Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4239
Ground-Water Discharge Determined from Measurements of Evapotranspiration, Other Available Hydrologic Components, and Shallow Water-Level Changes, Oasis Valley, Nye County, Nevada
Table 7. Monthly ground-water withdrawals measured by Beatty Water and Sanitation District, Oasis Valley and Amargosa Desert, Nevada, 1996-99
[Well locations are given in table 6. Dash indicates missing or non-applicable entry.]
Well name: Wells are grouped by Nevada hydrographic area and within each area are listed in alphabetical order.
Withdrawal measurement: Measurements provided by Beatty Water and Sanitation District. Withdrawal values are reported in acre-feet to three significant digits.
Name of well |
Year |
Ground-water withdrawal (acre-feet) |
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January |
February |
March |
April |
May |
June |
July |
August |
September |
October |
November |
December |
Annual total1 |
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Oasis Valley |
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Beatty Middle Well |
1996 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1.35 |
1.75 |
1.4 |
1.66 |
1.34 |
7.5 |
1997 |
1.32 |
1.90 |
2.25 |
1.89 |
1.11 |
1.22 |
1.70 |
1.16 |
1.37 |
1.58 |
0.119 |
1.79 |
17.4 |
|
1998 |
1.99 |
1.69 |
1.81 |
1.29 |
1.41 |
.491 |
.86 |
1.07 |
.583 |
.522 |
.368 |
.46 |
12.5 |
|
1999 |
.307 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.307 |
|
Beatty Summit Well |
1996 |
5.53 |
5.86 |
4.92 |
5.55 |
5.44 |
5.35 |
5.35 |
5.84 |
5.26 |
4.98 |
5.47 |
4.95 |
64.5 |
1997 |
5.72 |
4.85 |
4.61 |
4.9 |
5.04 |
4.7 |
4.93 |
4.91 |
4.87 |
4.81 |
3.00 |
4.41 |
56.7 |
|
1998 |
4.88 |
4.2 |
4.6 |
5.25 |
6.57 |
5.95 |
5.03 |
6.57 |
4.23 |
3.96 |
3.04 |
4.08 |
58.4 |
|
1999 |
4.82 |
4.36 |
3.34 |
3.9 |
3.84 |
3.34 |
5.06 |
5.86 |
6.51 |
8.01 |
6.29 |
4.45 |
59.8 |
|
Beatty Upper Indian Well |
1996 |
10.9 |
11.5 |
9.41 |
10.8 |
10.7 |
10.4 |
10.30 |
10.6 |
10.4 |
9.61 |
10.90 |
9.86 |
125 |
1997 |
11.6 |
9.77 |
9.44 |
10.1 |
10.4 |
9.82 |
9.02 |
11 |
10.2 |
10.1 |
5.50 |
7.42 |
114 |
|
1998 |
8.28 |
7.43 |
8.07 |
9.27 |
11 |
10.3 |
8.71 |
10.8 |
6.9 |
6.51 |
4.73 |
6.08 |
98.1 |
|
1999 |
6.54 |
6.17 |
4.69 |
5.55 |
4.91 |
4.91 |
7.3 |
8.9 |
10.1 |
12.3 |
10.80 |
6.57 |
88.6 |
|
Beatty Well No. 1 |
1996 |
4.24 |
4.51 |
3.79 |
4.19 |
4.27 |
3.85 |
3.59 |
3.91 |
3.88 |
2.58 |
3.24 |
2.07 |
44.1 |
1997 |
4.48 |
3.82 |
4.19 |
4.18 |
3.99 |
3.51 |
3.4 |
3.24 |
2.93 |
2.98 |
2.96 |
3.09 |
42.8 |
|
1998 |
3.31 |
3.47 |
3.44 |
4.02 |
4.17 |
4.66 |
3.59 |
3.65 |
3.28 |
2.42 |
3.59 |
3.65 |
43.3 |
|
1999 |
3.87 |
3.87 |
3.62 |
4.02 |
3.87 |
3.87 |
3.13 |
2.24 |
.123 |
.221 |
.144 |
.00921 |
29 |
|
Beatty Well No. 2 |
1996 |
3.09 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.486 |
10.3 |
11.3 |
11.2 |
11.5 |
9.99 |
3.18 |
1.04 |
62.1 |
1997 |
.579 |
.000307 |
2.21 |
8.86 |
1.8 |
0 |
7.57 |
11.1 |
3.85 |
13.3 |
6.24 |
0 |
55.5 |
|
1998 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1999 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Beatty Well No. 3 |
1996 |
.0988 |
3.45 |
3.54 |
12 |
20.5 |
14.1 |
17 |
20.2 |
9.54 |
3.97 |
2.27 |
0.64 |
107 |
1997 |
.918 |
.203 |
0 |
0 |
11.8 |
15.6 |
19.3 |
12.3 |
19.6 |
2.16 |
4.15 |
0 |
86 |
|
1998 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.552 |
0 |
1.53 |
3.34 |
3.47 |
6.11 |
2.91 |
.123 |
18 |
|
1999 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.63 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.63 |
|
Amargosa Desert |
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EW-42 |
1997 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1.9 |
4.86 |
6.76 |
1998 |
1.17 |
3.44 |
.43 |
2.61 |
5.55 |
9.11 |
18.4 |
20.5 |
22 |
16.6 |
11.7 |
3.71 |
115 |
|
1999 |
5.46 |
3.5 |
8.96 |
12.2 |
14.3 |
23.8 |
22.8 |
22.5 |
19.5 |
12 |
6.14 |
3.56 |
155 |
1Total annual ground-water withdrawal may not equal the total of reported
monthly ground-water withdrawals because of rounding to significant digits.
2 Beatty Water and Sanitation District began using this well as a water-supply well in
November 1997.