Depth to Groundwater (measured in feet) in water wells

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IDENTIFICATION_INFORMATION


  Citation:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator: NWIS (National Water Information System)
      Publication_Date: 
      Title: Depth to Groundwater (measured in feet) in water wells
      Edition: 1
      Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map
      Publication_Information:
        Publication_Place: 
        Publisher: National Water Information System (NWIS)
      Other_Citation_Details:
      Online_Linkage: HTTP://www.unr.edu/Geothermal/
      Larger_Work_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: 
          Publication_Date: 
          Title: 
          Publication_Information:
            Publication_Place: 
            Publisher: 
          Online_Linkage: HTTP://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/
  Description:
    Abstract:
      Depth to groundwater (measured in feet) in water wells from
      the NWIS database maintained by the USGS. This database
      contains 8,210 records of water depth in Nevada downloaded
      in July, 2002.
    Purpose:
      For geologic, mineral, or geothermal exploration
      For targeting high-temperature geothermal systems
      Geothermal Power Generation
    Supplemental_Information:
  Time_Period_of_Content:
    Time_Period_Information:
      Range_of_Dates/Times:
        Beginning_Date: 
        Ending_Date: 
    Currentness_Reference: 
  Status:
    Progress: Complete
    Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
  Spatial_Domain:
    Bounding_Coordinates:
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: -256149.6001
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: 262044.8974
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: 4956172.9882
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: 4189908.0740
  Keywords:
    Theme:
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Theme_Keyword: Groundwater
      Theme_Keyword: Water table
      Theme_Keyword: Wells
    Place:
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Place_Keyword: Great Basin
      Place_Keyword: Nevada
      Place_Keyword: Western United States
  Access_Constraints:
  Use_Constraints: This 
	spatial information was derived from a variety of sources.  Care was taken 
	in the creation of these themes, but they are provided "as is".  The Great 
	Basin Center for Geothermal Energy, the University of Nevada, Reno or any of 
	the data providers cannot accept any responsibility for errors, omissions, 
	or positional accuracy in the digital data or underlying records. There are 
	no warranties, expressed or implied, accompanying this data set. 
      Point_of_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy
        Contact_Person: Richard Zehner
      Contact_Position: Research Scientist/Assistant GIS Specialist
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing and physical address
        Address: MS 172, University of Nevada, Reno
        City: Reno
        State_or_Province: NV
        Postal_Code: 89557
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 775-784-7055
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: zehner@unr.edu
      Hours_of_Service: 8-5 M-F Pacific Time
  Native_Data_Set_Environment:
    ArcView version 3.3 shapefile format

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DATA_QUALITY_INFORMATION


  Attribute_Accuracy:
    Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
      unknown
  Logical_Consistency_Report:
  Completeness_Report:
  Positional_Accuracy:
    Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
      Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
        unknown
    Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
      Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
        unknown
  Lineage:
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy
          Publication_Date: 2002
          Title: nwis_depth_NV
          Edition: 1
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
          Publication_Information:
            Publication_Place: Reno, NV
            Publisher: Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy
          Other_Citation_Details:
            see above
          Online_Linkage: HTTP://www.unr.edu/Geothermal/
          Larger_Work_Citation:
            Citation_Information:
              Originator: 
              Publication_Date: 
              Title: 
              Publication_Information:
                Publication_Place: 
                Publisher: 
              Online_Linkage: 
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 
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            Ending_Date: 
        Source_Currentness_Reference: current
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: 
      Source_Contribution:
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: 
      Process_Date: 
      Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: 
      Process_Contact:
        Contact_Information:
          Contact_Person_Primary:
            Contact_Organization: Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy
            Contact_Person: 
          Contact_Position: 
          Contact_Address:
            Address_Type: mailing and physical address
            Address: 
            City: Reno
            State_or_Province: NV
            Postal_Code: 89557
            Country: USA
          Contact_Voice_Telephone: 
          Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 
          Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: 
          Hours_of_Service: 

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SPATIAL_DATA_ORGANIZATION_INFORMATION


  Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point
  Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
    SDTS_Terms_Description:
      SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point
      Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 8210

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SPATIAL_REFERENCE_INFORMATION

 
  Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
    Planar:
      Map_Projection:
        Map_Projection_Name: Lambert Conformal Conic
        Lambert_Conformal_Conic:
          Standard_Parallel: 33.000000
          Standard_Parallel: 45.000000
          Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -117.000000
          Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000
          False_Easting: 0.000000
          False_Northing: 0.000000
          Standard_Parallel: 33.000000
          Standard_Parallel: 45.000000
          Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -117.000000
          Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000
          False_Easting: 0.000000
          False_Northing: 0.000000
      Planar_Coordinate_Information:
        Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: Coordinate pair
        Coordinate_Representation:
          Abscissa_Resolution: 
          Ordinate_Resolution: 
        Planar_Distance_Units: Meters
    Geodetic_Model:
      Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927
      Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866
      Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.4000000
      Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.98

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ENTITY_AND_ATTRIBUTE_INFORMATION


  Overview_Description:
    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
Description of fields in the attribute table database:

Name: the name is based on the latitude and longitude.

Dm1: datum

Elev: elevation of well in feet above sea level.

Dma: elevation datum
Depth: water level in well measured in feet.
      Unknown
    Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
      Unknown

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DISTRIBUTION_INFORMATION


  Distributor:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy
        Contact_Person: Richard E. Zehner
      Contact_Position: Research Scientist/Assistant GIS Specialist
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing and physical address
        Address: MS 172, University of Nevada, Reno
        City: Reno
        State_or_Province:NV 
        Postal_Code: 89557
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone:775-784-7055 
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: zehner@unr.edu
      Hours_of_Service: 8-5, M-F, Pacific Time
  Resource_Description:
  Distribution_Liability:This 
	spatial information was derived from a variety of sources.  Care was taken 
	in the creation of these themes, but they are provided "as is".  The Great 
	Basin Center for Geothermal Energy, the University of Nevada, Reno or any of 
	the data providers cannot accept any responsibility for errors, omissions, 
	or positional accuracy in the digital data or underlying records. There are 
	no warranties, expressed or implied, accompanying this data set. 
    
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METADATA_REFERENCE_INFORMATION


  Metadata_Date: 8/16/2004
  Metadata_Review_Date: 
  Metadata_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization:Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy 
        Contact_Person: Richard E. Zehner
      Contact_Position: Research Scientist/Assistant GIS Specialist
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: Mailing and physical address
        Address: MS 172, University of Nevada, Reno
        City: Reno
        State_or_Province:NV 
        Postal_Code: 89557
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 775-784-7055 
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: zehner@unr.edu
      Hours_of_Service: 8-5 M-F Pacific Time
  Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC CSDGM
  Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

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Additional Information


nwis_depth_NV.shp (shapefile):


Title:  Depth to groundwater (measured in feet) in 
water wells from the National Water Information System (NWIS) database 
maintained by the USGS.


Description:  This database contains 8,210 records 
of water depth in Nevada downloaded from the NWIS web site at:

http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/ in July, 2002.  For more details on the 
descriptions of fields in the database beyond what is described below, see the 
NWIS web site.


Selection Criteria:


When multiple water depth 
records existed for individual wells, the oldest record was selected


Source of data:

http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/  


Caveat: 
 This 
	spatial information was derived from a variety of sources.  Care was taken 
	in the creation of these themes, but they are provided "as is".  The Great 
	Basin Center for Geothermal Energy, the University of Nevada, Reno or any of 
	the data providers cannot accept any responsibility for errors, omissions, 
	or positional accuracy in the digital data or underlying records. There are 
	no warranties, expressed or implied, accompanying this data set.


Description of fields in the 
attribute table database:



Name: the name is based on the latitude 
and longitude.


Dm1: 
datum



Elev: elevation of well in feet above sea 
level.


Dma: 
elevation datum

Depth: 
water level in well measured in feet.

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