 

Records furnished by city of Long Beach. Records available: 1930-48.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

17

9

30

23

21.78

24.49

23.88

21.04

May

June

July

14

4

25

16

20.35

20.30

21.07

22.51

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

6

27

.17

8

23.77

23.35

24.12

23.12

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

29

19

10

31

21.09

19.74

18.75

17.13

5SA2-13D1. U. S. Naval Depot. Records available: 1942-48.

Feb. 4, 22.88} Dec. 30, 22.82.

6S/10-1E1. Frank Ey. Except as noted, all water levels are below 

sea level. Records furnished by Orange County Flood Control District. 

Records available: 1930-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

12

19

26

2

9

16

1

8

15

22

29

a 28.66

35.88

43.64

49.41

48.66

49.75

53.97

55.22

55.31

63.85

58.65

Apr.

May

June

5

12

19

26

3

10

17

24

7

14

21

57.46

49.52

49.65

49.48

43.18

43.05

43.59

43.03

42.56

42.89

44.11

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

19

26

2

9

16

23

30

.13

20

27

4

49.86

53.57

54.29

53.72

51.81

50.14

47.42

46.53

44.91

46.02

45.67

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

11

18

25

1

8

22

29

6

13

20

27

45.39

45.26

43.66

43.71

43.17

40.83

41.29

39.00

39.63

39.44

37.42

a Above sea level.

6S/10-1L2. I. A. W. Henry. Records furnished by Orange County Flood 

Control District. Records available: 1904, 1921-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

16

19

16

20.02

21.53

24.99

Apr.

May .

June

16

21

18

25.41

23.05!

24.53

July

Aug.

Sept.

20

13

16

28.59

28.22

27.13

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

21

19

17

25.71

23.92

22.68

6S/10-5C1. Robert Glsler. Except as noted, all water levels are 

below sea level. Records furnished by Orange County Flood Control District, 

Records available: 1931-48.

947807 Q-51 8
106 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

6S/10-5C1 Continued.

Date

Jan. 12

19

26

Feb. 2

9

16

Mar. I

8

15

22

29

At>r. 5

a

b

Water 

level

a 13.97

a 16.67

23.33

27.45

32.17

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

29.06

Date

Apr. 12

19

26

May 3

10

17

24

June 7

14

21

July 6

12

Above sea level.

Pumping .

Water 

level

27.11

24.95

(b)

21.61

22.01

21.63

(b)

(b)

21.30

21.52

23.78

24.90

Date

July 19

26

Aug. 2

9

16

23

30

Sept . 13

20

27

Oct. 4

Water 

level

26.19

(b)

(b)

(b)

26.51

26.61

25.72

25.23

25.09

24,22

23.76

Date

Oct. 11

18

25

Nov. 1

8k

22

.29

Dec, 6

13

20

27

Water 

level

25.19

22.97

22.01

21.60

21.09

21.19

21.55

21.35

21.04

20.59

19.73

6S/11-13G2. Surf Land & Water Co. All water levels are below sea 

level. Records furnished by Orange County Flood Control District. Records available: 1930-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

7

14

21

28

4

11

18

25

3

10

17

24

31

3.76

7.13

7.40

12.28

13.62

14.43

14.59

15.25

15,01

16.13

15.25

14.26

13.57

Apr. 7

14

21

28

May 5

12

19

26

June 2

9

16

23

30

8.93

7.40

6.29

5.39

5.06

5.13

4.59

5.10

4,64

4.84

4.67

4.67

4.91

July

Aug.

Sept

7

14

21

28

4

11

18

25

. 1

8

15

22

29

4.85

6.13

6.25

6.52

6.41

6.75

6.30

6.34

6.52

6.81

6.15

5.78

4.89

Oct. 6

13

20

27

Nov. 3

10

17

24

Dec. 1

8

15

22

29

4,96

4.60

4,26

3.87

3.76

3.83

3.96

4.26

4,29

5.36

5.48

5.39

5.06

I-9F1. The Irvlne Co. Except as noted, all water levels are below 

sea'level. Records furnished by the Orange County Flood Control District, 

Records available: 1932-48,

Jan. 7

Feb. 4

11

18

Mar. 3

10

24

31

Apr. 14

21

28

a 45.82

a 49.96

a 50.76

54.03

62.19

71.79

75.43

Tb)

(b)

66.00

62.82

. May 5

12

19

26

June 9

16

23

30

July 7

14

^ b

b

(b

66.25

(b)

i b

(b

66.85

68.79

(b)

July 21

28

Aug. 4

11

25

Sept, 1

8

15

29

Oct. 6

lb)

(b)

76.19

75.51

72.08

70.12

69.56

(b)

68.45

68.65

Oct. 13

20

27

Nov. 3

10

17

24

Dec, 1

8

15

68.15

65.55

65.34

61.67

60.57

59.66

58.92

60.34

59.90

59.40

a Above sea level, 

b Pumping,

HIveraIde Count y 

Santa Ana River basin, San Jsclnto valley

3/2W-35Q1. I. E. Facemlre. Records available: 1945-48. Feb. 6, 

pumping; Apr. 26, pumping; Aug. 26, 21.30; Nov. 24, 26.18.

4/2W-7J1. Albert McDonald. Records available: 1946-48.

Feb.

Mar.

Anr.

6

30

26

83.33

81.54

83.64

May

June

JU!T

28

23

27

86.55

89.81

91.23

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

26

.28

27

92.36

93.19

95.08

Nov.

Dec.

24

22

94.36

86.56
CALIFORNIA, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY 107

4/3W-32B1. James Malcomb. Key well. Records available: 1936-48. 

Feb. 7, 64.50; Apr. 26, 62.45; Aug. 26, 62.89; Nov. 24, 62.91.

4/4W-1L1. B. H. LeCont. Records available: 1945-48. Feb. 7,

40.01; Apr. 26, 40.06; Aug. 26, 40.96; Nov. 24, 41.43.

5/1W-2N1. J. A. Barger. Records available: 1945-48. Feb. 6,

70.58; Apr. 26, 70.78; Aug. 26, 71.69; Nov. 24, 74.18.

5/2W-24A1. L. Wilhelm. Records available: 1945-48.

Date

Feb. 7 

Mar. 30

Water 

level

35.50 

(a)

Date

Apr. 26 

May 28

Water 

level

(a) 

(a)

Date

Aug. 26 

Nov. 24

Water 

level

41.66 

41.79

a Pumping.

5/2W-27E2. L. L. Whiting. New measuring point, beginning Apr. 26, 

top of 2 by 8 inch plank set in concrete base 2f- by 4 feet and 0.8 foot 

above land surface. Records available: 1945-48. Apr. 26, 33.29; 

Aug. 26, 31.96; Nov. 24, 31.97.

6/3W-4A2. Menifee School. Records available: 1945-48. Feb. 7, 

57.03; Apr. 26, 59.89; Aug. 26, 61.27; Nov. 24, 60.97.

San Bernardino County 

Chino Basin

3S/7W-8A. U. S. Government. Formerly owned by Chino Gun Club. 

California Division of Water Resources serial No. D-783 and location No. 

16766. About 6 miles southeast of Chino, 390 feet east of Serrano Road 

and 40 feet south of McCarty Avenue, at edge of olive orchard. Unused 

well, diameter 12 inches, depth 409.8 feet. Measuring point, top of 

casing, 3.3 feet above land-surface datum and 539.80 feet above mean sea 

level. Water-stage recorder maintained on well singe June 21, 1947, by 

Geological Survey. Additional measurements 1930-32 and 1939-48 by Orange 

County Flood Control District; and intermittently 1930-48 by J. R. 

Shoemaker, Chino Basin Protective Association and San Bernardino County 

Flood Control District. Records available: 194R.

June

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

12, 1947

5, 1948

20

21

22

26

2

9

16

23

1

8

15

22

29

5

12

19

26.00

27.05

27.09

27.11

27.07

27.07

27.08

27.02

27.03

26.96

27.04

27.06

27.06

27.08

27.07

27.07

27.08

27.14

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

26, 1948

3

10

17

24

1

7

14

21

28

6

12

19

26

2

9

16

23

27.16

27.22

27.28

27.59

27.58

27.59

27.62

27.66

27.68

27.73

27.85

27.82

27.87

27.94

27.99

28.08

28.13

28.19

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

30, 1948

. 7

13

20

27

4

11

18

25

1

8

15

22

29

6

13

20

27

28.22

28.28

28.32

28.39

28.45

28.53

28.55

28.56

28.59

28.62

28.64

28.66

28.67

28.68

28.68

28.66

28*64

28.59

3S/7W-8B. U. S. Government. California Division of Water Resources 

serial No. D-783c and location No. 16766A. About 6 miles southeast of 

Chino, 125 feet west of Serrano Road and 20 feet south of the centerline 

of McCarty Avenue, extended. Unused well, diameter 10 inches, depth 41.2 

feet. Measuring point, top of i-inch nipple welded into easing cover, 

0.88 foot above land-surface datum and 533.65 feet above mean sea level. 

Water-stage recorder maintained on well since Jan. 21, 1948, by Geological 

Survey. Additional measurements 1939-48 by Orange County Flood Control 

District. Records available; 1948.
108 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

3S/7W-8B Continued.

Date

June

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

12, 1947

5, 1948

20

21

22

26

2

9

16

23

1

8

15

22

29

5

12

19

Water 

level

26.02

27.04

27.19

27.04

27.04

27.00

27.00

26,93

26.93

26.81

26.91

26.91

26.92

26.93

26.91

26.86

26.87

26.91

Date

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

26, 1948

3

10

17

24

1

7

14

21

28

6

12

19

26

2

9

16

23

Water 

level

26.94

27.00

27.10

27.09

27.16

27.17

27.30

27.29

27.33

27.42

27.59

27.52

27.59

27.68

27.75

27.84

27.90

27.98

Date

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

30, 1948

. 7

13

20

27

4

11

13

25

1

8

15

22

29

6

13

20

27

Water 

level

28.01

28.07

28.12

28.19

28.25

28.31

28.34

28.39

28.41

28.46

28.49

28.50

28.50

28.48

28.50

28.46

28.48

28.43

3S-7W-9D. Test well 1. Constructed by Geological Survey on property 

of the U. S. Government. About 6 miles southeast of Chino, 500 feet west 

of Mill Creek, 70 feet south of McCarty Road, at east end of olive orchard 

on-hillside. Bored water-table well, diameter 8 Inches, depth 19.5 feet. 

Measuring point, top of casing, 3.3 feet above land-surface datum and 

514.27 feet above mean sea level. Water-stage recorder maintained on well 

since Mar. 3, 1948. Records available: 1943.

Date

Feb. 25

Mar. 1

8

15

22

29

Apr. 5

12

19

26

Mav 3

Water 

level

9.02

9.11

8.96

8.95

8.89

8.87

8.78

8.55

8.84

9.00

9.23

Date

May 10

17

24

June 1

7

14

21

28

July 6

12

19

Water 

level

9.43

9.73

9.87

9.65

9.88

10.14

10.29

10.42

10.65

10.82

10.93

Date

July 26

Aug. 2

9

16

23

30

Sept. 7

13

20

27

Oct. 4

Water 

level

11.05

11.23

11.34

11.45

11.56

11.65

11.80

11.89

11.81

11.69

11.77

Date

Oct. 11

18

25

Nov. 1

8

15

22

29

Dec. 6

13

20

Water 

level

11.59

11.25

11.20

10.92

10.86

10.70

10.54

10.33

10.11

9.93

9.72

3S/7W-17K. U. S. Government. In Riverside County. California 

Division of Water Resources serial -No. D-7881 and location No. 16769C. 

About 8 miles southeast of Chlno, 0.7 mile east of Prado Road, 150 feet 

northwest of Serrano Road, and 20 feet southwest of fence line. Unused 

well, diameter 16 Inches, depth 69.0 feet. Measuring point, top of, 

if-lnch nipple welded Into casing cover, at land-surface datum and 486.50 

feet above mean sea level. Water-stage recorder maintained on well since 

Jan. 22, 1948, by Geological Survey. Additional measurements 1941-48 by 

Orange County Flood Control District. Records available: 1948.

Date

June

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

13, 1947

2, 1948

22

26

2

9

16

23

1

8

15

22

29

Water 

level

5.91

5.45

5.29

5.31

5.29

4.84

4.97

4.96

5.04

5.02

4.96

4.89

4.85

Date

Apr.

May

June

5, 1948

12

19

26

3

10

17

24

1

7

14

21

28

Water 

level

4.59

4.85

5.19

5.35

5.51

5.74

5.97

6.15

6.15

5.34

6.56

6.71

6.88

Date

July

Aug.

Sept.

6, 1948

12

19

26

2

9

16

23

30

7

13

20

27

Water 

level

7.09

7.23

7.30

7.37

7.45

7.53

7,55

7.54

7.53

7.58

7.61

7.51

7.44
CALIFORNIA, SAN BERNAEDINO COUNTY 109

3S/7W-17K--Contlnued.

Date

Oct. 4 

11 

18 

25 

Nov. 1

Water 

level

7.43 

7.33 

7.16 

7.06 

6.94

Date

Nov. 8 

15 

22 

29

Water 

level

6,90 

6.79 

6.71 

6.61

Date

Dec. 6 

13 

20 

27

Water 

level

6.44 

6.29 

6.19 

5.98

Mojave River basin >

3/3W-6B1. Mike Spranger. Records available: 1939-48. June 3, 

14.26; Nov. 24, dry.

3/3W-6E2. About 20 feet north of 3/3W-6E1. Diameter of casing 12 

Inches, depth 61 feet. Measuring point, top edge of airline hole In castiron pump base, 0.7 foot above land-surface datum. Records available: 

1948. Nov. 24, 37.80.

3/4W-12J1. Olive. Records available: 1939-48. May 6, 5.53} 

Dec. 1, dry at 25.5.

3/4W-13B1. Olive. Records available: 1939-48. May 6, 70.52; 

Dec. 16, 84.76.

4/3W-1M1. E. D. S. Pope. Records available: 1939-48. May 6, 

200.68; Dec. 1, 202.75.

4/3W-6B1. A. J. Llntner. Records available: 1939-48. Mar. 25, 

52.24; Apr. 28, 53.80; May 27, 54.02; Dec. 1, 55.60.

4/3W-6D1. A. W. Phillips. Records available: 1939-48. Mar. 25, 

53.62; Apr. 28, 54.13} May 27, 54.73} Dec. 1, 56.35.

4/3W-17M1. Arrowhead Reservoir & Power Co. Records available: 

1939-48. May 6, 21.99; Dec. 1, dry at 24.8.

4/3W-18E1. C. 0. Evans. Records available: 1939-48. May 6, 26.73; 

Dec. 1, 29.93.

4/3W-19G1. G. W. McLlster. Records available: 1939-48. May 6, 

33.08; Dec. 1, 37.35.

4/3W-19R1. Arrowhead Reservoir & Power Co. Records available: 

1939-48. May 6, 34.46; Dec. 1, 38.50.

4/3W-20L1. J. M. Alllson. Records available: 1939-48. May 6, 

34.57; Dec. 1, 38.03.

 4/3W-21A1. W. 0. Wade. Records available: 1939-48. May 6, 251.7; 

Dec. 1, 257.15.

4/5W-30E1. A. W. Cole. Records available: 1939-48. May 6, 42.25; 

Dec. 1, 46.30.

5/3W-3D1. Dick Lewis. NW^NWi sec. 3, T. 5 N., R. 3 W., about 600 

feet south and 500 feet east at northwest corner of sectlo.n, and 150 yards 

southeast from ranch house. Domestic and Irrigation well, diameter 12 

Inches, depth unknown. Equipped with Pomona electric pump. Measuring 

point, top of 12- Inch casing 0.2 foot above land-surface datum. Records 

available: 1948. May 7, 71.80; Nov. 19, 71.9.

5/3W-9K1. F. A. Fletcher. Records available: 1939-48. May 7, 

88.58; Nov. 19, 88.71.
110 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

5/3W-13D1. Eva V. Case. NWiNWfc sec. 13, T. 5 N., R. 3 W., about 

0.15 mile south and 0.20 mile east of northwest corner of section, and 

about 100 feet north of three small quonset huts on knoll. Used domestic 

well, diameter 6 inches, depth unknown. Equipped with automatic electric 

pump. Measuring point, top of 6 inch casing, 0.6 foot above land-surface 

datum. Records available: 1948. May 7, 89.21} Nov. 19, 89.22.

5/3W-18P1. J. D. Humiston. Records available: 1939-48. May 7, 

107.90; Nov. 19, 1C7.92.

5/3W-22A1. Jack Rothwell. NE^NEi sec. 22, T. 5 N., R. 3 W., about 

200 feet south and 640 feet west of northeast corner of section, and about 

550 feet southwest of ranch house. Used drilled domestic and irrigation 

well, diameter 12 inches, depth unknown. Equipped with 20 horsepower 

Pomona electric pump. Measuring point, top of l^f-inch pipe nipple set at 

45 degree angle in concrete block around casing. Slope distance down from 

measuring point to land-surface datum is 1.2 feet. Records available: 

1948. May 7, 88.87; Nov. 19, 89.19.

5/3W-24N1. Douglas. SWiSWfc sec. 24, T. 5 N., R. 3 W., about 80 feet 

noi-th and 625 feet east of southwest corner of section, and 150 feet southeast of ranch house. Used drilled domestic well, diameter 12 inches, 

depth unknown. Equipped with windmill. Measuring point, top of 12-inch 

casing flush with concrete block, 1 foot above land-surface datum. Records 

available: 1948. May 7, 89.04} Dec. 2, 89.28.

5/4W-10M1. In Victorville. Records available: 1939-48. May 7, 

44.49} Nov. 24, 44.53.

5/4W-11P1. Lee Saul. Records available: 1939-48. May 7, 54.09} 

Dec. 2, 54.14.

5/4W-11P2. Lee Saul. Records available: 1939-48. May 7, 47.68} 

Dec. 2, 48.92.

5/4W-35A1. A. Sorenson. Records available: 1939-48. Dec. 1, flows 

about $ sec. -ft.

5/4W-36N1. Verde Ranch. The reference point was destroyed and the 

land surface heavily graded at the site of this well. Measurements withheld from publication due to uncertainties in elevations of land surface 

and measuring point. Records available: 1939-48.

6/3W-28R1. SEiSBj sec. 28, T. 6 N., R. 3 W., about 500 feet north and 

675 feet west of southeast corner of section, and 12 feet west of old ranch 

house. Drilled used domestic and irrigation well. Equipped with turbine 

pump driven by diesel engine. Measuring point, top of hole in southeast 

corner of pump base, 0.8 foot above land-surface datum. Records available: 

1948. May 13, 125.70} Nov. 19, 125.81.

7/4W-30C1. Records available: 1939-48. May 14, 57.91} Nov. 18, 

57.92.

8/3E-3E1. C. W. Beaverstock. Records available: 1939-48. May 19, 

5.46} Nov. 23, 6.71.

8/3E-3F1. Measuring point beginning Jan. 21, 1937, top of 7-inch 

steel casing in old 10-inch casing, 1.7 feet above land-surface and 

1,825.74 feet above sea level. Note: correction of +0.6 foot to all published water levels from Jan. 21, 1937 to Nov. 18, 1947} except Nov. 30, 

1939 referred to original measuring point. Records available: 1937-48. 

May 19, 21.68} Nov. 23, 21.76.

8/3E-4B1. Lyle Graham. Records available: 1939-48. May 19, 3.93} 

Nov. 23, 3.89.

8/3E-4B2. Lyle Graham. Records available: 1939-48. May 19, 6.00, 

pumped May 18 and 19 before measurement. Nov. 23, 4.23.
CALIFORNIA, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY 111

8/3W-4M1. Everett Swing. Records available: 1939-48. May 14, 

13.27; Nov. 18, 15.53.

8/4E-7E1. Records available: 1945-48. Nov. 23, 23.51,

8/4E-9C1. Old No. L32A. NE£NWi sec. 9, T. 8 N., R. 4 E. Where 

Highway No. 66 crosses Troy Dry Lake near upper or southern end. Groundwater surface in borrow pit. Measuring point, 3 notches near west end of 

south bridge rail 2.5 feet above floor of bridge, 8 feet above land-surface 

datum and 1,733.17 feet above sea level. Records available: 1947-48. 

Nov. 18, 1947, 1.83; May 19, 1948, 2.14; Nov. 23, 1948, 0.09.

8/4E-12L1. Mojava Camp service station. Records available: 1939-48. 

May 19, 30.24; Nov. 23, 30. gl.

8/4W-2Q1. Records available: 1939-48. May 14, 23.83; Nov. 18, 

dry at 26.5.

8/4W-12Q1. Holcomb Bros. Records available: 1939-48. May 14, 

8.73; Nov. 18, 10.83.

8/4W-20N1. Lord. Records available: 1939-47. No measurements made 

in 1943.

8/4W-31D1. P. H. Merrell. Records available: 1939-48. May 14, 

46.30J Nov. 18, 42.19.

8/4W-31R1. Records available: 1939-48. May 14, 15.48; Nov. 18, 

16.69.

9/1E-12D1. Records available: 1939-48. May 18, 42.44; Nov. 22, 

43.77.

9/1E-13E1. Records available: 1939-48. May 19, 63.75; Nov. 23, 

65.15.

9/1E-13E2. Records available: 1939-48. May 19, 64.57; Nov. 23, 

66.05.

9AE-18E1. B. A. Punk. Records available: 1939-48. May 17, 12.8; 

Nov. 22, 25.0.

9/11-24D1. Records available: 1939-48. May 19, 68.43; Nov. 23, 

69.98.

. Olbbs. Records available: 1939-48. May 17, 13.52; 

Nov. 18, 14.35.

9/1W-10D2. R. E. Hettlck. Records available: 1946-48. May 17, 

10.88.

9/1W-10M1. Oreystone Auto Camp. Records available: 1939-47, No 

measurements made In 1948.

9/1W-13B1. P. Ryerse. Records available: 1939-48. May 17, 20.22.

9/2E-3A1. Bruoe MoCormick. Records available: 1939-48. May 18, 

14.03; N0 v. 22, 17.19.

9/2E-3A2. Bruoe McCormick. Records available: 1939-48. Nov. 22, 

20.30.

9/2E-4D1. Records available: 1939-43. May 18, 18.81; Nov. 22, 

19.91.

9/2E-8J1. Annie Escholtz. Records available: 1939-48. May 19, 

38.65; wet casing, poor measurement; Nov. 23, 39.91.

9/2E-12N1. Hunter. Records available: 1939-48. May 19, 4.64; 

Nov. 23, 4.93.
112 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

9/2E-14N1. Scobel & Helmut. Records available: 1939-48. May 19, 

22.85; Nov. 23, pumping.

9/2E-14N2. Scobel & Halmut. Records available: 1939-48. May 19, 

17.09; Nov. 23, 17.36.

9/2E-14N3. Scobel & Halmut. Records available: 1939-48. May 19, 

17.49; Nov. 23, 17.61.

9/2S-18F1. Records available: 1939-48. May 19, 53.35; Nov. 23, 

54.50.

9/2E-20Q1. Daggett Airport. Records available: 1945-48. May 20, 

44.85; Nov. 23, 45.72.

9/2W-19B1. Shobel. Records available: 1939-48. May 18, 63.22; 

Nov. 18, 63.98.

9/3E-3D1. Records available: 1939-48. May 20, 42.05; Nov. 23, 

41.90.

9/3E-10D1. Bozarth. Records available: 1939-48. May 20, 35.64; 

Nov. 23, 35.94.

9/3E-12E1. B. Nicholas. Records available: 1939-48. May 20, 25.35; 

Nov. 23, 25.57.

9/3E-19E1. Records available: 1919, 1922, 1930-32, 1935, 1938-48. 

May 19, 1.30; Nov. 23, 1.85. Destroyed, measurements discontinued.

9/3E-19P1. Prey. Records available: 1942-47. No measurements made 

In 1948.

9/3E-34D1. Cllnkenbeard. Records available: 1939-48. May 20, 

29.81; Nov. 23, 30.16.

9/3W-10P1. Records available: 1939-48. May 14, 88.87; Nov. 18, 

89.23.

9/3W-10R1. Osborn. Records available: 1939-48. May 14,' caved and 

dry at 13.6; Nov. 18, caved and dry at 13.6.

9/3W-14D1. Bullock. Records available: 1939-48. May 14, 21.42; 

Nov. 18, 18.56.

9/31S-28A1. J. Slaglll. Records available: 1939-48. May 14, 8.01; 

Nov. 18, 18.98.

9/3W-34R1. Nellie Storey. Records available: 1939-48. May 14, 

125.55; Nov. 18, 125.90.

9/4E-31K1. A. M. Monroe. Records available: 1939-48. May 19, 

13.23; Nov. 23, 13.44.

10/1W-31C1. Nelson. Records available: 1939-48. May 17, 47.79; 

Nov. 18, 48.59.

10/2E-32P1. Yermo Mutual Water Co. Records available: 1939-48. 

May 18, 26.60; Nov. 22, 28.01.

10/2E-34L1. Records available: 1939-48. May 18, 56.34; Nov. 22, 

57.80.

10/2W-19P1. Loftus. Records available: 1939-48. May 17, 67.34; 

Nov. 18, 67.65.

10/2W-30N1. J. D. Rich. Records available: 1939-48. May 17, 23.94, 

pumping nearby; Nov. 18, 24.65, pumping nearby.
CALIFORNIA, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY 113

10/3W-32C1. Recorda available: 1939-48. May 17, 58.12} Nov. 18, 

58.14.

10/3E-34E2, G, M. Bond. Recorda available: 1947-48. May 20, 

8.56} Nov. 83, 9.40.

11/3W-28H1. S. P. Edwards. Recorda available: 1944-48. May 17, 

26.78} Nov. 18, 26.82.

11/3W-34F1. Recorda available: 1939-48. May 17, 33.84} Nov. 18, 

34.00.

Santa Ana River baaIn, San Bernardino area

1N/4W-2SH1. S. P. Kelley. Recorda available: 1945-48. Nov. 23, 

62.30.

1N/4W-36F1. G. M. Cooley. June 30, 1948,.placed If-inch galvanized 

pipe with 1^-lneh well point Inside old caalng. Total clear length Inalde 

of If-inch pipe 80,6 feet. New meaauring point, top of If-Inch pipe cap 

with i-lnch hole In center, 0.7 foot above land-aurface datum and 1,145.94 

feet above mean sea level. Reference point, top of 5/8-lnch bolt aet In 

concrete block aurroundlng caalng, 1,145.64 feet above mean aea level. 

Records available; 1945-43.

Date

M»y 5 

June 30

Water * 

level

51.00 

52 ,54

Date

July 1 

AUK. 10

Water 

level

52.67 

54.68

Date

Nov. 23

Water 

level

56.79

13/3W-3N1. B. C, Gerber, Records available: 1945-48.

98.73} May 5, 100.35; Aug. 10, 104.33} Nov. 29, 111.76.

13/3W-16L1. S. Ronsone. Records available: 1945-48.

Feb. 11,

Feb. 

May

4 88.88 

82.49

June 

Auc.

29

10

88.08 

(a)

Nov. 23 (a)

Co.

a Dry,

1S/3W-17C1. Known as Williams well. 

Records available: 1936-48.

Recorda furnished by Gage Canal

Date

Jan. 3

10

17

84

31

Peb. 7

14

21

28

Mar. 6

13

20

27

Water 

level

27,86

27.70

28,95

28.20

28,36

28 ,45

28.06

27.45

27,20

27,86

28.12

27.20

27.53

Date

Apr. 3

10

17

24

May 1

8

15

22

29

June 5

12

19

26

Water 

level

27,62

27.53

87.62

27,62

87.88

28.03

28.45

28. 9p

29.45

29.87

30.20

31.62

31.03

Date

July

Aug.

Sept

3

10

17

24

31

7

14

21

28

. 4

11

17

25

Water 

level

31.53

32.03

32.53

33.03

33.70

34.12

34.28

34.62

35.36

35.95

36.36

36.87

37.20

Date

Oct. 2

9

16

23

30

Nov. 6

13

20

27

Dec. 4

11

18

25

Water 

level

37.53

37.86

38.12

38.53

38.53

38.78

38.53

38.70

38.86

39.06

39.12

39.20

39.28

1S/3W-2QB1, Emmet Martin. Key well U. S. 101. Recorda available: 

1945-48.

Jan,

Mar.

29

1

29

42.33

42.45

42.58

Apr.

June

29

23

44.09

45.68

July

Sept.

28

28

46.50

47.61

Oct.

Nov.

28

23

47.40

48.28

1S/3W-28E1. George Hlnckley. Hecorda available: 1945-48. Feb. 4, 

47.88j May 5, 49.84} Aug. 10, 52.66} Nov. 23, 54.86.

J.S/3W-20K1. J. Yount. Recorda available: 1945-48. Peb. 4, 38.26} 

May 5, 39,38} Aug. 10, 41.87} Nov. 23, 43.52.
114 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

1S/3W-32C1. W. H. Martin. Records available: 1945-48. Feb. 4. 

65.03; May 4, 65.65; Aug. 10, 67.17; Nov. 23, 68»16.

1S/4W-4K1. W. J. Walsh. Records available: 1945-48. Feb. 4, 11.59| 

May 5, 13.76; Aug. 10, 20.06; Nov. 23, 17.98.

San Diego County 

San Luls Hey River basin 

10/3W-1. San Luls Hey Ranch. Records available: 1937-48.

Date

Jan. 

Apr.

5 

5

Water 

level

6.89 

6.71

Date

July 

AUK.

12 

17

Water 

level

10.72 

12.83

Date

Oct. 4

Water 

level

14.00

Jan. 

Apr.

10/2

5 

5

SW-la.

10/3W-lb.

Jan. 

Apr.

5 

5

San

8. 

8.

San

7. 

6.

Luls Rey Ranch.

80 

53

July 12 

AUK. 17

Luls Rey Ranch.

17 

90

July 12 

Aue. 17

Records

9 

9

Records

7 

7

available: 1937-48.

.15 

.41

Oct. 4

available: 1937^48.

,59 

t 7}

Oct, 4

11.38

9.74

10/SW-lc. Fallbrook Public Utility District observation well, San 

Luls Rey Ranch. Records available: 1939-48.

Jan. 

Acr.

Jan. 

At>r.

5 

5

10/3W-15.

5 

5

12.73 

8.91

July 12 

AUK. 17

Gird Ranch. Records

9.71 

9.79

July 12 

AUK. 17

8.95 

. 9 r}9

Oct. 4

available: 1937-48.

10.60 

11.81

Oct. 4

9.34

13.16

10/3W-20P3. Formerly listed as 10/3W-20. Bonsall School. Records 

available: 1937-48. Jan. 5, 9.81; Apr. 5, 8.88; Oct. 4, 10.53.

10/3W-29C1. Formerly listed as 10/3W-20a. Slckler Ranch. At 

Bonsall. Records available: 1943-48. Jan. 5, 17.34; Apr. 5, 15.94; 

July 12, 21.55; Aug. 17, 18.74. Well discontinued because of use as reservoir for water pumped from new well 10/5W-29C2.

10/3W-29C2. F. M. Slckler. NEfcNWi sec. 29, T. 10 S.. R. 3 W. 60 

feet south of Bonsall School well 10/3W-20P3. Domestic well, diameter 12 

Inches, depth 48 feet. Measuring point, top of casing, 1.5 feet above 

land -surf ace datum. After Aug. 17, me&sttreiaent , casing was cut off at 

land surface. New measuring point, top of 12-Inch casing, at land-surface 

datum. Records available: 1948. Aug. 17, 9.38; Oct. 4, 9.98.

10/3W-30. Fallbrook Public Utility District observation well, 

ords available: 1939-48.

RecJan. 5 

Apr. 5

11.00 

10.80

July 

AUK.

12 

17

'11.92 

12.39

Oct. 4 13.04

11/4W-5. City of Oceanslde observation well. Measurements by city 

of Oceanslde. Records available: 1939-48.

Date

Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar.

10 

9

8

Water 

level

20.O7 

20.48 

20.65

Date

Apr. 

May 

June

5 

10

7

Water 

level

20.81 

22.15 

22.94

Date

July 

Aug.

5 

9

Water 

level

23.81 

25,32

Date

Sept. 

Oct.

6 

9

Water 

level

26.40 

26.57

11/4W-8. Carlsbad Mutual Water Co. observation well. Measurements 

by Carlsbad Mutual Water Co. Records available: 1939-48. Jan. 5, 16.55; 

Apr. 6, 17.19; July 7, dry; Oct. 4, dry at 21.35.
CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO COUNTY 115

11/4W-9F1. City of Oceanslde observation well. Measurements by city 

of Oceanslde. Records available: 1940-48.

Date

Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar.

10 

9 

8

Water 

level

19.43 

19.68 

19.93

Date

Apr. 

May

June

5 

10 

7

Water 

level

19.76 

21.85 

23.52

Date

July 

Aug. 

Sept.

5 

9 

6

Water 

level

23.56 

26.27 

25.68

Date

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec.

9 

11 

11

Water 

level

28.10 

26.97 

28.60

11/4W-18. Carlsbad Mutual Water Co. observation well. Measurements 

by Carlsbad Mutual Water Co. Records available: 1939-48. Jan. 5, 27.35j 

Apr. 6, 26.09; July 7, 41.8Oj Oct. 4, 37.30.

ll/5W-13a. City of Oceanslde. 

Records available: 1939-48.

Measurements by city of Oceanslde.

Jan.

Feb. 

Mar.

10 

9

8

14.42 

13.17 

17.25

Apr. 

May 

June

5 

10

7

14.83 

19.42 

19.33

July 

Aug. 

Sect.

5 

9 

6

21.33 

21.50 

20.75

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec f

9 

11 

2,1

20.75 

20.83 

21.58

ll/5W-13b. City of Oceanslde. Measurements by city of Oceanslde. 

Records available: 1939-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

10

6

8

14.83

15.00

15.00

Apr.

May

June

5

10

7

15.16

15.92

17.00

July

Aug.

Sent.

5

9

6

18.62

19.50

19.83

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

9

11

1JL

20.17

19.33

20.25

ll/5W-13c. City of Oceanslde. Measurements by city of Oceanslde. 

Records available: 1939-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

10

9

8

12.91

12.42

14.18

Apr.

May

June

5

10

7

13.17

15.33

15.91

July

Aug.

Sent.

5

9

6

17.58

17.58

17.00

Oct.

Nov.

Dec,

9

11

11

17.75

17.75

18.12

11/5W-15. City of Oceanslde. Measurements by city of Oceanslde, 

Records available: 1939-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

10

9

8

7.66

7.33

8.42

Apr.

May

June

5

10

7

7.81

9.75

10.42

July

Aug.

Sect.

5

9

6

11.86

11.71

11.71

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

9

11

11

12.00

11.92

12.66

12/1W-31E2.

San Dlegulto River basin 

City of San Diego. Records available: 1937-48.

Date

Apr. 2 

July 19

Water 

level

9.38 

11.65

Date

Sept 

Oct.

. 2

13

Water 

level

12.16 

12.86

Date

Dec. 29

Water 

level

11.83

Apr. 

July

Apr. 

July

Apr. 

July

Apr. 

July

12/1W-32.

2

19

a Plugged 

12/1W-33.

2 

19

12/lW-33a .

2

19

12/1W-35K1

2 

19

a Pumping

County Road Station.

23.05 

21.16

Sept. 2 

Oct. 13

H. G. Fen ton. Records

17.40 

18 t93

Sept. 2 

Oct. 13

Records available: 1943-48,

23.13 

23.12

Dec. 29

available: 1937-48.

19.39 

20.09

Dec. 29

(a}

18.99

F. B. Glerman. Records available: 1943-48.

4.70 

4.95

Sept. 2 

Oct. 13

. June Chase. Records

10.54 

11.18

.

(Sept. 2 

lOct. 13

7.16 

7.11

Dec. 29

available: 1945-48.

Ill Dec. 29

6.79

13.30
116 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

12/1W-36D1. Jorgeiisen. Records available: 1945-48.

Date

Apr. 2 

July 19

Water 

level.

12.50 

, (a)

Date

Sept. 2 

Oct. 13

Water 

level

(b)

(b)

Date

Dec. 29

Water 

level

22.18

a Well and .adjacent land flooded; 

b Pumping.

San Diego River basin

14/1W-36R1. City of San Diego. SE^SE^ sec. 36, T. 14 S., R. 1 W. 

About 200 feet west of concrete paved road to San Vicente dam and 200 fset 

south of main building in Poster Park. Diameter of casing 16-inches, depth 

75 feet. Nd pump. Measuring point, top of casing, 1.5 feet above landSurface datum. Records available: 1948. July 20, 34.26; Aug. 18, 33.11; 

Oct. 12, 33.83; Dec. 30, 34.70.

15/1E-2. San Diego County. Records available: 1938-48.

Jiar. 29 

July 20

44.65 

(a)

Aug. 

Oct.

18

12

36.75

48.98

Dec. 30 50.28

a Pumping.

15/1E-7. San Diego Products Co. Records available: 1938-48.

Mar. 29 

July 20

18.12

.20.10

Aug. 

Oct.

19.47 

(a)

Dec. 30 (a)

a Dry.

15/1E-10. SW£ sec. 10, T. 15 S., R. 1 E. About 400 feet east of 

dirt road to river bed from Poster Dairy and 1,000 feet north of oiled 

County road. Diameter of casing, 12 Inches, depth, 110 feet. Measuring 

point, top of casing, 0.5 foot above land-surface datum. Records available: 1948. Aug. 18, 27.96; Oct. 12, 33.22; Dec. 30, 34.15, 15 H« P, 

motor driven turbine pump installed.

15/1E-16C1. Pratt test well. Records available; 1938-4??. Dry. ! 

measurements made in 1948.

15/lE-17a. Dr. Irey Ranch, 

ments made in 1948.

Records available: 1938-47. No measure15/lE-17b. San Diego County. Records available: 1938-48. Mar. 29, 

25.65'

15/1E-17B1. Truttman Ranch. Mar, 29, 1948, new measuring point: 

top of 16-inch casing, 3.0 feet above former measuring point and 2.2 feet 

above land-surface datum; July 20, 1948, original measuring point, top of 

2-inch coupling 0.8 foot below land-surface datum, restored. Records 

available: 1938-48.

Mar. 

July

Mar. 

July

29 

20

15/1E-17H6.

29 

20

37.89 

46.00

Aug 

Oct

Irrigation

41.18 

52.18

Aug 

Oct

. 18 

. 12

District

. 18 

. 12

48 

51

Well.

55 

58

.55 

.31

Dec

Records

.37 

.47 ,

Dec

. 30

available:

. 30

52.24

1938-48

57.83

15/IE-19. Davidson & Brown. Formerly owned by Langdon. Records 

available: 1938-48.

Mar. 29 

July 20

16.62

19.20

Aug. 18 

Oct. 12

20,21

21.71

Dec. 30

15/1E-20B1. De Matteo. NW^NEi sec. 20, T. 15 S., R. 1 E., 300 feet 

south of intersection with oiled county road, about on east side of dirt 

road to Quail Canyon Reservoir. Domestic well, diameter 6 feet, depth 37 

feet. Measuring point, top of curb, at land-surface datum. Records available: 1948. Oct. 12, 35.06; Dec. 30, 33.37.
CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEOO COUNTY 117

15/1W-13N2. Rlverview well 3. Records available: 1938-48.

Date

Mar. 29

July 20

Water 

level

10.28 

14.56

Date

Aug. 18 

Oct. 12

Water 

level

15.40 

16.82

Date

Deo. 30

Water 

level

16.41

Mar.

July

Mar.

July

Mar.

July

Mar.

JulY

Mar. 

July

Mar. 

July

Mar. 

July

top

Mar.

July

15/1W-13R5.

29 

20

15/1W-23H3 .

29 

20

15/1W-24B.

29

20

15/1W-24D7.

29

20

15/1W-27.

29 

20

15/1W-28.

29 

20

16/2W-16.

29 

20

!6/2W-l6a. 

of concrete

29 

20

Leyl. Records available: 1938-48.

18.70 

22.87

Aug. 18 

Oct. 12

City of San Diego

10.11 

11.56

Aug. 18 

Oct. 12 -_

24.39 

25.51

Deo. 30

. Records available: 1946-48.

12.13 

13.20

Dec. 30

24.94

13.81

E. G. Squires. Records available: 1945-48.

16.50 

20.83

Aug. 18 

Oct. 12

.Rlverview well 2.

11.32 

19.56

Aug. 18 

Oct. 12

21.64 

21.56

Dec. 30

Records available: 1938-48.

20.48 

21.20

Dec. 30

21.22

16.43

On County Farm. Records available: 1938-48.

11.82 

14.33

Aug. 18 

Oct. 12

Dr. Good. Records

13.54 

-14.53

Aug. 18 

Oct. 12

Jaussaud. Records

15.40 

19.50

Aug. 18 

Oct. 12

15.60 

15.92

Dec. 30

available: 1938-48.

15.10 

15.89

Dec. 30

available: 1938-48.

21.87 

20.11

Dec. 30

Jaussaud. New measuring point beginning Dec. 30, 

curb, at land-surface datum. Records available:

15.21 

20.10

Aug. 18 

Oct. 12

21.62 

. 20.39

Dec. 30

15.29

15.74

18.95

1948, 

1938-48

19.63

16/3W-22. H. Tatreau. Records available: 1938-48. Mar. 29, 14.95; 

July 20, well dry.

16/3W-23. S. H. Mclntosh. Records available: 1938-48.

Mar. 

July

Mar. 

July

29

20

16/3W-24.

29 

20

9.50 

11.12

Aug. 

Oct.

R. I. Officer

10.64 

12.26

Aug. 

Oct.

18 

12

. Records

18 

12

11.24 I 

11.96 1

available

13.41 1 

14.36 1

Dec. 30 12.25

: 1938-48.

Dec, 30 14.73

Sweetwater River basin

17/1W-19. L. C. Klncald. Records available: 1938-48. Well dry on 

April 1, 1948.

!7/lW-19a. California Water & Telephone Co. Formerly owned by L. C. 

Klncald. Records available: 1944-48. Jan. 2, 35.60} Apr. 1 36.96; dry 

on July 15 and Dec. 27.
118 WATER LEVEES AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

Otay River basin 

13/2W-22. 0. W. St. Glair. Records available: 1938-48.

Date

Jan. 

Am1 .

2

I

Water 

level

22.31 

22.16

Date

July 

AUK..

15 

16

Water 

level

23.87 

24.57

Date

Oct. 

De9.

8 

27

Water 

level

25.08 

23.38

18/2W-22a. N. Bard. Records available: 1944-47. No measurement 

made In 1948.

Tla Juana River basin 

18/2W-33. On Hewltt Bros. Hog Ranch. Records available: 1938-48.

Jan. 

Anr.

Jan. 

Acr.

Jan. 

At>r.

Jan.

Apr.

2

1

a Well dry. 

18/2W-34. P

2

1

18/2W-34a.

2

1

19/2W-4. At

2 

1

13.07 

3£ f 81

July 15 

AUK. 16

18.49 

19.01

Oct. 

Dec.

8 

27

(a) 

(a)

. Vanderpool. Records available: 1933-48.

"16 .81 

13.86

July 15 

AUK. 16

On TSvans Ranch.

9.91 

9.35

July 15 

AUK. 16

Nestor Bridge.

9.30

8.92

July 15 

AUK. 16

18.85 

20.12

Oct. 

Dec.

Records available:

12.72 

13.03

Oct. 

Dec.

Records available:

14.82 

16.61

Oct. 

Dec.

8 

27

1938-48.

8 

27

1938-48 .

8 

27

20.22 

18.90

13.55 

13.07

17.55 

16.59

San Joaauln Countv

Mokelumne River basin

3N/6-17D1. Otto Helmle. Records available: 1936-48.

Date

Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar.

2 

2

1

Water 

level

15.36 

15.13 

16.08

Date

Apr. 

May 

June

1 

3 

1

Water 

level

15.60 

14.56 

15.22

Date

July 

Aug. 

Sept.

1 

2 

1

Water 

level

16.55 

20.22 

20.64

Date

Oct.

Nov. 

Dec.

1 

1

1

Water 

level

19.18 

17.55 

16.45

3N/6-36R2. Leland W. Bunch. Records available: 1926-29, 1935-48,

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

2

2

1

27.34

27.51

28.47

Apr.

May

June

1

3

1

23.09

26.92

27.56

July

Aug.

Sect.

1

2

1

29.82

31.06

a 32.25

Oot.

Nov.

Dec.

6

1

1

a 33.47

30.63

29.92

a Pumping recently.

3N/7-3C1. Jacob Knoll. Records available: 1935-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

6

2

1

38.95

39.10

39. 1*0

Apr.

May

June

1

3

1

38.49

37.84

36.90

July

Aug.

Sect.

1

2

1

34.80

36.34

37.63

Oct..

Nov.

Dec.

7

1

1

38.63

38.80

38.97

3N/7-6M8. R. E. and Ruth F. Coker. Records available: 1935-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

5

2

1

27.52

29.44

30.06

Apr.

May

June

1

3

1

30.78

28.25

28,82

July

Aug.

Sect.

1

2

1

28.13

28.39

28.62

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

6

1

1

28.28

28.09

28.77

3N/7-7M1. J. and Rachel Goetken. Records available: 1935-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

5

2

1

3,3.92

35.33

42.18

Apr.

May

June

1

3

3,

41.13

40.93

38.52

July

Aug.

SetJt.

1

2

1

38.54

40.00

38.97

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

6

1

1

37.69

36.37

35.44
CALIFORNIA, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY 119

3N/7-10L3. Edward Preszler. Records available: 1935-48.

Date

Jan. 

Feb. 

Map. 

Am*.

6 

2

1 

1

Water 

level

45.30 

a 47.21 

51.50 

48.25

Date

May 

June 

July

3

1 

1

Water 

level

46,48 

46.29 

46.18

Date

Aug. 

Sept

2 

11 

. 1

Water 

level

44.31 

43.88 

46.82

Date

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec.

7

1 

I

Water 

level

47.27 

49.94 

48.52

a Pumping nearby.

5N/7-10L4. Edward Preszler. Records available: 1935-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar t

6

2

1

44.72

a 63.52

58.73

Apr.

May

June

1

3

1

57.06

52.63

50.22

July

Aug.

1

2

11

52.28

54.79

55.54

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

1

7

1

53.79

50.45

48.70

a Pumping nearby.

3N/7-15P2. Eugene R. Hleb. Records available: 1935-48.

Jan. 

Peb t

6 

21 

2

a

b

48.59 

48.18 

48.06

Mar. 

Apr. 

May

1 

1 

3

Pumping nearby. 

Dry 54.1 feet below

a 51.47 

53.48 

53.30

June 

July 

AUK.

1 

1 

2

52.81 

52.74 

(b)

Sept. 

Nov. 

Dec.

1 

1 

1

(b) 

53.81 

52.96

land-surface datum.

3N/7-18N12. Joe Garnero. Records available: 1946-48.

Jan . 

Feb. 

Mar.

5 

2

1

32.72 

34.46 

38.49

Apr.

May 

June

1 

3

1

39.38 

39.54 

33.92

July 

Aug. 

Sent.

1 

2

1

40.38 

40.98 

40.15

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec.

6 

1 

3,

37.77 

36.32 

35.29

3N/7-27F3. John F. Heltzmann. Records available: 1935-48,

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

5

15 

2

1

45.98

45.67 

45.22

45.74

Apr.

May 

June

1

3

I

45.39

45.54 

47.23

July

Aug. 

Sept.

I

2

1

(a)

H (a)

Oct.

Nov. 

Dec.

7

1 

1

(a) 1:1

a Dry 50 feet below land-surface datum.

4N/6-12R1. G. A. Jahant. Records available: 

Destroyed, measurements discontinued.

1926-29; 1935-48,

Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar.

5 

2

1

38.45 

38.19 

38.78

Apr. 

May

1 

3

33.43 

33.32

June 

July

1 

1

38.43 

41.41

Aug. 

Sept.

2 

1

44.64 

46.33

4N/6-12R11. A. T. Carlson. About 4.5 miles north of Lodl, 75 feet 

north and 300 feet west of southeast corner of sec. 12, and 100 feet west 

of well 4N/6-12R1 which It replaces. Domestic and Irrigation well, 

diameter 8 Inches, reported depth 150 feet. Measuring point, lower edge 

of 1^-lnch pipe In southeast corner of concrete pump foundation, 0.6 foot 

above land-surface datum which Is 57.95 feet above mean sea level (altitude 

by East Bay Municipal Utility District). Records available: 1948. 

Oct. 6, 47.22; Oct. 27, 43.33; Nov. 1, 43.17; Dec. 1, 42.09.

4N/6-34R1, E. M. Smith. Records available: 1926-29, 1935-48.

Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar. 

Apr.

2 

2

1 

1

a

b

15.29 

15.73 

a 16.17 

(ab)

May

June

Pumping nearby. 

Dry at 16.9 feet

3 (b) 

7 17,66 

7 16.93 

1 15.61

July 

Aug. 

Sept.

below land-surface

1 

2

1

a 17 

a 18 

a 16

.42 

,11

.49

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec.

1 

1

1

a 15.51

14.37 

14.29

datum.

4N/6-36D1, D. D, Smith and S. H. and I. Zlmmerman. 

able: 1926-29, 1935-48.

Records availJan.

Feb.

Mar.

2

2

1

25,19

25.57

29.51

Apr.

May

June

1

3

1

29.67

25.92

27,86

July

Aug.

Sept.

1

2

1

25.95

27.27

25.73

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

4

1

J.

24.66

24.07

23.81
120 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAH PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

4N/7-15B3. Robert L. Carter. Records availablej 1935-48.

Date

Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar.

6 

2 

1

Water 

level

57.66 

55.70 

55.48

Date

Apr. 

May 

June

1 

3 

}

Water 

level

55.34 

55.14 

55.61

Date

July 

Aug. 

Sent.

1 

2 

1

Water 

level

(a) 

(a) 

La)

Date

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec*

8 

1 

1

Water 

level

(a) 

(a 

(a)

a Dry 57.6 feet below land-surface datum.

4N/7-18N3. Martha Eddlemon. Records available: 1935-48.

Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar.

Am-.

5 

2 

1 

1

40.40 

41.06 

44.09 

42,86

May 

June.

3 

10 

12 

3,

42 

42 

42 

41

.Sl7 

.76 

.53

f82

July 

Aug, 

Sept.

1 la) 

2 (a 

1 (a

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec*

6

1

1

:

(a)

a Dry 44.7 feet below land-surface datum.

4N/7-22Q4. Adolphus Eddlemon. Records available! 1935-48,

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

6

2

1

45.70

45.44

46.19

Apr.

May

June

1

3

1

46.82

47.08

47.18

July

Aug,

Ser>t.

1

2

1

48.65

(a)

(a)

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

8

1

1

U)

49.73

48.13

a Dry 49.5 feet below land-surface datum.

4N/7-22Q5. Adolphus Eddlemon. Records available: 1935-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar,

6

2

1

45.81

47.30

50.49

Apr.

May

June

1

3

1

49.46

48.46

49.03

July

Aug.

Sent.

1

2

1

55.62

57.89

55.88

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

8

1

1

51.07

49.27

48.12

4N/7-27P1. Frank H. and Leonard W. Buck. Records available: 

1935-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

6

2

1

36.08

36.42

37.15

Apr.

May

June

1

3

1

36.46

34.72

32.48

July

Aug.

Sept.

1

2

1

30.59

34.18

35,63

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

8

1

1

35.98

35.93

35.76

4N/7-30E4. Charles Weber. Records available: 1941-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

5

2

1

35.39

35.66

42.91

Apr.

May

June

1

3

1

40.70

40.55

39.39

July

Aug.

Sept.

1

2

1

40.88

42.56

41.64

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

6

1

1

43.31

38.61

37.69

4N/7-31M3. Charles H. Woest. Records available: 19S5-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

5

2

1

28.08

28.08

31.59

Apr,

May

June

1

3

1

32.73

29.56

27.35

July

Aug.

Sept.

1

2

1

26.29

27.05

26.98

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

6

1

1

26.93

26.33

a 26.18

a Pumping recently.

4N/7-31N5. Jacob Goehrlng. Records available: 1935-48.

Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar.

5 

2 

1

13.32 

13.63 

14.63

Apr. 

May 

June

1 

3 

1

11.89 

9.91 

8.62

July 

Aug. 

Sent.

1 

2 

1

7.99 

9.71 

9.77

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec.

6 

1 

1

9.94 

10.12 

10.56

4N/7-34G1. John J. Schmledt, Records available: 1935-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

6

2

1

11.03

11.53

12.39

Apr.

May

June

1

3

1

11.74

8.65

6.04

July

Aug.

Sent.

1

2

1

5.27

8.37

9.82

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

7

1

1

1O.08

10.18

10.00

Santa Barbara Count? 

Carplnterla basin 

4/25-19F4. M. F. Lewis. Records available: 1942-48.

Jan, 27 111.53 

Mav 4 110.16

June 28 111.68 

Julv 26 113.14

Aug. 31 115.14 

Set>t.28 116.32

Dec. 21 116.96
CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY 121

4/25-19J5, Lyman & Young. Records available: 1942-48.

Date

Mar. 1 

29

Water 

level

79.86 

78.61

Date

May 4 

June 28

Water 

level

75.03 

82.91

Date

July 26 

AUK. 31

Water 

level

a 83.23 

a 85.67

Date

Dec. 21

Water 

level

85.30

a Nearby well pumping.

4/25-20Q2. J. D. Homero. Records available: 1941-48.

Jan. 27 

Mar. 1 

29

64.91 

60.69 

58.86

May 4 

June 28

58.15 

64.28

July 26 

Aug. 31

65.23

67.43

Sept. 28 

Dec. 21

67.03 

64.99

4/25-21N2. B. S. Pillsbury. Records available: 1938, 1941-47. 

Measurements discontinued.

4/25-21R1. B. Moore. Records available: 1941-48.

Jan, 27 

Mar. 29

95.99

96 .99

May 4 

June 28

96.35

100.32

July 26 

Aug. 51

102.07

104.62

Sept.28 

Dec. 21

106*54 

110.50

4/25-26A1. Moses Mesa Associates Co. Records available: 1946-48.

Date

Mar.

May

29

4

a

b

Pumped 

Nearby

Water 

level

280.44 

272.96.

Date

Aug. 

Sept

recently 

well pumping.

31 

.28

Water 

level

a297.31 

b298.85

Date

Dec. 21

Water 

level

307.88

4/25-26C2. Shephard Mesa Mutual Water Co. Records available: 

1946-48. Jan. 27, 286.83; Mar. 29, 284.85; May 4, 278.26: Dec. 21, 

317.30.

4/25-27G3. H. S. Russell. Records available: 1938, 1941, 1947. No 

measurements made in 1948.

4/25-27Q2. A. P. Heimlich. Records available: 1941-48.

Date

Jan. 27 

Mar. 1 

29

Water 

level

138.75 

137.88 

136.45

Date

May 4 

June 28

Water 

level

133.33 

140.85

Date

July 26 

Aug. 31

Water 

level

143.16 

146.18

Date

Sept. 28 

Dec. 21

Water 

level

147.28 

151.12

4/25-27R2. W. H. Yule. Records available: 1941-48.

Date

Jan. 27 

Mar. 1

Water 

level

145.47 

140.77

Date

Mar. 29 

May 4

Water 

level

136.61 

133.00

Date

Aug. 31 

Dec. 21

Water 

level

a!57.03 

158.98

a Pumped recently.

1937 

Aug.

4/25-28J1. W. C. and C. A. Catlin. Records available: 1919, 1930, 

38, 1940-48. Mar. 29, 93.51; July 26, 106.06, pumped recently; 

31, 140.59, pumping; Dec. 21, 110.62.

4/25-28M1. Mrs. A. Baylor. Records available: 1941-48.

Date

Jan. 27 

Mar. 1 

29

Water 

level

68.30 

58.94 

57.02

Date

May 4 

June 28

Water 

level

53.92

79.55

Date

July 26 

Aug. 31

Water 

level

73.83 

a 82.34

Date

Sept. 28 

Dec. 21

Water 

level

77.82 

72.64

a Nearby well pumping.

947807 O 51 9
122 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

4/25-29D1. H. Sturmer. Records available: 1928-29, 1938, 1941-48.

Date

Jan. 27 

Mar. 1

Water 

level

49.17 

42.91

Date

Mar. 29 

MBY 4

Water 

level

41.43 

38.43

Date

June 28 

AUK. 31

Water 

level

a 46.33 

50.07

Date

Sept. 28 

Dec. 21

Water 

level

48.14 

44.23

a Nearby well pumping.

4/25-29HI. 

1941-48.

Carpinteria Union High School. Records available:

Jan. 27 

Mar. 1 

29

34.13 

29.81 

28.66

May 4 

June 28

25.90 

47.29

July 26 

Aug. 31

a 49.75 

a 48.18

Sept. 28 

Dec. 21

a 53.94 

42.86

a. Nearby well pumping.

4/25-30D1. Sandyland Beach Club. Records available: 1947-48.

Jan. 27 

Mar. 1 

29

30.76 

26.20 

26.23

May 4 

June 28

26.04 

30.96

July 26 

Aug. 31

37.63 

37.93

Sept. 28 

Dec. 21

37.97 

31.23

4/25-35B1. R. Nichols. Records available: 1941-48.

Jan.

Mar.

27

1

29

a

83.85

88.42

76.34

May

June

4

28

69.97

96.92

July

Aug.

26

31

100.01

alOO.69

Sept. 28

Dac. 21

all4.79

112.98

a Nearby well pumping.

4/26-23A2. Prank Wymond. Records available: 1947-48.

Jan. 27 

Mar. 1

67.12

56.30

Mar. 29 

_May 4

54.45

55.30

Aug. 31 a 58.55 

Sept.23 ab 96.46

Dec. 22 57.39

Pumped recently. 

Nearby well pumping.

4/26-24F2. A. F. Thurmond. Records available: 1938, 1941-48.

Mar. 1 

29

a 33.33 

19.97

May 

June

4

28

26.36 

a 35.12

Aug. 

Sept

31 

.28

a 33.82 

a 42.89

Dec. 21 19.97

a Nearby well pumping.

Goleta basin

4/27-6N1. John McCaughy. Records available: 1941-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

27

24

29

93.64

93.77

93.44

May

June

July

4

28

26

a 94.36

94.34

95.52

Aug.

Sept

30

.28

95.32

97.35

Oct.

Dec.

22

21

96.99

96.39

a Nearby well pumping.

4/27-21B1. City of Santa Barbara. In southwest section of city, 68 

feet southeast of Victoria Street, 170 feet southwest of Rancheria Street 

in rectangular cement pit north of stucco water works building. Open 

casing in concrete pump foundation. Abandoned municipal supply well, 

diameter 16 inches, reported depth 454 feet. Measuring point, top of 

metal rim set in concrete pump foundation, 1.73 feet above pit floor, 

0.30 foot above top of casing, 3.0 feet below land-surface datum and 65 

feet above sea-level datum of city surveys. Records available: 1948.

Highest daily water level, from recorder charts

Jan. 26

27

Feb. 2

9

16

24

Mar. 1

8

15

37.09

37.14

37.04

37.15

57.66

63.77

67.77

69.55

70.63

Mar.

Apr.

May

22

29

5

12

19

26

3

10

17

71.37

71.80

72.07

72.23

73.07

73.98

74.06

75.07

75.45

May 25

June 1

8

14

21

28

July 6

13

20

75.04

75.11

75.82

78.42

81.13

83.12

84.34

84.46

84.90

July 27

Aug. 3

10

11

18

31

Sept. 7

14

21

85.64

86.90

89.14

89.33

90.62

93.11

93.90

94.84

91.03
CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY 123

4/27-21B1 Continued.

Date

Sent 

Oct.

.28 

5 

12 

19

Water 

level

90.74 

90.43 

88.37 

82.38

Date

Nov. 2 

9 

16

Water 

level

78.74 

78.04 

77.40

Date

Nov. 

Dec.

23 

1 

9

Water 

level

77. OS 

76*75 

76.50

Date

Dec. 13 

20 

22

Water 

level

76.47 

75.72 

74.92

4/28-2N2. County of Santa Barbara. Tucker's Grove. Records available: 1943-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar f

27

24

29

37.89

38.39

39.18

May

June

July

,4

28

26

40.05

41.41

41.33

Aug.

Sept

30

.23

a 42.88

43.66

Oct.

Dec.

22

21

a 43.99

44.84

a Nearby well pumping.

4/28-3E2. Peter Cavalletto. Records available: 1941-48.

Feb.

Mar.

May

24

29

4

a 43.20

35.04

25.94

June

July

28

28

36.30

40.04

Aug.

Sept

30

.28

a 40.28

a 43.28

Oct.

Dec.

22

22

45.17

40.87

a Nearby well pumping.

4/23-3M3. L. W. Fowler. Records available: 1947-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

27

24

29

a!23.92

al!4.14

114.95

May

June

Julv

4

29

26

al35;39

a 128. 80

a!22.09

Aug.

Sept

30

.23

a!29.46

a!34.37

Oct.

Dec.

22

21

a!26.39

124.14

a Nearby well pumping.

4/28-3Q2. A. J. Haverland. Records available: 1943-43.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

27

24

29

B.

a

S4.69

39.52

90.14

May

June

July

4

28

25

al!5.71

a!22.99

a!26.47

Aug. 30

Sept. 28

a!23.12

a!29.05

Oct.

Dec.

22

21

126.89

127.12

a Nearby well pumping.

4/23-4Q2. R. S. Rowe. Records available: 1941-48.

Feb.

Mar.

May

24

29

4

a 91.50

87.07

88.67

June

July

25

26

a 95.47

al06.51

Aug.

Sept

30

.28

96.42

99.96

Oct.

Dec.

22

21

100.61

99.99

a Nearby well pumping.

4/23-5R4. E. J. Bwing. Records available: 1937-38, 1941, 1943-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

27

24

29

55.98

56.05

56.29

June

July

29

26

57.45

60.51

Aug.

Sept

30

.28

61.32

61.08

Oct.

Dec.

22

22

61.10

61.24

4/28-8C2. G. B. Cavalletto. Records available: 1941, 1945-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

27

24

29

67.99

67.61

65.50

May

June

July

4

29

22

67.20

69.30

71.05

Aug.

Sept

30

.28

72.73

73.95

Oct.

Dec.

22

22

74.91

76.54

4/28-9A3. L. M. Cavalletto. Records available: 1941-43. Undated 

entries are highest and lowers levels between dates of observation.

Jan. 27

Feb. 24

Mar. 29

59.95

61.84

61.68

59.78

62.27

60.92

62.25

61.37

May 4

June 28

61.11

62.03

61.47

61.44

63.56

63.04

62.49

July 26

Aug. 30

63.04

462.91

62.90

64.31

63.41

63.35

63.89

Sent

Oct.

Dec.

.28

22

21

63.82

63.82

64.40

64.66

63.99

64.93

64.52
124 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

4/28-9E1. ,A. T. Spaulding. Records available: 1941, 1943-48.

Date

Jan. 27 

Feb. 24

Water 

level

52.21 

52.35

Date

June 29 

Aue;. 30

Water 

level

56.53 

a 77.52

D , Water 

level

Oct. 22 

Dec. 22

58.38 

58.19

a. Pumping.

4/28-10A1. C. C. Lee. Records available: 1941-48.

Date

Jan. 27 

Feb. 24 

Mar. 29

Water 

level

120.41 

118.37 

116.85

Date

May 4 

June 28 

July 26

Water 

level

117.83 

119.42 

120 .23

Date

Aug. 30 

Sept. 28

Water 

level

121.17 

122.56

Date

Oct. 22 

Dec. 21

later 

level

125.29 

124.82

4/28-10F1. J. S. Edwards. Records available: 1932-33; 1937-33, 

1941-48.

Jan. 27 79.82 

Feb. 24 79.58

Apr. 1 79.57 

Mav 5 79.37

July 26 81.91 

Aucr. 30 85.15

Oct. 22 

Dec. 21

4/28-10K2. Norman Troup. Records available: 1941-48. Jan. 

109.41; Apr. 1, 108.27; Aug. 30, 117.75, pumped recently; Dec. 21,

4/28-11K4. Oiovanni Cavalli. Records available: 1947-48,

Jan. 27 79.44 

Feb. 24 80.21

Anr. 1 80.47 

May 5 80.28

Aug. 30 86.07 

Sept. 28 87.85

Oct. 22 

Dec. 22

85.61 

85.76

27, 

114.32

90.47 

88.07

4/28-12L4. L. More. Records available: 1941-48.

Feb.

Apr.

May

24

1

5

63.76

65.65

71.06

June

July

29

26

93.18

95.20

Aug.

Sept

30

.28

82.32

a 94.54

Oct.

Dec.

22

22

89.71

81.69

a Nearby well pumping.

4/28-15E1. A. J. Holloway. Records available: 1941-47. Destro?'ed, 

measurements discontinued.

4/28-16F2. John Begg. Records available: 1941, 1943-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Apr.

27

24

1

54.03

49.54

52.06

May

June

Julv

5

29

26

a 64.59

78.37

73.85

Aug.

Sept

30

.28

75.10

a 64.83

Oct.

Dec.

22

21

55.98

52.80

4/28-16F3. John Begg. Records available: 1941, 1943-48.

Jan. 27 

Feb. 24 

Apr. 1

a 15.94 

16.18 

16.11

May 5 

June 29 

Julv 26

a 16.06 

16.49 

16.68

Aug. 30 

Sept. 28

16.67 

a 16.89

Oct. 

Dec.

22 

21

17.02 

17.38

a Nearby well pumping.

4/28-16R1. 

1945-48.

Pacific Lighting Corporation. Records available: 1941,

Jan.

Feb.

Apr.

27

24

1

a 25.26

23.66

30.98

May

June

July

5

29

26

26.19

39.25

40.34

Aug.

Sept

30

.28

37.90

34.26

Oct.

Dec.

22

22

31.81

30.22

a Nearby well pumping.

4/28-H7H3. J. J. Mathews. Records available: 1941-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar,.

27

24

29

8.70

8.71

8.31

May

June

July

4

29

26

8.44

9.25

9.37

Aug.

Sept

30

.28

9.62

9.85

Oct.

Dec.

22

21

9.84

9.94
CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY 125

4/28-17H11. Mrs. L. Oakley and Mrs. M. Bonettl. Records available: 

1941-48.

Date

Jan. 27 

Feb. 14 

At>r. 1

Water 

level

26.69 

25.59 

27.02

Date

June 29 

JuJ.y 26

Water 

level

a 34.88 

a 35.79

Date

Aug. 30 

Sept. 28

Water 

level

a 34.77 

34.02

Date

Oct. 22 

Dec. 21

Water 

level

31.17 

29.90

a Nearby well pumping.

4/28-18G2. T. B. Bishop Co. Records available: 1942-48.

Jan.

Feb.

m*f

27

24

29

37.62

40.84

29.18

fey

June

July

4

29

26

29.95

29.65

44.51

'Aug.

Sept

30

.28

33.90

38.05

Oct.

Dec.

22

22

33.26

31.38

4/28-JL8N3. T. M. Storke. Records available: 1942-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

27

24

29

16.34

15.83

15.16

June

Aug.

28

5

19.73

19.87

Aug.

Sept

30

.28

18.96

19.71

Oct.

Dec.

22

22

20.44

18.25

4/29-13K2. T. B. Bishop Co. Records available: 1942-48.

Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar.

27 

24 

29

49.84 

50.94 

49.80

May 

June 

July

4

29 

26

52.16 

51.66 

53.34

Aug. 

Sept

30 

.28

53.03 

54.01

Oct. 

Dec'.

22 

22

53.48" 

52.61

4/29-14A3. Frank Baker. Records available: 1942-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Apr.

27

24

1

77.24

77.36

77.24

May

June

Julv

4

29

26

77.50

78.90

79.78

Aug.

Sept

30

.28

a 91.86

80.35

Oct.

Dec.

22

22

80.64

80.39

a Pumping.

Middle Santa Ynez valley 

6/30-6A1. Sam Torrence. Records available: 1942-48.

Date

Mar. 

June

25 

24

Water 

level

67.02 

78.16

Date

Aug. 

Sent

25 

.24

Water 

level

90.79 

75.16

Date

Oct. 

Dec,

21 

27

Water 

level

77.16 

68.63

6/30-7K1. Mrs. W. Anderson. Records available: 1941-48. Apr. 27,

41.28; July 22, 42.95; Aug. 25, 39.82, pumping; Dec. 27, 43.47.

6/30-9N1. San Lucas Ranch. Records available: 1941-48.

Date

Feb. 27 

Apr. 27

Water 

level

32.71 

32.84

Date

June 24 

Julv 22

Water 

level

33.05 

33.12

Date

Aug. 26 

Sept. 24

Water 

level

33.19 

33.23

Date

Oct. 21 

Dec. 27

Water 

level

33.45 

a 33.47

a Pumping.

6/30-29E1. Rancho Juan y Lolita. Records available: 1942-48.

Apr. 

June

27 

24

23.45 

23.38

July 

Aus.

22 

25

20.23 1 

20.96 1

Sept 

Oct.

.24 

21

21.30 

21.66

Dec. 15 "22.50

6/31-2K1. Sam de la Cuesta (Rancho Alamo Pintado). Records available: 1947-48.

Date

Mar. 25 

June 24

Water 

level

29.12 

31.26

Date

July 22 

AUK. 25

Water 

level

32.25 

33.41

Date

Oct. 21 

Dec. 27

Water 

level

a 34.89 

33.47

a Pumped recently.
126 WATER LFVFLS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

6/31-13D1. Mrs. W. E. Parker. Records available: 1941-48.

Date

Feb. 27 

Mar. 25

Water 

level

111.84 

109.27

Date

Apr. 27 

Julv 22

Water 

level

109.47 

109.74

Date

Aug. 25 

Sent. 24

Water 

level

111.32 

109.84

Date

Oct. 21 

Dec. 15

Water 

level

109.88 

109.99

6/31-17P1. J. R. Orton. Records available: 1942-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

31 a 18.75

27 21.98

Mar.

July

a Pumping.

6/31-21H2. Allsal

31 9.40

27 9.51

25 a 9.12

Apr.

June

Julv

25 21

22 22

.27

.95

Aug. 25

Oct. 21

Corporation. Records

27 a 9

24 a 9

22 9

.83

.93

.48

Aug. 25

Sept. 24

22

23

.61

.66

Dec. 15

27

23

22

.17

.80

available: 1943-48.

9

9

.24

.81

Oct.

Dec.

21

27

9

10

.67

.37

a Nearby well pumping.

Jan.

Mar.

6/32-6K1. Mrs. M.

28 18.19

5 17.17

June

AU£T.

Barker.

24 17

25 17

Records available:

.33

.46

Sept. 24

Oct. 21

17

a 24

 1942-48.

.58

.55

Dec. 27 a 25 .45

a Nearby well pumping.

6/32-9A1. Owen Holllster.

Jan.

Mar.

28 33.15

5 33 .70

Mar.

Am-. 25 30

27 30

Records available:

.96

.88

June 24

AUE. 25

34

a 41

1941-48.

.63

.74

Sent. 24 a 34 .26

Pumping. 

b Nearby well pumping.

6/32-12J2. A. Bodlne. Records available: 1941-48.

Jan.

Mar.

28 

5

25

34.28 

32.61

33.30

Apr. 

June

Julv

27 

24

22

34.42 

34.59

31.18

Aug. 

Sect

Oct.

25 

.24

21

29.91 

32.05

31.74

Dec. 15 

27

32.52 

33.68

6/32-16P3. Channlng Peake. Records available: 1942-43.

Jan.

Mar.

28

4

27

46.36

46.70

45.72

July

Aug.

23

26

49.08

43.85

Sent

Oct.

.27

21

49.03

48.86

Dec. 15

27

48.97

47.67

7/31-23P1. F. L. Mattel. Records available: 1942-48.

Date

Feb. 27 

Kar. 25

V.'ater 

level

32.43 

32.85

Date

July 22 

AUH. 25

Water 

level

41.59 

a 45.93

Date

Oct. 21 

Dec. 27

Hater 

level

45.85 

46.30

a Pumping.

7/31-25L1. Russell Smith. Records available: 1942-48.

Apr. 27 

Julv 22

73.20 

74. 55

Aug. 25 

Oct. 21

74.53 

74.35

Dec. 27 74.27

7/31-36G2. leura Gross!. Records available: 1947-48.

Date

Jan. 31 

Feb. 27 

Mar. 25

TJater 

level

35.40 

34.93 

35.33

Date

Apr. 27 

June 24 

July 22

Water 

level

35.08 

37.04 

36.86

Date

Aug. 25 

Sept. 24

Water 

level

38.77 

38.93

Date

Oct. 21 

Dec. 27

Water 

level

39.26 

39.45

7/31-36L2. D. B. Kilbourne. Records available: 1942-43.

Jan.

Feb.

31

27

29.07 

27.41

Mar. 

Arr .

25

27

27 

26

.27 

.93

Julv 22 

AUE. 25

23.21 

a 36.59

Sept 

Dec.

.24 

27

32.45 

32.02

a Pumping.
CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY 127

Lower Santa Ynez valley 

6/33-9P1. Holllster Estate. Records available: 1941-48.

Date

Jan. 28 

Feb. 12 

Mar. 4

Water 

level

43.11 

43.35 

42.84

Date

Mar. 27 

Apr. 29 

June 25

Water 

level

42.79 

43.47 

a 51.95

Date

July 23 

Aug. 26 

Set>t.27

Water 

level

56.93 

a 58.04 

48.12

Date

Oct. 21 

Dec. 15

27

Water 

level

47.35 

a 54.69 

48.26

a Nearby well pumping.

6/34-2A1. C. Madsen. Records available: 1941-46. No measurements 

made In 1947 or 1948.

6/34-2A6. Battle Madsen. Formerly owned by C. Madsen. About 2 

miles east of Lompoc, on southwest side of walnut orchard, 15 feet northeast of edge of terrace remnant about 45 feet above Inner channel of Santa 

Ynez River at Narrows, and 25 feet northwest of well 6/34-2A1, In metal 

pumphouse. Drilled Irrigation well, diameter 16 Inches, reported depth 

185 feet, with deep-well turbine Installed. Measuring point, top west 

side of pump base at hole, 1.56 feet above land-surface datum which Is 

about 123 feet above mean sea level. Records available: 1948. Aug. 25, 

48.50, puirrcing; Sept. 24, 42.06; Oct. 21, 42.06; Dec. 30, 41.57.

6/34-4D1. Peter Tognattl. Records available: 

Oct. 21, measurements discontinued.

1941-43. Destroyed

Jan. 

Mar.

28 

25

40.50 

37.31

June 

July

6/34-6C2. Bank of

Jan. 

Mar.

28 

4

66.39 

66.47

July 

AUG.

24 

22

40.31 

41.09

Aug. 

Sept

America. Records

22

25

67.30 

66.70

Sept 

Oct.

25 

.24

39.65 

38.94

Oct. 21 36.29

avallRble: 1943-48.

.24 

21

64.75 

62.87

Dec. 31 60.50

7/33-30C1. John Valla. Records available: 1941-48.

Jan.

Mar.

28

5

25

151.70

a!51.77

151.83

Apr.

June

July

27

24

22

151.73

152.01

a!52.10

Aug.

Sept

25

.24

a!52.14

a 152. 21

Oct.

Dec.

21

27

a!52.40

a!52.57

a Nearby well pumping.

7/34-9H3. Geological Survey, U. S, Dept. of Interior. Union Oil Co. 

Purlslma Lease. About 4.5 miles'north of Lompoc, In bottom of small valley 

In upland area south of Purlslma Hills, at south side of dilapidated wooden 

barn on west side of creek, In barbed-wire enclosure. Drilled observation 

well. Diameter 3 Inches, depth 103 feet. Measuring point, top east side 

of Inner casing, 1.89 feet above land-surface datum. Records available: 

1943.

Highest dally water level, from recorder charts

Apr.

May

June

22

27

1

5

10

15

20

25

31

5

7

15

20

9.36

9.35

9.39

9.52

9.63

9.63

9.85

9.76

10.36

10.68

10.64

10.57

10.35

June

July

Aug.

25

30

5

10

15

19

25

23

5

10

15

20

26

10.97

10.71

10.73

10.85

10.66

10.61

10.61

10.44

10.90

10.76

10.^6

10.45

10.10

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

31

. 5

10

15

20

25

30

5

10

15

20

25

1

9.93

9.84

9.93

9.84

10.08

9.96

10.04

10.12

9.32

9.47

9.74

9.95

10.02

Nov. 5

10

13

19

25

30

Dec. 3

7

15

18

23

31

10.35

9.60

10.02

9.48

9.91

10.59

10.19

10.26

10.49

10.64

10.47

11.04

7/34-9H4. Geological Survey, U. S. Dept. of Interior. Union Oil Co. 

Purisijtia Lease. About 10 feet west of Geological Survey observation well 

7/34-9H3, beneath 4 by 6 foot wood cover. Bored observation well, uncased 

diameter 4 Inches, depth 15 feet. Measuring point, top of wooden peg on 

east side of well, at land-surface datum. Records available: 1948.
126 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

7/34-9H4 Continued.

Date

Apr. 6 

9 

15 

22 

29 

May 7 

14 

24

?/ater 

level

1.48 

1.40 

1.67 

2.66 

2.79 

3.17 

3.17 

3.39

Date

May 28 

June 4 

14 

24 

July 1 

7 

13 

21

Water 

level

5.45 

5.57 

5.35 

4.00 

4.14 

4.52 

4.33 

4.44

Date

Aug. 3 

15 

19 

26 

Sept. 2 

9 

16

Water 

level

4.71 

4.75 

4.87 

4.97 

5.05 

5.07 

5.15

Date

Sept 

Oct.

Nov. 

Dec.

.25 

50 

7 

20 

30 

16 

31

Water 

level

5.22 

5.52 

5.14 

5.53 

5.72 

5.68 

5.59

7/34-14F1. Walter F. Ziegche. Records available: 1947-48.

Jan.

Mar.

Apr.

28

24

27

195.09

195.05

195.39

June

July

24

22

195.65

195.76

Aug.

Sept

25

.24

195.96

196.04

Oct.

Dec.

21

27

.196.09

196.07

7/34-21E1. Geological Survey, U. S. Dept. of Interior. Camp Cooke 

Military Reservation. About 2.7 miles north of Lompoc, in southeast 

corner of Camp Cooke Military Reservation, in valley bottom of Davis 

Canyon, at north end of cultivated field, at south side of dirt embankment and fence across valley, about 55 feet east of dirt road. Drilled 

observation well, open 8-inch casing with removable cap, depth 145 feet. 

Measuring noint, top of casing, 1.0 foot above land-surface datum. Records 

available: 1948. Nov. 19, 19.60; Dec. 15, 19.24; Dec. 16, 19.27; Dec. 51, 

19.08.

7/54-22H1. H. E. Harris. Records available: 1941-42, 1946-48.

Jan.

Mar.

28

5

26.46

23.05

Mar. 24 

June 24

27.78

27.06

July 22 

Aug. 25

25.82

27.19

Oct. 

Dec.

21

27

25.45 

b 25.40

a Nearby welJL pumping, 

b Pumping.

7/34-22Q4. Geological Survey, U. S. Dept. of Interior. A. Scolari 

property. Records available: 1947-48.

Jan.

Mar.

28

5

26

18.02

18.22

17.45

Apr.

June

July

29

25

25

18.25

19.02

19.42

Aug.

Sept

26

.27

19.83

20.04

Oct.

Dec.

21

31

20.35

19.79

7/34-26A2. K. McConnell. Records available: 1941-48.

Jan. 28 

Mar. 5 

24

59.65 

40.06 

40.05

Apr. 27 

June 24 

July 22

40.27 

41.18 

41.75

Aug. 25 

Sept. 24

42.01 

42.01

Oct. 

Dec.

21 

50

41.99 

41.86

7/34-27A4. Geological Survey, U. S. Dept. of Interior. L. H. 

Schuyler property. Records available: 1947-48.

Jan. 

Mar.

28 

5 

26

12.24 

12.58 

12.61

Apr. 

June 

July

29 

25 

25

12.70 

15.41 

13.75

Aug. 

Sept

26 

.27

14.17 

14.44

Oct. 

Dec.

21 

31

14.65 

14.62

7/34-27J3. Geological Survey, U. S. Dept. of Interior. L. H. 

Schuyler property. Records available: 1943-45, 1947-48.

Jan.

Mar.

28

5

26

20.86

21.68

21.95

Apr.

June

July

29

25

25

22.48

22.99

25.52

Aug.

Sept

26

.27

24.16

24.25

Oct.

Dec.

21

51

20.86

24.44

7/34-27L1. Mrs. Susan Van Clief. Records available: 1941-48.

Apr. 

June

29 

25

37.87 

39.15

July 

AUK.

23 

26

40.21 

40.65

Sept 

Oct.

.27 

21

40.01 

39.77

Dec. 31 38.44

7/34-28A2. Geological Survey, U. S. Dept. of Interior. S. B. 

Wfestrope property. Records available: 1947-48.
CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY 129

7/34-28A2---Continued.

Date

Jan. 28 

Mar. 5

26

Water 

level

29.66 

a 30.41 

30.15

Date

Apr. 29 

June 25 

July 23

Water 

level

30.63 

31.13 

32.50

Date

Aug. 26 

Sept. 27

Water 

level

a 32.72 

32.32

Date

Oct. 21 

Dec. 31

Water 

level

32.17 

30.35

a Nearby well pumping.

7/34-28H2. T. M. Parks. Records available: 1942-48.

Jan.

Mar.

28

5

26

31.97

32.73

32.37

Apr.

June

July

29

25

25

32.37

35.53

35.01

Aup:.

Sept

26

.27

36.52

33.67

Oct.

Dec.

21

31

32.99

31.68

7/34-23R1. A. C. Zvolanek.

Jan. 28

Mar. 5

2C

15.66

15.93

17.24

Apr. 29 

June 25 

July 25

14.89

16.22

18.03

Records available: 1943-48.

Aug. 26 18."88~ 

Sept.27 16.85

7/34-28R2. Geological Survey, U. S. Dept. of Interior. A. C. 

Zvolanek property. Records available: 1943-48.

Jan.

Mar.

28

5

26

10.02

10.43

10.78

Apr.

June

July

29

25

23

10.16

12.11

12.04

Aug.

Sept

26

.27

12.68

13.12

Oct.

Dec.

21

31

13.19

12.68

7/34-29A3. Geological Survey. U. S. Dept. of Interior. 

Sverett property. Records available: 1947-48.

Charles

Date

Jan. 28 

Mar. 4

Water 

level

16.51 

17.01

Date

Mar. 26 

Apr. 27

Water 

level

17.13 

17.15

Date

June 24

Water 

level

16.69

7/34-29B4. G. P. Sanor. Records available: 1945-48.

Date

Jan. 28 

Mar. 4 

26

Water 

level

35.35 

35.62 

27.96

Date

Apr. 27 

June 24 

July 22

Water 

level

33.98 

33.27 

32.85

Date

Aug. 26 

Sept. 25

Water 

level

30.91 

28.24

Date

Oct. 21 

Dec,. 31

Water 

level

25.71 

23.34

7/34-29E5. 

Sanor property.

Geological Survey, U. S. Dept. of Interior. G. F, 

Records available: 1945-48.

Jan. 28 

Mar. 4 

26

21.86 

23.08 

23.25

Apr. 27 

June 24 

July 22

23.47 

23.25 

22.50

Aug.. 26 

Sept .24

23.29 

23.58

Oct. 

Dec.

21 

31

23.18 

22.86

7/34-30L2. Union Sugar Co. Records available: 1941-42, 1945-48.

Date.

Mar. 26 

July 22

Water 

level

28.99 

31.76

Date

Aug. 26 

Sept. 24

Water 

level

32.06 

26.24

Date

Oct. 21 

Dec. 21

Water 

level

26.11 

21.33

7/34-30L3. Geological Survey,.U. S. Dep*. of Interior. Union Sugar 

Co. property. Records available: 1945-48.

Date

Jan. 28 

Mar. 4 

26.

a 

a

Water 

level

23.00 

23.07 

23.27

Date

Apr. 

June 

July

27 

24 

22

Water 

level

21.77 

22.48 

23.33

Date

Aug. 

Sept

26 

.25

Water 

level

23.14 

22.47

Date

Oct. 

Dec.

21 

31

Water 

level

22.12 

21.13

a Nearby well pumping.
130 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

7/34-30R1. Mrs. E. Manfrina. Records available: 1941-48.

Date

Jan.

Mar.

28 

4 

26

Water 

level

22.49 

23.32 

23.35

Date

Apr. 

June 

July

27 

24 

22

Water 

level

23.98 

24.10 

24.14

Date

Aug. 

Sept

26 

.24

Water 

level

24.15 

23.36

Date

Oct. 

Dec.

21

31

Water 

level

22.97 

22.63

7/34-31C2. Union Sugar Co. Records available: 1947-48.

Mar. 25 

Apr. 27

30.33 

a 45.36

June 24 

Aug. 25

42.99 

b 82.84

Sept.24 

Oct. 21

46.38 

c 28.51

Dec. 31 23.16

a Nearby well pumping

b Pumping,

c Pumped recently.

7/34-31C3. Geological Survey. U« S. Dept. of Interior. Union Sugar Co. 

property. Recocds available: 1947-48.

Jan.

Mar.

28

4

25

17.26

a 17.47

15.63

Apr.

June

July

27

24

22

15.00

14.65

14.90

Aug.

Sept

25

.24

16.06

16.42

Oct.

Dec.

21

31

16.60

17.22

a Nearby well pumping.

7/34-32A1. 0. F. Benn. Records available: 1947-48.

Mar. 4

26

39.29

36.82

Apr. 27 

June 24

40.45

39.61

Aug. 

Oct.

26

21

a 46.76 

51.67

Dec. 31 30.28

a Pumping.

7/34-32A4. Geological Survey, U. S, Dept, of Interior. 0. P. Benn 

property. Records available: 1947-48.

Jan.

Mar.

28

4

26

a 26.43

26.52

26.38

Apr.

June

July

27

24

22

a 27.46

28.60

a 33.77

Aug.

Sept

26

.24

a 28.65

28.36

Oct.

Dec.

21

31

28.28

28.65

a Nearby well pumping.

7/34-32P5. Geological Survey, U. S* Dept. of Interior. 

Sons property. Records available: 1947-48.

J. Bodgei- &

Jan.

Mar.

28

4

25

29.18

29.66

29.52

Apr.

June

July

27

24

22

30.09

29.90

30.50

Aug.

Sept

25

.24

31.05

30.59

Oct.

Dec.

21

31

30.29

29.66

7/34-34H1. Mrs. M. Balaam. Records available: 1941-48.

Mar. 5 

26

47.54

46.41

Apr. 29 

July 25

47.43

49.29

Aug. 26 

Sept.27

48.99

49.16

Oct. 21 a 50.80 

Dec. 31 48.18

a Nearby well pumping.

7/34-34H2. Geological Survey, U. S. Dept. of Interior. Mary Skaarup 

property. Records available: 1943-48.

Date

Jan. 28 

Mar. 5

Water 

level

a 45.48 

46.27

Date

War. 26 

Apr. 29

Water 

level

46.24 

47.05

Date

June 25

Water 

level

48.84

a Nearby well pumping.

7/34-35F2. Valla Bros. Records available: 1943-48. Jan. 28, 28.28j 

Mar. 25, 30.59; Aug. 25, 46.74, nearby well pumping; Dec. 30, 29.13.

7/34-35F6. Geological Survey. U. S. Dept. of Interior. M. Schuyler 

property. Records available: 1943-48.

Date

Jan. 28 

Feb. 12

Water 

level

49.12 

a 50.65

Date

Mar. 24 

Apr. 29

Water 

level

51.52 

a 50.73

Date

June 25 

Sept. 27

Water 

level

a 51.59 

a 51.56

Date

Oct. 21 

Dec. 31

Water 

level

52.21 

50.49

a Nearby well pumping.
CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY 131

7/34-35P1S. M. Sohuyler. Records available. 1947-48.

Date

Jan. 28 

Mar. 26 

Aor. 29

Water 

level

51.04 

a 52.57 

a 51.49

Date

June 23 

July 23

Water 

level

a 53.25 

a 54.48

Date

Aug. 26 

Sept. 27

Water 

level

a 54.59 

a 52.92

Date

Oct. 21 

Dec. 31

Wat,er 

level

53.51 

50.96

a Nearby well pumping,

7/34-35K2. Mrs. M. McDonald. Records available: 1941-48.

Jan.

Mar.

28

5

25

14.11

14.87

14.61

Apr.

June

July

2?

24

22

16.31

16.69

16.62

Aug.

Sept

25

.24

17.61

18.07

Oct.

Dec.

21

30

15.46

15.05

7/34-35P1. W. P. and N. L. Robinson. Records available: 1941-48. 

Jan. 28, 47.54; Mar. 5, 51.90; Dec. 31, 48.80.

7/35-18J1. Dept. of the Army, Camp Cooke Military Reservation. 

Records available: 1941-48.

Jan.

Mar.

28

4

26

0.86

.57

.29

Apr.

June

July

27

24

22

1.44

1.41

1.56

Aug.

Sept

25

.24

1.80

1.82

Oct.

Dec.

21

31

1.75

.11

7/35-20J1. 

ords available:

Dept. of the Amy, Camp Cooke Military Reservation. 

1941-48.

RecJan.

Mar.

28

4

26

9.96

9.81

9.58

Apr.

June

July

27

24

22

10.12

10.53

10.71

Aug.

Sept.

25

24

10.79

11.00

Oct.

Dec.

21

31

10.94

9.84

7/35-22F2. 

ords available:

Dept. of the Army, Camp Cooke Military Reservation. 

1947-48.

RecJan.

Mar.

28

4

26

5.04

4.99

4.96

May

June

July

26

24

22

5.76

5.63

5.40

Aug.

Sept

25

.24

5.61

6.16

Oct.

Dec.

21

31

6.28

5.41

7/35-22J1. Union Sugar Co. Records available: 1941, 1945-48.

Date

Mar. 4 

26

Water 

level

17.35 

14.80

Date

Aug. 25 

Oct. 21

Water 

level

a 21.95 

17.07

Date

Dec. 31

Water 

level

14.40

a Pumped recently.

7/35-22M1. 

ords available:

Dept. of the Army, 

1947-48.

Camp Cooke Military Reservation. RecDate

Jan. 28 

Mar. 4

Water 

level

10.99 

10.25

Date

Mar. 26 

May 26

Water 

level

10.44 

13.88

Date

Aug. 25 

Set>t.24

Water 

level

14.17 

14.43

Date

Oct. 21 

Dec. 31

Water 

level

13.38 

10.59

7/35-22M2. Dept. of the Army, 

Records available: 1947-48.

Camp Cooke Military Reservation.

Jan.

Mar,

28 

4

14 

13

.06 

.90

Mar .

May

26 

26

13.84 

14.09

Aug. 25 

Sent. 24

14.56 

14.83

Oct. 

Dec.

21 

31

14.95 

14.66

7/35-23E2. 

1945-48.

Union Sugar Co. Records available: 1941-43,

Date

Mar. 4 

26

Water 

level

20.45 

19.06

Date

Apr. 27 

Oct. 23

Water 

level

22.76 

21.38

Date

Dec. 31

Water 

level

19.14
132 WATER LEVFLS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

7/35-23E4. Geological Survey, U. S. Dept. of Interior. Union Sugar 

Co. property. Records available: 1947-48.

Date

Jan. 28 

Mar. 4 

26

Water 

level

a 20.04 

20.31 

20.39

Date

Apr. 27 

June 24 

July 22

Watsr 

level

21.32 

a 22.40 

22.67

Date

Aug. 26 

Sept. 24

Water 

level

a 22.79 

22.34

Date

Oct. 21 

Dec. 31

Water

level

21.17 

20.48

a Nearby well pumping.

7/35-23 32. Union Sugar Co. Records available: 1947-48.

Mar . 

June

Co.

Jan. 

June

26 21. 

24 a 29.

a Nearby

7/3 5-23 J3 

property.

23 a 21. 

24 22.

16 

91

July 22 

Aus. 26

well pumping

a 23.74 

29.92

Sept 

Oct.

.

. Geological Survey, U. S, 

Records available: 1947-48

13 

58

July 22 

Au£. 26

23.15 

22.94

Sept 

Oct.

.24 

21

Dept.

.24

21

21.32 

19.39

of

22 

21

Dec.

Interior.

.11 

.69

Dec.

31

Union

31

17.44

Sugar

20.17

a Nearby well pumping

7/35-23N2. Union Sugar Co. Records available: 1945-48.

Jan.

Mar.

28

4

26

a 14.15

14.14

13.88

Apr.

June

July27

24

22

11.67

a 13.15

a 13.76

Aug.

Sept

25

.24

14.06

14.83

Oct.

Dec.

21

31

14.71

13.88

a Nearby well pumping.

7/35-24J1. T. 11. Parks. Records available: 1941-43, 1947-48.

Mar. 

Apr.

26 

27

33.58 

35.83

June 

July

24 

22

33.86 

34.01

Aug. 

Sept

26 

.24

33.53 

33.59

Oct. 

Dec.

21 

31

32.55 

30,80

7/35-24J2. Geological Survey, U. S. Dept. of Interior. T. M. Parks 

property. Records available: 1947-48.

Jan.

Mar.

28 

4

26

a 25.60 

a 26.67

27.36

Apr. 

June

July

27 

24

22

27.84 

28.17

28.00

Aug. 

Sent

26 

.24

27.93 

27.16

Oct. 

Dec.

21 

31

27.35 

28.27

a Nearby well pumping.

7/35-25P5. Union Sugar Co. Records available: 

30.86, nearby well pumping; Oct. 21, 18.72.

1945-48. Jan. 28,

7/35-25F6. Union Sugar Co. Records available: 1945-48.

Jan.

Mar.

28

4

26

10.16

a 11.85

7.47

Apr.

June

July

27

24

22

a 9.70

a 12.93

13.86

Aug.

Sept

26

.24

11.75

12.70

Oct.

Dec.

21

31

12.15

11.20

a Nearby well pumping.

7/35-26F1. Union Sugar Co. Records available: 1947-4

Date

Mar. 26 

AUK. 26

Water 

level

14.55 

16.60

Date '

Sept. 24 

Oct. 21

Water 

level

15.76 

13.30

Date

Dec. 31

Water 

level

10.40

7/35-26F3. Union Sugar Co. Records available: 1947-48.

Date

Jan. 28 

War. 4 

26

Water 

level

a 10.79 

a 10.19 

9.45

Date

Apr. 27 

June 24 

JulT 22

Water 

level

a 10.37 

a 10.76 

a 10.94

Date

Aug. 26 

Sept. 24

Water 

level

10.98 

9.48

Date

Oct. 21 

Dec. 31

Water 

level

11.29 

9.80

a Nearby well pumping.
CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY 133

7/35-26J4. Key well U. S. 97. Comity of Santa Barbara, Artesia 

School District. Records available: 1947-48.

Date

Jan. 28 

Mar. 4 

26

Water 

level

23.88 

28.67 

17.33

Date

Apr. 27 

June 1 

24

Water 

level

a 26.12 

21.47 

22.94

Date

July 22 

Aug. 26 

Sect. 24

Water 

level

24.11 

19.18 

17.86

Date

Oct. 21 

Nov. 30 

Dec. 31

Water 

level

15.17 

13.66 

12.01

a Pumped recently.

7/35-27C2. Southern Pacific Railroad. Records available: 1941-48. 

Mar. 4, 13.94; Aug. 25, 21.50, pumping; Sept. 24, 22.03; Dec. 51, 14.50.

7/35-35A3. Gus Aquistapace. Records available: 1947-48.

Jan.

Mar.

28 

4

15.13 

17.19

Mar. 

Apr.

25 

27

19.65 

15.88

June 

AUK.

24

25

20.06 

17.31

Sept 

Dec.

.24 

31

21.20 

12.43

7/35-35A4. Geological Survey, U. S. Dept. of Interior. Gus 

Aquistapace property. Records available: 1947-48.

Jan.

Mar.

28

4

25

13.69

13.60

14.34

Apr.

June

July

27

24

22 a

13.44

14.32

14.98

Aug.

Sept

25

.24

15.11

14.29

Oct. 21

Dec^ 31

a 14.14

9.58

a Nearby well pumping.

7/35-35C2. Dept. of the Army, Camp Cooke Military Reservation. 

Records available: 1947-48.

Mar.

Apr.

4

25

27

3.90

4.69

3.88

June

July

24

22

6.34

8.95

Aug.

Sept

25

.24

5.53

6.59

Oct.

Dec.

21

31

6.00

2.21

7/35-35C4. Dept. of the Army, Camp Cooke Military Reservation. 

Records available: 1947-48.

Jan. 

Mar.

28 t 

4 

25

i 2.99

4.43 

2.56

Apr. 

June 

July

27 

24 

22

4.02 

3.61 

3.44

Aug. 

Sept

25 

.24

4.30 

4.68

Oct. 

Dec.

21

31

4.09 

3.25

a Nearby well pumping.

7/35-36J6. Denholm Seed Co. Records available: 1947-48,

Mar. 25 

At>r. 27

27 

29

.80

r oo

June 

July

24 

22

32.81 

33.94

Aug. 

Sent

25 

.24

30.08 

27.68

Oct. 

Dec.

21 

31

25.84 

23.16

7/35-36J7. Geological Survey, U. S. Dept. of Interior. Denholm Seed 

Co. property. Records available: 1947-48.

Jan.

Mar.

28

4

25

a 26.76

a 26.83

24.32

Apr.

June

July

27

24

22

21.50

26.87

27.75

Aug.

Sept

25

.24

26.93

25.97

Oct.

Dec.

21

31

24.71

23.59

a Nearby well pumping.

-San Antonio Valley 

8/32-30K2. John Parma. Records available: 1943-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

31

27

27

2.09

1.83

.94

Apr. 27

June 24

July 22

a 0.88

2.87

3.67

Aug. 25

Sept. 24

a

a

4.58

4.52

' Oct.

Dec.

21

30

3.57

2.82

a Nearby well pumping.

8/33-20K1. Virginia Barca. Records available: 1943-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

31

27

27

21.45

21.87

21.46

Apr.

June

July

27

24

22

a 34.65

23.43

25.52

Aug.

Sept

25

.24

a 36.84

a 28.26

Oct.

Dec.

21

30

24.93

23.29

a Nearby well pumping.
134 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

8/33-20R1. Virginia Barca. Records available: 1943-48.

Date

Feb. 27 

Mar. 27

Water 

level

22.40 

21.93

Date

June 24 

Julv 22

Water 

level

23.78 

24.43

Date

Aug. 25 

Sept. 24

Water 

level

a 32.79 

30.03

Date

Oct. 21 

Dec. 30

Water 

level

24.00 

22.46

a Nearby well pumping.

8/34-23B1. Josephine Harris Estate. Records available: 1943-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

31

27

24

a 15.17

a 16.51

a 16.44

Apr.

June

JulY

27

24

22

a 17.33

a 15.97

a 17.36

Aug. 25 '

Sept .24

Oct. 21

a

a

a

18.05

16.87

16.56

Nov.

Dec.

30

30

16.42

a 16.15

a ' Nearby well pumping.

Santa Maria Valley area

9/32-7N1. Valerlo Tognazzlnl. Records available: 1924, 1930, 

1932-33, 1938-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

1

31

25

24

a 66.25

67.36

69.47

69.79

Apr.

June

i

26

23

a 69.75

70.40

73.75

July 1

Aug. 24

Sept. 23

a

b

74-. 63

94.71

81.57

Oct.

De«.

1

20

29

a 79.20

80.09

82.34

By Santa Maria Valley Water Conservation District, 

d Pumping.

9/32-17G1. E. C. Lyman. Record&savallable: 1941-48.

Jan. 

Feb.

31 

25

a

b

46.70 

a 44.16

Mar. 

Jul-y

Pumped recently. 

Pumping.

24 

21

46 

55

.19

.08

Aug. 

Oct.

24 

20

b 

a

57.18 

57.81

Dec. 29 57.34

9/33-2A1. 

1938-48.

Santa Maria Realty Co. Records available: 1930-33, 1936,

Jan.

Feb.

1

31

25

a 43.62

49.66

50.38

Mar.

Apr.

24

1

51.15

a 51.17

Apr.

July

26

1 ab

51.71

55.27

Oct.

Dec.

1 ab

29

59.50

60.59

a By Santa Maria Valley Water Conservation District, 

b Pumped recently.

9/33-15D1. South Basin Oil Co. Records available: 1947-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Apr.

31

26

26

335.59

337.72

326.42

June

July

23

21

328.05

328.63

Aug.

Sept

24

.23

329.64

330.23

Oct.

Dec.

20

29

331.11

338.79

9/34-3N3. city of Santa Maria well 3. 

Marla> ..Records available; 1933-48.

Measurements by city of Santa

Date

Feb. 7 

Mar. 3

Water 

level

154.4 

154.4

Date

Apr. 3 

June 10

water 

level

154.2 

155.5

Date

Aug. 3

water 

level

156.9

Apr.

9/34-8K1. C. Mlsclo. Records available: 

27, 150.01; Dec. 30, 151.71.

1947-48. Mar. 25, 148.34;

10/33-7R2. P. T. Bonettl. Records available: 1944-48.

Date

Jan. 30 

Feb. 25 

Mar. 24

Water 

level

107.29 

107.47 

108.43

Date

Apr. 26 

June 23 

July 21

Water 

level

108.04 

109.53 

110.73

Date

Aug. 24 

Sept. 23

Water 

level

112.31 

114.11

Date

Oct. 20 

Dec. 29

Water 

level

115.20 

116.39
CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA COCNTY 135

10/33-18G1. La Brea Securities Co. well 8. Measurements by Santa 

Maria Valley Water Conservation District. Records available: 1939-48. 

Jan. 1, 110.50; Apr. 1, 112.83; July 1, 119.33, pumped recently; Oct. 1, 

121.06.

10/33-19Bl. Owen T. Rice. Records available: 1927, 1929-48.

Date

Jan. 1 

Feb. 25 

Mar. 24

Water 

level

a!07.80 

108.03 

108.26

Date

Apr. 1 

26 

July < 1

Water 

level

al08.17 

108.24 

abl!2.17

Date

Aug. 24 

Sept. 23 

Oct. 1

Water 

level

b!14.10 

114.79 

al!5.17

Date

Oct. 20 

Dec. 29

Water 

level

114.64 

114.72

a By Santa Maria Valley Water Conservation District, 

b Pumped recently.

10/33-21N2. Frank Costa, Jr. Records available: 1944-48.

Date

Jan. 30 

Feb. 25

Water 

level

a!03.55 

104.66

Date

Mar. 24 

Apr. 26

Water 

level

102.49 

104.95

Date

Dec. 29

Water 

level

114.95

a Nearby well pumping.

10/33-27G1. W. C. Adam. Measurements by Santa Maria Valley Water 

Conservation District. Records available: 1929-33, 1936, 1938-48. 

Jan. 1, 71.97; Apr. 1, 77.20; July 1, 86.85, pumped recently; Oct. 1, 

95.10, pumped recently.

10/33-27K1. Newhall Land & Farming Co. Records avallaba: 1941-48.

Date

Jan. 31 

Mar. 24 

Apr. 26

Water 

level

71.62 

72.25 

72.15

Date

June 23 

July 21

Water 

level

76.67 

79.70

Date

Aug. 24 

Sept. 23

Water 

level

a 85.45 

a 83.83

Date

Oct. 20 

Dec. 29

Water 

level

84.17 

82.30

a Nearby well pumping.

10/33-28A1. Joe Scares. Records available: 1929-48.

Jan. 1 

Mar. 24

a 82.80 

86.58

Apr. 

July

1 a 85.63 

1 ab 92.50

Aug. 24 c 96.76 

Oct. 1 ab 99.13

Dec. 29 96.72

a By Santa Maria Valley Water Conservation District.

b Pumped recently.

c Nearby well pumping.

10/33-33H1. E. L. Sargent. Records available: 1947-48.

Date

Feb. 25 

Mar. 24

Water 

level

a!86.33 

186.78

Date

Apr. 26 

Aug. 24

Water 

level

187.29 

a!90.15

Date

Dec. 29

Water 

level

a!92.40

a Pumping.

10/33-35B1. Newhall Land & Farming Co. Records available: 1944-48.

Mar. 24 

Apr. 26-

52.44

49.77

Aug. 24 

Sept.85

a 80.37 

58.591

Oct. 20 

Dec. 29

58.18

55.70

a Pumping.

10/34-2R1. Graclo Apalatequl. Records available: 1929-30, 1955, 

1958-48.

Date

Jan.

Feb. 

Mar.

1 

30 

25 

24

Water 

level

al08.30 

108.55 

108.76 

108.94

Date

Apr.

June 

July

1 

26 

25 

1

Water 

level

al08.95 

109.41 

blll.94 

ac!41.60

Date

July 

Aug. 

Sept

21 

24 

.23

level

bc!21.92 

d!49.76 

113.89

Date

Oct. 

Dec.

1 

20 

29

Water 

level

al!4.60 

114.25 

113.44

a By Santa Maria Valley Water Conservation District, 

b Nearby well pumping. c Pumped recently. d Pumping.
136 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

10/34-4R1. Gerald Donovari. Records available: 1945-48.

Date

Jan. 

Mar.

30 

24

a 

b

Water 

level

94.07 

94.08

Date .

Apr. 26 

Aug. 24

Nearby well pumping 

Pumping.

Water 

level

a 94.36 

b!05.50

Date

Sept 

Oct.

»

.23

20

Water 

level

100.63 

100.03

Date

Dec. 29

Water 

level

100.63

10/34-6N1. Grlslngher & Slgnorelll. Records available: 1930, 1934. 

1936-48.

Date

Jan. 1 

Arr. 1

Water 

level

a 64.50 

a 64.40

Date

July 1 

AUK. -24

Water 

level

a 70.67 

b 72.94

Date

Oct. 1 

Dec. 29

Water 

level

a 72.90 

69.87

a By Santa Maria Valley Water Conservation District, 

b Pumped recently.

10/34-9P1. Mrs. A. E. Preisker. Records available: 1942-48. 

Jan. 1, 92.62; Apr. 1, 90.12; July 1, 96.20, pumping recently: Oct. 1, 

96.20. Measurements by Santa Maria Valley Water Conservation District.

10/34-14E3. Key well U. S. 45. City of Santa Maria. Measurements 

by city of Santa Maria, except as indicated. Records available: 1920-48.

Date Water 

level

Jan. 4 117.40

11 117.42

18 117.54

25 117.65

30 al!7.66

Feb. 26 all8. 02

29 118.17

Mar. 7 118.38

14 118.44

21 118.54

24 al!8. 41

Apr. 4 118.35

11 118.31

18 118.21

25 118.35

Date Water 

level

Apr. 27 all8.35

May 2 all8.52

9 118.67

16 118.90

23 119.08

30 119.35

June 4 a 119. 47

6 119.67

13 119.88

20 120.15

23 a!20.20

27 120.48

July 4 120.81

11 121.13

18 121.50

Date Wate r level

July 21 a!21.63

25 121.90

Aug. 1 122.40

8 122.79

15 123.13

23 123.50

24 a!23.46

29 123.79

Sept. 5 124.15

12 124.33

19 124.56

23 a!26.60

26 124.75

Oct. 3 124.90

10 125.10

Date Wate ? level

Oct. 17 125.13

20 a!25.12

24 125.21

31 125.29

Nov. 7 125.38

14 125.44

21 125.56

28 125.60

30 a!25.49

Dec. 5 125.63

12 125.63

19 125.63

26 125.52

29 a!25.34

a By Geological Survey.

10/34-20H1. Ulisse Tognazzini. Records available: 1944-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

21

26

24

82.41

85.86

81.84

Apr.

June

26

23

a 83.98

85.03

Aug.

Sept

24

.23

b 95.56

88.31

Oct.

Dec.

20

29

88.42

86.90

a Nearby well pumping, 

b Pumping.

10/34-22R1. George J. Wheat. Records available: 1931, 1934, 

1938-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

1

30

26

24

al08.92

111.05

110.04

110.34

At>r.

June

JU!T

1

26

23

1

a!09

110

112

a 113

.90

.56

.86

.00

July 21

Aug. 24

Sept. 23

114,43

115.54

115.96

Oct.

Dec.

1

20

29

all6.25

116.18

116.10

a By Santa Maria Valley Water Conservation District.

10/34-23H1. Marion B. Rice. Records available: 1929-30, 1933, 

1938-48.

Jan. 

Mar,

1

24

aT25.83 

126.96

1

26

aI26.67 

127.05

July 

Oct.

T ab!30.67 

1 al55.10

Dec. 29

By Santa Maria Valley Water Conservation District. 

Pumped recently.
CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY 137

10/34-31F1. Union Sugar Co, Records available: 1944-48.

Date

Jan. 

Mar.

31 

3 

25

Water

level

86.11 

86.04 

85.98

Date

Apr, 

June 

July

27 

23 

21

Water 

level

86.54 

88 .37 

89.27

Date

Aug. 

Sept

24 

.23

Water 

level

90.84 

90.74

Date

Oct. 

Dec.

23 

30

Water

level

91.08 

90.14

10/35-7P1. M. J. Bills. Records available: 1929-36, 1938-48.

Jan. 1 

31

a 

b 

c

a 7.20 1 Mar. 25 

b 10.42 1 Apr. 1 a

By Santa Maria Valley 

Nearby well pumping. 

Pumped recently.

1.50. 

1.40

Water

I July

27

1

c 

ac

Conservation

9.50 

19.70

Oct. 

Dec.

District.

1 

30

ac 18 

2

.03 

,86

10/35-7G3. John Jenkins. Records available: 1942-48.

Jan. 

Mar.

31 

3 

25

a 

b

a 10.81 

b 17.51 

10.20

Apr. 27 b 

June 23 

Julv 21

Float gage removed. 

Nearby well pumping.

17.87 

22.61 

23.72

Aug. 

Sept

24 

.23

23

20

.90 

.26

Oct. 

Dec.

20 

30

19.75 

11.74

10/35-9F1. Waller-Franklin Seed Co. 

1933, 1935-36} 1938-48.

Records available: 1930,

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

1

31

26

25

ab 29.95

32.94

34.66

21.95

Apr.

June

July

1 a

23 b

1 ab

21.83

40.95

41.25

July

Aug.

Sept

21 bo

24 bo

.23

40.25

40.63

36.13

Oct.

Dec.

1

20

30

a 36.67

33.62

24.50

a By Santa Maria Valley Water Conservation District,

b Pumping recently,

c Nearby well pumping.

10/35-9N1. Agnes King. Measurements by Santa .Maria Valley Water 

Conservation District. Records available: 1930, 1938-48. Jan. 1, 33.70, 

pumping recently; Apr. 1, 20.55; July 1, 38.30; Oct. 1, 47.30, pumping 

recently.

10/35-12M1. E. and G. LeRoy. Records available: 1924, 1927, 

1930-32, 1938-48.

Jan. 

Feb.

1 

26

a

b

52.20 

59.02

Mar.

Apr.

24

1

52.01 

a 51.77

July 1 

Sect. 23

a 61.80 

64.16

Oct. 

Dec.

1 

29

a 64.40 

56.58

a By Santa Maria Valley Water Conservation District, 

b Nearby well pumping.

10/^5-2181, C. P. Mathlson. Records available: 1938-48.

Jan. 

Mar.

1 

3 

25

a 

b 

c 

d

a 21.80 

26.61 

16.09

Apr .la 

July 1 ab

By Santa Maria Valley 

Pumped recently. 

Pumping, 

Nearby well pumping

15.82 

38.85

Aug. 

Sept

24 

.23

cd 

c

Water Conservation

63.92 

32.67

Oct. 1 

Dec. 30

District.

a 33 

IB

.45 

.74

10/35-24B1. Union Sugar Co. Records available: 1934, 1938-48.

Jan. 

Mar.

1 

31 

3 

25

a 

b 

c

a 55.25 

60.21 

58.23 

54,91

Apr. 1 a 

27 b 

June 23 

July 1 a

By Santa Maria Valley 

Pumped recently. 

Nearby well pumping.

54.67 

60.69 

64.47 

64 f 52

July 

Aug. 

Sept

21 c 

24 

.23

Water Conservation

65.90 

64.99 

64.24

Oct. 

Dec.

District.

1 

20 

30

a 63 

62 

59

.20 

.91 

.25

11/34-19Q1. Frank Sllva. Records available: 1947-48.

94780TO 51 10
138 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

ll/34-19Ql--Contlnued.

Date

Jan. 31 

Feb. 26 

Mar. 24

Water 

level

232.50 

a233,36 

229.05

Date

Apr. 26 

June 23

Water 

level

231.24 

235.30

Date

Aug. 24 

Sept. 23

Water 

level

239.85 

239.27

Date

Oct. 20 

Dec. 30

Water 

level

237.24 

232.24

a Pumping.

11/34-30Q1. Mary Bolton. Records available: 1930, 1933, 1936, 

1938-48.

Jan.

Apr.

Feb. 

Mar.

1 ab 66.17 

1' a 62.08

June 23 

July 1 ab

a By Santa Maria Valley 

b Pumped recently,

11/34-34J1. L. 0. Fox.

25 96.26 

24 96.86

62.18 

65.50

1 Aug.. 24 67.86 

1 Oct. 1 ab 70.83

Dec. ,30 67.79

Water Conservation District. 

Records available: 1947-48.

Apr. 26 95.83 

July 21 " 101.41

1 Aug. 24 a!03.29 

1 Sept. 23 100.31

Oct. 20 105 ,00

a Pumping.

11/35-20E1. Union Sugar Co. Records available: 1938^48,

Jan.

Mar.

Apr.

1

24

1

ab27.CO

6*17

a 4.91

Apr.

July

26 b

1 ab

21

20.84

41.42

12.91

Aug.

Oct.

24

1 ab

12.76

47.00

.

Oct.

Dec.

30

30

b 11.02

5.52

By Santa Maria Valley Water Conservation District, 

b Pumping recently.

11/35-25H1. M. J. Mendoza. Records available: 1944-48,

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

31

26

24

46.51

46.97

46.96

Apr.

June

July

26

23

21

a

a

47.30

48.03

48.48

Aug. 24

Sept. 23

a 48.68

a 49.05

Oct.

Dec.

20

30

a 49.48

50.28

a Nearby well pumping.

11/35-26M2. Sam Tognazzinl. Records available: 1944-48.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

31

26

24

a 51.36

43.57

37.S8

.Apr,

June

July

26

23

21

a

a

43.47

53.75

50.04

Aug. 24

Sept. 23

a 58.76

a 57.69

Oct.

Dec,

20

30

a 56.79

42,11

a Nearby well pumping.

11/35-28K1. Union Sugar Co. Measurements by Santa Maria Valley Water 

Conservation" District. Records available: 1934, 1938-48. Jan. 1, 20.17; 

Apr. 1, 18.50} July 1, 39.85; Oct. 1, 30-55.

11/35-33G1. H. E. Peuronl. Records available: 

1938-48.

1930, 1933-34,

Jan.

Mar.

Apr.

1

24

1

a 27.20

27.63

a 28.33

Apr,

June

July

26 b

23

1 ab

37.00

41.23

43.10

July

Aug.

Oct.

21

24

1

43.34

43.04

40.10

Oct.

Dec.

20

30

38.16

29,98

By Santa Maria Valley Water Conservation District. 

Pumping recently.

Bello Estate. Records available: 1925, 1930, 1938-48.

Jan. 

Feb. 

Apr.

1 

26

1

a 

b 

c

a 49.-2S 

48.22 

a 46.75

By Santa 

Pumping 

Pumping,

Apr, 26 

July 1 ab 

Aug. 24 C

Maria Valley 

recently.

48.13 

58.20 

58.86

Sept. 23 b 

Oct. 1 ab

Water Conservation

55.37 

53.40

Oct. 

Dec.

District.

20 

30

b 54 

51

.79 

.03
CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY 139

Cuyama Valley

7/24-13C1. Ventura County, Apache School district. Records available: 1941-48.

Date

Jan. 30 

Mar. 3 

23

Water 

level

16.49 

15.86 

15.10

Date

Apr. 26 

June 23 

July 21

Water 

level

16.13 

17.45 

18.08

Date

Aug, 24 

Sept. 23

Water 

level

19.48 

19.74

Date

Oct. 20 

Dec. 28

Water

level

20.31 

21.33

9/24-19Q1. Key well U. S. 

1941-48.

W. C. Ramelli. Records available:

Jan.

Mar.

30

3

23

45.40

45.52

45.93

Apr.

June

JulT

26

23

21

45.77

47.95

48.53

Aug.

Sept

24

.23

49.47

50.06

Oct.

Dec.

20

28

a 50.54

.51.83

a Pumping.

10/25-2101. E. H. Mettler. Records available: 1947-48. Jan. 30, 

81.54, nearby well pumping; Far. 23, 82.14; Aug. 24, 98.87, pumping; 

Dec. 28, 87.70.

10/25-30P1. Adolph Kirschenmann. Records available: 1942-48. 

Mar. 3, 53.61; Mar. S3, 54.10; Dec. 28, 54.93.

10/26-9R2. H. S. Russell. Records available: 1947-48.

Jan.

Mar.

30

3

23

24.30

22.94

24.29

Apr.

June

July

26

23

21

26.96

27.20

30.91

Aug.

Sept

24

.23

a 32.72

30.74

Oct.

Dec.

20

28

27.13

24.21

a Nearby well pumping.

10/26-22A1. Edward Kirschenmann. Records available: 1941-48.

Jan.

Mar.

30

3

23

8.21

1.34

11.97

Apr.

June

Julv

26

23

31

14.80

9.20

10.46

Aug.

Sept

24

.23

15.44

8,80

Oct.

Dec.

20

28

5.03

5.96

10/27-11C1. A. P. Anderson. Records available: 1947-48.

Date

Mar. 3 

23

Water 

level

28'.79 

27.71

Date

Apr. 26 

Aue. 84

Water 

level

28.04 

a 75.32

Date

Oct. 20 

Dec. 28

Water 

level

25,77 

30.06

a Pumping.

10/27-12R1, William Kirschenmann Estate. Records available: 

1941-48.

Date

Jan. 30 

Mar. 3

Water 

level

43.47 

43.37

Date

Mar. 23 

June 23

Water 

level

44.17 

46.72

Date

July 21 

AUK. 24

Water 

level

46.26 

45.55

Date

Sept .23 

Dec. 28

Water 

level

53.41 

45.63
HAWAII 

By D. A. Davis

PROGRAM OP WORK

Measurement of water levels in observation wells in Hawaii was continued in 1948 in cooperation with the Hawaii Division of Hydrography.. Systematic studies of the geology and ground-water resources of the island of 

Kauai were continued, and data pertaining to geology and ground water were 

gathered throughout the islands.

The records in the accompanying tables show measurements of artesian 

heads or water levels, in feet, with reference to both sea level and to 

land-surface datum* They are shown in two columns designated A and B; 

those in column A are in feet above mean sea level and those in B to landsurface datum. The plus symbol in column B indicates that the artesian head 

or water level is above land-surface datum; no symbol indicates the water 

level is below land-surface datum. For some of the wells the figure given 

is the water level in the well, measured directly; for others, it is the 

height to which the water would rise in a casing as indicated by the shutin pressure.

ISLAND OP OAHU

During 1948 the Geological Surveymade 355 water-level measurements and 

361 chloride determinations on 127 wells on the island of Oahu. Twenty-two 

of the wells were measured monthly. The Board of Water Supply, City and 

County of Honolulu made 220 measurements in 96 wells, 90 of which were measured more than once. The Geological Survey maintained 1 automatic waterstage recorder and the Board of Water Supply maintained 15.

Improvement in rainfall conditions during 1948 is shown by the following 

table of rainfall indices for the year which are based on the monthly rainfall at selected stations in the Honolulu watershed area, expressed in percentage of the normal rainfall during the last 59 years. The annual index 

for 1948 is 109, which is higher than that for any previous year since 1939

140
HAWAII, ISLAND OP OAHU 141

except 1942 for which the index was also 109. The data are from a table

prepared by C- K« Wentworth for the Honolulu Board of Water Supply. 

Rainfall in the Honolulu area, in percentage of normal, 1948

Month Rainfall

January 209 

February 71 

March 114 

April 116

Index for the year

Month

May 

June 

July 

August

Rainfall

115 

54

67 

91

Month

September 

October 

November 

December

Rainfall

74 

66 

156

- 176

109

In all basal artesian areas, except Mokuleia (Area 12), water levels 

in wells indicative of water-level conditions showed a net gain during 1948- 

This rise in water level ranged from a maximum of 4.67 feet in the MakikiPacific Heights area (Area 12) to a minimum of 0-15 foot in the Wilhelmina 

Rise area (Area 5). In the Mokuleia area the net drop ranged between 0.30 

and 0-58 foot. Improvement in water-level conditions may also be seen in 

the comparison in the following table of water levels in certain wells in 

1948 with those for 1926. During 1948 levels in 6 of the 11 wells shown in 

the table rose above the level of 1926, in contrast with the year 1947 in 

which only 2 of the wells had water levels above those of 1926. In general, 

there was little change in chloride content of water in the basal artesian

Time of high and low heads in 

static head, in feet, as shown by

artesian areas and net gain or loss in 

typical wells on the island of Oahu, 1948

Area

1 

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

Well

No.

2

83

132

T24

201

Name

St. Louis Heights 

Mak-iki -Pacific Heights 

Ka pa lama

Moanalua

Wilhelmina Rise a

Pearl Harbor

Waialua

Kahuku

Kahana

Kaaawa

Gilbert

Mokuleia

a Nonartesian but indicative

Lowest head and net changes

in observation wells

Artesian area

No . Name

1 St. Louis Heights

2 Makiki -Pacific Heights

3 Ka pa lama

4 Moanalua

6 Pearl Harbor c;

Well High Low

2 December January 

83 December January 

132 December January

T-24 December January

Shaft 7 December August

201 March October

244 March October

266 March October

326 September June

and October

356 December July

396 April October

405 May December

406 May and January

July

T5 December July

286 March May

308 January May

of artesian conditions.

in head, in feet above sea level

on Oahu in 1926 and 1948

Head

1926 1947 1948

20.88 21.44 25.25 .

23.52 23.19 26-13

24.84 22.55 25.40

a24.00 20.24 22.32

17.09 15.02 16.86

Net gain 

or loss

+2.35 

+2.67 

+2.23

+1.83

+ .15

+1.45

+2.37

+1.67

+ .32

+1.71

+ .40

+ .17

+ .32

+ .47

-.30

-.58

>

Net 

change

1926-48

+4.37

+2.61

+ .56

-1.68

-.23

Wentworth, 0. K-, Board of Water Supply, City and County of Honolulu, 

12th Biennial Rept., 1947-48, p. 50, 1949.
142 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

Lowest head and net changes In head, In feet above sea level, 

in observation wells on Oahu In 1926 and 1948 Continued

Well Artesian area

No . No .

244 

266 

326 7 

356 8 

396 

308 X2

Name

Walalua 

Kahuku

Mokulela

Head Net

1926 1947 1948 1926-48

17.27 16.07 18.15 +0.88 

15.75 14.09 16.01 +.26 

10.34 9.69 10.14 -.20 

13.05 9.28 10.01 -3.04 

18.78 17.30 17.99 -.79 

17.55 17.75 17.84 +.29

a Estimated from head In well 144. 

Watjer levels, In feet, In four test borings in the Pearl Harbor 

and Walalua areas, 1948 

(Mean daily measurements furnished by Board of Water Supply, City and 

County of Honolulu, from recorder charts)

Area

Well No.

Jan. 7 

14 

21 

28 

Feb. 4 

11 

18 

25 

Mar. 3 

10 

17 

24 

31 

Apr- 7 

14 

21 

28 

May 5 

12 

19 

26 

June 2 

9 

16 

23 

30 

July 7 

14 

21 

28 

Aug. 4 

11 

18 

25 

Sept. 1 

8 

15 

22 

29 

Oct. 6 

13 

20 

27 

Nov. 3 

10 

17 

24 

Dec. 1 

8 

15 

22 

29 

31

6

T25

A B

17.68 6.72 

17.44 6.96 

17.42 6.98 

18.12 6.28 

18.18 6.22 

18.25 6.15 

18.15 6.25 

18.00 6.40 

18.51 5.89 

18.62 5.78 

18.70 5.70 

18.66 5.74 

18.63 5.77 

18.72 5.68 

18.57 5.83 

18.39 6.01 

18.40 6.00 

18.30 6.10 

18.19 6.21 

18.31 6-09 

18.07 6.33 

18.32 6.08 

18.12 6.28 

18.01 6.39 

17.89 6.51 

17 . 80 6 . 60 

17.83 6.57 

17.69 6.71 

17.85 6.55 

17.52 6.88 

17.60 6.80 

17.80 6.60 

17.85 6.55 

17.85 6.55 

17.75 6.65 

17.77 6.63 

17.62 6.78 

17.43 6.97 

17.80 6.60 

17.48 6.92 

17.38 7.02 

17.38 7.02 

17 ..52 6.88 

17.84 6.56

18 ..30 6.10 

18.38 6.02 

18.52 5.88 

18.55 5.85 

18.68 6.72 

18 . 70 5 . 70 

18 .BO 5.60 

18.80 5.60

T26 

66?

T27 T28

A B A B A B 

19.10 63.10 18.43 28.57 10-58 24.42

TO OK C^ OK TQ ^f\ OQ *7r^

18.50 63.70 18.17 28.83 10.62 24.38

OA OR CI^R 1QQO OQ1O * ..

21.25 60.95 19.23 27.77 11.19 23.81 

20.05 61.15 19.31 27.69 11.00 24.00 

20.45 61.75 19.26 27.74 10.95 24.05 

19.90 62.30 19.06 27.94 10..84 24.16 

22.00 60.20 19.75 27.25 11.03 23.97 

21.90 60.30 19.85 27.15 10.93 24.07 

21.95 60.25 19.98 27.02 10.92 24.08 

21.00 61.20, 19.84 27.16 10.87 24.13 

20-90 61.30 19.80 27.20 10.74 24.26 

20.75 61.45 19.87 27.13 10.66 24.34 

21.70 60.50 2O.OO 27.00 10.73 24.27 

20.80 61.40 19.82 27.18 10.65 24.35 

20.50 61 ..70 19.61 27.39 10.71 24.29 

19.80 62.40 19.39 27.61 10.62 24.38 

19.55 62.65 19.21 27.79 10-65 24.35 

19.40 62.80 19.16 27.84 10.67 24.33 

19.15 63.05 19.04 27.96 10-60 24-40 

19-90 62.30 19.31 27.69 10.60 24.40 

19.30 62.90 19.08 27-92 10-68 24.32 

19.05 63.15 18.94 28.06 10.54 24.46 

18-75 63.45 18-82 28.18 10.44 24.56 

18.70 63.50 18.74 28.26 10.38 24..62 

18.65 63.55 18.82 28.18 10.08 24.92

18,50 63.70 18.66 28.34 10.16 24.84 

..... ...,. 18.54 28-46 10.09 24.91

17.90 64.30 18.48 28.52 10.11 24.89 

18.55 63.65 18.62 28.38 ...... .....

18.45 63.75 18.67 28.33 ...... .....

18.15 64.05 18.55 28.45 ..... .....

18.15 64.05 18-41 28-59 ...... .---.

18.50 63.70 18.52 28.48 10.47 24.53 

18.00 64.20 18.26 28.74 10.56 24.44 

17.95 64.25 18.15 28.85 Id. 61 24.39 

17.73 64.47 18.30 28.70 10,71 24.29 

17.75 64.65 18.15 28.85 ..... .....

17.15 65-05 17.92 29-08 10.46 24.54 

17.05 65.15 17.90 29.10 10.44 24.56 

18..80 63.40 18.40 28.60 ...... .....

20.15 62.05 19.05 27.95 ..... .---.

20.25 61.95 19.35 27.65 10.35 24.65 

20.00 62.20 19.45 27-55 11.04 23-96 

20.10 62.10 19.50 27.50 10.99 24-01 

20-25 61-95 19-65 27.35 10-93 24-07 

20.13 62.07 19.62 27.38 10.91 24.09
HAWAII, ISLAND OP OAHU 143

Artesian head, in feet, in five wells and one test boring

in the Honolulu area, 1948

(Mean daily measurements furnished by Board of Water Supply, City and 

County of Honolulu, from recorder charts)

Area

Well

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

May

June

July

Sept

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec.

No.

7 

14 

Pi

PQ

4

11

1 Q

25

10 

17

OA.

31

7

14 

21 

28 

5 

IP

TQ

26

2

1 A

23

30

7

14

Pi

pp.

4

11

18

25

. 1

15 

PP

29 

6 

13 

20 

27 

3 

10 

17 

24 

1 

8 

15 

22 

29 

31

1

, A 

25.25 

25.30 

25.34

QC, an

25.56

P R t^R

25.50

25.59

P<^ 77

25.82 

25.82 

&E* m

25.67 

25.82

25.90 

25.72 

25.57 

25.73 

p^ RI

OR ITQ

25.70

25.88

QC Q«Z

9R Ql

PR RQ,

O C C Q

O C Q«Z

25-48

25.86

25.96

25.87

25.64

25.90 

25.98 

26.09 

26.02 

26.30 

26.53 

26.58 

26.74 

26.93 

27.06 

27.04 

27.18 

27.32 

27.48 

27.47

I

B 

11.75 

11.70 

nfifi

U

«ZQ

11.44

11.44

11.50

11.41

n

o**

11.18 

11.18

U l Q

11.35

n i Q

11.10 

11.28 

11.43 

11.27 

U4.Q

U PP

11.30

11.12 

11.17

n i Q

n 4.P

n

"2O

11.17

n

co

11.14

11.04

11.13

11.36

11.10 

11.02 

10.91 

10.98 

10-70 

10.47 

10.42 

10-26 

10.07 

9.94 

9.96 

9.82 

9.68 

9.52 

9.53

1 8<

A 

26.13 

26.19 

26,40

27.37

27.71 

27.78

28.01

28-19 

28.45 

28.34 

28.40

27.98

OI7 "ZQ

0*1 r&>

26.64

oc rjc

26.72

PR 74.

26.93 

27.03 

27.11 

27.15 

27,18 

27.31 

27.40 

27.55 

27.72 

27.90 

28-15 

28.29 

28.42 

28.55 

28.58

2

5

B 

0.87 

.81

+ .37

+ .71 

+ .78

+1.01

+1.19 

+1.45 

+1.34 

+1.40

+ .98

4. ^Q

 r\P

.36

OA

.28

oc

.07 

.03 

.11 

.15 

.18 

.31 

.40 

.55 

.72 

.90 

+1.15 

+1.29 

+1.42 

+1.55 

+1.58

3

13

A 

25.40 

25.50

25.74

*><*: QQ

OC PA

26.31

26.48 

26.64

26.83 

26.96 

P7 m

27.20 

27.34

27.39 

27.34 

27.41 

27.37 

orr P4

27.16

27.05

26.74

OC CO

PR WQ

pc rrn

25.77

O C QQ

25.82 

25.86

26.16 

26.21 

26.19 

26.11 

26.17 

26.33 

26.46 

26.57 

26.75 

26.93 

27.07 

27.20 

27.32 

27.45 

27.44

2

B 

17.60 

17.50

17.26

17.01

T A QA

16.69

16.52

T & "-^fi

16.17 

16.04

1 R QQ

15.80 

15.66

15.61 

15.66 

15.59 

15.63 

15.76

15.84

15.95

1C oc

16.48

1 7 PI

1 7 PI

17.23

17 IP

17.18 

17«14

16.84 

16,79 

16.81 

16.89 

16.83 

16.67 

16.54 

16.43 

16.25 

16-07 

15.93 

15.80 

15.68 

15.55 

15.56
144 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

Artesian head, in feet, in five wells and one test boring

in the Honolulu area, 1948 Continued

{Mean daily measurements furnished by Board of Water Supply, City 

and County of Honolulu, from recorder charts)

Area

Well

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

DecNo.

7

14

21

OQ&O

4

11

18

25

3

10

17

24

31

7

14

21

28

5

12

19

26

2

9

16

23

30

7

14

21

29

4

11

18

as

. i

8

15

22

29

6

13

20

27

3

10

17

24

1

8

15

22

29

31

4

T-24

A

22.37

22.35

22.32

pp co ClCl . Wb

po CtCt .OOQQ

23.05

23.10

23.22

23.49

23.64

23.77

23.79

23.81

23.85

23.92

23.83

23.75

23.52

23.38

23.31

23.29

23.30

23.24

23.09

22.98

23.05

23.23

23.36

23.27

23.18

2? .09

23.18

23.14

23.10

23.03

23.06

22.93

22.85

22.94

23.01

22.88

22.82

22.85

23.05

y> Gt<J . PR£>O

23.41

23.54

23.66

23.77

23.85

23.90

24.01

24.04 

B

36.03

36.05

36.08

35.78

35.52

35.35

35-30

35.18

34.91

34.76

34-63

34.61

34.59

34.55

34.48

34-57

34.65

34.88

35.02

35.09

35.11

35.10

35.16

35.31

35.42

35.35

35.17

35.04

35.13

35.22

35-31

35. .22

35.26

35.30

35.37

35.34

35.47

35.55

35.46

35.39

35.52

35.58

35.55

35.35

i» C 1C 35.15

34.99

34.86

34.74

34.63

34.55

34.50

34.39

34.36

5

1-A

A

7.97

7.93

7.94

8 m 

 UJ.

8

f\rj

 \) I

8.11

8.05

8.08

8.05

8.07

8.03

8.01

8.02

8.01

8.00

7.94

7.96

7.94

7.93

7.91

7.90

7-85

7.85

7.85

7.90

7.93

7.93

7.92

7.86

7.82

7.81

7.83

7.87

7.89

7.87

7.94

7.90

7.92

7-98

7.99

7.98

 7.97

7.99

8.02

8

1 ^

 JLO

8.13

8.12

8.17

8.12

8.13

8.16

8.14

8-18

B

10.03

10.07

10.06

9 . QQ00

9

Q"Z

. S7O

9.89

9.95

9.92

9.95

9.93

9.97

9.99

9.98

9.99

10.00

10.06

10.04

10.06

10.07

10.09

10.10

10.15

10.15

10.15

10.10

10.07

10.07

10.08

10.14

10.18

10.19

10.17

10.13

10.11

10.13

10.06

10.10

10.08

10.02

10.01

10.02

10.03

10.01

9.98

9

QTJ

 Or

9.87

9.88

9.83

9.88

9.87

9.84

9.86

9.82

5

Shaft

A

9.20

9.20

9.24

9.35

9.36

9.33

9.36

9.31

9.32

9.29

9.32

9.29

9.29

9.26

9.27

9.23

9.26

9.22

9.20

9.19

9.20

9.24

9.29

9.26

9.25

9.25

9.18

9.14

9.12

9.14

9.13

9.16

9.17

9.20

9.18

9.17

9.2CK

9.20

9.22

9.21

9.25

9.26

9.32

9.36

9.38

9.35

9.32

9.36

9.35

9.34

7

B

150.80

150.80

150.76

150.65

150.64

150.67

150.64

150.69

150.68

150.71

150.68

150.71

150.71

150.74

150-73

150.77

150.74

150.78

150.80

150.81

150.80

150.76

150.71

150.74

150.75

150.75

150.82 ,

150-86

150.88

150.86

150.87

150.84

150.83

150-80

150.82

150.83

150.80

150.80

150.78

150.79

150.75

150.74

150.68

150.64

150-62

150.65

150.68

150.64

150.65

150.66
HAWAII, ISLAND OP OAHU 145

Schofield Barracks shaft 4. Static level determined when pimps were 

shut down. Records available: 1936-48.

Water level, in feet, from recorder charts

Date

Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar. 

Anr. 

May 

June

2

1 

1 

1 

2

1

Water

A 

275.21 

275.48 

276-00 

276.56 

277.22 

277.91

level

B 

574.79 

574.52 

574.00 

573.44 

572.78 

572.09

Date

July 

Aug. 

Sept . 

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec.

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1

Water

A 

278.62 

279.12 

279.38 

279.44 

279.23 

279.01

level

B 

571.38 

570.88 

570.62 

570.56 

570.77 

570.99

Artesian head, in feet, and chloride, in parts 

per million, in typical wells in Oahu

Well IB (area 5). Bishop Estate, north side of Waialae Golf Links, 

Kaimuki. Records available: 1935-48.

Date

Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar. 

Apr. 

May 

June

Head

22 

27 

23 

27 

26 

24

Well 

available

Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar. 

Apr. 

May 

June

able

Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar. 

Apr. 

May 

June

22 

24 

23 

27 

26 

22

A 

7.96 

8.13 

8.00 

7.92 

7.86 

7.92

B 

 10.26 

10.09 

10.22 

10.30 

10.36 

10.30

9 (area 1). 

1935-48.

25.48 

25.47 

25.77 

25.27 

25.09 

25.42

Well 81 (area 

: 1935-48.

22 

24 

23 

27 

25 

22

Well 

1935-48.

Jan. 

Feb. 

MarApr. 

May ' 

June

27 

24 

23 

27 

25 

22

26.24 

27.03 

27.78 

28.33 

27.83 

27.27

119 (area

24.95 

26.34 

26 .,74 

26.44 

25.84 

24.39

Well 153 (area 

Records available:

Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar. 

Apr. 

May 

June

22 

27 

23 

27 

25 

23

22.39 

23.33 

23.49 

23.84 

22.99 

23.04

+9 

+9 

+9 

+9 

+9 

+9

2).

+8 

+8 

+9 

+10 

+9 

+9

3)

+20 

+22 

+22 

+22 

+21 

+20

Chloride

195 

178 

195 

188 

205 

213

Date

July 

Aug. 

Sept 

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec.

Head Chloride

27 

26 

.28 

29 

23 

20

A 

7.82 

7.92 

7.92 

7-97 

8.14 

8.13

J. J. Gouveia. Kapahulu Road,

.40 

.39 

.69 

.19 

.01 

.34

A.

.20 

.99 

.74 

.29 

.79 

.23

58 

57 

59 

57 

58 

60

July 

Aug. 

Sept 

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec.

-27 

26 

.28 

29 

23 

21

Young. Young Street,

63

66 

73 

74 

76 

77

July 

Aug. 

Sept 

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec.

27 

26 

.28 

29 

23 

21

25 

25 

25 

26 

26 

27

B 

10.40 

10.30 

10.30 

10.25 

10.08 

10.09

216 

221 

244 

208 

192 

164

Honolulu. Records

.62 

.94 

.38 

.55 

.94 

.25

Honolulu.

26 

26 

26 

27 

27 

28

Honolulu Gas Co. Honolulu.

.73 

.12 

.52 

.22 

.62 

.17

4). S.

1935-48

+2 

+2 

+3 

+3 

+2 

+2

.01 

.95 

.11 

.46 

.61 

.66

402 

395 

398 

403 

383 

388

July 

Aug. 

Sept 

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec.

27 

31 

.28 

26 

23 

21

25 

24 

25 

24 

26 

26

.78 

.75 

.64 

.11 

.60 

.11

+9.54 

+9.86 

+9.30 

+10.47 

+10.86 

+11.17

59 

60 

59 

57 

57 

58

Records avail-

+8.74 

+8.71 

+8.60 

+9.07 

+9.56 

+10.07

80 

86 

81 

81 

81 

81

Records available:

.04 

.94 

.55 

.94 

.21 

.22

Damon Estate. Moanalua Gardens

54

53 

53 

53 

52 

53

July 

Aug. 

Sept 

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec.

26 

26 

.27 

28 

23 

21

23 

23 

22 

22 

23 

24

.35 

.08 

.99 

.97 

.57 

.01

+20.82 

+20.72 

+21.33 

+20.72 

+21.99 

+22.00

, Honolulu

+2.97 

+2.70 

+2.61 

+2.59 

+3.19 

+3.63

406 

403 

396 

403 

390 

403

54 

54 

54 

52 

54 

53
146 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

Well 187B (area 6) 

available: 1936-48.

U- S. Navy. Near Aiea railroad station. Records

Date Head Chloride

A B 

Jan. 22 19.39 +9.46 157 

Feb. 24 a!7.57 +7.64 162 

Mar. 23 20.80 +10.87 186 

Apr. 28 20.52 +10.59 186 

May ..... ..... ....

June 22 18.89 +8.96 145

Date Head Chloride

A B 

July 26 19.89 +9.96 168 

Aug. 24 19.91 +9.98 196 

Sept. 27 19.82 +9.89 178 

Oct. 29 19.70 +9.77 152 

Nov. 23 20.68 +10,75 149 

Dec. 21 21.20 +11.27 145

a Pumping.

WelJ. 190 (area 6). C- B. Cooper. Half a mile west of Aiea. Records 

available: 1935-48.

Jan. 22 19.38 3.35 180 

Feb. 24 20-05 2.68 180 

Mar. 23 20.83 1.90 191 

Apr. 27 20.54 2.19 191 

May 25 20.16 2.57 198 

June 22 19.94 2.79 200

July 26 19.98 2.75 203 

Aug. 24 19.97 2.76 208 

Sept. 27 19.82 2.91 203 

Oct. 29 19.69 3.04 205 

Nov. 23 20.70 2.03 202 

Dec. 21 21.16 1.57 207

Well 193 (area 6). L. L. McCandless Estate. In Waimalu Valley, 1 

mile northwest of Aiea. Records available: 1935-48.

Jan. 22 a!8.8 +5.8 150 

Feb. 24 a!9.3 +6.3 142 

Mar. 23 a20.3 +7.3 148 

Apr. 27 a!9.9 +6.9 158 

May 25 a!9.6 +6.6 165 

June 23 a!8.9 +5-9 164

July 26 a!9.0 +6-0 169 

Aug. 24 a!9.0 +6.0 172 

Sept .27 a!8.8 +5-8 172 

Oct. 29 a!8.9 +5.9 169 

Nov. 23 a!9.7 +6.7 154 

Dec. 21 a20.2 +7.2 148

a Estimated by comparison with well 195.

Well 201 (area 6). Bishop Estate. In Pearl City. Records available: 

1935-48.

Jan. 22 17.18 +8-01 784 

Feb. 24 17.94 +8.77 855 

Mar. 23 18.72 +9.55 967 

Apr. 27 18.47 +9.30 975 

May 25 17.95 +8.78 790 

June 23 17.71 +8.54 853

July 26 17.62 +8.45 846 

Aug. 24 17.60 +8.43 915 

Sept .27 17.20 +8-03 830 

Oct. 29 16.86 +7.69 870 

Nov. 23 17.86 +8.69 787 

Dec. 21 18.42 +9.25 913 -,

Well 244 (area 6). Bishop Estate. In Waipahu. Records available: 

1935-48.

Jan. 22 19.48 +9.01 113 

Feb. 24 20.07 +9.60 116 

Mar. 23 20.87 +10.40 113 

Apr. 27 20.37 +9.90 117 

May 25 19.52 +9.05 115 

June 22 19.31 +8.84 114

July 26 19.17 +8.70 114 

Aug. 24 18.99 +8.52 122 

Sept. 27 18.47 +8.00 112 

Oct. 29 18.15 +7.68 107 

Nov. 23 20.14 +9.67 107 

Dec. 21 20.85 +10.38 108

Well 266 (area 6). Honouliuli Ranch. 1.75 miles northeast of EwaRecords available: 1935-48.

Jan. 22 17.55 +4.89 229 

Feb. 24 18.37 +5.71 205 

Mar. 23 19.47 +6.81 202 

Apr. 27 18.88 +6.22 187 

May 25 17.73 +5.07 206 

June 22 17.56 +4.90 211

July 26 17.48 +4.82 218 

Aug. 24 16.99 +4.33 222 

Sept .27 16.43 +3.77 221 

Oct. 29 16.01 +3.35 217 

Nov. 23 18.54 +5.88 200 

Dec. 23 18.73 +6.07 206

Well 276 (area 11). Ewa Plantation Co. 4-5 miles west of Ewa. Records 

furnished by owner; figures are monthly averages. Records available: 

1936-48.

Jan. 12.52 28.06 536 

Feb. 12.66 27.92 557 

Mar. 12.99 27.59 547 

Apr. 12.57 28.01 564 

May 12-. 24 28.34 565 

June 12.23 28.35 570

July 12.12 28.46 568 

Aug. 11.98 28.60 573 

Sept. 11.89 28.69 573 

Oct. 11.56 29.02 566 

Nov. 12.56 28.02 546 

Dec. 12.44 28.14 550
HAWAII, ISLAND OP OAHU 147

Well 286 (area 32). Walalua Agricultural Co. In Mokulela. Measuring point , 0-33 foot above land-surface datum and 11.87 feet above sea 

level. Records available; 1935-48.

Date Head Chloride

A B 

Jan. 23 17.33 +5.79 230 

Feb. 27 17.41 +5.87 220 

Mar. 22 17.49 +5.95 228 

Apr. 26 17.06 +5.52 232 

May 26 16.65 +5.11 232 

June 24 16.74 +5.20 154

Date Head Chloride

A

July 28 16.74 

Aug. 23 16.94 

Sept .28 16.87 

Oct. 27 16.78 

Nov. 24 17.24 

Dec. 28 17.25

Well 308 (area 12). J. P. Mendonca- 1.5 miles west 

Records available: 1935-48.

Jan. 23 18-95 +10-49 112 

Feb. 27 18.94 +10.49 114 

Mar. 22 18.54 +10.08 119 

Apr. 26 18.24 +9.78 119 

May 26 17.84 +9.38 116 

June 24 18.09 +9.36 102

July 28 17.86 

Aug. 23 18.26 

Sept. 28 18-86 

Oct. 27 18-54 

Nov. 24 18-61 

Dec- 22 18-62

Well 326 (area 7). Walalua Agricultural Co. About 

Walalua. Records available: 1935-48.

Jan. 23 10-80 +4.61 90 

Feb. 2V 10-89 +4.70 90 

Mar. 22 10-84 +4-65 95 

Apr- 26 10.72 +4.53 95 

May 26 10.44 +4-25 95 

June 24 10.14 +3.95 95

July 28 10.16 

Aug. 23 10.51 

Sept. 28 10-90 

Oct. 27 10.90 

Nov. 24 11.31 

Dec. 22 11.31

Well 337 (area 8.) . Walalee Training School for Boys 

able: 1935-48.

Jan. 23 12.10 9.35 100 

Feb. 27 12.34 9.11 

Mar. 22 12.35 9.10 103 

Apr. 26 12.26 9-19 103 

May 26 11.97 9.48 107 

June 24 12.55 8-90 112

July 28 12.37 

Aug. 19 12.77 

Sept. 28 12.85 

Oct. 27 12.75 

Nov. 24 13-31 

Dec- 22 13.39

Well 356 (area 8). Kahuku Plantation Co. At sugar 

Records available: 1935-48.

Jan. 23 10-94 +2.11 365 

Feb. 27 12.44 +3.61 300 

Mar. 22 12.04 +3.21 292 

Apr. 16 12.03 +3.20 312 

May 26 10-44 +1.61 383 

June 24 10.21 +1.38 448

July 28 10-01 

Aug. 23 11.55 

Sept .28 11-14 

Oct. 27 12.31 

Nov. 24 12.05 

Dec. 22 13.32

Well 396 (area 8). Kahuku Plantation Co. In Hauula 

able: 1935-48-

Jan- 23 18-38 +8.02 71 

Feb. 27 19.16 +8.80 69 

Mar. 22 19.75 +9.39 69 

Apr. 17 19.76 +9.40 68 

May 26 19.12 +8.76 68 

June 24 18.75 +8.39 67

July 28 18-87 

Aug. 23 18.92 

Sept. 28 18.64 

Oct. 27 17.99 

Nov. 24 19.05 

Dec. 22 19.20

Well 405 (area 9). M. E. Foster Estate. In Kahana - 

able: 1936-48-

Jan. 23 16-57 +10.81 40 

Feb. 27 17-36 +11.60 38 

Mar. 22 17.36 +11.60 39 

Apr. 17 17.69 +11.93 38 

May 26 17-76 +12.00 37 

June 24 17-61 +11.85 37

July 28 17.28 

Aug. 23 17.53 

Sept. 28 16.98 

Oct. 27 17.46 

Nov. 24 16.63 

Dec. 22 16.54

B 

+5.20 166 

+5.40 183 

+5.33 220 

+5.24 203 

+5.70 161 

+5.71 186

of Walalua Mill.

+9.40 93 

+9.80 99 

+10.40 93 

+10.08 95 

+10.15 95 

+10.16 97

0.5 mile south of

+3.97 98 

+4.32 99 

+4.71 94 

+4.71 90 

+5.12 92 

+5-12 90

Records avall9.08 113 

8-68 123 

8-60 116 

8.70 117 

8.14 110 

8.06 113

mill In Kahuku.

+1.18 468 

+2.72 310 

+2.31 ' 295 

+3 . 48 284 

+3.22 241 

+4.49 248

Records avall-

+8-51 69 

+8.56 70 

+8.28 68 

+7.63 68 

+8.69 67 

+8.84 66

Records avall-

+11.52 40 

+11.77 39 

+11.22 39 

+11.70 37 

+10-87 38 

+10.78 39
148 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

Well 406 (area 10). P. M. Swanzy. In Kaaawa Valley. Records available: 1935-48.

Date

Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar. 

Apr. 

May 

June

23 

27 

22 

26 

26 

24

A 

13. 

14. 

14. 

14. 

15. 

14.

Head

77 

38 

66 

83 

02 

99

B 

+3.50 

+4.11 

+4.39 

+4.56 

+ 4.75 

+4.72

Chloride

232 

230 

232 

227 

222 

226

Date

July 

Aug. 

Sept 

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec.

28 

23 

.28 

27 

24 

22

A 

15.02 

14.84 

14.72 

14.53 

14.47 

14.27

Head

+4 

+4 

+4 

+4 

+4 

+4

B 

.75 

.57 

.45 

.26 

.20 

.00

Chloride

239 

238 

236 

238 

226 

227

Water levels, In feet, and chloride, In parts per 

million, In test borings In Oahu

Test boring Oahu Tl (tributary to area 12). Walalua Agricultural Co. 

In Kaukonahua Gulch, 4 miles south of Walalua Records available: 1938-48-

Date

JanFeb. 

May 

July

Near

JanFeb.

Apr. 

May 

June

Head

8 

28 

7 

1

A 

15-91 

15.40 

15.57 

15.93

B 

257.70 

258.21 

258.04 

257.68

Chloride

31 

21 

31 

21

Date

Aug. 

Sept 

Oct. 

Dec.

Head.

4 

. 1 

2 

6

A

15. 

15. 

15. 

15.

78 

88 

83 

65

Chloride

B 

257.83 

257.73 

257.78 

259-98

21 

21 

31 

21

Test boring Oahu T2 (tributary to area 7). Waialua Agricultural Co. 

Anahulu Canyon, 5.5 miles east of Halelwa. Records available: 1958-48

7 

5 

28 

8 

8 

2

Test 

Honolulu . 

1959-48.

JanFeb. 

Mar. 

Apr.

June

26 

26 

24 

28 

27 

25

Test 

mouth of

Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar. 

AprMay 

June

west

Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar. 

Apr. 

May 

June

26 

26 

24 

28 

27 

25

5.61 

5.28 

4.93 

5-08 

5.24 

5.04

537.27 

337.60 

337.95 

337 . 80 

537.64 

337.84

104

52 

62 

62 

104 

73

July 

Aug. 

Sept 

Oct. 

Dec.

1

4 

. 1 

2 

6

boring Oahu T5 (tributary to area 11). 

5 miles west of Ewa, on main highway.

4.39 

4.63 

4.19 

3.91 

3.70 

5.83

boring 

Nanakuli

1.90 

2.14 

2.06 

1.96 

1.92 

1.99

74.74 

74.50 

74.94 

75.22 

75.43 

75.30

Oahu T15 

Gulch.

476.74 

476.50 

476 . 58 

476.68 

476.72 

476.65

15 

14 

78 

97 

95 

205

July 

Aug. 

Sept 

Nov.

Dec27 

27 

.27 

5 

26 

25

6. 

4. 

4. 

4. 

4.

21 

71 

91 

81 

74

336 

338 

337 

338 

338

.67 

.17 

.97 

.07 

.14

104 

73 

94 

62 

31

Surburban Water Works, 

Records available :

5. 

4. 

4. 

4. 

4. 

4.

84 

21 

53 

46 

57 

67

Suburban Water works, Honolulu. 

Records available: 1940-48.

91 

90 

91 

91 

91 

91

July 

Aug. 

Sept 

Nov. 

Nov. 

Dec.

27 

27 

.27 

5 

26 

25

Test boring Oahu T20 (tributary to area 6) 

of Bwa, on main highway to Waianae. Records

26 

26 

24 

28 

27 

25

17.10 

17.33 

17.70 

17.30 

16.91 

16.52

122.40 

122.17 

121.80 

122.20 

122.59 

122.98

201 

210 

206 

206 

212 

212

July 

Aug. 

Sept 

Nov.

Dec.

27 

27 

.27 

5 

26 

25

1. 

1. 

1. 

1. 

1. 

1.

88 

74 

78 

68 

73 

97

75 

74 

74 

74 

74 

74

1.

476 

476 

476 

476 

476 

476

U. S. Navy, 

available :

16. 

16. 

16. 

16. 

17. 

17.

60 

61 

64 

66 

26 

42

121? 

122 

122 

122 

122 

122

.29 

.92 

.80 

.67 

.56 

.46

345 

191 

117 

124 

136 

155

8 miles above

.76 

.90 

.86 

.96 

.91 

.67

92 

93 

92 

86 

90 

95

2 miles north 

1942^48.

.90 

.89 

.86 

.84 

.24 

.08

213 

222 

208 

202 

195 

194
HAWAII, ISLAND OP MAUI 149

ISLAND OP MAUI

In all wells of the Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Company water levels 

showed a net rise in 1948, ranging from 0.01 foot to 1.40 feet. In Pioneer 

Mill Company wells the water levels also showed a gain during the year, the 

maximum of which was 1.28 feet.

During 1948, 82,924 million gallons of water were delivered to the Maul 

Isthmus in Fast Maul Irrigation Company ditches. This is 8,807 million 

gallons more than was delivered in 1947. Pumpage of ground water on Maul 

for the year was 38,864 million gallons, 13,414 million gallons less than 

in 1947.

Data In the following table were furnished by the Hawaiian Commercial 

and Sugar Company and the Pioneer Mill Company.

Chloride, in parts per million, and water levels and net gain or loss 

in static level, in feet above sea level on Maul

Records available-: 1940-48-

Seol. Survey

Location well No.

Hawaiian Commercial &

Sugar Co.

1 (Klhei)

2

3

4

5

6

7

8 (Mill)

3 (Kihel)

Maul Agricultural CoLower Paia fPumps

Kaheka (Pumps 3 and 4)

Pala School (Pump 7)

Mill (Pumps 8 and 13)

Kuau (Pump 12)

Mallko (Pumps 10 and 11)

Pioneer Mill Co.

Kaanapall

Kahoma

Lahalna

Mill

Olowalu

Ukumehame

14

25

22

24

19

18

16

17

15

30

27

28

29

31

32

S

5

9

7

10

12

Average 

chloride 

for year

 ZQl

OOJ.

402

372

452

439

421

303

442

406

384

183

231

297

216

634

618

144

"564 427

.248

392

Water level

Date

DecDecDec.

DecDec.

DecDecDecDec.

Dec.

DecDecDecDecDecDec.

DecDecDec.

Dec.

Dec-

 =?i

OJ.

31

31

31

31

31

31

31

31

31

31

31

31

31

31

31

31

31

31

31

31

Height

4-34

5-34

3.96

4.46

4.13

4.84

5.44

5.00

6.56

3.80

6.35

3-96

4-02

3.78

3.71

2.98

3.78

2.83

3.60

3.66

5.57

Loss or 

gain

+0.30

+ .23

+1.40

+ .23

+ .14

+ .30

+ .25

+ .33

+ .35

+ .04

+ .01

+ -10

+ .04

+ .02

+1.23

+1.28

+ .08

+ .10

+ .31

+ .09

Water levels, In feet, and chloride, In parts per

million, in test borings In Maul 

(Measurements furnished by Walluku Sugar Co.)

Test boring Maul T102 (lao Valley). Geological Survey, U- S. Dept. of 

Interior. In lao Valley, 1 mile west of Walluku. Measurements for .January 

through October adjusted to correct for stretch In measuring line- Measurements for November and December from automatic water-stage recorder. 

Records available: 1940-48-
150 WATER LEVFLS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

Test boring Maul T102--0ontinued.

Date Water level Chloride

A B 

Jan- 14 27.3 426.6 19 

Feb. 18 26.8 427.1 18 

Mar. 18 26-5 427.4 18 

Apr. 16 26.1 427.8 21 

May 14 25.7 428.2 20 

June 15 24.6 429.3 19

Date Water level Chloride

A B 

July 16 25.0 428.9 19 

Aug. 13 22.6 431.3 20 

Sept- 15 23.0 430.9 21 

Oct. 15 19.0 434.9 21 

Nov. 16 23.5 434.4 25 

Dec- 15 24.2 429.7 22

Test boring Maul T110 (Puu Hele). Wailuku Sugar Co. 2 miles north 

of Maalaea. Measurements for January through October adjusted, to correct 

for stretch in measuring line. Records available: 1940-4RJan. 14 6.9 305.8 261 

Feb. 18 7.3 305-4 253 

Mar. 18 7.2 305.5 268 

Apr- 16 7.2 305.5 297 

May 14 7-0 305.7 257 

June 15 6.3 306.4 253

July 16 6-0 306.7 253 

Aug. 13 6.0 306.7 255 

Sept. 15 6.1 306.6 255 

Oct. 15 6-7 306.0 249 

Nov. 16 6-6 306.1 251 

Dec. 15 6.6 306.1 249

Teat boring Maul T112. Wailuku Sugar Co. 0.5 mile southwest of 

Wailuku. Measurements for January through September adjusted to correct 

for stretch in measuring line. Measurements for October, November, and 

December from automatic water-stage recorder- Records available: 1944-48.

Jan- 14 27.4 429.7 14 

Feb. 18 27.0 430.1 15 

Mar. 18 26.7 430.4 15 

Apr- 16 26.3 430.8 16 

May 14 25.7 431.4 13 

June 15 24.0 433.1 12

July 16 25.2 431.9 14 

Aug. 13 22.0 435.1 11 

Sept -15 22-8 434.3 13 

Oct. 15 19.6 437.5 

Nov. 16 21.9 435.2 

,Dec. -15 22.5 434.6

Test boring Maul T113. Wailuku sugar Co. At Wailuku Mill. Records 

available: 1944-48.

Jan. 14 17.97 163.12 101 

Feb. 18 17.78 163.31 99 

Mar. 18 17.70 163.39 102 

Apr. 16 17.71 163.38 100 

May 14 17.60 163.49 102 

June 15 17.37 163.72 106

July 16 17.38 163.71 114 

Aug. 13 17-14 163.95 106 

Sept. 15 16.83 164-26 106 

Oct. 15 16-64 164.45 107 

Nov. 16 18.14 162.95 109 

Dec- 15 18.28 162.81 110

Shaft 33. Wailuku Sugar Co. 0.5 mile southwest of Wailuku. Measurements discontinued. Records available; 1944-47.

ISLAND OF MOLOKAI

Total ground-water pumpage on Molokai for 1948 was 46 million gallons, 

or 29 million gallons greater than in 1947.

Water levels, in feet, in observation wells in Molokai

Kamalo well, 

able: 1938-1948.

Half a mile northeast of Kamalo wharf. Records availFeb. 

Mar.

7 a3.85 

8 4.75 

11 4.80 

16 4.55

a Pumping.

Ualapue well. 

1938-48.

Feb.

Mar. 

May

7 

11 

16 

14

5.31 

5.27 

5.01 

a4.80

39 

38 

38 

38

2.

38 

38 

38

.38 

.48 

.43 

.68

May

July 

Aug.

75 miles east of Kamalo

.40 

.44 

.70

May 

July 

Aug.

14 

30 

19 

26

well

30 

19 

26

a3.70 

4.45 

a3.36 

4.16

4 

5 

4

Records

.99 

.01

.73

39 

38 

39 

39

.53 

.78 

.87 

.07 67

available :

38 

38 

38

.72 

.70 

.98 51
HAWAII, ISLAND OP HAWAII 151

Conant-Kawela well. Molokal Ranch Co. 5 miles east of Kaunakakal. 

Records available: 1947-48-

Date

Feb.

Mar. 

Apr.

7 

11 

16 

27

Test 

north of

Feb.

Mar. 

May

7 

11 

16 

14

Water level Chloride

3 

3 

3

A B 

.68 33.96 

.67 33.97 

.60 34.04 

..... 18

Date Water

A 

May 13 3.34 

30 3.41 

July 19 3.60 

Aug. 26 3.17

level Chloride

B 

34.30 32 

34.23 

34.04 

34.47 IB

boring Molokal T4. County of Maul. In Kaunakakai, 0.25 mile 

post office. Records available: 1947-48.

2 

2 

2 

2

.42 12.96 ' 

.52 12.86 

.40 12.98 

.21 .....

May 30 2.19 

July 19 2.40 

Aug. 26 2.25

12.19 

12.98 

13.13 264

ISLAND OF LANAI

In Maunalel shaft 1 the water level ranged from a low of 2.40 feet 

above sea level to a high of 2.67 feet. Pumpage on the Island Increased 

from 288 million gallons for 1947 to 327 million gallons for 1948. The 

additional pumpage was principally from wells 1 and 2 drilled for the purpose of IrrigationMaunalel shaft 1. 4 miles north-northeast of Lanal City. Records 

furnished by Hawaiian Pineapple Co. Records available: 1936-48.

Date

Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar. 

Apr.

1 

1 

1 

1

Water level

A 

2.65

2.67 

2.63 

2.50

B 

291.35 

291.33 

291.37 

291.50

Date

May 

June 

July 

Aug.

1

1 

1 

1

Water level

A 

2.40 

2.46 

2.37 

2.42

B 

291.60 

291.54 

291.63 

291.58

Date

Sept 

Oct. 

Nov. 

DecWater level

1 

1 

1 

1

A

2.42 

2.43 

2.40 

2.39

B 

291.58 

291.57 

291.60 

291.61

ISLAND OF HAWAII

In the Olaa shaft the water lev^l ranged from a high of 17.38 feet 

above sea level on December 28 to a low of 13.51 feet on September 11. 

During the year there was a net rise In water level of 1.05 feet. In the 

Paaullo shaft of Hamakua Mill Company the water level was 3.3 feet above 

sea level on December 31, 1948, or 0>8 foot above the level of December 31, 

1947. The average chloride content of the water during the year was 175 

parts per million.

Total ground-water draft on the Island of Hawaii during 1948 was 6,997 

million gallons, 2,144 million gallons less than In 1947.

Olaa shaft. Records furnished by Olaa Sugar Co., Ltd. Records available: 1936-48.

Date

Jan. 3 

10 

17 

24 

31

Water level

A 

15.90 

* 15 . 43 

15.53 

15.19 

14.93

B 

204-10 

204.57 

204.47 

204.81 

205.07

Date

Feb. 

Mar.

7 

14 

21 

28 

6

Water

A 

14-72 

14.56 

14.11 

14.31 

14.54

level

B 

205.28 

205.44 

205.89 

205.69 

£05.46

Date

Mar. 

Apr13 

20 

27 

3 

10

Water

A 

14.54 

14-53 

14.40 

14.85 

17.04

level

B 

205.46 

205.47 

205 . 60 

205.15 

202.96
152 WATRR LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

Olaa shaft Continued.

Date

Apr.

May

June

July

Water

17

24

1

8

15

22

29

5

12

19

26

3

10

A

16.

16.

16.

15.

15.

15.

15.

15.

15.

15.

16.

15.

15.

73

28

07

92

87

59

47

36

40

09

11

11

47

level

B

203.27

203 . 72

203.93

204.08

204.13

'204-41

204.53

204.64

204.60

204.91

204.89

204.89

204.53

Date

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

17

24

31

7

14

21

28

. 4

11

18

25

2

9

Water

A

14.69

14-86

14.34

14.25

14.19

14.17

13.98

13.79

13.51

13.86

13.81

13.86

13.59

level

B

205.31

205.14

205.66

205.75

205.81

205.83

206.02

206.21

206.49

206.14

206.19

206.14

206.41

Date

Oct. 16

23

30

Nov. 6

13

20

27

Dec. 4

11

18

25

31

Water

A

13.77

13.77

14-37

14.49

15.21

15.70

16.04

16.44

16.52

17.19

17.19

17.38

level

B

206.23

206.23

205.63

205.51

204.79

204.30

203.96

203 . 56

203.48

202.81

202.81

202 62

Ookala shaft. Records furnished by Kaiwiki Sugar Co. All measurements 

in old (domestic supply) tunnel. Records available: 1937-48.

Water level, in feet, and chloride in parts per million

Date

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

5

17

24

1

9

16

27

5

16

19

26

4

10

19

24

Water

A

4.66

4.75

5.00

....

....

4.42

4.75

4.42

....

....

5.00

....

....

....

level

E

295.

295.

295.

. . . .

295.

295.

295.

. . . .

. . . .

295.

. . . .

. . . .

34

25

00

. .

58

25

58

. .

00

. .

...

Chloride

24

31

32

16

25

24

19

18

19

20

15

20

14

T JL&Q

27

Date

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

1

7

14

21

6

20

20

25

31

7

4

1

15

ppe*tt*

29

.

.

4

4

4

4

.

5

.

4

.

5

4

Water

A

. . . .

.50

.50

.25

.33

.66

. . .

.66

. . .

.50

.50

level

B

.....

.....

295.50

295.50

295.75

295.67

......

294.34

......

......

......

295.34

......

294.50

295.50

Chloride

26

15

12

16

11

15

10

15

12

31

29

7

9

8

9

ISLAND OP KAUAI

In the Kealia and Wailua areas of Kauai water levels during 1948 were 

slightly lower than those of 1947. In the Koloa area there was no appreciable change. In the early months of 1948 water levels in the Kekaha area 

stood a little more than a foot higher than in the same period of 1947, but 

in the latter part of the year a decline carried the levels 'to nearly a foot 

below those of December 1947. There was no consistent change in chloride 

content of ground water on the island during the year.

Artesian head, in feet, and chloride, in parts per million, 

in typical artesian wells in Kauai

Well 2P. Kealia, Kauai. Records furnished by East Kauai Water Co. 

Records available: 1937-48.

Date

Jan. 20 

Mar. 24 

Apr. 22 

May 26 

June 24

Head -

A B 

9.86 +1.81 

9.1? +1.12 

9.24 +1.19 

9.16 +1.11 

9.20 +1.15

Chloride

45 

44 

41 

43 

43

Date

July 22 

Aug. 24 

Sept- 23 

Nov. 5 

Dec- 3

Head Chloride

A B 

9-17 +!.! 43 

9.50 +1.45 43 

9-77 +1.72 43 

9-82 +1.77 43 

9.90 +1.85 39
HAWAII, ISLAND OP KAUAI 153

Well 7. Wailua, Kauai. Records available: 1937-48.

Date

Feb. 

Mar. 

Apr. 

May

Feb. 

Mar. 

Apr. 

May

19 

18 

20 

17

Well

19 

18 

20 

17

Water

A

.....

level

8. Wailua,

10.02 

9.88 

9.81 

9.66

1 

2 

2 

2

B

%..

Kauai

.93 

.07 

.14 

.29

Chloride

150 

154 

155 

148

Date

June 

Oct. 

Dec.

18 

8 

6

Records available:

137 

141 

140 

144

June 

Oct. 

Dec.

18 

8 

6

Water

A

1937-48

9.55 

9.80 

9.88

level

.

2 

2 

2

B

.40 

.15 

.07

Chloride

149 

151 

150

142 

154 

140

Well 14N- Koloa, Kauai. 

ords available: 1937-48.

Records furnished by Koloa Sugar Co. RecMar.

Apr.

June

June

1

27

29

1

30

30.52

30.42

30-47

30.52

30.62

55

55

55

55

55

.50

.60

.55

.50

.40

41

41

37

37

37

Aug.

Oct.

Nov.

3

712 '

29

30.77

30.82

30.62

30.72

55

55

55

55

.25

.20

.40

.30

41

37

37

Artesian head, in feet, and chloride, in parts per million, in the Kekaha

Sugar Co . f s artesian wells, Kauai 

(Records furnished by Kekaha Sugar Co.)

Well 35. Near Kekaha. Records available: 1937-48.

Date

Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar. 

Apr. 

May 

June

Jan* 

Feb. 

Mar. 

Apr. 

May 

June

Head

15 

17 

15 

20 

15 

15

Well

15 

17 

15 

20 

15 

15

A 

7. 

9. 

8. 

8. 

8. 

8.

37.

10. 

10. 

10. 

10. 

(a 

8.

86 

80 

77 

53 

82 

68

4

18 

95 

28 

34 

) 

69

B 

+0.04 

+2.02 

+ .95 

+ .71 

+ 1.00 

+ .86

Chloride

431 

224 

340 

485 

474 

285

Date

July 

Aug. 

Sept 

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec 

miles northwest of Kekaha.

+0.20 

+ .97 

+ .30 

+ .36 

(a) 

1.29

103 

97 

97 

85 

(a) 

207

July 

Aug. 

Sept 

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec.

Head

15 

16 

.15 

18 

15 

15

Records

15 

16 

.15 

18 

15 

15

A 

8.47 

8.82 

8.54 

8.63 

8.82 

8.81

B 

+0.65 

+1.00 

+ .72 

+ .81 

+1.00 

+ .99

available:

8.68 

8.08 

8.83 

8-76 

8.78 

9-02

1 

1 

1

1 

1

.30 

.90 

.15 

.22 

.20 

.96

Chloride

540 

486 

564 

528 

297 

285

1937-48.

212 

267 

261 

285 

407 

237

a No record for May because of broken pipeThe following table gives the draft from all the major ground-water 

installations in the Territory of Hawaii for irrigation, domestic, and 

Industrial supplies. The numbers in parentheses in the records for Oahu and 

Haul are those used by the Federal Geological Survey.

Total draft during 1948 was 156,904 million gallons, 32,972 million 

gallons less than the draft in 1947. The decrease was due to reduction of 

pumping of water for irrigation purposes on the islands of Hawaii, Haul, 

and Oahu on all of which the draft was less than in 1947. On Kauai, Lanai, 

and Molokai use of ground water increased during the year, principally for 

domestic purposes. The decrease in pumpage for irrigation resulted from 

general increase in rainfall during the year throughout the islands. 

1)47807 O 51 11
154 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

Draft from wells entering the main basalt aaulfer of Oahu, which are 

not included In the table, Is estimated to be about 25 million gallons a 

day.

Pumpage, In millions of gallons, from wells and tunnels 

In the Territory of Hawaii, 1948 

(Data furnished by owners)

Island of Hawaii

Hamakua Mill Co. 

Paaullo well

Hawaiian Agricultural Co. 

Pahala shaft

Hut chins on Sugar Plantation Co. 

Honuapo well

Kalwlkl Sugar Co . 

Domestic tunnel a 

Cane -cleaning plant 

tunnel

Kohala Sugar Co. 

Hoea pump 

Kohala pump 1, 

Walkane pump 

Honokane tunnel al,

Olaa Sugar Co . 

Olaa shaft

Pepeekeo Sugar Co 

U. S- Navy 

Hllo air station

Total

£/ 

Island of Kaual

County of Kaual 

Walmea Water Works 

Hanapepe Water Works

Kekaha Sugar Co. 

Well 9 

Wells K-l to K-5 

Wells M-l to M-12 1, 

Kekaha pump 

Mana pump 

Walawa pump 

Well 16

Llhue Plantation Co. 

Domestic shaft 

Kealla wells a 

Hanamaulu shaft a

Grove Farm Co. 

Mahaulepu pump

Olokele Sugar Co. 

Domestic shaft

Total

a 630 

347

a 727

56 

384 440

729 

675 

299 

571 4,274

520 

a 59

fb) 

6,997

188 

96 284

650 

386 

533 

714 

89 

377 

3 3,752

508 

200 

10 718

a 1

a 527 

6,282

Island of Lanai

Hawaiian Pineapple Co. 

Tunnel 1 82 

Shaft 2 84 

Well 1 20 

Well 2 141

Total 327 

Island of Maul

Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Co. 

H. C- & S. Section 

Pump 1 (14) Klhel 367 

Pump 2 (25) 1,450 

Pump 3 (22) 1,758 

Pump 4 (24) 1,226 

Pump 5 (19) 815 

Pump 6 (18) 2,605 

Pump 7 (16) 3,376 

pump 8 (17) 3,560 

Pump 3 (15) Kihel 2,761 

Central power 

plant (20) 1,116 

M- A- Section 

Lower Pala (30) 

(pumps 1, 5, and 6) 670 

Kaheka (27) 

(pumps 3 and 4) 1,498 

Pump 7 (28) 1,842 

Mallko (32) 

(pumps 10 and 11) 539 

Pump 12 (31) 507 

Mill (29) 

(pumps 8 and 13) 3,737 27,827

Pioneer Mill Co. 

Pump A (9) Lahalna 1,783 

Pump B (8) Lahalna 544 

Pump C (7) Mill 2,054 

Pump D (3) Kaanapali 1,648 

Pump P (2) Honokowal 737 

Pump 0 (4) Hahakea 558 

Pump H (3) Kaanapali 1,659 

Pump L (6) Wahlkuli ..... 

Pump M (5) Kahoma 871 

Pump N (10) Olowalu 147 

Pump 0 (11) Olowalu 6 

Pump P (12) Ukumehame ].36dlO,

Maul Pineapple Co. 

Kahulul Cannery (11) a

Puunene Airport (shaft 33) a e

Vlalluku Sugar Co* 

Wailuku Shaft __

Total 38,

143

100 

62

732 

864

* See footnotes at end of table.
HAWAII, PUMPAGE 155

Pumpage, in millions of gallons, from wells and tunnels in 

the Territory of Hawaii, 1948 Continued 

(Data furnished by owners)

Island of nolokai

County of Maul 

Conant-Kawela well 2 

Kamakana well 13 

Kamalo well 2 

Ualapue well 9 26

California Packing Corp,. 

Kualapuu well 18

Libby, McNeill and Libby 

West Molokai well _ 3

Total 47 

Island of Oahu

Ewa Plantation Co. 

Pump 1 (268) 1,394 

Pump 2 (257) 1,048 

Pump 3 (264) 3,639 

Pump 4 (264) 3,150 

Pump 5 (259) 2,108 

Pump 6 (259) 2,734 

Pump 7 (263) 2,286 

Pump 8 (270) 598 

Pump 10 (276) 2,809 

Pump 11 (276) 1,767 

Pump 12 (276) 1,264 

Pump 13 (276) 96 

Pump 15 (Shaft 3) 3,163 

Pump 16 (Shaft 3) 3,859 

Pump 20 (dug well 20) 572 

Pump 21 (dug well 21) 371 

Pump 22 (dug well 22) 300 

Pump 23 (dug well 23) 2,393 

Pump 24 (dug well 24) 614 

Pump 25 (254) 345 34,510

California Packing Corp. 

Kunia well (330-5) a 14

Hawaiian Electric Co. 

Wells and tunnel (199-1 

and Shaft 8) 3,914 

Kaluaoopu Spring 2 , 912 6,826

Honolulu Board of Water Supply 

Kalihi Station 

(Shaft 6) 3,705 

Waialae Station 

(Shaft 7) 155 

Halawa Station 

(Shaft 12) 2,822 

Kaimuki Station (7) 1,238 

Beretania Station (88)2,449 

Kalihi Station (128) 1,521 11,890

Honolulu Suburban Water System 

Aiea (190-1-B) 27 

Pearl City (Shaft 9) 

Pearl City (202) 

Waipahu (241) 163 

Nanakuli (dug well 16) 1

# See footnotes at end of table.

Island of Oahu Continued

Honolulu Suburban Water System Cont 

Lualualei (Shaft 2) 22 

Waialua (well 333) 126 

Hauula (394) 

Kaaawa (Shaft 10) 25 

Haiku tunnel 637 

Luluku tunnel 

Kahaluu tunnel 365 

Waimanalo tunnel 80 

Waianae tunnels 207 1,653

Kahuku Plantation Co. 

Pump 1 (353) 743 

Pump 2 (341) 1,876 

Pump 3 (362) 1,823 

Pump 5 (352) 1,831 

Pump 6 (362-1) 323 

Pump 7 (363) 343 

Pump 8 (357) 185 

Pump 12 (361) 102 

Pump 14 (338) a 472 

Pump 15 (348) 120 

Pump 17 (362) 143 

Pump 20 (377) 790 

Pump 23 (387) 134 

Pump 25 (373) 81 

Pump 26 (392) 86 

Pump 27 (396) 131 

Mill pump (355) a 703 9,886

Oahu Sugar Co. 

Waipahu Section 

Pump 1 (247) 1,056 

Pump 2 (249) 1,298 

Pump 3 (249) 193 

Pump 4 (248) 507 

Pump 5 (274) 1,411 

Pump 6 (239) 1,392 

Pump 7 (246) 2,985 

Pump 8 

(Waikele Spring) 1,933 

Pump 9 

(Waiawa Spring) 219 

Aiea Section 

Pump 2 (196) 668 

Pump 3 (186) 724 

Pump 4 (197) 1,210 

Pump 5 and 5B (189) 1,231 

Pump 6 

(Kalawao Spring) 554 

Pump 16 (199-1) (f) 

Pump 21 and 21B 

(Shaft 13) 318 15,699

Private wells in Honolulu g4,573

U. S. Army 

Schofield (Shaft 4). 1,357

U- S. Navy 

Aiea (Shaft 5) ' 1,627 

Red Hill (Shaft 11) 2,620 

Barbers Point 

(Shaft 14) 872
156 WATEF LEVELS AND ARTFSIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

Pumpage, in milliors of gallons, from wells and tunnels in 

the Territory of Hawaii, 1948 Continued 

(Data furnished by owners)

Island of Calm Continued

U. S. Navy 

Aiea wells (187) 198 

Wahiawa Radio Station 

(330-2) alO 

Moanalua (156) 0 

Pearl City wells 1,024 

Ewa Junction 0 

Waiawa Pump 0 

Lualualei tunnel 137 6,488

Wahiawa Water Co . 

Deep well (330-3)

Waialee Training School 

Sunset Beach 

(337-1 & 2) a 

School Pump 

(337-1 & 2) a

85

9 

31 40

Island of Oahu Continued

Waialua Agricultural Co. 

Pump 1 (321) 480 

Pump 2 (322) 3,840 

Pump 3 (331) 1,324 

Pump 4 (334) 781 

Pump 5 (285) 914 

Pump 6 (298, 299, 

& 301) 186 

Pump 7 (324) '* 482 

Pump 8 (329) 256 

Pump 9 (327) 101 

Pump 10 (323) 652 

Pump 11 (296) 46 

Pump 12 (332) 103 

Pump 13 (328) 122 

Pump 15 (317) 52 

Pump 16 (316) 80 

Mill (319) 2,948 12,

Total 105, 

Grand Total 156,

367 

388 

905

a Estimated.

b Operation by U- S. Navy discontinued.

c McBryde Sugar Co. not included. Three pumps in Hanapepe and one 

pump at Lawai Valley pump both surface water and ground water. It is not 

possible to separate the ground-water draft from the surface water.

d Of this, 3,253 million gallons were wasted.

e Reported by Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. Formerly reported by 

Navy.

f Pumpage from pump 16 (199-1) included with that of Hawaiian Electric

U- S.

Co.

g Reported by Honolulu Board of Water Supply. Includes pumpage from 

wells belonging to military .establishments in Honolulu-
NEW MEXICO

INTRODUCTION 

By C. S. Conover 

PROGRAM OP WORK

Investigation of ground-water resources in various areas in New Mexico 

was continued in 1948 in cooperation with the State engineer of New Mexico. 

Studies of ground water in New Mexico have been largely confined to areas 

where it is used for irrigation and have been in progress in certain areas 

for many years. Reports on these investigations are listed in Part 1, 

General discussion, for each county.

Measurement of water levels or artesian head in observation wells constitutes an important part of the ground-water program. Water levels in a 

large number of observation wells are measured in January or February each 

year when the major part of the recovery from, pumping effects of the previous pumping season has taken place and comparison with water levels in 

former years can best be made. The winter measurements of water level indicate the amount of ground water in storage, and comparisons of water-level 

measurements between years show the change of storage which results from 

changes in recharge, as represented primarily from precipitation, and in 

discharge, as represented primarily by pumping for irrigation. Measurements 

are also made in selected groups of observation wells at approximately 

2-month intervals in order to note seasonal changes in water levels caused 

by precipitation and changes in pumping schedules. Estimates of the amount 

of ground water pumped during the year in each area are made to determine 

tne part played by artificialwithdrawal on the yearly changes in water 

level.

In all, about 2,945 measurements of water level were made during the 

year in 'about 1,140 observation wells^ exclusive of Hidalgo County, and including about 198 measurements of water level made in 29 of the observation 

wells that were equipped with water-stage recorders for which daily records 

are presented. 2.57
158 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN -PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

Changes of water level

The net annual decline of ground-water levels in 1948 in areas in New 

Mexico where ground water is used for irrigation was, in general, somewhat 

less than in 1947 as a result of generally more favorable precipitation 

which reduced the amount of pumping normally necessary for irrigation. 

Water levels in most of the observation wells reached their lowest wintertime levels on record by the end of 1948.

Pumpage of ground water for irrigation in 1948 in New Mexico is estimated at 500,000 acre-feet and the irrigated acreage as about 230,000 acres 

as compared with about 530,000 acre-feet and 200,000 acres, respectively, 

in 1947. About half of the total acreage and about two-thirds of the total 

pumpage in New Mexico in 1948 was in the Roswell basin.

The artesian pressures in the Roswell basin reached their lowest mean 

annual pressures on record in three of the six wells equipped with waterstage recorders. The mean annual artesian pressures for 1948 were below 

the previous low mean annual pressures from 2.6 feet in the northern part 

of the basin to 19.0 feet in the southern part of the basin and were belon 

the highest levels on record, from 7.0 to 34.8 feet, respectively.

The water table in the shallow aquifer in the Roswell basin showed a 

net' lowering for 1948 of more than 2 feet over an area of about 121 square 

miles and more than 4 feet over about 10 square miles, as compared with 

like declines in 1947 over 263 and 126 square miles, respectively. A major 

decline in water table of as much as 55 feet has occurred in the heavily 

pumped area southwest of Eager-man since 1927, when records began.

Water levels in the Carlsbad area west of the canal showed large net 

declines of as much as 14 feet in 1947 and as much as 8 feet in 1948. To 

the east of the canal net rises of more than 4 feet were observed in 1948, 

as compared with net declines of more than 10 feet in 1947. The maximum j 

net 2-year lowering east of the canal, near Otis, is about 8 feet, as compared with about 14 feet west of the canal.

In.JL.ea County, where extensive development of ground water has recently 

taken place, the water levels showed significant net declines for 1948 in 

the.areas of concentrated pulping. Net declines of water level for 1948 of 

more than 1 foot over about 94 square miles and more than 2 feet over about 

24 square miles were observed. Net declines in excess of 5 feet were observed in two pumped wells.
NEW MEXICO 159

Water levels in the Wimbres Valley, in Luna County, in 1948 continued 

the decline of the previous years. Because of increased development of 

ground water for irrigation, water levels declined more than 1 foot over 

about 177 square miles and more than 2 feet over about 69 square miles as 

compared with like declines in 1947 over 157 and 63 square miles, respectively.

Decreased pumping in 1948 in the House area, Quay County, caused by 

favorable summer precipitation, resulted-in a smaller decline in water 

level than for any year since 1944. The water levels declined more than 

1 foot over about 5 square miles, as compared with a like decline in 1947 

of about 18 square miles.

A smaller decline in water level occurred in 1948 in Portales Valley 

than in 1947 as a result of decreased pumping caused by the favorable precipitation- Net declines in excess of 1 foot occurred over about 61 square 

miles and more than 2 feet over about 17 square miles. In the last 7 years, 

1942 to 1949, water levels have declined 20 feet, an average of nearly 3 

feet a year, over an area of about 11 square miles.

The increased development of ground water for irrigation in Estancia 

Valley, Torrance County, resulted in greater net declines in water level in 

1948 than in previous years. The water level declined more than 1 foot 

over about 72 square miles and more than 2 feet over about 4 square miles 

in 1948, as compared with more than 1 foot over about 17 square miles in 

1947.

Surface water from Bluewater Reservoir was used for irrigation in the 

Bluewater-Toltec Irrigation District, in Valencia County, in 1948, the 

first year since about 1944. Recharge from the surface-water supply raised 

water levels in the upper part of the district about 7 feet, compared with 

declines of about 12 feet in 1946 and 8 feet in 1947. In the lower part 

of the district the water levels declined about 1 foot, as compared with 

about 3 feet in 1947. The average change in water level in 14 wells distributed over the area was a rise of 0.17 foot in 1948, as compared with a 

decline of 5.88 feet in 1946 and 3.91 feet in 1947.
160 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

WELL-NUMBERING SYSTEM

The system of numbering wells in New Mexico, used in all counties except in the Virden Valley of the Gila River, in Hidalgo County, and the 

thermal wells in the Hot Springs area, in Sierra County, is based on the 

common subdivisions in sectionized land, and, by means of it, the well 

number, in addition to designating the well, indicates its position to the 

nearest 10-acre tract in the land net. The number is divided into four 

segments by periods. The first segment denotes the township north or south 

of the New Mexico base line; the second denotes the range east or west of 

the New Mexico principal meridian; and the third denotes the section. In 

a county such as Roosevelt, where wells are situated both north and south 

of the base line, an N is added to the first segment of the well number if 

the well is north of the base line, but no letter is added if the well is 

south of the base line. Similarly, in a county where wells are located 

both east and west of the meridian, an E is added to the second segment of 

the well number of those wells east of the meridian. In counties where 

all the wells are within a single quadrant, the direction north or south 

of the base line or east or west of the meridian is not given.

The fourth segment of the number, which consists of three digits, 

denotes the particular 10-acre tract in which the well is situated. For 

this purpose, the section is divided into four quarters, numbered 1, 2, 3, 

and 4, in the normal reading order, for the northwest, northeast, southwest, 

and southeast quarters, respectively. The first digit of the fourth segment gives the quarter section, which is a tract of 160 acres. Similarly, 

the quarter section is divided into four 40-acre tracts numbered in the 

same manner, and the second digit denotes the 40-acre tract. Finally, the 

40-acre tract is divided into four 10-acre tracts, and the third digit 

denotes the 10-acre tract. Thus, well 12.36.24.123, in Lea County, is in 

the SW^NEiNWi sec. 24, T- 12 S., R. 36 E. If a well cannot be located accurately tb a 10-acre tract, a zero is used as the third digit, and if it 

cannot be located accurately within a 40-acre tract,, zeros are used for 

both the second and third digits. If the well cannot be located more 

closely than the section, the fourth segment of the well number is omitted. 

When it becomes possible to locate accurately a well in whose number 

zeros have been used, the proper digit or digits are substituted for the
NEW MEXICO 161

zeros. In Water-Supply Paper 911 and earlier reports the digits corresponding to. unknown Id-acre and 40-acre tracts were simply omitted, but 

this practice caused some confusion in cataloging the wells. In WaterSupply paper 941, and subsequent reports, wells the last segment of Whose 

numbers end in one or two zeros correspond to wells whose numbers in 

earlier reports are the same, except for the omission of the last one or 

two zeros. Letters a, b, c, .... are added to the last segment to designate the second, third, fourth, and succeeding wells in the same Id-acre 

tract.

The following diagram shows the method of numbering the tracts within 

a section.

Ill 112

113 114.

121 122

123 124

 [1] 

131 132

- - -(3)- - -

133 134

311 312

- _ _(!)_ _.

313 314

141 142

- - -(4)- - -

143 144

321 322

- - -(2)- - -

323 324

HL p

331 332

- - -(3)- - -

333 334

341 342

. _ -(4)- - -

343 344

211 212

213 214

221 222

223 224

Tgl

L J

231 232

- -(3)- - -

233 234

411 412

_ _{!)_ _ .

413 414

241 242

- -(4)- - -

243 244

421 422

. _ _(2)_ _ _

423 424

H

431 432

. _ -(3)- - -

433 434

441 442

- -(4)- - -

443 444

WELL DESCRIPTIONS, RECORDS OP ARTESIAN HEAD, AND 

WATER-LEVEL MEASUREMENTS

General discussion

Measurements for most of the observation wells in New Mexico are 

listed tinder the. counties in which the wells are situated. Two groups of 

measurements those of artesian head in the Roswell artesian basin and 

those of water level in the artesian-intake area of that basin are listed 

under the common heading "Chaves and Eddy Counties (Roswell Basin)."
162 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATKS

The data for the counties, except for the Virden Valley in Hidalgo 

County, are presented in five parts as outlined below. Part 1 for Eddy 

County covers only areas in Eddy County other than the Roswell basin which 

is included in Part 1 for Chaves County. The five parts are as follows: 

Part 1. General discussion.

Part 2. Water levels in January or February of the present 

year, and highest and lowest recorded water levels in January or 

February, in feet below land-surface datum, and change from January or February of the preceding year to January or February of 

the present year, in feet.

Part 3. Water levels, in feet below land-surface datum, 

showing seasonal changes during the year.

Part 4. Highest daily water levels in wells equipped with 

automatic water-stage recorders.

Part 5. Miscellaneous data concerning observation wells. 

Part 1 for each county gives the number of observation wells, the 

number of measurements made on the wells during the year, the program of 

work, the amount of precipitation, the amount of pumpage, and a general 

discussion of the fluctuations of water level during the year. Also given 

is a list of water-supply papers in which records of water levels in observation wells in the particular county have been previously published. 

The descriptions of wells are, in general, given in the water-supply paper 

covering the year in which the record begins (next to last column in Part 

2). In the case of a few wells whose records began in the latter part of 

a year, the descriptions have been published in the water-supply paper for 

the year previous to that given in Part 2 as the year when record began. 

Also, in a few oases, the description of a well was published in the watersupply paper for the year succeeding that given in Part 2 for the year when 

record began.

Part 2 lists the water levels in January or February 1948 for all observation wells, the change since the measurements of the preceding January, 

and lists for comparison the highest and lowest recorded levels during 

January in past years, along with the length of record. For years in which 

January readings were not made, February readings were used if available. 

If any reading is used other than January or February, a footnote is added 

stating the month.
NEW MEXICO 163

The lowest recorded level as published for a well is a nonpuraping 

level, that is,.a static level, as far as could be determined, except in 

some instances where windmills were pumping and the water level was not 

lowered appreciably by the pumping. The year of beginning of record is 

considered as the first year in which a January or February measurement was 

made. The years of missing record are succeeding years in which a January 

or February measurement was not made or when the measurement made was affected by pumping to the extent that it would be the lowest recorded level. 

When a measurement is recorded for the present year lower than a previous low, then the present year will not be reported as missing until the 

following year. In some cases a previous year will be reported as missing 

due to a low reading as a result of the effects of pumping, yet a yearly 

change will be shown. For wells having water-stage recorders, the highest 

and lowest reported levels are taken from the recorder record for the month 

of January when available, except in Torrance and Valencia Counties where 

the levels for February are used. However, for the wells equipped with 

water-stage recorders, the measurement reported for the present year and 

the yearly change are taken from the tape measurements in order to keep 

the records of these wells comparable with those of the other observation 

wells. The lowest reported level, when taken from recorder records, is 

the lowest of the highest daily water levels.

In Part 2 the years are all in the present century and the "19" of 

the year and also the apostrophe commonly used to indicate omission of the 

"19" are omitted for the sake of brevity. The year 1942, for Instance, is 

shown simply as 42.

This part of the report shows in clear form the current and past 

changes in the amount of water stored underground in the vicinity of the 

well. It presents the most critical data concerning the pumping district, 

that is, the current status of the ground-water reserve.

Part 3 gives the data for wells measured at fixed periods, generally 

bimonthly, throughout the year. The readings for January are also given 

in Part 2. Only the last name of the owner is given in Part 3, but the 

full name may be found in Part 2. These records show the seasonal trend of 

water levels in the area.
164 WATER IEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

Part 4 presents the data for the wells on which automatic water-stage 

recorders are maintained. These show the day-to-day fluctuation of typical 

wells. In some wells they serve to show the effects of precipitation in 

recharging the ground-water reservoir, in others the effects of transpiration, and in others the effects of nearby pumping.

Part 5 lists miscellaneous data concerning the observation wells, 

such as revisions of the well location number, descriptions of new wells 

and reference points, and a few miscellaneous water-level records that do 

not conform to the other tables. Reference to Part 5 and to other parts 

is given in column 3 in Part 2.

In the following data on New Mexico, except Tor Hidalgo County, nine 

standard footnotes have been employed as follows:

a Pumping,

b Pumping recently,

c Nearby well pumping,

d Nearby well pumping recently.

e Dry at depth given,

f Prom recorder chart,

g Estimated.

h Tape measurement at odd hour.

1 Possible discrepancy of a few tenths of a foot between 

	present and previous land-surface data.

Records of mean monthly and mean annual artesian head in the Roswell 

basin are expressed as water level, in feet above mean sea level. All 

other measurements are given in feet below a precisely established landsurface datum which approximates closely the land surface at the well.

CRAVES AND EDDY COUNTIES (ROSWELL BASIN)

By C. S. Conover 

Part 1. General discussion

The program of maintaining records of water level and artesian head 

in the Roswell basin was continued in 1948 in cooperation with the State 

engineer of New Mexico. Most of the Roswell basin is in Chaves County, 

but a considerable part lies in northern Eddy County.

The first intensive investigation by the Federal Geological Survey of 

the artesian-water resources of the Roswell artesian basin was begun by 

A. G. Piedler and S. S. Nye in 1925, and an intensive investigation of the 

shallow-water resources was begun by A. M. Morgan in 1937. The findings of 

these investigations have been published in Geological Survey Water-Supply 

Paper 639 and in the 7th to 13th biennial reports of the State engineer of
HKW MEXICO, OHAVES AND EDDY COUNTIES 165

New Mexico. A comprehensive report of the hydrology and agricultural development of the Pecos -Valley has been published by the National Resources 

Planning Board as part 10 of the Regional Planning series, "The Pecos River 

Joint investigation in the Pecos River Basin in New Mexico and Texas," 

1942. Data on artesian head and shallow-water levels have been published 

in past years in Geological Survey water-supply papers as follows:

Year of Water-Supply " Page numbers 

record paper Artesian head____Shallow-water levels

1925-35 777109-114.......

1936 817 195-197 .......

1937 ' 840 252-254 .......

1938 845 279-282 .......

1926-38 845 ....... 282-300

1939 886 376-378 378-422

1940 911 152-154 154-174

1941 941 186-188 190-212

1942 949 259-262 264-293

1943 991 206-209 210-244

1944 1021 188-195 199-232

1945 1028 207-216 216-240

1946 1076 217-225 225-250

Shallow water-level measurements from 1926 to 1938, Water-Supply Paper 

845, for Chaves and Eddy Counties are given in feet below land-surface 

datum and not below measuring point as captioned.

Artesian wells

The continuous water-stage recorders on the six artesian observation 

wella reported in previous years were kept in operation in 1948 and the 

records obtained were used to compute the mean monthly and mean annual artesian heads, as has been done in previous years. The mean monthly head was 

computed by averaging the daily maximum and minimum heads throughout the 

month. The mean annual head is the average of the mean monthly heads. 

Values for missing days were estimated by inspection of the recorder charts 

where feasible, otherwise they were obtained by simple interpolation. A 

day of record is considered as one in which both a maximum and a minimum 

water-level reading were ..recorded or estimated. In the accompanying fullpage table the mean monthly and mean annual water levels are given in feet 

above mean sea level in conformity with previpusly published reports, but 

the daily maximum water levels are given in feet below land-surface datum. 

Artesian-intake area wells

Measurements of water levels in the intake area of the Roswell artesian basin were continued in 1948 to show the change in ground-water storage 

and the change in recharge to the artesian aquifer. A total of 32
166 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

Line showing rise (+) or decline 

(-) of woter level, in feet; inter 

vol two feet-, dashed where op 

proximate.

Shading shows orxeo in which 

water level declined; density 

of shading increases with omount of decline.

Figure 12. Jtep of northern part of Roswell shallow ground-water basin,

enaves County, Hew Mexico, showing change in water level from 

January-February 1948 to. January-February 1949.
NEW MEXICO, CHAVES AND EDDY COUNTIES 167

measurements was made during the year on the artesian-Intake walla, all of 

which were made by U. N. Benge. Water levels In the Intake area respond 

to changes In the rate of draft on the aquifer by the artesian wells many 

miles to the east as well as to changes In storage and rate of recharge.

Shallow wells

In order to show the yearly change In the shallow-water level caused 

by withdrawals for Irrigation and additions by recharge, water levels are 

measured In a large number of wells once a year, usually In January. Water 

levels were measured In 395 wells In January or February 1948, most of 

which had been measured In January or February 1947. Water levels were 

also measured In about 55 of the wells at bimonthly Intervals and waterstage recorders were maintained Intermittently on 5 of the wells. A total 

of 821 measurements was made during the year on the shallow wells including 

260 measurements made on the bimonthly observation wells an'd about 40 made 

on the recorder wells. Of the observation wells, 270 are In Chaves County 

and 125 In Eddy County.

Precipitation and pumpage

Variation in the amount of precipitation in the Roswell basin affects 

the water levels by changing the amount of pumping necessary for irrigation 

of growing crops and the amount of water that recharges the ground-water 

body, particularly that in the intake area of the artesian aquifer to the 

west. Years of deficient precipitation, such as 1947, are characterized 

by large declines in water levels, both during the pumping season and 

annually, while years of excessive precipitation, such as 1941, are characterized by net annual rises in water level.

The precipitation for 1948, as reported by the U. S. Weather Bureau, 

was below normal at all stations in the Roswell basin, except at Hagerman, 

but greatar than in the preceding year. The precipitation at Roswell, as 

estimated, was 72 percent of normal, at Hagerman, 111 percent of normal, 

at Artesia, 86 percent of normal, and at Carlsbad, 81 percent of normal.- 

Precipitation during the main part of the growing season, April through 

September, was generally deficient, except during June when about 6 inches 

of rain fell, most of which fell the first two days of the month, and caused 

floods on the Hondo and Penasco Rivers. In spite of the high total rainfall 

for the year, the distribution was such that for agricultural purposes the 

year may be classified as deficient in precipitation.
168 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

EXPLANATION 

Observation well

Line showing rise (+) or decline 

(-) af water level, in feet, inter-

\

vol two feet-, dashed where approximate.

Shading shows oreo in which 

water level declined; density of * 

of shading increases with o- .g 

mount of decline.

Figure 13. Map of southern part of Roswell shallow ground-water basin, Eddy 

County, New Mexico, showing change In water level from January 1948 to 

January 1949.
NEW MEXICO, CHAVFS AND EDDY COUNTIES 169

Precipitation and departures from normal, in inches, at stations 

in Roswell basin and vicinity, 1948

Roswell

Month

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Total

Precipitation

0.37

1.39

.26

.28

.22

....

.99

.14

.23

.21

.15

....

Departure

-0.16

+ .80

-.48

-.61

-.87

....

-1.27

-2.01

-1.88

-1.21

-.70

....

Apr. -Sept.

Hagerman

Precipitation

0.50

1.69

0

.40

1.25

6.48

1.99

2.11

.42

.58

T

.23

15.65

12.65

Departure

+0.07

+1.33

-.53

-.45

-.84

+4.51

+ .40

+ .33

-1.44

-.18

-.38

-.28

+2.54

+2.51

Artesia

Precipitation

0.60

1.40

.10

.30

.12

5.94

1.35

.17

.04

.64

T

.44

11.10

7.92

Departure

+0.24

+ .89

-.54

_.68

-1.35

+4.66

-.62

-1.36

-1.67

-.60

-.57

-.14

-1.74

-1.02

Carlsbad

Precipitation

0.09

.41

.04

.12

.91

6.24

1.26

.04

.47

.88

0

.27

10.73

9.04

Departure

-0.25

+ .02

-.51

-.68

-.28

+4.61

-.89

-1.76

-1.44

-.53

-.53

-.31

-2.55

-0.44

T - Trace.

The precipitation during 1948 was somewhat more favorable for the 

growing of crops than in 1947. A preliminary study of the records of power 

and fuel used in 1948 for 824 wells, for which comparable records were also 

available in 1947, indicates that, on the average, probably 6 percent less 

water was pumped in 1948 than in 1947. It is probable, therefore, that 

about 211,000 acre-feet of artesian water and about 121,000 acre-feet of 

shallow water was used for irrigation in 1948 in the main part of the 

Roswell basin. Additional ground water of an undetermined amount was 

pumped on newly developed lands in the north extension of the Roswell basin, 

in the vicinity of Salt -Cre.ek and Macho Draw.

High use of ground water for irrigation continued in 1948 because of 

continued favorable crop prices, which has resulted in a high percentage of 

the water-right land being farmed, in increased application of water, and 

in some increase in farming of nonwater-right land.

Changes in artesian head and water level 

Artesian wells

New record low mean annual artesian heads were set in 1948 in three 

of the six artesian wells equipped with automatic water-stage recorders in 

the Roswell basin. The record low annual artesian heads occurred in the 

Berrendo-Smith and Mountain View wells, in the northern part of the basin, 

and in the Artesia well, in the southern part of the basin. The mean 

annual artesian head for the Berrendo well, which is also in the northern part 

of the basin, showed a comparatively large annual decline for this well of 

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170 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

1.8 feet and reached a mean annual head in 1948 only 1.8 feet above the 

previous mean annual low head set in 1940. The mean annual artesian head 

for the remaining two wells, Orchard Park and Greenfield, which are near 

the middle of the basin where there was greater precipitation, showed rises 

of 0.52 foot and 2.59 feet, respectively, from the record low mean annual 

artesian head set in these wells in 1947.

Departures from the average mean annual artesian head ranged from -3.3 

feet in the Berrendo well to -23.7 feet in the Artesia well, which, for 

the Artesia well is 5 feet more than for 1947. The average departure of 

the mean annual heads in 1948 in the six artesian wells from the average' 

since the beginning of records is a decline of 9.27 feet, as compared with 

a decline of 8.52 feet in 1947.

The larger than usual annual declines of artesian pressures in the 

northern part of the basin apparently were caused from an increase in total 

pumpage in this area in 1948 in spite of some slackening of pumping in June 

when there was heavy precipitation.

The effect of the reduction in pumping owing to the favorable 

precipitation in June was noticeable in the water levels in these six 

wells. Normally, slight rises in water level occur in April and May 

followed in June by a resumption of declines. However, the rise in water 

level continued into June in 1948 and resulted in higher water levels in 

June 1948 than in June 1947 in all of the wells except Berrendo. In the 

Oreenfield well the mean monthly water level for June 1948 was 24.5 feet 

higher than in 1947 and 6.5 feet above the normal June level for this well.

In spite of the favorable water levels in June, pumping was so intensive in July and particularly in August that record low mean monthly artesian heads were set in all of the wells in August. The new record low 

mean monthly artesian head set in August for the Artesia well was 11.6 feet 

lower than the previous low mean monthly head set in this well in 1947, 

which, in turn, was 13.1 feet lower than that previously set in 1946.

The difference in artesian heads between the highest mean annual, 

which was in 1941 or 1942 for all the wells, and the lowest mean annual, 

which was in 1947 or 1948 for 5 of the 6 wells, ranges from 7.4 feet in the 

Berrendo-Smith well, in the northern part of the basin, to 34.8 feet in the 

Artesia well/ in the southern part of the basin. Of the decline in mean
NEW MEXICO, CHAVES AND EDDY COUNTIES 171

annual heads in the Artesia well from 1942 to 1948, 23.3 feet has occurred 

In the last 3 years. Mean annual artesian heads for 1948 are below the 

previous low mean annual heads of 1940 and 1941 2.6 feet in the BerrendoSmith well to 19.0 feet in the Artesia well. The effect of the increased 

pumpage in the last 3 years is evident in the increased rate of decline of 

tha artesian pressure.

Departure from average since beginning of record and change since 1947 of 

mean monthly and mean annual artesian heads in artesian wells in Roswell 

basin in 1948, in feet

Name

Location 

No.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Berrendo

10.24. 

9.330

Avg.

to

1948

-1.6

-1.1

-1.0

-3.5

-3.5

-2.1

-4.5

-5.6

-5.7

-4.4

-3.7

-3.8

1947

to

1948

-2.00

-1.73

-.70

-2.41

-3.27

-.19

-1.63

-2.36

-2.31

-.87

-1.58

-2.06

BarrendoSinith

10.24. 

21.212

Avg.

to

1948

-2.5

-2.0

-1.8

-4.6

-4.6

-1.0

-4.7

-5.2

-5.7

-4.9

-4.3

-4.5

1947

to

1948

-1.93

-1.40

-.54

-2.73

-3.59

+ .59

-1.65

-3.19

-2.69

-1.20

-1.53

-2.22

Mountain Orchard GreenView Park field

11.24. 12.25. 13.25. 

29.242 23.110 27.211

Avg.

to

1948

-3.3

-2.5

-2.6

-5.1

-4.9

-2.0

-5.2

-5.7

-6.8

-6.0

-5.0

-5.3

1947 Avg.

to to

1948 1948

-2.

-1.

-.

-2.

-4.

+ .

-1.

-2.

-2.

-1.

-1.

-2.

46 +6.1

44 +4.0

91-10.7

63-25.5

15-13.8

1947 Avg. 1947

to to to

1948 1948 1948

-3.38 +1.5 -4.37

+5.84 +3.4 +9.37

+3.42 -7.6 +5.76

-7.13-20.6 -7.28

-9.25-17.4-15.50

47 -2.1+16.28 +6.5+24.48

47-26.0

11-31.9

39-19.2

04 -4.6

27 +.7

38 -1.3

+3.23-24.0 +3.88

-5.46-24.7 -2.90

-.54-15.3 +2.07

+6.93 -4.6+12.08

+1.40 +2.7 +5.54

-5.10 0 -2.04

Artesia

18.26. 

5.330

Avg

to

,

1948

-14

-16

-21

-28

-27

-14

-28

-38

-35

-24

-17

-18

.6

.1

.7

.6

.5

.4

.1

.9

.2

.4

.5

.9

1947

to

1948

-11.27

-9.88

-10.38

-14.26

-12.99

+8.64

-.06

-11.64

-5.25

-.75

-.27

-5.38

Year -5.5 -1.76 -4.5 -1.82 -5.1 -1.84-10.2 +.52 -9.0 +2.59 -25.7 -6.12 

Beginning of 

record June 1926 June 1940 July 1940 Aug. 1925 May 1940 April 1931
Mean monthly and mean annual artesian heads in artesian wells in Roswell 

annual and mean monthly artesian heads, in feet ab

Name

Location

number

1948

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Mean

annual

Mean

annual :

Highest

Lowest

First year of

record

Mean

monthly :

Highest

Lowe st

Beginning

of record

Berrendo

10.24

uays

of

re cord

31

29

31

30

31

30

24

31

30

31

30

31

359

Date

1942

1940

1927

Date

Dec'26

Aug'48

.9.330

Water

level

3568.91

3569.16

3568.19

3563.90

3564.01

3565.05

3561.50

3559.71

3560.96

3564.25

3565.80

3566.36

3564.82

Water

level

3571.8

3563.0

3571. '2

Water

level

3574.8

3559.71

June 1926

Berrendo-Smith

10.24

Days

of

record

31

29

31

30

31

30

31

31

30

31

30

31

366

Date

1942

1948

1941

Date

Jan 43

Aug«48

.21.212

Water

level

3569.03

3568.96

3567.41

3561.29

3562.64

3563.78

3559.19

3557.17

3559.17

3563.40

3565.50

3566.15

3563.64

Water

level

3571.0

3563.64

3566.2

Water

level

3574.4

3557.17

June 1940

Mountain View

11.24

Days

of

record

31

29

31

30

27

30

31

31

30

24

30

31

355

Date

1942

1948

1941

Date

Jan'43

Aug'48

July

.29.242

Water

level

3566 . 84

3567.13

3564.70

3558.10

3558.97

3560.61

3555.67

3552.78

3553.87

3559.25

3562.68

3563.67

3560.35

Water

level

3569.6

3560.35

3564.2

Water

level

3573.7

3552.78

1940

Orchar

12.25.

Days

of

record

27

22

24

J28

25

28

J25

J31

30

J31

30

J28

J329

Date

1942

1947

1926

Date

Jan '42

Aug'48

Augu

j A few days estimated,
NEW MEXICO, CHAVES AND EDDY COUNTIES 173

Records of artesian head

10.24.9.330. Berrendo well. Measuring point, top of floor of recorder 

shelter, 0.66 foot above land-surface datum, and 3,586.82 fee* above mean 

sea level. Highest and lowest recorded water levels: Mar. 8, 14, 15, 

16.68; Aug. 17, 26.65. Maximum recorded daily fluctuation: Apr. 2, 3.37 

feet. 

__________Highest dally water level, from recorder charts______________

Day Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

1 17.21 16.85 16.85 18.94 20.95 20.76 23.58 24.25 25.52 22.90 20.70 19.75

2 17.18 16.83 16.80 19.32 20.93 20.53 23.96 24.02 25.67 22.80 20.64 19.73

3 17.18 16.84 16.90 19.53 20.83 20.28 24.01 24.17 25.81 22.71 20.60 19.68

4 17.25 16.82 16.84 19.64 20.97 20.13 23.72 24.37 25.49 22.58 20.62 19.62

5 17.25 16.79 16.77 19.84 22.13 20.02 23.55 25.21 25.34 22.45 20.63 19.60

6 17.35 16.82 16.73 20.10 21.87 20.00 23.84 25.45 25.17 22.37 20.56 19.57

7 17.23 16.80 16.70 20.33 21.70 19.92 ..... 25.47 25.54 22.27 20.46 19.54

8 17.20 16.87 16.68 20.55 20.83 19.98 ..... 24.79 25.98 22.17 20.46 19.52

9 17.26 16.82 16.69 20.73 20.62 19.99'..... 25.22 25.77 22.10 2C.41 19.55

10 17.19 16.82 16.78 20.93 20.53 19.91 ..... 24.89 25.96 21.99 20.35 19.49

11 17.07 16.84 16.74 20.96 20.48 19.88 ..... 24.75 25.83 21.95 20.33 19.46

12 17.14 16.76 16.7-3 20.85 20.57 19.87 ..... 25.05 24.91 21.92 20.32 19.49

13 17.20 16.73 16.71 22.07 20.67 19.73 24.42 24.87 24.75 21.88 20.32 19.47

14 17.13 16.80 16.68 32.24 20.72 19.69 24.20 25.24 24.80 21.86 20.27 19.44

15 17.10 16.76 16.68 21.57 20.75 19.74 23.87 25.29 24.53 21.82 20.21 19.42

16 17.22 16.75 16.80 22.15 20.78 19.80 23.85 26.04 24.25 21.80 20.20 19.42

17 17.09 16.89 16.89 21.90 20.77 19.79 23.64 26.65 24.08 21.70 20.16 19.41

18 17.07 16.87 16.91 21.82 21.08 19.88 24.31 26.24 23.95 21.65 20.15 19.58

19 17.05 16.86 17.05 22.23 21.30 19.96 23.70 26.52 23.59 21.54 20.06 19.50

20 17.03 16.88 17.23 21.94 21.44 19.95 23.40 25.98 23.47 21.50 20.03 19.46

21 17.00 16.88 18.07 21.97-21.55 20.22 23.19 25.62 23.54 21.47 20.07 19.49

22 16.96 16.77 18.13 21.75 21.92 20.52 23.13 25.53 23.42 21.36 20.02 19.48

23 16.96 16.77 18.46 21.66 21.82 20.90 23.01 25.42 23.35 21.28 19.98 19.45

24 16.94 16.90 18.70 21.59 22.17 21.18 23.08 25.57 23.30 21.19 19.90 19.43

25 17.01 16.84 18.95 21.18 22.48 21.13 22.94 25.67 23.24 21.12 19.89 19.43

26 16.98 16.89 18.67 21.05 22.44 21.53 22.74 25.73 23.29 21.05 19.84 19.36

27 17.02 16.85 18.53 21.14 22.54 21.40 23.02 25.49 23.25 20.98 19.83 19.32

28 16.91 16.93 18.57 21.21 22.45 21.63 23.97 25.29 23.17 20.90 19.85 19.32

29 16.88 16.87 18.45 21.19 22.42 22.24 23.99 25.00 23.01 20.85 19.82 19.40

30 16.86 18.68 21.08 21.36 22.65 24.13 24.80 22.95 20.80 19.79 19.37

SI 16.85_____18.97______21.12_____24.12 25.14______20.73______19.37

10.24.21.212. Berrendo-Smith well. Measuring point, top of casing, 

1.75 feet above land-surface datum, and 3,582.40 feet above mean sea level. 

Highest and lowest recorded water levels: Feb. 2, 11.32; Aug. 25, 22.90. 

Maximum recorded daily fluctuntion: Apr. 12, 5.03 feet.

_________Highest daily water level, from recorder charts__________

Day Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

1 11.74 11.40 11.64 15.01 17.12 16.27 19.70 21.05 22.93 18.65 15.65 14.45

2 11.68 11.32 11.58 15.75 17.02 15.96 19.81 20.39 22.79 18.50 15.59 14.45

3 11.67 11.46 11.67 16.17 16.81 15.62 20.18 20.52 22.80 18.36 15.53 14.37

4 11.64 11.48 11.74 16.20 17.03 15.42 19.43 20.87 22.37 18.20 15.50 14.33

5 11.60 11.45 11.65 16.74 17.06 15.33 19.00 21.04 21.79 18.03 15.52 14.87

6 11.65 11.48 11.60 17.18 16.77 15.25 19.47 21.18 21.50 17.89 15.40 14.19

7 11.62 11.48 11.65 17.48 16.40 15.12 19.65 21.50 22.37 17.76 15.26 14.19

8 11.57 11.56 11.60 17.70 16.35 15.14 19.78 20.98 21.64 17.63 15.26 14.14

9 11.61 11.45 11.69 17.87 16.22 15.11 19.99 20.49 21.35 17.52 15.19 14.18

10 11.58 11.56 11.72 18.17 16.08 15.14 20.18 21.50 22.03 17.36 15.11 14.12

11 11.50 11.55 11.65 17.93 16.10 15.15 19.34 21.28 22.00 17.24 15.08 14.07

12 11.53 11.40 11.68 17.71 16.26 15.18 19.39 21.69 20.98 17.15 15.05 14.14

13 11.65 11.35 11.65 18.65 16.44 14.91 20.19 21.34 20.78 17.10 15.07 14.10

14 11.60 11.47 11.73 18.76 16.48 14.82 20.36 21.58 21.10 17.10 15.02 14.08

15 11.55 11.40 11.70 18.46 16.55 15.12 20.42 21.02 20.95 17.08 14.92 14.09

16 11.65 11.41 11.93 18.79 16.50 15.27 20.65 20.73 20.60 17.08 14.89 14.10

17 11.52 11.71 12.10 18.80 16.37 15.26 20.13 21.95 20.28 17.06 14.94 14.10

18 11.49 11.68 12.15 18.57 16.73 15.40 19.88 22.13 20.20 16.89 14.97 14.54

19 11.53 11.G8 12.39 18.22 17.64 15.50 19.84 22.70 19.83 16.70 14.82 14.41

20 11.51 11.72 12.80 18.90 17.58 15.54 19.83 22.76 19.58 16.65 14.76 14.35

21 11.52 11.70 12.85 18.69 17.92 15.88 19.67 22.73 19.64 16.64 14.78 14.45
174 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

10.24.21.212--Continued.

_________Highest dally water level, from recorder charts__________ 

Day Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

22 11.43 11.47 12.79 18.28 18.18 16.57 19.97 22.60 19.69 16.45 14.74 14.44

23 11.48 11.48 13.64 18.23 17.63 17.31 19.64 22.47 19.54 16.36 14.75 14.41

24 11.40 11.70 14.12 17.90 17.43 17.73 19.83 22.81 19.58 16.25 14.73'14.42

25 11.48 11.50 14.55 17.08 18.12 17.34 19.16 22.98 19.42 16.17 14.66 14.38

26 11.43 11.70 14.70 16.78 17.68 18.12 18.86 22.86 19.27 16.12 14.62 14.25

27 11.54 11.61 14.99 17.30 18.12 17.70 19.78 22.40 19.12 16.09 14.58 14.18

28 11.57-11.75 14.97 17.55 18.17 17.79 20.61 22.53 18.99 16.00 14.59 14.15

29 11.56 11.70'14.40 17.54 17.90 19.20 20.40 22.27 IB.74 15.90 14.50 14.34

30 11.55. 15.08 17.28 17.61 19.52 20.55 22.05 18.60 15.81*14.55 14.35 

51 11.57_____15.41_____16.89_____20.84 22.40_____15.74_____14.55

11.24.29.242. Mountain View well. Measuring point, top of casing, 

5.94 feet above land-surface datum, and 5,651.12 feet above mean sea level. 

Highest and lowest recorded water levels: Feb. 25, 59.60; Aug. 28, 75.37. 

Maximum recorded daily fluctuation: Mar. 29, 2.45 feet.

_________Highest dally water level, from recorder charts__________

Day Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

1 60.40 59.91 59.87 66.00 67.80 67.15 69.17 72.32 74.83 70.2£ 65.62 65.58

2 60.50 59.87 60.21 67.12 67.53 66.73 69.65 71.79 75.01 ..... 65.52 65.59

5 60.29 59.95 60.58 67.52 67.15 66.46 69.78 71.94 74.98 ..... 65.59 65.48

4 60.24 59.95 60.49 67.50 ..... 66.32 69.21 72.25 74.83 ..... 65.33 65.57

5 60.20 59.97 60.58 67.53 ..... 66.01 G8.95 72.80 74.48 ..... 65.27 65.55

6 60.25 60.00 60.33 68.01 ..... 65.65 69.59 72.94 74.20 ..... 65.14 63.25

7 60.21 60.07 60.30 68.50 67.51 65.56 70.04 73.37 74.77 ..... 64.94 63.16

8 .60.19 60.08 60.31 69.03 67.61 65.42 70.18 73.23 74.61 68.93 64.90 63.15

9.60.27 59.97 60.55 69.03 67.33 65.34 70.36 72.95 74.20 68.74 64.79 63.21

10 60.25 59.87 60.69 69.40 67.18 65.33 7(5.70 73.67 74.27 68.47 64.65 63.12

11 60.11 60.12 60.59 68.89 67.34 65.35 70.48 73.93 74.15 68.39 64.54 63.02

12 60.13 59.90 60.67 68.67 67.41 65.39 70.10 74.25 73.38 68.22 64.52 63.18

13 60.42 59.82 60.77 69.70 67.39 65.05 70.81 74.24 73.14 68.04 64.45 63.13

14 60.39 59.97 60.82 69.67 67.34 64.95 71.06 74.17 73.21 67.95 64.37 63.18

15 60.32 59.87 60.75 69.55 67.44 65.22 71.16 73.61 73.18 67.82 64.23 63.17

16 60.50 59.85 61.30 69.62 67.33 65.33 71.48 73.37 72.98 67.81 64.25 63.15

17 60.27 59.95 61.53 69.72 67.23 65.40 71.65 74.04 72.64 67.65 64.14 63.24

18 60.20 59.90 61.58 69.03 67.70 65.49 71.37 74.12 72.74 67.38 64.14 63.33

19 60.34 59.89 62.00 68.80 67.98 65.60 71.07 74.30 72.12 67.25 64.02 63.43

20 60.35 60.00 62.32 69.16 68.30 65.65 71.30 74.32 71.85 67.22 63.95 63.37

21 60.32 59.91 62.39 68.96 68.52 65.52 71.46 74.53 71.93 67.12 64.06 63.47

22 60.20 59.67 62.47 68.54 68.60 66.08 71.78 74.28 71.90 66.95 63.95 63.49

23 60.24 59.60 63.13 68.62 68.21 66.63 71.58 73.97 71.80 66.83 63.90 63.51

24 60.15 60.00 63.60 68.47 68.01 67.22 71.50 74.75 71.72 66.57 63.85 63.59

25 60.15 60.00 64.23 67.74 68.43 67.30 71.09 74.89 71.66 66.44 63.83 63.40

26 60.11 59.91 64.76 67.54 68.50 67.63 70.82 75.15 71.26 66.30 63.83 63,.23

27 60.27 59.79 65.03 67.73 68.54 67.65 71.67 75.10 71.13 66.15 63.83 63.15

28 60.16 60.04 65.07 67.80 68.55 67.59 72.03 75.37 70.92 66.06 63.74 63.20

29 59.93 59.89 64.80 67.91 68.53 68.26 72.29 74.62 70.51 65.92 63.67 63.59

30 59.93 66.00 67.90 68.21 68.90 72.43 74.28 70.35 65.85 63.70 63.48

31 59.96______66.4g>_____67.97_____72.61 74.70_____65.70_____65.59

12.25.23.110. Orchard Park well. Measuring point, top of casing, 

0.40 foot above land-surface datum, and 3,546.59 feet above mean sea level. 

Highest and lowest recorded water levels: Jan. 2, 4.21; Aug. 13, 74.47. 

Maximum recorded daily fluctuation: Aug. 29, 9.51 feet. 

_________Highest dally water level, from recorder charts____________

Day Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. TTov. Dec.

1 4.48 .... 22.80 50.10 51.07 ..... 52.18g65.50 60.60 32.58 14.20 10.53

2 4.21 .... 22.80 56.22 45.37 33.07 53.10go6.10 60.41 30.35 14.76 10.13

3 4.34 .... 24.05 57.59 43.21 30.90 52.17 66.91 59.03 29.12 13.87 10.48

4 4.50 .... 19.86 59.62 45.47 29,26 51.75 69.94 56.13 28.63 13.34 9.73

5 4.22 8.08 18.03 58.45 44.78 28.46 50.97 69.82 51.22 27.75 14.17 9.38

6 4.55 7.37 19.62 62.60 45.17 27.27 51.23 70.75 48.84 27.50 13.65 9.80

7 4.90 7.19 22.80 64.00 45.50 26.66 ..... 71.64 52.45 27.27 13.73 9.88

8 5.18 6.9-4 23.13 64.30 42.22 27.15 ..... 70.76 52.75 26.78 13.87 9.42

9 5.63 6.32 ..... 64.72 37.70 27.89 ..... 69.86 50.16 25.98 13.59 9.33

g Estimated.
MEXICO, CHAVES AND BDDY COUNTIES 175

	12.25.23.110--Continued.

_________Highest daily water level, from recorder charts___________

Day Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

10 5.39 6.56 22.23 ..... 37.23 28.93 ..... 71.05 50.05 24.90 12.98 9.50

11 5.27 7.49 21.32 63.39 38.80 28.35 ..... 71.76 50.80 24.53 12.55 9.29

12 5.30 5.13 23.90 61.25 41.37 27.92 62.32 73.28 49.98 24.44 12.42 9.01

13 6.11 4.70 25.87 65.00 42.24 27.02 66.22 74.47 47.93 23.77 12.16 9.72

14 .... 8.02 26.18 65.05 42.60 26.89 69.57 74.32 50.22 23.04 11.90 11.56

15 .... 8.47 25.30 62.93 41.75 27.86 61.00 72.65 48.96 21.88 11.68 12.80

16 .... 10.06 28.22 61.00 40.21 28.13 60.84 66.10 47.80 21.45 11.63 13.30

17 8.44 11.84 31.06 61.07 39.42 29.00 62.20 68.65 45.20 20.23 11.60 14.51

18 7.89 13.77 34.72 59.3$ 44.86 30.00 58.75 69.43 45.88 19.42 10.99 15.03

19 7.88 ..... 36.27 57.75 46.14 32.15 57.84 67.85 43.60 19.01 10.00 14.63

20 7.82 ..... 38.85 56.94 48.04 29.15 60.52 67.03 42.49 19.37 9.67 13.62

21 8.75 16.41 38.42 54.85 48.03 29.69 61.51 66.70 43.83 19.29 10.19 .....

22 8.74 16.23 39.65 51.48 48.14 31.85 58.33 63.38 46.62 18.38 10.51 .....

23 8.10 16.94 42.00 51.15 45.59 34.88 56.30 62.24 46.58 17.53 10.36 .....

24 7.11 18.85 46.50 51.60 43.61 37.33 ..... 65.62 46.23 17.18 10.91 16.59

25 7.39 17.63 48.22 44.02 46.35 41.42 55.92 64.88 43.35 16.51 10.95 12.19

26 6.85 19.73 51.67 41.82 ..... 45.07 55.48 64.55 39.60 16.12 11.18 10.67

27 6.50 19.97 ..... 45.93 ..... 44.73 56.71 65.07 38.28 16.00 11.88 12.18

28 5.60 22.12 53.12 50.00 ..... 44.40 62.47 65.17 35.42 15.24 11.47 13.59

29 5.15 22.65 52.43 49.03 ..... 48.60 64.15 56.14 33.53 15.00 10.82 13.76

30 5.35 55.55 51.25 ..... 51.08 64.45 52.43 32.95 15.38 10.80 15.51

51 5.65______52.75______.....______65.58 57.25______14.67______15.19

13.25.27.211. Oreenfield well. Measuring point, top of casing, 

13.92 feet above land-surface datum, and 3,537.68 feet above mean sea level. 

Highest and lowest recorded water levels: Jan. 5, +11.24; Aug. 11, 67.79. 

Maximum recorded daily fluctuation: July 5, 14.98 feet.

__________Highest daily water level, from recorder charts___________

Day Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

1 ..... ..... 10.55 40.58 47.44 28.00 44.10 58.89 50.54 22.95 +1.36 +6.77

2 ..... +8.25 11.40 50.05 40.35 23.11 46.20 57.74 49.92 19.09 1.20 +7.26

3 +9.23 +7.68 11.92 54.73 39.08 19.58 48.66 61.05 47.16 17.69 +1.00 +6.36 

4+10.87 +6.65 6.18 51.65 44.44 18.07 45.50 63.88 49.20 18.57 +1.53 +7.42 

5+11.24 +7.52 4.78 49.02 43.30 17.23 43.65 63.37 43.47 17.76 +1.54 +7.72

6 +9.77 +7.97 6.07 57.07 45.00 14.98 42.03 66.05 41.55 18.69 +2.38 +6.84

7 +9.05 +7.97 9.00 58.50 41.71 14.44 48.95 65.71 44.97 18.72 +2.48 +6.19

8 +9.57 +8.51 9.93 59.84 35.66 16.44 53.04 63.92 41.77 18.54 +3.50 +6.73

9 +9.00 ..... 13.02 62.10 32.10 19.10 55.80 64.57 39.64 17.66 +3.89 +6.97

10 +9.48 +7.04 8.48 61.64 32.17 20.00 53.87 64.27 41.55 13.88 +4.87 +7.02

11 +9.58 ..... 7.62 57.65 34.20 18.13 52.82 67.79 45.40 13.54 +5.70 +8.23

12 +9.52 ..... 11.48 55.29 35.95 17.83 48.69 ..... 44.05 15.05 +5.09 +8.32

13 +7.47 ..... 16.12 60.98 36.12 16.14 54.07 ..... 40.94 13.93 +4.28 +7.23

14 +6.62 +7.07 14.53 60.30 36.97 17.77 59.70 ..... 45.10 11.37 +4.52 +5.97

15 +5.22 +8.12 12.02 57.92 35.43 17.08 60.61 ..... 44.40 10.64 +5.47 +4.82

16 +5.81 +6.84 15.40 55.40 33.83 18.13 61.16 ..... 39.65-10.97 +5.77 +4.01

17 +6.30 +2.48 19.90 53.73 31.88 18.06 60.38 ..... 36.48 7.58 +6.02 +1.60

18 +6.93 .75 22.55 50.96 38.88 18.95 55.60 ..... 41.77 6.65 +5.89 +1.79

19 +6.93 .65 23.24 49.12 42.32 23.09 54.05 ..... 38.56 7.47 +6.41 +3.26

20 +5.82 .98 29.59 53.14 44.32 17.86 59.32 ..... 36.76 5.97 +6.80 +4.17

21 +5.36 .82 26.03 47.32 45.05 17.98 56.32 ..... 37.88 5.10 +6.69 +1.67

22 +3.75 .96 87.03 44.50 45.07 19.83 51.70 ..... 40.82 5.90 +6.71 +.05

23 +6.22 1.05 33.12 46.88 40.64 22.89 50.42 ..... 39.08 3.40 +5.70 +1.70

24 +7.25 4.78 35.67 44.52 37.85 22.67 51.67 63.16 36.35 1.50 +4.20 +2.57

25 +5.62 5.10 40.83 39.40 42.54 29.47 47.07 60.88 33.25 1.22 +4.39 +6.10

26 +3.94 6.04 41.75 36.59 47.76 31.61 46.13 59.05 29.95 2.38 +3.65 +6.92

27 ..... 6.38 42.61 43.19 51.40 31.67 47.55 60.29 29.17 1.17 +5.23 +7.04

28 ..... 9.38 45.19 47.14 48.13 32.65 54.37 57.92 26.93 .83 +5.90 +5.70

29 ..... 10.07 42.49 44.26 38.13 42.20 55.32 46.22 25.85 1.22 +6.31 +3,35 

50 ..... 48.45 47.94 36.04 42.67 58.73 43.51 25.10 .77 +6.52 +1.98 

31 +7.85 50.90 31.20 59.13 46.04 +1.00 +2.25
176 . WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 194S, SODTHWESTFRN STATES

18.26.5.330. Artesia well. Measuring point, top of casing, 4.83 feet 

above land-surface datum, and 3,399.33 feet above mean sea level. Highest 

and lowest recorded water.levels: Jan. 3, 15.40; Aug. 24, G5.54. Maximum 

recorded daily fluctuation: June 1, 5.12 feet.

__________Highest daily water level, from recorder charts___________ 

Day Jan.Feb.Mar.Apr.MayJuneJulyAug.Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

1 15.68 19.72 25.83 45.52 40.62 39.55 43.53 

2 15.42 20.03 26.66 46.70 38.55 36.39 45.18 

3 15.40 20.80 27.25 47.84 37.90 34.40 46.20 

4 15.55 21.46 24.84 47.26 38.41 32.93 45.32 

5 15.80 21.45 23.57 47.85 38.54 31.63 44.81

..... 64.12 40.89 

..... 64.37 40.29 

..... 64.25 39.09 

..... 64.15 38.28 

..... 62.95 38.86

..... 19.88 

..... 19.97 

..... 20.08 

..... 20.59 

..... 20.61

6 16.45 20.97 23.65 49.57 39.11 30.28 43.55h62.27 62.00 30.95 24.81 20.43

7 16.62 20.79 24.21 50.25 39.47 29.85 42.73 61.46 61.74 39.79 24.28 20.65

8 17.00 19.74 24.99 50.40 40.07 29.55 43.07 61.65 60.97 39.22 24.00 20.55

9 17.38 19.17 25.98 50.14 39.90 29.07 44.50 G1.95 60.50 37.51 23.91 21.02

10 17.68 20.02 25.13 50.10 39.83 28.58 45.53 63.05 59.63 36.12 23.58 21.07

11 17.44 20.18 24.24 48.63 40.75 27.92 43.68 64.51 59.46 35.69 23.49 20.68

12 17.84 19.02 25.28 47.77 41.24 27.13 42.82 64.00 ..... 35.41 23.40 20.68

13 18.76 18.63 27.58 48.87 41.35 26.63 42.99 64.33 ..... 35.29 23.43 20.49

14 18.94 20.37 27.98 49.70 41.87 26.35 44.56 63.50 ..... 34.90 23.14 20.76

15 18.95 20.37 28.65 49.50 41.88 26.65 45.24 61.58 ..... 34.28 22.86 20.75

16 19.18 20.33 30.17 50.19 40.53 27.44 44.91 60.14 ..... 34.01 22.56 21.89

17 19.56 21.00 32.30 49.81 39.73 27.78 45.80 62.40 ..... 33.29 22.08 22.33

18 19.14 21.94 33.34 48.47 42.33 29.00 46.08 63.26 53.33 32.54 21.98 22.45

19 19.56 22.93 33.75 47.88 43.79 29.75 45.88 64.04 50.80 31.97 21.47 22.26

20 20.04 24.51 35.16 48.90 44.64 30.13 48.77 64.80 49.79 31.52 21.30 21.99

21 20.31 25.09 35.74 46.95 45.95 30.57 49.83 64.92 48.31 30.79 21.37 23.36

22 20.63 24.82 35.80 45.64 46.93 32.09 51.64 64.93 47.84 ..... 21.02 23.81

23 20.67 24.42 38.44 45.25 46.37 34.08 53.18 63.87 46.66 ..... 20.73 24.29

24 20.15 25.63 40.00 46.33 46.06 36.G7 54.Cl 65.54 45.83 ..... 20.61 24.42

25 20.30 26.02 41.96 44.19 47.44 38.39 54.16 ..... 45.14 ..... 20.60 23.79

26 19.86 26.38 43.17 43.67 48.03 39.14 54.62 ..... 43.18 ..... 20.46 23.17

27 19.57 26.10 44.73 44.70 47.94 38.25 ..... ..... 42.57 ..... 20.37 22.93

28 18.65 26.85 45.12 44.57 47.89 38.06 ..... ..... 42.29 ..... 20.00 23.56

29 18.36 26.20 44.90 42.82 47.04 40.50 ..... 63.64 41.95 ..... 19.90 24.65

30 19.00 46.07 41.73 48.30 42.67 ..... 62.84 41.65 ..... 19.91 25.21 

51 19.38_____45.94_____44.60______..... 65.91______... .. _____25.77

h Tape measurement at odd hour.

Wells In Intake area of Roswell artesian basin

The water levels in the observation wells In the Intake area of the 

artesian basin, as based upon bimonthly measurements, generally reached 

their highest levels In February and their lowest levels in September, 

mainly In response to the draft on the artesian aquifer by the artesian 

wells to the east. A slight decrease In the rate of decline of water level 

during the summer was noticed In these wells from May to July. This decreased rate of decline was probably, for the most part, the result of the 

slackening of the pumping caused by the excessive precipitation In June. As 

the Hondo River, In the northern end of the basin near Roswell, and the 

Penasco'River, in the southern part of the basin near Dayton, had floods 

during June, some recharge undoubtedly was contributed to the artesian 

aquifer In the intake area and was pertly responsible for the decreased 

rate of decline of water level noted in the observation wells from measurements made In May and July. In the Clements well, west of Dayton, a decided
NEW MEXICO, CRAVES AND EDDY COUNTIES 177

decrease in the rats of decline of water level occurred from May to July, 

whereas, In the previous year an increased rate of decline occurred. In 

the Coffin well, west of Lakewood, the water level rose about 3.7 feet from 

May to September, as compared with a rise of 0.6 foot In the preceding 

year.

The slight reduction of pumpage from the artesian aquifer and the increase in recharge In 1948, as compared with 1947, resulted In a smaller 

net decline in ground-water storage In 1948 than In 1947. The average net 

decline for the Intake wells in 1948 was about 2.5 feet, as compared with 

about 4.5 feet In 1947 and about 1.0 foot In 1946. Water levels in the 

wells In the intake area at the end of 1947 were still somewhat above, 

though approaching, the previous low levels observed in 1941 prior to the 

above-normal precipitation In late 1941 and early 1942.

Water levels in wells in artesian-Intake area of Roswell basin, showing 

seasonal changes during 1948

Location 

number

Owner

Jan. 7, 8 

Mar. 12, 16 

May 12, 18

July 13, 19

Sept. 14, 16, 20

Nov. 5, 6, 9

. Change 5

Jan. 47-48 

Jan. 48-49

11.22. 

1.312

H. L. 

Wood

258.90 

259.25 

260.74

OR-\ 7p

Q£t*Z QC

262.84

-2.49 

-2.00

12.23. 

5.320

J. 

Herbst

238.82 

238.22

j-2.35

14.23. 

8.340

Diamond A 

Cattle Co.

264.54 

264.25 

265.72

a266.43

a268.09

a268.08

-3.25 

-2.56

16.23. 

15.323

D. W. 

Runyan

218.77 

a219.15

ppn **O

221 40

pop PA

222 00

-3.26

- T OA.

18.23. 

5.333

Joe 

Clements

b399.24 

399.78 

a 400. 05

400.08

401.15

402.28

j-11.78 

3-4.32

19.23. 

27.111

C. R. 

Coffin

374.10 

372.68 

b378.54

 zrtfi co

374.98

a374.75

j-1.77 

-.50

a Pumping.

b Pumping recently.

j Influenced by pumping.

High and low January water levels

Location 

number

11.22.1.312 

12.23.5.320 

14.23.8.340 

16.23.15.323 

18.23.5.333 

19.23.27.111

High

253.75 

220.74 

258.00 

211.92 

387.46 

368.83

Year

45 

43 

45 

45 

47 

46

Low

258 . 90 

243.33 

270.01 

225.70 

b399.24 

379.30

Year

48 

41 

41 

41 

48 

41

Record 

began

45 

41 

41 

41 

47 

41

Year

missing

45

b Pumping recently.

Shallow wells

The water table in the Roswell basin lowered from January 1948 to 

January 1949 over most of the area where appreciable amounts of shallow 

water were used for irrigation. The water table showed a net lowering of 

more than 2 feet over an area of about 121 square miles, more than 4 feet
178 MATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

over about 10 square miles, and more than 6 feet over less than 1 square 

mile. These areas are considerably less than those In 1947 when the water 

table lowered more than 2 feet over an area of about 263 square miles, 

more than 4 feet over about 126 square miles, and more than 6 feet over 

about 49 square miles. The greatest declines occurred In the southern 

part of the basin, in Eddy County, where In 1947 the greatest Increase of 

pumpage occurred. (See accompanying figures.)

In Chaves County the water table declined from January 1948 to January 1949 more than 2 feet over an area of about 48 square miles and more 

than 4 feet over an area of about 4 square miles. The declines were the 

greatest In the heavily pumped areas, west of Dexter and southwest of 

Hagerman. The maximum net decline observed southwest of Hagerman was 4.8 

feet In 1948 compared with 7.9 feet In 1947. In the center of this area 

of heavy pumping, southwest of Hagerman, a major decline of water level of 

more than 35 feet has occurred since 1938 and as much as 55 feet since 

1927, when records began. Scattered areas in which the water level showed 

a net rise in 1948 are related, in general, to a decrease In pumpage in 

1948, such as in the area a couple of miles northwest of Lake Arthur where, 

because of excessive pumpage In 1947, net declines of as much as 10.5 feet 

were observed, as compared with net rises of as much as 3.8 feet in 1948. 

In spite of the rise of water level In this area In 1948, the water level 

at the end of 1948 was more than 5 feet lower than at the end of 1946. In 

the area east of the Hagerman Canal the water levels generally showed a 

net rise In 1948. In this area pumping Is done to supplement water obtained 

from the canal and, because of the application of canal water to the lands 

and the relatively small pumpage, only small rises or declines occur from 

year to year, dependent upon the amount of canal and ground water used.

In the Eddy County part of the Roswell basin the water table declined 

more than 2 feet over an area of about 73 squrre miles, more than 4 feet 

over about 6 square miles, and more than 6 feet over less than 1 square 

mile. The maximum declines of water level occurred in the heavily pumped 

areas northwest and east of Artesls and near Dayton.

In the pumped area about 6 miles northwest of Artesia the water levels 

showed a net decline of more than 5 feet in 1948 and more than 8 feet in 

1947, with an observed decline in the last 2 years of more than 11 feet in 

8 wells. The water levels in the heavily pumped area south of Artesia
NEW MEXICO, GRAVES AND EDDY COUNTIES 179

\

\

Line showing rise (+)or decline-. 

(-) of woter level, in feet; inter-\ 

vol two feet; doshed where opproximote.

Shoding shows oreo in which 

water level declined; density 

of shoding increoses with omount of decline.

Figure 14. Map of Carlsbad area, Eddy County, New Mexico, showing change

sf ground-water level £r,om January pr js'$ briars; 194,7 to January 1948.
180 WATER LEVEIS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

7

\

Line showing rise U)or decline 

(-) of water level, in feet;interval two feet; doshed where approximate.

Shading shows area in which\ 

water level declined-, densityX 

of shading increases with amount of decline.

Figure 15. Map of Carlsbad area, Eddy County, New Mexico, showing change 

of ground-water- level from January l«4b to January 1949.
NEW MEXICO, CRAVES AND EDDY COUNTIES 181

showed small declines for 1948 of generally less than 1 foot, as compared 

with declines of more than 12 feet in 1947 In spite of the small declines 

in 1948 south of Artesia, the water levels have declined more than 10 feet 

in the last 2 years in 6 of the observation wells.

Yearly declines of water level have averaged more than 3 feet a year 

during the past years over much of the areas where pumping is practiced. 

Such large declines, if continued, will eventually result in uneconomical 

pumping lifts in certain areas and may cause abandonment of some wells 

when farm profits decline.
Part 2. Water levels In January or February 1948 and highest and lowest 

and change from January or February 1947 to January or F

Location 

number

10

10

11

11

.24.8.111

8.333

15.342

16.133

17.111

17.122

18.424

20.344

22.322

27.111

32.111

33.244

34.333

36.222

.25.17.344

18.222

19.331

29.222

.23.1.433

12.221

.24.6.311

6.433

6.444

9.122

10.114

10.224

10.321

13.144

14 331

15U21

15.431

17.121a

18.333

Owner

0. S. Stockton

Ira Lee

W. C. Crawford

G. D. Perrine

C. C. Henry & G. P. Mabry

Mr. Howard

L. T. Lewis

E. E. Crockett

A. B. Carpenter

Jack Taylor

F. W. Lewis

J. Westover

Elmer Butler

State of New Mexico

P. E. Cannon

J. R. Pehdergrass

F. C. Smith, Jr.

U. S. Government

S. M. Wiggins

S. P. Hannifin

R. B. Wirtz

Mr. Watkins

Morrie Huff

Raymond McCutchen

Claude Hobbs

C. E.~ Smith

G. A. Oney

Frank Peters

Leo Cowan

H. L. Barnett

M. L. and S. Barnett

D. H. Johnson

G. V. Coker

See Water l

5^£ Jan. 1948 

Level Day

38.26

3 42.79

12.64

5 25.79

3 41.33

40.28

14.49

18.76

3 30.17

6.52

e 4.90

3.15

7.63

9.18

3 34.20

.95

3 58.10

47.45

39.65

37.80

. e 33.28

21.31

3 15.31

26.29

11.93

3,5 27.58

35.91

36.93

55.31

86. PO

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J4

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J4

J4

J4

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J3

J3

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1947-48

+4.18

-2.12

....

-1.40

-2.10

-2.13

-.69

-.63

-1.72

....

....

-1.02

-1.01

-1.35

-.14

+ .26

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....

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....

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-1.67

-.61

+1.89

-2.10

-2.24

-2.08

-2.10

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38

40

8

22

38

24

34

36

11

15

27

5

2

2

4

3

30

56

51

37

28

31

27

16

11

21

11

30

31

48

79

*See footnotes at end of table.
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and change from January or February 1947 to January or Februa

Location 

number

13.26.19.222

19.333

19.343

19.432

20.113

20.333

22.331

23.111

28.111

28.121

28.221

28.221b

28.311

29.111

29.113

29.113a

29.211

29.333

31.241

31.311

33.421

34.313

34.431

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2.233a

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8.411

11.333

12.133a

12.133b

12.313

12.314

13.213

13.311a

14.131

Owner

A. T. Stone

Hal Bogle

See Water l

also Jan. 1948 

Part level Day

.

,

21.36

18.95

do (Measurements discontinued; well

Tom Bogle

A. T. Stone

Mrs. 0. W. Lockhead

E. B. Clay

do

Joe Nowak

Qeo. Grass ie

Hal Bogle (Measurements

do

Joe Giles and Anna Heinzel

J. H. Re id

K. 0. Southard

do

J. H. Re id

M. Y. Monioal

Hal Bogle

E. 0. Moore

K. 0. Southard

Elton Lankf ord

Mrs. Elizabeth Cole

V. F. Florea

do

L. T. Lewis

J. V. Thomas

do

Ray Mathes

A. W. Langaegger

C. H. Whitman

.

.

3,5

3

12.90

6.89

7.12

21.06

21.16

30

29

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26

28

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-1.08

-1.29

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14.00

18.26

19.45

56.20

19.50

12.06

20.90

72.42

70.13

a91.03

91.77

96.22

1106.29

89.05

28

26

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26

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26

26

26

26

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24

24

24

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22

22

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-4.08

+ .42

+ .21

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-4.35

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L. T. Lewis

L. T. Lewis

Calvin Graham

E. 0. Moore

A. W. LangnegRer

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87.60

94.06

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and change from January or February 1947 to January or February 

Location 

number

15.26.14.222 

14 . 433

17.211

18.112

19.211

19.442

20.144

20.431a

29.111

30.131

30.224

30.411

31.111

31.333

32.231

S« 

Owner *;

se Water leve

Lso Jan. 1948 

irt Level Day

Breeb Huret . 7.93 

Peck Dority 5 12.16

E. M. George 29.93

R. T. Spence

Lake Arthur Cemetery ..

Paul Robinson

J. W. Webb

Unknown

E. C. Jackson

Paul Robinson

Mrs. G. R. Pate

do

E. J. Gromo

B. E. Spencer

Mrs. H. C. Evans

52.56

39.96

.....

30.73

eSl.OO

10.66

7.92

13.93

16.63

10.62

19.02

9.59

21

y\ &±

20

20

20

16

20

20

20

20

20

20.

20

20

Change 

1947-f8

-1.10

-4.49

-10.55

-4.31

. . . .

-2.00

.....

-2.29

-.46

-2.42

-1.76

+ 1.91

-1.37

-.33

Hi

Leve

2.3

12.

31.2

23.

5.4

18.3

16.9

3.6

2.1

6.

13.3

9.5

15.1

7.

Pumping, 

b Pumping recently, 

c Nearby well pumping. 

e Dry at depth given, 

f From .recorder chart.

i Possible discrepancy of a few tenths of a foot between present and p

J February, 

k Also 1940. 

m Also 1943.

n Flowing in 1939, 1940, 1941. 

p Measurement uncertain.
NEW MEXICO, CHAVES AND EDDY COUNTIES 191

Part 3. Water levels, in feet, showing seasonal changes during 1948

Location 

number 

Owner

Feb.

Mar. 

May 

July 

Sept. 

Nov.

3, 

9, 

H» 

13, 

15 

3,

4 

11 

12 

14

4

10.24, 

8.333 

Lee

42.79 

42.86 

46.28 

(a) 

50.15 

46.89

, 10.24. 

17.111 

Henry

& Mabry

41.33 

41.39 

44.67 

050.73 

48.63 

45.39

10.24. 10.25. 

32.111 19.351 

Lewis Smith

30.17 

29.61 

30.93 

31.95 

33.66 

33.64

34.20 

34.31 

34.64 

a35.14 

35.49 

34.96

11.23. 11.24. 11.24. 

1.433 10.224 14.331 

Wiggins Smith Cowan

58.10 

58.28 

63.31 

66.22 

68.48 

63.08

15.31 

b!6.43 

b23.70 

30.14 

30.74 

18.70

27 

29 

40 

b47 

47 

32

.58 

.21 

.10 

.10 

.34 

.14

11.24. 

28.113 

School

G4.13 

63.51 

68.67

75.68 

72.05

Location

number 

Owner

11.25. 12.24.12.25. 12.25. 12.26. 12.26. 13.25. 13.25. 

6.421al3.Hl 9.423 35.411al8.221a29.333 0.153 14.231 

White Hew- Town- Stone John- Lawing Jeff- Zappe 

man site son ries

Feb.

Mar. 

May 

July

Nov.

^n ^i

2 A

11-15 

11, 12, 14

1 A T R

15, 16

3-5

7

8 

9 

b!2

11

8

.65

.98 

.70 

0^

.14

.80

68.59

68.18 

a75.81 

b75.34

78.58

75.87

51.85

51.20 

55.42

V.CC R*Z

b58.65

55.93

5o

58 

c67 

cRO

70

62

n^

.59 

.67 

i ^

09

.77

1 R "7 A

15.55 

15.54

~\ R "70

16.12

15.82

16.50

17.28 

18.13 

18.13

T n "^

17.22

66.56

66.28 

72.97

59.18

64.24 

C84.00 

C85.08

C86.50

70.72

Location

number 

Owner

13.25. 13.25. 13-26. 13.26. 13.26. 14.25. 14.25. 14.25. 

17.411 34.323 17.321 23.111 28.121 1.344 2.233a 20.443 

Thaman Kerr Nowak Clay Gras- Plores Lewis Hurst

sie

Jan.

Mar.

May

July

Sept.

Nov.

21, 24,

28-30

12, 13,

12, 14

16

16, 17

4, 5

26,

15

69.05

.....

81.88

81.73

90.15

76.63

86.79

86.31

86.63

87.19

87.50

87.79

10.48

11.76

b21.71

a!5.44

12.45

11.57

7.12

16.67

a40 . 63

a35.43

8.84

7.43

21.16

18.55

b23.34

27.11

b22.44

b27.04

70

68

71

73

78

77

.13 a91.

.56 a90.

.31 85.

.87al02.

.08al07.

.87 84.

03

42

37

14

44

71

76.00

76.10

76.15

75.94

75.95

76.13

Location

number 

Owner

14,26. 14.26. 14.26. 14.26. 14.26.' 14.26. 14.26. 14.26. 

7.443 12.433b 15.322 15.333 19.242 19.444 32.331 35.344 

Adams Com- Evans Andrus Pear- Lane Spen- Mitchmins son cer ell

Jan. 20-22, 24 bJ56.00 15.90 

Mar. 13, 15 J62.13 (a)

May 14, 17 46,65 16.52 

July 15, 16 40.58 a55.22

Nov. 5, 6 59.28 15.90

Location 15.24. 15.25. 

number 52.311 35.111 

Owner Man- Spence 

gum

Jan. 19-21 44.58 26.70 

Mar. 15 45,28 bSl.10 

May 15, 17 a47.28 b56.44 

July 16 a49.20 b55.67 

Sept. 17 a49.75 54.10 

Nov. 6, 8 a47.95 b29.80

a Pumping, 

b Pumping recently, 

c Nearby well pumping. 

9 Dry at depth given, 

i Possible discrepancy of 

previous Isnd-surface data, 

j Measurement uncertain.

15.40

1 f~l QQ

12.72 

8.51

12.46

12.95

15.26. 

4.444 

Cowan

42.26 

45.80 

45.51 

44.65 

45.90 

45.28

a few

35.47 

34.64

36.05 

55.80

5

^ "ZT

54.58

15.26. 

5.121 

Spencer

52.54 

52.65 

52.75 

52.76 

52.64 

52.66

tenths

84.53 84.29 56. 

85.25 ..... 56.

e95.77 86.98 61. 

..... 186.46 55.

..... 89.24 54.

15.26. 

19.211 

Cemetery

59.96 

39.72 

39.56 

37.92 

38.75 

58.52

of a foot between

29 70.85 

67 70 72

45 a85.62 

71 71 29

85 b74.03

94 71.69

present and
192 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

Part 4. Highest daily water levels in wells equipped with automatic 

water-stage recorders

11.25.29.444. Glenn lilfheeler. Highest and lowest recorded water 

levels: June 15, 9.56} Sept. 20, 15.27.

Highest daily water level, from recorder charts

Hay Jan.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

PTCf JL

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

11.47

11.22

11.20

11.71

11.79

11.41

11.06

. . . . .

. . .. .

. . . . .

. . . . .

. . . . .

. . . . .

11.26

11.66

11.84

11.28

11.04

10.89

10.77

10.62

10.53

10.41

10.37

10.26

10.15

10.10

10.03

10.02

10.12

10.27

g

h

Feb.

10.41

10.65

10.73

10.72

10.69

10.62

10.59

10.57

10.48

10.40

10.42

10.36

10.34

10.30

10.25

10.23

10.21

10.15

10.16

10.14

10.14

10.09

10.09

10.14

10.14

10.13

10.76

11.07

10.90

Mar.

10.82

11.32

11.78

11.98

11.58

11.32

11.12

10.94

10.81

10.71

10.57

10.50

10.49

11.13

11.82

1 r> * * .L j£ . GO

12.65

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

Apr.

.....

.....

12.90

12.81

12.92

12.69

12.06

11.50

10.62

10.70

11.41.

11.89

12.09

TO *ZQ

12 "57

12. 41

12.14

11.74

11.61

12.01

12. 22

12.05

12.30

12.55

12.76

12.33

11.68

11.39

11.48

11.80

May

12.03

12.28

12.59

12.75

12.80

12.92

12.73

12.19

11.79

11.65

11.77

12.14

12.35

12.50

12.63

12.80

1? -L<5. OPJ Gt

12.95

12.82

13.02

13.23

12.99

12.99

June

12.86

11.65

11.25

11.03

10.91

10.67

10.44

10.28

10.20

10.12

10.02

9.81

9.67

9 CO 

 Do

9.56

9.71

10.39

10.48

10.77

10. SG

11.42

11.75

12.13

12.41

13.18 12.65

13.34

13.36

13.50

13.64

13.72

 » * r» c

lo. to

12.04

12.94

13.23

13.38

.....

July Aug. Sept., Oct.

..... 12.45gfL3.98 .....

..... 12.30

..... 12.68

..... 12.77

..... 12.92

..... 13.12

.....gL3.30

.....gL3.47

.....gL3.64

.....§.3.82

13.25 13.78

12.86 13.45

12.51gl3.14

12.27&L3. 15

14.09

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

12.08 13.44hl4.94 .....

11.94 13.56 iR.nn .....

11.82 13.68

11.77 13.00

12.30 13.90

12.04 14.04 "1? q-z -i A p-i

13.11 14.31

12.52 .....

12.56 .....

12.76 .....

12.93 .....

12.75 .....

13.07 .....

..... .....

..... 13.73

12 84 13 7*5 .Lb "X -L*J / U

15.05

15.16

15.24

15.27

14.76

14.77

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

14.81

14.89

14.98

Nov.

15.22

15.38

15.49

15.08

14.89

14,96

14.36

14.10

14.00

13.66

13.78

13.56

13.44

13.65

14.10

14". 52

14.48

14.36

14.21

14.67

14.85

14.24

13.65

13.28

12.98

12.74

12.73

12.68

12.45

Dec.

12.30

12.29

12.70

12.96

13.16

13.39

13.59

13.80

13.91

13.80

13.71

13.63

13.53

13.48

13141

13.34

13.28'

~\ f, OO J.O Ctf-f

13.15

13.12

i J-O ^ 

 

now*7

13.04

13.02

13.01

12.97

12.91

12.86

12.87

12.05

12.83

12 77

Estimated.

Tape measurement at odd hour.

13.26.7.333. Howard Amason. Highest and lowest recorded water levels: 

June 20, 13.98; Apr. 10, 18.19.

Highest daily water level, from recorder charts

Date

Jan. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

Water 

level

16.34

16.30

16.28

16.26

16.25

16.23

16.22

16.20

16.19

16.19

16.18

16.17

16.17

16.17

16.16

1'6.15

16.14

16.12

16.11

16.09

16.09

Date

Jan. 22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

Water 

level

16.07

16.07

16.06

16.06

16.06

16.06

16.07

16.08

16.08

16.09

16.09

16.10

16.10

16.08

16.08

16.07

16.06

16.06

16.05

16.04

16.03

Date

Feb. 12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

Mar. 1

2

7

Water 

level

16.03

16.02

16.05

16.04

16.03

16.03

16.02

16,02

16.01

16.00

15.99

15.98

15.98

15.98

15.97

15.97

15.97

16.00

16.07

16.13

16.44

Date

Mar. 13

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

27

28

29

30

31

Apr. 1

2

3

10

11

12

13

Water 

level

h!6.80

h!6.90

16.90

16.91

16.99

17.07

17.17

17.24

17.33

17.82

 17.85

17.91

17.95

17.99

18.03

18.06

18.08

18.19

18.13

18.05

17.97

h Tape measurement at odd hour.
HEW MEXICO, CHAVES AND EDDY COUNTIES 193

13.26.7.333<--Continued.

Highest daily water level, from recorder charts

Date

Apr. 14

15

22

26

27

28

29

30

May 8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

Water 

level

17.89

17.82

h!7.32

16.92

16.87

16.85

16.82

16.79

16.53

16.45

16.38

16.38

16.37

16.37

16.35

16.34

16.3?,

16.31

Date

May 18

19

20

21

22

31

June 1

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

18

19

Water 

level

16.31

16.31

16.34

16.36

16.35

16.24

16.20

15.35

15.20

15.04

14.90

14.79

14.66

14.53

14.45

14.08

14.03

Date

June 20

July 15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

Aug. 16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

Water 

level

13.98

h!5.28

15.32

15.41

15.50

15.57

15.58

15.56

15.54

h!6 . 46

16.47

16.49

16.50

16.54

16.55

16.58

16.61

Date

Sept. 16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

Nov. 4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

Water 

level

16.25

16.23

16.21

16.19

16.16

16.14

16.12

16.10

h!6.52

16.52

- 16.55

16.58

16.59

16.61

16.62

16.63

16.63

h Tape measurement at odd hour.

Part 5. Miscellaneous data concerning observation wells

10.24.16.133. Perrlne. Reference point, top of concrete pump base, 

0.05 foot 'below land-surface datum.

11.24.14.331. Cowan. 70 feet northwest of white stucco house, 10 

feet southeast of old power shed, 70 feet northeast of U. S. Highway 285. 

Drilled Irrigation well, equipped with turbine pump, diameter 8 Inches. 

Reference point, top of casing, 0.94 foot above land-surface datum. May 13, 

1947, 33.39; July 11, 1947, 47.02; Sept. 11, 1947, 46.68; Nov. 4, 1947, 

32.39.

11.24:29.144. Perrell. 

below land-surface datum.

Reference point, top of casing, 0.80 foot

13.25.1.Ilia. Kuykendall. 75 feet north of rock house. Drilled Irrigation well, equipped with turbine pump, diameter 16 Inches, depth 200 feet. 

Reference point, top of concrete pump base, 0.20 foot above land-surface 

datum.

13.25.12.311. Boyle. Reference point, top of new concrete base 

placed on top of old base, 1.00 foot above land-surface datum.

13.25.34.323. Kerr. Drilled stock well, equipped with pump jack and 

windmill tower, diameter 12 Inches. Reference point, top of steel casing, 

north side of well, level with concrete base, and 0.30 foot above landsurface datum.

13.26.23.111. Clay. Reference point, top of concrete pump base, 

1.00 foot above land-surface datum.

13.26.29.113a. Southard. In shed 20 feet southeast of house. Domestic and stock well, equipped with pressure pump, diameter 7 Inches, depth 

140 feet. Reference point, top of casing west side of well, 0.40 foot 

above land-surface datum.

14.25.1.343. Plores. Reference point, top of concrete well curb, 

0.20 foot below land-surface datum.

14.25.1.344. Plores. Well cleaned out to 100 feet.

14.25.11.333. Langnegger. Pit filled, cased with 12j-Inch steel casing, equipped with turbine pump.

14.25.12.313. Lewis. Reference point, top of concrete pump base, 

0.75 foot above land-surface datum.
194 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

14.25.14.131. Langnegger. Reference point, established Jan. 22, 

1948, top of casing, 0.15 foot above land-surface datum.

14.25.24.421. Johnson. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump. Reference point, top of concrete pump base, 1.00 foot above landsurface datum.

14.26.8.433b. Ferguson. 50 feet southeast of well 14.26.8.433a. 

Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine pump. Reference point, top 

of concrete pump base, at land-surface datum.

14.26.11.231. Langford. 120 feet northeast of house. Drilled stock 

well, equipped with windmill and pump, diameter 6 inches. Reference point, 

top of steel casing, 0.25 foot above land-surface datum.

14.26.17.122a. Bledsoe. 54 feet northwest of observation well 

14.26.17.122-, south of house and north of earthen tank. Drilled irrigation 

well, equipped with turbine pump, diameter 16 inches, depth 192 feet. Reference point, top of concrete pump base, 1.00 foot above land-surface 

datum.

14.26.18.131. Cooke. Reference point, established Jan. 22, 1948, 

top edge of steel barrel, level with concrete pump base, at land-surface 

datum.

14.26.20.143. pearson. Reference point,established Jan. 22, 1948, 

top of concrete pump base, 0.55 foot above land-surface datum.

15.24.36.244. Waller. 75 feet northeast of artesian well. Drilled 

irrigation well, equipped with turbine pump, diameter 16 inches. Reference 

point, top of concrete pump base, 1.50 feet above land-surface datum.

15.25.27.321. Pearson. Reference pointj established Jan. 19, 1948, 

top of casing, 0.10 foot below land-surface datum.

15.25.36.333b. Norris. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump, diameter 16 inches. Reference point, top of casing, north side of 

well, at land-surface datum.

15.26.14.433. Dority. About 25 feet west of frame house. Drilled 

stock and domestic well, equipped with pump jack, diameter 6 inches, depth 

about 75 feet. Reference point, top of steel casing, 0.25 foot above 

land-surface datum.

EDDY COUNTY

By C. 3. Conover

Part 1. General discussion

Roswell basin

The general discussion of water-level changes in the Eddy County portion of the Roswell basin has been included with Part 1 for Chaves County 

as the areas are part of one continuous hydrologic area.

Carlsbad area

The Carlsbad area lies in the southeastern part of New Mexico, principally west of the pecos River. Results of a study of the ground-water conditions are given in a report completed in 1945 by W. E. Hale "Ground-water 

conditions in the vicinity of Carlsbad, New Mexico." The possibilities of
NEW MEXICO, EDDY COUNTY 195

obtaining ground water for the Carlsbad Army Air Base are covered In the 

report "Memorandum on ground-water conditions In the vicinity of the city 

airport southwest of Carlsbad, New Mexico" by W. E. Hale and C. V. Theis, 

1942. These reports prepared by the Geological Survey in cooperation with 

the State engineer of New Mexico will be published in the forthcoming biennial reports of the State engineer of New Mexico.

Measurements of water level have been made at monthly to bimonthly 

intervals in the three airfield wells since their completion in 1942, and 

in two nearby wells since June 1944, in cooperation with the State engineer 

of New Mexico. Measurements made in these wells since the beginning of 

record through 1947 arid a discussion of the changes in water level have 

been published in Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1101.

Water levels were measured in 64 additional wells in January 1948 and 

in 11 of them bimonthly thereafter, In cooperation with the Bureau of Reclamation, U- S. Department of Interior, and the New Mexico State engineer. 

A water-stage recorder was installed on the B. N. Vest well, 22.26.24.224, 

November 12, 1948. A total of 135 measurements of depth to water was made 

in observation wells in 1948 including 66 measurements made in the 16 wells 

measured bimonthly. Water levels were measured by the Bureau of Reclamation in January and February 1947, and at various other times in 1946 and 

1947, In about 23 of the wells that were measured in January 1948. The 

measurements made in 1946 and 1947 that could be referenced to measurements 

made in 1948 are given In part 5 for the pertinent wells.

About 21,500 acres of land constituting the Carlsbad Irrigation Project 

of the Bureau of Reclamation lie east of, and are furnished water from, 

the Southern Canal. Shortages of surface water In the last few years resulted in many privately owned irrigation wells being drilled to supplement 

the surface supply. Many irrigation wells have also been drilled to furnish 

water for newly developed land not having surface-water rights.. Much of 

this development lies west of the Southern Canal and east of the airfield.

The precipitation at Carlsbad In 1948 was 2& inches less than normal, 

but nearly 4 Inches greater than occurred in 1947. The precipitation during the main part of the growing season, April to September, was 9 inches, 

only 1.7 inches less than the total for the v year « However, the distribution of precipitation during the growing season was not, in general, favorable for crops as more than 6 inches of the total occurred in a few days In 

June. TOie heavy rains in June caused a flood In Dark Canyon Draw.
196 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

Pumping of ground water for irrigation on the Carlsbad Project lands 

was probably less in 1948 than in 1947 because'of the greater quantity of 

surface water available, whereas the pumping of ground water for irrigation 

of"lands served exclusively by pumps, mainly west of the Southern Canal, 

was probably only slightly less than in 1947. The pumpa probably were not, 

in general, operated during the period of heavy precipitation in June 1948.

The airfield wells, since deactivation of' the air base, furnish water 

to a Government housing project at the field. The reported annual pumpage 

has increased gradually from 28 million gallons, estimated in 1946, to 45 

million .gallons in 1947, and 69 million gallons in 1948. The pumpage during 1948 varied from a minimum of slightly more than 3 million gallons for 

February to a maximum of about 10^ million gallons for August. The pumpage 

at the airfield, though greater than in 1947, is somewhat less than the 4 

million gallons a month pumped during the winter to more than 16 million 

gallons a month during the summer when the air base was in operation.

Changes of water level

Large-scale pumping of ground water for irrigation in the Carlsbad 

area began in 1947, a year of deficient precipitation when only about 26 

percent of normal precipitation was recorded at Carlsbad during the main 

part of the growing season, April through September. Deficiency of precipitation on the watershed of the Peoos River resulted in an inadequate 

supply of surface water for the lands of the Carlsbad Project which lie 

mainly east of the Southern Canal and west of the Pecos River.

Because of the large-scale pumping and the deficient recharge in 1947, 

the ground-water levels showed large net declines for the year from January 

1947 to January 1948. The maximum observed decline was 14 feet and occurred 

in a well about 1 mile northwest of Otis. Declines in water level of more 

than 12 feet were observed in 6 wells in the vicinity of the airport and 

eastward to the canal. The largest declines of water level occurred west 

of the canal where irrigation is exclusively by ground water. Net declines 

of water level in 1947 were also comparatively large in the vicinity of 

Otis where declines of more than 10 feet were observed in 2 wells. The one 

observation well in the vicinity of Carlsbad showed a net decline of water 

level of 6 feet. Water levels in the vicinity of Loving apparently showed 

net declines of between 4 and 6 feet. The water levels over the area as a
NEW MEXICO, EDDY COUNTY 197

whole declined more than 6 f§et over about 48 square miles, more than 8 

feet over about 30 square miles, and more than 12 feet over about 13 square 

miles. *

During 1948 the surface water delivered and the precipitation were 

greater than in 1947. Also, surface water was available for the full growing season in 1948 as compared with a lack of water after July in 1947. 

As a consequence, pumping of ground water for the project lands was reduced 

in 1948 from what it was in 1947 and the ground-water levels rose in the 

area east of the canal but declined west of the canal.

The areas of principal net rises of water level from January 1948 to

*

January 1949 are at Otis and Loving, the largest rises of more than 4 feet 

occurring over about 24 square miles. In spite of these rises, the water 

levels in the area east of the canal at the end of 1948 were, in general, 

lower than in January 1947, when first observed. The net lowering at Otis 

is about 8 .feet for the 2-year interval.

In the area west of the canal the water levels for 1948 again showed 

net declines aa in 1947, though not as great. The maximum observed decline 

was about 8 feet, as compared with nearly 14 feet in the preceding year 

though not in the same wells. The maximum total net decline of water level 

west of the canal for the 2 years is more than 15 feet.

As water is pumped for irrigation" in the area east of the canal, mainly 

as a supplement to the surface water, the water levels will, in general, 

show net annual rises or declines dependent upon the amount of surface 

water available. In the area west of the canal, pumping of ground 

water is necessary every year and the water levels will show a general 

year-to-year decline. As the natural gradient of the water table is small 

and to the east, lowering of water levels in the area west of the canal 

may tend to draw the poorer quality of water from east of the canal toward

 the wells.
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Part 2. Water levels In January 1948 and highest and lowest recorded lev

from January 1947 to January 1948, in feet 

Location 

number

17.26.7.433

7.444

10.333

10.433

15.113

15.121

15.211

15.411

16.333

16.411

1 rr Ao« 4. ' Te<eO

18.433

18.442

20.133

21.112

21.341

22.233

24.333

27.413

27 423

28 ! 331

29.131a

31.133

18.25.23.111

18.26.2.333

4.111b

4.433

7.234a

7.234c

9.133

9.311

10.233

10.311

lO.Slla

15.133

15.311

Owner

Ed Stone

Albert Blake

V. L. Gates

D. D. Sullivan

R. L. Vogel

do

J. M. Vogel

W. M. Jackson

Artesla Cemete ry

G. G. Armstrong & Son

H. A. Dent on

A. C. Baca

Mrs. Murphy

J. W. Sharp &

G. V. McCrary

Roger Durand

W. S. Hogsett

R. L. Paris

Mary E. Yates

W. L. Martin

do

C. E. Martin

do

G. R. Bralnard

Mrs. G. M. Phelps

S. 0. Hlgglns

Frank Watklns

W. M. Schnelder

C. H. Hutsonplllar

do

Martin Yates, Jr.

C. T. McCauley

(Incomplete designation

See 

all 

Par

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5

3

.

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.

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.

3

.

,

.

.

.

.

,

3

.

m

,

.

3

.

3

.

4

^

.

5

i Water le

10 Jan. 1948 

 t Level Day

53.23

46.30

8.72

19.85

11.37

a!9.45

17.51

17.93

25.68

123.12

66.91

55.50

55.51

26.73

14.27

25.36

3.82

15.45

27.08

53.45

78.73

115.26

14.55

31.99

26.54

60.72

59.32

40.34

39.43

15

15

15

14

15

15

14

14

15

15

16

15

14

15

14

14

14

14

14

14.

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

used previously for

Charles Rogers (Measurements

do

J. D. Terry Estate

Charles Martin

5

.

Change 

1947-48

-8.77

-9.33

+1.17

-.13

-1.46

-2.61

-.54

-.75

-6.41

-2.29

-10.72

-11.71

-13.76

-6.56

-3.79

-1.87

-.67

-.95

-6.14

-12.65

-7.08

-11.89

-1.11

-3.57

-2.33

-4.25

-2.74

-3.31

-2.67

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20.

4.

14.

1.

5.

11.

11.

6.

11.

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26.

25.

3.

.

18.

2.

11.

10.

8.

26.

56.

90.

10.

18.

16.

f43.

53.

26.

26.

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discontinued, well filled) 9.

18.30

22.46

20.65

14

14

14

+1.87

+1.04

15.

14.

* See footnotes at end of table.
from January 1947 to January 1948. in

Location 

number

18.26.18.241 

18.323 

21.344 

22.314 

23.213 

24.131 

24.223 

24.223a 

28.143 

33.111 

19.26.12.323 

12.323b 

12.333 

13.211a 

13.344 

14.431a 

14.431b 

27.233 

28.334 

28.441 

33.412 

20.26.6.431 

7.122 

7.421 

8.112 

17.231 

17.411 

21.112

. Owner

See 

also 

Part

W. B. HcCrary 

do 

Town of Dayton 4 

Mr a. W. D. Eada 

A. W. Boyce . 

R. 0. Obodwln . 

P. R. Ramuz (Measurements dia 

do 3,5 

Town of Dayton . 

L. T. Lewis 

Forreat Lee . 

do 3,5 

Ollie Banks 

R. L. House . 

R. W. Rankin 3,5 

Albert Lee 3,5 

do . 3 

Lake wood school 3 

P. M. Conner . 

L. T. Lewis 

J. H. Everest . 

J. 0. Houtry & Sons . 

P. S. Campbell 3,5 

E. Man the! 

J. 0. Houtry & Sona . 

J. E. Howell 5 

J. H. Angell 

Manual Hernandez .

feet

Water l

Jan.. 1948 

Level Day

55.91 

58.46 

49.76 

17.28

21.66 

continued, 

8.39 

58.20 

174.71 

e32.18 

34.38 

037.68 

25.12 

el6.08

26.86 

b59.08 

67.49 

73.48 

56.17 

59.07 

57.88 

50.03 

45.19 

160.43 

49.88 

21.70

14 

14 

13 

13

13 

well 

13 

13 

13 

13 

13 

13 

13 

13

13 

13 

13 

13 

13 

13 

13 

13 

13 

13 

13 

13

Change 

1947-48

-4.59 

-1.78 

-4.39 

-2.43

+1.11 

dry)..

-5.33

-6'.02

 » 

- 10.43 

-9.57 

- 9.92

 

- 5.62 

- 6.92 

- 6.26

* 4

- 7.35 

-4.93 

- 4.90 

-4.39

Le

37

38

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17

14

1

52

64

15

22

19

2

11

16

40

46

53

39

35

36

30

24

55

43

17

Pumping, 

b Pumping recently, 

c Nearby well pumping, 

d Nearby well pumping recently, 

e Dry at depth given, 

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NEW MEXICO, EDDY COUNTY 203

Part 2. Water levels in January 1948 in observation wells having records 

beginning January 1948

Location 

number

Owner

See 

also 

Part

Water 

level Day

Carlsbad area

21.

21.

22.

22.

22.

23.

23.

24.

26.25.344

36.212

27.29.311

29.434

30.442

31.112

31.211

31.214

32.111

32.112

26.3.344

11.443

12.311

14.213

24.224

27.8.313

8.314

10.333

15.411

17.124

21.344

22.421

28.133

29.133

29.413

30.243

32.233

33.131

35.433

28.30.443

27.6.213

10.143

12.233

23.211

28.18.222

20.144

22.333

23.133

29.411

28.7.231

25.123

Unknown

do

T. Ives

Fred O'Chesky

T. Ives

Jim Stagner

G. A. Blitz

Unknown

L . £ . Loman

do

0. G. Willis

Unknown

A. J. Bradley

H. E. Stevenson

D. N. Vest

George Mashaw

do

Mrs. M. Enifer

Fred Porni

W. W. Glaze

Dr. Pate

Enea Grand!

I. L. Skeen

Frank Gentry

Mr. Rogers

Mr . Yarbro

Mr. Brenningstool

Unknown

Munoz Methola

Calvani Bros.

J. A. & W. A.

Ashbacher

A. A. Crabb

Bird Bros.

Unknown

Mr. Carter

do

J. L. Seal

A. R. Dona Ids on

Unknown

L. T. Lewis

J. E. Montgomery

5

5

5

5

3,5

5

5

5

5

5

3,5

5

5

3,5

3,5

5

5

3,5

5

5

5

3,5

3,5

5

5

5

5

5

3,5

5

5

5

5

3,5

5

5

5

3,5

5

5

5

19.55

22.99

11.50

19.91

10.63

11.47

11.10

16.42

14.65

7.66

77.91

50.19

39.75

68.70

85.32

23.23

19.45

11.58

 15.09

30.69

54.93

34.79

62.36

92.00

77.47

98.46

86.69

72.97

36.54

11.93

123.23

11.95

36.00

23.44

26.38

54.90

46.12

51.29

20.66

20.22

5.84

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

9

9

14

8

14

8

14

14

12

12

14

14

12

14

12

13

13

13

15

13

13
204 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

Part 3. Water levels, in feet, showing seasonal changes during 1948

Location 

number 

Owner

Jan. 14-17, 19 

Mar. 15, 16 

May 15, 17, 18 

July 16, 17, 19 

Sept. 17, 18, 20 

Nov. 8

Location 

number 

Owner

Jan. 13, 

Mar. 15,

May 17, 

July 17, 

Sept. 18, 

Nov. 8

Location 

number 

Owner

Jan. 13 

Mar. 16 

May 17 

July 19 

Sept. 20 

Nov. 9

Location 

number 

Owner

Jan. 6, 

Feb. 9 

Mar. 22, 

May 19, 

July 20, 

Sept. 21, 

Nov. 10,

Location 

number 

Owner

14 

16 

18 

19 

20

7, 12

24 

SO 

22 

23 

12

Jan. 7, 9, 

12-14 

Mar. 22, 24 

May 19, 20 

July 20, 22, 23 

Sept. 21 -23 

Nov. 10, 12 

Dec. 20, 21

16.25. 

1.344

Buck 

Bros.

b!7.90 

b!7.73 

a29.68 

36.17 

a31.39 

18.92

17.26. 

24.333 

Yatea

3.82 

2.99 

3.36 

4.18 

5.85 

3.34

19.26. 

27.233 

School

b59.08 

60.33 

64.62 

a63.00 

a64.82 

a59.92

21.27. 

19.334

Dickson

30.25 

29.80

28.51 

29.15 

29.45

22.26. 

36. Ilia 

Airfield

152.21

153.27 

165.16 

165.11 

171.15 

162.86

Ro swell 

16.25. 16.26. 

6. Lot 4 19.411 

Nelson Jeffers

13.06 

11.79 

10.49 

11.10 

12.01 

12.45

18.25. 

23.111 

Phelps

115.26 

122.92 

133.72 

136.12 

139.21 

124.52

32

33 

30 

28 

25 

28

.81 

.94 

.98 

.48 

.44 

.78

basin 

16.26. 

28.333 

Williams

26. 

26. 

31. 

32. 

35. 

32.

67 

97 

44 

57 

48 

55

17.25. 

35.411 

Kissinger

127.90 

128.48 

132.52 

132.94 

135.39 

134.13

17.26. 

7.344 

Scoggins

58i67 

60.86 

68.32 

68.99 

72.55 

66.52

17.26. 

10.333 

Gates

S.?2 

14.90 

(a) 

20.05 

b26.17 

14.90

17.26. 

16.333

Cemetery

25.68 

32.22 

44.54 

41.46 

42.69 

28.69

18.26. 18.26. 19.26. 19.26. 19.26. 19.26. 

4.111b 24.223a 12.323bl3.344 14.431al4.431b 

Watkins Ramuz Lee Rankin Lee Lee

31 

32

36

a 46 

34

.99

.88

.39 

.34

.85

8. 

7. 

7. 

6. 

7. 

7.

39 

40 

03 

32 

64 

80

54*58 

35.46 

35.60 

33.41 

34.32 

34.25

616.08 

14.97 

14.07 

13.57 

13.75 

14.48

29.82 

C38.49 i 

29.63 

25.65

26.86 

24.19 

29.82 

144.22 

29.34 

25.37

20.26. 

7.122 

Campbell

57,88 

56.29 

58.39 

162.75 

65.44 

60.91

21.27. 

30.442 

Ives

10.63

9.76 

9.35

8.14 

8.94 

9.55

22.27. 

10.333

Enifer

11.58

12.84 

11.47 

13.56 

9.90 

9.33 

10.17

Carlsbad area 

22.26. 22.26. 22.26. 

3.344 14.213 24.224 

Will is Steven- Vest 

son

77

 

c76 

c76 

c76

.91

...

.38 

.44 

.04

22.27. 

22.421 

Grandi

34

33 

32 

30 

31

.79

.77 

.35 

.60 

.79

68.

...

66.

67. 

67.

70

 

90 

51 

82

22.27. 

28.133 

Skeen

62.

a82. 

b80. 

70.

36

83 

60 

99

85.32

.....

83.35 

84.09 

84.20

22.27.

30.133 

Merchant

112.37

114.09 

125.34 

126.20 

129.19

22.26. 

25.432 

Barfield

125.21

126.48 

131.78

22.27. 

35.433 

Me thola

36.54

38.00 

39.01 

39.59 

37.51 

31.99

22.26. 

35.222 

Airfield

153.15

i66ll2 

166.04 

172.41 

164.13

23.27. 

23.211 

Swea-4

vingen

23.44

23.48 

23.89 

23.20 

22.94 

23.10

22.26. 

36.111 

Airfield

152.69

153.68 

165.51 

165.41 

171.33 

163.04

23.28. 

23.133 

Donaldson

51.29

51.33 

51.47 

47.76 

48.54 

47.52

a Pumping, 

b Pumping recently, 

c Nearby well pumping, 

e Dry at depth given.

i Possible discrepancy of a few tenths of a foot between present and 

previous land-surface data.
NEW MEXICO, EDDY COUNTY 205

Part 4. Highest daily water levels in wells equipped with automatic

water-stage recorders

16.25.6.313. Prank Childress.

Highest daily water level, from recorder charts

Date

Jan. 2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Feb. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

14

15

16

17

Water 

level

h28.15

28.17

28.32

28.24

28.28

28.19

28.13

28.14

28.20

28.07

28.07

28.32

28.17

28.01

28.11

27.99

28.11

28.11

28.15

28.03

27.88

27.99

27.94

28.11

28.17

28.22

28.07

28.07

28.05

28.05

28.09

28.05

27.93

2.7.93

27.95

28.01

28.01

28.04

28.03

27.74

27.77

28.15

28.06

28.08

28.07

Date

Feb. 18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

Mar. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Apr. 1

Water 

level

27.91

27.92

28.01'

27.99

27.80

27.73

27.74

28.11

27.91

27.80

27.94

27.86

27.86

27.93

27.97

27.97

28.12

27.90

27.88

27.87

27.79

27.80

28.11

28.12

27.92

27.72

27.75

27.90

27.89

27.68

27.85

27.85

27.88

27.93

27.93

27.88

27.81

27.84

27.98

27.92

27.79

27.72

27.74

27.96

Date

Apr. 2

3

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

May 8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

31

June 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Water 

level

28.00

27.94

27.78

27.74

27.75

27.92

28.03

27.95

27.93

27.88

27.76

27.67

27.67

27.81

27.81

27.86

27.95

27.74

27.72

27.77

27.87

27.98

28.04

28.02

27.90

27.90

27.93

27.97

27.89

27.91

27.96

27.90

27.89

28.10

28.18

28.10

28.03

27.99

27.99

28.05

28.08

28.04

28.03

28.04

Date

June 11

12

13

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

July 16

17

18

19

20

21

2$

23

24

Aug. 12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

Sept. 17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

Nov. 8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

Water 

level

28.03

28.01

28.03

28.08

28.08

26.05

27.98

27.99

28.10

28.18

28.17

h28.45

28.48

28.48

28.45

28.44

28.47

28.48

28.57

28.61

28.63

28.62

28.62

28.69

28.75

28.73

28.73

28.74

h28.85

28.81

28. .72

28.72

28.72

28.68

28.66

28.67

28.50

28.55

28.42

28.35

28.37

28.49

28.48

g28.40

Estimated.

Tape measurement at odd hour.

18.26.7.234a. C. H. Hutsonpillar. Highest and lowest recorded water 

levels: Feb. 21, 59.90; Sept. 18, 68.57.

Highest daily water level, from recorder charts

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8

Jan.

61. 

61. 

61. 

61. 

61. 

60. 

60. 

60.

21 

12 

11 

06 

03 

98 

94 

89

Feb.

60.23 

60.20 

60.19 

60.19 

 60.21 

60.18] 

60.17 

60.19

Mar.

.....

tfO.50 

60.10 

60.24

Apr.

61.71 

61.83 

61.96

.....

May

.....

b54.66

June

65.89 

65.54 

65.54 

65.54

65.42

65.27

65.15

64.90

July Aug .

....

....

. .....

. .....

Sept. Nov.

:!*.:: :::*.:

.....h63.91

Dec.

61 '.47 

61.44 

61.34 

61.27 

61.21

h Tape measurement at odd hour.
206 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

18.26.7.234a Continued.

_________Highest dally water level, from recorder charts__________ 

Day_______Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Nov. Dec.

~960.87 60.13 60.24 ..... 64.67 64.90 ..... ..... ..... 63.79 61.19

10 60.81 60.04 60.24132.78 64.67 64.83 ..... ..... ..... 63.67g51.07

11 60.77-60.06 60.27 62.83 64.75 64.72 ..... ..... ..... 63.57 .....

12 60.76 60.07 60.27 62.91 64.83 64.55 ..... ..... ..... 63.49 .....

13 60.75 60.05hS0.25 63.07 64.90 ..... ..... ..... ..... 63.38 .....

14 60.68 60.07 60.23 63.22 64.90 ..... ..... ..... ..... 63.28 .....

15 60.62 60.03 60.28 63.35 64.94 ..... ..... ..... ..... 63.17 .....

16 60.62 60.03 60.49 63.46 64.97 ..... .....h66.67 ..... ..... .....

17 60.60 60.00 60.52 63.56 64.98 . ....h62.93 66.73 ..... ..... .....

18 60.53 59.94 ..... 63.62 65.03h63.88 62.95 66.82 68.57 ..... .....

19 60.52 59.9(4 ..... ..... 65.13 63.86 63.00 66.92 68.52 ..... .....

20 60.51 59.91h60.67 ..... 65.23 63.74 63.04 67.00 68.45 ..... .....

21 60.48 59.90 60.71 ..... 65.33 63.63 63.16 67.10 68.38 ..... .....

22 ..... 60.07 60.791tf4.12 65.44 63.53 63.30 67.19 68.35 ..... .....

23 60.36 60.03 60.84 64.17 ..... 63.45 63.45 67.27 68.31 ..... .....

24 60.34 60.07 60.86 64.29 ..... 63.37 63.61 67.33 68.28 ..... .....

25 60.36 60.13 60.88 64.42 ..... 63.30 63.74 ..... 68.25 ..... .....

26 60.35 60.07 60.99 64.46 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....

27 60.35 60.04 61.15 64.50 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....

28 60.30 ..... 61.26 64.55 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....h60.06

29 60.27 ..... 61.35 64.58 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 60.10

30 60.25 61.45 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 60.04

31______60.24_____61.55_____65.91______..... .....___________59-96

g Estimated.

h Tape measurement at odd hour.

18.26.21.344. Town of Dayton. Highest and lowest recorded water 

levels: Jan. 29-31, Mar. 10, 49.52; Oct. 12, 54.47.

_________Highest daily water level, from recorder charts_____________

Day Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

1 50.00 49.53 49.74 50.25 51.49 51.91 51.94 52.58 ..... 54.46 ...... 53.24

2 49.96 49.55 49.74 50.27 51.52 51.91 51.94 52.61 ..... 54.45 ..... 53.25

3 49.96 49.56 49.67 ..... 51.55 52.22 51.94 52.65 ..... 54.44 ..... 53.21

4 49.94 49.59 49.62 ..... 51.53g52.22 51.93 52.69 ..... 54.43 54.09 53.17

5 49.92 49.59 49.62 ..... 51.57 52.21 51.92 52.71 ..... 54.42 54.07 53.18

6 49.88 49.60 49.61 ..... 51.58 52.20 51.91 52.74 ..... 54.45 53.96 53.14

7 49.86 49.60 49.56 ..... 51.57 52.19 51.90 52.76 ..... 54.44 53.95 53.13

8 49.84 49.62 49.56 50.61 51.60 52.18 51.89 52.79 ..... 54.45 53.90 53.11

9 49.84 49.65 49.53 50.63 51.64 52.16 51.87 52.82 ..... 54.46 53.84 53.11

10 49.81 49.63 49.52 50.68 51.66 52.15 51.87 52.88 ..... 54.45 53.81 53.05

11 49.78 49.64 49.55 50.73 51.70 52.12 51.86 52.91 ..... 54.46 53.79 53.03

12 49.79 49.65 49.55 50.78 51.73 52.11 51.87 52.95 ..... 54.47 53.76 53.04

13 49.76 49.65 49.57 50.88 51.74 52.10 51.88 52.99 ..... 54.46 53.74 53.03

14 49.73 49.67 49.55 50.94 51.76 52.07 51.87 53.03 ..... 54.45 53.67 52.99

15 49.69 49.70 49.60 50.98 51.78 52.07 51.90 53.08 ..... 54.44 53.66 52.98

16 49.72 49.70 49.66 51.03 51.80 52.06 51.90 53.11 ..... 54.43 53.67 52.96

17 49.66 49.71 49.67 51.09 51.80 52.05 51.93 53.16 ..... 54.45 53.60 52.93

18 49.66 49.75 49.67 51.13 51.83 ..... 51.96 53.20 ..... 54.43 53.63 52.92

19 49.66 49.74 49.73 51.17 51.86 ..... 52.00 53.24 ..... 54.42 53.56 52.87

20 49.64 49.75 49.77 51.21 51.89 ..... 52.05 53.27 54.30 54.41 53.56 52.86

21 49.63 49.74 49.81 51.24 51.92 ..... 52.14 53.31 54.34 54.41 53.54 52.86

22 49.59 49.78 49.84 51.27 51.94 52.00 52.20 53.35 54.35 54.39 53.50 52.82

23 49.59 49.78 49.86 51.31 51.97 51.99 52.25 53.39 54.36 54-.3S 53.48 52.79

24 49.57 49.76 49.88 51.36 51.99 51.97 52.29 53.42 54.39 54.37 53.41 52.78

25 49.57 49.77 49.91 51.38 52.02 51.96 52.33 53.46 54.42 ..... 53.40 52.77

26 49.57 49.80 49.92 51.41 52.04 51.96 52.36 53.52 54.43 ..... 53.37 52.74

27 49.57 49.78 49.92 51.43 52.07 51.95 52.40 53.56 54.44 ..... 53.39 52.69

28 49.53'49.78 50.03 51.44 52.10 51.97 52.43 53.61 54.44 ..... 53.35 52.69

29 49.52 49.78 50.06 51.44 52.14 51.96 52.48 53.64 54.45 ..... 53.31 52.69

30 49.52 50.12 51.46 52.15 51.95 52.50 53.67 54.44 ..... 53.29 52.64

51 49.52______50.17______52.01______52.54 .....______.....______52.60

g Estimated.
NEW MPXICO, EDDY COUNTY 207

Park 5. Miscellaneous data concerning observation wellfl

16.25.5.Lot 13. Groom. Reference point, established Jan. 19, 1948, 

top of casing, 0.86 foot above land-surface datum.

16.25.11.233. Buck. Reference point, established Jan. 17, 1948, top 

of casing, west side of well, 3.34 feet above land-surface datum.

16.25.25.211. Buck. South of old pump shed. Drilled irrigation 

well, equipped with turbine pump, diameter 12 inches. Reference point, 

top edge of casing, northwest side of well, at land-surface datum.

16.26.5.331. Taylor. Well cleaned, well casing possibly disturbed.

17.25.12.211. Artesia Country Club. Drilled irrigation well, equipped 

with turbine pump, diameter 12 inches. Reference point, top of steel casing, north side of well, 1.00 foot above land-surface datum.

17.26.4.331a. Stroup. Well deepened in 1947, upper water probably 

cased off.

17.26.7.423. Houghton. Top of casing raised to 1.85 feet above landsurface datum.

17.26.7.444. Blake. Well abandoned, pressure pump moved to well 25 

feet north. Reference point, established Jan. 15, 1948, top of concrete 

well curb, center of well, 0.17 foot below land-surface datum.

18.26.9.311. McCauley. New turbine pump installed, 10-inch casing 

run inside of 14-inch casing. Reference point, established Jan. 14, 1948, 

top of 10-inch casing, 1.50 feet above top of 14-inch casing, 1.10 feet 

above land-surface datum.

18.26.10.311a. Rogers. About 20 feet north of well 18.26.10.233. 

Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine pump, diameter 14 inches. 

Reference point, top of concrete base, at land-surface datum.

18.26.24.223a. Ramuz. 75 feet northwest of house, beside road. 

Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine pump, diameter 12^ inches, 

depth 63 feet. Reference point, top of casing, south side of well, 0.50 

foot below land-surface datum. May 17, 1947, +5.Q5; July 17, 1947, +34.93, 

pumping; Sept. 12, 1947, +11.20; Nov. 10, 1947, +9.88.

19.26.12.323b. Lee. 6 feet west of observation well 19.26.12.323. 

Drilled irrigation well, no equipment, diameter 12 inches. Reference 

point, top of steel casing, 0.40 foot above land-surface datum.

19.26.13.344. Rankin. Correction to water level published in WaterSupply Paper 949: Jan 12, 1942, 2.70.

19.26.14.431a. Lee. Casing has been extended to surface, no equipment. Reference point, established May 17, 1948, top edge of casing at 

high point northwest side of well, 0.11 foot above land-surface datum.

20.26.7.122. Campbell. Windmill removed, pressure pump installed, 

reference point destroyed July 1948. Reference point, beginning Nov. 9, 

1948, top of concrete floor of concrete block pump shed, southeast side of 

well, 0.29 foot above land-surface datum.

20.26.17.231. Howell. Casing cut off, turbine pump installed. Reference point, top of concrete base and casing, at land-surface datum.

Carlsbad area

21.26.23.131. Boyd. Drilled irrigation well, no equipment, used prior 

to 1948, diameter 16 inches, depth 144 feet. Reference point, lower edge 

of 2-inch hole in east side of casing, -0.80 foot above land-surface datum. 

Feb. 8, 1947, 34.0; Oct. 20, 1947, 39.74; Feb. 9, 1948, 37.53.

21.26.24.424. Rayroux. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump, diameter 18 inches, depth 320 feet. Reference point, top of concrete 

pump base, at land-surface datum. Feb. 1947, 50«0; Oct. 10, 1947, 50.11.'
208 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

21.26.25.344. Unknown. In a small pecan grove, about 100 feet west 

of another well. Drilled Irrigation well, equipped with turbine pump. 

Reference point, top of 3-'by 3-foot concrete pump base, 0.23 foot above 

land-surface datum. Oct. 9, 1947, 19'.32.

21.26.36.212. Unknown. In small pecan grove. Drilled irrigation 

well, equipped with turbine pump, diameter 12 inches. Reference point, 

top of casing, south side of well, 0.50 foot above land-surface datum. 

Oct. 9, 1947, 22.64.

21.27.19.334. Dickson. 50 feet west of house, about 300 feet northwest of windmill and tatik. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump, depth 320 feet. Reference-point, top of concrete pump base, 2.10 

feet above land-surface datum. Oct. 16, 1946, 30.0; Feb. 6, 1947, 26.8; 

Oct. 10, 1947, 30.09, possible discrepancy of a few tenths of a foot between present and previous land-surface data.

21.27.29.311. Ives. In northeast corner of field near pipe fe'nce 

earner, about 600 feet east of house, on north side of road. Drilled Irrigation well, equipped with centrifugal pump, diameter 16 inches, depth 236 

feet. Reference point, top of casing, south side of well, 0.50 foot above 

land-surface datum. Oct. 10, 1947, 11.23.

21.27.29.434. O'Chesky. Drilled domestic well, equipped with centrifugal pressure pump, diameter 8 Inches, depth 324 feet. Oct. 13, 1947, 

19.78.

21.27.30.442. Ives. In pump shed, 50 feet northwest of house. 

Drilled domestic well, equipped with centrifugal pressure pump, diameter 7 

inches, depth 256 feet. Reference point, top of concrete pump base, 2.50 

feet a£>ove* land-surf ace datum. Oct. 27, 1947, 9.92.

21.27.31.112. Stagner. In small shed behind house, on northeast 

corner of tract. Drilled Irrigation well, equipped with centrifugal pump, 

diameter 9 Inches. Reference point, top of concrete platform around well, 

1.00 foot above land-surface datum. Oct. 20, 1947, 11.20.

21.27.31.211. Blitz. In shed about 100 feet northeast of white 

house. Drilled Irrigation and domestic well, equipped with centrifugal and 

pressure pumps, diameter 9 Inches, depth 220 feet. Reference point, top 

surface of concrete floor of shed, 0.30 foot above land-surface datum. 

Oct. 10, 1947, 10.95; Dec. 20, 1948, 9.81.

21.27.31.214. Unknown. In adobe pump shed, about 200 feet west of 

railroad, 50 feet north of road. Dug and drilled irrigation well, equipped 

with centrifugal pump, diameter 8 Inches. Reference point, top of concrete 

floor of well pit, 8.20 feet below land-surface datum. Oct. 10, 1947, 

15.75.

21.27.32.111. Loman. In northwest corner of field, south of a small 

white house. Drilled Irrigation well, equipped with turbine pump, diameter 

12 inches, depth 70 feet. Reference point, top of casing, west side of 

well, at land-surface datum. Oct. 13, 1947, 13.73.

21.27.32.112. Loman. Between white house and red barn. Drilled 

irrigation and domestic well, equipped with centrifugal and pressure pumps, 

diameter 6 inches, depth 305 feet. Reference point, top of concrete pump 

base, 0.23 foot above land-surface datum. Oct. 13, 1947, 7.49.

22.26.3.344. Willis. South of stone house, north of water tank and 

small pressure pump on domestic well. Drilled irrigation well, equipped 

with turbine pump, diameter 14 inches, depth 360 feet. Reference point, 

top of casing, 1.15 feet below land-surface datum.

22.26.11.443. Unknown. In southwest corner of field, about an eighth 

of a mile northeast of a grave"! pit. Drilled irrigation well, no equipment, 

diameter 9 inches. Reference point, top of concrete well curb, 0.65 foot 

above land-surface datum. Oct. 23, 1947, 49.89.

22.26.12.112. Boyd. In northwest corner of field, southeast of bridge 

over irrigation canal. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump, diameter 14 inches, depth 209 (?) feet. Reference point, top of concrete pump base and top of casing, 0.27 foot above land-surface datum.
NEW MEXICO, EDDY COUNTY 209

22.26.12.112 Continued.

Date

Aug. 

Feb.

22, 

8,

1946 

1947

Water

level

27.0 

22.7

Date

Oct. 

Feb.

19, 

9,

1947 

1948

Water 

level

28.38 

28.22

Date

Dec. 24, 1948

Water

level

27.38

22.26.12.311. Bradley. North of stucco house and east of elevated 

wooden tank. Drilled irrigation and. domestic well, equipped with turbine 

pump, diameter 8 inches, depth 55 feet. Reference point, top of concrete 

pump base, 0.70 foot above land-surface datum. Oct. 24, 1947, 37.02.

22.26.14.213. Stevenson. In pump shed east of elevated water tank, 

south of farmhouse. Drilled Irrigation well, equipped with turbine pump, 

depth 200+ feet. Reference point, top of concrete floor, 0.35 foot above 

land-surface .datum. Oct. 23, 1947, 68.42.

22.26.24.224. Vest. On small rise, about 150 feet west of road and 

telephone line, prilled irrigation well, automatic water-stage recorder 

installed Nov. 12, 1948, diameter 10-3/4 inches, depth 200 feet. Reference point, top of casing, at land-surface datum.

22.27.8.313. Mashaw. West of irrigation ditch, north of National 

Guard building. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine pump, diameter 18 inches, depth 90 feet. Reference point, top of concrete pump 

base, 0.34 foot below land-surface datum. Nov. 3, 1947, 22.68.

22.27.8.314. Mashaw. North of metal grain shed, about 30O feet 

northwest of house. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine pump, 

diameter 10 inches, depth 110 feet. Reference point, top of concrete pump 

base, 0.88 foot above land-surface datum. Nov. 3, 1947, 18.60.

22.27.10.333. Enifer. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump. Reference point, top of concrete pump base, 0.86 foot above landsurface datum. Sept. '29, 1947, 11.13.

22.27.15.333. Porni. 50 feet southeast of small house, 150 feet 

north of windmill well. Drilled irrigation well, no equipment, depth 174 

feet. Dec. 12, 1946, 35.0; Feb. 7, 1947, 35.9; Oct. 9, 1947, 43.30, 

possible discrepancy of a few tenths of a foot between present and previous 

land-surface data; Feb. 9, 1948, 43.20.

22.27.. 15.411. Porni. North of irrigation lateral canal, about 200 

feet south and west of another well. Drilled irrigation well, equipped 

with turbine pump. Reference point, top of lower ledge of concrete pump 

base, 0.40 foot above land-surface datum. Sept. 9, 1947, 30.29, nearby 

well pumping; Dec. 21, 1948, 13.62.

22.27.17.124. Glaze. At end of s:r<all field in a draw, about 100 feet 

northwest of pipe at fence corner, about 500 feet east and a little north 

of a red windmill. Drilled irrigation well, diameter 16 inches, depth 123 

feet. Reference point, top of casing, south side of well, 0.70 foot above 

land-surface datum. Nov. 5, 1947, 29.04.

22.27.20.122. Calvanis. West of barn and east of canal, 20 feet 

north of another well. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump. Reference point, top of cemented brick pump base, 0.70 foot above 

land-surface datum. D*c. 12, 1946, 33.4; Feb. 7, 1947, 36.9.

22.27.20.313. Zugary. In southwest corner of field. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine pump, depth 212 feet. Reference point,- 

top of upper part of concrete pump base, 0.40 foot above land-surface 

datum. Oct. 23, 1946, 62.35; Feb. 8, 1947, 62.35; Oct. 3, 1947, 77.87; 

Feb. 9, 1948, 75.45.

22.27.21.344. Pate. At south end of wedged shape field adjoining 

U. S. Highway 285, about an eighth of a mile north of House and galvanized 

shedt-iron barn. Drilled irrigation well, no equipment, diameter 16 inches. 

Reference point, top of casing, north side of well, 1.00 foot above landsurface datum. Dec. 21, 52.56.
210 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

22.27.22.421. Grandi. Southwest of three transformers. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine pump, diameter 16 inches, depth 150 

feet. Reference point, top of concrete pump base, 1.16 feet above landsurface datum. Sept. 26, 1947, 93.95, pumping.

22.27.26.114. Grandi. About equal distance from houses to northwest, 

southwest, and northeast. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump, diameter 16 inches, depth 70 feet. Reference point, surface of 3- by 

3-foot concrete pump base, 0.30 foot above land-surface datum. Aug. 30,

1946. 35.0; Feb. 7, 1947, 25.3; Oct. 9, 1947, 34.34; Feb. 9, 1948, 33.95.

22.27.27.113. Grandi. South side of house, northeast of galvanized 

sheet-iron barn, about 12 feet east of domestic well. Drilled irrigation 

well, equipped with turbine pump. Reference point, top of concrete pump 

base, 1.10 feet above land-surface datum. Aug. 30, 1946, 38.0; Feb. 7,

1947. 35.0; Feb. 9, 1948, 46.40.

22.27.28.. 133. Skeen. 100 feet northeast of three transformers on 

power poles, 5 feet north of 12-foot pole. Drilled irrigation well, 

equipped with turbine pump, diameter 16 inches, depth 160 feet. Reference 

point, top of concrete pump base, 0.80 foot above land-surface datum. 

Oct. 1, 1947, 66.50.

22.27.29.133. Gentry. In southwest corner of field, near road intersection, north of small house. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with 

turbine pump, diameter 18 inches, depth 185 feet. Reference p*oint, top of 

concrete pump base, at land-surface datum. Oct. 2, 1947, 94.75.

22.27.29.413. Rogers. About 50 feet north of 3 transformers on 2 

power poles. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine pump. Reference point, top of concrete base, at land-surface datum. Oct. 2, 1947, 

82.18.

22.27.30.243. Yarbro. In southwest corner of wire enclosed field. 

Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine'pump, diameter 14 inches. 

Reference point, top of concrete pump base, 0.80 foot above land-surface 

datum.

22.27.32.233. Brenningstool. 25 feet north of road, about 350 feet 

southwest of house with green roof and 200 feet east of house with gray 

roof. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine pump. Reference 

point, top of concrete pump base, 1.35 feet above land-surface datum. 

Oct. 2, 1947, 84.38.

22.27.33.131. Unknown. Northwest side of earthen tank, 100 feet east 

of north-south road. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine pump, 

diameter 14 inches. Reference point, top of concrete base, 0.55 foot above 

land-surface datum. Oct. J., 1947, 70.99.

22.27.34.111. Lewis. About 100 feet northwest of house. Drilled 

irrigation well, equipped with turbine pump, diameter 16 inches, depth 300 

feet. Feb. 8, 1947, 41.5; Oct. 1, 1947, 52.96; Feb. 9, 1948, 56.28.

22.27.35.111. Craft. Near 3 transformers between 2 power poles, 

about 500 feet east of several school buildings. Drilled irrigation well, 

equipped with turbine pump, diameter 18 inches, depth 110 feet. Reference 

point, top of concrete pump base, 0.18 foot above land-surface datum. 

Sept. 27, 1946, 28.6; Feb. 7, 1947, 26.7; Sept. 25, 1947, 87.70, pumping; 

possible discrepancy of a few tenths of a foot between present and previous 

land-surface data; Feb. 9, 1948, 63.45, pumping.

22.27.35.433. Methola. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine, 

pump, fliameter 16 inches, depth 245 feet. Reference point, top of casing, 

east side of well, 0.50 foot above land-surface datum. Sept. 25, 1947, 

61.40, pumping.

22.27.36.133. Brantly & Williams. Near three transformers on two 

power poles, east of and across the road from house. Drilled irrigation 

well, equipped with turbine pump, depth 190 feet. Reference point, top of 

concrete pump base, 3.08 feet above land-surface datum.
NEW MEXICO, EDDY COUNTY 211

22.27.36.133 Continued.

Date

July 26, 1946 

Aug. 5

Water 

level

22.7 

23.5

Date

Feb. 7, 

9,

1947 

1948

Water 

level

18.7 

27.23

Date

Dec. 21, 1948

Water 

level

24.83

22.28.30.443. Calvani Bros. In southwest corner of field, about 25 

feet east of road, about 400 feet west of several trees. Drilled irrigation well, no equipment, diameter 18 inches, depth 136 feet. Reference 

point, top of casing, 0.83 foot above land-surface datum. Oct. 15, 1947, 

11.30.

23.27.2.122. Derrick. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump, diameter 18 inches, depth 186 feet. Reference point, top of casing, 

1.70 feet above land-surface datum. Oct. 25, 1946, 26.4; Feb. 8, 1947, 

28.1; Sept. 26, 1947, 70.06, pumping.

23.27.6.213» Ashbacher Bros. 10 feet east of fence, 20 feet east of 

telephone line. Drilled irrigation well, equipped v/ith turbine pump, diameter 12 inches, depth 190 feet. Reference point, top of concrete base, 

0.63 foot above land-surface datum.

23.27.10.143. Crabb. In corner of field, 15 feet north of fence, and 

40 feet east of canal. Drilled irrigation well, no equipment, diameter 16 

inches. Reference point, top of casing, north side of well, at high point 

near flared edge, 0.85 foot above land-surface datum. Oct. 15, 1947, 9.62.

23.27.12.233. Bird Bros. In corner of field, 100 feet east of several small trees. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine pump, diameter 18 inches, depth 160 feet. Reference point, top of 3- by 3-fbot 

concrete base, 0.48 foot above land-surface datum. Oct. 9, 1947, 39.92, 

pumping.

23.27.14.124. House. About 150 feet north of main concrete-lined 

canal, about 75 feet southwest of tree. Drilled irrigation well, no equipment, diameter 16 inches, depth 230 feet. Aug. 12, 1946, 75.4; Feb. 8, 

1947, 69.8; Oct. 15, 1947, 74.82.

23.27.23.211. Unknown. Drilled irrigation well, no equipment, diameter 12 inches. Nov. 10, 1947, 22.84.

23.28.6.131. Roberson. Beside road, across from three electric 

transformers on power, poles. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump, depth 127 feet. Reference point, top of concrete base, 1.00 foot 

above land-surface datum. Aug. 13, 1946, 14.5; Feb. 7, 1947, 12.4; Sept.26, 

1947, 16.30.

23.28.7.113. Brantly. Beside road near its intersection with U. S. 

Highway 285, 20 feet southeast of 3 transformers on 2 power poles, 100 feet 

southeast and across road from small house. Drilled irrigation well, 

equipped with turbine pump, depth 165 feet. Reference point, top of concrete pump base, 1.25 feet above land-surface datum. Sept. 5, 1946, 21.8; 

Feb. 7, 1947, 18.5; Feb. 9, 1948, 25.33.

23.28.8.421. Rosson. Northwest of large earthen tank, near corner of 

field. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine pump, diameter 12 

inches, depth 89 feet. Reference point, top of casing, northwest side of 

well, 1.00 foot above land-surface datum. Aug. 26, 1946, 33.2; Feb. 7, 

1947, 27.2; Sept. 24, 1947, 34.25.

23.28.11.114. Yarbro. At irregularly shaped earthen tank, about 750 

feet northeast of white house with green roof. Drilled irrigation well, 

equipped with turbine pump, diameter 16 inches, depth 100 feet. Reference 

point, top of concrete pump base, 4.00 feet above land-surface datum. 

Feb. 7, 1947, 15.7; Sept. 24, 1947, 28.61, pumping; possible discrepancy of 

a few tenths of a foot between present and previous land-surface data.
212 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

23.28.15.411. Yarbro. Near fence and ditch, 300 feet southwest of 

white house, 200 feet southwest of barn and windmill. Drilled irrigation 

well, no equipment, diameter 16 inches, depth 88 feet. Reference point, 

top of concrete pump base, 1.30 feet above land-surface datum. Feb. 8, 

1947, 9.5; Sept. 23, 1947, 30.73, pumping.

23.28.18.222. Carter. Near intersection of U. S. Highway 285 and 

road to United States potash refinery, near 3 electric transformers on 2 

power poles, and southwest of 3 small houses. Drilled irrigation well, 

equipped with turbine pump. Reference point, top of concrete pump base, 

1.10 feet above land-surface datum. Sept. 24, 1947, 42.15, nearby well 

pumping.

23.28.18.333. Lewis. 75 feet northwest of house. Drilled irrigation 

well, equipped with turbine pump, diameter 16 inches, depth 278 feet. 

Reference point, top of concrete pump base, at land-surface datum. Feb. 8, 

1947, 56.5; Sept. 24, 1947, 78.00; Feb. 9, 1948, 62.31.

23.28.20.144. Carter. At end of power line, 30 feet south of pole. 

Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine pump, depth 250 feet. Reference point, top of concrete pump base, 0.68 foot above land-surface datum.

23.28.22.333. Seal. 25 feet north of road, about 500 feet northwest 

of gravel pit, 150 feet northeast of road culvert. Drilled irrigation well, 

equipped with turbine pump, diameter 16 inches, depth 150 feet. Reference 

point, surface of concrete pump base, 0.50 foot above land-surface datum. 

Oct. 3, 1947, 69.90, pumping.

23.28.23.133. Donaldson. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with 

turbine pump, diameter 16 inches, depth 148 feet. Reference point, top of 

concrete pump base, 0.65 foot above land-surface datum. Sept. 22, 1947, 

51.56.

23.28.24.134. Yarbro. 20 feet west of small elevated aluminum-painted 

tank, about 50 feet west of white house with green roof, and shelter with 

green top over engine. Drilled irrigation well, equipped wi'th turbine 

pump, depth 96 feet. Reference point, top of concrete pump base, 1.00 foot 

aboTe land-surface datum. Sept. 5, 1946, 41.0; Feb. 8, 1947, 39.5; 

Sept. 24, 1947, 50.85, pumping; possible discrepancy of a few tenths of a 

foot between present and previous land-surface data.

23.28.25.213.' Howard. 20 feet southwest of corral, 20 feet northwest 

of earthen tank, about 200 feet south of windmill, and 30 feet east of 

road. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine pump, diameter 18 

inches, depth 200 feet. Nov. 6, 1946, 36.3; Feb. 8, 1947, 35.7; Sept. 23, 

1947, 39.30, possible discrepancy of a few tenths of a foot between present 

and previous land-surface data; Feb. 9, 1948, 38.73.

23.28.29.411. Unknown. 50 feet south of road, about 100 feet northeast of barn, about 100 feet south of shed, 12 feet east of ditch. Drilled 

irrigation well, no equipment, diameter 14 inches. Reference point, top of 

casing, 0.77 foot abovs land-surface datum.

24.28.7.231. Lewis. In corner of field near irrigation ditch, about 

40 feet south of concrete diversion gates. Drilled irrigation well, no 

equipment, diameter 12 inches. Reference point, top of casing, east side 

of well, 0.30 foot above land-surface datum. Oct. 22, 1947,. 17.71; Dec. 20, 

1948, 14.76.

24.28.17.231. Carleton & Kraft. 200 feet southeast and across canal 

from small house, 75 feet northeast of another house, about 20 feet southeast of wheel on drop gate in canal. Drilled irrigation well, no equipment, 

diameter 18 inches. Reference point, top of casing, east side of well, at 

land-surface datum. Oct. 22, 1946, 25.9; Feb. 8, 1947, 25.1; Oct. 22, 

1947, 23.51; Feb. 9, 1948, 24.87.

24.28.25.123. Montgomery. 50 feet northeast of house, under windmill 

tower. Drilled domestic,stock,irrigation, and fishpond well, equipped with 

centrifugal pump, -diameter 6 inches, depth 100 feet. Reference point, top 

of casing, at high point, east side of well, 0.40 foot above land-surface 

datum. Oct. 22, 1947, 6.56, pumping.
WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES 212a

HIDALGO COUNTY (VIRDEN VALLEY) 

By R. L. Cushman and M- B- Booher

The VIrden Valley Is In the New Mexico portion of the Duncair-Vlrden 

Valley, which lies along the Glla River In Hidalgo County, New Mexico, and 

Greenlee County, Arizona.

Figure 4 In the Greenlee County, Arizona, section of this paper (p. 26) 

shows graphs of water-level fluctuations in wells 232 and 203- In the VIrden 

Valley. The upward trend of the hydrographs for these wells In 194ft is not 

a true representation of ground-water conditions for the year. The 1948 

water-level fluctuations were graphed, as a straight line between a waterlevel measurement In May 1948 and one In March 1949. The depth to water In 

March 1949 was out of line with the actual trend of water levels In 1948, 

because of large- gains In ground-water storage that started in December 1948 

as a result of above-normal flows In the Gila River. Water-level fluctuations in wells In the Virden Valley actually trended downward In 1948 as the 

result of heavy pumping from wells to make up for dwindling surface-water 

supplies for irrigation, then rose sharply at the end of the year.

Well descriptions and water-level measurements

181. P. Lunt. SW^NWisec. 32, T- 18 S., R. 21 W. Records available: 

1940-48. Feb. 13, 53.30; May 19, 49.30.

185. J. Pierce. SE-JSE^ sec. 32, T. 18 S. , R. 21 W. Records available: 1940-48. Feb. 13, 32.50; May 19, 32.10.

201. J. E. Payne. NW^SE^ sec. 2, T. 19 S-, R. 21 W- Records available: 1940-48. Feb. 13, 46.65; May 19, 46.79.

202. Byron Echols. SW^SW^ sec. 2, T. 19 S-, R- 21 W. Records available: 1939, 1942-48. Feb. 13, 16.18; May 19, 16.42. Measurements discontinued.

202A. Byron Echols. SW^SW^ sec. 2, T. 19 S., R. 21 W- Used drilled 

irrigation well, diameter 20 inches, depth unknown. Records available: 

1948. Feb. 13, 17.52; May 19, 17.15.

217. Nancy 0- Pace. NE^SE^ sec. 12, T. 19 S., R. 21 W. Records 

available: 1940-48. Feb. 13, 19.50; May 18, 22.00.

232. Floyd Johns. NE^NWisec. 18, T. 19 S-, R. 20 W. Records available: 1940-48. Feb. 13, 28.32.

NEW MEXICO, LEA COUNTY 213

LEA COUNTY (TATUM-LOVINOTON-HOBBS AREA)

By 0. S. Oonover 

Part 1. General discussion

Investigation of the ground-water resources of the part of Lea County 

in which ground water is used for irrigation was continued in 1948 in cooperation with the State engineer of New Mexico, primarily by measuring water 

levels in the system of observation wells. Results of this investigation, 

which began in 1929, have been published in the 9th to 13th biennial reports 

of the State engineer and results for the years 1938 to 1941 will be 

published in a forthcoming report of the State engineer. Records of water 

levels in past years in Lea County have been published in the following 

Geological Survey water-supply papers:

Tear of Water-Supply Page 

record Paper numbers

1929-1940 911

1941 941

1942 949

1943 991

1944 1021

1945 1028

1946 1076

Water levels were measured in 112 wells in January 1948 (see part 2), 

and in about 28 of them in March, May, July, September, and November (see 

part 3). Two water-stage recorders were in operation during the year. 

(See part 4.) A total of 263 measurements of water level was made during 

the year including 12 tape measurements made upon the recorder wells*

Precipitation and pumpage

Precipitation causes changes in the water levels by changing the 

amount of recharge to the ground-water body and by changing the amount of 

discharge from the ground-water body by pumping for irrigation. At times 

of near-normal or above-normal precipitation, the amount of pumping of 

ground water for irrigation is reduced and the amount or recharge directly 

from precipitation to the ground-water body is increased. The net effect 

at such times is a rise in water levels.

The precipitation for 1948, as reported by the U. 3. Weather Bureau, 

was 12.00 inches at Tatum 4.11 inches below normal, 11.77 inches at
214 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

Lovington exclusive of a missing record for March about 2.8 inches below 

normal, 8.76 inches at Hobbs 6.96 inches below normal, and 9.36 inches at 

Pearl 4.32 inches below normal. The precipitation in 1948 was, in general, 

greater than in 1947 when below-normal amounts were also recorded at these 

stations. Precipitation during the growing season of 1948 was also below 

normal, with the exception of June when more than 2.2 inches of rain fell 

at Tatum, Lovington, and Pearl, which at Pearl was 3.29 inches 1.68 inches 

above normal.

The acreage of land served by pumps in Lea County increased greatly 

during 1948. The acreage of land irrigated in 1948 is roughly estimated 

by W. E. Flint, county agricultural extension agent, at 25,000 acres, an 

increase of 15,700 acres over 1947, which, in turn, showed an increase of 

4,300 acres over 1946. The greater part of the increased acreage has been 

planted to cotton of which, it is estimated, about 15,500 acres were irrigated in 1948. Acreages of grasses for permanent pasture and alfalfa, which 

in 1947 amounted to about 2,000 acres, probably increased to about 2,500 

acres in 1948- The greater part of the'remaining acreage was planted to 

row feed crops. The exact number of pumps- used for irrigation in 1948 is 

not known but was probably about 300. The total number of irrigation wells 

drilled by the end of 1948 exceeded this amount, the known wells being

about 385-

On the basis of metared electric power consumed in 1948 by 32 Irrigation pumps that furnished water for about 2,940 acres and for which measurements of water discharged per power consumed were obtained in 1948, it is 

estimated that 39,000 acre-feet of water was pumped for irrigation in 1948, 

en increase of about 20,000 acre-feet over that pumped in 1947. Because 

of the increase in population, pumpage increased from about 160 acre-feet 

in 1947 to about 190" acre-feet in 1948 for Eovington, and from 2,085 acrefeet in 1947 to an estimated 2,500 acre-feet in 1948 for Hobbs-. Pumpage of 

ground water for drilling of oil wells has probably decreased. Pumpage for 

stock, municipal, and industrial use is estimated as 8,000 acre-feet in 

1948.

Changes of water, level

The distances between observation wells in Lea County are so great 

that the relationship of the fluctuations of water level in different observation wells is not always readily apparent. The water levels in
HEW MEXICO, LEA COUNTY 215

observation wells which are at some distance from pumping wells show the 

effects of precipitation. Those In observation wells In lightly and sporadically pumped areas show varying fluctuations. Other observation wells, 

In the more heavily pumped areas, show mainly the effects of pumping.

Water levels in January 1948 were at relatively low levels aa compared 

with January 1947 because of the below-normal precipitation and the Increase In pumping in 1947. The additional increase in pumping In 1948 

caused a further decline in water levels so that by January 1949 significant net declines in water level were observed in nearly all of the observation wells. The declines were greater in the pumped areas than in 

outlying nonpumped areas. Also, in the pumped areas, the net yearly 

declines were, In general, greater than for any previous year because of 

the increased pumping of ground water for Irrigation. The accompanying 

map shows the areas of net decline in water levels from January 1948 to

January 1949. In this period water levels showed a net decline of more

than 1 foot over about 94 square miles and more than 2 feet over about 24 

square miles.

In the pumped area surrounding Lovington the water levels declined 

generally more than 2 feet from January 1948 to January 1949 with a maximum 

observed net decline of 5.22 feet In an irrigation well about 2 miles northeast of Lovington-. It was in this same well that the maximum net decline 

of 6.64 feet was observed in 1947. In the pumped area near McDonald and 

Prairlevlew the water levels declined generally from 1 to 2 feet from January 1948 to January 1949, slightly in excess of the declines in 1947. 

The maximum observed decline in' this area was 5.9 feet in a well about 4 

miles east of McDonald. In the lightly pumped area near and east of Humble 

City, water levels declined generally 1 foot, and in a well about a mile 

northwest of Humble City, declined 1.9 feet. In the pumped area east and 

north of Hobbs water levels declined generally 1 foot. The maximum observed decline in this area was 3.8 feet and occurred in two wells, one in 

the eastern part and the other In the northeastern part of Hobbs.

The water levels in the outlying area, generally west of the middle of 

R. 35 E. (see accompanying map), showed net rises in the period January 

1948 to January 1949. As this area is distant from the area of irrigation' 

wells, the water levels exhibit mainly the changes in the recharge derived 

947807 O 51 15
216 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

Figure 16. Map of Tatum-Lovlngton-Hobba area, Lea County, showing 

change of ground-water level from January 1948 to January 1949.
NEW MEXICO, LEA COUNTY, 217

from precipitation. The water level In an unused well, 14.35.33.433, has 

shown a continuous rise since mid-1941. The rise of water level in this 

well was quite rapid following the heavy rains of late 1941 and early 1942. 

The rate of rise continued at a slackening rate until essentially a static 

water level was reached in 1945 and 1946. Beginning in 1947 the water 

level again began rising as a result of the excess precipitation in 1946. 

Prom the record of this well it appears that, in the areas remote from the 

effects of pumping, there has been a natural rise in the water level since 

1941 which, in the areas of pumping, has been offset by the declines caused 

by pumping.

The seasonal fluctuations of water level in 1948 in the areas of pumping were, in general, considerably greater than the fluctuations which 

occurred during the preceding years. Water levels, as measured in unused 

wells that had previously shown practically no seasonal fluctuations, 

showed seasonal lowerings in 1948 of as much as 4 feet, the amount of lowering being dependent upon the distance from pumped wells and the amount of 

pumping. The seasonal lowering, from the highest level to the lowest level, 

in an unused well, 14.37.27.134, about li miles south of Pralrieview, was 

1.8 feet in 1948, and less than 0.7 foot in 1947, whereas no seasonal 

lowering occurred in the preceding years. The seasonal lowering in 1948 in 

an unused well, 15.36.8.131, was 4.3 feet, whereas in previous years no 

significant seasonal lowering was observed. The declines of water level 

during the pumping season in 1948 reflect the effects of the increased 

pumping.

At the end of 1948 water levels in areas distant, from the heavy pumping were generally above the previous low levels reached in early 1941, 

but in the pumped areas they were at their lowest recorded level. Of 72 

wells having records beginning in 1941 or earlier, the lowest level on record was January 1941 in 36 of them and January 1949 in 26. With the increase in the number of pumps, the general tendency in succeeding years in 

the pumped areas will be a gradual net annual lowering of water levels 

except in years of abnormal precipitation. The magnitude of the annual 

declines in water level in particular areas will depend mainly upon the 

spacing of the wells and the amount of water pumped. Close spacing and 

large pumpage will result in large declines of water levels in some areas.
Part 2. Water levels in January 1948 and highest and lowest recorded lev

Iron January 1947 to January 1948, in 

Location 

number

12 

12

12 

12 

13

13 

13

13 

14

14

.34.13.112 

35.411 

.36.19.223 

24.434 

24.£34a 

24.434b 

25.222 

27.212 

29.110 

29.111 

29.112 

29.122 

.37.20.331 

.38.4.312 

.35.11.222 

19.211 

.36.6.221 

6.231 

6.413 

9.111 

33.321 

35.323 

.37.3.131 

3.133 

7.234 

9.111 

13.132 

28.230 

28.413 

.38.6.341 

.35.30.134 

30.141 

33.433 

.36.1.211 

2.410 

6.420 

6.421 

9.111

See

Owner ala° 

Part

A. D. Jones Estate 3,5 

do 5 

0. V. Fisher 

Jerry Clay . 

do 3,5 

do 5 

State of New Mexico (Me a 

do 3 

( Incomplete designation usec 

E. D. Holt 3 

do 

do 4 

W. 0. Dunlap . 

0. C. Copeland . 

Ashley Green . 

Clara Elkins . 

R. W. Bun can (Measurements disc< 

do 5 

do 5 

Bob Baum 

Lewis Beaman 

M. J. McCliah 

J. H. Simpson 

do 

W. D. Patton 3 

A. P. Breckon 5 

A. M. Brownfield 3 

A. F. Hight 

Mr. Dorn . 

Opal Fulton . 

W. A. Anderson . 

(Incomplete designation used 

W. A. Anderson 3 

H. L. Wade 5 

C. M. King . 

(Incomplete designation used 

S. A. and W. B. Richardson . 

A. C. Drake

Water le

Jan. 1948 

Level Day

29.68 14 

36.72 14 

b26.79 14 

8.55 15 

22.85 15 

22.25 15 

lurements disoo 

34.52 15 

1 previously fo 

30.80 14 

30.03 14 

28.40 14 

+.09 15 

40.35 15 

31.59 14 

46.44 14 

mtinued, well 

36.54 14 

44.94 14 

40.02 14 

43.40 14 

39.49 15 

C39.07 15 

(a) 15 

29.57 15 

36.33 15 

28.52 15

34.32 15 

43.83 15 

46.50 14 

previously for 

39.89 14 

33.80 15 

40.55 15 

previously for 

39.70 14 

39.92 14

Change H

1947-48 Lev

-.12 

-2.81

22. 

+1.

ntinued) 20.

-1.38 32.

r well 12.36

-»08 30.

-.40 f27.

-.52 27.

-7.27 +15.

-.05 39.

-1.96 29.

-1.62 44.

dry) 33.

-1.84 

-3.24 

-2.72 

-1.33

+ '.04

+ .01

-1.42 

+ .11 

+ .07 

well 

+ .17

-.84 

well 

-.43 

-.56

38.

40.

36.

37.

33.

29.

26.

33.

31.

43.

45.

14.35.

39.

39.

14.36.

39.

38.

See footnotes at end of table
Fart 2. Water levels in January 1948 and highest and lowest recorded l

from January 1947 to January 1948, in feet

Location 

number

14 

14

14

15 

15

15

15 

16

.36.9.210 

9.211 

13.211 

14.121 

.37.3.113 

14.112 

16.421 

20.412 

23.213 

27.130 

27.134 

27.311 

.38.27.233 

27.240 

88.120 

28.121 

.35.35.112 

.36.8.131 

8.311 

14.131 

28.133 

29.112 

29.410 

29 .421 

29.441 

31.311 

33.211 

34.111 

.37.10.113 

19.311 

21.330 

21.334 

27.111 

.38.22.441 

.36.1.400 

1.431 

4. Lot 2

Owner

See 

also 

Part

Water l

Jan. 1948 

Level Day

(Incomplete designation used previously for 

0. H. Woodward . b42.98 14 

Hattie Chambers 3 35.77 15 

V. H. Chambers 40.82 15 

Lois C. Hobbs 32.37 15 

H. E. Powell 3 35.36 15 

School land 30.50 15 

G. 0. Durham 35.73 15 

Lee Whitman 35.25 15 

(Incomplete designation used previously for 

J. R. Port 3 36.65 15 

do 5 35.13 15 

H. M. Gaines . 36.98 15 

do . 38.82 15 

(Incomplete designation used previously for 

Ilia Cox 3,5 26.53 15 

B. B. Queen . 40.53 14 

Orren Beatty 3 40.31 17 

H. G. Adams 5 40.13 17 

Ben Graham (Measurements discontinued) 

J. R. Hale . 48.62 15 

Arthur Fisher 5 44.90 17 

D. A. Hudgens . 46.95 15 

H. R. Fleming 5 47.69 15 

do (Measurements discontinued) 

Mr. Fayton 5 47.35 14 

Spencer Nymeyer . 55.78 15 

Fred Nymeyer 5 44.12 15 

W. A. Slmpson . 34.93 15 

Otto Dean 5 44.74 15 

(Incomplete designation used previously foi 

R. W. Dean 3 b30.86 15 

C. L. Naul 5 32.83 15 

J. W. Motsenbocker . 32.23 17 

(Incomplete designation used previously for 

Lorene Easley . 41.22 17 

W. L. Barbee . 47.64 14

Change 

1947-48

well 14 

-2.22 

.0 

- .03 

- .39 

- .80 

- 1.05 

-1.80 

-1.35 

well 14 

- .51

- .81 

- .77 

well 14 

-1.03 

- .55 

- .38

-4!o9

- 2.57

....

-6.64

- .02

f well, 

- .69 

-1.60 

-.56 

well 16 

+ .71 

-1.05

L

.36

4

3

4

3

3

2

3

3

.37

3

3

3

.38

2

3

3

4

4

4

4

4

3

15.

2

2

2

.36

3

4

See footnotes at end of table.
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222 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

Part 3. Water levels, In feet, showing seasonal changes during 1948

Location 12.54. 

number 15.112 

Owner Jones

Jan. 14,15 29.68 

Mar. 26 29.57 

May 24-26 29.62 

July 26 29.79 

Sept. 27 53.55 

Nov. 17,18 50.90

Location 14.57. 

number 14.112 

Owner Powell

Jan. 15-17 35.56 

Mar. 25,26 35.33 

May 24,25 35.45 

July 24,26 36.30 

Sept. 25, 27 37.35 

Nov. 16-18 37.62

Location 17.36. 

number 5.555 

Owner State 

of N.M,

Jan. 16 42.22 

Mar. 25,26 42.28 

May 24,25 42.45 

July 23,24 42.64 

Sept. 25, 27 42.55 

Nov. 16,17 42.55

Location -19.57. 

number 52.241 

Owner Anderson

Jan. 16 12.50 

Mar. 25 12.29 

May 24 12.52 

July 25 12.52 

Sept. 25 12.28 

Nov. 16 12.52

12.56. 

24.434a 

Clay

12.56. 

27.212 

State 

of N.M.

22.85 34.52 

a24.35 34.76 

a24.10 34.94 

25.08 55.26 

23.20 e34.27 

a23.18 .....

14.57. 

27.134 

Port

56.65 

56.80 

37.38 

37.98 

38.46 

38.10

17.36. 

27.131 

Mitch- 

. ell

33.14 

35.90 

55.20 

55.19 

53.17 

35.10

20.55. 

1.222

Wood

20.64 

20.75 

20.80 

20.55 

20.94 

21.09

14.58. 

28.121 

Cox

26.53 

26.26 

26.57 

27.42 

27.20 

27.47

17.38. 

30.312 

Hawkins

29.22

29.36 

29.43 

29.16 

29.32

29.75

20.57. 

9.110 

Laughlin

50.40 

50.22 

50.55 

30.81 

31.12 

51.16

12.56. 15.57. 

29.111 7.254 

Holt Patton

30.80 29.57 

031.36 29.57 

31.34 29.64 

31.76 29.70 

31.69 29.77 

51.61 29.80

15.36. 15.37. 

8.131 21.333 

Beatty Dean

40.31 b30.86 

40.27 50.10 

41.67 30.23 

43.28 30.47 

44.64 30.85 

44.09 31.02

18.36. 18.38. 

27.111 4.232 

State Isaacs 

of N.M.

39.86 23.67 

39.85 23.72 

39.91 23.88 

39.97 24.80 

40.04 24.24 

40.05 24.23

20.37. 

9.110a 

Laughlin

29.55 

29.33 

29.70 

29.96 

30.26 

30.32

13.57. 14.55. 14.56. 

15.152 55.455 15.211 

Brown- Ander- Chamfield son bers

28.52 39.89 35.77 

> 28.56 59.87 55.80 

28.58 59.86 55.86 

28.62 39.83 36.13 

28.66 39.82 56.48 

28.69 59.80 56.68

16.38. 17.34. 17.35. 

34.131 35.130 35.215 

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56.55 90.06 38.60 

36.09 89.98 58.78 

a56.35 89.96 38.81 

42.57 89.95 58.85 

59.55 89.99 38.90 

37.35 89.96 38.91

18.58. 18.38. 19.35. 

15.241 30.200 13.211 

Harris Davis Powler

28'. 17 25.19 20.85 

28.09 23.17 21.10 

35.61 23.37 21.27 

33.07 23.53 21.36 

34.06 23.77 21.52 

50.80 23.79 21.64

a Pumping, 

b Pumping recently, 

c Nearby well pumping. 

e Dry at depth given.

-Part 4. Highest daily water levels in wells equipped with automatic 

water-stage recorders

12.36.29.122. E- D. 

Feb. 10, 25, 28.35; Nov.

Holt. Highest and lowest recorded water levels: 

3, 29.26.

Highest daily water level, from recorder charts

Day Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

1 28.42 28.38 28.57 28.61 28.75 28.82 29.01 29.14 29.22 29.22 29.19 29.21

2 28.59 28.59 28.58 28.62 28.75 28.81 29.05 29.15 29.21 29.25 29.20 29.22

5 28.59 28.37 28.38 28.65 28.75 28.80 29.05 29.15 29.20 29.22 29.18 29.22

4 28.44 28.37 28.40 28.65 28.72 28.79 29.06 29.14 29.19 29.21 29.18 29.20

5 28.43 28.57 28.59 28.66 28.72 28.79 29.08 29.17 29.19 29.20 29.21 29.22

6 28.44 28.58 28.39 28.67 28.75 28.8Q 29.09 29.19 29.19 29.20 29.23 29.21

7 28.42 28.38 28.59 28.69 28.77 28.83 29.10 29.22 29.19 29.22 29.25 29.21

8 28.59 28.59 28.58 28.71 28.80 28.85 29.11 29.24 29.19 29.22 29.24 29.21

9 28.40 28.38 28.38 28.70 28.82 28.87 29.11 29.24 29.21 29.21 29.26 29.22
NEW MEXICO, LEA COUNTY 223

12.36.29.122 Continued.

_______Highest daily water level, from recorder charts__________ 

Day Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Hov. Dee"."

10 28.41 28.35 28.39 28.68 28.84 28.87 29.12 29.24 29.20 29.21 29.25 29.21

11 28.38 28.37 28.42 28.68 28.85 28.87 29.11 29.23 29.19 29.21 29.24 29.20

12 28.38 28.37 28.41 28.69 28.85 28.86 29.10 29.22 29.18 29.22 29.25 29.21

13 28.42 28.37 28.37 28.70 28.83 28..S3 29.10 29.22 29.18 29.22 29.25 29.21

14 28.38 28.39 28.36 28.69 28.82 28.86 29.09 29.22 29.19 29.22 29.25 29.20

15 28.37 28.38 28.38 28.70 28.62 28.85 29.09 29.22 29.21 29.22 29.23 29.21

16 28.38 28.38 28.40 28.72 28.81 28.85 29.12 29.22 29.22 29.22 29.23 29.22

17 28.38 28.38 28.41 28.74 28.81 28.85 29.14 29.21 29.25 29.24 29.21 29.22

18 28.37 28.37 28.40 28.75 28.82 28.85 29.16 29,19 29.25 29.22 29.22 29.22

19 28.39 28.37 28.46 28.77 28.84 28.86 29.15 29;19 29.25 29.21 29.23 29.22

20 28.38 28.37 28.48 28.79 28.87 28.87 29.16 29.18 29.19 29.21 29.22 29.21

21 28.37 28.37 28.52 28.80 28.84 28.87 29.17 29.18 29.25 29.21 29.23 29.21

22 28.36 28.36 28.54 28.81 28.85 28.87 29.18 29.18 29.24 29.22 29.23 29.22

23 28.37 28.35 28.55 28.79 28.83 28.90 29.20 29.17 29.24 29.22 29.22 29.21

24 28.37 28.40 28.56 28.79 28.83 28.92 29.20 29.16 29.24 29.21 29.21 29.21

25 28.39 28.40 28.58 28.79 28.82 28.94 29.20 29.16 29.24 29.20 29.21 29.23

26 28.39 28.37 28.60 28.78 28.83 28.96 29.18 29.17 29.25 29.19 29.22 29,22

27 28.40 28.36 28.62 28.77 28.82 20.98 29.18 29.21 29.23 29.19 29.22 29.21

28 28.38 28.39 28.62 28.77 28.82 28.99 29.16 29.23 29.22 29.19 29.25 29.20

29 28.37 28.38 28.60 28.74 28.81 28.99 29.16 29.23 29.21 29.19 29.24 29.22

30 28.37 28.59 28.73 28.81 29.00 29.16 29.23 29.21 29.19 29.23 29.23

31 28.37_____28.59_____28.81______29.15 29.23_____29.18_____29.22

16.36.4.lot 12. E. H. Byers. Highest and lowest recorded water 

levels: Mar. 14, 18, 30, 45.88; Sept. 21, 49.47.

_________Highest daily water level, from recorder charts_____________

Day Jan. pep. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

1 ..... 45.97 ..... 45.90 47.04 47.84 48.01 48.73 ..... 48.66 47.78 47.51

2 ..... ..... ..... 45.90 47.07 47.79 48.15 48.70 ..... 48.61 47.76 47.51

3 ....v ..... ..... 45.89 47.08 47.73 48.14 48.80 ..... 48.57 47.74 47.50

4 ..... ..... ..... 45.89 47.19 47.67 48.06 48.93 .....'48.51 47.73 47.49

5 ..... ..... ..... 45.89 47.27 47.62 47.97 48.96 ..... 48.47 47.73 47.49

6 ...... ..... ...,. 45.89 47.38 47.57 47.95 48.97 ..... 48.43 47.72 47.48

7 ..... ..... ..... 45.97 47.46 47.53 48.08 48.89 ..... 48.39 47.72 47.47

8 ...... ..... ..... 46.15 47.53 47.50 48.23 48.79 ..... 48.35 47.72 47.48

9 ..... ..... ..... 46.33 47.59 47.46 48.26 48.75 ..... 48.32 47.72 47.48

10 ..... ..... ..... 46.40 47.59 47.41 40.28 48.02 ..... 48.29 47.68 47.46

11 ..... ..... ..... 46.41 47.58 47.38 48.33 46.96 ..... 40.25 47.68 47.46

12 ..... ..... ..... 46.42 47.64 47.36 48.34 49.03 ..... 48.21 47.67 47.46

13 46.05 ..... ..... 46.43 47.72 47.33 4G.39 49.06 ..... 48.18 47.65 47.45

14 46.03 ..... 45.88 46.55 47.78 47.29 48.43 49.10 ..... 48.15 47.64 47.44

15 46.02 ..... 45.89 46.69 47.85 47.29 48.46 49.13 ..... 48.13 47.62 47.46

16 46.02 ..... 45.90 ..... 47.92 47.38 48.51 49.12 ..... 48.10 47.62 47.45

17 46.00 ..... 45.90 ..... 47.95 47.56 48.56 49.13 ..... 48.10h47.60 47.45

18 46.00 ..... 45.88 46.71 47.96 47.77 ..... 49.07 ..... 48.11 47.61 47.45

19 46.00 ..... 45.90 46.70 47.98 47.88 ..... 49.09 49.44 48.11 47.59 47.43

20 45.99 ..... 45.90 46.80 48.02 47.84 ..... 49.17 49.45 48.11 47.59 47.43

21 45.99 ..... 45.90 46.78 48.05 47.78 ..... 49.21 49.47 48.11 47.59 47.43

22 45.98 ..... 45.90 46.74 48.10 47.73 ..... 49.24 ..... 48.11 47.56 47.41

23 45.99 ..... 45.91 46.71 48.16 47.66 ..... 49'.23 ..... 48.11 47.56 47.43

24 45.98 ..... 45.91 46.69 48.17 47.64h48.81 49.27 ..... 47.98 47.54 47.43

25 45.99 ..... 45.89 46.66 48.19 47.61 48.85 49.29 49.09 47.97 47.E4 47.43

26 45.99 ..... 45.90 46.64 48.21 47.57 48.80 ..... 49.00 47.95 47.53 47.43

27 45.99 ..... 45.90 46.64 48.22 47.53 48.77 ..... 48.91 47.94 47.53-47.43

28 45.98 ..... 45.89 46.73 48.15 47.53 48.79 ..... 48.83 47.93 47.53 47.41

29 45.98 ..... 45.89 46.86 48.06 47.65 48.87 ..... 48.77 47.91 47.52 47.41

30 45.98 45.88 46.94 47.98 47.82 48.90 ..... 48.71 47.80 47.52 47.41

31 45.97_____45.89______47.90_____48.85 .....______47.78_____47.41

h Tape measurement at odd hour.
224 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

Part 5. Miscellaneous data concerning observation wells

12.34.13.112. Jones. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump, diameter 13 inches, depth 110 feet. Reference point, beginning January 1948, top of concrete baae, 0.40 foot above land-surface datum. 

May 22, 1947, 30.72.

12.34.35.411. Jones. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump, diameter 15 inches,depth 130 feet. Reference point, surface of concrete pump base, 0.67 foot above land-surface datum.

12.36.24.434a. Clay. 45 feet northwest of artesian well 12.36.24.434, 

75 feet north of houae. Drilled domestic well, equipped with windmill, diameter 6 inches. Reference point, top of concrete pump base, at landsurface 'datum. Nov. 15, 1947, 22.90.

12.36.24.434b. Clay. About 20 feet south of well 12.36.24.434. 

Drilled well, no equipment, diameter. 6 inches. Reference point, top of " 

concrete around well casing, 0.60 foot above land-surface datum.

13.36.6.231. Duncan. South of house. Drilled irrigation well, 

equipped with turbine pump, diameter 12 inches, depth 103 feet. Reference 

point, top of concrete pump base, 0.50 foot above land-surface datum.

13.36.6.413. Duncan. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump, diameter 14 inches, depth 105 feet. Reference point, surface of concrete pump base at northwest side of well, 0.50 foot above land-surface 

datum.

13.37.9.111. Breckon. Drilled well, no equipment, diameter 12 inches, 

depth 242 feet. Reference point, top of concrete base, 0.50 foot above 

land-surface datum. July 23, 1946, 36.65.

14.36.1.211. Wade. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump, diameter 16 inches, depth 132 feet. Reference point, top of 2j- by 

2^-foot concrete pump base, 0.26 foot above land-surface datum.

14.37.27.311. Port. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with.turbine 

pump, diameter 16 inches, depth 130 feet. Reference point, top of concrete 

pump base, 0.10 foot above land-surface datum.

14.38.28.121. Cox. Reference point not located. Reference point, 

established July 26, 1948, top of well cribbing east side of well, near 

center, 0.14 foot below land-surface datum.

15.36.8.311. Adams. About 30 feet east of road, in fence corner. 

Drilled Irrigation well, equipped with turbine pump, diameter 18 inches, 

depth 110 feet. Reference point, top of concrete base, 0.65 foot above 

land-surface datum. Nov. 17, 44.72.

15.36.29.112. Fisher. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump. Reference point, surface of concrete pump base, 0.50 foot above 

land-surface datum.

15.36.29.421. Fleming. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump, diameter 14 inches. Reference point, top of concrete pump base, at 

land-surface datum.

15.36.31.311. Payton. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump. Reference point, top of 2^- by 2i-foot concrete pump base, 0.58 foot 

above land-surface datum.

1&.36.34.111. Nymeyer. 10 feet south of section-line road and fence. 

Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine pump. Reference point, top 

of 3- by 3-foot concrete pump base, 1.00 foot above land-surface datum.

15.37.19.311. Dean. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump, dep^th 108 feet. Reference point, top of concrete pump base, 0.25 

foot above land-surface datum.

15.37,27.111. Naul. Reference point, established Jan. 15, 1948, top 

of concrete pump base, 0.41 foot above land-surface datum.

16.36.5.Lot 15. Phillips. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with 

turbine pump. Reference point, top edge of 3- by 3-foot concrete base, 

east side of well, 1.00 foot above land-surface datum.
NEW MEXICO, LUNA COUNTY . 225

16.36.8.111. Chambers. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump, diameter 10 inches, depth about 75 feet. Reference point, top of 3- 

by 3-foot concrete base, 0.75 foot above land-surface datum.

16.36.8.211. Olllette. Drilled Irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump. Reference point, top of 2jfc- by 2jfc~foot concrete pump base, 0.17 foot 

above land-surface datum.

16.36.11.133. Hudgens. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump. Reference point, top of concrete pump base, 0.43 foot above landsurface datum. July 28, 1944, 50.78.

16.36.11.232. Easley. About half a mile north «f an artificial lake. 

Drilled well, equipped with turbine pump. Reference point, surface of 

concrete pump base, 0.22 foot above land-surface datum.

16.37".24.431. Robinson. In a tile brick shed. Drilled irrigation 

well, equipped with turbine pump, diameter 12 inches, depth 100 feet. Reference point, top of concrete base, 0.23 foot above land-surface datum.

16.37.33.110. Shipp. Aug. 14, 29.17.

16.39.20.131. Perguson. About 100 feet south of house and 100 feet 

east of road. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine pump, diameter 16 inches, depth 132 feet. Reference point, top of casing and concrete 

pump base, 0.26 foot above land-surface datum. May 24, 1946^ 32.09.

17.36.27.131. Mltchell. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with 

turbine pump. Reference point, top of concrete pump base, west side of 

well, 0.50 foot above land-surface datum. Nov. 17, 1947, 33.52.

19.37.32.241a. Anderson. East of Amerada Oil Co. well 4, D. P. 

Larseen, about 50 feet south of observation well 19.37.32.241. Drilled 

domestic well, with windmill tower. Reference point, top of circular concrete well curb, at northwest side of wej.1, 0..85 foot above land-surface 

datum of well 19.37.32.241.

LUNA COUNTY (MIMBRES VALLEY) 

By C. S. Conover and H. 0. Reeder

Part 1. General discussion

The Mimbres Valley, in which ground water is used extensively for 

irrigation,is in the southwestern part of New Mexico near Doming. Investigation of the ground-water resources of this area was continued in 1940 in 

cooperation with the State engineer of New Mexico. Data on early development of the area are contained in Geological Survey Bulletin 618 and WaterSupply Paper 345c. Results of continuation studies have been published In 

the &'<8h. to 13th biennial reports of the State engineer of New Mexico. Results for the years 1938 to 1941 are to be published in a forthcoming report 

of the State engineer. Records of water levels in Luna County in past 

years have been published in the following Geological Survey water-supply 

papers:
226 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

Water-Supply Page 

Paper numbers

886

911 -

941

949

991 

1021 

1028 

1076

The water levels in the Mimbres Valley generally continue to decline 

every year as a result of the continued pumping of ground water from storage. Careful study of the changes in water level is essential as the major 

decline which has occurred over a period of years makes the recovery of 

water for irrigation costly.

Most of the development at the present time consists of deepening 

present wells in order to tap additional aquifers. As the water in the 

deeper aquifers is under pressure, deepening of wells tends to temporarily 

reduce the pumping lift to a small extent. However, as all of the water 

appears to be part of the same hydrologic system, tapping of the deeper 

aquifers does not tap a new source of supply but does partially relieve 

the draft upon the shallow aquifers in the vicinity of the deeper well. 

Some new development has been allowed in the area south of Darning. A part 

of this new development has "Been by transfer of water rights from areas of 

concentrated development, such as from east of the Florida Mountains.

Wster levels were measured in 142 wells distributed throughout the 

area in January 1948. Water levels were also measured in about 63 of these 

wells in March, May, July, September, and November. Water-stage recorders 

were operated throughout the year 'on the same 4 wells as in preceding years. 

A total of 466 water-level measurements was made during the year on the 

observation wells, including 25 tape measurements made on the recorder 

wells. All measurements of water level were made by H. 0. Reeder, except 

those in January which were made by C. R- Murray, and those in March which 

were made by C. S. Conover and H. 0. Reeder.

Precipitation and pumpage

Precipitation on-the Mimbres Valley, particularly on the headwaters of the Mimbres River, is the eventual source of the water stored in 

the aquifer. Precipitation also furnishes part of the water requirement 

of the crops and, consequently, at such times reduces the amount of pumping
NEW MEXICO, LUNA COUNTY 227

necessary. In 1948 the precipitation at Deming, as reported by the U. S> 

Weather Bureau, was 5.26 inches, 4.45 inches below normal and 0.20 Inch 

less than in 1947. The precipitation at Columbus, near the Mexican border, 

was 6.91 inches, 2.78 inches below normal while that at Mimbres Ranger 

Station in the area of the headwaters of the Mimbres River, was 16.98 Inches, 

1.39 inches below normal. The precipitation at Gage was 10.05 inches which 

is normal. As precipitation during the main part of the growing season, 

April to September, amounted to only 1.41 inches, 4.98 inches below normal, 

practically all the water required by the crops was furnished by irrigation.

The acreage irrigated in the Kimbres Valley has continued to increase 

year by year, with an estimated 24,000 acres being Irrigated in 1948, an 

increase of about 5,000 acres over 1947. The increased acreage and the 

high price obtained for crops, as well as the deficient rainfall, caused 

an increase in the amount of water pumped. On the basis of the power records for 195 comparable pumps, it is estimated that about 7 percent more 

water was required for crops in 1948 thanin 1947, and that about 56,000 

acre-feet of water was pumped for irrigation in 1948. An additional 2,200 

acre-feet is estimated to have been used for domestic and industrial purposes, a slight decrease from 1947, mainly as a result of decreased us© for 

the Deming swimming pool. The city of Deming used slightly more water for 

domestic purposes in 1948 than in 1947.

Changes of water level

The ground-water levels declined from January 1948 to January 1949 

more than 1 foot over all of the irrigated area except a small area of lesa 

than 1 square mile east of Deming, as shown on the accompanying map. The 

ground-water levels declined more than 1 foot over an area of about 177 

squere miles, and'more than 2 feet over an area of about 69 square miles. 

The area in which water levels declined more than 5 feet was about 19 

square miles, practically all of which was south of Deming. It is in this 

area of large decline that most of the recent development has occurred.

The two wells in the north half of section 28, T. 23 N., R. 8 W., 

where a rise is indicated, were measured 11 days after the surrounding 

wells because of impassable roads across the Mimbres River. Before and 

during this time water flowed in the normally dry river and undoubtedly
Figure 17. Map of Mimbres Valley, Luna County, N. Mex., showing dec

1948 to January 1949 
NEW MEXICO, LUMA COUNTY 229

contributed recharge to the ground-water body, as evidenced by the rise in 

water levels in these two wells. In this same moderately pumped area along 

the Mlmbres River the water levels declined more than 2 feet from January 

1948 to January 1949 over an area of about one-fourth of a square mile, as 

compared with a like decline in an area of about 7 square miles in 

1947.

The area of decline of water level of more than 1 foot in the Irrigated 

area northeast of the Little Florida Mountains covered about 3 square miles, 

as compared- with 5 square miles in the preceding year. In this area two 

deep wells, drilled several years ago, showed declines in water level of 

3.1 feat and 5.3 feet, respectively. However, in two shallow wells that 

are close to two deep wells, drilled during 1948, the water level rose 

11.9 feet and 8.6 feet, respectively. This decline in level of the deep 

water and rise of the shallow water is the result, in part, of leakage of 

water from the lower aquifers, penetrated by the deep wells, to the upper 

aquifers. The rise in water level in the shallow wells and the decline in 

the deep wells is also due, in part, to a reduction, in pumpage from the 

shallow wells and an Increase in pumpage from the deeper wells, as a result 

of transfer of some pumps from shallow to deep wells. The depth to water 

in the shallow wells in sees. 3, 4, 9, and 10, T. 24 S., R. 7 W. is approximately 50 to 70 feet greater than the depth to water in the deep wells 

that are sealed off from the shallow aquifers In the same area. The water 

level In the deep wells Is probably dependent in part upon the effectiveness of the sealing of the well casings.

Water levels in three wells In sec. 31, T. 23 S., R. 7 W. showed declines In excess of 5 feet in the pe riod January 1948 to January 1949, as 

compared with declines of more than 4 feet In the previous year. These 

wells are evidently to the east of a presumed underground dam that extends 

northward from the Little Florida Mountains. The lowering of water level 

by pumping In the area to the west of this underground dam may have reduced 

the flow of ground water eastward across the dam and, thus, contributed 

partly to the large lowering of water level In the wells In sec. 31.
230 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESAIN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

Water levels in observation wells near the Mimbres River, about 13 

miles northwest of Deming, showed declines of from 0.5 foot to more than 1 

foot from January 1948 to January 1949. Two wells very near the Mimbres 

River, where the river leaves the hills and enters upon the alluvial plain, 

showed slight rises in water level. The declines indicate deficient recharge from the Mimbres River during 1948, but the slight rises close to 

the river channel indicate some recharge had been contributed from the flow 

in the river that occurred at the beginning of 1949.

The increased area of decline of water levels in 1948, which resulted 

from the increased pumpage and deficient recharge, is shown by the following table which gives the comparative areas for preceding years:

Area, in square miles, in which water levels showed a net decline 

during the year of more than:

Year

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1 foot

36

41

100

23

133

147

157

177

2 feet

5

4

10

4

9

29

63

69

3 feet

1

0

1

1

1

1

19

19

As the water pumped in the Mimbres Valley is being taken from groundwater storage, the water levels will continue to decline from year to year 

and result in increased pumping lifts. If the amount of pumping is not increased, the rate of decline will gradually decrease as the effects of 

pumping reach greater and greater areas, but the decline will continue as the 

pumage is primarily from storage.
NEW MEXICO, LUNA COUNTY 231

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NEW MEXICO, LUNA COUNTY 235

Part 3.

location 

number 

Owner

Jan. 17 

Mar. 23 

May 18 

July 20 

Sept. 17 

Nov. 16

Location 

number 

Owner

Jan. 12, 

15-17 

Mar. 22-24 

May 18,20 

July 19,20 22 

Sept. 17, 20 

Nov. 16,18

Location 

number 

Owner

Water

21.10. 

6.112 

Tigner

9.35 

9.82 

9.85 

10.40 

10.17 

10.07

23.7. 

21.311 

Unknown

71.53

71.42 

71.64 

,71.76

(k) 

71.86

23. 9* 

25.311 

Ernst

Jan. 12, 15, 59.63 

' 17 

Mar. 23, 24 59.53 

May 18,20 (a) 

July20, 22, a93.03 

23 

Sept. 17, 20 (a) 

Nov. 16, 18 61.37

Location 

number 

Owner

Jan. 12,16 

Mar. 24 

May 20,21 

July 22 

Sept. 20, 21 

Nov. 18

Location 

number 

Owner

Jan. 15,16 

Mar. 23,24 

May 18-20 

July 20-22 

Sept. 17, 18 

20,21 

Nov. 16-18

24.7. 

9.241

Hatfield

90.34 

89.74 

90.69 

C90.01 

92.00 

92.64

^24.8. 

6.112 

Air 

Base

54.67 

54.85 

55.16 

55.60 

,55.81

56.21

levels, in feet,

21.11. 21.11. 

13.4llc 35.310 

Irwin State 

of N.M.

49.85 

a66.66 

a68.70 

a89.42 

a89.69 

51.78

23.7. 

30.L.16 

Poster

29.57

29.41 

30.20 

30.65

30.56 

30.00

23.9. 

27.142 

Thomas

64.10

64.57 

65.28 

(d)

(k) 

(k)

24.7. 

10.111 

Hatfield

67.09 

61.21 

90.84

24.8. 

11.221 

Kretek

20.30 

20.01 

20.89 

21.63 

22.43

22.44

34.85 

35.19 

35.44 

35.70 

35.82 

36.03

23.7. 

31.133 

Haas

51.17

51.40 

51.79 

52.25

52.75 

52.54

23.9. 

27.221 

McDaniels

60.64

60.75 

B61.72 

B61.29

61.40 

61.50

24.7. 

10.211 

Hassman

showing

22.10.

18.121- 

State 

of N.M.

77.11 

77.27 

77.38 

77.57 

77.72 

77.89

23.8. 

3.322

u. s.

Gov't

133.08

133.21 

133.26 

133.35

133.44 

133.58

24.7. 

3.311 

Hatfield

16.74

15.27 

23.44 

32.94

C40.78 

24.12

24.7. 

16.211b 

Snyde r

92.32 88.03 

94.90 88.68 

102.48 86.86 

105.48 90.78 

C107.03 8103.79 

96.12 90.22

24.9. 

1.211 

Air 

Base

60.19 

60.46 

60.78 

61.04 

61.45

61.84

24.9. 

1.222 

Air 

Base

57.32

b59.47 

58.97

seasonal changes during 1948

22.11. 

2.210 

State 

of N.M.

35.18 

35.48 

35.70 

35.94 

36.06 

36.28

23.8. 

26.131 

Bankston

41.18

(c) 

(c) 

(a)

50.77 

45.80

24.7. 

4.424

Hatfield

89.72

87.95 

92.87 

95.27

97.27 

92.98

24.7. 

24.111 

Wilson

78.31 

78.25 

81.07 

82.57 

79.53 

79.81

24.9. 

2.421 

Trujillo

59.50 

59.71 

C68.57 

c71.72ac 

68.66

61.68

22.11. 

13.122 

State 

of N.M.

68.94 

69.11 

69.23 

69.43 

69.57 

69.72

23.8. 

34.111 

Dowdle

43.49

a97.67 

b54.41 

(a)

(a)

47.25

24.7. 

5.211 

Williams on

22.11. 

13.221 

State

of N.M.

75.58 

75.75 

75.85 

76.04 

76,18 

76 '.30

23.8. 

34.211 

Law

41.65

(a)

46.41 

(a)

(a) 

45.38

24.7. 

9. Ilia 

Smyer 

Bros.

87.89 42.24

b88.12 (a) 

a89.27 (a) 

88.74bcl20.72

b89.66 (ac) 

a91.29 59.48

24.7. 

24.312

Birchfield

74.08 

74.22 

74.30 

74.44 

74.60 

74.67

24.9. 

6.431 

State

of N.M.

74.29 

73.74 

78.88 

5121.53

78.38

24.7. 

26.113 

Birchfield

72.86 

72.95

a77.87

24.9. 

7.331 

Koir

82.18 

d84.29 

85.29 

(c)

22.11. 

23.222 

State

of N.M.

55.78 

55.99 

56.11 

56.33 

56.46 

56.63

23.9. 

22.213 

Perkins

65.25

65.18 

66.58 

67.69

68.35 

66.89

24.7. 

9.111 

Smyer 

Bros.

86.67

85.80 

a98.51 

(ac)

(ac) 

88.75

24.8. 

1.333b 

Kretek

21.02 

20.54 

22.38 

25.62 

24.73 

24.06

24.9. 

9.411 

Clary

71.35 

cSl.14 

75.88 

C88.03 

C89.70

75.23

See footnotes at end of Part 3.
236 WATFR LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

Part 3. Water levels, in feet, showing seasonal

Location 24.9. 24.9. 24.9. 24.10. 

number 13.111 21.131 35.331 1.311 

Owner Barrstt Gaskill Howell Griggs

Jan. 13, 15, 56.02 78.8JO 71.12 84.69 

16 

Mar. 23, 24 55.02 71.28 70.82 84.82 

May 18-20 60.93 087.82 (a) 098.74 

July20-22 (a) c88.52 al01.49 clO'4.67 

Sept. 17, 10, 72. 86 o89.54 83.01 104.05 

20 

Nov.lo,17 64.94 83.44 76.63 87.44

Location 24.10. 25.8. 25.9. 25.9. 

number 29.222 19.331 6.421 11.111 

Owner State Unknown Janecka Bishop 

of N.M.

Jan. 13-15 66.47 64.41 78.76 71.87 

Mar. 23 66.59 63.98 77.90 71.99 

May 19 66.58 a67.40 81.35 (a) 

JulY20-22 67.10 a67.28 (a) (a) 

Sept. 18, 20 67.00 a67.81 90.24 (a) 

Nov. 16,17 67.17 66.73 83.40 76.41

24.10. 

3.411

Speir 

Bros.

92.41

92.33 

92.61 

094.07 

93.89

changes during 1948 Cont

24.10.

3.411b 

Speir 

Bros.

84.55

85.10 

86.09

alll.85 

88.98

86.29

25.9. 25.9. 

28.121 35.211 

Zumwalt Maroak

74.78 

73.21 

(a) 

a79.20 

82.91 

(a)

54.45 

54.42 

55.49 

a65.98 

57.64 

56.68

24.10. 

10.311 

Hurt

86.74

86.83 

87.43 

d88.59 

88.90

88.53

25.10. 

36.111 

State 

of N.M

67.50 

b79.72 

(a) 

(c) 

77.53 

71.25

24.10. 

22.211

Hurt

74.42

74.50 

75.49 

079.66 

079.79

76 '.90

26.9. 

2.221 

Taylor

44.27 

44.16 

a52.92 

a55.25 

45.65 

45.31

Location 26.9. 27.8. 27.9. 

number 11.211 0.411 12.111 

Owner State Birch- School 

of N.M. field

Jan. 13 41.21 2-:. 15 27.67 

Mar. 23 41.32 23.85 27.55 

May 19,29 41.40 24.37 28.08 

July 21 41.58 24.41 28.40 

Sept. 20 41.84 23.99 28.71 

Nov. 17 42.06 23.90 28.48

a Pumping, 

b Pumping recently, 

c Nearby well pumping, 

d Nearby well pumping recently, 

k Dry.

Part 4. Highest daily water levels in wells equipped with automatic 

water-stage recorders

Apr.

Day

1

3

4

5

6

7 

8

10

11

12 

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

24.7.14.221. J. 

2, 4, 5, 83.83;

Highest

Jan. Mar.

85.25 .....

05.23 .....

85.20 .....

85.18 .....

85.16 .....

85.14 ..... 

85.12 .....

85.10 .....

85.08 . ....

85.06 .....

85.05 ..... 

85.04 .....

85.01 .....

84.99 .....

c; 1 QQ

84.96 .....

84.94 .....

84.95 .....

H. Winslow. Highest and lowest recorded water levels: 

Sept. 30, Oct. 1, 2, 86.70.

daily water level, from recorder charts

Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. -Nov. Dec.

83.84 84.52 84.87 85.49 86.01 86.37 86.70 86.43 86.09

83.03 84.55 84.90 85.50 86.03 86.39 86.70 86.42 86.09

83.84 84.57 84.91 85.52 86.03 86.39 86.69 86.40 86.08

83.83 84.59 84.93 85.55 86.05 86.41 86.68 86.40 86.05

83.83 84.61 84.95 85.56 86.07 86.42 86.68 86.39 86.05

83.85 04.64 84.97 85.58 86.09 86.43 86. G8 06.36 86.03

83.85 84.66 84.99 85.60 86.10 86.44 86.67 86.35 86.02 

83.89 84.68 85.00 85.61 86.11 86.45 86.66 86.35 86.01

83.92 84.70 85.03 85.63 86.11 86.47 86.65 86.34 86.00

83.93 84.74 85.05 85.65 86.13 86.48 86.63 86.31 85.98

83.97 84.77 85.10 85.68 86.15 86.50 86.62 86.30 85.95 

84.02 84.77 85.12 85.71 86.16 86.52 86.61 86.29 85.95

Ayi r\A QA fjo OK i A OK r*i o& i fj o£ KI of> f>n Qf> oo OK QI

84.09 84.78 85.16 85.74 86.19 86.54 86.59 86.27 85.93

84.12 84.77 85.19 85.77 86.19 86.55 86.59 86.26 85.91

84.15 84.76 85.21 85.78 86.20 86.56 86.59 86.23 85.90

Q jt -i Q Q y» net OK ni oc on G£ 01 O£ erf O£i c'? Qf> 01 OR oo

84.21 84.76 85.25 85.81 86.22 86.58 86.57 86.21 85.88
NEW MEXICO, LUNA COUNTY 237

24.7.14.221 Continued.

_________Highest dally water level, from recorder charts__________ 

Day_____Jan. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 

2084.93 ..... 84.24 84.75 85.27 85.83 86.23 86.59 86.56 86.21 85.86

21 84.90 ..... 84.26 84.73 85.29 85.85 86.24 86.60 86.55 86.20 85.86

22 . 84.87 ..... 84.28 84.72 85.31 85.87 86.26 86.61 86.54 86.19 85.83

23 84.85 ..... 84.31 84.71 85.34 83.10 86.27 86.62 86.53 86.18 85.83

24 84.85 83.92 84.34 84.71 85.37 84.52 86.28 86.64 86.51 86.16 85.82

25 ..... 83.91 84.38 84.72 85.39 85.53 86.29 86.66 86.50 86.16 85.81

26 ..... 83.91 84.40 84.73 85.41 85.82 86.31 86.68 86.49 86.14 85.79

27 ..... 83.90 84.44 84.75 85.43 85.91 86.31 86.69 86.48 86.15 85.76

28 ..... 83.88 84.46 84.77 85.45 85.95 86.33 86.69 86.4& 86.14 85.77

29 ..... 83.86 84.49 84.80 85.47 85.97 86.34 86.69 86.47 86.12 85.76

30 ..... 83.84 84.51 84.82 85.49 85.99 86.35 86.70 86.45 86.11 85.74 

31______..... 83.84_____84.84_____86.00 86.56_____86.45_____85.72

24.8.4.111. Poy Riley. Highest and lowest recorded water levels: 

Mar. 24, 25, 42.04; Oct. 23-29, 44.67.

__________Highest dally water level, from recorder charts___________ 

Day Jan.Feb.Mar.Apr.MayJuneJulyAug.Sept. Oct.Hov.Dec.

1 ...

2 ...

3 ...

4 ...

5 ...

6 ...

7 ...

8 ...

9 ...

10 ...

11 ...

12 ...

13 ...

14 ...

15 ...

16 42.

17 42.

18 42.

19 42.

20 42.

21 42.

. . 42.

.. 42.

.. 42.

.. 42.

.. 42.

.. 42.

.. 42.

.. 42.

.. 42.

.. 42.

.. 42.

.. 42.

.. 42.

. . . . .

. . . . .

30 ...

29 ...

28 ...

28 ...

28 ...

27 ...

21 .....

20 .....

19 .....

18 .....

18 .....

18 .....

17 .....

17 .....

16 .....

13 .....

13 .....

14 .....

13 .....

. . .....

. . .....

. . .....

. . .....

. . .....

. . .....

42.12

42.13

42.14

42.16

42.17

42.18

42.20

42.22

42.24

42.24

42.25

42.26

42.28

42.30

42.32

42.33

42.34

42.35

42.37

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

......

.....

.....

.....

.....

.. ..... 42.37h42.82

. . ..... 42.39 42.82

42.

42.

42.

42.

42.

42.

42.

42.

42.

42.

43.

43.

43.

43.

43.

43.

43.

43.

43.

43.

43.

92 .....

93 .....

93 .....

93 .....

94 .....

95 .....

95 .....

97 .....

97 .....

98 .....

00 .....

01 .....

03 .....

04 .....

05 .....

07 .....

08 .....

09 .....

11 .....

12 .....

13 .....

43.67

43.69

43.70

43.72

43.73

43.74

43.76

43.77

43.78

43.79

43.81

43.82

43.84

43.85

43.87

43.89

43.90

43.92

43.93

43.95

43.96

44.16

44.18

44.20

44.22

44.23

44.24

44.26

44.28

44.31

44.33

44.34

44.37

44.37

44.37

44.38

44.39

44.40

44.40

44.44

44.45

44.46

44.56

44. d7

44.57

44.58

44.59

44.59

44.60

44.61

44.61

44.61

44.61

44.62

44.62

44.63

44.63

44.63

44.64

44.65

44.65

44.66

44.66

44.66

44.65

44.65

44.64

44.64

44.64

44.63

44.63

44.63

44.63

44.62

44.62

44.62

44.61

44.60

44.60

44.58

44.58

44.58

44.57

44.57

44.51

44.51

44.50

44.48

44.48

44.48

44.47

44.46

44.46

44.45

44.44

44.43

44.43

44.41

44.41

44.40

44.40

44.39

44.38

44.37

44.36

22 42.25 ..... ..... 42.41 42.83 43.14h43.56 43.97 44.48 44.66 44.57 44.36

23 42.25 ..... ..... 42.43 42.84 43.15 43.57 43.98 44.49 44.67 44.57 44.34

24 42.23 ..... 42.04 42.45 42.84 43.17 43.58 44.00 44.49 44.67 44.56 44.34

25 42.23 ..... 42.04 42.47 42.85 ..... 43.59 44.01 44.50 44.67 44.55 44.33

26 42.23 ..... 42.05 ..... 42.87 ..... 43.60 44.03 44.52 44.67 44.54 44.33

27 42.23 ..... 42.05 ..... 42.87 ..... 43.61 44.06 44.53 44.67 44.54 44.32

28 42.22 ..... 42.06 ..... 42.88 ..... 43.62 44.0844.53 44.67 44.54 44.32

29 42.22 ..... 42.07 ..... 42.89 ..... 43.63 44.10 44.53 44.67 44.53 44.32

30 42.22 42.08 ..... 42.90 ..... 43.64 44.12 44.55 44.66 44.53 .....

51 42.22______42.08_____42.91______45.66 44.15______44.66______.....

h Tape measurement at odd hour.

24.10.12.431. Steve Hrna. Highest and lowest recorded water levels: 

Far. 24, 25, 83.02; Sept. 17, 90.45.

__________Highest dally water level, from recorder charts___________ 

Day Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Hov. Dec.

1 84.38 83.71 83.26 83.28 85.47 85.98 87.66 88.91 90.06 90.15 89.10 88.05

2 84.35 83.68 83.22 83.32 85.46 86.03 87.70 88.94 90.09 90.12 89.06 88.02

3 84.34 83.65 83.19 83.39 85.47 86.09 87.75 88.98 90.13 90.09 89.02 87.98

4 84.31 83.62 83.23 83.44 85.44 86.15 87.79 89.02 90.16 90.06 88.99 87.95

5 84.28 83.64 83.19 83,49 85.44 86.'22 87.84 89.06 90.18 90.03 88.96 87.92

6 84.27 83.61 83.14 83.55 85.44 86.29 87.88 89.10 90.22 90.00 88.91 87.90

7 84.23 83.59 83.13 83.62 85.40 86.34 87.92 89.14 90.25 89.97 88.88 87.87

8 84.21 83.62 83.12 83.76 85.39 86.40 87.95 89.17 90.27 89.94 88.85 87.84

9 84.19 83.55 83.09 83.88 85.40 86.43 87.99 89.21 90.31 89.91 88.81 87.81
238 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

24.10.12.431 Continued.

__________Highest daily water level, from recorder charts___________ 

Day Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

10 84.16 83.48 83.12 84.00 85.41 86.47 08.03 89.25 90.34 89.88 88.76^7.79

11 84.13 83.53 83.16 84.11 85.40 86.53 88.06 89.29 90.36 89.85 88.73^7.75

12 84.12 83.52 83.15 84.24 85.41 86.59 88.10 89.33 90.39 89.81 .....$37.73

13 84.12 83.51 83.13 84.39 85.42 86.65 86.15 89.36 90.40 89.78 .....gB7.70

14 84.08 83.49 83.12 84.51 85.43 86.70 88.19 89.40 9O.42 89.75 .....$37.68

15 84.03 83.48 83.18 84.59 85.46 86.77 88.24 89.44 90.42 89.72 .....$37.65

16 84.03 83.48 83.21 84.68 85.48 86.84 88.28 89.47 90.44 89.69 ..... 87.62

17 83.98 83.46 83.17 84.77 85.49 86.91 88.33 89.51 90.45 89.65 88.50 87.59

18 83.95 83.42 83.16 84.86 85.50 86.90 88.37 89.54 90.43 89.62 88.48 87.57

19 83.97 83.41 83.22 84.97 85.46 87.04 88.4Q 89.58 90.44 89.59 88.43 87.53

20 83.95 83.38 ..... 85.05 85.48 87.12 88.44 89.61 90.43 89.56 88.41 87.50

21 83.91 83.37 ..... 85.12 85.51 87.17 88.48 89.65 90.41 89.53 88.38 87.49

22 83.85 83.31 ..... 85.20 85.53 87.24 88.54 89.68 90.39 89.48 88.34 87.44

23 83.85 83.28 83.03 85.26 85.55 87.31 88.58 89.72 90.37 89.45 88.31 87.42

24 83.83 83.34 83.02 85.32 85.58 87.36 88.62 89.76 90.34 89.41 88.27 87.40

25 83.82 83.33 83.02 85.37 85.61 87.41 88.65 89.80 90.31 89.38 88.23 87.37

26 83.80 83.30 83.05 85.42 85.65 87.45 88'.68 89.84 9O.29 89.33 88.20 87.35

27 83.82 83.30 83.07 85.44 85.67 87.47 88.71 89.88 90.26 89.29 88.18 87.32

28 83.80 83.27 83.09 85.46 85.72 87.52 88.75 89.92 90.23 89.25 80.15 87.31

29 83.77 83.22 83.09 85.45 85.77 87.56 80.79 89.95 90.20 89.22 8S.11 87.30

30 83.76 83.11 85.46 85.83 87.61 88.83 89.99 90.17 89.18 88.07 87.25 

51 85.75_____85.17_____ 85.91_____88.87 9O.02_____89.15_____87.22 

g Estimated.

25.9.4.211. Val Miller. Highest and lowest recorded water levels: 

Jan. 1-3, 76.19; Dec. 28-30, 79.58.

Highest daily water level, from recorder charts

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

15

14

15

16

17

18

1 -L Q»7

20

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Jan.

76.19

76.19

76.19

76.20

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

76.28

76.28

76.31

76.31

76.32

ria. -Z -Z fQ OO

76.35

76 32

76.51

76.53

76.33

76.34

76.34

76.36

76.35

76.36

76.37

76.37

Feb.

76.57

76.57

76.57

76.58

76.58

76.59

76.59

76.40

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

Mar.

, . . . .

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

76.55

76.52

76.55

76.55

76.54

76.54

76.54

76.54

76.56

Apr.

7§.56

76.57

76.57

76.58

76.58

76.59

76.61

76.62

76.65

76.63

76.64

76.66

76.67

76.67

76.69

76.70

76.71

76.73

76.741

"7A |I7C\ /O f O

76.76

76.77

76.77

76.80

76.60

76.81

76.83

76.85

76.84

76.86

May

76.87

76.88

76.89

76.89

76.91

76.92

76.93

76.93

76.95

76.96

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

rJrtrt r\A

11 if. rmUO

77 0"=; If* \JO

77.07

77.08

77.08

77.10

77.11

77.13

77.14

77.15

77.16

77.18

June

77.16

77.19

77.20

77.21

77.22

77.23

77.24

77.25

77.25

77.27

77.28

77.29

77.31

77.32

77.33

77.35

77.36

77.37

rtri 1 "zo 1 .GO

77.40

77.41

77.43

77.44

77.45

77.47

77.48

77.50

77.52

77.53

11 1 I m OO^E, 

July

77.56

77.57

77.59

77.60

77.62

77.63

77.65

77.66

77.68

77.69

77.69

77.72

77.74

77.75

77.77

77.79

77.80

Sept,

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

......

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

77.82h7B.79

rtri 1 o"Z I .OO

77.84

rtri QC 1 t . OO

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

rro on ( O.OJ.

rta Q 1* I O . OU

78.84

78.86

78.87

78.88

78.89

76.91

78.92

78.92

78.93

78.94

, Oct.

78.96

78.97

78.98

78.98

78.99

79.01

79.02

79.03

79.03

79.04

79.05

79.06

79.07

79.08

79.08

79.10

79.11

79.12

7Q T P

79.13

79.14

79.15

79.16

79.17

79.17

79.18

79.19

79.19

79.19

79. 19

79.19

Nov.

79.24

79.24

79.24

79.25

79.26

79.26

79.27

79.27

79.27

79.27

79.28

79.31

79.32

79.33

79.55

79.34

79.33

79.36

*7Q "**& IV* GO 

rrn zc fv » OO

rrn f y GO-ZQ

79.39

79.39

79.39

79.40

79.40

79.42

79.43

79.45

79 43

Dec,

79.45

79.44

79.44

79.44

79.46

79.46

79.46

.79 . 47

79.48

79.48

79.48

79.49

79.49

79.50

79.51

79.51

79.52

79.52

79.55

rrn c-a- fv OO

 7Q ciA 1 V O*E

79.54

79.54

79.56

79.55

79.57

79.55

79.58

79.58

rrg co

79." 57

h Tape measurement at odd hour.
NEW MEXICO, QUAY COUNTY 239

Part 5. Miscellaneous data concerning observation wells

24.7.3.321. Smyer» At southwest corner of earthen tank. Dug and 

drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine pump. Reference point, top 

of concrete well curb, at land-surface datum.

24.7.10.111. Hatfield. Well deepened in March 1946 to 803 feet. 

Water level rose 73 feet due to artesian pressure in lower aquifers. 

Measurements since May 19, 1947, when pump was placed on well, were probably made on the outside of the inner casing, which seals off the lower 

strata, and do not show the true water level in the lower aquifers.

24.7.16.211b. Snyder. Windmill pump removed, turbine pump installed 

in well. Reference points established Apr. 14, 1944, destroyed. Reference point, established May 20, 1948, top of 12-inch casing, at land-surface 

datum.

24.9.15.221. Lutonsky. Pump removed to new well about 15 feet, south 

prior to Jan. 15, 1948.

24.9.15.221a. Lutonsky. Under shed 15 feet south of observation well 

24.9.15.221, west of dwelling. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with 

turbine pump. Reference point, top of casing, 1.35 feet above land-surface 

datum of well 24.9.15.221.

24.9.35.331. Howell. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump, diameter 14 inches, depth 210 feet. Reference point, top of 2^- by 

2j-foot concrete pump base, 0.57 foot above lower concrete base, 0.60 foot 

above land-surface datum.

24.10.12.432a. Hrna. Well deepened from 230 feet to 400 feet, September 1948. Casing perforated from 90 feet to 400 feet. Nov. 17, 87.27.

25.9.6.421. Janecka. Well deepened to 375 feet in 1947.

25.9.12.311. Cheek. Pump removed to new well about 15 feet east, 

prior to Jan. 13, 1948.

25.9.30.212. Marsh. At southwest corner of earthen tank, northeast 

of house. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine pump, diameter 

12 inches, depth 130 feet. Reference point, top of concrete pump base, 

1.50 feet above land-surface datum.

25.10.36.111. State of Hew Mexico. Pump removed to new well approximately 60 feet south, prior to July 21, 1948.

28.8.34.444. Hoover. Dug well, equipped with hand pump, depth 41 

feet. March 1940, 38.48.

29.7.4.111. Connatt. Abandoned well, diameter 8 inches, depth 185 

feet. Reference point, top edge of casing, at land-surface datum. March 

1940, 2.77.

QUAY COUNTY (HOUSE AREA)

By C. S. Conover 

Part 1. General discussion

The investigation of the ground-water resources of the House area, in 

Quay County, was continued in 1948 in cooperation with the State engineer 

of New Mexico. Records of water levels in observation wells in the House 

area have been published in the following Geological Survey water-supply 

paperst
240 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

Year of Water-Supply Page

record Paper numbers

1940-41 941 ' 243-250

1942 . 949 314-318

1943 991 269-276

1944 1021 262-272

1945 1028 267-275

1946 1076 276-284

The letter N was added to the first segment of the well numbers in 

reports prior to 1945, but the distinguishing letter has been omitted'in 

subsequent reports as all wells are north of the New Mexico base line.

Water levels were measured in 68 wells in January 1948 of which about 

25 were measured at bimonthly intervals. Water-stage recorders were operated on two of these wells in order to obtain a continuous record of the 

water level. A total of 196 measurements of water level was made during 

the year including 12 tape measurements made on the recorder wells.

Precipitation and pumpage

Fluctuations of the water level in the House area are the result 

mainly of pumping of ground water for irrigation. As precipitation'reduces 

the amount of pumping of ground water for irrigation and, in periods of 

excessive rainfall, recharges the water table, the net effect of precipitation is a rise in water levels. The precipitation in 1948 at House was 

nearly 14 inches and a t Hassell, about 8 miles northwest of House, 10 

inches 5.8 inches boxow normal. The precipitation during the growing 

season, April to September, was 9.08 inches at House and 7.23 inches at 

Ragland 5.10 inches below normal. The first 5 moiiths of the year were 

particularly dry; however, in each of the months June, Jxily, August, and 

October, more than 2 inches of rain fell at House.

The pumping of ground water for irrigation in 1948 began about midApril, about 3 weeks later than in 1947, and ended about the first part of 

October, about 4 weeks earlier than in 1947. Because of the favorable 

summer rains and the decrease in acreage of high water requirement crops, 

the pumpage per acre in 1948 probably was less than in 1947. It is estimated that 3,800 acres were irrigated in 1948, an increase of 700 acres from 

1947. It is probable that about 4,300 acre-feet of water was pumped for 

irrigation in 1948, a reduction from 1947 when about 7,750 acre-feet was
R28E R29E

Figure 18. Map of House area, Quay County, New Mexico, showing decline 

to January 1940*
242 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

pumped. The amount of land irrigated has increased gradually since 1939 

and, in general, there has been an increase each year in the amount of 

water used. However, the amount of water used per acre varies from year 

to year depending upon the amount and distribution of precipitation in a 

particular year and the type of crops grown.

Changes of water level

Fluctuations of water level in the House area in 1948 followed the 

general pattern of former years with declines occurring throughout the 

summer pumping season and rises occurring during the winter nonpuiaping 

season.

Because of the reduced pumpage in 1948, the decline in water'levels 

was less than in any year since 1944. The water levels declined more than 

1 foot from January 1948 to January 1949 over an area of about 5 square 

miles as compared with a like decline in 1947 of about 18 square miles. 

This area of decline encompassed most of the region in which ground water 

was pumped for irrigation and extended north of House from about half a 

mile to about 4 miles and had a maximum width of about 2 miles. The maximum observed net decline, nearly 2 feet, occurred in a well 3 miles north 

of House.

The water levels at the end of 1948 were below the previous low levels 

that were observed in early 1941 prior to the heavy rains in late 1941 and 

early 1942. Water levels will continue to fall year by year as long as the 

present amount of water is pumped, except in years of heavy precipitation. 

Additional pumps will accelerate the rate of decline somewhat. Slight 

rises may occur in a particular year due to a decrease in pumping as a result of either unfavorable economic conditions or near or above-normal 

precipitation. However, as most of <he water is being taken from groundwater storage, the long-term trend will be a decline of water levels as 

long as ground water is pumped.
NEW MEXICO, QUAY COUNTY 243

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Part 2. Water levels in January 1948 and highest and. lowest recorded lev

from January 1947 to January 1948, in feet 

Location 

number

5

5

6

7

.29.18.444 

19.244 

20.131a 

20.131b

20.133

20.314

20.433b

23.222

27.112

29.111

36.242

.30.18.323

18.331

19.132a

19.313

20.333

31.442

28 1 2^2

* 13. 232

13.333

23.112

24.233

24.423

25.411

.29.19.313

27.332

30.112

30.113

30.412

30.424

31.114

31.122

32.111

33.131

35.314

.28.9.342

35.333

Owner

See 

alsc 

Part

Water lev

! Jan. 1948 

' Level Day

Change 

1947-48

H

Lev

L. V. Vaughn (Measurements discontinued, well filled) 36.

Lester McCasland . 52.98 19 -1.84 46.

J. M. Thompson (Measurements discontinued) 48.

do . 54.71 19 -1.88 48.

Welton Henry

Stanley Elliott

D. J. Speed

E. C. Harris

E. D. Gallehon

C. A. Morrow

State of New Mexico

Jerry Thompson

do

Ralph Hendrix

do

W. F. & Wylie Hudman

T. W. Colemai%

C. M. Brown

Irwin Estate

Ollie Dame r on

William Upton

Byera Irwin

W. W. Addison

R. A. Davenport

R. W. Dean

J. D. Green

L. M. McDaniels

do

R. W. Dean

do

Clyde Kuykendall

G. H. Griggs

Sam Morrow

Frank Morrow

P. R. Gates

.

.

3

C 

»5

3

3

.

.

3

.

.

3

3

3,5

5

3

3

.

3

.

3

3

.

3

,

.

.

.

3

3

W. B. Giles (Measurements

do 3

53.97

50.64

SO 27

7llo5

67.74

94.86

41.30

36.73

28.77

19.79

23.99

99.10

66 82

6o!s6

100.47

74.22

80.81

65.43

53.61

54.64

43.76

50.80

54.14

74.63

82.37

41.44

57.34

75.21

54.98

39.14

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

19

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

19

19

discontinued,

129.47 20

- .89

- .68

- .17

- .30

+ .12

- 1.46

-1.77

-1.24

-1.01

-.93

^.15

+ .04

+ .13

-1.86

-1.43

-.23

-.84

+ .08

-.88

-1.01

-.80

-1.95

-1.54

-1.11

-1.46

-.33

-.68

well dry)

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48.

52.

f46.

70.

65.

94.

39.

34.

26.

15.

16.

98.

60.

74.

78.

62.

52.

53.

43.

48.

51.

73.

78.

36.

53.

70.

54.

38.

25.

129.

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NEW MEXICO, QUAY COUNTY 245

Part 3. Water levels, in

Location 

number 

Owner

Jan. 19,20 

Apr. 1 

May 30,31 

July 30 

Oct. 1 

Nov. 23

Location 

number 

Owner

Jan. 19,20

Apr. 1 

May 30 

July 30 

Oct. 1 

Nov. 23

Location 

number 

Owner

Jan. 19,20 

Apr. 1 

May 30,31 

July 30 

Oct. 1 

Nov. 23

Location 

number 

Owner

Jan. 20 

Apr. 1 

May 30 

July 30 

Oct. 1 

Nov. 23

5.28. 

1. 221 

Wyatt

47.62 

47.74 

47.79 

47.94 

48.24 

48.26

5.29.

18.434 

Willia

53.82 

52.69 

55.68 

56.78 

a63.92 

55.88

6.28. 

23.112 

Upton

74.22 

74.28 

74.96 

74.21 

73.73 

73.73

7.28. 

35.333

Giles

129.47 

129.54 

129.53 

129.54 

129.54

feet, showing seasonal changes

5.29. 

6.222 

Poe

53. 

53. 

56. 

56. 

56. 

55.

33

00 

41 

52 

88 

88

5.29. 

23.222

Harris

30. 

30. 

35. 

35. 

32. 

31.

27 

38 

32 

10 

48 

32

6.28. 

24.233

Irwin

80. 

80. 

80. 

81. 

82. 

81.

81 

09 

82 

61 

82 

39

5.29. 

7.141 

Birch

5.29. 

8.232 

Turner

5.29. 

9.400 

Head

35.14 40.27 b26.77 

35.25 39.85 a25.67 

35.64 47.69 a29.90 

35.93 44.32 a40.93 

36.27 b49.22 27.53 

36.51 42.21 (a)

5.29. 

27.112 

Gallehon

71.05 

70.93 

72.14 

71.46 

71.13 

71.05

6.28. 

25.411 

Davenport

53.61 

53.57 

53.53 

53.60 

(a) 

54.29

5.29. 

29.111 

Morrow

67.74 

67.86 

68.21 

68.11 

68.02 

68.09

6.29. 

27.332

Green

43.76 

43.74 

43.75 

43.74 

43.72 

43.70

5.30.

18.331 

Thompson

36.73 

36.08 

41.00 

39.78 

37.75 

37.11

6.29. 

30.112 

McDaniels

50.80 

50.73 

51.30 

51.26 

61.70 

51.38

5.29.

13.121 

Hudman

77.15 

a77.50 

(a) 

78.28 

a78.84

5.30. 

'20.333 

Hudman

23 

823 

a25 

a26 

b25 

a25

.99 

.94 

.15 

.32 

.36 

.95

6.29. 

30.412 

Dean

74

74 

74 

74 

74 

74

.63 

.59

.55 

.72 

.91 

.70

during

5.29.

13.131 

Hudman

57.

61. 

882.

99

21 

44

5.30. 

31.*442 

Coleman

99. 

99. 

99. 

99. 

100. 

99.

10 

12 

16 

42 

12 

42

6,29. 

33.131 

Morrow

54. 

54. 

56. 

56. 

55. 

55.

98 

87 

02 

16 

30 

17

1948

5.29. 

15.311b 

Tullis

21.00 

21.11 

21.15 

21.28 

21.37 

21.40

6.28. 

1.232 

Brown

66.82 

72.93 

67.25 

a67.84 

67.24 

67.92

6.29. 

35.314 

Gates

39.14 

35.67 

b46.51 

47.20 

45.08 

39.93

a Pumping.

b Pumping recently.

Part 4. Highest daily water levels in wells equipped with automatic 

water-stage recorders

5.29.5.342. William Martin. Highest and lowest recorded water levels: 

Apr. 10, 35.85; Oct. 1, 2, 39.69. r

__________Highest daily water level, from recorder charts____________

Day Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

3 36.91

4 36.39

5 36.86

6 36.85

7 36.83

8 36.82

9 36.82

10 36.78

11 36.75

12 36.70

13 36.76

36.52

36.51

36.48

36.49 

36.46 

36.46 

36.46 

36.45 

36.41 

36.39 

36.43 

36.3£ 

36.39

36.17

36.18

36.17

36.18

36.16

36.12

36.14

36.12

36.12

36.15

36.15

36.12

36.09

35.98

35.97

35.93

35.94

35.94

35.91

35.92

35.93

35.92

35.85

35.87

35.91

36.00

36.22

36.32

36.35

36.37

36.41

36.44

36.42

36.43

36.51

36.57

36.63

36.65

36.64

36.96

36.98

36.98

37.03

37.05

37.06

37.13

37.14

37.15

37.15

37.17

37.17

37.19

37.74

37.76

37.76

37.76

37.76

37.77

37.74

37.75

37.77

37.77

37.77

37.76

37.75

38.40 

38 U4 

38.48 

38.52 

38.55 

38.58 

38.62 

38.65

38.65

38.66

38.70

38.71

38.75

39.15

39.17

39.21

39.25

39.30

39.30

39.37

39.41

39.41

39.43

39.45

39.50

39.50

39.69

39.69

39.68

39.65

39.62

39.61

39.60

39.58

39.55

39.55

39.53

39.53

39.52

39.18

39.17

39.14

39.10

39.13

39.09

39.07

39.07

39.05

39.03

39.02

39.02

38.97

38.70

38.70

38.69

38.63

38.65

38.62

38.61

38.59

38.62

38.58

38.54

38.55

38.54
246 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

5.29.5.342 Continued.

_________Highest dally water level, from recorder charts__________

Day Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

14 36.73 36.40 36.04 35.95 36.64 37.23 37.75 38.81 39.50 39.46 38.98 38.52

15 36.71 36.35 36.07 35.95 36.65 37.25 37.72 38.04 39.50 39.47 38.94 38.52

16 36.72 36.37 36.10 35.95 36.70 37.28 37.78 30.88 39.50 39.46 38.94 38.51

17 36.66 36.34 36.05 35.92 36.70 37.30 37.84 38.91 39.50 39.44 38.91 38.50

18 36.66 36.32 35.98 35.91 36.70 37.37 37.85 38.92 39.50 39.42 38.91 38.48

19 36.66 36.33 36.01 35.92 36.71 37.40 37.89 38.92 39.49 39.40 38.89 38.46

20 36.65 36.31 36.01 35.95 36.73 37.44 37.93 38.96 39.48 39.39 38.87 38.44

21 36.62 36.28 36.04 35.95 36.73 37.45 37.99 38.97 39.49 39.38 38.87 38.46

22 36.60 36.26 36.01 35.96, 36.75 37.50 38.00 38.97 39.51 39.37 38.84 38.44

23 36.59 36.26 36.02 35.98 36.76 37.54 38.07 38.97 39.52 39.33 38.81 38.42

24 36.59 36.31 35.99 36.02 36.79 37.58 38.08 38.97 39.60 39.31 38.78 38.43

25 36.60 36.28 36.00 36.05 36.81 37.59 38.09 38.98 39.61 39.30 38.80 38.40

26 36.59 36.18 36.05 36.09 36.83 37.64 38.17 39.00 39.68 39.27 30.77 38.39

27 36.61 36.16 36.01 36.12 36.83 37.66 38.19 39.00 39.68 39.25 38.77 38.36

28 36.55 36.25 35.96 36.14 36.86 37.72 38.23 39.01 39.68 39.25 38.77 38.37

29 36.55 36.18 35.94 36.12 36.87 37.74 38.26 39.09 39.68 39.22 38.75 38.37

30 36.55 35.93 36.16 36.90 37.74 38.31 39.09 39.68 39.21 38.73 38.36

31 56.55_____35.95_____56.91______58.56 59.12______59.17_____58.58

5.29.17.155. \V. W. Kuykendall. Highest and lowest recorded water 

le.vels: Apr. 4, 57.58} Sept. 28, 40.40.

_________Highest dally water level, from recorder charts__________ 

Day Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

1 ..... 58.18 57.89 37.61 38.11 38.86 39.26 ..... 40.11 40.10 40.18 39.85

2 ..... ..... 37.88 57.60 38.15 38.90 39.28 ..... 40.15 40.11 40.19 59.85

5 58.54 ..... 57.87 37.59 38.17 38.91 59.50 ..... 40.15 ..... 40.18'59.85

4 58.55 ..... 57.87 37.58 58.22 58.93 59.51 ..... 40.15 ..... 40.18 59.85

5 58.52 ..... ..... ..... 58.25 38.95 59.55 ..... 40.17 ..... 40.19 59.83

6 58.51 ..... 57.85 ..... 58.28 30.97 39.57 ..... 40.04 ..... 40.10 59.77

7 58.50 58.11 57.84 ..... 58.50 58.98 59.59 ..... 59.98 ..... 40.08 59.77

8 58.48 58.11 57.83 57.72 38.51 58.98 59.41 ..... 59.98 ..... 40.10 59.77

9 58.47 58.09 57.82 57.71 58.52 58.98 59.42 ..... 40.00 ..... 40.10 59.77

10 58.45 58.08 57.82 57.68 58.56 38.98 ..... ..... .'.... 40.12 40.11 39.77

11 58.45 58.08 ..... 57.67 58.41 58.97 ..... ..... 40.08 40.15 40.10 59.77

12 58.45 ..... ..... 57.68 58.44 58.97 ..... ..... 40.11 40.15 40.10 59.69

15 ..... ..... 57.77 57.70 58.46 58.97 ..... ..... 40.15 40.15 40.00 59.69

14 ..... 58.06 57.75 57.70 58.49 58.98 ..... ..... 40.18 40.12 40.01 59.69

15 ..... 58.04 57.75 57.70 58.51 58.99 ..... ..... 40.20 40.15 40.02 59.69

16 ..... 58.04 57.75 37.71 38.54 58.99 ..... ..... 40.25 ..... 40.02 59.69

17 38.55 58.02 57.73 37.75 38.58 38.99 .....h39.72 40.25-*.... 40.02 39.69

18 38.54 58.00 37.72 37.74 58.60 59.00 ..... .. .. 4C.25 ..... 40.02 39.59

19 58.52 58.00 57.72 57.77 58.64 59.05 ..... ..... 40.24 ..... 40.02 59.59

20 58.51 57.98 57.70 57.81 58.69 59.04 ..... ..... 40.27 ..... 40.01 39.59

21 38.29 57.97 57.70 57.84 58.74 59.06 ..... 40.15 40.29 ..... 40.01 59.59

22 58.28 37V.95 57.69 37.87 58.78 59.07 ..... 40.15 40.32 ..... 59.99 39.59 

25 58.26 37.94 37.69 57.87 38.81 59.10 ..... 40.14 40.35 40.21h39.98 59.59

24 58.26 57.95 37.67 57.92 58.85 59.12 ..... 40.15 ..... 40.25 39.98 39.51

25 58.25 57.94 37.66 57.95 50.88 59.14 ..... 40.11 ..... 40.26 59.97 59.55

26 38.24 57.91 37.66 38.00 38.87 59.18 ..... 40.10 40.57 40.26 59.96 59.55

27 ..... 57.91 57.67 58.02 58.89 39.19 ..... ..... 40.59 40.26 39.95 59.55

28 ..... 57.90 57.65 58.05 58.92 59.22 ..... 40.09 40.40 40.26 59.94 59.55

29 ..... 57.89 57.64 58.07 58.94 59.23 ..... 40.09 ..... 40.26 59.92 59.55

30 ..... 57.65 58.09 50.84 59.25h39.56 40.10 ..... 40.18 59.87 59.46 

51 58.19_____57.65_____58.84______..... 40.10_____40.18_____39.46

h Tape measurement at odd hour.
NEW MEXICO, ROOSEVELT BOUNTY 247

Part 5. Miscellaneous data concerning observation wells

5.29.2.131. Miller. Drilled irrigation, stock, and domestic well, 

equipped with windmill and pump, diameter 14 inches, depth 132 feet. Reference point, top of concrete base, 1.90 feet above land-surface datum.

5.29.18.433. Davis. Pump removed to new well about 400 feet east,

casing pulled.

5.29.18.434. Willis. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump, diameter 16 inches, depth 87 feet. Reference point, top of concrete 

pump base, 0.50 foot efcove land-surface datum. Mar. 28, 1946, 49.82; 

Nov. 24, 1947, 55.93.

5.29.23.222. Harris. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump until October 1948, diameter 16 inches, depth 80 feet. Well abandoned October 1948, casing, pump, and circular concrete base moved to new 

well, 33 feet west.

Date

Apr. 

May

1, 1947 

30

Water 

level

30.12 

29.93

Date

Aug. 

Sept.

1, 1947 

18

Water 

level

30.07 

30.31

Date

Nov. 24, 1947

Water 

level

30.26

6.28.1.232. Brown. 16 feet north of windmill well. Drilled well, 

equipped with pumpjack September 1947, depth 98 feet. Reference point, top 

edge of circular concrete well curb, south side of well, 1.70 feet above 

land-surface datum.

Apr. 

May

1, 

30

1947 66.95 

 66.79

Aug. 

Sept.

1, 

17

1947 66.78 

b66.95

Nov. 25, 1947 C67.10

b Pumping recently. 

c Nearby well pumping.

6.28.13.333. Dameron. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump, diameter 16 inches. Reference point, beginning May 30, 1948, top of 

concrete pump base, 0.25 foot above land-surface datum. May 30, 101.49, 

possible discrepancy of a few tenths of a foot between present and previous 

land-surface data.

ROOSEVELT COUNTY (PORTALES VALLEY)

By C. S. Conover 

Part 1. General discussion

The investigation of the ground-water resources of Portales Valley, 

which began in 1931, was continued during 1948 in cooperation with the 

State engineer of New Mexico. Results of the investigation for the years 

1931 to 1938 have been published in the 10th to 13th biennial reports of 

the State engineer, while results for the years 1938 to 1941 will be published in a forthcoming report of the State engineer. Records of water 

levels in observation wells in Roosevelt County have been published in Geological Survey water-supply papers as follows:

947807 O 81 17
248 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

Water-Supply Page

Paper numbers 

845245-278

886 449-467

911 217-235

941 251-270

949 319-336

991 276-295

1021 272-290

1028 276-289

1076 285-300

1101 274-297

In January 1948, 187 wells were measured. (See part 2.) Of these 

about 51 were also measured in March, May, July, September, and November. 

(See part 3.) Water-stage recorders were operated on four wells during 

1948 in order to obtain a continuous record of water levels. (See part 4.) 

A total of 459 measurements of water level was made during the year, including 25 tape measurements made on recorder wells.

Precipitation and pumpage

The fluctuations in water level in Portales Valley are the result 

primarily of variation in the amount and time of pumping, which, in turn, 

is affected by the amount and time of precipitation that occurs throughout 

the year. Fluctuations in water level also result from recharge t.u the 

water table in periods of excessive precipitation such as occurred in late 

1941. The precipitation in the Portales Valley for 1948 was considerably 

greater than j.n 1947 and averaged approximately 89 percent of normal. The 

precipitation at Floyd was 12.58 inches, not including missing record for 

November; at Portales Evaporation Station, 16.70 inches, 2.12 inches below 

normal; at Portales, 19.71 inches, not including missing record for October; 

and at Arch, 11.85 inches, not including missing record for January. The 

precipitation during the growing season, April through September, averaged 

about normal and was generally above normal in June, July, and August. The 

precipitation during the growing season was greatest near the center of the 

valley, and amounted to 16.85 inches at Portales, 3.23 inches above normal. 

The precipitation during the growing season was considerably less in the 

upper and lower parts of the valley than near the center of the valley and 

amounted to only 9.86 inches at Arch, 2.51 inches below normal.
NEW MEXICO, ROOSEVELT COUNTY 249

The amount of ground water pumped for irrigation in Portales Valley 

In 1948 was somewhat less than in the preceding year. The decrease in 

pumping which was caused by the excessive rainfall, particularly during 

the summer, was offset, in part, by an increase in pumpage caused by the 

increase in irrigated acreage. On the basis of electric power records for 

209 comparable wells, it is estimated that nearly the same amount of water 

was pumped per acre from these wells in 1948 as in 1947. Pumps, powered 

other than by electricity, probably were not used as much in 1948 as in 

1947 as many of these pumps are used mainly to supplement the precipitation 

on row crops. The acreage served by pumps in 1948 is estimated as about 

30,000 acres, an increase of 2,500 acres over 1947. The pumpage in 1948 is 

estimated as 35,000 acre-feet, a decrease of 9,500 acre-feet fr.om 1947.

A large part of the increase in irrigated acreage in the'later years 

has been planted to row crops that require less water than truck crops. 

The over-all average water pumped per acre irrigated has, therefore, shown 

a tendency to decrease in the later years. As row crops are grown successfully in years of normally distributed precipitation without the aid of 

irrigation, the actual acreage irrigated and amount of water pumped vary 

from a dry year to a normal year.

Changes of water level

The ground-water levels in Portales Valley declined from January 1948 

to January 1949 in an elliptical area extending along the axis of the valley, 

as shown by the accompanying map. The areal distribution of the decline 

was similar to that of preceding years, the areas of largest decline generally coinciding with the areas of greatest pumping. The magnitude of the 

net declines from January 1948 to January 1949 was less than for the preceding year, primarily as a result of the decrease in pumping in 1948 and 

possibly an increase of recharge from the excess precipitation. The decline 

in water level of less than 2 feet in the area of greatest concentration of 

pumps surrounding Portales was decidedly less than occurred in the previous 

year when declines in excess of 5 feet were observed. However, in the 

pumped area about 6 miles northwest of Portales the net decline in 1948 was 

more than 3 feet, nearly as great as in 1947. The effect of the excess 

precipitation in reducing the pumping in the central part of the valley is 

reflected in the smaller decline of ground-water level in that area. Net
250 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

bO

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» 0» o*

K&
R32E R33E R34E 

V Line showing rise ( » ) or decline (-)

V> of woter level, in feet; intervol five

\ feet; doshed where opproximote.

Shoding shows oreos in which woter 

level declined; density of shoding 

increoses with omount of decline.

I..-..!.;.[

/:.;. ; '; ;l Sond dune oreos

Figure 20. Map of Portalea Valley. Roosevelt County, N. Hex., showing d

January 1942 to January 1949.
252 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

declines of water level in excess of 1 foot occurred in 1948 in the lightly 

pumped area around Arch, as compared with declines of more than 2 feet in 

1947.

The ground-water level in Portales Valley showed a net decline of 

more than 1 foot from January 1948 to January 1949 over an area of about 

61 square miles, more than 2 feet over an area of about 17 square miles, 

and more than 3 feet over an area of about 1 square mile. The area of 

greatest decline was centered about 6 miles northwest of Portales.

In the 7-year period from January 1942, when the water levels were at 

or near their highest recorded levels, to January 1949, the water levels 

in the Portales Valley lowered more than 10 feet in an elliptical area of 

about 50 square miles that extends along the axis of the valley from about 

10 miles northwest of Portales to about 6 miles southeast of Portales and 

has a maximum width of 4 miles near Portales. The water level also declined more than 10 feet in a nearly circular area of about 2 square miles 

that has its center about 1 mile west of Arch. In this 7-year period the 

water levels declined more than 20 feet, nearly 3 feet a year, in an elliptical area of 11 squa.re miles centered at Portales. It is in the areas of 

large decline where the greatest concentration of pumps occur and also 

where pumping has been practiced the longest.

The water levels at the end of 1948 reached their lowest levels on 

record in the major part of the irrigated area around Portales and exceeded 

the previous low level in 1941 by more than 8 feet in many wells near 

Portales. However, the water levels in wells outside the heavily pumped 

areas have not yet fallen very far below the previous low levels of 194^. 

The slope of the cone of depression in the water table developed since 1941 

is thus steeper than the cone of depression developed prior to 1941.

It is expected that water levels will usually continue to decline from 

year to year in Portales Valley as long as the present amount of pumping 

continues. A slight rise of water level may occur in a particular year 

due to a reduction in the amount of pumping that would result from either 

unfavorable economic conditions or a year of heavy precipitation. However, 

as the pumpage of ground water is mainly from ground-water storage, the 

long-term trend will be a decline in water level.
Part 2. Water levels in January 1948 and highest and lowest recorded le

from January 1947 to January 1948, in 

Location 

number

1N.32.7.300

27.321

30.421

32.133

34.333

lN.33.16llOOa

16.100C

16.112

16.131

26.120

36.400a

36.400b

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1.31

1.32

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33.224

35.432

.1.222

.3.440

10.331

14.432 T !« !

*s!432

7.111

7.211

8.112

8.121

8.311

9.111

9.442

10.211

10.313a

11.312

12.144

13.111

14.131

14.311

14.331C

14.412

! 

Owner !

W. J. Crenshaw

Carl Essary '.

A. R. Dillard

Vlrgie Hawkins

Robert Newman

Mr. Hardwlck

See 

also - 

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Part Jan. 1948 Change 

Level Day 1947-48

3 16.02

3,5 45.41

60.46

65.92

5 42.88

(Measurements

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6

6

6

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57

65

19

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do

Mary E. Miller

A. C. Woodburn

do

J. N. Tefertlller

Mrs. Lee Garrett

Earl McCollum

B. C. Weeks

M. Nail

J. R. Meadows

Robert Morrison

A. C. Woodburn

Clay Jones

E. L. Sisk

A. Q. Smith

5 23.71

5 25.83

alO.90

4 4.78

3 al3.20

17.15

a20.18

19.66

3 75.34

3 34.39

3 46.37

3 47.14

5 41.13

20.76

3 20.49

20.44

8

8

8

8

8

7

7

7

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

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-3.22

-1.80

-6.73

-1.22

-2.58

-.69

-.36

-1.82

-1.14

-2.20

-.83

-1.70

-1.59

20

3

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1

10

10

18

75

24

45

43

13

12

15

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A. Q. Smith

E. E. Marcus

Earl Plank

John Adams ( Measurement a

0. B. Sherman

Jim Alien

C. F. Williams

A. C. Woodburn

E. Elkins

J. V. Miller

Claude Elder

J. E. Stacey

A. D. Pinkert

5 20.64

121.62

22.26

discontinued,

26.08

3 25.56

26.78

3 35.95

29.26

28.68

27.55

3 28.01

5 31.25

6

6

6

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6

6

8

8

6

6

6

8

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-1.43

-1.86

dry)

-1.76

-3.07

-8.44

-2.25

-3.73

-3.66

-3.65

-3.45

11

12

13

12

18

22

18

28

17

13

11

19

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Part 3. Water levels, in feet, showing seasonal changes during 1948

Location 

number 

Owner

Jan. 6,8 

Mar. 29 

May 28 

July 29 

Sept. 50 

Nov. 22

Location 

number 

Owner

Jan. 6,8 

Mar. 29 

May 28 

July 29 

Sept. 30 

Nov. 22

Location 

number 

Owner

Jan. 7,10 

Mar. 28,29, 

31 

May 27,28 

July 27-29 

Sept. 28-50 

Nov. 19,22

Location 

number 

Owner

Jan. 7,9,15 

Mar. 28,51 

May 27 

July 27,28 

Sept. 28, 29 

Nov. 19,20

Location 

number 

Owner

Jan. 9,10 

Mar. 28,50 

May 27 

July 27,28 

Sept. 28, 29 

Nov. 20

Location 

number 

Owner

Jan. 9,10 

Mar. 30,31 

May 27,29 

July 27,28 

Sept. 28, 29 

Nov. 19,20

IN. 52. 

7.500 

Crenshaw

16.08 

a!7.42 

a!7.04 

a!7.54 

a!7.40 

a!7.59

1.55. 

10 . 515a

Alien

25.56 

a42.75 

54.50 

(a) 

54.55 

b28.25

1.34. 

13.412 

Donathan

53.46 

55.58

53.74 

55.97 

54.02 

54.05

1.55. 

11.241 

McPherson

15.97 

16.01 

16.15 

16.22 

16.55 

16.50

2.55. 

4.111 

Weber

28.05 

27.51 

b55.95 

 51.66 

(a) 

28.73

2.35. 

18.211 

State 

of N.M.

8.14 

7.91 

8.64 

5.68 

7.45 

8.17

IN. 52. 

27.521 

Essary

45.41 

b47.55 

51.96 

46.48 

48.27 

46.48

1.55.

12.144 

Woodburn

55.95 

35.70 

38.80 

43.74 

59.21 

40.18

1.34. 

15.131 

Kemp

52.10 

51.64

55.13 

52.57 

53.16 

52.83

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36 . 400b 

Woodburn

a!5 . 20 

8.10 

8.70 

9.54 

al2.42 

alO.64

1.55. 

14.3310 

Stacey

28.01 

27.61 

a48.66 

a49.69 

33.35 

31.04

1.34. 

17.411a 

Spencer

34.40 

34.65

38.88 

41.32 

41.57 

56.82

1.35. 1.35. 

27.544a 28.145 

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Croary

51.09 

51.22 

51.57 

51.44 

51.23 

51.17

2.55. 

6.121 

Clark

58.04 

56.96 

41.51 

41.48 

42.18 

59.78

2.35. 

19.154

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28.16 

28.69 

30.74 

29.65 

29.61 

29.27

47.57 

47.46 

48.24 

47.77 

47.79 

47.42

2.35. 

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52.20 

52.68 

a65.56 

36.43 

37.05 

54.46

2.36. 

7.532 

Johnson

20.21 

20.46 

21.26 

20.33 

19.45 

19.75

1.31. 

1.222 

Weeks

75.34 

74.99 

75.97 

76.50 

76.67 

76.17

1.33. 

16.222 

Bethel 

Church

23.25 

C26.50 

28.12 

C29.15 

2C.90 

26.72

1.34. 

22.222 

Goodwin

42.48 

42.73

42.89 

42.94 

42.92 

43.09

1.36. 

5.300 

McDaniel

a54.08 

55.80 

53.84 

a34.07 

33.87 

a34.02

2.55. 

9.122 

Griffith

22.85 

25.04 

24.58 

25.87 

24.24 

25.45

2.56. 

18.541 

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16.13 

16.22 

16.37 

16.08 

15.50 

16.00

1.32. 

3.440 

Nail

34.39 

34.09 

56.54 

55.20 

55.74

1.33. 

17.211 

Campbell

22.73 

21.50 

23.76 

25.84 

25.03 

25.98

1.34. 

33.431 

Moore

22.70 

22.73

25.53 

23.12 

24.15 

24.46

1.36. 

16.100 

State 

of N.M.

b!9.46 

a26.50 

19.40 

19.48 

b!9.65 

a28.50

2.35. 

14.313 

Bank

12.07 

11.51 

11.82 

11.37

2.36. 

20.321 

Davis

15.85 

15.58 

B24.26 

17.35 

(a) 

16.58

1.32. 

10.551 

Meadows

46.37 

45.96 

47.00 

46.22 

47.07 

46.40

1.33. 

28.311 

Ramey

46.27

47.96 

48.36 

48.67 

47.76

1.35. 

2.300 

State 

Park

44.63 

44.88

45.06 

45.17 

45.11 

45.08

2.34. 

4.441 

Wallace

8.25 

8.70 

8.81 

7.19 

8.49 

e8.76

2.35. 

14.414 

Bank

5.65

5.18 

5.70 

2.76 

4.11 

3.77

2.36. 

26.131

Bugg

14.57 

14.42 

15.74 

15.78 

15.83 

15.71

1.32. 

14.432 

Morrison

47.14 

46.66 

49.57 

50.55 

C54.35 

50.00

1.55. 

29.555 

Re a

54.04 

53.87 

a35.10 

a54.05 

a34.71 

54.09

1.35. 

6.141 

Montague

7.58 

7.40

7.47 

7.78 

8.10 

12.36

2.54. 

10.524 

Walker

26.86 

27.27 

29.07 

28.45 

28.18 

28.10

2.55. 

15.131 

Bank

4.27 

4.06 

4.79 

2.76 

5.42 

4.64

1.35.

7.111 

Sisk

20.49 

20.00 

25.45 

855.70 

20.81 

20.17

1.55.

54.211 

Bilberry

29.80 

29.48 

859.70 

a58.78 

54.47 

52.63

1.55. 

6.400 

Brown

11.77 

11.96

11.94 

12.04 

12.20 

12.37

2.34. 

13.153 

Sanders

23.98 

b24.82 

26.66 

25.60 

26.75 

25.19

2.55. 

16.333

Cline

9.46 

9.26 

13.83 

8.27 

8.64 

8.92

2.36. 2.36. 

27.3118 30.111 

Riley Thornton

16.67 

16.39 

(a) 

119.87 

19.97 

17.89

5.41 

4.97 

6.31 

6.08 

7.16 

6.46

* See footnotes at end of Part 3.
260 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

Part 3. Water levels, in feet, showing seasonal changes during 1948 Cont. 

Location2.36.2.36.2.37. 

number 34.312- 35.212a 19.331 

Owner Walker Harrl- McDougal 

son

Jan. 9

Mar. 31

May 29 

July 28 

Sept. 29 

Nov. 20

18.13

17.81

C22.46 

18.78 

18.92 

19.06

10.93

11.32

12.30 

13.22 

13.32 

12.57

18.32

18.54

18.86 

19.02 

18.91 

19.13

a Pumping, 

b Pumping recently, 

c Nearby well pumping. 

e Dry at depth given.

i Possible discrepancy of a few tenths oT a foot between 

and previous land-surface data.

present

Part 4. Highest daily water levels in wells equipped with automatic 

water-stage recorders

lN.33.36.400a. A. C. Woodburn. Highest and lowest recorded water 

levels: Feb. 27, 4.59; Oct. 6-9, 17, 6.15. 

Highest daily water 'level, from recorder charts

Day

1 

2 

3 

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Jan . Feb .

4.79 4.74 

4.78 4.75 

4.78 4.72 

4.78 4.71

4.78 4.68

4.77 4.66

4.77 4.66

4.78 4.65

4.78 4,64

4.78 4.62

4.70 4.62

4.78 4.64

4.80 4.63

4.70 4.63

4.78 4.62

4.78 4.61

4.76 4.61

4.76 4.61

4.76 4.61

4.76 4.62

4.75 4.61

4.75 4.60

4.74 4.60

4.74 4.60

4.75 4.61

4.74 4.60

4.74 4.59

4.75 4.60

4.75 4.60

4.74

4.74

Mar.

4.60 

4.60 

4.60 

4.60

4.61

...

...

...

...

...

. . .

. . .

. . .

...

. . .

...

. . .

. . .

. . .

. . .

. . .

. . .

. . .

...

...

. . .

4.62

4.61

4.61

h Tape measurement at

1.34.25.211. Young &

Mar.

Day

1 .

2 .

3 .

4 .

19, 42.26} Oct.

Highest

Jan. Peb. Mar.

.... 42.61 42.40

.... 42.60 42.40

.... 42.50 .....

.... 42.58 .....

1, 48.

daily

Apr.

42.34

42.34

42.34

42.35

Apr.

4.62 

4.62 

4.61 

4.61

4.61

4.61

4.61

4.62

4.63

4.62

4.62

4.62

4.63

4.64

4.64

4.65

4.66

4.66

4.67

4.68

4.70

4.69

4.68

4.68

4.69

4.71

4.73

4.75

4.77

4.79

May

4.80 

4.82 

4.84 

4.86

4.87

4.90

4.93

4.95

4.97

5.00

5.03

5.04

5.05

5.08

5.10

5.13

5.16

5.19

5.22

5.25

5.27

5.31

5.34

5.37

. .

. .

. ,

. .

. .

. .

. .

July

...

...

. . .

...

5.45

5.47

5.50

5.53

5.56

5.59

5.62

5.65

5.67

5.69

5.71

5.73

5.75

5.76

5.78

5.79

5.78

5.77

5.78

5.79

5.80

5.81

5.83

5.82

Aug.

5.81 

5.77 

5.75 

5.61

5.53

5.49

5.45

5.43

5.43

5.43

5.44

5.46

5.48

5.47

5.47

5.47

5.48

5.49

5.50

5.51

5.53

5.57

5.60

5.64

5.68

5.72

5.75

5.78

5.81

5.83

5.84

Sept

5.86 

5.88 

5.90 

5.91

5.94

5.95

5.97

5.98

5.97

5.95

5.95

5.95

5.96

5.97

5.98

5.99

6.00

6.01

6.03

6.03

6.04

6.03

6.04

6.05

6.06

6.07

6.09

6.08

6.08

6.10

. Oct.

6.11 

6.11 

6.12 

6.13

6.13

6.15

6.15

6.15

6.15

6.12

6.13

6.13

6.13

6.13

6.13

6.14

6.15

6.11

6.11

6.09

6.08

6.07

6.05

6.05

6.04

6.04

6.03

6.02

6.01

5.99

5.98

Nov.

5.97 

5.95 

5.94 

5.92

5.91

5.91

5.91

5.90

5.89

5.89

5.87

5.85

5.85

5.84

5.83

....

....

....

5.81

5.00

5.80

h5.79

5.79

5.78

5.77

5.77

5.77

5.77

5.77

5.77

Dec.

5.76 

5.76 

5.76 

5.75

5.75

5.73

5.73

5.73

5.73

5.73

5.73

5.73

5.73

5.72

5.72

5.72

5.72

5.72

5.71

5.71

5.71

5.71

5.71

5.71

5.71

5.71

5.71

5.71

5.71

5.71

5.71

odd hour.

Hatch.

33.

water

May

44.10

44.14

44.26

44.22

Highest and lowest recorded

level

June

45.14

45.08

45.02

45.00

, from

July

44.85

44.84

44.84

45.09

water levels:

recorder charts

Aug.

46.30

46.17

46.09

46.00

Sept

47.13

47.11

47.11

47.11

. Oct.

48.3?

48.28

48.15

48.10

Nov.

.....

.....

.....

.....

Dec.

45.24

45.28

45.25

45.20
NEW MEXICO, ROOSEVELT COUNTY 261

1.34.25.211 Continued.

__________Highest daily water level, from recorder charts______________

Day Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

5 ..... 42.55 ..... 42.36 44.37 44.99 45.30 45.90 47.15 ..... ..... 45.25

6 ......42.56 ..... 42.40 44.46 44.98 45.66 45.80 47.16 ..... ..... 45.21

7 ..... 42.56 42.35 42.44 44.55 44.96 45.92 45.73 47.19 ..... ..... 45.17

8 ..... 42.56 42.35 42.48 44.63 44.95 ..... 45.68 47.22 ..... ..... 45.17

9 ..... 42.54 ..... 42.48 44.71 44.96 ..... 45.63 47.17 ..... ..... 45.19

10 ..... 42.52 ..... 42.46 44.74 44.97 ..... 45.58 47.12 ..... ..... 45.16

11 42.75 42.57 42.35 42.48 44.72 44.99 ..... 45.55 47.04 ..... ..... 45.13

12 42.75 42.52 42.32 42.53 44.78 45.45 ..... 45.59 47.00 ..... ..... .....

13 42.74 42.52 42.30 42.58 44.89 45.33 ..... 45.65 46.94 ..... ..... .....

14 42.73 42.52 42.30 42.58 45.00 45.28 ..... 45.74 46.90 ..... ..... .....

15 42.72 42.51 42.32 42.78 45.01 45.25 ..... 45.65 46.84 ..... ..... .....

16 42.73 42.52 42.30 42.84 45.07 45.21 ..... 45.55 46.79 ..... ..... .....

17 42.71 42.51 42.28 42.82 45.09 45.20 ..... 45.50 ..... ..... ..... .....

18 42.71 42.49 42.30 42.82 45.13 45.31 ..... 45.46 ..... ..... ..... .....

19 42.70 42..50 42.26 42.94 45.16 45.19 ..... 45.56 ..... ..... 45.48 .....

20 42.69 42.48 ..... 43.08 45.20 45.21 ..... 46.03 ..... ..... 45.47 .....

21 42.67 42.47 ..... 43.16 45.32 45.17 ..... 46.38 ..... ..... 45.50 44.81

22 42.66 42.45 ..... 43.14 45.38 45.13 ..... 46.63 ..... ..... 45.42 .....

23 42.66 42.45 ..... 43.13 45.37 45.08 ..... 46.66 ..... ..... 45.40 .....

24 42.65 42.47 ..... 43.15 45.35 45.04 ..... 47.07 ..... ..... 45.34 .....

25 42.66 42.44 ..... 43.24 45.41 45.00 ..... 47.19 ..... ..... 45.36 .....

26 42.66 42.42 ..... 43.35 45.42 44.97 ..... 47.23 ..... ..... 45.33 .....

27 42.67 42.44 42.30 43.46 45.43 44.94 46.46 47.45 ..... ..... 45.34 .....

28 42.63 42.42 42.28 43.68 45.36 44.93 46.35 47.41h48.07 ..... 45.32 .....

29 42.63 42.40 42.28 43.81 45.31 44.89 46.30 47.30 ..... ..... 45.30 .....

30 42.62 42.28 43.95 45.25 44.87 46.22 47.22 48.20 ..... 45.28 .....

31 42.61______42.51______45.19______46.16 47.15______.....______44.80

h Tape measurement at odd hour.

2.34.2.233. Louisa Trout. Highest and lowest recorded water levels: 

Mar. 14, 18, 52.64; Sept. 7, 60.00.

__________Highest -daily water level, from recorder charts___________ 

Day Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

1 53.98 53.27 52.78 54.16 55.60 56.80 56.80 53.18 59.17 59-17 57-00 56.30

2 53.93 53.21 52.83 54.05 55.52 56.51 57.09 57.91 59.19 59.15 56.88 56.39

3 53.91 53.18 52.94 54.02 55.50 56.39 57.26 57.71 59.82 58.89 56.79 56.29

4 53.85 53.18 52.90 54.33 55.55 56.32 56.94 57.50 59.98 58.60 56.76 56.32

5 53.81 53.15 52.83 54.50 55.68 56.39 56.84 57.34 59.41 58.51 57.08 56.43

6 ..... 53.12 52.79 54.72 55.85 56.26 57.29 57.20 59.32 58.47 57.21 56.21

7 ..... 53.15 52.78 54.77 56.26 56.21 57.50 57.21 60.00 58.46 57.21 56.19

8 ..... 53.12 52.73 54.50 56.44 56.78 57.57 57.20 59.40 58.40 56.99 56.10

9 53.72 53.09 52.72 54.42 56.35 56.91 57.42 57.12 59.10 58.23 56.88 56.07

10 53.68 53.07 52.78 54.50 56.30 56.67 57.72 57.41 58.84 58.18 56.92 55.98

11 53.65 53.10 52.75 54.58 56.36 56.58 57.50 57.56 58.63 58.20 56.80 56.02

12 53.67 53.02 52.72 54.57 56.32 56.50 57.40 57.79 58.48 58.10 56.69 56.02

13 53.63 53.01 52.70 54.55 56.28 56.42 58.05 58.43 58.39 58.10 56.58 56.01

14 53.50 53.02 52.64 54.60 56.33 56.38 58.44 57.91 58.33 58.22 56.56 55.93

15 53.58 52.99 52.66 54.92 56.72 56.51 58.38 57.60 58.29 58.29 56.50 55.89

16 53.59 53.00 52.70 55.13 56.69 57.10 58.39 57.32 58.54 58.31 56.54 55.85

17 53.50 52.97 52.71 55.23 56.61 57.19 58.39 57.27 58.58 58.15 56.47 55.78

18 53.50 52.92 52.64 55.50 56.57 57.09 58.27 57.39 58.71 58.06 56.52 55.78

19 53.49 52.92 52.81 55.49 57.20 57.52 58.16 57.61 58.64 58.00 56.40 55.71

20 53-48 52.90 52.92 55.24 57.16 57.17 58.38 57.74 58.70 57.90 56.39 55.77

21 53.40 52.89 53.05 55.12 57.36 56.90 58.10 58.82 58.89 57.68 56.51 55.81

22 53.39 52.85 53.08 55.05 57.42 56.78 57.98 58.28 59.00 57.51 56.40 55.71

23 53.38 52.84 53.15 55.04 57.50 56.72 58.58 58.20 59.03 57.47 56.32 55.70

24 53.38 52.97 53.34 55.10 57.14 56.69 ..... 58.43 58.78 57.35 56.29 55.70

25 53.38 52.89 53.38 55.06 56.90 56.92 ..... 58.06 58.71 57.29 56.49 55.67

26 53.35 52.80 53.40 55.05 56.69 56.82 ..... 59.44 58.74 57.24 56.49 55.58

27 53.33 52.78 53.41 55.20 56.51 56.59 ..... 59.63 58.75 57.29 56.65 55.50

28 53.29 52.87 53.70 55.28 56.48 56.50 58.32 59.58 58.86 57.24 56.54 55.53

29 53.29 52.80 54.02 55.86 56.40 56.38 58.41 59.00 58.94 57.30 56.47 55.52

30 53.28 53.86 55.65 56.30 56.33 58.50 58.90 59.05 57.23 56.40 55.48

31 53.27 53.80 56.28 58.55 59.10 57.08 55.41
262 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

2.36.28.114b. Morgan Trammell. Deepened July 31, 1948, to 44.5 feet. 

Highest and lowest recorded water levels: Apr. 10-12, 17.00; Oct. 1-4, 

19.38.

Highest daily water level, from recorder charts

Day Jan.

1 .....

2 .....

3 .....

4 17.29

5 17.29

6 17.29

7 17.28

8 17.27

9 17.28

10 17.27

11 17.26

12 17.27

13 17.27

14 17.25

15 17.25

16 17.26

17 17.24

18 17.24

19 17.24

20 17.23

21 17.22

22 17.22

23 17.22

24 17.22

25 17.23

26 17.23

27 17.23

28 17.22

29 17.21

SO 17.21

31 17.20

Feb.

17.19

17.18

17.18

17.18

17.18

17.19

17.20

17.20

17.18

17.17

17.18

17.16

17.16

17.16

17.15

17.15

17.14

17.12

17.13

17.12

17.12

17.12

17.11

17.13

17.13

17.11

17.11

17.15

17.12

Mar.

17.12

17.11

17.11

17.11

17.10

17.09

17.09

17.09

17.08

17.08

17.08

17.07

17.06

17.04

17.04

17.05

17.03

17.02

17.03

17.02

17.02

17.01

17.02

17.04

17.06

17.08

17.10

17.08

17.07

17.06

17.05

Apr.

17.05

17.05

17.04

17.03

17.03

17.02

17.01'

17.02

17.01

17.00

17.00

17.00

17.03

17.03

17.03

17.02

17.03

17.04

17.05

17.07

17.09

17.09

17.10

17.11

17.15

17.17

17.19

17.25

17.27

17.29

May

17.34

17.38

17.40

17.45

17.48

17.53

17.54

17.55

17.56

17.58

17.60

17.62

17.63

17.67

17.71

17.75

17.82

17.89

17.92

17.96

17.99

18.03

18.06

18.10

18.13

18.16

18.18

18.20

18.23

18.25

18.26

June July Aug .

18.

18.

18.

18.

18.

18.

18.

18.

18.

18.

18.

18.

18.

18.

18.

18.

18.

18.

18.

18.

18.

18.

18.

18.

18.

18.

18.

...

26 ..... 18.91

28 ..... 18.90

28 ..... 18.88

29 ..... 18.87

30 ..... 18.84

31 ..... 18.82

31 ..... 18.80

31 ..... 18.79

31 ..... 18.78

32 ..... 18.78

32 ..... 18.80

32 ..... 18.83

32 ..... 18.83

32 .... 18.84

32 ....

32 ....

32 ....

32 ....

32 ....

32 ....

32 ....

32 ....

32 ....

32 ....

32 ....

32 ....

32 ....

18.85

18.85

18.85

18.86

18.88

18.88

18.89

18.90

18.90

18.86

18.84

18.81

18.78

..el8.82 18.75

.. ..... 18.74

.. ..... 18.70

18.93 18.67

Sept

18.65

18.62

18.60

18.58

18.56

18.55

18.50

18.50

18.50

18.51

18.53

18.55

18.56

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

19.37

19.37

Oct.

19.38

19.38

19.38

19.38

19.37

19.36

19.34

19.33

19.31

19.30

19.28

19.27

19.26

19.25

19.23

19.23

19.24

19.25

19.24

19.23

19.21

19.19

19.17

19.14

19.13

19.11

19.09

19.08

19.07

19.05

19.03

Nov.

19.01

19.00

18.98

18.97

18.96

18.94

18.92

18.91

18.89

18.87

18.86

18.84

18.83

18.82

18.81

18.81

18.79

18.78

18.76

18.76

18.78

18.76

18.75

18.73

18.72

18.69

18.69

18.66

18.65

18.63

Dec.

18.62

18.62

18.61

18.59

18.58

18.57

18.57

18.57

18.56

18.55

18.54

18.56

18.55

18.53

18.53

18.52

18.51

18.51

18.48

18.48

18.47

18.46

18.46

18.45

18.44

18.44

18.42

18.42

18.42

18.41

18.40

e Dry at depth given.

Part 5. Miscellaneous data concerning observation wells

IN.32.27.321. Essary. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump, diameter 16 inches, depth 105 feet. Reference point, top of concrete 

pump base, and top of casing, 0.70 foot above land-surface datum. Mar. 29, 

1947, 44.78; July 31, 1947, 45.96; Sept. 14, 1947, 47.37; Nov. 19, 1947, 

45.82.

IN.32.34.333. Newman. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump, diameter 16 inches, depth 117 feet. Reference point, top of concrete 

pump base, east side of well, 0.50 foot above land-surface datum. May 28, 

43.82.

IN.33.16.112. 

lN.33.16.100c.

Hardwick. Incompletely designated formerly as

IN.33.16.131. Hardwick. Drilled domestic well, equipped with windmill tower and pressure pump, diameter 8 Inches, depth 48* feet. Reference 

point, top of concrete floor of pump shed, 0.86 foot above land-surface 

datum.

1.55.1.331. Woodburn. At west end of earthen tank, about 0.1 mile 

east of road. Drilled well, no equipment, diameter 12 inches, depth 90 

feet. July 50, 1947, 41.26.
NEW MEXICO, ROOSEVELT COUNTY 863

1.33.8.121. Smith. Previously designated Incorrectly as 1.33.8.112.

1.33.14.412. Plnkert. Drilled Irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump. Reference point, top of circular concrete curb, 1.00 foot above 

land-surface datum.

1.33.17.131. Wormlngton. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with 

turbine pump.

1.34.17.411a. Spencer. Drilled Irrigation well, no equipment, diameter 12 Inches, depth 85 feet.

Date

Mar. 29, 1947 

May 28

Water 

level

31.74 

32.70

Date

July 30, 1947 

Sept. 15

Water 

level

35.44 

38.23

Date

Nov. 19, 1947

Water 

level

35.30

1.34.19.341a. Welch. 300 feet south of house and well 1 1.34.19.341. 

Drilled Irrigation well, equipped with turbine pump, diameter 17 Inches, 

depth 92 feet. Reference point, top edge of casing, level with top of 4- 

by 4-foot concrete base, 1.25 feet above land-surface datum.

1.34.22.211.

sumed.

Goodwln. Equipped with turbine pump. Measurements re1.34.27.331a. Whitmire. About 10 feet south of well 1.34.27.331. 

Drilled well, equipped with turbine pump. Reference point, top of concrete 

pump base, 0.64 foot above land-surface datum.

1.34.34.234. Owens. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump, diameter 12 inches, depth 101 feet. Reference point, top of hexagonal 

concrete pump base, 0.55 foot above land-surface datum.

1.34.34.411.

1.34.36.331.

1.34.36.333.

Patton. Previously designated Incorrectly as 1.34.34.322. 

Landiss. Previoxisly designated Incorrectly as

2.33.7.241. Morgan. Previously designated incorrectly as 2.33.7.232.

2.34.14.113a. . Tarlton. About 15 feet northwest of well 2.34.14.113. 

Used drilled Irrigation well, equipped with turbine pump. Reference point, 

top of 3- by 3-foot concrete well curb, north side of well, 1.00 foot 

above land-surface datum.

2.35.6.443a. Johnson. 12 feet north of well 2.35.6.443. Drilled 

Irrigation well, equipped with turbine pump, diameter 14 inches. Reference 

point, top of casing, 1.00 foot above land-surface datum.

Mar. 

May

28, 

26

1947 27.86 

27.94

July 

Sept.

29,

16

1947 35.27 

36.91

Nov. 20, 1947 33.59

2.35.8.332. Ray. Previously designated Incorrectly as 2.35.8.331.

2.35.21.333. Campbell. Drilled Irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump, diameter 12 Inches, depth 86 feet. Reference point, top of concrete 

pump base, 1.00 foot above land-surface datum.

2.36.18.311. McLaln. Drilled Irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump. Reference point, top of concrete base, south side of well, at landsurface datum.

2.36.27.311a. Rlley. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump. Nov. 20, 1947, 17.16.

2.36.28.114b. Trammell. Well deepened to 44.5 feet, July 31, 1948. 

Reference point, established July 31, 1948, top of Geological Survey washer 

in the northeast anchor post 'for windmill tower about 3 feet northeast of 

well, 2.22 feet above land-surface datum.

2.36.29.411. Unknown. Drilled Irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump. Reference point, top of circular concrete pump base, north side of 

well, 0.75 foot above land-surface datum.

047807 O 51 18
264 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

2.36.34.Ilia. Patton. About 60 feet north of well 2.36.34.111. 

Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine pump. Reference point, top 

of concrete curb, 0.23 foot above land-surface datum.

2.36.34.312. Walker. 150 feet southeast of house. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine pump, diameter 12 inches, depth 65 feet. 

Reference point, top of casing at high point, north side of well, 1.00 

foot above land-surface datum. Mar. 31, 1947, 15.95; July 30, 1947, 16.98; 

Sept. 16, 1947, 18.35; Nov. 20, 1947, 18.26.

2.36.35.212a. Harrison. 20 feet northeast of observation well 

2.36.35.212. Drilled irrigation well, equipped'with turbine pump. Reference point, top of concrete pump base, 0.80 foot above land-surfaee datum. 

July 30, 1947, 11.15; Nov. 20, 1947, 11.23.

2.36.35.311. Stokes. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump. Reference point, top of 3- by 3-foot concrete base, 0.75 foot above 

land-surface datum.

SIERRA COUNTY (HOT SPRINGS AREA)

By C. S. Conover and H. 0. Reeder

Part 1. General discussion

Thermal water area

Water levels were measured in the thermal observation wells at Hot 

Springs during 1948 in cooperation with the State engineer of New Mexico. 

These measurements continue the record begun.in 1939 when the investigation 

of the thermal wells and springs was started under the cooperative program. 

A report covering the general phases of the investigation was prepared in 

1941 and will be published in a forthcoming biennial report of the State 

engineer. Water-level measurements made in past years have been published 

in the following Geological Survey water-supply papers:

Year of Water-supply Page 

record Paper numbers

1939-40 ' 911 235-240

1941 941 270-274

1942 949 336-340

1943 991 295-299

1944 1021 290-294

1945 1028 290-295

1946 1076 300-304

Water levels were measured in 13 thermal wells in January and every 

2 months thereafter. Water-stage recorders were operated oh three of the 

wells throughout the year. Of these, one was on an artesian well, No. 6, 

one on a shallow well dug into the alluvium, No. 6a, and one on a well dug 

into the Magdalena lias stone near the upper edge of the spring area, No. 25. 

(See part 4.) A total of 93 measurements of water level was made in the 

thermal area during the year including about 33 made on the recorder wells. 

Measurements from January through July were made by C. R. Murray, those in
NEW MEXICO, SIERRA. COUNTY 265

September by C. R. Murray and H. 0. Reader, and those In November by H. 0. 

Reeder.

Non-thermal water area

In 1945 the United States Geological Survey, upon the request of and 

in cooperation with the State engineer of New Mexico, began an investigation of the nonthermal artesian-water basin lying south of Hot Springs. 

The report "Ground-water conditions in the nonthermal artesian water basin 

south of Hot Springs, Sierra County, N. Mex." by C. R. Murray will be published in a forthcoming biennial report of the State engineer.

A number of flowing artesian wells have been developed on the west 

side of the Rio Grande south of Hot Springs. Such, wells extend from Mud 

Springs Draw, Just southwest of Hot Springs, to Arrey, about 18 miles south 

of Hot Springs. Development has been concentrated in three areas, namely, 

Mud Springs Draw, Animas Creek, and Percha Creek, but there are also a 

number of wells along the Rio Grande valley proper. The latter wells are 

within 2 miles of the Rio Grande, or Caballos Reservoir, but in Animas and 

Percha Creeks, flowing wells have been obtained as far as 4 miles from the 

river. The wells considered here are in Mud Springs Draw, about a mile 

southwest of Hot Springs and within a mile of the Rio Grande. The artesian 

wells in this vicinity furnish the municipal water supply for the city of 

Hot Springs, but most of the wells in the area are used for combined domestic and irrigation purposes.

The water occurs in sands, gravels, and silts in the poorly consolidated Tertiary or Quaternary deposits which fill the Rio Grande structural 

depression. Artesian conditions are believed to be brought about by confinement of the water in the aquifers by clay strata, which are interbedded 

with the coarser materials, the whole sequence having an easterly dip 

toward the river. Writer is believed to enter the aquifers west of the area 

of artesian development, to flow through the aquifers toward the Rio Grahda, 

and to be discharged-indirectly to the river by upward percolation through 

imperfect confining beds to the overlying shallow-water aquifers and 

thence to the river.

Water-level measurements were made in four wells in the nonthermal 

area in January by C. R. Murray. Of these, two are flowing artesian wells, 

14.4.6.441 and 14.4.6.442, one is a shallow driven well, 14.4.5.310, and 

one is a deep well which failed to produce artesian pressure, 14.4.6.110a.
266 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

Changes of water level 

Thermal water area

Artesian pressures at Hot Springs declined an average of 0.50 foot 

from January 1948 to January 1949 as compared with a decline of 0-09 foot 

in the preceding year. All of the 13 wells reached their lowest levels on 

record at the end of 1948.

The highest observed ^evel in the thermal wells for the year was 

reached in March and the lowest in November with an average range of about 

0.75 foot, as compared to a high in March and low in September with an 

average range of about 0.4 foot for the previous year. Part of this 

greater annual decline and greater seasonal range of fluctuation may have 

been the result of increased use of the thermal waters, which is probably 

due to more wells being drilled since the area was reopened to drilling in 

August 1947.

Honthermal water area

Measurements of head and water level in the nonthermal area have not 

been made over a sufficiently long period of time to evaluate the record. 

The shallow well, 14.4.5.310, showed a rise of water level of 0.5 foot from 

January 1948 to February 1949, ,as compared with a decline of about 1.5 feet 

the preceding year. The water level in the deep well, 14.4.6.110a, declined 

2.5 feet in 1948, as compared to a rise of about 0.1 foot in 1947. The 

other two wells, 14.4.6.441. and 14.4.6.442, showed large declines in water 

level from January 1948 to February 1949 which was caused by the wells 

flowing when the 1949 measurements were taken.
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268 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

Part 3. Water levels, in feet, showing seasonal changes daring 1948

Field No. 

Owner

Jan. 17 

Mar. 26,27 

May 28

July 20

Nov. 15,16

Field No. 

Owner

Jan. 17 

Mar. 26

May 28

July 20 

Sept. 15 

Hov. 15

2

Lockhart

+0.27 

+ .53 

+ .48 

+ .33

.05

.34

30

Mills

1.49 

1.23 

1.26 

1.43 

1.77 

2.07

Z 4 

Lock- James 

hart

+0.30 +0.28 

+.57 +.60 

+.53 +.53 

+.36 +.42 

.00 .....

33

James

0'.53 

.27 

.29 

.41 

.74

5 

Ma lone

0.76 

.46 

.55 

.65 

i no

12 

Ma this

+3.65 

+3.91 

+3.88 

+3.74 

A^ ^fi

+3.10

18

Whitehead

1.85 

1.58 

1.63 

1.72

2

np;

2.31

19 

Green

1.01 

.56 

.63 

1.11 

1.26

2.53

27

Graham

+2.12 

+2.38 

+2.35 

+2.29

Part 4. Highest daily water levels in wells equipped with automatic

water-stage recorders

6 Lot 4, block 8. C. E. James. Highest and lowest recorded water 

levels: June 2, +0.98; Nov. 15, 22, +0.08.

Highest cUily water level, from recorder charts

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

SO

31

Jan.

+0.44

+ .44

+ .44

+ .44

+ .46

+ .43

+ .42

+ .41

+ .42

+ .42

+.45

+ .44

+ .48

+ .54

+.55

+ .56

+ .60

+ .60

+ .57

+ .59

+.62

+ .65

+ .63

+ .67

+ .65

+ .67

+ .64

+ .67

+ .66

+.67

+ .68

Feb.

+0.68

+ .69

+ .72

+ .76

+ .77

+ .75

+ .75

+ .72

+ .76

+ .78

+ .77

+.72

+ .73

+ .70

+ .72

+ .72

+ .75

+ .76

+.77

+ .77

+ .76

+ .82

+ .81

+ .76

+ .87

+ .91

+.87

+ .81

+ .82

Mar.

+0.82

+ .80

+ .61

+ .77

+.76

+ .77

+ .76

+ .77

+ .79

+ .80

+ .76

+ .78

+ .81

+ .82

+ .82

+ .79

+ .82

+ .83

+ .82

+ .82

+ .82

+ .81

+ .81

+ .87

+ .87

+ .81

+.81

+.82

+ .87

+ .90

+ .90

Apr.

+0.87

+ .88

+.90

+.90

+ .91

+ .91

+ .89

+ .82

+ .88

+ .90

+ .92

+ .90

+ .82

+ .82

+ .82

+ .91

+ .91

+ .92

+ .92

+ .93

+ .95

+ .95

+.91

+.88

+ .82

+.82

+ .82

+.82

+.82

+.82

May

+0.82

+ .82

+ .83

+ .83

+ .83

+ .83

+ .83

+ .91

+ .82

+ .82

+ .82

+ .82

+ .82

+ .81

+ .81

+ .81

+ .82

+ .82

+ .82

+ .82

+ .86

+ .82

+ .82

+ .81

+ .82

+ .81

+ .81

+.81

+ .81

+ .79

+ .80

June

+0.80

+ .98

+ .93

+ .91

+ .89

+ .89

+ .89

+ .82

+ .81

+.81

+ .81

+ .81

+ .80

+ .80

+ .81

+ .79

+ .81

+ .81

+ .81

+ .79

+ .79

+ .79

+ .75

+ .79

+ .80

+ .80

+ .78

+ .76

+ .75

+ .73

July

+0.73

+ .74

+.75

+ .74

+ .73

+ .72

+.72

+ .72

+ .73

+ .72

+ .72

+ .72

+ .72

+.71

+ .72

+ .72

+ .72

+ .71

+ .72

+ .73

+ .73

+ .72

+ .73

+ .72

+ .71

+ .71

+ .71

+ .71

+ .71

+ .70

+ .70

Aug.

+0.68

+ .68

+ .67

+.62

+ .63

+ .63

+ .62

+ .63

+ .63

+ .61

+ .58

+ .61

+ .61

+ .61

+ .60

+ .57

+ .58

+ .58

+ .58

+ .58

+ .60

+ .56

+ .56

+.60

+.60

+ .60

+ .57

+.59

+ .61

+ .62

+ .63

Sept.

+0.62

+.62

+.59

.....

.....

+ .36

+ .36

+ .36

+ .34

+ .35

+ .32

+.32

+ .32

+ .30

+ .29

+ .28

+ .26

+ .25

+.24

+ .25

+ .25

Oct.

+ .25

+.24

+ .28

+ .24

+ .21

+ .13

+ .14

+.17

+.17

+ .17

+ .17

+ .15

+.12

Nov.

.....

.....

+ .08

+ .10

+.12

+ .11

+ .13

+ .13

+.09

+ .08

+ .09

+ .12

+ .13

+.10

+ .11

+ .09

+.11

+ .13

Dec.

+0.16

+ .13

+ .16

+ .17

+ .11

+ .12

+ .13

+ .16

+ .14

+ .17

+ .17

+.15

+.12

+.16

+ .17

+ .15

+ .16

+ .16

+ .13

+ .13

+ .13

+.14

+ .18

+ .17

+ .13

+.13

+ .18

+ .17

+.13

+.17

+ .19

6a Lot 4, block 8. C. E. James. Highest and lowest recorded water 

levels: June 2, +1.00; Nov. 15, 16, 23, 2.15.

_________Highest daily water level, from recorder charts__________ 

Day Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

1 1.94 1.67

2 1.94 1.67

3 1.94 1.65

1.58

1.52

1.52

1.54

1.53

1.52

1.62

+1.00

+ .98

1.62

1.63

1.63

1.65

1.66

1.67

1.67

1.67

1.69

2.05

2.06

2.08

2.10

2.09

2.09
NEW MEXICO, SIERRA COUNTY 269

6a Lot 4, block 8 Continued.

Highest daily water level, from recorder charts

Day Jan.

4 1.94

5 1.93

6 1.94

7 1.94

8 1.94

9 1.94

10 1.94

11 1.94

12 1.94

13 1.93

14 1.89

15 1.86

16 1.84

17 1.81

18 1.79

19 1.79

20 1.78

21 1.77

22 1.75

23 1.74

24 1.73

25 1.72

26 1.71

27 1.71

28 1.71

29 1.70

30 1.70

31 1.69

Feb.

1.62

1.60

1.60

1.59

1.60

1.61

1.60

1.59

1.61

1.61

1.62

1.62

1.61

1.62

1.63

1.64

1.58

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

2.15

1.76

25 Lot 4,

levels:

Mar.

1.56

1.59

1.61

1.61

1.62

1.62

1.61

1.61

1.61

1.59

1.59

1.58

1.59

1.60

1.59

1.59

1.59

1.58

1.58

1.57

1.55

1.54

1.54

1.55

1.54

1.54

1.54

1.53

block

June 2, 7.43

Highest

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

IS

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Bl

£2

83

£4

25

£6

27

£8

£9

50

91

Jan.

7.92

7.91

7.92

7.91

7.90

7.92

7.90

7.91

7.90

7.91

7.90

7.90

7.88

7.82

7.81

7.80

7.75

7.74

7.77

7.76

7.75

7.73

7.72

7.70

7.71

7.70

7.72

7.70

7.70

7.71

7.70

Feb.

7.69

7.69

7.68

7.66

7.63

7.65

7.65

7.69

7.66

7.62

7.63

7.67

7.66

7.68

7.66

7.67

7.64

7.62

7.62

7.62

7.63

7.58

7.56

7.60

7.52

7.46

7.51

7.55

7.56

Apr.

1.52

1.51

1.51

1.51

1.52

1.51

1.51

. . . .

. . . .

. . . .

. . . .

. . . .

. . .

....

. . . .

....

....

 . . .

. . . .

 . . .

....

. . . .

. . . .

. . . .

. . . .

. . . .

. . . .

93.

; Nov

daily

Mar.

7.57

7.58

7.56

7.60

7.62

7.62

7.63

7.61

7.58

7.57

7.60

7.60

7.58

7.54

7.53

7.57

7.54

7.51

7.56

7.53

7.52

7.54

7.51

7.49

7.47

7.50

7.49

7.50

7.50

7.49

7.51

May

....

....

....

1.52

1.52

1.53

1.56

1.58

1.58

1.57

1.56

1.57

1.56

1.57

1.58

1.57

1.56

1.55

1.57

1.58

1.59

1.60

1.61

1.60

1.59

1.60

1.62

1.63

June

+0.21

.41

1.13

1.32

1.39

1.43

1.47

1.49

1.51

1.52

1.53

1.55

1.56

1.57

1.57

1.57

1.58

.1.59

1.59

1.60

1.61

1.60

1.59

1.59

1.59

1.61

1.61

July

1.63

1.63

1.65

1.66

1.65

1.65

1.65

1.66

1.66

1.67

1.67

1.67

1.67

1.66

1.66

1.65

1.64

1.65

1.64

1.62

1.62

1.62

1.62

1.63

1.63

1.63

1.64

1.64

Jim Knox. Highest

. 15, 21, 22,

water

May

....

....

....

....

.....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

h7.64

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

«...

....

....

....

7.53

7.56

7.56

level,

June

7.56

7.43

7.44

7.47

7.47

7.47

7.48

7.49

7.50

7.51

7.51

7.52

7.55

7.55

7.55

7.56

7.54

7.55

7.54

7.57

7.56

7.56

7.59

7.57

7.56

7.56

7.60

7.60

7.61

7.63

24, 8

Aug.

1.70

1.71

1.72

1.72

1.71

1.70

1.71

1.73

1.73

1.73

1.73

1.74

1.75

1.76

1.76

1.76

1.75

1.75

1.75

1.77

1.75

1.74

1.73

1.73

1.72

1.71

1.70

1.69

Sept.

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

1.93

1.91

1.90

1.91

1.93

1.94

1.95

1.97

1.98

1.99

2.00

2.00

2.01

2.03

2.04

2.04

Oct.

2.07

2.06

2.04

2.04

2.04

2.03

2.02

2.02

2.02 2.oa

2.01

2.01

2.02

2.06

2.08

2.09

2.08

2.08

2.07

2.07

2.9

2.10

....

....

....

....

....

....

Nov.

....

....

....

. . . .'

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

2.15

2.15

2.14

2.13

2.14

2.12

2.13

2.14

2.15

2.13

2.12

2.12

2.12

2.13

2.12

2.11

Dec.

2.07

2.08

2.08

2.09

2.08

2.07

2.06

2.06

2.05

2.05

....

....

....

....

....

....

2.07

2.07

2.07

2.06

2.05

2.06

2.06

2.05

2.04

2.04

2.04

2.04

and lowest recorded water

.26.

from recorder charts

July

7.63

7.61

7.59

7.60

7.62

7.63

7.64

7.63

7.63

7.63

7.63

7.64

7.65

7.65

7.65

7.65

7.65

7.66

7.65

7.65

7.65

7.65

7.65

7.65

7.66

7.66

7.66

7.68

7.67

7.68

7.68

Aug.

7.69

7.69

7.70

7.75

7.75

7.75

7.75

7.75

7.75

7.76

7.78

7.77

7.77

7.77

7.78

7.81

7.80

7.80

7.81

7.80

7.79

7.80

7.81

7.79

7.78

7.79

7.79

7.79

7.77

7.77

7.77

Sept.

7.77

7.77

7.79

7.79

7.81

7.82

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

8.02

8.02

8.03

8.05

8.03

8.05

8.05

....

8.07

8.08

8.09

8.12

8.12

8.13

8.12

8.14

Oct.

8.14

8.12

8.09

8.06

8.03

8.04

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

8.10

8.09

8.12

8.21

8.19

8.17

8.19

8.18

8.17

8.19

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

Nov.

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

8.26

8.24

8.22

8.23

8.21

8.21

8.26

8.26

8.25

8.26

8.21

8.23

8.23

8.25

8.22

8.22

Dec.

8.19

8.22

8.21

8.18

8.25

8.23

8.22

8.20

8.20

8.19

8.18

8.20

8.22

8.19

....

....

....

....

....

8.21

8.21

8.20

8.18

8.18

8.22

8.21

8.19

8.19

8.22

8.20

8.18

h Tape measurement at odd hour.
270 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

Part 5. Miscellaneous data concerning observation wells

14.4.5.310. Cauthen. Driven well, diameter 6 Inches, depth 40 feet. 

Reference point, top of casing, 0.50 foot above land-surface datum. 

June 19, 1946, 8.45; Jan. 29, 1947, 8.26, possible discrepancy of a few 

tenths of a foot between present and previous land-surface data.

14.4.6.110a. Gray. Drilled well, diameter 12 Inches, depth 554 feet. 

Reference point, top of casing, 1.00 foot above land-surface datum. Jan. 22, 

1947, 98.28.

14.4.6.441. Eowe. Drilled domestic and irrigation artesian well, 

diameter 10 inches, depth 502 feet. Reference point, top surface of 4- 

inch discharge pipe immediately south of gate valve on casing, 2.00 feet 

above land-surface datum. Jan. 22, 1947, +58.50; Mar. 28, 1947, +49.44.

14.4.6.442. Arnold. Drilled domestic and irrigation artesian well, 

diameter 10 inches, depth 305 feet. Reference point, top of 10-inch casing, 

2.32 feet above land-surface datum. Oct. 17, 1945, +57.86; Jan. 22, 1947, 

+54.94; Mar. 28, 1947, +47.66.

TORRANCE COUNTY (ESTANCIA VALLEY)

By C. S. Conover and fi. 0. Reeder

Part 1. General discussion

The program of measuring water levels in observation wells, started 

in Estancia Valley in 1941 in cooperation with the State engineer of New 

Mexico, was continued in 1948. Most of /the irrigated area is in Torrance 

County, but new development has extended the area northward into the 

southern part of Santa Fe County. The area was first studied in detail by 

0. E. Meinzer in 1909, and the results of the investigation were published 

in Water-Supply Paper 275. Records of irater levels measured since the inception of the current program have been published in Geological Survey 

water-supply papers as followsi

Water-Supply 

Paper

941

949

991 

1021 

1028 

1076

Water levels were measured In 100 wells in March, 54 wells in May, 55 

wells in August, and 48 wells in October, making a total of 257 measurements 

during the year, including 4 measurements made on the recorder well. (See 

parts 2 and 3.) A water-stage recorder was operated throughout the year 

on well 7.8.27.221. (See part 4.) The measurements in March and May were 

made by C. R. Murray, those in August by 0- R. Murray and H. 0. Reeder, 

fend those in October by E. 0. Reeder.
HEW MEXICO, TORRANCB COUNTY 871

Precipitation and pumpage

Precipitation within the area of the closed baaln of Estancla Valley 

la the ultimate source of the ground water, whether by direct penetration 

to the water-bearing formation or from runoff from the surrounding higher 

lands. The discharge of ground water, both natural and artificial, is dependent, in part, upon the amount of precipitation. Excess precipitation 

reduces the amount of pumping required for irrigation of crops and also reduces the transpiration of ground water by plants in areas of shallow 

ground water by directly supplying part of the water requirements.

Recharge to the ground-water body In 1948 was less than normal as indicated by the deficient precipitation. The precipitation at Otto was 

7.67 inches, 4.81 inches below normal; at Mclntosh, 8.47 inches, 5.56 inches 

below normal; at Estancia, 7.14 inches, 6.08 inches below normal; at 

Tajique, 12.84 inches, 7.44 inches below normal; and at Mountainair, for 

which records for October are missing, estimated about 10 inches. Precipitation was less than in 1947 and generally slightly above normal for February and June, but below normal for the rest of the year.

There was an increase in ground-water development in Estancia Valley 

In 1948. It is estimated that about 6,000 acres were watered from wells 

In 1948 and that about 5,400 acre-feet of water was pumped, as compared with 

about 5,000 acres watered in 1947 with about 5,000 acre-feet of water 

pumped. About half of the new development has been spread throughout the 

Torrance County part of the irrigated area with the other half concentrated 

within about 3 miles north of the county line, in the southern part of 

Santa Fe County.

Changes or water level

Water levels from March 1948 to February 1949 rose in 5 observation 

wells and fell in 74 observation wells for which records are comparable. 

The average change for these wells was a decline of 1.10 feet as compared 

with an average decline in 67 wells of 0.20 foot in 1947. As the water 

levels in 1948 were measured in March, 1 month later than in 1949, the observed net declines may be somewhat larger than if the water levels In 

1948 had been measured in February.

The areas in Estancia Valley in which the water table declined from 

March 1948 to February 1949 are shown on the accompanying map. The groundwater levels declined more than 1 foot over an area of about 72 square miles 

and more than 2 feet over an area of about 4 square miles.
272 WATER LEVELS AMD ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

Observotion well

Line showing rise (+) or decline 

(-) of water level, in feet-,inter

\

vol one foot; dashed where 

approximote.

Shading shows or«o in which 

woter level declined-, density 

of shading increases with 

amount of decline.

Figure 21. Map of Estancia Valley, Torrance County, New Mexico, showing 

decline of ground-water level from March 1948 to February 1949.
NEW MEXICO, IORRANCB COUNTY 273

The largest declines in water level occurred in the area of largest 

pumpage of ground water, about 7 miles southwest of Estancia. The maximum 

observed decline of- 2.15 feet, well 5.8.8.351, was in this area. The 

ground-water levels showed a net decline of more than 1 foot over an area 

of about 24 square miles and more than 2 feet over a circular area of 

about 4 square miles centered at the northeast corner of sec. 17, 

T. 5 N., R. 8 E. A net decline of more than 1 foot occurred over an area 

of about 17 square miles at approximately the same location in the preceding year.

Between Estancia and Moriarty, just west of the railroad, the water 

levels showed a net decline for 1948 of more than 1 foot over an area of 

about 42 square miles, as compared to small declines of less than 1 foot 

in this area in the preceding year.

In the southern part of Santa Pe County the water level apparently 

declined more than 1 foot over an area of about 6 square miles centered 

at well 10.8.36.111. Irrigation in this area was developed in 1948, 

and it is expected that the declines will increase greatly In the next few 

years as a result of additional development.

An abnormal decline of water level of 21.6 feet from March 1948 to 

February 1949 was observed in well 7.8.16.142, about 6 miles northwest of 

Estancia. In March 1948, prior to the measurement of water level, this 

well was deepened from 200 to 232 feet and struck a limestone cavity. The 

artesian pressure encountered In the cavity caused the water level to rise 

about 53 feet to within 11 feet of the land surface. However, heavy pumping of this well during 1948 and possible leakage into the upper aquifers 

probably caused most of the large decline in the water level. Some of the 

decline of water level may be due to other wells having been drilled into 

this formation.

The net decline of water levels from -March 1948 to February 1949 In 

observation wells in the remainder of Estancia Valley was less than 1 foot, 

but was greater than the decline of the preceding year.
Part 2. Water levels In March 1948 and highest and lowest recorded level

from February 1947 to March 1948, in fee

Location 

number

4 

4

5 

5

.8.1.144 

24.222 

.9.5.344 

7.441 

10.133 

.7.11.411 

15.212 

.8.4.343 

5.344 

7.431 

8.231 

8.331 

8.424 

9.423 

10.331 

10.331a 

10.333 

11.221a 

12.111 

15.113 

15.131 

15.131a 

15.311 

15.313 

16.111 

16.211 

17.113 

17.212 

17.241 

17.311 

17.311a 

17.323 

17.334 

18.233 

18.312 

18.313 

18.421

* See

Owner

See 

ala 

Par

J. M. Harper . 

M. E. Ottoscn 

Morris Ottoson . 

Unknown . 

Homer Arnn 3 

0. H. Brown 3,5 

Ewlng school . 

Unknown . 

0. R. Etherldge 3 

John Ingle . 

E. F. Richards . 

Madison Davls . 

Arlington Austin 3,5 

Carter Bowden . 

Charles Rattan . 

do 3,5 

do * 

J. V. Chamberlln . 

do 3 

D. S. Bailey 

Joe Begley . 

do 3 

Charles Rattan . 

do 

Arlington Austin 5 

Ben Mullen 5 

Madison Davls 3 

R. 0. Brown 5 

do (Measurements 

do 

do 5 

do 

do 

3. W. Hodgson 3 

Wlllard Hodgson 

do 

F. H. Ayres

footnotes at' end of table.

Water lev

° Jan. 1948 

* Level Day

53.48 

55.87 

30.33 

52.99 

17.23 

86.81 

116.24

24 

23 

24 

23 

24 

23 

23

52.70 23 

71.96 23 

57.40 23 

55.94 23 

62.03 23 

53.65 22 

19.28 22 

19.79 22 

18.37 22 

10.27 22 

14.47 22 

19.04 23 

15.39 23 

17.48 23 

20.61 23 

21.51 23 

54.17 23 

45.96 22 

46.81 23 

51.99 23 

discontinued) 

29.79 23 

29.50 23 

29.14 23 

13.01 23 

40.30 23 

40.02 23 

33.66 23 

28. 7O 23

Change 

1947-48

+0.31 

+ .O3 

-.19 

-.04 

-.08

-.67

-1.56 

-1.75 

-1.59 

-1.70

-1.13 

-1.03

-1.05 

+.70 

+.42 

-1.13 

-.94 

-1.19 

-1.17 

-1.18

-1.69

-ll59

-1.51 

-1.53 

-1.61 

-1,45 

-1.43 

-1.81

H

Lev

52.

55.

30.

52.

17.

115.

30.

51.

to. 

55.

54.

52.

18.

17.

9.

12.

17.

14.

16.

19.

20.

45.

40.

26.

26.

9.

38.

38.

32.

26.
NEW MEXICO, TORRANCB COUNTY 276

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Part 2. Water levels in March 1948 and highest and lowest recorded level

from February 1947 to March 1948, in fee

Location 

number

7.8.23.311 

23.324 

24.431 

24.433 

25.411 

26.141 

27.221 

27.434 

33.123 

33.424 

34.222 

35.111 

7.9.5.211 

10.333 

30.412 

8.8.1.434 

10.111 

10.244 

13.311 

13.324 

24.131 

26.222 

35.322 

8.9.8.111 

29.111 

29. Ilia 

30.111 

9.8.2.242 

24.330 

26.121 

9.9.32.131 

32.131a 

10.8.36.111 

10.9.21.431

Owner

0. L. Austin 

do 

R. T. Ployd 

do 

H. P. Brunnell 

Mr. Richter 

Wagner Estate 

Lilburn Homan 

B. A. Kinchelos 

E. C. Hayes Estate 

Lilburn Homan 

W. W. Dunn 

Unknown 

Mr. Price 

W. L. Davidson 

Unknown 

W. H. Woodman 

Dennis Willie 

B. M. Maxwell 

do 

Buck and Cunningham 

Unknown 

A. C. Hibner 

Unknown 

Mrs. Harry Bigger 

do 

0. I. King 

Valley Irrigation Co 

do 

Unknown 

G. L. Dean 

do 

Valley Irrigation Co 

Everett Shockey

See 

also 

Part

Water lev

Jan . 1948 Change 

Level Day 1947-48

18.00 

3 1.74 

3,5 22.34 

24.34 

21.59 

5 5.50 

4 19.54 

(Measurements disco 

3 30.28 

52.44 

3,5 18.68 

18.71 

18.80 

14.82 

5 11.34 

3,5 29.12 

5 108.05 

67.22 

5 21.87 

5 47.97 

5 10.55 

3 (a) 

3,5 51.08 

24.98 

21.40 

21.69 

3,5 20.13 

5 56.20 

5 40.50

3 

3 

3,5 

3

6.01 

6.64 

34.91 

25.05

24 -0 

24 +

94

24 

24 

24 -1

24

24 

24 + 

24

24 

25 + 

25 

24

25

25

25 

25

25

25

25 !

25 

24 + 

24

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£>*;

25

25 

25 

25

25

.20 

.16

.00 

.11 

.40 

.30

.29 

.01

.21 

.06 

.01

...

...

.53 

.66 

.06

.37 

.94

.42

H

Lev

17.

1.

23.

21.

4.

f!9.

29.

52.

17.

18.

14.

65.

6.

23.

20.

20.

19.

5.

5.

24.

a Pumping. D Pumping recently, 

f From recorder chart.

i Possible discrepancy of a few tenths of a foot between 

j Also 1942.

present and 
NEW MEXICO, TORRANCF COUNTY 277

Part 5. Water levels, In feet, showing seasonal changes during 1948

Location 

number 

Owner

Mar. 22-24 

May 18,19 

Aug. 10 

Oct. 25,26

Location 

number 

Owner

Mar. 22-24 

May 18,19 

Aug. 9,10, 

12 

Oct. 25,26

Location 

number 

Owner

Mar. 24, 

May 19 , 

Aug. 10, 

Oct. 26,

Location 

number 

Owner

Mar. 24, 

May 19, 

Aug. 10, 

Oct. 26,

25

20 

11 

27

25

20 

11 

27

Location 

number 

Owner

Mar. 25 

May 20 

Aug. 11 

Oct. 27

a

b 

c

4.9. 

10.133 

Arnn

17.23

17.42 

18.46

5.8. 

18.233 

Hodgson

40.30 

C42.89 

043.10

43.71

7.7. 

12.444 

Roland

42.74 

43.16 

43.53 

43.87

7.8. 

33.123 

Klncheloe

30.28 

30.30 

30.68

10.8. 

36.111 

Irrigation Co

34.91 

(a) 

40.40 

37.98

5.7. 

11.4J.1 

Brown

5.8. 

5.344 

Etheridge

86.81 52.70 

86.80 54.63 

87.07 b61.ll 

87.32 56.57

5.8. 

24.311 

Wallace

22.73 

22.70 

26.06

23.64

7.8. 

1.231 

Homan

C25-99 

26.17 

26.49 

26.70

7.8. 

34.222 

Homan

18.68 

18.64 

a39.68 

21.14

10.9. 

21.431 

Shookey

25.05 

25.57 

25.58 

25.85

5.8. 

25.212 

Arnn

25.32 

25.35 

25.46

25.60

7.8. 

10.221 

Jens on

15.66 

15.95 

16.70 

17.15

8.8. 

1.434 

Unknown

29.12 

29.60 

034.70 

30.23

5.8. 

8.424 

Aus tin

62.03 

66.15

66.35

5.9. 

31.331 

Arnn

32.65 

32.68 

32.75

32.79

5.8. 

10.331a 

Rattan

19.79 

22.59 

25.71 

22.46

5.8. 

12.111 

Chamber 1 In

5.8. 5.8. 

15.131al7.113 

Begley Davis

14.47 17 

15.10 20 

14.73 030 

14.97 21

6.8. 6.8. 

3.221 15.444 

Tim- Estanmlns cla 

Cemetery

26.68 

26.60 

27.20

029.09

7.8. 7.8. 

12.4338 16.142 

Schmldt Thomas

21.59 

21.78 

23.33 

22.27

8.8. 

26.222 

Unknown

(a)

6.99 

7.88 

8.86

10.92

a28.42 

33.94

8.8. 

35.322 

Hibner

51.08 

51.85 

52.47 

52.97

30. 

30. 

30.

31.

47 

30 

80

18

7.8. 

20.240 

Burns

86. 

86. 

87. 

87.

70 

83 

16 

30

8.9. 

30.111 

King

20. 

20. 

21. 

20.

13 

99 

35 

45

.48 

.33 

.49

.10

6.8. 

32.212 

Etheridge

24 

24 

25

25

.02 

.11 

.21

.27

7.8. 

23.324 

Austin

1 

3 

5 

3

.74 

.68 

.72 

.40

9.9. 

32.131 

Dean

6 

6 

6 

6

.01 

.10 

.77 

.63

46.81 

49.40 

(a) 

50.98

6.8. 

34.311 

Chamberlin

17.00 

16.60 

17.89

18.09

7.8. 

24.431 

Ployd

22.34 

23.23 

25.66 

22.93

9.9. 

32.131a

Dean

6.64 

6.18 

6.88 

6.73

Pumping. 

Pumping recently. 

Nearby well pumping.

Part 4. Highest daily water levels in wells equipped with automatic 

water-stage recorders

7.8.27.221. Wagner Estate. Highest and lowest recorded water levels: 

June 27, July 1-8, 19.31; Sept. 20, 22.06.

_________Highest daily water level, from recorder charts__________

Day Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

1 19.84 19.75 19.66 19.55 19.49 19.35 19.31 20.86 21.48 21.87 21.17 20.74

2 19.83 19.74 19.66 19.55 19.49 19.34 19.31 20.86 51.50 21.83 ..... 20.74

3 19.83 19.73 19.65 19.54 19.49 19.34 19.31 20.87 21.51 ..... ..... 20.72

4 19.83 19.73 19.67 19.54 19.48 19.34 19.31 20.89 21.51 21.77 ..... 20.69

5 19.83 19.73 19.66 19.53 19.47 19.34 19.31 20.92 21.57 21.73 ..... 2O.77

6 19.83 19.73 19.65 ..... 19.47 19.34 19.31 20.95 21.59 21.70 ..... 20.76

7 19.82 19.73 19-.65 19.53 19.46 19.34 19.31 20.97 21.66 21.70 ..... 20.74

8 19.82 19.74 19.64 19.54 19.47 19.34 19.31 21.03 21.70 21.67 ..... 20.76

9 19.82 19.71 19.63 19.53 19.49 19.33 19.32 21.06 ..... 21.64 ..... 20.79
278 WATER LEVELS AND ARTBBIAK.PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWBSTBRK STATES

7.8.27.221 Continued.

________Highest dally water level, from recorder charts_________^ 

bay Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Kov. Dac.

10 19.80 19.70 19.63 19.52 19.48 19.34 19.33 21.10 ..... 21.63 ..... 20.78

11 19.80 19.71 19.64 19.52 19.45 19.34 19.34 21.13 21.88 21.62 ..... 20.77

12 19.80 19.71 19.65 19.57 19.44 19.33 19.40 21.17 21.89 21.61 20.91 20.77

13 19.81 19.71 19.63 19.57 19.44 19.33 19.47 21.19 21.92 21.60 20.90 20.77

14 19.80 19.70 19.60 19.58 19.43 19.33 19.56 21.23 21.95 21.56 20.89 20.77

15 19.79 19.71 19.61 19.58 19.42 19.33"19.64 21.23 21.97 21.56 20.89 20.76

16 19.79 19.71 19.61 19.57 19.42 ...., 19.75 21.23 21.96 21.52 20.87 20.77

17 19.78 19.71 19.59 19.57 19.41 ..... 19.83 21.33 21.97 21.62 20.85 20.76

18 19.78 19.70 19.57 19.57 19.38 19.32 19.92 21.33 21.98 ..... 20.84 20.76

19 19.79 19.71 .19.59 19.50 19.36 19.32 20.02 21.32 22.01 ..... 20.85 20.75

20 19.79 19.71 19.57 19.58 19.35 19.32 20.10 21.30 22.06 ..... 20.82 20.74

21 19.77 19.69 19.58 19.56 19.35 19.32 20.21 21.28 22.05 21.32*20.82 20.74

22 19.76 19.67 19.58 19.54 19.34 19.32 20.32 21.26 22.02 21.31 20.82 20.73

23 19.76 19.66 19.57 19.54 19.34 19.33 20.42 21.25 22.00 21.30 20.81 20.73

24 19.76 19.68 19.54 ..... 19.35 19.32 20.52 21.23 21.97 21.29 20.80 20.73

25 19.77 19.70 19.53 ..... 19.35 19.32 20.61 21.23 21.95 21.29 20.79 20.75

26 19.76 19.68 19.55 ..... 19.35 19.32 20.68 21.24 21.95 21.22 20.79 20.73

27 19.77 19.68 19.56 ..... 19.34 19.31 20.72 21.32 21.95 21.21 20.79 20.71

28 19.76 19.68 19.55 ..... 19.33 19.32 20.76 21.36 21.95 21.20 20.80 20.71

29 19.76 19.66 19.54 19.49 19.33 19.32 20.81 21.40 21-93 21.18 20.79 20.74

30 19.76 19.53 19.48 19.33 19.32 20.87 21.42 21.89 21.17 20.78 20.72

31 19.76______19.54_____19.55 20.87 21.42_____21.Iff_____20.70

Part 5. Miscellaneous data concerning observation wells

5.7.11.411. Brown. Drilled irrigation well, diameter 16 inches, 

depth 275 feet. Reference point, top surface of concrete pump base, 0.50 

foot above land-surface datum. Sept. 14, 1947, 86.35.

5.8.8.424. Austin. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump, diameter 20 inches, depth 204 feet. Reference point, top of casing, 

level with concrete pump base, 0.80 foot above land-surface datum.

5.8.10.331a. Rattan. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump, diameter 18 inches, depth 158 feet. Sept. 14, 1947, 22.59.

5.8.16.111. Austin. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump, diameter 20 inches, depth 200 feet. Reference point, top of 20-4jjch 

casing west side of well, 1.00 foot above land-surface datum. Sept. 14, 

1947, 68.06; Aug. 10, 1948, 69.35, pumping recently.

5.8.16.211. Mullen. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump, diameter 20 inches, depth 187 feet. Reference point, top of casing, 

1.15 feet above land-surface datum. Sept. 14, 1947, 49.09.

5.8.17.212. Brown. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump, diameter 18 inches, depth 201 feet. Sept. 14, 1947, 56.72.

5.8.17.311a. Brown. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump. Reference point, surface of concrete pump base, 0.65 foot above 

land-surface datum. May 27, 1947, 30.07; Sept. 14, 1947, 32.27; May 18, 

1948, 31.84, nearby well pumping.

6.7.25.113. Olark. Drilled irrigation test well, diameter 14 inches, 

depth 302 feet. Reference point, top of casing, north side, 0.90 foot 

above land-surface datum. Aug. 9, 73.62.

6.8.2.111. Timmins. Drilled irrigation well. Reference point, top 

of casing, level with concrete pump base, 0.50 foot above land-surface 

datum.

7.8.3.140. Laws. Drilled Irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump, diameter 18 inches. Reference point, top edge of casing, east side 

Of well, 0.20 foot above land-surface datum. Sept. 16, 1947, 54.25.

7.8.3.300. Jenson. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

tump, diameter 18 inches, depth 84 feet. Reference point, top of casing, 

$.00 feet above land-surface datum. May 28, 1947, 5.34; Sept. 16* 1947* 

pumping.
HEW MEXICO, TORRANCB COUNTY 279

7.8.7.121. Norman. Drilled Irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump, diameter 12 Inches, depth 200 feet. Reference point, top of casing, 

1.00 foot above land-surface datum. May 28, 1947, 75.18; Sept. 16, 1947, 

75.26.

7.8.11.132. Jenson. Drilled Irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump, diameter 18 Inches, depth 250 feet. Reference point, top of casing, 

1.00 foot above land-surface datum. May 28, 1947, 9.21; Sept. 16, 1947, 

+11.07.

7.8.12.433a. Schmldt. Drilled Irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump, diameter 8 Inches, depth 103 feet. Reference point, top surface of 

concrete pump base, 0.30 foot above land-surface datum. Sept.16, 1947, 

22.18.

7.8.16.142. Thomas. Well.deepened to 232 feet In March 1948.

7.8.20.240. Burns. Drilled Irrigation well. Reference point, top 

of concrete-pump base, 0.70 foot above land-surface datum.

7.8.20.334. Gates. Drilled Irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump, diameter 1.6 Inches, depth 202 feet. Reference point, top of concrete 

pump base, 0.50 foot above land-surface datum.

7.8.24.431. Ployd. Drilled Irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump, diameter 12 inches, depth 300 feet. Reference point, top of concrete 

pump base, 0.50 foot above land-surface datura. May 28, 1947, 21.77; 

Sept. 15, 1947, 23.23.

7.8.26.141. Rlclxter. Reference point, top of Geological Survey 

washer In.stake 2 feet southeast of well, 0.20 foot below land-surface 

datura. Casing at well removed. Possible discrepancy of a few tenths of a 

foot between present and previous land-surface data.

7.8.34.222. Homan. Drilled Irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump, diameter 18 Inches, depth 129 feet. Reference point, top of casing, 

4.00 feet above land-surface datura. May 29, 1947, 18.51; Sept. 16, 1947, 

18.60.

7.9.30.412. Davidson. Drilled Irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump, diameter 16 Inches, depth 540 feet. Reference point, top of casing, 

south side of well, 0.50 foot above land-surface datum.

8.8.1.434. Unknown. Drilled Irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump, diameter 16 Inches.

8.8.10.111. Woodman. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump, diameter 16 Inches, depth 425 feet. Reference point, top edge of 

casing, 1.00 foot above land-surface datum.

8.8.13.311. Maxwell. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump, diameter 16 Inches, depth 200 feet. Sept. 16, 1947, 21.78.

8.8.13.324. Maxwell. Drilled Irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump, diameter 10 Inches, depth 200 feet. Sept. 16, 1947, 49.61, pumping 

recently.

8.8.24.131. Buck & Cunningham. Drilled Irrigation well, equipped 

with turbine pump, diameter 16 Inches, depth 187 feet.

8.8.35.322. Hibner. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump, diameter 16 inches, depth 228 feet. Reference point, top of casing, 

0.75 foot above land-surface datura. May 28, 1947, 50.12; Sept. 16, 1947, 

51.13.

8.9.30.111. King. Drilled irrigation well, equipped v/ith turbine 

pump, diameter 16 Inches, depth 200 feet.

9.8.2.242. Valley Irrigation Co. Drilled irrigation well, diameter 

12* Inches, depth 550 feet. Sept. 15, 1947, 56.66; May 20, 1948, 56.52.

9.8.24.330. Valley Irrigation Co. Drilled irrigation well, diameter 

16 Inches. Reference point, top edge of casing, south side of well, 0.50 

foot above land-surface datum. May 20, 40.57.

947807 O-51 19
280 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

10.8.36.111. Valley Irrigation Co. Drilled irrigation well, diameter 12i inches, depth 309 feet. Sept. 15, .1947, 34.91.

VALENCIA COUNTY (ORANTS-BLUEWATER AREA)

By C. S. Conover 

Part 1. General diacuaaion

The Orants-Bluewater area, in Valencia County, ia near the towna of 

Oranta and Bluewater on U. S. Highway 66, about 80 miles weat of Albuquerque. 

The area of irrigated lands is under the Bluewater-Toltec Irrigation Diatrict for distribution of surface-water supplies from Bluewater Lake, on 

Bluewater Creek. A succession of dry years, in which only a partial 

surface-water supply was available, aroused interest in obtaining a supply 

of ground water from wells. The first successful irrigation well was 

drilled in August 1944.

The program of measuring water levels in observation wells and 

gathering other data pertaining to ground water in the area began in February 1946 and continued in 1948 in cooperation with the State engineer of 

New Mexico. Records of water level in 19"46 arid 1947 have been published 

in Oeological Survey Water-Supply Papers 1076, pp. 311-316, and 1101, 

pp. 306-316, respectively.

Water levels were measured in 38 wells in February 1948, after the 

water levels had recovered, in large part, from the effects of pumping for 

irrigation during the summer of 1947. These winter measurements are used 

to determine the net change in water levels for the year and give a measure 

of the status of the ground-water reservoir. (See part 2.) In order to 

more closely determine the effects of recharge and .discharge upon the 

ground-water body, water levels were measured in 30 wells at; bimonthly intervals during the year. (See part 3.) A more detailed record of the 

fluctuations was obtained by a water-stage recorder that was installed in 

1946 on well 12.11.9.222. (See part 4.) A total of 179 measurements of 

water level was made during the year including 6 made in the recorder well. 

Precipitation and pumpage ^

Precipitation is the eventual source of the ground water in the aquifer, 

whether it seeps directly to the aquifer through the extensive lava beds 

exposed in the valley, by penetration through the alluvium in the valley, 

by being absorbed on the outcrop of the aquifer in the Zuni Mountains to 

the south, or by leakage from Bluewater Reservoir vaA Bluewater Gaiiyoii.
NEW MEXICO, VALENCIA COUNTY 281

Recharge to the aquifer also occurs from the various canals and from return 

of irrigation water applied upon the lands.

Precipitation also causes changes in the water levels by reducing the 

amount of pumpage of ground water necessary for crops. However, as most 

of the irrigated land is given to raising truck crops, precipitation generally causes only a minor change in the amount of pumping necessary.

The precipitation at Bluewater in 1948 was 9.36 inches, about 1 inch 

below normal and slightly greater than in 1947. Precipitation during the 

main part of the growing season, April through September, was 6 inches, of 

which about 2 inches fell in June and practically none in April.

On the basis of measured power input and water output ratios and 

electric power records on 13 of the 19 used irrigation wells in 1948 and 

rough estimates of the pumpage from 6 wells, the pumpage of ground water 

for irrigation in 1948 is believed to have been 9,300 acre-feet, a decrease 

from the 10,300 acre-feet estimated as having been pumped in 1947. In 

addition to the ground water, 6,174 acre-feet of surface water was released 

from the Bluewater Reservoir for irrigation, according to records furnished 

by Mr. Clifford Young of the Bluewater-Toltec Irrigation District. Of this 

amount, 4,933 acre-feet, 80 percent, was delivered 'to farms and laterals. 

Seventy-three percent of the seepage loss reportedly occurred upstream 

from the canal division point in HE^SEi sec. 9, T. 12 H., R. 11 W. Most 

of the surface water was used on lands in the upper part of the district 

which resulted in irrigating some lands that had been idle for the last 

three or more years. Ground-water pumpage in the upper part of the district 

was reduced, because of the use of surface water, from about 1,100 acre-feet 

in 1947 to about 230 acre-feet in 1948. The acreage irrigated in 1948 by 

surface and ground waters is believed to have been about 5,500 acres, about 

1,000 acres more than was irrigated by ground water alone in 1947.

Changes of water level

Water levels in the area of ground-water pumping, in the lower part 

of the district, reached their highest stages in the early part of April 

before the beginning of the pumping season and about 1 month later than in 

1947. During the pumping season the water levels declined steadily, with 

only minor rises during cessations of pumping, and reached their lowest 

atages generally in August, the end of the pumping season. Only a minor
282 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1946, SOUTHWESTERN STATES *

amount of water was pumped the remainder of the year during which time the 

water levels steadily rose.

The recovery of water levels after oeseation of the pumping in 

the area of heavy pumping was less than the drawdown during the pumping 

season, and, consequently, a net deficit of generally more than 1 foot in 

the atage of the water levels was exhibited at the end of the year. The 

net decline in this area in the preceding year was more than 3 feet.

The fluctuation of water level in 1948 in the lightly pumped area in 

the upper part of the district was considerably different than occurred in 

the preceding year when surface water was not available. The water-level 

in the recorder well, 12.11.9.222, which is about a quarter of a mile 

northeast of the main canal, rose gradually until April 11, as a result of 

recovery from the effects of nearby pumping in 1947. A slight lowering then 

occurred, as a result of early pumping, until the water which was released 

from Bluewater Reservoir reached the canal. Beginning April 26 the water 

level in this well commenced rising and continued rising until about November 4, about 2 weeks after the release of water from the reservoir wae 

stopped. Slight declines occurred during the remainder of the year. The 

water level in this well showed a net rise of 7.4 feet in 1948, as compared with net declines of 11.9 feet in 1946 and 8.3 feet in 1947.

The average net change in water levels from February 1948 to February 

1949 in 14 wells, that were also measured in February 1946 and 1947, was a 

rise of 0.17 foot, as compared with declines in the same wells of 5.88 and 

3.91 feet in 1946 and 1947, respectively. The maximum recorded decline 

from February 1948 to February 1949 was 2.1 feet and occurred in an irrigation well and a windmill well in NE^ sec. 4, T. 11 N., R. 10 W., near the 

lower end of the district. The maximum recorded rise of 7.4 feet occurred 

in the recorder well, 12.11.9.222, in which the maximum recorded decline of 

11.9 and 8.3 feet occurred in 1946 and 1947, respectively.

The large declines of water levels in the lightly pumped area in the 

upper part of the district that occurred during 1946 and 1947, when water 

Was not released from the reservoir, as contrasted with the large rises 

that occurred in 1948, when water was released from the reservoir, eeem to 

Confirm the opinion that a part of the recharge to the aquifer, at least 

in the upper area of the district, is derived from losses that occur in the
NEW MEXICO, VALENCIA COUNTY £83

canal in that area. The smaller decline in 1948 in the heavily pumped 

area in the lower part of the district, as compared with 1947, is due, in 

part, to a reduction in pumping in 1948, in part, to a natural decreasing 

rate of decline which results from pumping from ground-water storage, and, 

in part, to an increased amount of ground-water recharge which, in this 

area may, in large part, be due to increased precipitation on the outcrop

of the aquifer in the Zunl Mountains to the southwest*

% 

As pumping of ground water is a new discharge imposed upon a previously

more or less stable ground-water system, over-all declines in water level 

in this area are expected to continue, as long as pumping continues, until 

the effect of the pumping reaches the area of ground-water discharge in 

the swamp area from Grants southward to San Rafael. In scattered years, 

when adequate water is available in Bluewater Reservoir to furnish a supply 

of surface water to the area, the ground water will be replenished to some 

extent. Alao, with an adequate supply of surface water the amount of pumping will be reduced if additional lands not receiving ground water are not 

farmed. In view of these factors and as the decline of water level is 

greater in the initial period of pumping then later, it seems probable thatj 

the net decline of water levels in succeeding years will continue to be 

less than occurred during 1946 and 1947, unless an increase in irrigated 

acreage occurs.
Fart 2. Water levels in February 1948 and highest and lowest recorded 

February 1947 to February 1948, in 

Location 

number

9.

10

10

11

12

12

12

10. 10. 432

.9.26.224

,10.10.200

.10.4.111

4.211

4.222

5.214

8.111

8.222

8.344

9.222

9.242

10.111

16.121

16.142

16.431

17.222

26.411

27.410

34.400

.10.23.233

29.434

30.111

30.242

30.332

30.412

30.421

.10.32.111

.11.9.114

9.222

9.424

11.343

15.341

16.223

Owner

Fred Mirabal

Robert Qottlieb

Joe Padllla

M. C. Read

J. C. Church

E. B. Harden

V. M. Vidal

Salvador Milan

do

do

Dean Stanley &

A. R. Card

A. R. Card

Milton Harding

Frank Wilson

do

Salvador Milan

do

City of Grants well 3

Cecil Moore

Unknown

John Jacobs

Dean Stanley & A. R. Card

E. E. Harden

do

J. C. Church

Fred Freas

Milton Harding

J. C. Church

do

do

George Rowley

Tietjen & Hassell

Edward Freas

E. E. Harden

See 

also 

Part

5

3

3

3

5,5

3

3

3

3

3

3

5

3

3

5

3

3

3,5

3

3,5

5

3

.

3

3

3

5

4

3

3

e 

» D

3

3

Water l

I Jan. 1948 

Level Day

84.04

a 8.75

10.88

72.39

65.75

63.03

72.42

77.12

66.32

J56.21

62.42

60.44

 

54.45

52.77

51.83

ciiii?

36.84

14.41

123.02

76.64

111.60

b94.57

.....

99.03

97.38

90.70

144.69

135.92

105.00

123.64

113.79

131.49

2

2

2

2

2

2

3

2

2

3

2

2

,

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

.

3

3

2

3

3

3

3

3

3

Change 

1947-48 Le

.00

-1.05

-3.14

-3.d2

-2.18

-3.43

-3.37

-3.28

-3.19

-2.97

-3.11

. . .

-3..03

-2.92

. .

-3.22

-1.25

-2.88

-2.88

-3.62

-3.64

 

-3.50

-3.63

-3.58

-8.29

-5.77

-7.72

-7.81

ak 8

9

69

57

60

68

73

57

53

54

52

51

46

45

84

7

35

115

69

107

b90

106

90

88

82

115

99

106

123

* See footnotes at end of table.
Part 2. Water levels In February 1948 and highest and lowest recorded le

February 1947 to February 1948, in feet C

Location 

number

12.11.20 

22 

25 

25 

25 

25 

27

.424 

.414 

.255 

.225 

.225a 

.511 

.222

Owner

J. F. Nlelson 

Mr. Hassell 

Harmon & Read 

J. C. Church 

do 

Harmon & Read 

Harold Prewltt

See 

also 

Part

5 

5,5 

5

5 

5

Water level

Jan. 1948 

Level Day

250.58 

129.07 

70.75 

109.45 

110.52 

127.48 

156.12

3 

3 

3 

2 

2 

5 

5

Change 

1947-48

- 6.75 

- 8.01 

- 1.07 

-5.69 

-5.70 

-2.98

Hi

Leve

243.8

110.5

69.6

100.1

106.8

124.5

a Pumping, 

b Pumping recently, 

o Nearby well pumping, 

f From recorder charts, 

j Measurement uncertain! 

k Also 1947.
286 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

Part, 3. Water levels, in feet, showing seasonal changes during 1948

Location 

number 

Owner

Feb. 2, 

Apr. 5 

June 10, 

Aug. 4, 

Oct. 5 

Dec. 9

3

11 

5

Location 

number 

Owner

Feb. 2 

Apr. 5 

June 10, 

Aug. 4 

Oct. 5, 

Dec. 9

11 

6

Location 

number 

Owner

Peb . 2 , 

Apr. 5, 

June 10, 

Aug. 4, 

Oct. 5, 

.0*0.. 9,

10.9. 

26.224 

Gottlieb

a8.75 

a8.65 

8.36 

8.27 

8.37 

8.84

11.10. 

9.222 

Stanley 

& Card

62.42 

ak90.0 

69.70 

ak95.5 

67.63 

64.79

12.10. 

29.434 

Stanley 

& Card

10.10. 11.10. 

10.200 4.111 

Padilla Read

10.88 

11.26 

11.06 

12.70 

13.17 

11.64

11.10. 

9.242 

Card

60.44 

C63.17 

66.23 

C71.13 

65.19 

62.78

12.10. 

30.242 

Harden

3 76.64 b94.57 

6 76.65 94.30 

Ilall01.35 a99.05 

5 ak!02.8 99.15 

6 78.68 (a) 

10 77.87 96.63

Location 

number 

Owner

Feb. 2, 

Apr. 5, 

June 11 

Aug. 4, 

Oct. 5, 

Dec. 9,

3 

6

5 

6 

10

12.11. 

16.223 

Harden

131.49 

130.7

126.73 

124.66 

124.58

12.11. 

20.424 

Nielson

250.58 

249.97

247.13 

245.31 

244.11

72.39 

72.40 

J83.60 

77.49 

76.02 

74.36

11.10. 

16.121 

Wilson

54.45 

54.60 

a89.32 

a81.56 

59.55 

57.01

12.10. 

30.412 

Freas

99.03 

98.81 

C109.15 

a 112. 81 

C104.77 

101.45

11.10. 

4.211 

Church

65.75 Si!

a78.2 

71.63 

69.70

11.10. 

16.142 

Wilson

52.77 

a52.55

54.40 

56.09 

56.68

12.10. 

30.421 

Hard ing

11.10. 

4.222 

Harden

63.03 

63.25 

(a) 

64.60 

(a) 

65.08

11.10. 

26.411 

City of 

Grants

ell. 17 

8.71 

13.79 

C14.72 

C14.70 

C12.33

12.10. 

32.111 

Church

97.38 90.70 

97.14 90.45 

al07.46 a 102. 29 

0109.61 a!04.29 

a!07.40 96.32 

99.78 93.12

11. 10. 

5.214 

Vidal

72 

72 

81 

83 

77 

74

.42 

.25 

.20 

.13 

.87 

.90

11.10. 

8.111 

Milan

77 

76 

al02 

87 

82 

79

.12 

.90 

.50 

.21 

.53 

.65

11.10. 11.10. 

27.410 34.400 

Moore Unknown

36 

36 

38 

39 

39 

38

.84 

.93 

.76 

.70 

.16 

.08

12.11. 

9.424 

Rowley

105 

104 

103 

102 

102 

102

.00 

.75 

.19 

.79 

.13 

.39

14 

14

15 

16 

16 

15

.41 

.61 

.99 

.70 

.20 

.25

11.10. 

8.222 

Milan

66.32 

66.25 

B76.77 

b75.88 

71.09 

69.81

12.10. 

23.233 

Jacobs

123.02 

123.74 

(a) 

a!44.42 

a!41.55 

125.44

12.11. 12.11. 

11.343 15.341 

Tietzen Freas 

& Hassell

123 

123 

123 

123 

123 

123

.64 113.79 

.84 a!39.5 

.73 (a) 

 79akl76.7 

.56 107.18 

.47 106.99

12.11. 12.11. 12.11. 

22.414 23.233 25.223a 

Ha 3 sell Harmon Church- 

& Read

129.07 

128.47 

127.28 

126.66 

123.91 

123.08

70.75 

70.80 

a70.30 

67.82 

67.86 

68.57

110.52 

110.18 

(a) 

(a) 

C116.34 

112.84

a Pumping,

b Pumping recently,

c Nearby well pumping.

i Possible discrepancy of a few tenths of a foot between present and 

previous land-surface data.

j Measurement uncertain,

k Air-gage reading.

Part 4. Highest daily water levels in wells equipped with automatic 

water-stage recorders

12.11.9.222. J. C. Church. Highest and lowest recorded water levelst 

Nov. 4, 127.52; Jan. 4, 136.51.

Highest daily water level, from recorder charts

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Jan.

136.46

136.46

136.46

136.51

136.45

136.46

136.43

136.36

136.36

136.32

Feb.

136.02

135.96

135.88

135.88

135.83

135.85

135.84

135.94

135.88

135.68

Mar.

135.48

135.52

135.46

135.51

135.55

135.46

135.44

135.36

135.26

135.29

Apr.

134.95

134.93

134.90

134.90

134.85

134.76

134.84

134.94

134.93

134.84

Hay June

135.17 ......

134.96 ......

134.77 ......

1 1A Atf

134.27 ......

134.05 ......

133.74 ......

133.51 ......

133.45 ......

133.36 ......
HEW MEXICO, VALENCIA COUNTY 287

12.11.9.222 Continued.

Highest daily water level, from recorder charts

Day

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Jan.

136.25 

136.28 

136.36 

136.50 

136.22 

136.23 

136.13 

136.06 

156.09 

156.17 

136.17 

136.05 

156.01 

155.95 

155.97 

135.97 

136.01 

156.02 

156.01 

156.01 

156.02

Feb,

135.68 

135.83 

135.84 

135.92 

155.92 

135.93 

135.92 

135.83 

135.81 

155.77 

155.76 

155.57 

155.46 

155.65 

155.71 

155.59 

155.59 

135.60 

135 . 51

Highest daily

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

29 

SO 

31

July

150.65 

130.57 

g!30.53 

gl30.53 

glSO.51 

glSO.51

Aug.

129.85 

129.84 

129.77 

129.73 

129.71 

129.69 

129.67 

129.66 

129.66 

129.67 

129.68 

129.68 

129.68 

129.68 

129.68 

129.65 

129.56 

129.55 

129.55 

129.59 

129.29 

129.29 

129.55 

129.30 

129.24 

129.10 

129.03

Mar.

135.34 

135.47 ^ 

135.34

135.20 

135.50 

135.26 

135.11 

135.13 

135.12 

155.15 

155.16 

155.14 

135.12 

134.99

155.09 

155.05 

154.92 

154.85 

154.82

water level,

Sept.

128.96 

128.85 

128.68 

128.64 

128.59 

128,55 

128.48 

128.49 

128.48 

128.44 

128.55 

128.30 

128.35 

138.35 

128.32 

128.32 

128.50 

128.18 

128.08 

128.07 

128.04 

127.98 

127.94 

127.93 

128.00 

128.15 

128.14 

128.10 

128.06 

128.05

Apr.

13-1.74 

154.85 

154.95 

155.05 

155.52 

156.01 

156.59 

156.63 

136.84 

157.02 

156.50 

156.11 

156.52 

136.64 

136.57 

136.63 

136.35 

136.02 

155.70 

155.39

from recorder

Oct.

128.08 

128.14 

128.10 

127.96 

127.80 

127.85 

127.97 

127.93 

127.86 

127.81 

127.81 

127.88 

127.89 

127.80 

127.74 

127.77 

127.83 

127.78 

127.75 

127.74 

127.78 

127.86 

127.89 

127.83 

127.77 

127.71 

127.64 

127.60 

127.61 

127.68 

127.65

ray

133.29 

133.24 

133.12 

133.00 

132.88 

152.80 

152.66 

152.48 

152.47 

152.50 

152.44 

132.38 

132.40 

132.40 

132.58 

132.36

charts

Nov.

127.70 

127.76 

127.57 

127.52 

127.68 

127.77 

127.66 

127.67 

127.78 

127.74 

127.71 

127.76 

127.93 

127.95 

127.87 

127.94 

127.73 

127.77 

127.78 

127.76 

127.81 

127.95

June

151.83 

131.76 

131.65 

131.59 

131.55 

151.47 

151.59 

151.31 

131.17 

131.11 

130.95 

130.93 

130.91 

130.93 

130.98 

130.91 

130.90 

130.90 

130.83 

130.76

Dec.

h!28.36 

128.23 

128.17 

128.31 

128.52 

128.26 

128.20 

128.33 

128.33 

128.35 

128.43 

128.34 

128.35 

128.35 

128.29 

128.35 

128.51 

128.51 

128.33 

128.35 

128.57 

128.58 

128.40

g Estimated, 

h Tape measurement at odd hour.
288 WATER I£V%fi AND ARTFSIAN PRESSURE, 1948, SOUTHWESTERN STATES

Part 5. Miscellaneous data concerning observation wells

9.10.10.432. Mirabal. North of cattle stockade. Drilled stock well, 

diameter 9 inches. Reference point, top of casing, 0.73 foot above landsurface datum. Oct. 2, 1946, 84.03; Nov. 6, 1946, 84.15; Dec. 3, 1946, 

84.19; July 7, 1947, 83.79.

11.10.4.211. ^Church. Deepened from 150 feet to 360 feet between 

measurements of February and April 1948.

11.10.10.111. Harding. June 10, 59.86, pumping.

11.10.16.431. Milan. Drilled irrigation well, equipped with turbine 

pump, diameter 14 inches, depth 150 feet. Reference point, top of concrete 

pump base, 0.98 foot above land-surface datum. Oct. 2, 1947, 54.D7; Dec.10, 

1947, 52.26; Apr. 5, 1948, 51.76.

11*10.34.400. Unknown. Dug domestic well, equipped with bucket and 

pulley, diameter 3- by 3-feet, depth 16 feet.

Date

June 

July

4, 1947 

7

Water 

level

14.83 

15.52

Date

Aug. 

Sept.

6, 1947 

2

Water 

level

16.00 

14.36

Date

Oct. 

Dec.

2, 1947 

10

Water 

level

14.90 

14.58

12.10.29.434. Stanley & Card. Reference point destroyed. 

12.10.30.111. Harden. June 11, 122.70, pumping.

12.11.9.114. Church. Drilled test well, no equipment, diameter 12 

inches, depth 180 feet.

June 

July

5, 

8

1947 142.16 

147.48

Aug. 

Sept.

7, 

3

1947 151.18 

148.30

Oct. 

Apr.

3, 

6,

1947 

1948

148.60 

144.32

12.11.11.343. Tietlen & Hassell. Drilled well, no equipment, diameter 6 inches, depth 150 (?) feet. Reference point, top edge of casing, 

west side of well, 0.90 foot above land-surface datum.

July 

Aug.

a,

7

1947 123.65

123.68

Sept. 

Oct.

3, 

3

1947 123.59 

123.62

Dec. 11, 1947 123.69

12.11.22.414. Hassell. Depth 520 feet on Feb. 3, 1948; 544 feet on 

Apr. 6, 1948.

12.11.27.222. Prewitt. Drilled stock well, equipped with windmill, 

diameter 6 inches, depth 170 feet. Reference point, top of concrete curbing around casing, 0.73 foot above land-surface; datum. July 8, 1947, 

162.86.

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