Groundwater Levels in the Equus Beds Aquifer near Wichita, Kansas, January 2016 (shallow contours shapefile)

This dataset is the result of measurements of groundwater levels in the Equus Beds aquifer near Wichita, Kansas, in January 2016. Potentiometric surfaces are interpolated for the shallow and deep parts of the aquifer, and rasters of the potentiometric surfaces are included in this data release. Wells were classified as being screened in the shallow or deep parts of the aquifer based on station name (some wells have a layer identifier in the station name) or, if no indication of aquifer layer was given in the station name, based on the depth of the well; wells with depths less than 80 feet below land surface were classified as shallow and wells with depths of 80 feet or deeper were classified as deep. Contours with a 5 foot interval were produced from the rasters and used to map the water levels in the aquifer. The water level measurements can be used to estimate storage-volume change in the study area between predevelopment (circa 1940) and January 2016 the historic low in 1993 and January 2016; and January 2015 and January 2016.

Data and Resources

Field Value
accessLevel public
bureauCode {010:12}
catalog_@context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
catalog_conformsTo https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
catalog_describedBy https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
identifier USGS:582dd9dce4b04d580bd3fac4
metadata_type geospatial
modified 20200820
old-spatial -97.70225, 37.824869, -97.388922, 38.086862
publisher U.S. Geological Survey
publisher_hierarchy Department of the Interior > U.S. Geological Survey
resource-type Dataset
source_datajson_identifier true
source_hash 9b89eca53f640e192adbfae34a00277c52574010
source_schema_version 1.1
spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-97.70225, 37.824869], [-97.70225, 38.086862], [ -97.388922, 38.086862], [ -97.388922, 37.824869], [-97.70225, 37.824869]]]}
theme {geospatial}
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • aquifer
  • arkansas-river
  • bentley
  • burrton
  • ckan
  • equus-beds-aquifer
  • geo
  • geoss
  • groundwater
  • groundwater-level
  • halstead
  • harvey-county
  • high-plains-aquifer
  • hydrology
  • kansas
  • kisiwa-creek
  • little-arkansas-river
  • national
  • north-america
  • sedgwick
  • sedgwick-county
  • united-states
  • usgs-582dd9dce4b04d580bd3fac4
  • water-level-altitude
  • wichita
isopen False
license_id notspecified
license_title License not specified
maintainer Brian Klager
maintainer_email bklager@usgs.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-20T08:28:10.437078
metadata_modified 2025-11-20T08:28:10.437082
notes This dataset is the result of measurements of groundwater levels in the Equus Beds aquifer near Wichita, Kansas, in January 2016. Potentiometric surfaces are interpolated for the shallow and deep parts of the aquifer, and rasters of the potentiometric surfaces are included in this data release. Wells were classified as being screened in the shallow or deep parts of the aquifer based on station name (some wells have a layer identifier in the station name) or, if no indication of aquifer layer was given in the station name, based on the depth of the well; wells with depths less than 80 feet below land surface were classified as shallow and wells with depths of 80 feet or deeper were classified as deep. Contours with a 5 foot interval were produced from the rasters and used to map the water levels in the aquifer. The water level measurements can be used to estimate storage-volume change in the study area between predevelopment (circa 1940) and January 2016 the historic low in 1993 and January 2016; and January 2015 and January 2016.
num_resources 2
num_tags 27
title Groundwater Levels in the Equus Beds Aquifer near Wichita, Kansas, January 2016 (shallow contours shapefile)