Digital data sets that describe aquifer characteristics of the High Plains aquifer in western Oklahoma
This data set consists of digital aquifer boundaries for the
High Plains aquifer in western Oklahoma. This area encompasses
the panhandle counties of Cimarron, Texas, and Beaver, and the
western counties of Harper, Ellis, Woodward, Dewey, and Roger
Mills. The High Plains aquifer underlies approximately 7,000
square miles of Oklahoma and is used extensively for irrigation.
The High Plains aquifer is a water-table aquifer and consists
predominately of the Tertiary-age Ogallala Formation and
overlying Quaternary-age alluvial and terrace deposits. In some
areas the aquifer is absent and the underlying Triassic,
Jurassic, or Cretaceous-age rocks are exposed at the surface.
These rocks are hydraulically connected with the aquifer in some
areas.
The High Plains aquifer is composed of interbedded sand,
siltstone, clay, gravel, thin limestones, and caliche. The
proportion of various lithological materials changes rapidly
from place to place, but poorly sorted sand and gravel
predominate. The rocks are poorly to moderately well cemented by
calcium carbonate.
The aquifer boundaries were constructed by extracting lines from
digital surficial geology data sets based on a scale of
1:125,000 for the panhandle counties and 1:250,000 for the
western counties. Some of the lines were digitized from maps in
a published water-level elevation map for 1980.
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| description | This data set consists of digital aquifer boundaries for the High Plains aquifer in western Oklahoma. This area encompasses the panhandle counties of Cimarron, Texas, and Beaver, and the western counties of Harper, Ellis, Woodward, Dewey, and Roger Mills. The High Plains aquifer underlies approximately 7,000 square miles of Oklahoma and is used extensively for irrigation. The High Plains aquifer is a water-table aquifer and consists predominately of the Tertiary-age Ogallala Formation and overlying Quaternary-age alluvial and terrace deposits. In some areas the aquifer is absent and the underlying Triassic, Jurassic, or Cretaceous-age rocks are exposed at the surface. These rocks are hydraulically connected with the aquifer in some areas. The High Plains aquifer is composed of interbedded sand, siltstone, clay, gravel, thin limestones, and caliche. The proportion of various lithological materials changes rapidly from place to place, but poorly sorted sand and gravel predominate. The rocks are poorly to moderately well cemented by calcium carbonate. The aquifer boundaries were constructed by extracting lines from digital surficial geology data sets based on a scale of 1:125,000 for the panhandle counties and 1:250,000 for the western counties. Some of the lines were digitized from maps in a published water-level elevation map for 1980. |
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| modified | 2020-11-17T00:00:00Z |
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| title | Digital data sets that describe aquifer characteristics of the High Plains aquifer in western Oklahoma |
