obs.wells: Observation Wells

Description Usage Format Source See Also Examples

Description

Observation wells in the Wood River Valley aquifer system.

Usage

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Format

An object of SpatialPointsDataFrame class containing 776 points with the following variables:

id

unique well identifier used in this study.

SiteNo

unique well identifier within the National Water Information System (NWIS).

SITEIDIDWR

unique well identifier within the Idaho Department of Water Resources (IDWR) hydrologic database.

WELLNUMBER

USGS or IDWR site name for the well.

PESTNAME

unique well identifier for PEST.

METHODDRIL

drilling method

TOTALDEPTH

depth at which drilling stopped, in feet.

OPENINGMIN

top of the screened interval, in feet.

OPENINGMAX

bottom of the screened interval, in feet.

COMPLETION

date on which the well drilling and construction stopped.

WCWELLID

well construction well identifier.

ALTITUDE

land surface elevation, in feet.

ALTMETHOD

method for obtaining the land surface elevation.

XYMETHOD

method of obtaining the spatial coordinates.

BASINNO

basin number

COUNTYNAME

Idaho county name

TWPRGE

township and range the well is located in.

SITENAME

local name for well.

desc

description of well type.

TopOpen1

depth to the top of the first open interval in a groundwater well, in meters below land surface.

BotOpen1

depth to the bottom of the first open interval in a groundwater well, in meters below land surface.

TopOpen2

not applicable

BotOpen2

not applicable

Source

Idaho Department of Water Resources well construction database, accessed on June 29, 2015

See Also

obs.wells.head

Examples

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