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Number of observation wells measured, 1987 to 2003

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Number of observation wells measured, 1987 to 2003
Time periodState
ColoradoKansasNebraskaNew MexicoOklahomaSouth DakotaTexasWyomingHigh Plains
1987-885461,3893,01028741783434376,203
1988-895781,2593,23125838281370426,201
1989-906031,4703,338244343781,868447,988
1990-916191,6903,305245253772,459398,687
1991-925991,3863,097260246582,493518,190
1992-936001,3343,039271226582,474518,053
1993-945941,3782,897224212552,221497,630
1994-955711,1122,831211225532,218457,266
1995-965621,0022,6641572961032,608757,467
1996-975798893,4011042561002,364627,755
1997-985751,1573,370942451052,212507,808
1998-995541,2233,484201961112,217427,847
1999-005311,1633,27518175932,098507,403
2000-015271,1533,53789167942,028557,650
2001-025311,2693,489932201132,230537,998
2002-034551,3133,506810792631112,404498,208

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.

____, 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.

____, 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., 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., 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.

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

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