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FLORIDA STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 
PIERSON. 
Pierson is located on the sandy ridge running through the 
west central portion of Volusia County. The elevation of the 
depot at this place, as recorded by the Atlantic Coast Line Rail¬ 
road, is 78 feet. Records of two deep wells occurring here have 
'been obtained. The N. L. Pierson well is three inches in diame¬ 
ter and 150 feet deep. The water is reported to rise to within 
forty feet of the surface. Its use is general domestic and irriga¬ 
tion purposes. The second well was drilled at the public school 
house and is used for general drinking purposes. 
SEVILLE. 
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad owns four artesian wells 
at Seville, used for the railroad boiler supplies. One well is four 
inches in diameter and is reported to be 126 feet deep. The other 
three wells are two inches in diameter. The exact depth is not 
known. The water is said to rise to within 18 feet of the surface. 
About two miles south of Seville and west of the Atlantic 
Coast Line Railroad is a flowing artesian well. This well is 
owned by J. W. Whitner, and was drilled in 1909. This is a two- 
inch well, 140 feet deep and is cased 90 feet. The elevation at 
the well, as determined by measurement, is sixteen feet above 
Lake George. The well on April 25, 1910, as indicated by the 
pressure gauge, had a pressure of four and one-quarter pounds, 
equivalent to a head of 9.8 feet above the surface or 25.8 feet 
above the level of the water in Lake George. The first flowing 
water was reported at the depth of 80 feet, at which depth hard 
rock was encountered. 
BREVARD COUNTY. 
LOCATION AND SURFACE FEATURES. 
Brevard County lies between the St. Johns River and the At¬ 
lantic Ocean. It has a total length of 66 miles and, including 
Merritts Island, is about 25 miles wide. It joins Volusia County 
