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Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4227

Ground-Water Use, Locations of Production Wells, and Areas Irrigated Using Ground Water in 1998, Middle Humboldt River Basin, North-Central Nevada

By Russell W. Plume

Report availability: Portable Document Format (PDF).

CONTENTS

Abstract
Introduction
Background
Purpose and Scope
Approach
Acknowledgments
Irrigation Pumpage
1998 Irrigation Season
Comparison of 1998 Irrigation Season with 1994-97 Seasons
Ground-Water Use in 1998
Summary
References Cited

Plate

  1. Map showing locations of production wells and areas irrigated with ground water, 1998, middle Humboldt River Basin, north-central Nevada.

Figures

  1. Map showing hydrographic areas in the middle Humboldt River Basin, north-central Nevada
  2. Graph showing total monthly precipitation January through June 1994-98, Battle Mountain, Nevada
  3. Graph showing distribution of (A) Total ground-water pumpage, and (B) Total mine dewatering pumpage, 1998, middle Humboldt River Basin, north-central Nevada

Tables

  1. Hydrographic areas in the middle Humboldt River Basin, north-central Nevada
  2. Power consumption, pump discharge, and estimated 1998 irrigation season pumpage for selected irrigation wells in the middle Humboldt River Basin, north-central Nevada
  3. Pump discharge and estimated 1998 irrigation season pumpage for three wells serving two flood-irrigated fields in Pumpernickel Valley, Nevada
  4. Comparison of power consumption during the 1994-97 irrigation seasons with power consumption during the 1998 season at selected irrigation wells and estimated water use during an average irrigation season in the middle Humboldt River Basin, north-central Nevada
  5. Area irrigated with ground water, types and numbers of actively used production wells, and total ground-water use in 1998 in hydrographic areas of the middle Humboldt River Basin, north-central Nevada
  6. Ground-water pumpage for mining purposes in 1998, middle Humboldt River Basin, north-central Nevada

CONVERSION FACTORS AND VERTICAL DATUM

Multiply By To obtain
acre 4,047 square meter
acre-foot (acre-ft) 0.001233 cubic hectometer
acre-foot per day (acre-ft/d) 0.001233 cubic hectometer per day
foot (ft) 0.3048 meter
gallons per minute (gal/min) 6.309x10-5 cubic meter per second
inch (in.) 25.4 millimeter
kilowatthour (kWh) 3,600,000 joule
kilowatthour per day (kWh/d) 3,600,000 joule per day
kilowatthour per acre-foot (kWh/acre-ft) 2,919 joule per cubic meter
mile (mi) 1.609 kilometer
square miles (mi2) 2.59 square kilometer
watthour (Wh) 3,600 joule

Temperature: Degrees Celsius (°C) can be converted to degrees Fahrenheit (°F) by using the formula °F = [1.8(°C)]+32. Degrees Fahrenheit can be converted to degrees Celsius by using the formula °C = 0.556(°F-32).

Sea level: In this report, "sea level" refers to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD of 1929, formerly called "Sea-Level Datum of 1929"), which is derived from a general adjustment of the first-order leveling networks of the United States and Canada.

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