Current (2004-07) conditions and changes in ground-water levels from predevelopment to 2007, southern High Plains aquifer, east-central New Mexico, Curry County, Portales, and Causey Lingo underground water basins / by Anne Tillery ; prepared in cooperation with the New Mexico Office of the State Engineer.

Format:

Government document

Map/Atlas

Author/Creator:

Tillery, Anne C. (Anne Celeste)

Contributor:

New Mexico. Office of the State Engineer.

Geological Survey (U.S.)

Series:

Scientific investigations map ; 3038.

Scientific investigations map ; 3038

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aquifers--New Mexico--Curry County--Maps.

Aquifers.

Water table--New Mexico--Curry County--Maps.

Water table.

Groundwater--New Mexico--Curry County--Maps.

Groundwater.

High Plains Aquifer--Maps.

High Plains Aquifer.

New Mexico--Curry County.

Genre:

Maps.

Physical Description:

3 maps and 2 remote-sensing images on 1 sheet : color ; 44 x 49 cm, or smaller, sheet 63 x 93 cm, folded in envelope 31 x 23 cm.

Scales differ (W 104°10ʹ--W 103°10ʹ/N 35°00ʹ--N 33°40ʹ).

paper

polychrome

Cartographic Data:

Scales differ (W 104°10ʹ--W 103°10ʹ/N 35°00ʹ--N 33°40ʹ).

Place of Publication:

[Reston, Va.] : U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 2008.

Summary:

The Southern High Plains aquifer is the principal aquifer in Curry and Roosevelt Counties, N. Mex., and primary source of water in southeastern New Mexico. Successful water-supply planning for New Mexico's Southern High Plains requires knowledge of the current aquifer conditions and a context to estimate future trends given current aquifer-management policy. This report provides a summary of the current (2007) water-level status of the Southern High Plains aquifer in New Mexico, including a basis for estimating future trends by comparison with historical conditions. This report includes estimates of the extent of ground-water level declines in the Curry County, Portales, and Causey-Lingo Ground-water Management Area parts of the High Plains Aquifer in eastern New Mexico since predevelopment. Maps representing 2007 water levels, water-level declines, aquifer saturated thickness, and depth to water accompanied by hydrographs from representative wells for the Southern High Plains aquifer in the Curry County, Portales, and Causey Lingo Underground Water Basins were prepared in cooperation with the New Mexico Office of the State Engineer. The results of this mapping show the water level declined as much as 175 feet in the study area at rates as high as 1.76 feet per year.

Contents:

Figure 1. Aerial photographs from an area halfway between the cities of Portales and Clovis taken in 1949 (A) and 2005 (B) showing development of pivot irrigation

Figure 2. Water level decline in the Curry County, Portales and Causey Lingo underground water basins

Figure 3. 2007 ground-water levels and aquifer saturated thickness in Curry County, Portales and Causey Lingo underground water basins

Figure 4. Depth-to-water map.

Notes:

Shipping list no.: 2009-0254-P.

Includes text, ill. table, graphs, and location map.

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Tillery, Anne C. Current (2004-07) conditions and changes in ground-water levels from predevelopment to 2007, southern High Plains aquifer, east-central New Mexico, Curry County, Portales, and Causey Lingo underground water basins

ISBN:

9781411323544

1411323548

OCLC:

319001316