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Primacy Aquifer Exemptions

Metadata Updated: January 23, 2026

This dataset is a partial rendition of the CalGEM (formerly the California Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources) publication called California Oil and Gas Fields Volume I: North and East Central California (1973 with 1978 supplement), Volume II: South, Central Coastal and Offshore California (1974), & Volume III: Northern California (1981). The dataset illustrates some areas in each Oil & Gas field where oil or gas production occurred and are deemed exempt for injection per the Primacy Agreement between US EPA and CalGEM. These "Productive areas" are depicted in two ways in the Volumes: (1) by inference from well symbols placed on the map illustrations,.(2) by shaded areas on the map illustrations. Only the illustrated shaded areas as depicted in the historical publications are represented in this dataset. Geologic attributes detailing the Productive Zones (Formation, Zone, and Discovery Date) are supplied for each Productive area shape. Volume III updated certain Productive areas in Northern California listed in Volume I. The update included revised Formation Zones and expanded Productive areas. In cases where the geologic nomenclature attributes in Volume I differ from those in a corresponding Productive area in Volume III, the Formation Zones nomenclature in the later Volume are considered to be definitive. This updated dataset was published 2-28-2020 and supersedes all earlier versions. Volumes I, II, and III are also available in PDF format. Recommended map display scale is 1:100,000.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date January 23, 2026
Metadata Updated Date January 23, 2026

Metadata Source

Harvested from State of California

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date January 23, 2026
Metadata Updated Date January 23, 2026
Publisher California Department of Conservation
Maintainer
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Data First Published 2021-05-13T21:18:40.000Z
Data Last Modified 2020-11-09T00:00:00.000Z
Category Natural Resources
Public Access Level public
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Harvest Source Id 3ba8a0c1-5dc2-4897-940f-81922d3cf8bc
Harvest Source Title State of California
License http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash 5b3abcba3162f33c773f109ef425b31d83b81c461d3a3452c327f64f7a7d38c7
Source Schema Version 1.1

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