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Three-Dimensional Chronostratigraphic Model and supporting well data for the Los Angeles Coastal Plain, Los Angeles and Orange Counties, California

Metadata Updated: January 7, 2026

This data release contains a digital geospatial dataset generated by the U.S. Geological Survey under a cooperative agreement with the Water Replenishment District of Southern California to characterize the three-dimensional hydrogeology of the Los Angeles Coastal Plain. The geospatial dataset covers about 580 square miles of the largest coastal plain of southern California and contains the unit tops and extents of the three-dimensional chronostratigraphic model (3D CM) and supporting well data. The 3D CM was constructed in EarthVision using methods described in Development of a Groundwater-Simulation Model in the Los Angeles Coastal Plain, Los Angeles County, California; Chapter B (Ponti and Martin, 2021). Specifically, the geospatial database contains (1) a shapefile (point feature class) for the altitude of the top of each chronostratigraphic unit where it exists on a spatial grid in the 3D CM; and (2) a shapefile (point feature class) of wells used to construct the 3D CM including their corresponding name, location, source of well data, and depths of stratigraphic picks.

Access & Use Information

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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Dates

Metadata Created Date January 7, 2026
Metadata Updated Date January 7, 2026

Metadata Source

Harvested from DOI USGS DCAT-US

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date January 7, 2026
Metadata Updated Date January 7, 2026
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Maintainer
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Data Last Modified 2023-05-04T00:00:00Z
Category geospatial
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 010:12
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Metadata Type geospatial
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