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. trend. One well monitors the Wolf Creek Overburden in the Wolf Creek <br />Coal mining area. Well 7 exhibits typical seasonal variability with <br />water levels measured 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, has indicated an absence of recharge since <br />1997. We11 27, lowest of the three, shows that its water levels are <br />most likely dependent upon the water level in the Wadge Impoundment <br />located 50 feet away: Well 26, located between Wells 25 and 27, <br />normally exhibits water levels higher than either 25 or 27. This is not <br />a normal ground water level gradient; therefore, its water levels should <br />be reviewed with caution. Perhaps, as with Well 22, water is being <br />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 /> four (Wells 62 to 65) were completed in the Spoils Spring 1 area. The <br />5 <br />