HA 730-D High Plains aquifer

GROUND WATER ATLAS of the UNITED STATES
Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska
HA 730-D

High Plains aquifer

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Introduction (Click to view thumbnails and download figures)

Figure 46 Map of High Plains aquifer extent
Figure 47 Photo of High Plains Physiographic Province

Hydrogeologic units (Click to view thumbnails and download figures)

Figure 48 Correlation chart
Figure 49 Geology map
Figure 50 Diagramatic cross section
Figure 51 Photo showing loess and windblown silt deposits
Figure 52 Map showing the geologic units underlying the High Plains aquifer

Ground-water hydrology (Click to view thumbnails and download figures)

Depth to Water

Figure 53 Map showing depth to water

Ground-Water Flow

Figure 54 Map showing water-table contour

Recharge and Discharge

Figure 55 Graph showing withdrawals by state from 1949 to 1990

Saturated Thickness and Well Yield

Figure 56 Map showing saturated thickness in 1980
Figure 57 Map showing saturated thickness changes, in percent
Figure 58 Map showing potential yield of wells

Ground-water development and water-level fluctuations (Click to view thumbnails and download figures)

Figure 59 Graph of acres irrigated by state
Figure 60 Photo of center-pivot irrigation systems
Figure 61 Map showing the number of center-pivot irrigation systems in Nebraska
Figure 62 Maps showing density of irrigated acreage
Figure 63 Map showing water level changes

Ground-water quality (Click to view thumbnails and download figures)

Figure 64 Map showing dissolved-solids concentration
Figure 65 Map showing sodium concentration

Fresh ground-water withdrawals (Click to view thumbnails and download figures)

Figure 66 Map showing the use of fresh gound-water withdrawals during 1990

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