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USGS Data Source

Washington Water Science Center

USGS Thesaurus Keywords

ground water, inlandWaters, groundwater, Ogallala Formation, Ogallala aquifer, aquifer boundary, High Plains aquifer

ISO 19115 Topic Category

Geoscientific Information, Inland Waters

Place Keywords

Oklahoma, High Plains, South Dakota, Colorado, Great Plains region, central U.S., Texas, Wyoming, Nebraska, New Mexico, Kansas

Digital map of aquifer boundary for the High Plains aquifer in parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming

This digital data set represents the extent of the High Plains aquifer in the central United States. The extent of the High Plains aquifer covers 174,000 square miles in eight states; Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming. This data set represents a compilation of information from digital and paper sources and personal communication. This boundary is an update to the boundary published in U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1400-B and Open-File Report 99-267.

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Author(s)	United States Geological
Publication Date	2009-01-01
Beginning Date of Data	2009
Ending Date of Data	2009
Data Contact	Sharon L. Qi
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5066/P9KA17IW
Citation	Geological, U.S., 2009, Digital map of aquifer boundary for the High Plains aquifer in parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9KA17IW.
Metadata Contact	Water Mission Area
Metadata Date	2020-11-17
Related Publication	There was no related primary publication associated with this data release.
Citations of these data	No citations of these data are known at this time.
Access	public
License	http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/

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