USGS Data Series 533: Database of Groundwater Levels and Hydrograph Descriptions for the Nevada Test Site Area, Nye County, Nevada

Database of Groundwater Levels and Hydrograph Descriptions for the Nevada Test Site Area, Nye County, Nevada

By Peggy E. Elliott and Joseph M. Fenelon

Abstract

A database containing water levels measured from wells in and near areas of underground nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site since 1941 was developed. The database provides information for each well including well construction, borehole lithology, units contributing water to the well, and general site remarks. Water-level information provided in the database includes measurement source, status, method, accuracy, and specific water-level remarks. Additionally, the database provides hydrograph narratives that document the water-level history and describe and interpret the water-level hydrograph for each well.

Water levels in the database were quality assured and analyzed. Multiple conditions were assigned to each water‑level measurement to describe the hydrologic conditions at the time of measurement. General quality, temporal variability, regional significance, and hydrologic conditions are attributed to each water-level measurement.

First posted December 16, 2010

Revised April 2022

USGS data release
Database of groundwater levels and hydrograph descriptions for the Nevada Test Site area, Nye County, Nevada

For additional information, contact:
Director, Nevada Water Science Center
U.S. Geological Survey
2730 N. Deer Run Road
Carson City, Nevada 89701
https://nevada.usgs.gov

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Suggested citation:

Elliott, P.E., and Fenelon, J.M., 2010, Database of groundwater levels and hydrograph descriptions for the Nevada Test Site area, Nye County, Nevada (ver. 12.0, April 2022): U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 533, 13 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ds533.

Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Groundwater-Level Database

Acknowledgments

References Cited