HomeMy WebLinkAboutSUB200800108 Review Comments Groundwater Assessment 2008-04-17Tier II Groundwater Assessment
TMP 126 - 43
Application Number: SUB200800108 Buck Clark - Rural
Groundwater Reviewer: J. Rubinstein
Date: 17 April 2008
Description: 1 division — 2 lots
Water Quantity
The Albemarle County Database show 11 wells within half a mile of the lot.
The wells range from 81 to 325 feet in depth with a median depth of 240
feet. The well yields range from 3 to 16 gallons per minute with a median
yield of 7 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
two thousand feet of the parcel.'
Buffers
The parcel is in the Rockfish River watershed. According to the county GIS
site, there is no required buffer on the parcel . 2
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 in which lies most of tract B:
' http:// gisweb. deq .virginia.gov /deqims /viewer.htm ?SERVICE= VA_DEQ
2 http: / /gisweb.albemarle.org/
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 the parcel is the metasandstone of the Lynchburg Group
(Zch).