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Map showing the potentiometric surface of the Magothy aquifer in southern Maryland, August 1980

January 1, 1981

This map is based on measurements made in a network of 77 observation wells. Highest levels of the potentiometric surface, 61 to 64 feet above sea level, were near the outcrop or subcrop of the aquifer in topographically high areas of Anne Arundel and northern Prince Georges Counties. The potentiometric surface slopes toward centers of pumpage near Annapolis, in northern Charles County, and southern Prince Georges County. Two separate , distinct, and extensive cones of depression have developed in the surface around the well fields of Waldorf, in northern Charles County, and the Chalk Point power plant, in southern Prince Georges County. The cone of depression in the Annapolis area has coalesced with a more shallow cone that includes the Broadneck Peninsula. The network of wells was developed and is operated and maintained as part of the cooperative program between the U.S. Geological Survey and agencies of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. 

Publication Year 1981
Title Map showing the potentiometric surface of the Magothy aquifer in southern Maryland, August 1980
DOI 10.3133/ofr81633
Authors Frederick K. Mack, Judith C. Wheeler, Stephen E. Curtin
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Open-File Report
Series Number 81-633
Index ID ofr81633
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse