Geospatial database of ground-water altitude and depth-to-ground-water data for Utah, 1971-2000

Data Series 302
Prepared in cooperation with the Utah Department of Environmental Quality
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Abstract

A geospatial database of ground-water-level altitude and depth-to-ground-water data for Utah was developed. Water-level contours from selected published reports were converted to digital Geographic Information System format and attributes describing the contours were added. Water-level altitude values were input to an inverse distance weighted interpolator to create a raster of interpolated water-level altitude for each report. The water-level altitude raster was subtracted from digital land-surface altitude data to obtain depth-to-water rasters for each study. Comparison of the interpolated rasters to actual water-level measurements shows that the interpolated water-level altitudes are well correlated with measured water-level altitudes from the same time period. The data can be downloaded and displayed in any Geographic Information System or can be explored by downloading a data package and map from the U.S. Geological Survey.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Geospatial database of ground-water altitude and depth-to-ground-water data for Utah, 1971-2000
Series title Data Series
Series number 302
DOI 10.3133/ds302
Edition Version 1.0
Year Published 2007
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Utah Water Science Center
Description Report: iv, 10 p.; Data Files
Time Range Start 1971-01-01
Time Range End 2000-12-31
Country United States
State Utah
Scale 250000
Additional Online Files (Y/N) Y
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