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The digital datasets provided here are for the High Plains Regional Ground Water Study unit and/or the surrounding area (see location map).

NOTE: Datasets will be added as the project progresses. Check back periodically for new datasets.

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USGS GIS data for water resources

AQUIFER BASE
Contours of the base of High Plains aquifer (OFR 98-393).

AQUIFER BOUNDARY
Boundary of the High Plains aquifer (OFR 99-267).

BEDROCK GEOLOGY
Bedrock underlying the High Plains aquifer (OFR 99-214).



Download:

hpbedrock.e00.gz (63,594 bytes/210,553 bytes)

hpbedrock.tgz (SDTS format; 58,073 bytes/ 120,832 bytes)

hpbedrock_shp.tgz (54,567 bytes/132,797 bytes)

COUNTY BOUNDARIES
County boundaries in the High Plains Study area (1:100,000 scale)



Download:

hpcountys.e00.gz (2,533,894 bytes/9,407,222 bytes)

hpcountys.tgz (SDTS format; 1,902,028 bytes/4,859,392 bytes)

hpcountys_shp.tgz (2,973,880 bytes/7,658,764 bytes)

FAULTS
Fault lines within the High Plains aquifer (OFR 99-261).

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY
Hydraulic conductivity within the High Plains aquifer (OFR 98-548).

IRRIGATED LAND
Location of irrigated land classified by satellite imagery - High Plains area, nominal date 1992 (OFR 02_441).



Download:

hpirrlnd_92.zip (14 MB)

Associated interpretive report (wrir02_4236) (PDF File (7.7 MB))

SATURATED THICKNESS
Saturated thickness within the High Plains aquifer.

Areas of little or no saturated thickness (OFR 99-266)
1980 saturated thickness (OFR 99-262)

SPECIFIC YIELD
Specific yield within the High Plains aquifer (OFR 98-414).

STATE BOUNDARIES
State boundaries in the High Plains Study area (1:100,000 scale)



Download:

hpstate.e00.gz (249,722 bytes/851,826 bytes)

hpstate.tgz (SDTS format; 185,207 bytes/ 304,640 bytes)

hpstate_shp.tgz (360,685 bytes/908,580 bytes)

WATER-LEVELS
Various water-level maps.

Pre-development water table (OFR 99-264)
1980 water levels (OFR 99-263)

WATER-LEVEL CHANGES
Various water-level change maps for various years.

Changes from pre-development to 1980 (OFR 99-265)
Changes from 1980-95 (OFR 99-197)
Changes from 1980-96 (OFR 99-198)