div.gw: Groundwater Diversions

Description Usage Format Source Examples

Description

Groundwater diversions recorded by Water District 37 or municipal water providers. Groundwater is diverted from the aquifer by means of either pumping wells or flowing-artesian wells.

Usage

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Format

An object of class data.frame with 7,292 records and the following variables:

YearMonth

year and month during which diversions were recorded, with a required date format of YYYYMM.

Diversion

name of the well

Reach

name of the river subreach into which the well water is discharged; only applicable to exchange wells.

BigReach

name of the river reach into which the well water is discharged; only applicable to exchange wells.

EntityName

name of the irrigation entity which the well supplies water.

WMISNumber

well number in the Idaho Department of Water Resources (IDWR) Water Measurement Information System.

GWDiv

volume of water diverted during the month, in cubic meters.

Source

Idaho Department of Water Resources (IDWR), accessed on December 11, 2014; compiled data records from Water District 37 and 37M, City of Ketchum, Sun Valley Water and Sewer District, City of Hailey, and City of Bellevue.

Examples

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USGS-R/wrv documentation built on June 30, 2020, 11:07 p.m.