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Public supply groundwater wells associated with Hydrogeologic Mapping Units

Metadata Updated: August 3, 2024

Data from more than 75,000 community public supply wells were acquired from national and state agencies. Using the information provided by the agencies, along with surficial and bedrock geologic maps, the wells were assigned to a national Principal Aquifer (PA) as defined in USGS (2003) or a Secondary Hydrogeologic Region (SHR) as defined in Belitz et al. (2018). Collectively, both PAs and SHRs are referred to as Hydrogeologic Regions (HRs). The HR identifies the primary source of water for the well. The locations of the wells were generalized so that they plot in the center of a 2 kilometer square grid. The county information provided identifies the county the well is located within based on it’s actual location, not the generalized location. A total of 76,354 wells were assigned to an HR, 41 wells were assigned to "basement" or "bedrock" because there was not enough information to assign to a specific HR.

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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 August 3, 2024
Metadata Updated Date August 3, 2024

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Harvested from DOI EDI

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Metadata Created Date August 3, 2024
Metadata Updated Date August 3, 2024
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
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