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USGS IN YOUR STATE

USGS Water Science Centers are located in each state.

There is a USGS Water Science Center office in each State. Washington Oregon California Idaho Nevada Montana Wyoming Utah Colorado Arizona New Mexico North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma Texas Minnesota Iowa Missouri Arkansas Louisiana Wisconsin Illinois Mississippi Michigan Indiana Ohio Kentucky Tennessee Alabama Pennsylvania West Virginia Georgia Florida Caribbean Alaska Hawaii New York Vermont New Hampshire Maine Massachusettes South Carolina North Carolina Rhode Island Virginia Connecticut New Jersey Maryland-Delaware-D.C.

Ground-Water Information and Data

An artesian (flowing) well in Georgia.

The U.S. Geological Survey collects ground-water level data at about 20,000 wells nationwide, over 650 here in Texas. The USGS provides long-term, accurate, and unbiased information that meets the needs of many diverse users. The USGS collects ground-water data needed by Federal, State, and local agencies for planning and operating water-resources projects and regulatory programs.

If you are looking for geographical/locational information for all stations, you can access historical ground water data with latitude/longitude information for all sites in NWIS Web at URL: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/tx/nwis/inventory by using the Choose Site Selection Criteria menus. We recommend using/checking County for Site Location and Data type for Site Attribute. Then click Submit. This action will produce a retrieval page where you may select all counties holding the Ctrl key as you scroll through the county list AND selecting Ground Water for Data type. Then further down that page, you may select in the Choose Output Format section Site-description information display in either Table format or another of your selection AND from a scollable list select the type of lat/long information you prefer.

The links below allow you to find information and data about Texas's ground-water resources.

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