Approximate Groundwater Divides, Calumet County, Wisconsin

Metadata:


Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Madeline B. Gotkowitz and Stephen J. Gaffield
Publication_Date: 2006
Title: Approximate Groundwater Divides, Calumet County, Wisconsin
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Madison, Wisconsin
Publisher: Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey (WGNHS)
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Madeline B. Gotkowitz and Stephen J. Gaffield
Publication_Date: 2006
Title:
Water-Table and Aquifer-Susceptibility Maps of Calumet County, Wisconsin
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Miscellanous Map
Issue_Identification: 56
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Madison, Wisconsin
Publisher: Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey
Description:
Abstract:
These data depict the approximate locations of major groundwater divides in Calumet County, Wisconsin. A groundwater divide is similar to a surface-water divide, in that it is a ridge along the highest elevations of the water table. Shallow groundwater moves away from this divide, toward groundwater discharge areas. Groundwater divides are depicted in this dataset as wide and approximate areas because the location of the divide may change as the water table rises and falls in response to periods of rainfall and drought. Significant amounts of groundwater pumping from wells drilled near divides may also cause a divide to shift. The groundwater divides are useful to identify the areas in which shallow groundwater flows toward particular stream systems.
Purpose:
These groundwater divides constitute a part of the data compiled and analyzed for the Calumet County Groundwater Project. The purpose of this project was to provide information pertinent to protecting the quality of groundwater resources in Calumet County.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 1936
Ending_Date: 2003
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -88.412620
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -88.031208
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 44.241396
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 43.917059
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: WGNHS Theme Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: water table
Theme_Keyword: aquifer
Theme_Keyword: groundwater
Theme_Keyword: bedrock
Theme_Keyword: unconsolidated material
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: WGNHS Key Thesaurus
Place_Keyword: Calumet County
Place_Keyword: Wisconsin
Access_Constraints:
These data are available to anyone; however, the data are copyrighted and are licensed for use, not sold. Users must accept the Digital Data Sharing Agreement of the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey.
Use_Constraints:
THESE DATA ARE PROVIDED BY THE WISCONSIN GEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY (WGNHS) ON AN "AS IS" BASIS. WGNHS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THESE DATA, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, AND CONSEQUENTIAL. WGNHS MAKES NO WARRANTIES ON THESE DATA, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR IN ANY OTHER PROVISION OF ANY AGREEMENT OR COMMUNICATION, AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey
Contact_Position: Information Manager
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 3817 Mineral Point Road
City: Madison
State_or_Province: WI
Postal_Code: 53705-5100
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (608) 263-7386
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (608) 262-8086
Hours_of_Service: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM M-F (CST)
Data_Set_Credit:
The Calumet County Groundwater Project was funded by the Calumet County Board of Supervisors and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Drinking Water and Groundwater.
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
These data are distributed as an ESRI ArcInfo Coverage in Interchange (.E00) format. The data were originally compiled in ESRI Geodatabase (version 9.0) format.

Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
No user-defined attributes are present for the groundwater divide features.
Logical_Consistency_Report: Polygon topology is present for the groundwater divides.
Completeness_Report:
The depiction of the groundwater divides is approximate and is provided with this map for educational purposes; the divides illustrate the concept of groundwater flow toward discharge areas and surface-water features in the lowlands of the county. The elevation and location of the water table is difficult to identify with certainty along ridges in the uplands of Calumet County because there are few wells, wells that are present are completed with long open intervals, and surface streams tend to be seasonally present (ephemeral) and therefore not necessarily representative of the water table at that location.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
The groundwater divides are approximate and are presented for educational purposes. The degree of accuracy in their depiction is greater in areas where more water-table elevation control points (wells and perennial surface-water features) are nearby. Polygons of variable width are used to represent the divides to convey the approximate nature of locating the divide, which is more difficult to identify in some locations, and to illustrate that the exact location of the divide may change temporally.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Title: Well Constructor's Reports
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data
Publication_Information:
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 1936
Ending_Date: 2003
Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: WCRs
Source_Contribution:
Well Constructor's Reports (WCRs) provided water-level data, and the depth and type of geologic material.
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Publication_Date: 1998
Title:
Digital Raster Graphic (Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources WTM83/91 Version)
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Madison, Wisconsin
Publisher: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WiDNR)
Online_Linkage: <http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/maps/gis/datadrg.html>
Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 1974
Ending_Date: 1984
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: DRGs
Source_Contribution:
DRGs provided base maps for locating WCRs as well as topographic information for interpreting water-level data.
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: United States Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 2001
Title: National Elevation Dataset
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data
Online_Linkage: <http://ned.usgs.gov>
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NED
Source_Contribution:
NED data provided approximate land-surface elevations at well locations and surface-water features that are representative of the water table. Elevation of land surface was used to check that approximate water-table elevations were not above land surface where no surface-water features are present.
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WiDNR)
Publication_Date: 2000
Title: Wisconsin 1:24,000-scale Hydrography
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Madison, Wisconsin
Publisher: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Online_Linkage: <http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/maps/gis/datahydro.html>
Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
Type_of_Source_Media: CD-ROM
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 1970s
Ending_Date: 1990s
Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: 1:24k Hydrography
Source_Contribution:
The 1:24k Hydrography provided locations of surface-water features.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
1. The locations of water wells (represented by WCRs) were verified using base information from the DRGs.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: WCRs
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: DRGs
Process_Date: 2003
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: WCRs
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
2. For water wells with a verified location, land-surface elevations were estimated using a digital elevation model. Static depths to water reported on WCRs were subtracted from land-surface elevation estimates to estimate static water-level elevations in wells. Wells with water levels judged not representative of the water table were removed from the data set. Basis for removing water levels included uncertainty in x,y location of well, well open interval too deep to provide reasonable estimate of water table, well open interval not in uppermost aquifer, or estimated water-table elevation not consistent with nearby surface-water elevation.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: WCRs
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NED
Process_Date: 2003
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: WCRs
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
3. The aquifer in which each well was completed was determined from information on the WCR, including depth and type of geologic material encountered, casing depth, and total depth of well.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: WCRs
Process_Date: 2003
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: WCRs
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
4. Well locations, estimated water-table elevations, and DRG base map data were plotted to 1:50,000-scale maps and water-table elevation contours were drawn on these hard copies.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: WCRs
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: DRGs
Process_Date: 2003
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: Water-Table Contours
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
5. Water-table elevation contours were digitally captured using Altek32 a digitizing tablet.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Water-Table Contours
Process_Date: 2003
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: Water-Table Contours
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
6. The land-surface elevation at each vertex of the contours was estimated from a digital elevation model and compared to the elevation value of the contour; contours that exceeded land-surface elevation in areas not covered by surface-water features were edited on-screen to be below land-surface elevation. Contours were also edited to produce smoother curves.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: DEM
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: 1:24k Hydrography
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Water-Table Contours
Process_Date: 2003
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: Water-Table Contours
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
7. Groundwater-divide polygons were digitized on-screen by identifying narrow "ridges" on the water-table surface that connect areas of highest water-table elevation. These features were plotted to 1:100,000-scale paper maps for verification and futher refinement.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Water-Table Contours
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: Groundwater Divides

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Complete chain
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 3
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Label point
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 2
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 0

Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
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Map_Projection:
Map_Projection_Name: Transverse Mercator
Transverse_Mercator:
Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -90.000000
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000
False_Easting: 520000.000000
False_Northing: -4480000.000000
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Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000244
Planar_Distance_Units: meters
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Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222
Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Altitude_System_Definition:
Altitude_Resolution: 0.000010
Altitude_Encoding_Method:
Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates.

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: ca_gwdiv.pat
Entity_Type_Definition: Polygons defining groundwater divides.
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: WGNHS
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: AREA
Attribute_Definition: Area of feature in internal units squared.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PERIMETER
Attribute_Definition: Perimeter of feature in internal units.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: CA_GWDIV#
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: CA_GWDIV-ID
Attribute_Definition: User-defined feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 3817 Mineral Point Road
City: Madison
State_or_Province: WI
Postal_Code: 53705-5100
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (608) 263-7386
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (608) 262-8086
Hours_of_Service: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm M-F (CST)
Resource_Description: Downloadable Data
Distribution_Liability:
THESE DATA ARE PROVIDED BY THE WISCONSIN GEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY (WGNHS) ON AN "AS IS" BASIS. WGNHS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THESE DATA, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, AND CONSEQUENTIAL. WGNHS MAKES NO WARRANTIES ON THESE DATA, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR IN ANY OTHER PROVISION OF ANY AGREEMENT OR COMMUNICATION, AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Standard_Order_Process:
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Recording_Capacity:
Recording_Density: 700
Recording_Density_Units: megabytes (MB)
Recording_Format: ISO 9660
Fees: $25 per CD-ROM
Ordering_Instructions:
Contact WGNHS Map Sales by telephone at (608) 263-7389 or fax at (608) 262-8086.
Standard_Order_Process:
Non-digital_Form:
WGNHS Miscellaneous Map 56: Water-Table and Aquifer Susceptibility Maps of Calumet County, Wisconsin
Ordering_Instructions:
Contact WGNHS Map Sales by telephone at (608) 263-7389 or fax at (608) 262-8086.
Technical_Prerequisites:
Use one of the following methods to extract data: a) Issue the "IMPORT" command within ArcInfo Workstation, b) Use the "Import from Interchange File" tool within ArcGIS Desktop, or c) Use the ArcExplorer Import Utility (import71.exe) available at <http://gis.esri.com/download/index.cfm?downloadid=175>.

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Contact_Organization: Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey
Contact_Position: Information Manager
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
City: Madison
State_or_Province: WI
Postal_Code: 53705-5100
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (608) 263-7386
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (608) 262-8086
Hours_of_Service: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm M-F (CST)
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Access_Constraints:
These data are available to anyone; however, the data are copyrighted and are licensed for use, not sold. Users must accept the Digital Data Sharing Agreement of the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey.
Metadata_Use_Constraints:
THESE DATA ARE PROVIDED BY THE WISCONSIN GEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY (WGNHS) ON AN "AS IS" BASIS. WGNHS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THESE DATA, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, AND CONSEQUENTIAL. WGNHS MAKES NO WARRANTIES ON THESE DATA, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR IN ANY OTHER PROVISION OF ANY AGREEMENT OR COMMUNICATION, AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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