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High Plains Aquifer Resources and Information
Number of observation wells measured, 1980 and 1988 through 1999, and 2002

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Number of observation wells measured, 1980 and 1988 through 1999, and 2002
Time periodState
ColoradoKansasNebraskaNew MexicoOklahomaSouth DakotaTexasWyomingHigh Plains
1980-88-------- --------4,719
1980-895219752,61121630352243244,945
1980-905651,1362,615214320592,153237,085
1980-915721,1862,332244233602,339186,984
1980-925601,0772,167215226382,288246,595
1980-935411,0432,127200195382,033296,206
1980-945501,0882,056172207352,012236,143
1980-955199652,000186198381,974215,901
1980-964958091,892159193371,825195,429
1980-975027551,937168171701,617135,233
1980-984917581,81688163731,561144,964
1980-994857401,83018135721,524144,818
1980-02a4607641,697 169b150731,417164,746
a Statistics were not computed for 1980 to 2000 and 1980 to 2001
b Includes wells measured in 1998 to 2001 because many wells in New Mexico are measured on a 5-year schedule

References

Dugan, J.T., and Cox, D.A., 1994, Water-level changes in the High Plains aquifer-Predevelopment to 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4157, 60 p.

Dugan, J.T., McGrath, T.S., and Zelt, R.B., 1994, Water-level changes in the High Plains aquifer-Predevelopment to 1992:U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4027, 56 p.

Dugan, J.T., and Schild, D.E., 1992, Water-level changes in the High Plains aquifer-Predevelopment to 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 91-4165, 55 p.

Dugan, J.T., Schild, D.E., and Kastner, W.M., 1990, Water-level changes in the High Plains aquifer underlying parts of South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas--Predevelopment through nonirrigation season 1988-89: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 90-4153, 29 p.

Dugan, J.T., and Sharpe, J.B., 1996, Water-level changes in the High Plains aquifer-Predevelopment to 1994: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4208, 1 sheet.

Kastner, W.M., Schild, D.E., and Spahr, D.S., 1989, Water-level changes in the High Plains aquifer underlying parts of South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas--Predevelopment through nonirrigation season 1987-1988: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 89-4073, 61 p.

McGrath, T.S., and Dugan, J.T., 1993, Water-level changes in the High Plains aquifer-Predevelopment to 1991: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4088, 53 p.

McGuire, V.L., 2001, Water-level changes in the High Plains Aquifer, 1980-1999: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet-029-01, 2 p.

McGuire, V.L., 2003, Water-level changes in the High Plains Aquifer, Predevelopment to 2001, 1999 to 2000, and 2000 to 2001: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-078-03, 4 p.

McGuire, V.L., 2004, Water-level changes in the High Plains Aquifer, Predevelopment to 2002, 1980 to 2002, and 2001 to 2002: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet-2004-3026, 4 p.

McGuire, V.L., 2004, Water-level changes in the High Plains Aquifer, Predevelopment to 2003 and 2002 to 2003: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-2004-3097, 6 p.

McGuire, V.L., and Fischer, B.C., 1999, Water-level changes, 1980 to 1997, and saturated thickness 1996-97, in the High Plains aquifer: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-124-99, 4 p.

McGuire, V.L., and Fischer, B.C., 2000, Water-level changes in the High Plains, 1980 to 1998: U.S. Geological Survey, accessed March 2004 at URL http://www-ne.cr.usgs.gov/highplains/hp98_web_report/hp98fs.htm

McGuire, V.L., and Sharpe, J.B., 1997, Water-level changes in the High Plains aquifer, predevelopment to 1995: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4081, 2 sheets.

McGuire, V.L., Stanton, C.P., and Fischer, B.C., 1999, Water-level changes in the High Plains aquifer, 1980 to 1996: U.S. Geological Survey, accessed March 2004 at URL http://www-ne.cr.usgs.gov/highplains/hp96_web_report/hp96_factsheet.htm

McGuire, V.L., Johnson, M.R., Schieffer, R.L., Stanton, J.S., Sebree, S.K., and Verstraeten, I.M., 2003, Water in storage and approaches to ground-water management, High Plains aquifer, 2000: U.S. Geology Survey Circular 1243, 51 p.

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