NC Division of Water Resources

Visual Hydrogeologic Framework

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What is the location and depth of the well of interest?

Location (latitude & longitude in decimal degrees)
Latitude (33.800000 to 36.600000)



Longitude (-75.400000 to -80.000000)


Well Name (optional)

Aquifer of Interest 		Go to DENR GIS site icon
Well Depth (feet) Top of Screen Depth or Top of Open Hole Depth (feet)

Both well depth and screen depth should be positive numbers. Well depth must be larger than screen depth.


You may access a conversion program between deg-min-sec and decimal degree latitude & longitude, state plane and quad.

Hydrogeologic Framework Legend
AbbreviationName
SURFICIALSurficial Aquifer
UTERCONFUpper Tertiary confining unit
UTERUpper Tertiary aquifer
YKNCONFYorktown confining unit
YKNYorktown aquifer
PGRCONFPungo River confining unit
PGRPungo River aquifer
CLHCONFCastle Hayne confining unit
CLHCastle Hayne aquifer
BFRTCONFBeaufort confining unit
BFRTBeaufort aquifer
PDCONFPeedee confining unit
PDPeedee aquifer
BCCONFBlack Creek confining unit
BCBlack Creek aquifer
UCFCONFUpper Cape Fear confining unit
UCFUpper Cape Fear aquifer
LCFCONFLower Cape Fear confining unit
LCFLower Cape Fear aquifer
LCRTCONFLower Cretaceous confining unit
LCRTLower Cretaceous aquifer
BSMNTBasement Rock