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TMP 30 -36A
Application Number: SUB200800293 —
Marjorie Ann Shifflett - Family Division
Groundwater Reviewer: J. Rubinstein
Date: 16 December 2008
Description: 1 division — 2 lots
Water Quantity
The Albemarle County Database shows 32 wells within half a mile of the
lot. The wells range from 95 to 405 feet in depth with a median depth of
205 feet. The well yields range from 1 to 60 gallons per minute with a
median yield of 10 gallons per minute. The median yield for Albemarle
County is 7 gallons per minute.
Water Quality
As shown on the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) GIS
website, there are no petroleum releases within two thousand feet of the
parcel.1
Buffers
According to the county GIS site and as shown on the plat, buffers are
required along the intermittent streams that run along the parcel's northwest
corner of the Lot 1.2
The property is in the Buck Mountain Creek watershed which contributes to
the public water supply at the South Fork of the Rivanna Reservoir.
' http:// gisweb. deq .virginia.gov /deqims /viewer.htm ?SERVICE= VA_DEQ
2 http: / /gisweb.albemarle.org/
Site Description
According to the Virginia Department of Mineral Resources 1993 Map, the
parcel is on the gneiss (Ybg) of the Blue Ridge Basement Complex.
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%.