Saturated thickness of the High Plains Aquifer, Colorado, 2000

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. These data are in support of report DS 472 (Arnold and others, 2009). This data set represents the saturated thickness of the High Plains aquifer within Colorado. The water levels used in generating the water-table data were collected from High Plains wells in the year 2000. Saturated thickness was derived by subtracting aquifer-base elevation from water-table elevation.