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Spatial Extent of Data

USGS Data Source

USGS Thesaurus Keywords

produced water, natural resource extraction

ISO 19115 Topic Category

inlandWaters, environment

Other Subject Keywords

oil fields, disposal sites

Place Keywords

Kern County, California, San Joaquin

Classifications of groundwater monitoring wells as mixing with disposal water from percolation and evaporation ponds in the southwestern San Joaquin Valley, Kern County, California

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the California State Water Resources Control Board compiled and analyzed data to determine the approximate extent of plumes from produced water disposal ponds during 2016-2018 when airborne electromagnetic survey data were collected near the Midway-Sunset, Buena Vista, Elk Hills, McKittrick, Cymric, North Belridge, South Belridge, and Lost Hills Oil Fields in the southwestern San Joaquin Valley (SWSJV), Kern County, California. Data were compiled from documents available in the California State Water Resources Control Board GeoTracker database and the USGS National Water Information System. Geochemistry data collected at groundwater monitoring wells were analyzed to classify shallow groundwater samples as either mixing or not mixing with produced water disposed of on land. Classification criteria and sources of related technical information reported by well owners are described in this data release.

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Author(s) Tracy Davis orcid, Riley S Gannon orcid, John G Warden orcid, Olga Rodriguez, Janice M Gillespie, Lyndsay B Ball orcid, Sharon L Qi orcid
Publication Date 2024-10-15
Beginning Date of Data 1901-01-01
Ending Date of Data 2019-12-31
Data Contact
Matthew K Landon
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P999XIP9
Citation Davis, T., Gannon, R.S., Warden, J.G., Rodriguez, O., Gillespie, J.M., Ball, L.B., and Qi, S.L., 2024, Classifications of groundwater monitoring wells as mixing with disposal water from percolation and evaporation ponds in the southwestern San Joaquin Valley, Kern County, California: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P999XIP9.
Metadata Contact
Tracy Davis
Metadata Date 2024-10-16
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