Well Number 5

The well puts out between 10–50 US gallons (38–189 L; 8.3–41.6 imp gal) per minute.

[a] It is one of ten artesian wells that originally supplied the Alderwood area in the 1950s.

[4] The other nine were capped when the water district contracted with the city of Everett for its supply.

[7][3] In 1999, the well's "secret" location was revealed in connection with public planning related to unrelated city development, upsetting some people,[8][b] and in the early 2000s, when the well's taps were moved c. 100 feet (30 m) from a wooded area beside Swamp Creek to a more visible structure alongside 164th Street, the upgraded accessibility again met resistance from some people.

[16][17] It has been cited as a "welcome touch of the country" reminiscent of Lynnwood's previously rural character, now become a "bland city".