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Groundwater Well Yield in Wake County, North Carolina

Dates

Publication Date
Data Compilation
2020

Citation

Gurley, L.N., and Antolino, D.J., 2021, Groundwater Well Yield in Wake County, North Carolina: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9C2J23X.

Summary

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with Wake County Environmental Services, initiated a comprehensive groundwater resource investigation to better understand the quantity and quality of groundwater in Wake County, North Carolina. In 2020, as part of the investigation, groundwater records were compiled electronically from 7,689 wells in and within five miles of Wake County and groundwater yield data was interpolated to estimate maximum well yield across the county. Maximum well yield values estimate the maximum well yield possible at a given location; the maximum well yield is not guaranteed and actual well yield likely falls within the range of 0 and the maximum well yield value. This data release includes the well record compilation [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Laura N Gurley
Originator :
Laura N Gurley, Dominick J Antolino
Metadata Contact :
Laura N Gurley
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
South Atlantic Water Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources

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well_inventory.csv
“Well inventory”
648.93 KB text/csv
max_well_yield.zip
“Raster dataset of maximum well yield”
17.39 MB application/zip
map_of_maximum_well_yield.png
“Map of estimated maximum well yield in Wake County, North Carolina”
thumbnail 903.45 KB image/png

Purpose

This dataset was assembled to gain a comprehensive understanding of groundwater well yield in Wake County, North Carolina. The well inventory and development of the maximum well yield raster included in this data release are documented in the U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2022-5041, Assessment of Well Yield, Dominant Fractures, and Groundwater Recharge in Wake County, North Carolina (https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20225041).
Map of estimated maximum well yield in Wake County, North Carolina
Map of estimated maximum well yield in Wake County, North Carolina

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