Research Data--KGS
Deepest Observed Fresh Groundwater Contour Lines for the Cumberland Plateau of Eastern Kentucky
Researcher ORCID Identifier
Ethan S. L. Davis: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7681-2393
Thomas M. Parris: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0999-7738
Files
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Download Main file, contains geometry data (55 KB)
Download Character encoding file (5 B)
Download Shapefile, attribute format (434 B)
Download Projection description (566 B)
Download Binary spatial index file (436 B)
Download Adobe Illustrator tsume file (156 B)
Download Shapefile, index format (324 B)
Download Compressed folder of files associated with this dataset (45 KB)
Dataset Creation Date
3-25-2019
Release Date
1-8-2021
Publisher
University of Kentucky Libraries
Description
These contour lines detail the estimated depth of the base of fresh groundwater—i.e., deepest observed fresh water. These contours were created using the deepest domestic water well depths in each 11-digit HUC watershed of a 14-county study area in the Cumberland Plateau of eastern Kentucky.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13023/kgs.data.2021.01
Rights
© 2021 University of Kentucky
This dataset is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the dataset creators and source are credited and that changes (if any) are clearly indicated.
Supporting Information
These contour lines are derived from a "deepest observed fresh water" map created using the deepest domestic water well in each 11-digit HUC watershed. Wells with total depths that failed to penetrate elevations deeper than their respective 11-digit HUC pour point elevations were eliminated from use as data points. Contour lines were initially created in IHS Petra and further edited to clean up spurious contours caused by an absence of data on the margins of maps, and to further develop trends not mapped by Petra.
For further information on the creation of these contours, see:
Davis, E.S.L., Parris, T.M., and Grider, J., 2019, Using watershed pour-point elevations to evaluate the base of fresh groundwater in the Cumberland Plateau of eastern Kentucky: Kentucky Geological Survey, ser. 13, Report of Investigations 7, 22 p., https://doi.org/10.13023/kgs.ri07.13.
File Format
Readme file: Text document (.txt)
Main file: Esri shapefile (.shp)
Character encoding file: .cpg format
Shapefile, attribute format: .dbf format
Projection description: Project file .prj format
Binary spatial index file: .sbn format
Adobe Illustrator tsume file: .sbx format
Shapefile, index format: .shx format
Compressed folder of dataset files: .zip format
File Size
Readme file: 6 KB
Main file: 56 KB
Character encoding file: 5 B
Shapefile, attribute format: 434 B
Projection description: 566 B
Binary spatial index file: 436 B
Adobe Illustrator tsume file: 156 B
Shapefile, index format: 324 B
Compressed folder of dataset files: 46 KB
Spatial Coverage
Greenup, Boyd, Carter, Lawrence, Elliott, Johnson, Martin, Floyd, Magoffin, Breathitt, Morgan, Wolfe, Owsley, and Lee Counties, Kentucky, USA.
Temporal Coverage
2015-05-13 to 2019-03-25
Funding Information
Funding for this research was provided by the Kentucky Geological Survey.
Related Content
Davis, E.S.L., Parris, T.M., and Grider, J., 2019, Using watershed pour-point elevations to evaluate the base of fresh groundwater in the Cumberland Plateau of eastern Kentucky: Kentucky Geological Survey, ser. 13, Report of Investigations 7, 22 p., https://doi.org/10.13023/kgs.ri07.13.
Recommended Citation
Davis, E.S.L., Parris, T.M., and Grider, J., 2021, Deepest observed fresh groundwater contour lines for the Cumberland Plateau of eastern Kentucky: Kentucky Geological Survey Research Data, https://doi.org/10.13023/kgs.data.2021.01.
