Water levels in observation wells in Santa Barbara County, California, in 1960

Open-File Report 61-96
Prepared in cooperation with the Santa Barba County Water Agency
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Abstract

Investigation of the ground-water resources of Santa Barbara County was continued during 1960 by the U. S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Santa Barbara County Water Agency. Monthly water-level measurements were made in 193 wells, in 9 of which automatic water-level recorders were operated. Earlier measurements, covering the period 1941 through 1955, have been published in Geological Survey Water-Supply Papers; those for 1956, 1957, 1958, and 1959 have been released locally in duplicated form. Water-Supply Paper 1068 contains tabulated descriptions of 2,246 wells in existence in 1942 in the several ground-water basins of the county. The same publication also contains many water-level measurements made prior to 1942 by the city of Santa Barbara, Santa Maria Valley Voter Conservation District, San Joaquin Power Division of the Pacific Gas and Electric Co., Union Sugar Co., Union Oil Co., and other organizations and individuals.

Comprehensive reports on the geology and ground-water resources of the Santa Ynez River basin (Upson and Thomasson, 1951, and Wilson, 1959), the south-coast basins (Upson, 1951), the Santa Maria Valley area (Worts, 1951), and the Cuyama Valley (Upson and Worts, 1951) have been published as Water-Supply Papers 1107, 1467, 1108, 1000, and 1110-B, respectively. A similar report on the San Antonio Creek Valley is in preparation. A report on stream runoff and ground-water storage capacity of the Santa Ynez River valley (Troxell and Wilson, 1952) was released to the open file on October 1952.

In addition to the water-level measurements made by the Geological Survey in 1960, measurements made by the Santa Maria Valley Water Conservation District are included in this report. Not, included in this report are miscellaneous measurements made by the Geological Survey in wells along the middle reach of the Santa Ynez River between Cachuma Dam and Rucker Crossing.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Water levels in observation wells in Santa Barbara County, California, in 1960
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 61-96
DOI 10.3133/ofr6196
Year Published 1961
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Description 51 p.
Country United States
State California
County Santa Barabara County
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