GIS data for 2014 Scientific Investigations Map 3308,"Water-Level Altitudes 2014 and Water-Level Changes in the Chicot, Evangeline, and Jasper Aquifers and Compaction 1973–2013 in the Chicot and Evangeline Aquifers, Houston–Galveston Region, Texas" by Mark C. Kasmarek, Michaela R. Johnson, and Jason K. Ramage The GIS data are contained in two separate compressed files: Geodatabase version: GIS_Data_for_SIM3308_2014WaterLevelChange_Series_GDB.zip Shapefile version: GIS_Data_for_SIM3308_2014WaterLevelChange_Series_SHP.zip Each of these versions contains a metadata directory containing Federal Geographic Data Committee compliant metadata in *.xml and *.txt versions. \metadata\GIS_Data_for_SIM3308_2014WaterLevelChange_Series.txt \metadata\GIS_Data_for_SIM3308_2014WaterLevelChange_Series.xml The data are separated into three feature datasets (three directories for shapefiles) by aquifer that contain the individual feature classes (shapefiles). Chicot aquifer - (feature dataset name/shapefile directory name) Feature classes/shapefiles: ch14pt - water-level altitudes, 2014 ch14arc - approximate water-level altitudes, 2014 ch1314pt - water-level changes, 2013-14 ch0914pt - point values of water-level changes, 2009-14 ch0914arc - water-level changes, 2009-14 ch9014pt - point values of water-level changes, 1990-2014 ch9014arc - water-level changes, 1990-2014 ch7714pt - point values of water-level changes, 1977-2014 ch7714arc - water-level changes, 1977-2014 Evangeline aquifer - (feature dataset name/shapefile directory name) Feature classes/shapefiles: ev14pt - water-level altitudes, 2014 ev14arc - approximate water-level altitudes, 2014 ev1314pt - water-level changes, 2013-14 ev0914pt - point values of water-level changes, 2009-14 ev0914arc - water-level changes, 2009-14 ev9014pt - point values of water-level changes, 1990-2014 ev9014arc - water-level changes, 1990-2014 ev7714pt - point values of water-level changes, 1977-2014 ev7714arc - water-level changes, 1977-2014 Jasper aquifer - (feature dataset name/shapefile directory name) Feature classes/shapefiles: ja14pt - water-level altitudes, 2014 ja14arc - approximate water-level altitudes, 2014 ja1314pt - water-level changes, 2013-14 ja0914pt - point values of water-level changes, 2009-14 ja0914arc - water-level changes, 2009-14 ja0014pt - point values of water-level changes, 2000-2014 ja0014arc - water-level changes, 2000-2014