HomeMy WebLinkAboutSUB200800298 Review Comments Groundwater Assessment 2009-01-07Tier II Groundwater Assessment
TMP 101- 53
Application Number: SUB200800298 Clark/Schuyler - Rural Division
Groundwater Reviewer: J. Rubinstein
Date: 7 January 2009
Description: 1 division — 2 lots
Water Quantity
The Albemarle County Database show 10 wells within half a mile of the
lots. The wells range from 81 to 325 feet in depth with a median depth of
224 feet. The well yields range from 2 to 16 gallons per minute (gpm) with
a median yield of 8.5gpm. The median yield for the entire county is 7 gpm.
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 North Fork of Hardware River watershed. According to
the county GIS site, there are no required buffers on the parcel . 2
Site Description
According to the Virginia Department of Mineral Resources 1993 Map,
most of the parcel is underlain by igneous rock of the Catoctin Formation
(CZmi). The southeast corner of the parcel is in the metasandstone of the
Lynchburg Group (Zch).
1 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 in which the parcel lie:
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 %.