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This diskette contains digitized aquifer boundaries and maps of hydraulic conductivity, recharge, and ground-water level elevation contours for the Elk City aquifer in western Oklahoma. The aquifer covers an area of approximately 193,000 acres and supplies ground water for irrigation, domestic, and industrial purposes in Beckham, Custer, Roger Mills, and Washita Counties along the divide between the Washita and Red River basins.
The Elk City aquifer consists of the Elk City Sandstone and overlying terrace deposits, made up of clay, silt, sand and gravel, and dune sands in the eastern part and sand and gravel of the Ogallala Formation (or High Plains aquifer) in the western part of the aquifer. The Elk City aquifer is unconfined and composed of very friable sandstone, lightly cemented with clay, calcite, gypsum, or iron oxide. Most of the grains are fine-sized quartz but the grain size ranges from clay to cobble in the aquifer. The Doxey Shale underlies the Elk City aquifer and acts as a confining unit, restricting the downward movement of ground water.
All of the data sets were digitized and created from information and maps in a ground-water modeling thesis and report of the Elk City aquifer. The maps digitized were published at a scale of 1:63,360.
Ground-water flow models are numerical representations that simplify and aggregate natural systems. Models are not unique; different combinations of aquifer characteristics may produce similar results. Therefore, values of hydraulic conductivity and recharge used in the model and presented in this data set are not precise, but are within a reasonable range when compared to independently collected data. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 22442 |
| Citation Author: | Becker, C. J.; Runkle, D. L.; Rea, Alan |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 1 computer disk :col. ;3 1/2 in. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division ;
Available from the Earth Science Information Center, Open-file Reports Section, |
| Citation Series: | Open-File Report |
| Citation Series Code: | OFR |
| Citation Series Number: | 96-449 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Digital data sets that describe aquifer characteristics of the Elk City Aquifer in western Oklahoma; 1997; OFR; 96-449; Becker, C. J.; Runkle, D. L.; Rea, Alan |
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| Citation Year: | 1997 |
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| Text: | Digital data sets that describe aquifer characteristics of the Elk City Aquifer in western Oklahoma; 1997; OFR; 96-449; Becker, C. J.; Runkle, D. L.; Rea, Alan |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/usgs_thumb.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/ofr96-449 |
| Date Other: | Sun, 1 Mar 1998 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division ;
Available from the Earth Science Information Center, Open-file Reports Section, |
