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Temperature Normalized Enhanced Vegetation Index for Dixie Valley, Churchill County, Nevada 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. With increasing population growth and land-use change, urban communities in the desert southwest are progressively looking to remote basins to supplement existing water supplies. Recent applications for groundwater appropriations from Dixie Valley, Nevada, a primarily undeveloped basin neighboring the Carson Desert to the east, have prompted a reevaluation of the quantity of naturally discharging groundwater.The objective of this... Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: Churchill County, Dixie Valley, ET, ET unit, Evaporation, All tags... Evapotranspiration, Great Basin, Groundwater, Groundwater discharge, NSDI, Nevada, Pershing County, Phreatophyte, Transpiration, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), environment, geoscientificInformation, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, Fewer tags Depth to ground water contours of hydrographic area 153, Diamond Valley, Nevada 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 consists of depth to ground water contours for hydrographic-area (HA) 153, Diamond Valley, Nevada. These data represent static ground-water levels measured in the HA during March and April of 2001. These data were created as part of an effort to provide statewide information on water table and depth to ground water for Nevada. Digital water-table contours from 38 published reports representing data from 1947 to 2004... Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: Diamond Valley, Elko County, Eureka County, Great Basin, HA 153, All tags... NSDI, Nevada, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), contour, depth to water, ground water, inlandWaters, Fewer tags 1:1,000,000-scale Hydrographic Areas of the Great Basin 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 consists of hydrographic area and major flow system boundaries and polygons delineated at 1:1,000,000-scale for the Great Basin. Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: California, Great Basin, Idaho, NSDI, Nevada, All tags... Oregon, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, environment, flow system, geoscientificInformation, hydrographic area, inlandWaters, Fewer tags Geospatial Database of Hydroclimate Variables, Spring Mountains and Sheep Range, Clark County, Nevada 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 point feature class contains 81,481 points arranged in a 270-meter spaced grid that covers the Spring Mountains and Sheep Range in Clark County, Nevada. Points are attributed with hydroclimate variables and ancillary data compiled to support efforts to characterize ecological zones. Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: BCM, Clark County, ET, Las Vegas, NSDI, All tags... Nevada, PRISM, SSURGO, Sheep Range, Spring Mountains, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), actual evapotranspiration, basin characterization model, biota, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, ecological zones, ecosystem, elevation, elevation, environment, evapotranspiration, geology, geoscientificInformation, hydroclimate, inlandWaters, potential evapotranspiration, precipitation, recharge, soil, temperature, vegetation, Fewer tags 1:750,000-scale static ground-water levels of Nevada 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 consists of static ground-water levels for the State of Nevada based on a 1974 ground-water map (Rush, 1974) published by the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Division of Water Resources, State Engineers Office. These data were digitized from the source as part of an effort to provide statewide information on water table and depth to ground water for Nevada. Reference Cited Rush, F.E., 1974,... Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: Depth to ground water, Great Basin, NSDI, Nevada, Static ground-water levels, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), environment, geoscientificInformation, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, Fewer tags Faults of the Lake Tahoe Basin 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. These data present a ground-water inventory of existing geospatial data and other information needed to determine the extent and characteristics of the aquifers in the Tahoe Basin. Geospatial and other data include geologic maps and soil surveys of the entire basin and for specific watersheds within the basin at the best available scales; vegetation remote-sensing datasets; well information from various local, state, and federal... Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: California, Environment, Geoscientific Information, Ground water, Inland waters, All tags... Lake Tahoe, NSDI, Nevada, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Fewer tags Irrigated Acreage Within the Basin and Range Carbonate-Rock Aquifer System, White Pine County, Nevada and Adjacent Areas in Nevada and Utah 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. Accurate delineations of irrigated acreage are needed for the development of water-use estimates and in determining water-budget calculations for the Basin and Range carbonate-rock aquifer system (BARCAS) study. ISatellite imagery from the Landsat Thematic Mapper and Enhanced Thematic Mapper platforms were used to delineate irrigated acreage on a field-by-field basis for the entire study area. Six hundred and forty-three fields were... Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: Basin and Range, Basin and Range carbonate-rock aquifer study, Butte Valley, Cave Valley, Jakes Valley, All tags... Lake Valley, Landsat, Little Smoky Valley, Long Valley, NSDI, Newark Valley, Snake Valley, Spring Valley, Steptoe Valley, Tippett Valley, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), White Pine County, White River Valley, agriculture, basin and range carbonate-rock aquifer system, eastern Nevada, environment, geoscientificInformation, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, irrigated acreage, irrigation, western Utah, Fewer tags Groundwater Discharge Area for Dixie Valley, Churchill County, Nevada 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. With increasing population growth and land-use change, urban communities in the desert southwest are progressively looking to remote basins to supplement existing water supplies. Recent applications for groundwater appropriations from Dixie Valley, Nevada, a primarily undeveloped basin neighboring the Carson Desert to the east, have prompted a reevaluation of the quantity of naturally discharging groundwater.The objective of this... Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: Churchill County, Dixie Valley, ET, ET unit, Evaporation, All tags... Evapotranspiration, Great Basin, Groundwater, Groundwater discharge, NSDI, Nevada, Pershing County, Phreatophyte, Transpiration, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), geoscientificInformation, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, Fewer tags Potential areas of ground-water discharge in the Basin and Range carbonate-rock aquifer system, White Pine County, Nevada, and adjacent parts of Nevada and Utah 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. These data represent potential areas of ground-water discharge for selected hydrographic areas in eastern Nevada and western Utah. The data are based on phreatophyte boundaries published by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and on unpublished boundaries mapped by the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA). Selected basins also were mapped by the USGS during an aerial field reconnaissance. The largest phreatophyte extent from all... Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: Butte Valley, Cave Valley, Evapotranspiration, Great Basin, Ground-water discharge, All tags... Jakes Valley, Lake Valley, Little Smoky Valley, Long Valley, NSDI, Nevada, Newark Valley, Phreatophyte, Snake Valley, Spring Valley, Steptoe Valley, Subbasins, Tippett Valley, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, White River Valley, inlandWaters, Fewer tags Lake Tahoe Generalized California Department of Water Resources Well Locations 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. These data present a ground-water inventory of existing geospatial data and other information needed to determine the extent and characteristics of the aquifers in the Tahoe Basin. Geospatial and other data include geologic maps and soil surveys of the entire basin and for specific watersheds within the basin at the best available scales; vegetation remote-sensing datasets; well information from various local, state, and federal... Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: California, Environment, Geoscientific Information, Ground water, Inland waters, All tags... Lake Tahoe, NSDI, Nevada, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Fewer tags Digital elevation model of Walker Lake, West-Central Nevada 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. Walker Lake lies within a topographically closed basin in west-central Nevada and is the terminus of the Walker River. Accurately determining the bathymetry and relations between lake-surface altitude, surface area, and storage volume are part of a study to improve the water budget for Walker Lake. Bathymetry of Walker Lake was measured using a single-beam echosounder coupled to a differentially-corrected global positioning system.... Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: Churchill County, Lidar, Mineral County, NSDI, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... Walker Lake, bathymetry, central Nevada, climateMeterologyAtmosphere, digital elevation model, elevation, inlandWaters, sonar, Fewer tags 1:500,000-scale dissolved solids in ground water in the Basin and Range Province of Nevada 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 consists of 1:500,000-scale areas of dissolved solids in the Basin and Range Province of Nevada. The sources of this data set are sheets 3 and 4 of a 1984 U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigation Report (Thompson and Chapell, 1984.) Reference Cited Thompson, T.H., and Chappell, R., 1984, Maps showing distribution of dissolved solids and dominant chemical type in ground water, Basin and Range Province, Nevada:... Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: Great Basin, NSDI, Nevada, QW, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... dissolved solids, environment, geoscientificInformation, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, water quality, Fewer tags Hydrographic Areas Within the Basin and Range Carbonate-Rock Aquifer System, White Pine County, Nevada and Adjacent Areas in Nevada and Utah 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 consists of sub delineations of the hydrographic area (HA) boundaries and polygons drawn at 1:1,000,000 scale for the Great Basin supplemented by information from HA drawn at 1:750,000 scale where necessary. See the process steps for more information. Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: Basin and Range, Butte Valley, Cave Valley, Great Basin, Hydrographic Area, All tags... Jakes Valley, Lake Valley, Little Smoky Valley, Long Valley, NSDI, Nevada, Newark Valley, Snake Valley, Spring Valley, Steptoe Valley, Tippett Valley, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, White Pine County, White River Valley, eastern Nevada, environment, geoscientificInformation, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, western Utah, Fewer tags Data to Accompany the Regional Potentiometric-Surface Map of the Great Basin Carbonate and Alluvial Aquifer System in Snake Valley and Surrounding Areas, Juab, Millard, and Beaver Counties, Utah and White Pine and Lincoln Counties, Nevada 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. Water-level measurements from 190 wells were used to develop a potentiometric-surface map of the east-central portion of the regional Great Basin carbonate and alluvial aquifer system in and around Snake Valley, eastern Nevada and western Utah. The map area covers approximately 9,000 square miles in Juab, Millard, and Beaver Counties, Utah, and White Pine and Lincoln Counties, Nevada. Recent (2007-2010) drilling by the Utah Geological... Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: Beaver County, Great Basin, Groundwater, Juab County, Lincoln County, All tags... Millard County, NSDI, Nevada, Potentiometric surface, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, Water-level altitude, White Pine County, elevation, geoscientificInformation, inlandWaters, Fewer tags Hydrogeology of the Lake Tahoe Basin Study Area Boundary 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. These data present a ground-water inventory of existing geospatial data and other information needed to determine the extent and characteristics of the aquifers in the Tahoe Basin. Geospatial and other data include geologic maps and soil surveys of the entire basin and for specific watersheds within the basin at the best available scales; vegetation remote-sensing datasets; well information from various local, state, and federal... Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: California, Environment, Geoscientific Information, Ground water, Inland waters, All tags... Lake Tahoe, NSDI, Nevada, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Fewer tags Precipitation Zones of West-Central Nevada 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 contains precipitation stations and precipitation-zone boundaries of west-central Nevada. Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: Great Basin, NSDI, Nevada, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, All tags... environment, geoscientificInformation, inlandWaters, mean annual precipitation, Fewer tags Dikes of the Lake Tahoe Basin 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. These data present a ground-water inventory of existing geospatial data and other information needed to determine the extent and characteristics of the aquifers in the Tahoe Basin. Geospatial and other data include geologic maps and soil surveys of the entire basin and for specific watersheds within the basin at the best available scales; vegetation remote-sensing datasets; well information from various local, state, and federal... Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: California, Environment, Geoscientific Information, Ground water, Inland waters, All tags... Lake Tahoe, NSDI, Nevada, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Fewer tags Lake Tahoe Nevada Division of Water Resources State Well Log Database Wells 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. These data present a ground-water inventory of existing geospatial data and other information needed to determine the extent and characteristics of the aquifers in the Tahoe Basin. Geospatial and other data include well information from various local, state, and federal agencies; geophysical surveys; and results of available ground-water and geological studies. The compilation and development of a ground-water inventory geospatial... Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: California, Environment, Geoscientific Information, Ground water, Inland waters, All tags... Lake Tahoe, NSDI, Nevada, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Fewer tags Depth to ground water of Nevada 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 is a raster-based, depth to ground-water data set for the State of Nevada. The source of this data set is a statewide water-table contour data set constructed from water-table contours collected from 1947 to 2004 and published in 38 reports from 1961 to 2004, depth to ground water contours from Static Ground Water Levels of Nevada published in 1974, and depth to ground water contours from Diamond Valley published in 2006. Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: Great Basin, NSDI, Nevada, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), depth to ground water, All tags... depth to ground-water surface, ground water, inlandWaters, Fewer tags Irrigation Wells from the Nevada Division of Water Resources Well Log Database 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 was derived from the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Division of Water Resources (NDWR) well log data base (http://water.nv.gov/Engineering/wlog/wlog.cfm). This data set was developed from a version of the data base downloaded October 26, 2005 and reflects the wells entered into the data base up to that date. The data base generally contains logs for wells drilled since 1984, however, some basins... Categories: pre-SM502.8; Tags: Great Basin, NSDI, Nevada, Nevada Division of Water Resources, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... environment, geoscientificInformation, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, water well, well drilling, well log data base, Fewer tags 1 2 »