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This GIS data represents the Royal Spring Aquifer extracted from mapped ground-water basins in karst regions of Kentucky, determined primarily by ground-water tracer studies. It can be used to quickly identify the ground-water basins and springs to which a site may drain. Major springs and the relative size of their catchment areas can be evaluated for potential as water supplies. The data also serves as a geographic index to literature on karst ground water in the area. This data is designed for regional and preliminary hydrologic investigations. Features such as springs and swallets are much too small to precisely locate on maps with a scale small enough to show regional relationships. The user is referred to the literature for detailed site descriptions. The information used to compile this GIS data was obtained by numerous investigators over the last 25 years. The underflow spring draining a ground-water basin is assigned a unique identification number, referred to as the AKGWA number (Assembled Kentucky Ground Water Database). Individual basins are identified by the underflow spring name and AKGWA number. The authors of tracer data are identified by number in the "Data Source" column of the key, and are listed in "References Cited" in order of publication or research date. Although ground-water flow routes shown here have been established by tracer studies, with the exception of mapped cave streams, the precise flow paths are unknown and are inferred or interpreted using water-level data, geologic structure, or surface features. The locations of some ground-water basins are inferred, based on the existence of a significant spring system and the delineation of adjacent basins. The position of ground-water basin boundaries should be considered approximate because of the small-scale source and because boundaries can shift during high-water conditions. Also, excess flow may exit or enter a basin via surface or subsurface overflow routes. Additional overflow routes probably exist. Although most of the results of... |
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This GIS data represents the Royal Spring Aquifer extracted from mapped ground-water basins in karst regions of Kentucky, determined primarily by ground-water tracer studies. It can be used to quickly identify the ground-water basins and springs to which a site may drain. Major springs and the relative size of their catchment areas can be evaluated for potential as water supplies. The data also serves as a geographic index to literature on karst ground water in the area. This data is designed for regional and preliminary hydrologic investigations. Features such as springs and swallets are much too small to precisely locate on maps with a scale small enough to show regional relationships. The user is referred to the literature for detailed site descriptions. The information used to compile this GIS data was obtained by numerous investigators over the last 25 years. The underflow spring draining a ground-water basin is assigned a unique identification number, referred to as the AKGWA number (Assembled Kentucky Ground Water Database). Individual basins are identified by the underflow spring name and AKGWA number. The authors of tracer data are identified by number in the "Data Source" column of the key, and are listed in "References Cited" in order of publication or research date. Although ground-water flow routes shown here have been established by tracer studies, with the exception of mapped cave streams, the precise flow paths are unknown and are inferred or interpreted using water-level data, geologic structure, or surface features. The locations of some ground-water basins are inferred, based on the existence of a significant spring system and the delineation of adjacent basins. The position of ground-water basin boundaries should be considered approximate because of the small-scale source and because boundaries can shift during high-water conditions. Also, excess flow may exit or enter a basin via surface or subsurface overflow routes. Additional overflow routes probably exist. Although most of the results of... |
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Kentucky Geological Survey
Jim Currens, hydrogeologist
228 Mining and Mineral Resources Building
Kentucky Geological Survey
University of Kentucky
Lexington KY 40506-0107
859-257-5500
currens@uky.edu
Kentucky Geological Survey
Doug Curl
Head, Geoscience Information Manager
228 MMRB, University of Kentucky
Lexington KY 40506-0107
859-323-0519
859-257-1147
doug@uky.edu |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>http://kgs.uky.edu/kgsweb/download/rivers/karstdye.ZIP</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Royal Spring Aquifer extracted and projected from KY Single Zone to KY North Zone.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN>Created at a scale of 1:100,000. Should only be used for general guidance at larger scales.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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