Borehole hydrogeologic-unit top-surface altitudes, aquifer hydraulic properties, and groundwater-sample chloride-concentration data from 1906 through 2016 for the Virginia Eastern Shore

Description

A hydrogeologic framework was developed by USGS during 2016-19 to describe the groundwater system on the Virginia Eastern Shore. This USGS data release contains text files of (1) interpreted borehole hydrogeologic-unit top-surface altitudes, (2) summary values of previously documented estimates of aquifer hydraulic properties, and (3) groundwater-sample chloride concentrations and well summary statistics. In addition are shapefiles of altitude contours for 10 hydrogeologic-unit top surfaces, and for the groundwater 250 milligrams per liter chloride-concentration surface. This data release supports the following publication: McFarland, E.R., and Beach, T.A., 2019, Hydrogeologic framework of the Virginia Eastern Shore: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2019-5093, 26 p., 13 pl., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20195093.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
55 Landing page for access to the data https://doi.org/10.5066/P9MPE5SD
55 The metadata original format https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.5d13708fe4b0941bde57785f.xml

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  • accomack-county-virginia
  • groundwater
  • saint-marys-confining-unit
  • groundwater-flow
  • delaware
  • yorktown-eastover-aquifer-system
  • storativity
  • chloride
  • virginia
  • aquifers
  • usgs-5d13708fe4b0941bde57785f
  • virginia-eastern-shore
  • northampton-county-virginia
  • transmissivity
  • delmarva-peninsula
  • maryland
  • hydrogeologic-framework
  • paleochannels
  • washington-dc
  • water-resource-management
  • water-supply
  • atlantic-coastal-plain-physiographic-province
  • confining-units
  • saltwater-movement
  • water-supply-and-demand
  • hydraulic-properties
  • saltwater-intrusion

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