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Converting contour-line data into data sets for a multilayered aquifer using a geographic information system

Open-File Report 99-54
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr9954

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Abstract

Data sets that define the altitude of the base of basin-fill units in the west Salt River Valley were developed for the National Water-Quality Assessment program using a geographic information system. Data that define the land surface and the base of each basin-fill unit within a multilayered aquifer were compiled into a series of raster-data lattices. The lattice of each basin-fill layer was constructed using contour lines from a published hydrogeologic report. The land-surface lattice was constructed from a:250,000-scale digital elevation models of the area. The resulting raster-data set was queried to define the altitude of the base of each basin-fill unit at specified locations. Using a computer script to be run within a geographic information system, a table was produced that provided information that related the altitude of the bottom of the wells to the altitudes of the bases of the basin-fill units. A comparison of the altitude at the bottom of wells with the range in altitude between each basin-fill unit base made it possible to begin to determine the basin-fill unit in which wells were completed.

Suggested Citation

Rees, J.A., 1999, Converting contour-line data into data sets for a multilayered aquifer using a geographic information system: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-54, v, 29 p. :col. ill., col maps ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr9954.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Converting contour-line data into data sets for a multilayered aquifer using a geographic information system
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 99-54
DOI 10.3133/ofr9954
Year Published 1999
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey ; Information Services [distributor],
Description v, 29 p. :col. ill., col maps ;28 cm.
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