A Dataset of Scanned Historical Well and Geophysical Logs From 96 Counties in Texas, 1925–2020

Publication Date

2024-01-16

Start Date

1925-07-14

End Date

2020-05-25

Casarez, I.C., Garza, B.I., and Ramos, A.V., 2024, A Dataset of Scanned Historical Well and Geophysical Logs From 96 Counties in Texas, 1925–2020: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P973SMX5.

This dataset was created to electronically preserve the historical well and geophysical log collection stored at the U.S. Geological Survey Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center, and to enable online access of this resource by the public. The records can benefit both the scientific community and the public by providing online access to detailed data on hydrogeologic conditions in wells distributed across 96 Texas counties. Prior to the publication of this data, in-person use of the physical well log records by the public was being handled on a case-by-case basis. Electronic archives eliminate the risk of the original physical records being damaged, misplaced, or lost. This dataset addresses the need to preserve these records electronically by providing a scanned and indexed collection of 6,058 of these records in Portable Document Format (PDF) organized by county, along with a public Microsoft Access database and comma-separated values (CSV) text file containing detailed well header information.

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• USGS Data Release Products
• USGS Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center