Madera-Chowchilla and Kings Sub-basins Groundwater Resources Used for Domestic Supply
Study Unit
- Study Area: Madera-Chowchilla, Kings Basin, Southeast San Joaquin Valley
- Counties Covered: Madera, Fresno, Tulare, and Kings
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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 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 in the Shallow Aquifers of the Madera-Chowchilla and Kings Subbasins, San Joaquin Valley, California
Fram, M.S., and Shelton, J.L., 2018, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2017-1162, 4 p.
Identification of bacteria in groundwater used for domestic supply in the southeast San Joaquin Valley, California, 2014
Burton, C.A., and Lawrence, C.J., 2021, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2021-5030, 20 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
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
Detections of Fecal Indicator Bacteria and DNA Sequencing of Selected Bacterial Growths in Samples from the Madera/Chowchilla-Kings Domestic Aquifer Study unit, 2014
Soldavini, A.L., Burton, C.A., and Lawrence, C.J., 2021, U.S. Geological Survey data release
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–Kings shallow aquifer study unit, 2013–14: Results from the California GAMA Program
Shelton, J.L., and Fram, M.S., 2017, U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1019
Pesticide constituent data from the California Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment Program Priority Basin Project (GAMA-PBP), August 2013 - May 2018, schedule 2437 constituents
Fram, M.S., 2020, 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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Grain silos behind a green farm field
Credit: USGS, 2008
Grain silos behind a green farm field
Photo Credit: USGS
Date Taken: 7/14/2008