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Statistical Analysis of Water Levels in the Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer in Missouri from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources' Well Information Management System (WIMS)

Metadata Updated: November 19, 2025

An objective review (Asquith and others, 2018 and 2020) of the distribution of the first two significant figures of a water-level measurement (depth below land surface) was done on the 10,295 measurements (one per well) that met the threshold criteria. The purpose of this review was to ascertain the degree to which substantial rounding of values might exist in the dataset. It was evident that the dataset has a large number of values rounded to the nearest integer foot with a tendency for more rounding towards even integers. For values between 10 and 99 feet, there is a large number of values rounded to the even 10 feet and for values less than about 35 feet, there are an excessive number of values rounded the nearest. There are also numerous values of 12 and 14. This suggests that considerable estimation or rounding of water levels have been made probably by use of apparatus other than graduate tapes. Systematic review of original data sources is not possible and insufficient metadata exist for a manual of each value in the data set. However, the database is large and offers an opportunity for data mining and machine learning to foster further review. A large, objective, technically-demanding, and rigorous spatial-temporal review of the water-level data, expressed in altitude, was made for the 10,295 water level records comprising this data release.

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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 September 13, 2025
Metadata Updated Date November 19, 2025

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Harvested from DOI USGS DCAT-US

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Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date September 13, 2025
Metadata Updated Date November 19, 2025
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Maintainer
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Data Last Modified 2020-08-13T00:00:00Z
Category geospatial
Public Access Level public
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