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Groundwater wells from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan state databases and USGS NWIS database with static water level data within 10km of the Lake Superior watershed

This dataset includes over 49,000 well records from the state well drillers databases in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Each state well has at a minimum the well depth and a static water level. Static water levels were mostly determined when the well was constructed. Data included in this shapefile include the well construction date, well depth, well elevation (if determined), type of well, the methods used for determining the well location and elevation (if determined), casing and screen depths (where reported), the static water level and a date, and the year the well was constructed. The field names from each of the state databases were harmonized to merge the data, and a table of the original field names is included. Tabular files are included with codes describing the original field names mapped to the combined field names, and descriptions of codes used to describe the well location method, well depth method, and well type for each state. The USGS wells in this dataset were pulled from the National Water Information System (NWIS) and have at least one water level measurement. Additional data for the NWIS wells can be retrieved from the USGS National Water Dashboard https://dashboard.waterdata.usgs.gov/app/nwd/en/?region=lower48&aoi=default.

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Author(s) Martha G Nielsen orcid, Sherry L Martin, Timothy K Cowdery, Bridget M Bittmann orcid
Publication Date 2024-08-19
Beginning Date of Data 1881
Ending Date of Data 2021
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DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P9084UKQ
Citation Nielsen, M.G., Martin, S.L., Cowdery, T.K., and Bittmann, B.M., 2024, Groundwater wells from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan state databases and USGS NWIS database with static water level data within 10km of the Lake Superior watershed: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9084UKQ.
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