HomeMy WebLinkAboutSUB200800128 Review Comments Groundwater Assessment 2008-05-13Tier II Groundwater Assessment
TMP 57- 48
Application Number: SUB200800128 - Gillenwater -Rural Division
Groundwater Reviewer: J. Rubinstein
Date: 13 May 2008
Description: 1 division — 2 lots
Water Quantity
The Albemarle County Database shows 33 wells within half a mile of the
lot. The wells range from 130 to 505 feet in depth with a median depth of
230 feet. The well yields range from 0 to 32 gallons per minute with a
median yield of 8 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.'
Buffers
According to the county GIS site, there is buffer required around the pond
and it's inlet and outlet streams.2 The plat does not show a buffer along the
outlet stream. The parcel is in the Mechums River watershed which is part
of the public water supply watershed for the South Fork of the Rivanna
reservoir.
Site Description
According to the Virginia Department of Mineral Resources 1993 Map,
most of the parcel is on the gneiss of the Blue Ridge Basement Complex
(Ybg)•
' http:// gisweb. deq .virginia.gov /deqims /viewer.htm ?SERVICE= VA_DEQ
2 http: / /gisweb.albemarle.org/
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 Piedmont Foothills unit is characterized by rolling upland to
relatively steep topography. Soils within this area re dominated by
the Hayesville, Ashe and Chester soil series which are moderately
deep to deep, and generally well drained. These soils are found on the
piedmont upland and foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountain on slopes
ranging from 2-45%.