Is there anyway of calculating based on water temperature or pressure? I have no info from the original home owner or no knowledge of what company drilled the well. I'm curious about it's depth. The last owner says 60 feet but that simply can't be because I live on a hill much higher than 60 feet. If it were only 60 feet deep there should be water running out the side of my hill. Any ideas?
2006-08-02 04:15:54 · 8 answers · asked by Layla Clapton 4 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
There is not any way of calculating a well depth. Most well are supposed to be registered with the state, since about 1970. Try this link below.
http://www.state.ar.us/agc/wwrecord.htm
2006-08-02 12:08:45 · answer #1 · answered by etcher1 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Temperature or pressure values will not indicate what the depth of the well is. If you don't think the original owners guess is correct and are unsure of the company that installed the well, there isn't much you can do to find the depth. Maybe, and this is a long shot, you local water management district has records on your well.
2006-08-02 04:20:53 · answer #2 · answered by Shadar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take the cap off and drop a weighted string down it to find how deep it is. There is a possibility it could be only 60 feet but most wells are much deeper than that. Normally 100 ft to about 400 ft deep. Many old hand dug wells are only about 20 feet deep.
2006-08-02 05:00:20 · answer #3 · answered by devilishblueyes 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Call your county building department and ask who the agency is that gives permits for well drilling. In Utah this is regulated by the state. When you find this out call that agency and ask. The well driller should have filed this information with this agency when he completed the well. You can also find out how many gallons per minute he calculated your well would provide. Hope this helps.
P.S. It is possible that your well is 60 feet. Aquifers are strange things. They rise and fall and zig and zag.
2006-08-02 05:40:43 · answer #4 · answered by r0cky74 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, the old fashion way, open the well head, (plate) and drop a line with a heavy nut on the end, until it hits bottom...
Or, get yourself some pvc pipe, (ten foot sections), and male and female connectors...
Glue on the male and female connectors and start to put them all together... then, stick them down the well, until you hit bottom. (oh, attach a rope to one of the sections, so that if you "LOSE" the pipes, you will be able to bring them up with the rope...
You know its 60 feet to the bottom of the hill, so, I would get anther 40 feet more, or ten sections to see if that hit bottom or not...
I wish you well..
Jesse
2006-08-02 04:32:41 · answer #5 · answered by x 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT DOES NOT MATTER IF YOU LIVE ON A HILL.YOUR WELL MAY VERY WELL BE ONLY 60' DEEP. IT IS ALL ABOUT THE "FORMATIONS" OF ROCK UNDERGROUND WHERE WATER PASSES THROUGH.I HAVE DRILLED WELLS THAT ARE 60' DEEP AND ONE A HALF MILE DOWN THE ROAD THAT ARE 200' DEEP. IT JUST THE LUCK OF THE DRAW WHEN DRILLING WELLS.DO NOT DROP ANYTHING IN YOUR WELL TO SEE HOW DEEP IT IS.YOU MAY ACCIDENTALLY CONTAMINATE IT.
2006-08-02 12:49:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you can.Tie a weight to a piece of strong string and drop it down the well till the line goes slack.Then pull up and measure the string (the well will be deeper since the weight will stop at the top of the pump(submersible) or educer(jet).
2006-08-02 04:31:28 · answer #7 · answered by paulofhouston 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
let me poke in it to find out
2006-08-02 04:22:14 · answer #8 · answered by stone 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋