Madera-Chowchilla Basin Groundwater Resources Used for Public Supply

Study Unit

  • Study Area: Madera/Chowchilla Subbasins
  • Counties Covered: Merced and Fresno

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Madera-Chowchilla Basin Groundwater Resources Used for Public Supply

Products

Reports

Anthropogenic and Geologic Causes of Anomalously High Uranium Concentrations in Groundwater Used for Drinking Water Supply in the Southeastern San Joaquin Valley, CA

Rosen, M.R., Burow, K.R., and Fram, M.S., 2019, Journal of Hydrology, v. 577, article 124009

Delineation of Spatial Extent, Depth, Thickness, and Potential Volume of Aquifers Used for Domestic and Public Water-Supply in the Central Valley, California

Voss, S.A., Jurgens, B.C., Fram, M.S., and Bennett, G.L.V., 2019, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2019-5076, 34 p.

Effects of Groundwater Development on Uranium: Central Valley, California, USA

Jurgens, B.C., Fram, M.S., Belitz, K., Burow, K.R., and Landon, M.K., 2010, Ground Water, v. 48, no. 6, p. 913-928

Groundwater Quality in the Madera and Chowchilla Subbasins of the San Joaquin Valley, California

Shelton, J.L., Fram, M.S., and Belitz, K., 2013, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2012-3099, 4 p.

Quantifying Anthropogenic Contributions to Century-Scale Groundwater Salinity Changes, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA

Hansen, J.A., Jurgens, B., and Fram, M.S., 2018, Science of the Total Environment, v. 642, p. 125-136

Status and Understanding of Groundwater Quality in the Madera-Chowchilla Study Unit, 2008: California GAMA Priority Basin Project

Shelton, J.L., Fram, M.S., Belitz, K., and Jurgens, B.C., 2012, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5094, 86 p.

Data

Blank results for trace-element data collected for the California Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment (GAMA) Program Priority Basin Project, October 2009-October 2018

Bennett, G.L., 2020, U.S. Geological Survey data release

California Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment (GAMA) Program Shallow Aquifer Assessment Study Unit Grid Cells for Assessment of Groundwater Resources

Watson, E. and Johnson, T.D., 2021, U.S. Geological Survey data release

Groundwater Development Leads to Decreasing Arsenic Concentrations in the San Joaquin Valley, California

Haugen, E.A., Jurgens, B.C., Arroyo-Lopez, J.A., and Bennett, G.L., 2021, Science of The Total Environment, Volume 771, 2021, 145223, ISSN 0048-9697

Groundwater-quality data and ancillary data for selected wells in the San Joaquin Valley, California, 1900-2015

Hansen, J.A., Jurgens B.C., and Fram, M.S., 2018, U.S. Geological Survey data release

Groundwater-quality data for the Madera-Chowchilla study unit, 2008: Results from the California GAMA program

Shelton, J.L., Fram, M.S., and Belitz, Kenneth, 2009, U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 455, 80 p.

Pesticide Constituent Data from the California Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment Program Priority Basin Project (GAMA-PBP), 2004 - 2018

Lor, V., Balkan, M., and Stork, S.V., 2019, U.S. Geological Survey data release

Spatial Point Data Sets and Interpolated Surfaces of Well Construction Characteristics for Domestic and Public Supply Wells in the Central Valley, California, USA

Voss, S.A., and Jurgens, B.C., 2018, U.S. Geological Survey data release

Water quality and ancillary data for assessment of uranium concentrations in groundwater, San Joaquin Valley, CA (ver. 1.1, December, 2019)

Fram, M.S., 2019, U.S. Geological Survey data release

Water use information for sites sampled by the California Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment Program Priority Basin Project (GAMA-PBP), 2004-2021 (ver. 3.0, October 2023)

Stork, S.V., and Fram, M.S., 2021, U.S. Geological Survey data release

Photos

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Farm surrounded by old wooden fence and trees

Credit: USGS, 2008

Orchard, hills, and charred land in Fresno

Credit: USGS, 2005

Groves of trees along a rural road near Madera

Credit: USGS, 2008

Orchards in California's Central Valley

Credit: USGS, 2005