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TMP 47 - 47F
Application: SUB200800272 Michael O Barrett - (2 Lot) -Final
Groundwater Reviewer: J. Rubinstein
Date: 10 November 2008
Description: 1 division — 2 lots
Water Quantity
The Albemarle County Database shows 18 wells within half a mile of the
lot. The wells range from 130 to 505 feet in depth with a median depth of
300 feet. The well yields range from zero to 50 gallons per minute with a
median yield of 3 gallons per minute. The median yield for the county is 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
Most of Parcel 4A2 and portion of 4A1 are in the Preddy Creek watershed.
The remaining portion of 4A1 is in the watershed for the Flannigan Branch
of the North Fork of the Rivanna. Neither watershed contributes to a public
water supply. According to the county GIS site, there is no required buffer
on the parcel . 2
Site Description
According to the Virginia Department of Mineral Resources 1993 Map, the
residue and most of parcel 4A are underlain by hornblende and metagabbro
' http: / /gisweb.deq.virginia.gov /deqims /viewer.htm ?SERVICE= VA_DEQ
2 http: / /gisweb.albemarle.org/
(Czmd). The northern tip of parcel 4A is underlain by metasandstones of the
Lynchburg Group (Zch).
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 the property:
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 %.