The National Park Service, Nye County, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and USGS Nevada Water Science Center (NVWSC) have established a water-level and spring discharge monitoring network in the southern Amargosa Desert to identify long-term trends and monitor potential impacts of activities on groundwater resources. The Amargosa Integrated Monitoring Network (AIMN) continues the long-term groundwater and spring discharge data collection that took place from 1992 to 2009 as part of the Yucca Mountain project.
Each agency in the AIMN is collecting water-level and/or spring discharge data at selected sites. Data are submitted to the NVWSC, quality assured by NVWSC, and archived in USGS National Water Information System (NWIS). Data collected by the AIMN from 2011 to 2016 have been quality assured and entered into NWIS. NVWSC is also providing measurement protocol, field calibration of measuring instruments, and technical advice as needed.
The AIMN stretches from the southeast corner of the Nevada National Security Site to Furnace Creek in Death Valley and consists of
- 45 wells
- 9 springs
National Park Service
Monitors 10 wells.
- GF-1 (AM-9)
- GF-2A shallow (AM-10)
- GF-2B deep (AM-11)
- GF-3 (AM-12)
- Inyo-BLM#1
- Nevares Spring Monitoring Well #2
- Travertine Point 1 Well (DV-3)
- TXSPRGSNCLN-2DP
- TXSPRGSNCLN-2INT
- TXSPRGSNCLN-2SH
Nye County
Monitors 9 wells.
- Amargosa Desert 3a (AD-3a)
- Amargosa Desert &a (AD-7a)
- Amargosa Desert 9a (AD-9a), or nearby well
- Death Valley Junction Well (AD-14)
- GS-1 Well (AD-12)
- NA-9 Well (deep) (AD-10)
- NA-9 Well (shallow)
- TW-5 (RV-1)
- USBLM Well (AD-5)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Monitors 9 wells and 8 springs.
- Ash Meadows 3 Well (AM-3)
- Big Spring (AM-8)
- Crystal Pool (AM-5a)
- Fairbanks Spring (AM-1a)
- Five Springs Well (AM-2)
- Jack Rabbit Spring
- KINGS POOL OUTFLOW BLW KINGS POOL
- Longstreet Spring
- POINT OF ROCKS OUTFLOW BLW POINT OF ROCKS
- Point of Rocks North(AM-6)
- Point of Rocks South(AM-7)
- Reed 11 Well
- Rogers Spring
- Rogers Spring Well (AM-1)
- Soda Spring Well
- Spring Meadows 12
- USFWS Peterson Well
USGS NVWSC
Monitors 17 wells and 1 spring.
- Amargosa Desert 8 (AD-8)
- BGMW-1
- BGMW-2
- BGMW-3
- BGMW-4
- BGMW-5
- BGMW-6
- BGMW-8
- BGMW-9
- BGMW-11
- BGMW-13
- GS-3 Well (deep; AD-11)
- GS-3 Well (shallow)
- NA-6 Well (BGMW-10 deep; AD-1)
- NA-6 Well (BGMW-10 shallow; AD-1)
- Navel Spring
- Stewart Valley Well
- USW VH-1 (Crater Flat 2)
Below are partners associated with this project.
The National Park Service, Nye County, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and USGS Nevada Water Science Center (NVWSC) have established a water-level and spring discharge monitoring network in the southern Amargosa Desert to identify long-term trends and monitor potential impacts of activities on groundwater resources. The Amargosa Integrated Monitoring Network (AIMN) continues the long-term groundwater and spring discharge data collection that took place from 1992 to 2009 as part of the Yucca Mountain project.
Each agency in the AIMN is collecting water-level and/or spring discharge data at selected sites. Data are submitted to the NVWSC, quality assured by NVWSC, and archived in USGS National Water Information System (NWIS). Data collected by the AIMN from 2011 to 2016 have been quality assured and entered into NWIS. NVWSC is also providing measurement protocol, field calibration of measuring instruments, and technical advice as needed.
The AIMN stretches from the southeast corner of the Nevada National Security Site to Furnace Creek in Death Valley and consists of
- 45 wells
- 9 springs
National Park Service
Monitors 10 wells.
- GF-1 (AM-9)
- GF-2A shallow (AM-10)
- GF-2B deep (AM-11)
- GF-3 (AM-12)
- Inyo-BLM#1
- Nevares Spring Monitoring Well #2
- Travertine Point 1 Well (DV-3)
- TXSPRGSNCLN-2DP
- TXSPRGSNCLN-2INT
- TXSPRGSNCLN-2SH
Nye County
Monitors 9 wells.
- Amargosa Desert 3a (AD-3a)
- Amargosa Desert &a (AD-7a)
- Amargosa Desert 9a (AD-9a), or nearby well
- Death Valley Junction Well (AD-14)
- GS-1 Well (AD-12)
- NA-9 Well (deep) (AD-10)
- NA-9 Well (shallow)
- TW-5 (RV-1)
- USBLM Well (AD-5)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Monitors 9 wells and 8 springs.
- Ash Meadows 3 Well (AM-3)
- Big Spring (AM-8)
- Crystal Pool (AM-5a)
- Fairbanks Spring (AM-1a)
- Five Springs Well (AM-2)
- Jack Rabbit Spring
- KINGS POOL OUTFLOW BLW KINGS POOL
- Longstreet Spring
- POINT OF ROCKS OUTFLOW BLW POINT OF ROCKS
- Point of Rocks North(AM-6)
- Point of Rocks South(AM-7)
- Reed 11 Well
- Rogers Spring
- Rogers Spring Well (AM-1)
- Soda Spring Well
- Spring Meadows 12
- USFWS Peterson Well
USGS NVWSC
Monitors 17 wells and 1 spring.
- Amargosa Desert 8 (AD-8)
- BGMW-1
- BGMW-2
- BGMW-3
- BGMW-4
- BGMW-5
- BGMW-6
- BGMW-8
- BGMW-9
- BGMW-11
- BGMW-13
- GS-3 Well (deep; AD-11)
- GS-3 Well (shallow)
- NA-6 Well (BGMW-10 deep; AD-1)
- NA-6 Well (BGMW-10 shallow; AD-1)
- Navel Spring
- Stewart Valley Well
- USW VH-1 (Crater Flat 2)
Below are partners associated with this project.