This geodatabase includes spatial datasets that represent the Basin and Range basin-fill aquifers in the States of Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, and Utah. Included are: (1) polygon extents; datasets that represent the aquifer system extent, the entire extent subdivided into subareas or subunits, and any polygon extents of special interest (outcrop areas, no data available, areas underlying other aquifers, anomalies, for example), (2) contours: thickness contours used to generate the surface rasters in subarea 4 (Arizona), (3) modified source raster datasets for subareas 1 and 3, (4) corrected altitudes of top and bottom surface rasters of the entire aquifer. The thickness contours and modified surface rasters are supplied for reference. The extent of the Basin and Range basin-fill aquifer is from the linework of the Basin and Range aquifer extent maps in U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Atlas 730 Chapters B and C, and a digital version of the aquifer extent presented in the Groundwater Atlas of the United States (the U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Atlas. The Basin and Range basin-fill aquifer has no aquifer subunits, but is defined by five subareas: 1. Subarea 1 is the area that overlies the Basin and Range Carbonate aquifer, which was the subject of U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5193 (USGS SIR 2010-5193). 2. Subarea 2 is the area of a different aquifer system, which is set to null for use within the Basin and Range basin-fill aquifer from U.S. Geological Survey Principal Aquifers, 2003 (USGS Circular 1323, Figure 2) 3. Subarea 3 is the area of the Basin and Range basin-fill aquifer that was the subject of U.S. Geological Survey Geophysical Map 1012 (USGS GP-1012) and not covered by USGS SIR 2010-5193 or the Basin and Range basin-fill aquifer in Arizona, Arizona Geological Survey, Digital Geological Map 52 (AZGS DGM-52). Top of aquifer is land surface. USGS GP-1012 dataset is depth from land surface to basin bottom. 4. Subarea 4 is the area of the 01BSNRGB aquifer in Arizona, (AZGS DGM-52) 5. Subarea 5 areas are in the Basin and Range basin-fill extent areas that do not have top/bot defined. The resultant top and bottom surface rasters for each subarea were merged into surface rasters of the top and bottom of the entire Basin and Range basin-fill aquifer within a GIS using tools that create hydrologically correct surfaces from contour data, deriving the altitude from the thickness (depth from the land surface), and merging the subareas into a single surface. The primary tools were a version of "Topo to Raster", and "Mosaic to New Raster" used in ArcGIS, ArcMap, Esri 2014.

This geodatabase includes spatial datasets that represent the High Plains aquifer in the States of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming. Included are: (1) polygon extents; datasets that represent the aquifer system extent, (2) raster datasets for the altitude of the top and bottom surfaces of the High Plains aquifer, (3) altitude contours of the top surface and of the bottom surface used to generate the surface rasters. The altitude contours are supplied for reference. The extent of the High Plains aquifer is from the digital dataset U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 543 (USGS DS 543), and as a references, the digital version of the aquifer extent presented in the Groundwater Atlas of the United States (the U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Atlas 730-D, -E, and -C, (USGS HA 730-D, -E, -C). The altitude contours for the top surface of the High Plains aquifer are from digital datasets of U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-263 (USGS OFR 99-263), using the 1980 water-level data. The altitude contours for the bottom surface of the High Plains aquifer are from the U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-393 (USGS OFR 98-393). The altitude of the bottom surface, or base, was originally from the High Plains Regional Aquifer-System Analysis study. The resultant top and bottom altitude values were interpolated into surface rasters within a GIS using tools that create hydrologically correct surfaces from contour data, derive the altitude from the thickness (depth from the land surface), and merge the subareas into a single surface. The primary tool was an enhanced version of "Topo to Raster" used in ArcGIS, ArcMap, Esri 2014. The raster surfaces were corrected for the areas where the altitude of an underlying layer of the aquifer exceeded the altitude of an overlying layer.

This geodatabase includes spatial datasets that represent the High Plains aquifer in the States of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming. Included are: (1) polygon extents; datasets that represent the aquifer system extent, (2) raster datasets for the altitude of the top and bottom surfaces of the High Plains aquifer, (3) altitude contours of the top surface and of the bottom surface used to generate the surface rasters. The altitude contours are supplied for reference. The extent of the High Plains aquifer is from the digital dataset U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 543 (USGS DS 543), and as a references, the digital version of the aquifer extent presented in the Groundwater Atlas of the United States (the U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Atlas 730-D, -E, and -C, (USGS HA 730-D, -E, -C). The altitude contours for the top surface of the High Plains aquifer are from digital datasets of U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-263 (USGS OFR 99-263), using the 1980 water-level data. The altitude contours for the bottom surface of the High Plains aquifer are from the U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-393 (USGS OFR 98-393). The altitude of the bottom surface, or base, was originally from the High Plains Regional Aquifer-System Analysis study. The resultant top and bottom altitude values were interpolated into surface rasters within a GIS using tools that create hydrologically correct surfaces from contour data, derive the altitude from the thickness (depth from the land surface), and merge the subareas into a single surface. The primary tool was an enhanced version of "Topo to Raster" used in ArcGIS, ArcMap, Esri 2014. The raster surfaces were corrected for the areas where the altitude of an underlying layer of the aquifer exceeded the altitude of an overlying layer.

This data set represents the extent of the Basin and Range aquifers in the states of California, Utah, Arizona, and Nevada.

This data set represents the extent of the Basin and Range aquifers in the states of California, Utah, Arizona, and Nevada.

These files contain information acquired from a digital dataset of the Conterminous United States. This dataset represents geology of the High Plains study region. The original dataset was presented on a CD-ROM intended for use with ARC/INFO. The files presented here consist of HPGEO--ARC/INFO export format files, hpgeology_shp--shape- files of coverages and hpgeosdts--SDTS formatted covers. The folder HPGEO contains amls, and color conventions for the coverages. They are not necessary to display the coverages and are not included in the SDTS folder or the shapefile folder. However, they are included in the ARC/ INFO folder.

This geospatial data set consists of the bedrock formations of the High Plains aquifer, which underlies parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming.

This data set represents the extent of the Basin and Range carbonate-rock aquifers in the states of Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California.

This data set represents the extent of the Basin and Range carbonate-rock aquifers in the states of Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California.

The Western Interior Plains aquifer system is located in parts of Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming and covers an area of more than 220,800 square miles. The thickness of the aquifer system ranges from 500 feet in eastern Colorado (HA 730-D) to as much as 10,000 feet in western Oklahoma (PP_1414B). This aquifer system consists of water-bearing dolostone, limestone, and shale and overlies the basement confining unit in the western part of the Interior Plains physiographic division. This aquifer system consists of the upper aquifer unit (A1), a middle confining unit, and the lower aquifer unit (A2). The aquifer system is overlain by the Western Interior Plains confining system and is underlain by the Basement confining unit (PP_1414B). This product provides source data for the Western Interior Plains aquifer system framework, including: Georeferenced images: 1. i_63WIP_A1_top.tif: Digitized figure of extent and altitude contour lines representing the top of the Western Interior Plains aquifer system upper unit. The original figure was from PP_1414B plate 6. 2. i_63WIP_A1_bot.tif: Digitized figure of altitude contour lines of the top of the confining unit between the upper and lower units of the Western Interior Plains aquifer system. This figure was used to construct the bottom contour lines of the upper aquifer unit. The original figure was from PP_1414B plate 5. 3. i_63WIP_A2_top.tif: Digitized figure of extent and altitude contour lines representing the top of the Western Interior Plains aquifer system lower unit. The original figure was from PP_1414B plate 4. 4. i_63WIP_A2_bot.tif: Digitized figure of altitude contour lines of the top of the basement confining unit of the Western Interior Plains aquifer system. This figure was used to construct the bottom contour lines of the lower aquifer unit. The original figure was from PP_1414B plate 3. Extent shapefiles: 1. p_63WIP.shp: Polygon shapefile containing the areal extent of the Western Interior Plains aquifer system sourced from PP_1414B plates 4 and 6. The extent file contains the upper and lower subunits A1 and A2. Contour line shapefiles: 1. c_63WIP_A1_top.shp: Contour line dataset containing altitude values, in feet reference to National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD29), of the top of the Western Interior Plains aquifer system upper unit. These data were used to create the ra_63WIP_A1_top.tif dataset. 2. c_63WIP_A1_bot.shp: Contour line dataset containing altitude values, in feet reference to NGVD29, of the bottom of the Western Interior Plains aquifer system upper unit. These data were used to create the ra_63WIP_A1_bot.tif dataset. 3. c_63WIP_A2_top.shp: Contour line dataset containing altitude values, in feet reference to NGVD29, of the top of the Western Interior Plains aquifer system lower unit. These data were used to create the ra_63WIP_A2_top.tif dataset. 4. c_63WIP_A2_bot.shp: Contour line dataset containing altitude values, in feet reference to NGVD29, of the bottom of the Western Interior Plains aquifer system lower unit. These data were used to create the ra_63WIP_A2_bot.tif dataset. Altitude raster files: 1. ra_63WIP_A1_top.tif: Altitude raster dataset of the top of the Western Interior Plains aquifer system upper unit. The altitude values are in meters reference to North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88). This raster was interpolated from contour line shapefile c_63WIP_A1_top.shp. 2. ra_63WIP_A1_bot.tif: Altitude raster dataset of the bottom of the Western Interior Plains aquifer system upper unit. The altitude values are in meters reference to NAVD88. This raster was interpolated from contour line shapefile c_63WIP_A1_bot.shp. 3. ra_63WIP_A2_top.tif: Altitude raster dataset of the top of the Western Interior Plains aquifer system lower unit. The altitude values are in meters reference to NAVD88. This raster was interpolated from contour line shapefile c_63WIP_A2_top.shp. 4.