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Data from maps of water-level changes in the High Plains aquifer in parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming, predevelopment (about 1950) to 2019 and 2017 to 2019

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Publication Date
Start Date
1950
End Date
2019

Citation

McGuire, V.L., and Strauch, K.R., 2024, Data from maps of water-level changes in the High Plains aquifer in parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming, predevelopment (about 1950) to 2019 and 2017 to 2019: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9WPP01S.

Summary

The High Plains aquifer underlies 111.8 million acres (about 175,000 square miles) in parts of eight States: Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming. Water-level declines began in parts of the High Plains aquifer soon after the beginning of substantial irrigation with groundwater in the aquifer area (about 1950). This data release contains the data used to map water-level changes and calculate change in recoverable water in storage in the High Plains aquifer from predevelopment (about 1950) to 2019 and from 2017 to 2019. This study was funded by the U.S. Geological Survey Groundwater and Streamflow Information Program.

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Contacts

Point of Contact :
Nebraska Water Science Center
Originator :
Virginia L McGuire, Kellan R Strauch
Metadata Contact :
Nebraska Water Science Center
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
SDC Data Owner :
Nebraska Water Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

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Purpose

This dataset was created to document the data used to determine water-level changes in the High Plains aquifer from predevelopment (about 1950) to 2019 and 2017 to 2019.
Map of water-level changes, predevelopment to 2019, in feet.
Map of water-level changes, predevelopment to 2019, in feet.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P9WPP01S

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