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  5. Extent of Artesian Conditions in San Joaquin Valley, CA in 1910

Extent of Artesian Conditions in San Joaquin Valley, CA in 1910

Dates

Publication Date
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1916-01-01

Citation

Hansen, J.A., Jurgens B.C., and Fram, M.S., 2018, Groundwater-quality data and ancillary data for selected wells in the San Joaquin Valley, California, 1900-2015: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7319T3K.

Summary

Depth-to-water data in the San Joaquin Valley, CA were collected in 1910 and published in Mendenhall and others, 1916. These data were used to create a depth-to-water contour of the Valley described in Plate 1 entitled "Map of San Joaquin Valley, California showing artesian areas, ground-water levels and location of pumping plants", which includes a depiction of geographical areas where flowing well (artesian) conditions existed in 1910. These "Areas of flowing wells" have been converted into a digital vector format (ArcGIS Shapefile) for use in future research.

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Jeffrey A Hansen
Originator :
Jeffrey A Hansen, Bryant C Jurgens, Miranda S Fram
Metadata Contact :
Jeffrey A Hansen
USGS Mission Area :
Water
SDC Data Owner :
California Water Science Center
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

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Artesian_Boundary.shp.xml
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Artesian_Boundary.shp.zip 14.54 KB application/zip
HistoricContour.jpg thumbnail 453.71 KB image/jpeg

Purpose

These data provide a digital polygon rendered from Plate 1 of Mendenhall and others (1916) which describes areas where artesian conditions existed in wells in the San Joaquin Valley in 1910.
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