Compilation of Existing Hydrogeologic and Geospatial Data Useful for the Assessment of Focused Recharge to the Carbonate-Rock Aquifer in Genesee County, New York

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: James Reddy
Originator: William Kappel
Publication_Date: 2010
Title:
Compilation of Existing Hydrogeologic and Geospatial Data Useful for the Assessment of Focused Recharge to the Carbonate-Rock Aquifer in Genesee County, New York
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Vector digital data and map
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 10-
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Ithaca, New York, USA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/of10-???>
Description:
Abstract:
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), compiled the digital data presented in this report. Existing hydrogeologic, and geospatial data were obtained from numerous local, state, and federal agency sources for this pilot study in central Genesee County, NY. The study focused on assessing the carbonate-rock aquifer through the compilation and interpretation of these data and presented as sets of maps to describe potential locations of surface water/groundwater interaction. Areas of potential surface water/groundwater interaction were identified from geospatial datasets, interviews with local highway departments and the Genesee County Soil and Water Conservation District, and an initial assessment of karst features through the analysis of orthographic photographs, and minimal field verification - not all karst features were identified in Genesee County because of limited time resources.
Purpose:
Water-resource managers are encouraged to utilize the information summarized in this report as a guide to further assess areas where the connection between the land surface and ground water has been identified. In these areas, site visits should be made to determine the vulnerability of a particular site to surface water/groundwater interaction in relation to the resource activity or contamination source being assessed.

These data are intended for use at a scale of 1:24,000 or smaller. The primary intended use is for local and regional display and analysis. It is not intended for site-specific studies.

Supplemental_Information:
Geographic Information System (GIS) data in Shapefile format are stored in 11 themes:
- AnthropogenicFeatures - Point data layer of anthropogenic features (quarries, mines, and contaminant sites)
- BedrockContacts_L - Polyline data layer of bedrock geologic contacts
- BedrockContacts_P - Polygon data layer of bedrock geologic map units
- BedrockElevationData - Point data layer of bedrock elevation data features
- BedrockSurfaceContours - Polyline data layer of bedrock surface contours
- GeologicSections - Polyline data layer of cross-section lines
- KarstFeatureBasins - Unattributed polyline data layer of karst feature buffer/basin areas
- KarstFeatures - Point data layer of karst features
- Polbnd - Polygon data layer of Genesee County, NY boundary
- Soils - Polygon data layer of soils
- StudyArea - Polygon data layer of carbonate-rock aquifer study area boundary
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 2008
Ending_Date: 2010
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -78.465958
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -77.903214
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 43.134691
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.862413
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: Carbonate
Theme_Keyword: Rock
Theme_Keyword: Aquifer
Theme_Keyword: Geology
Theme_Keyword: Hydrogeologic
Theme_Keyword: Geospatial
Theme_Keyword: GIS
Theme_Keyword: Sinkhole
Theme_Keyword: Karst
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Genesee County
Place_Keyword: New York
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
Although all data released in this report have been used by the USGS, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and related materials and (or) the functioning of the software. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

This data is valid at a scale of 1:24,000

Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 30 Brown Road
City: Ithaca
State_or_Province: New York
Postal_Code: 14850
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 607-266-0217 x3006
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 607-266-0521
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jreddy@usgs.gov
Hours_of_Service: Monday - Friday 9:00 - 5:00 EST
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: James Reddy

Data_Quality_Information:
Logical_Consistency_Report: Polygon and chain-node topology present
Completeness_Report:
Version 1.0 - subsequent versions may contain more data and/or a greater diversity of data types.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 2010
Title: None
Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Contribution:
The USGS National Elevation Dataset (NED) provided land surface elevation data for this study.
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2010
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NED
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Land surface elevation data in the form of Digital Elevation Models (DEM) were obtained from the USGS National Elevation Dataset (NED) for Genesee County, NY. DEM resolutions of 10 meter (1/3 arc-second) and 30 meter (1 arc-second) were acquired. These surface elevation datasets, coupled with depth to bedrock values acquired from various sources, were used to generate a bedrock surface dataset.
Process_Date: 2010
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 2010
Title: None
Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NLCD
Source_Contribution:
The National Land Cover Data (NLCD) provided land use/land cover data for this study.
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2001
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Process_Step:
Process_Date: 2010
Process_Description:
Land cover data was obtained from the 2001 National Land Cover Data (NLCD) for Genesee County, NY. Resolution of the NLCD is 30 meters (1 arc-second). The NLCD was used to identify areas of agricultural land use within the carbonate-rock study area.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NLCD
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Publication_Date: 2006
Title: None
Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: SSURGO
Source_Contribution:
Soils from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) Database provided soils data for this study.
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2006
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Soils data was obtained from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) Database for Genesee County, NY. The SSURGO data was used to identify soils that are shallow to bedrock and which have moderate to high infiltration rates.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: SSURGO
Process_Date: 2010
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Various
Publication_Date: 2010
Title: None
Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
Type_of_Source_Media: online and digital
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Anthropogenic
Source_Contribution:
Anthropogenic data (quarries, mines, and contamination sites) was obtained from the following sources.
- NYS DEC Mining Database
- Dr. Paul Richards, Dept. of Earth Sciences, SUNY at Brockport, NY
- Genesee County Department of Health
- SSURGO soils database
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2010
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Anthropogenic data (quarries, mines, and contamination sites) were obtained from the following sources.
- NYS DEC Mining Database
- Dr. Paul Richards, Dept. of Earth Sciences, SUNY at Brockport, NY
- Genesee County Department of Health
- SSURGO soils database
The anthropogenic data from the various sources were combined and used to identify the locations of quarries/mines, sand and gravel pits, and known contamination sites.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Anthropogenic
Process_Date: 2010
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Various
Publication_Date: 2010
Title: None
Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
Type_of_Source_Media: online and digital
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Bedrock elevation data sources
Source_Contribution:
Bedrock elevation data was obtained from the following sources.
- NYS DEC Water Well Program
- USGS Groundwater Site Inventory (GWSI) Database
- NYS Department of Transportation
- NYS Thruway Authority
- SSURGO soils database
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2010
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Bedrock elevation data were obtained from the following sources.
- NYS DEC Water Well Program
- USGS Groundwater Site Inventory (GWSI) Database
- NYS Department of Transportation
- NYS Thruway Authority
- SSURGO soils database
The bedrock elevation data from the various sources were combined and used to generate a bedrock surface dataset.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Bedrock elevation data sources
Process_Date: 2010
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Various
Publication_Date: 2010
Title: None
Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
Type_of_Source_Media: paper and digital
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Karst features
Source_Contribution:
Karst feature data was obtained from the following sources.
- Dr. Paul Richards, Dept. of Earth Sciences, SUNY at Brockport, NY
- Genesee County SWCD
- Town of Batavia, NY; Highway Department
- Town of Elba, NY; Highway Department
- Town of Le Roy, NY; Highway Department
- Town of Stafford, NY; Highway Department
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2010
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Karst feature data were obtained from the following sources.
- Dr. Paul Richards, Dept. of Earth Sciences, SUNY at Brockport, NY
- Genesee County SWCD
- Town of Batavia, NY; Highway Department
- Town of Elba, NY; Highway Department
- Town of Le Roy, NY; Highway Department
- Town of Stafford, NY; Highway Department
The karst feature data from the various sources were combined and used to generate an inventory of possible karst features within the carbonate-rock aquifer study area. The USGS StreamStats GIS application was used to delineate drainage basins for each of the karst features. In instances where the StreamStats derived basin for a karst feature was negligible, ArcGIS was used to assign the feature a 500-ft radius buffer zone in lieu of a drainage basin. ArcGIS Spatial Analyst extension was used to convert the drainage basins and buffer zones to a 10-meter resolution raster dataset.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Karst features
Process_Date: 2010

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Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
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SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains

Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257
Planar:
Grid_Coordinate_System:
Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: State Plane Coordinate System 1983
State_Plane_Coordinate_System:
SPCS_Zone_Identifier: FIPS_3103
Transverse_Mercator:
Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.99993750
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -78.58333333
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 40.00000000
False_Easting: 350000.00000000
False_Northing: 0.00000000
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 1
Ordinate_Resolution: 1
Planar_Distance_Units: meters
Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Altitude_System_Definition:
Altitude_Datum_Name: National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929
Altitude_Distance_Units: feet
Altitude_Encoding_Method: Attribute values
Altitude_Resolution: 1

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
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The following is a description of the data layers and attributes used in this report.
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AnthropogenicFeatures - Point data layer of anthropogenic features (quarries, mines, and contaminant sites); derived from various sources
  AnthropogenicFeatures.dbf fields:
    Source - Data source
    Feature - Generalized description of anthropogenic feature
    Type - Anthropogenic feature type

BedrockContacts_L - Polyline data layer of bedrock geologic contacts
  BedrockContacts_L.dbf fields:
    CODE - Bedrock geologic contact code
    TYPE - Bedrock geologic contact description

BedrockContacts_P - Polygon data layer of bedrock geologic map units
  BedrockContacts_P.dbf fields:
    MATERIAL - Bedrock geologic map unit code
    MAPUNIT - Map unit description

BedrockElevationData - Point data layer of bedrock elevation data features; derived from various sources
  BedrockElevationData.dbf fields:
    STATION - Data point ID
    SOURCE - Data source
    LS_ELEV - Land surface elevation in feet above NAVD 1988
    ROCK_DEPTH - Depth to bedrock in feet below land surface elevation
    BR_ELEV - Bedrock surface elevation in feet above NAVD 1988

BedrockSurfaceContours - Line data layer of bedrock surface contours
  BedrockSurfaceContours.dbf fields:
    CONTOUR - Elevation of line in feet above NAVD 1988

GeologicSections - Line data layer of cross-section lines
  GeologicSections.dbf fields:
    Name - Section line designation

KarstFeatureBasins - Unattributed line data layer of karst feature buffer/basin areas

KarstFeatures - Point data layer of karst features; derived from various sources
  KarstFeatures.dbf fields:
    Type - Karst feature type
    Source - Data source
    Remark - Generalized description of karst feature

Polbnd - Polygon data layer of Genesee County, NY boundary; derived from the NYS Office of Cyber Security & Critical Infrastructure Coordination CensusCounty_2000 dataset
  Polbnd.dbf fields:
    County_Nam - County name
    State_Abbr - State alphanumeric abbreviation
    State_FIPS - State FIPS code
    County_FIP - County FIPS code
    County_Are - County area in square miles

Soils - Polygon data layer of soils; derived from SSURGO database
  Soils.dbf fields:
    MUSYM - Map unit symbol code
    compname - Name assigned to a component based on its range of properties
    drainagecl - Identifies the natural drainage conditions of the soil
    hydgrp - Hydrologic soil group code
       Code  Description
        A     Saturated hydraulic conductivity is very high or in the upper half of high
        B     Saturated hydraulic conductivity is in the lower half of high or in the upper half of moderately high
        C     Saturated hydraulic conductivity is in the lower half of moderately high or in the upper half of moderately low
        D     Saturated hydraulic conductivity is below the upper half of moderately low
    reskind - Type of nearly continuous layer that significantly reduces the movement of water through the soil
    pmgroupname - Parent material description
    Code - Class code added for the purposes of this study
       Code  Description
        0     Shallow soils (Lima and Palatine) with hydrologic soil group rating of B or higher
        1     Shallow soils (Aurora, Benson, Wassaic, and Rubbleland) associated with past groundwater contamination in Genesee County, NY

StudyArea - Polygon data layer of carbonate-rock aquifer study area boundary
  StudyArea.dbf fields:
    Area - Area in square miles
Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/of10-xxx/of10xxx.pdf>

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Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 30 Brown Road
City: Ithaca
State_or_Province: New York
Postal_Code: 14850
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 607-266-0217 x3006
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 607-266-0521
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jreddy@usgs.gov
Hours_of_Service: Monday - Friday 9:00 - 5:00 EST
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: James Reddy
Resource_Description: USGS Open-File Report 10-
Distribution_Liability:
These data were prepared by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, make any warranty, expressed or implied, or assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product or process disclosed in this report, and represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of this data or related materials. Reference therein to any specific commercial product, process, or related service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof.
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Fees: None

Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20100630
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 30 Brown Road
City: Ithaca
State_or_Province: New York
Postal_Code: 14850
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 607-266-0217 x3006
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 607-266-0521
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jreddy@usgs.gov
Hours_of_Service: Monday - Friday 9:00 - 5:00 EST
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: James Reddy
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
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