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<br />monitors the Wolf Creek Overburden in the Wolf Creek Coal mining area. <br />Well 7 exhibits typical seasonal variability with water levels measured <br />within its historic range. <br />- Wolf Creek Coal. The one well that monitors the Wolf Creek_Coal seam, <br />Well 10, exhibits this year water levels within its historic range, and <br />with same typical seasonal variability as previously defined. <br />- Spoils: Three wells; 22, 23, and 24; are completed in the upper <br />region of spoils above the Wadge Impoundment, which is generally <br />unsaturated. The 3.8 feet of saturation previously observed in Well 22 <br />is most likely incorrect since adjacent Wells 23 and 24 are normally <br />dry. The suspect water levels in Well 22 may be a result of water <br />trapped in the borehole (perhaps by a boulder in the spoils that the <br />borehole does not completely penetrate). However, this well became dry <br />in August 1998, and continues to be so. Well 23 sometimes shows water <br />in late February, March, and April as snow melts quickly off this ~~ <br />westerly-facing slope, although it has been dry since 1985. Well 24 has <br />been dry for the entire period of record. <br />Three wells; 25, 26, and 27; are situated in the lower region of spoils <br />above the Wadge Impoundment. All three of these wells were outfitted <br />with continuous recorders operated by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) <br />until the end of 1983. Well 25, the highest upgradient of these three <br />wells on the spoils slope, indicated an absence of recharge in 1987, <br />1988, 1990, 1991, 1998, 1999 and 2000 but exhibited recharge in all <br />other years since 1983. Well 27, lowest of the three, shows that its <br />water levels are most likely dependent upon the water level in the Wadge <br />Impoundment located 50 feet away. Well 26, located between Wells 25 and <br />27, normally exhibits water levels higher than either 25 or 27. This is <br />not a normal ground water level gradient; therefore, its water levels <br />should be reviewed with caution. Perhaps, as with Well 22, water is <br />being trapped in the borehole. <br />Seven spoil wells were completed in the fall of 1987. Three (Well 59, <br />60, and 61) were completed upgradient of the Spoils Spring 3 area, while <br />5 <br />