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 HYDROLOGIC
ATLASES
The service described in this document is available only to persons residing within the 16-county High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1 service area.
Hydrologic atlases illustrating the volume of water
in storage (saturated thickness), elevation of the water table, base of the
Ogallala Formation, and land surface elevation for each county of the High
Plains Water District have been published for the years 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995,
and 2000.
Atlases are available for the following counties:
Armstrong, Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Deaf Smith, Floyd, Hale, Hockley,
Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Parmer, Potter and Randall. Swisher County was annexed into
the High Plains Water District in Nov. 2010. An atlas is not yet available
for that county.
Click here to request a hydrologic atlas.
Prospective landowners use the atlases to determine how much water is in storage, the depth that wells have to be drilled to completely penetrate the aquifer, depth-to-water, and estimated pumping depth for the tract of land they are considering purchasing.
Land loan agents use the atlases to verify water availability and the water level data collected from the observation wells to estimate the probable life of the water supply when evaluating land values for loans. Water well drillers use data from the atlases to prepare bids for drilling wells. They are also used by cities and school districts to obtain better bond ratings.
Additional information is
available by contacting District Manager Jim Conkwright at (806)
762-0181.
This
page last updated
06/29/2011
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