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GEARS Reporting Data

Published by California State Water Resources Control Board | State of California | Catalog Last Checked: August 25, 2026 at 08:35 PM | Dataset Last Updated: August 18, 2026 at 09:29 PM
This dataset consists of all groundwater extractions and well information that has been reported by well owners in GEARS. All information is self-reported by well owners, agents reporting on behalf of well owners, or GSAs reporting on behalf of well owners. This information is used by the State Water Board to issue invoices from the well owners within the probationary subbasins.

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  • GEARS Places of Groundwater Use

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  • GEARS Groundwater Extractions by Parcel (ET)

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  • GEARS Groundwater Extractions by Well

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  • GEARS Groundwater Well Locations

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  • GEARS Owner Contacts

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  • GEARS Data Dictionary

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  • Data Dictionary - GEARS Groundwater Extractions by Parcel (ET)

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  • Data Dictionary - GEARS Groundwater Extractions by Well

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Complete Metadata
@type dcat:Dataset
accessLevel public
contactPoint 
{
  "fn": "Office of Sustainable Groundwater Management",
  "@type": "vcard:Contact",
  "hasEmail": "mailto:SGMA@waterboards.ca.gov"
}
description This dataset consists of all groundwater extractions and well information that has been reported by well owners in GEARS. All information is self-reported by well owners, agents reporting on behalf of well owners, or GSAs reporting on behalf of well owners. This information is used by the State Water Board to issue invoices from the well owners within the probationary subbasins.
distribution 
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    "title": "GEARS Places of Groundwater Use",
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    "description": "This dataset consists of all parcels that the wells are supplying groundwater to (places of use) and the purpose of groundwater use.",
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    "title": "GEARS Groundwater Extractions by Parcel (ET)",
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    "describedBy": "https://data.ca.gov/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id=47d778ca-e4cd-434c-ba01-d71914c880f8&limit=0",
    "description": "This dataset consists of all groundwater extractions that were reported by well owners in GEARS using the Create New Report Using Evapotranspiration reporting method. If a groundwater extractor reported again, both versions of the reports are included in this data set. All information is self-reported by well owners, agents reporting on behalf of well owners, or GSAs reporting on behalf of well owners. This information is used by the State Water Board to issue invoices from the well owners within the probationary subbasins.",
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    "title": "GEARS Groundwater Extractions by Well",
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    "description": "This dataset consists of all groundwater extractions that were reported by well owners in GEARS using the Create New Report By Well reporting method. If a groundwater extractor reported again, both versions of the reports are included in this data set. All information is self-reported by well owners, agents reporting on behalf of well owners, or GSAs reporting on behalf of well owners. This information is used by the State Water Board to issue invoices from the well owners within the probationary subbasins.",
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    "description": "This dataset consists of all well locations plotted by well owners in the probationary subbasins.",
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    "title": "GEARS Owner Contacts",
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    "description": "This dataset consists of the well owner names (with addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers redacted) as well as a total number of wells they added to their account and total groundwater extractions by reporting period.",
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    "title": "GEARS Data Dictionary",
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    "title": "Data Dictionary - GEARS Groundwater Extractions by Parcel (ET)",
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identifier 1fc2b772-2243-4058-9fb8-8746a6400307
issued 2026-07-08T16:58:10.679288
keyword 
[
  "GEARS",
  "Groundwater",
  "Groundwater Analysis",
  "Parcels",
  "groundwater basin",
  "pumping",
  "wells"
]
modified 2026-08-18T21:29:38.128997
publisher 
{
  "name": "California State Water Resources Control Board",
  "@type": "org:Organization"
}
theme 
[
  "Water"
]
title GEARS Reporting Data

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