Abbott, Marvin M. Runkle, Donna Rea, Alan 1997 1.0 digital data Open-File Report 96-443 Reston, VA U.S. Geological Survey https://water.usgs.gov/lookup/getspatial?ofr96-443_recharg Marvin M. Abbott, Donna Runkle, and Alan Rea 1996 abstract Open-File Report 96-443 Reston, VA U.S. Geological Survey http://ok.water.usgs.gov/publications/abstracts/ofr96-443.html This data set consists of digitized polygons of constant recharge values for the Antlers aquifer in southeastern Oklahoma. The Early Cretaceous-age Antlers Sandstone is an important source of water in an area that underlies about 4,400-square miles of all or part of Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Johnston, Love, Marshall, McCurtain, and Pushmataha Counties. The Antlers aquifer consists of sand, clay, conglomerate, and limestone in the outcrop area. The upper part of the Antlers aquifer consists of beds of sand, poorly cemented sandstone, sandy shale, silt, and clay. The Antlers aquifer is unconfined where it outcrops in about an 1,800-square-mile area. The recharge polygons were developed from recharge rates used as input into a ground-water flow model and from published digital data sets of the surficial geology of the Antlers Sandstone except in areas overlain by alluvial and terrace deposits near streams. Some of the lines were interpolated where the Antlers aquifer is overlain by alluvial and terrace deposits. The interpolated lines are very similar to the aquifer boundaries shown on maps published in a ground-water modeling report for the Antlers aquifer. The constant recharge rates used as input to the ground-water flow model were 0.32 inches per year for the western portion of the aquifer and 0.96 inches per year for the eastern portion of the aquifer. Ground-water flow models are numerical representations that simplify and aggregate natural systems. Models are not unique; different combinations of aquifer characteristics may produce similar results. Therefore, values of recharge used in the model and presented in this data set are not precise, but are within a reasonable range when compared to independently collected data. This data set was created for a project to develop data sets to support ground-water vulnerability analysis. The objective was to create and document a digital geospatial data set from a published paper report or map, or existing digital geospatial data set that could be used in ground-water vulnerability analysis. Introduction -- This data set consists of digitized polygons of constant recharge values for the Antlers aquifer in southeastern Oklahoma. The Early Cretaceous-age Antlers Sandstone is an important source of water in an area that underlies about 4,400-square miles of all or part of Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Johnston, Love, Marshall, McCurtain, and Pushmataha Counties. The Antlers aquifer consists of sand, clay, conglomerate, and limestone in the outcrop area. The upper part of the Antlers aquifer consists of beds of sand, poorly cemented sandstone, sandy shale, silt, and clay. The Antlers aquifer is unconfined where it outcrops in about an 1,800-square-mile area (Morton, 1992). The recharge polygons were developed from the recharge rates used as input into a ground-water flow model and from digital data of the surficial geology of the Antlers Sandstone from Cederstrand (1996a, 1996b) except in areas overlain by alluvial and terrace deposits near streams and rivers. Morton (1992) interpolated the Antlers aquifer boundaries under the alluvial and terrace deposits where streams cross the aquifer outcrop. Aquifer boundary lines for areas where the aquifer is overlain by alluvial and terrace deposits were digitized and are similar to the aquifer boundaries shown in Morton (1992). The Antlers aquifer in Texas (Morton, 1992) is not included in this data set. The maps from which this data set was derived were published at a scale of 1:250,000. The constant recharge rates used as input to the ground-water flow model were estimated by Morton (1992) to be 0.32 inches per year for the western portion of the aquifer and 0.96 inches per year for the eastern portion of the aquifer. Digital Line Graph (DLG) format requires numbers to be stored as integers. Therefore, the recharge in inches per year was multiplied by 100 and stored in the digital data sets as hundredths of inches per year. For example 0.32 inches per year was multiplied by 100 and stored in the digital data sets as 32 in hundredths of an inch per year. Ground-water flow models are numerical representations that simplify and aggregate natural systems. Models are not unique; different combinations of aquifer characteristics may produce similar results. The hydraulic conductivity and recharge are closely interrelated. As long as these two model inputs are in balance the model has a small mean residual; it represents the natural system numerically. If the hydraulic conductivity is accurately known, the model can be used to accurately determine recharge. Likewise, if the hydraulic conductivity is poorly known, then the recharge will be poorly determined. Therefore, values of recharge used in the model and presented in this data set are not precise, but are within a reasonable range when compared to independently collected data. Recharge probably varies considerably over the local area, and model recharge is at best an average over an area at least as large as the model grid (and probably much larger than a single cell). Reviews Applied to Data -- This electronic report was subjected to the same review standard that applies to all U.S. Geological Survey reports. Reviewers were asked to check the topological consistency, tolerances, attribute frequencies and statistics, projection, and geographic extent. Reviewers were given digital data sets and paper plots for checking against the source maps to verify the linework and attributes. The reviewers checked the metadata and a_readme.1st files for completeness and accuracy. Related Spatial and Tabular Data Sets -- This data set is one of four digital map data sets being published together for this aquifer. The four data sets are: > aqbound - aquifer boundaries > cond - hydraulic conductivity > recharg - aquifer recharge > wlelev - water-level elevation contours Digital map data sets of the Oklahoma surficial geology digitized from 1:250,000-scale maps (or 1:125,000-scale maps for the three Oklahoma panhandle counties) are published separately. Other References Cited -- Cederstrand, J.R., 1996a, Digital geologic map of the Ardmore-Sherman quadrangles, south-central Oklahoma: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-370, based on a scale of 1:250,000, 3 diskettes. (Available in nonproprietary and ARC/INFO formats.) URL: http://wwwok.cr.usgs.gov/gis/geology/index.html Cederstrand, J.R., 1996b, Digital geologic map of McAlester-Texarkana quadrangles, southeastern Oklahoma: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-377, based on a scale of 1:250,000, 3 diskettes. (Available in nonproprietary and ARC/INFO formats.) URL: http://wwwok.cr.usgs.gov/gis/geology/index.html Morton, R.B., 1992, Simulation of ground-water flow in the Antlers aquifer in southeastern Oklahoma and northeastern Texas: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 88-4208, 22 p. Notes -- Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Although this data set has been used by the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the U.S. Geological Survey as to the accuracy of the data and related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the use of this data, software, or related materials. 1992 publication date Complete None planned -97.4976 -94.4684 34.3644 33.7288 USGS Thesaurus ground-water vulnerability groundwater vulnerability aquifers ground water groundwater Antlers aquifer Antlers Sandstone recharge recharge rate ground-water recharge inlandWaters ISO 19115 Topic Category geoscientificInformation inlandWaters environment USGS Metadata Identifier USGS:5bb4d634-c150-454e-b467-da064b797f64 Geographic Names Information System southeastern Oklahoma None This data set was derived from scanned maps published at a scale of 1:250,000 (Cederstrand, 1996a and 1996b), and represent the represent the recharge rates reported in Morton (1992). Recharge polygons represented at this scale are indicative of broad, regional trends and should not be interpreted as site specific. Ground-water flow models are numerical representations that simplify and aggregate natural systems. Models are not unique; different combinations of aquifer characteristics may produce similar results. The hydraulic conductivity and recharge are closely interrelated. As long as these two model inputs are in balance the model has a small mean residual; it represents the natural system numerically. If the hydraulic conductivity is accurately known, the model can be used to accurately determine recharge. Likewise, if the hydraulic conductivity is poorly known, then the recharge will be poorly determined. Therefore, values of recharge used in the model and presented in this data set are not precise, but are within a reasonable range when compared to independently collected data. Recharge probably varies considerably over the local area, and model recharge is at best an average over an area at least as large as the model grid (and probably much larger than a single cell). Marvin M. 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Oklahoma City Oklahoma 73116 United States of America 1-888-275-8747 (405) 843-7712 mmabbott@usgs.gov none https://water.usgs.gov/GIS/browse/ofr96-443.gif A browse image of the four aquifer data sets. GIF Compilation of this data set and the associated metadata was funded under a cooperative Joint Funding Agreement between the U.S. Geological Survey and the State of Oklahoma, Office of the Secretary of Environment. Public UNCLASSIFIED None Operating System-- UNIX, ARC/INFO Version 7.0.3,(Mon Mar 13 22:21:55 PST 1995) Cederstrand, Joel R. 1996 1.0 map Open-File Report 96-370 Oklahoma City, OK U.S. Geological Survey http://ok.water.usgs.gov/gis/geology/ Cederstrand, Joel R. 1996 1.0 map Open-File Report 96-377 Oklahoma City, OK U.S. Geological Survey http://ok.water.usgs.gov/gis/geology/ Polygon and chain-node topology present. This data set includes all the areas of specified recharge published by Morton (1992) for the unconfined part of the aquifer. The Antlers aquifer in Texas (Morton, 1992) is not presented in this publication. This data set includes all the aquifer boundaries for the unconfined part of the aquifer published by Cederstrand (1996a, 1996b) except where the aquifer is covered by alluvial and terrace deposits (Cederstrand, 1996b). Morton (1992) interpolated the aquifer boundaries under the alluvial and terrace deposits where streams cross the aquifer outcrop. The polygons in this report also include the aquifer under the alluvial and terrace deposits to present the aquifer similar to Morton (1992). None Unknown Resolution as reported None. The polygons are from Cederstrand (1996a, 1996b) except near the streams and rivers that present alluvial and terrace deposits. Morton (1992) interpolated the aquifer boundaries under the alluvial and terrace deposits where streams cross the aquifer outcrop. The polygons in this report also include the aquifer under the alluvial and terrace deposits to present the aquifer similar to Morton (1992). The geologic contacts on the digital geologic map (Cederstrand, 1996b) and the aquifer boundary map (Morton, 1992) are slightly different. 1996 See Cederstrand (1996a, 1996b) 1996 Vector Point 135 String 271 GT-polygon composed of chains 136 Albers Conical Equal Area 29.5 45.5 -96 23 0.0 0.0 coordinate pair Unknown Unknown METERS North American Datum of 1983 Geodetic Reference System 80 6378137 298.257 RECHARG.PAT Polygon attribute table ARC/INFO - Polygon attribute table ARC/INFO - n/a n/a AREA Area of poly/region in square coverage units Computed Positive real numbers n/a n/a PERIMETER Perimeter of poly/region in coverage units Computed Positive real numbers n/a n/a RECHARG# Internal feature number Computed Sequential unique positive integer n/a n/a RECHARG-ID User-assigned feature number User-defined Integer n/a n/a R Recharge, in hundredths of an inch per year Morton (1992) 32, 96 n/a n/a MINOR1 Blank item for DLG Calculated 0 n/a n/a MAJOR1 Recharge, in hundredths of an inch per year Morton (1992) 32, 96 n/a n/a RECHARG.AAT Arc attribute table ARC/INFO - Arc attribute table ARC/INFO - n/a n/a FNODE# Internal number of from-node Computed Sequential unique positive integer n/a n/a TNODE# Internal number of to-node Computed Sequential unique positive integer n/a n/a LPOLY# Internal number of poly to left of arc Computed Sequential unique positive integer n/a n/a RPOLY# Internal number of poly to right of arc Computed Sequential unique positive integer n/a n/a LENGTH Length of arc in coverage units Computed Positive real numbers n/a n/a RECHARG# Internal feature number Computed Sequential unique positive integer n/a n/a RECHARG-ID User-assigned feature number User-defined Integer n/a n/a LSOURCE Source of line Cederstrand (1996a, 1996b), Author, Abbott, Marvin M. 2,4 n/a n/a MINOR1 Blank item for DLG Calculated 0 n/a n/a MAJOR1 Source of line Cederstrand (1996a, 1996b), Author, Abbott, Marvin M. 2,4 n/a n/a Each polygon in this data set has an associated attribute, R that contains a value of recharge from Morton (1992, p. 11) expressed in hundredths of an inch per year. The recharge value of 0.96 inches per year is stored as a R value of 96 hundredths of an inch per year. Polygons in this data set that contain a R of -99999 represent areas where the recharge rate is not known. R is stored in the first major code (MAJOR1) and 0 is stored in the first minor code (MINOR1) for polygons in the Digital Line Graph (DLG) version of this data set. Each line in this digital data set has an associated attribute, LSOURCE, that contains a code to indicate the source of the line. An LSOURCE code of 2 indicates the line was extracted from Cederstrand (1996a, 1996b), and an LSOURCE code of 4 indicates the line is the authors' interpretation of the boundary where the aquifer is overlain by alluvial or terrace deposits, similar to Morton (1992). LSOURCE is stored in the first major code (MAJOR1) and 0 is stored in the first minor code (MINOR1) for lines in the Digital Line Graph (DLG) version of this data set. See overview. 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