{"accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["010:12"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center", "hasEmail": "mailto:gs-w-txpublic-info@usgs.gov"}, "description": "This dataset documents depth to groundwater measurements made from wells screened in the Chicot aquifer, Evangeline aquifer, Jasper aquifer, Burkeville confining unit, Catahoula confining unit, or a combination of these hydrogeologic units in the greater Houston area, Texas for 2024. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) prepared this dataset in cooperation with the Harris\u2010Galveston Subsidence District, City of Houston, Fort Bend Subsidence District, Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District, and Brazoria County Groundwater Conservation District. This dataset was created to provide resource managers, public officials, researchers, and the public with ready access to information regarding depths to groundwater in the region. The data in this dataset were collected from December 2023 through March 2024 and, with the exception water-level data provided by private corporations and the calculated median values provided only herein, are stored in the USGS National Water Information System (NWIS), a publicly available, searchable, online database of water information (USGS, 2024).", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.5066/P13XXB5O", "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.6605c1c2d34e64ff15499588.xml", "format": "XML", "mediaType": "text/xml", "title": "Original Metadata"}], "identifier": "http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/USGS_6605c1c2d34e64ff15499588", "keyword": ["Brazoria County", "Burkeville confining unit", "Catahoula confining unit", "Chambers County", "Chicot aquifer", "Evangeline aquifer", "Fort Bend County", "Galveston", "Galveston County", "Grimes County", "Harris County", "Houston", "Jasper aquifer", "Liberty County", "Montgomery County", "San Jacinto County", "Texas", "USGS:6605c1c2d34e64ff15499588", "Walker County", "Waller County", "aquifer", "elevation", "geoscientificInformation", "groundwater", "hydrology", "hypsometry", "subsidence", "water-level altitude"], "modified": "2025-05-12T00:00:00Z", "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "U.S. Geological Survey"}, "spatial": "-96.0897, 28.9486, -94.6350, 30.6931", "theme": ["geospatial"], "title": "Depth to Groundwater Measured from Wells in the Greater Houston area, Texas, 2024"}