HomeMy WebLinkAboutSUB200700343 Review Comments Groundwater Assessment 2007-10-22Tier II Groundwater Assessment
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Application Number: SUB200700343
Groundwater Reviewer: J. Rubinstein
Date: 22 October 2007
Description: 1 division — 2 lots
Site Description
In a groundwater assessment done for the Albemarle County, ENSAT
Corporation divided the county into `hydrologic units'. Below is ENSAT's
description of the unit containing the parcel:
The Lynchburg unit is characterized by a relatively narrow band that
trends in a northeast direction and includes a relatively long segment
of the Mechums River valley. Soils within this unit are dominated by
the Hazel and to a lesser extent by the Elioak and Glenelg soils. The
Hazel soil series are moderately deep and well drained and are formed
in the weathered products of metagreywacke sandstone and mica
schist. Hazel soils lie on the uplands and their slopes range from 7-
45 %. The Elioak soil series are deep and well drained and are formed
in the products of weathered micaeous metamorphic rock. Slopes of
the Elioak range from 2 -25 %. The Glenelg soils are also deep and
well drained and are formed in the weathered products of quartz mica
schist. Slopes of the Glenelg range from 2 -45 %.
According to the Virginia Department of Mineral Resources 1993 Map, the
bedrock beneath most of the parcel is in the metasandstones of the
Lynchburg Group (Zch).
The site is in the Preddy Creek watershed.
Buffers
The parcel is not within a public water supply watershed nor is it in the
buffer for a public water supply reservoir. According to the county GIS site,
there are no required buffers within the parcel.'
Water Quantity
The Albemarle County Database shows fifteen wells within half a mile of
the lot. The wells range from 74 to 305 feet in depth with a mean depth of
196 feet. The well yields range from zero to twenty gallons per minute with
a mean yield of 7.2 gallons per minute.
Water Quality
As shown on the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) GIS
website, there are no leaking underground storage tank sites (LUST) within
2000 feet of the parcel.2
1 http: / /gisweb.albemarle.org/
2 http: // gisweb. deq .virginia.gov /deqims /viewer.htm ?SERVICE= VA_DEQ