Groundwater Monitoring Well Network Maps
North Carolina Groundwater Monitoring Well Network Maps
December 2006 (latest update June 2024)
Individual counties and their monitoring sites are now accessible by clicking on the county of interest on the map below. After clicking, the corresponding county and station maps will be generated and made available to you in one Adobe pdf file. That file may be viewed and downloaded. Clicking on a county without an active monitoring site will produce a pdf of the county map only. Internet Explorer users may encounter problems with viewing the resulting pdf. If you are asked to save a file, rename the file to a name of your choosing with '.pdf' extension.
In 1998, the Division of Water Resources was charged with managing the North Carolina Groundwater Resources Monitoring Well Network. This program was first started in the 1960s and had been managed by various state agencies. By the early 1990s, the network had fallen into disrepair so that in 1998 many of the sites had not been visited in about ten years.
One of our biggest challenges was simply finding all the sites. Because of the large number of people who had worked in the program for the first three decades, the site maps (if they existed at all) ranged from excellent to nearly useless. Even with good maps, many of the landmarks had changed over the years so it is amazing that we found some of the sites. In fact, we never found a few of them. While we work hard to keep the sites in good repair so that they will be useable by many future generations, part of our mission is also to make sure that those future generations can easily find the wells to use them. To this end, we have prepared this compendium of standardized maps of all of our active sites.
The 'report' is composed of well site maps organized alphabetically by county. Each county section starts with a map of that county showing the locations of each active research station site. After each county map, site maps are organized alphabetically by site name. Each site map shows an overall view of the site with nearby landmarks and an inset showing the location of each well at the site. The county location map and individual site maps are now generated dynamically upon clicking a county of interest. In this way, the freshest version of the site maps can be viewed. We do not offer a pdf file which includes all maps and counties as it is too cumbersome to maintain.
One of our biggest challenges was simply finding all the sites. Because of the large number of people who had worked in the program for the first three decades, the site maps (if they existed at all) ranged from excellent to nearly useless. Even with good maps, many of the landmarks had changed over the years so it is amazing that we found some of the sites. In fact, we never found a few of them. While we work hard to keep the sites in good repair so that they will be useable by many future generations, part of our mission is also to make sure that those future generations can easily find the wells to use them. To this end, we have prepared this compendium of standardized maps of all of our active sites.
The 'report' is composed of well site maps organized alphabetically by county. Each county section starts with a map of that county showing the locations of each active research station site. After each county map, site maps are organized alphabetically by site name. Each site map shows an overall view of the site with nearby landmarks and an inset showing the location of each well at the site. The county location map and individual site maps are now generated dynamically upon clicking a county of interest. In this way, the freshest version of the site maps can be viewed. We do not offer a pdf file which includes all maps and counties as it is too cumbersome to maintain.
We do not intend this publication to be the sole resource you will need to find these sites. You will need to use it in conjunction with other map publications to navigate to each site. We regularly use the North Carolina Atlas and Gazetteer by DeLorme, although there are many fine publications available that you may find useful.
Also, it is important to note that possession of these maps does not give authorization to enter these sites. Many of the well sites are in restricted locations or on private property. To access the sites, please contact us at our address (N.C. DEQ Water Resources, 1611 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, N.C. 27699-1611) or telephone number (919-707-9000). Failure to do so could result in arrest and prosecution for trespassing.
We hope this publication is useful to you and will provide a permanent record of the locations of these monitoring wells.
This report is the culmination of efforts by many current and former Groundwater Management Branch staff members. A former employee, Stephen Webb, is recognized as the one who originated the idea and edited the first map report.
Current GWMB Staff as of July 2, 2024:
Michael Bauer, Tony Butz, Gabrielle Chianese, Stephanie Devries, Daniel Durway, Susan Laughinghouse, Kevin McVerry, Nathan J Miller, Andrew Neal, Barbara Peck.
Contact information is available if you follow this link.
Also, it is important to note that possession of these maps does not give authorization to enter these sites. Many of the well sites are in restricted locations or on private property. To access the sites, please contact us at our address (N.C. DEQ Water Resources, 1611 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, N.C. 27699-1611) or telephone number (919-707-9000). Failure to do so could result in arrest and prosecution for trespassing.
We hope this publication is useful to you and will provide a permanent record of the locations of these monitoring wells.
This report is the culmination of efforts by many current and former Groundwater Management Branch staff members. A former employee, Stephen Webb, is recognized as the one who originated the idea and edited the first map report.
Current GWMB Staff as of July 2, 2024:
Michael Bauer, Tony Butz, Gabrielle Chianese, Stephanie Devries, Daniel Durway, Susan Laughinghouse, Kevin McVerry, Nathan J Miller, Andrew Neal, Barbara Peck.
Contact information is available if you follow this link.