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Open-File Report 03-387

Selected Ground-Water Data for Yucca Mountain Region, Southern Nevada and Eastern California, January 2000-December 2002

By Glenn L. Locke and Richard J. La Camera

Report availability: Portable Document Format (PDF).

CONTENTS

  • Abstract
  • Introduction
    • Purpose and Scope
    • Acknowledgments
  • Description of Study Area
    • Alkali Flat-Furnace Creek Ranch Ground-Water Subbasin
    • Ash Meadows Ground-Water Subbasin
  • Data-Collection Sites
    • Site Number
    • U.S. Geological Survey Site Identification
    • Local Site Number
    • Data Type
    • Accessible Well Depth
    • Open Interval
    • Data Source
    • Contributing Units
  • Data-Collection Procedures and Equipment
    • Water-Level Data
      • Land-Surface Altitude and Height of Measurement Point
      • Measurement Method, Status, and Source
      • Water-Level Measurements
        • Calibrated Electric Tape
        • Steel Tape
        • Pressure Sensor
        • Other
    • Ground-Water Discharge Data
    • Ground-Water Withdrawal Data
      • Withdrawals from Alkali Flat-Furnace Creek Ranch Ground-Water Subbasin
      • Withdrawals from Ash Meadows Ground-Water Subbasin
    • Quality Assurance
  • Presentation of Ground-Water Data
  • Discussion of Ground-Water Levels and Ground-Water Withdrawals in Jackass Flats
  • References Cited
  • Basic Data

FIGURES

  1. Map showing location of data-collection sites in the Yucca Mountain region, southern Nevada and eastern California, 2000-02

2-5. Graphs showing periodic water levels for selected sites through 2002 at which primary contributing units are:

    1. Carbonate rock
    2. Volcanic rock
    3. Valley fill
    4. Undifferentiated sedimentary rock
  1. Graph showing daily average water levels in well JF-3, May 1992- December 2002 and in well AD-6, July 1992-December 2002

7-9. Graphs showing discharge at:

    1. Sites AM-1a (Fairbanks Spring), AM-5a (Crystal Pool), and AM-8 (Big Spring), 1910-2002
    2. Sites AM-2 (Five Springs Well) and DV-2 (Navel Spring), 1990-2002
    3. Site DV-1 (Texas Spring), 1989-2002

10-11. Graphs showing available estimates of annual ground-water withdrawals for selected areas within:

    1. Alkali Flat-Furnace Creek Ranch ground-water subbasin, 1961-2002
    2. Ash Meadows ground-water subbasin, 1962-2002
  1. Graphs showing water-level altitudes in wells JF-1, JF-2, JF-2a, J-13, J-11, J-12, and JF-3 and estimated annual ground-water withdrawals from Jackass Flats, 1983-2002
  2. Graphs showing median water-level altitudes and average deviation of water levels for wells JF-1, JF-2, JF-2a, J-13, J-11, J-12, and JF-3, and estimated annual ground-water withdrawals from Jackass Flats, for selected baseline periods and for 1992-2002

TABLES

  1. Index to monitoring sites in Yucca Mountain region, 2000-02
  2. Well-completion data at monitoring sites in Yucca Mountain region
  3. Electric-tape calibration data used to derive correction factors, 2000-02
  4. Applied correction factors for electric tapes used, 2000-02
  5. Periodic water-level data at monitoring sites in Yucca Mountain region, 2000-02
  6. Daily average water levels in well JF-3, 2000-02
  7. Daily average water levels in well AD-6, 2000-02
  8. Ground-water-discharge data at monitoring sites in Yucca Mountain region, 2000-02
  9. Estimated annual ground-water withdrawals from wells in Yucca Mountain region, 2000-02
  10. Minimum, maximum, and median water-level altitudes, and average deviation of measurements at wells in Jackass Flats for selected baseline periods and for 1992-2002

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