Skip to main content
  1. Water Mission Area National Spatial Data Infrastructure Datasets
  2. Basin and Range aquifers

Basin and Range aquifers

Dates

Release Date
2000-01-01
Publication Date

Citation

Nevada Water Science Center, 2000, Basin and Range aquifers: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P973YUWX.

Summary

These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. This data set represents the extent of the Basin and Range aquifers in the states of California, Utah, Arizona, and Nevada.

Contacts

Point of Contact :
U.S. Geological Survey, Nevada Water Science Center
Originator :
U.S. Geological Survey
Metadata Contact :
U.S. Geological Survey
SDC Data Owner :
Integrated Modeling & Prediction Division
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources

Attached Files

Click on title to download individual files attached to this item.

basin_and_range_aquifers.xml
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		20.13 KB application/fgdc+xml
USAaquiferMAP11_17.pdf 1.61 MB application/pdf
basin_range_shp.zip 866.27 KB application/zip
basin_range_gdb.zip 496.35 KB application/zip
basranaa.zip 755.1 KB application/zip
b016.gif thumbnail 14.58 KB image/gif

Purpose

These data delineate the areal extent of the Basin and Range aquifers as defined in the 'Ground Water Atlas of the United States' (U.S. Geological Survey HA 730). The scale of source material is 1:2,500,000 and these data are not intended for use at a larger scale.
Image of the Basin and Range aquifers
Image of the Basin and Range aquifers

Map

Map Preview

Communities

  • Model Data Management Function (MDMF)

Tags

Provenance

These data were originally released on the Water Mission Area National Spatial Data Infrastructure Node and were migrated to sciencebase.gov in 2023. These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS's policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release.

Additional Information

Identifiers

Type Scheme Key
DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P973YUWX

Item Actions

View Item as ...

JSON ATOM ISO XML

Save Item as ...

JSON FGDC MODS XML ISO XML

View Item...

Metrics