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Xreeipitation data Ss collected from a 8e1lori Neighing Bucket Agin Oage eituated ad~aeent <br />to Site BW-32i1-X61. Data for the 1995 Natet Year may he laund Sn Table 1 (Appendix A). <br />Ta ptoVlds a Ns1a for cospari son of past yaara precipitation data, oats from BCC's <br />adjace7tt Seneca II Nina has Aeon included in Table 2 (Appendix ~. The eeneca II Minn <br />precipitation station is located apprnxlmately seven miles northeast of the Ceftter of CAe <br />Sennca 1Z-W Minn. Climatic oonditlons ue similar betvenn the two mines. Temperatuzn, <br />rind speed, and direction data tram the Seneca II-N Nine are presented in Appendix e. <br />Data ltam the National Climatic Data Center ter the Boyden Station vas used to evaluate <br />the precipitation trend. Xor Nater Yeaz 1995, 16.89 inches oL preclpltatian was meaaurod, <br />vhieA ras 3.22 lnebea greater than tbn 1963-1990 average. October, Deoembez through <br />MarcA, July, and August Tern all beior avasage. Snowpack runoff, as estimated AY <br />totalling Noveemer through April precipitation velum, xas 9,28 Snehes, vbich xas 0.67 <br />Snchea atwve the 1941-1990 average. April ptecipl tatien, xhiab vas 1.99 Snebes above <br />average, acawnted for ranch of this increase. Nay precipitation, which was 2.71 lnrhei <br />abwa average, else aontriWtad to a high spring taco![. <br />around Nater <br />Nate[ Levels. Rater 2evrls for ali veils that era 1n the onztant monitosSng program are <br />presented in appendix C. Sydrographa of all historic data for each xe11 era presented <br />prior to Cbe annual xa[er level report for aaoh respective xell in the same appendix, t'y <br />pteaenting all historic data, izmda related to seasonal and annual variability are mote <br />clearly eviddnt, pater level measureaa:nta are taken with a Soil Teat N-scope, of a Slope <br />Indicator Nater Level Indicator, of in the case of a far sbAllar alluvial veils, directly <br />from a steel tape. Site information, inclnding aaapiing frnQceney for 1995, is presented <br />in Table 3 (Appts+dix ~, Buma.ry o! Ormond Pater Monitoring Neils. <br />Alluvium. The alluvial monltozinq Nnli• XBALa-1, a-2, 6-3, a-{, 7-3, and 7-2 are located <br />along eulabersen at1cA. The surface cooing of Nall NSAL7-1 vas deatrayed this winter. All <br />reps nxhiDit water level seasonal varlationa typical !az the aliuvlum, i.e., shallow <br />aster the spring sechazge, deepening torards thn lsll. <br />NateF levels ai Re11s 6-1 to 6-3 are car higher than they xould normally De Sn May through <br />July dua W secrmtly introduced (May, 1989) lrtigatlon in that arts. One alluvial cell, <br />