Publications - WGNHS

Wisconsin Groundwater-Level Monitoring Network Improvements, 2022-2024

This report documents work completed as part of a grant from the U.S. Geological Survey's National Groundwater Monitoring Network (NGWMN) program. It provides an overview of the Wisconsin Groundwater-Level Monitoring Network (WGLMN) and provides detailed description of well evaluation and repair activities, and drilling of new monitoring wells across the...
- WOFR2025-03
  
  Wisconsin Groundwater-Level Monitoring Network Improvements, 2022-2024
  
  Bremmer, S.E.; Chase, P.M.;
  
  2025
  
  Report: 168 p.
Irrigable Lands Inventory--Phase I Groundwater and Related Information

This paper contains hydrogeologic information for the Golden Sands Resource Conservation and Development Area in central Wisconsin. The set of maps includes water-table elevation maps for the following counties: Adams, Jackson, Juneau, Marathon, Marquette, Monroe, Portage, Waupaca, Waushara, and Wood (scale 1:126,720). It also includes a regional aquifer...
- MP81-1
  
  Irrigable Lands Inventory - Phase I Groundwater and Related Information
  
  Lippelt, I.D.; Hennings, R.G.;
  
  1981
  
  Report: 13 p. + 11 maps (scale 1:126,720 and 1:500,000)
- MP81-1-plate01
  
  Water Table Elevation [Adams County] [map 1]
  
  Lippelt, I.D.;
  
  1981
- MP81-1-plate02
  
  Water Table Elevation [Jackson County] [map 2]
  
  Lippelt, I.D.;
  
  1981
- MP81-1-plate03
  
  Water Table Elevation [Juneau County] [map 3]
  
  Lippelt, I.D.;
  
  1981
- MP81-1-plate04
  
  Water Table Elevation [Marathon County] [map 4]
  
  Lippelt, I.D.;
  
  1981
- MP81-1-plate05
  
  Water Table Elevation [Marquette County] [map 5]
  
  Lippelt, I.D.;
  
  1981
- MP81-1-plate06
  
  Water Table Elevation [Monroe County] [map 6]
  
  Lippelt, I.D.;
  
  1981
- MP81-1-plate07
  
  Water Table Elevation [Portage County] [map 7]
  
  Lippelt, I.D.;
  
  1981
- MP81-1-plate08
  
  Water Table Elevation [Waupaca County] [map 8]
  
  Lippelt, I.D.;
  
  1981
- MP81-1-plate09
  
  Water Table Elevation [Waushara County] [map 9]
  
  Lippelt, I.D.;
  
  1981
- 2 more...
Groundwater Flow Systems and Recharge in the Buena Vista Basin, Portage and Wood Counties, Wisconsin
- IC72
  
  Groundwater Flow Systems and Recharge in the Buena Vista Basin, Portage and Wood Counties, Wisconsin
  
  Bradbury, K.R.; Faustini, J.M.; Stoertz, M.W.;
  
  1992
  
  Report: 31 p.
A Groundwater Flow Model for the Little Plover River Basin in Wisconsin's Central Sands

The bulletin describes the state-of-the-art scientific tool that can be used to help make good decisions about high-capacity well placement and pumping, as well as land use in Wisconsin's Central Sands region. It can also be used to predict which wells and well locations would have the greatest impact on nearby lakes and streams. The user's manual...
- B111
  
  A Groundwater Flow Model for the Little Plover River Basin in Wisconsin's Central Sands
  
  Bradbury, K.R.; Fienen, M.N.; Kniffin, M.L.; Krause, J.J.; Westenbroek, S.M.; Leaf, A.T.; Barlow, P.M.;
  
  2017
  
  Report: 82 p.
- ZIP B111-appendices
  
  A Groundwater Flow Model for the Little Plover River Basin in Wisconsin’s Central Sands [appendices]
  
  Bradbury, K.R.; Fienen, M.N.; Kniffin, M.L.; Krause, J.J.; Westenbroek, S.M.; Leaf, A.T.; Barlow, P.M.;
  
  2017
  
  Data: PDFs + Excel files
- B111-suppl
  
  A Groundwater Flow Model for the Little Plover River Basin in Wisconsin's Central Sands - User's Manual
  
  Bradbury, K.R.; Fehling, A.C.; Parsen, M.J.;
  
  2017
  
  Report: 30 p.
Central Sands nitrate and neonicotinoids database

The Central Sands nitrate and neonicotinoid database consists of over 100,000 measurements of nitrate and neonicotinoid concentrations in groundwater from wells across Adams, Juneau, Marquette, Portage, Waushara, and Wood counties collected between 1953 and 2021. These counties comprise the Central Sands Groundwater County Collaborative (GSGCC), which...
- ZIP DS002-dataset01
  
  Central Sands nitrate and neonicotinoids database
  
  Romano, C.R.; Parsen, M.J.; Sandwick, N.D.; McNelly, J.L.; Bradbury, K.R.;
  
  2023
  
  GIS Data: File geodatabase, metadata
- DS002-supp
  
  Supplemental report on the Central Sands nitrate and neonicotinoids database
  
  Romano, C.R.; Parsen, M.J.; Sandwick, N.D.; McNelly, J.L.; Bradbury, K.R.;
  
  2023
  
  Report: 4 p.
Geoscience Wisconsin Volume 05

Drought and groundwater levels in northern Wisconsin
- GS05
  
  Geoscience Wisconsin, Volume 5
  
  1980
  
  Journal: 92 p.
- GS05-a01
  
  Drought and Ground-Water Levels in Northern Wisconsin
  
  Zaporozec, A.;
  
  1980
  
  Journal Article: p. 1-92
Fracture-Trace Analysis for Water-Well Site Locations in Precambrian Igneous and Metamorphic Rock in Central Wisconsin
- MP83-5
  
  Fracture-Trace Analysis for Water-Well Site Locations in Precambrian Igneous and Metamorphic Rock in Central Wisconsin
  
  Socha, B.J.;
  
  1983
  
  Report: 37 p.
- MP83-5-plate01
  
  Selected Fracture Traces and High Yielding Wells, Wood County, Wisconsin [plate 1]
  
  1983
Data for Selected Wells in Northern Wisconsin

Companion volume to Geoscience Wisconsin vol. 5.
- MP80-1
  
  Data for Selected Wells in Northern Wisconsin
  
  Zaporozec, A.;
  
  1980
  
  Report: 135 p.
Effects of Irrigation on Water Quality in the Sand Plain of Central Wisconsin
- IC36
  
  Effects of Irrigation on Water Quality in the Sand Plain of Central Wisconsin
  
  Hindall, S.M.;
  
  1978
  
  Report: 50 p. + map (scale 1:24,000)
- IC36-plate01
  
  Water-Table Maps of the Kellner, Meehan, and Bancroft Subareas, Wisconsin [plate 1]
  
  1978
Central Sands Lakes Study: Annotated Bibliography

The authors of this open-file report scoured the literature for previous studies about the Central Sands area. This bibliography provides an overview of available research related to the hydrogeologic setting and water-budget components of the Central Sands Lakes Study (CSLS).
- WOFR2018-04
  
  Central Sands Lakes Study: Annotated Bibliography
  
  Greve, R.M.; Hart, D.J.;
  
  2018
  
  Report: 44 p.
Preliminary Report on the Soils and Agricultural Conditions of North Central Wisconsin
- B011-1908
  
  Preliminary Report on the Soils and Agricultural Conditions of North Central Wisconsin (2nd edition)
  
  Weidman, S.;
  
  1903
  
  Report: 72 p. + map (scale 1 in = 3 miles)
- B011-1908-plate01
  
  Soil Map of North Central Wisconsin: Clark, Wood, Portage, Marathon, Lincoln, Taylor and Parts of Langlade, Rusk, and Price Counties [plate 1]
  
  Weidman, S.;
  
  1903
  
  Map: Scale 1 in = 3 miles
Water Resources of Wisconsin - Rock-Fox River Basin, Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-360
- USG-HA321-plate01
  
  Water Resources of Wisconsin, Fox-Wolf River Basin: Plate 1, Physical Setting, Water System
  
  Olcott, P.G.;
  
  1968
  
  Plate: 38 in x 27.25 in
- USG-HA321-plate02
  
  Water Resources of Wisconsin, Fox-Wolf River Basin: Plate 2, Ground Water
  
  Olcott, P.G.;
  
  1968
  
  Plate: 38 in x 27.25 in
- USG-HA321-plate04
  
  Water Resources of Wisconsin, Fox-Wolf River Basin: Plate 4, Water Use
  
  Olcott, P.G.;
  
  1968
  
  Plate: 38 in x 27.25 in

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