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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Madera-Chowchilla and Kings Sub-basins Groundwater Resources Used for Domestic Supply Madera-Chowchilla and Kings Sub-basins Groundwater Resources Used for Domestic 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 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

Status of water quality in groundwater resources used for drinking-water supply in the southeastern San Joaquin Valley, 2013-15: California GAMA Priority Basin Project

Burow, K.R., Shelton, J.L., and Fram, M.S., 2024, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2024-5009

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

Data sets for: Status of Water Quality in Groundwater Resources Used for Drinking-Water Supply in the Southeastern San Joaquin Valley, 2013-2015 - California GAMA Priority Basin Project

Balkan, M., Burow, K.R., Shelton, J.L., and Fram, M.S., 2024, 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

Grain silos behind a green farm field

Credit: USGS, 2008