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DS-777 Spatial Location of Wells with Water-Level Measurements taken in the Spring and Fall from September 1940 to April 2009 for the Northern High Plains Groundwater-Flow Model in Parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming

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2013-06-26
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Gonzales-Bradford, S.L., 2013, DS-777 Spatial Location of Wells with Water-Level Measurements taken in the Spring and Fall from September 1940 to April 2009 for the Northern High Plains Groundwater-Flow Model in Parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P95GQVG1.

Summary

These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. This data set is one of many developed in support of The High Plains Groundwater Availability Project and the U.S. Geological Survey Data Series Report: Geodatabase Compilation of Hydrogeologic, Remote Sensing, and Water-Budget-Component data for the High Plains aquifer, 2011 (ds777). This dataset contains point vector data of 20,759 wells with 327,129 water-level measurement records located in areas overlying the northern High Plains aquifer in the [...]

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Purpose

The purpose of these data are to use to compare simulated water-level measurements computed in a groundwater-flow model of the northern High Plains during the development simulation period October 1, 1940 to May 31, 2009. Water-level data are used along with hydrogeologic, hydraulic properties, and topographic data to build a conceptual model for an aquifer. Long term water-level data can provide information about declines in the water table in an aquifer, show trends in groundwater pumping, and provide information on groundwater-flow direction. These data will be used as calibration targets for the development simulation period of the northern High Plains groundwater-flow model.
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These data were originally released on the Water Mission Area National Spatial Data Infrastructure Node and were migrated to sciencebase.gov in 2023. These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS's policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P95GQVG1

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