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TMP 18 - 10A
Application Number: SUB200800275 - Alcorn /Corridon - Family Division
Groundwater Reviewer: J. Rubinstein
Date: 18 November 2008
Description: 2 divisions — 3 lots
Water Quantity
The Albemarle County Database shows only two wells within half a mile of
the parcel. One has a yield of seven gallons per minute and a depth of 265
feet. The yield of the remaining well is three gallons per minute and the
depth is 245 feet. The median yield for Albemarle County is seven gallons
per minute.
Water Quality
As shown on the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality GIS
website, there are no leaking underground storage tank sites within 2000 feet
of the parcel.'
Buffers
According to the county GIS site, there are no required buffers.2 The parcel
is in the Buck Mountian Creek watershed which contributes to 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 pyroxene granulite of the Blue Ridge Basement
Complex (Ypg).
' 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%.