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Digital data sets that describe aquifer characteristics of the Elk City aquifer in western Oklahoma

Metadata Updated: October 5, 2024

This data set consists of digitized polygons of constant hydraulic conductivity values for the Elk City aquifer in western Oklahoma. The aquifer covers an area of approximately 193,000 acres and supplies ground water for irrigation, domestic, and industrial purposes in Beckham, Custer, Roger Mills, and Washita Counties along the divide between the Washita and Red River basins. The Elk City aquifer consists of the Elk City Sandstone and overlying terrace deposits, made up of clay, silt, sand and gravel, and dune sands in the eastern part and sand and gravel of the Ogallala Formation (or High Plains aquifer) in the western part of the aquifer. The Elk City aquifer is unconfined and composed of very friable sandstone, lightly cemented with clay, calcite, gypsum, or iron oxide. Most of the grains are fine-sized quartz but the grain size ranges from clay to cobble in the aquifer. The Doxey Shale underlies the Elk City aquifer and acts as a confining unit, restricting the downward movement of ground water. Values of hydraulic conductivity used as input to the ground-water flow model and in this data set are: 50 gallons per day per foot squared or 6.7 feet per day for the Elk City Sandstone; 500 gallons per day per foot squared or 66.8 feet per day for the Quaternary terrace deposits and dune sand; and 750 gallons per day per foot squared or 100.3 feet day for the Ogallala Formation. The hydraulic conductivity polygons from a ground-water modeling thesis were transferred to a photocopy of a paper map and digitized. The source map was published at a scale of 1:63,360. 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 hydraulic conductivity 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.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Metadata Created Date May 31, 2023
Metadata Updated Date October 5, 2024

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Metadata Created Date May 31, 2023
Metadata Updated Date October 5, 2024
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