{"accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["010:12"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "Paul Heisig", "hasEmail": "mailto:pmheisig@usgs.gov"}, "description": "The hydrogeology of the valley-fill aquifer system along a 32-mile reach of the Susquehanna River \nvalley and adjacent areas was evaluated in eastern Broome and southeastern Chenango Counties, \nNew York. The surficial geology, inferred ice-marginal positions, and distribution of stratified-drift \naquifers were mapped from existing data. Ice-marginal positions, which represent pauses in the \nretreat of glacial ice from the region, favored the accumulation of coarse-grained deposits whereas \nmore steady or rapid ice retreat between these positions favored deposition of fine-grained lacustrine \ndeposits with limited coarse-grained deposits at depth. Unconfined aquifers with thick saturated \ncoarse-grained deposits are the most favorable settings for water-resource development, and three \nseveral-mile-long sections of valley were identified (mostly in Broome County) as potentially favorable: \n(1) the southernmost valley section, which extends from the New YorkPennsylvania border to about \n1 mile north of South Windsor, (2) the valley section that rounds the west side of the umlaufberg \n(an isolated bedrock hill within a valley) north of Windsor, and (3) the eastwest valley section at the \nBroome County Chenango County border from Nineveh to East of Bettsburg (including the lower reach \nof the Cornell Brook valley). Fine-grained lacustrine deposits form extensive confining units between \nthe unconfined areas, and the water-resource potential of confined aquifers is largely untested.Recharge,\nor replenishment, of these aquifers is dependent not only on infiltration of precipitation directly on \nunconfined aquifers, but perhaps more so from precipitation that falls in adjacent upland areas. \nSurface runoff and shallow groundwater from the valley walls flow downslope and recharge valley \naquifers. Tributary streams that drain upland areas lose flow as they enter main valleys on permeable \nalluvial fans. This infiltrating water also recharges valley aquifers.Current (2012) use of water resources \nin the area is primarily through domestic wells, most of which are completedin fractured bedrock in \nupland areas. A few villages in the Susquehanna River valley have supply wells that draw water from \nbeneath alluvial fans and near the Susquehanna River, which is a large potential source of water from \ninduced infiltration.", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "accessURL": "https://water.usgs.gov/lookup/getspatial?sir2012-5282_surficial_geology", "description": "Landing page for access to the data", "format": "XML", "mediaType": "application/http", "title": "Digital Data"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "description": "The metadata original format", "downloadURL": "https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.3eb24ebe-0867-41ec-bd77-60140f131a9b.xml", "format": "XML", "mediaType": "text/xml", "title": "Original Metadata"}], "identifier": "http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/USGS_3eb24ebe-0867-41ec-bd77-60140f131a9b", "keyword": ["Broome County, New York", "Chenango County, New York", "Inlandwaters", "Susquehanna River valley", "USGS SIR2012-5282_surficial_geology", "USGS:3eb24ebe-0867-41ec-bd77-60140f131a9b", "aquifer system", "environment", "geoscientificInformation", "hydrogeology", "inferred ice-marginal positions", "stratified glacial deposits", "stratified-drift aquifers", "surficial geology"], "modified": "2020-11-17T00:00:00Z", "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "U.S. Geological Survey"}, "spatial": "-75.844489, 41.950064, -75.324973, 42.411385", "theme": ["geospatial"], "title": "SIR2012-5282 Surficial Geology: Hydrogeology of the Susquehanna River valley-fill aquifer system and adjacent areas in eastern Broome and southeastern Chenango Counties, New York"}