This U.S. Geological Survey data release contains data for Smith and Mason Valleys, California and Nevada, from the 2009 publication: Lopes, T.J.,and Allander, K.K., 2009, Hydrologic Setting and Conceptual Hydrologic Model of the Walker River Basin, West-Central Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009–5155, https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20095155. Data include (1) 1:24,000-scale hydrographic areas, (2) selected well sites used to develop autumn 2006 groundwater-level contours, and (3) autumn 2006 groundwater-level contours. Since the publication of Lopes and Allander (2009), the positional coordinates and land-surface altitudes at selected well sites used to develop autumn 2006 groundwater-level contours in that report were updated as part of a 2022 U.S. Geological Survey study (Davies and Naranjo, 2022).
Citation Information
| Publication Year | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Title | Data for the 2009 report Hydrologic Setting and Conceptual Hydrologic Model of the Walker River Basin, West-Central Nevada |
| DOI | 10.5066/P9US1B3S |
| Authors | Rose L Medina, Thomas J Lopes, Bryan D Little |
| Product Type | Data Release |
| Record Source | USGS Digital Object Identifier Catalog |
| USGS Organization | Nevada Water Science Center |
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