Data on water wells in the Willow Springs, Gloster, and Chaffee areas, Kern County, California

Kunkel, Fred

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“…The results of detailed studies of water-well data and ground-water occurrence are available in the following reports: Johnson (1911), Thompson (1929), , Page, Moyle, and Dutcher (1960), Bader, Page, and Dutcher (1958), Dutcher (1959Dutcher ( ), l{unkel (1956Dutcher ( , 1962, and Kunkel and others (1957); additional work is in progress. Therefore only the regional geologic aspects of the ground-water conditions, based on these references and on unpublished hydrologic studies, are discussed below.…”

Section: Ground Watermentioning

confidence: 99%

Areal geology of the western Mojave Desert, California

Dibblee¹

1967

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Aerial view looking nol'thwest o,•er the Mud Hills, 9 miles north Qf Barstow. Fossiliferous terrestrial beds of Miocene Barstow Formation are partly capped by dissected older alluvium. Rainbow Canyon is at lower right. Beds dip into axis of major syncline with axis across amphitheater of Rainbow Canyon. Light-colored hills beyond amphitheater eroded from pyroclastic rocks of lower Miocene(?) Pickhandle Formation. Hills in background are mainly Mesozoic plutonic rocks overlain by Pliocene (?) andesite and Pleistocene basalt. Goldstone dry lake is at upper right.

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Section: Ground Watermentioning

confidence: 99%

Areal geology of the western Mojave Desert, California

Dibblee¹

1967

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“…(3) the results of a geologic and hydrologic study pertaining to ground water in the Edwards Air Force Base area (Butcher and Worts, 1963); (4) a series of reports, Dutcher (1959), Kunkel and Dutcher (1960), Dutcher and others (1962), Moyle (1965), and Koehler (1966), which contain data on wells in the AVEK area, including water-level measurements, drillers' logs, chemical analyses of water, and results of pumping tests; and (5) two progress reports on the present investigation, Weir and others (1965) and Bloyd (1966). Snyder (1955) investigated economic and social problems that arose in Antelope Valley because of a dependence upon ground water for a water supply.…”

Section: Previous and Related Investigationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The ground water in the older alluvium, the principal aquifer of the area, is generally suitable for domestic, irrigation, and most industrial uses. A-series of U.S. Geological Survey reports by Dutcher (1959) , Kunkel and Dutcher (1960), Butcher and others (1962), Moyle (1965) , and Koehler (1966), contain data on chemical analyses of ground water in the AVER area. Chemical and mineral characteristics, such as the pH, the dissolved solids, and the concentration of certain elements, are important in a consideration of a water supply for a particular use.…”

Section: Chemical Qualitymentioning

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Water-resources of the Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency area, California

Bloyd¹

1967

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The Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency (AVEK) area, most of which is within the Mojave Desert region of southern California, lacks adequate water resources to sustain the existing rate of ground-water pumpage for irrigation, industrial, and domestic use. However, by 1972 the California Aqueduct, a part of the California Water Plan, will be completed and will begin to convey water from northern California into the area.The chief economic pursuits in the area are irrigated agriculture and poultry production. At present, the major industries are related to national defense and mining. In the future, industry will increase and probably become the major economic activity.The Mojave Desert region, part of which lies within the AVEK area, is characterized by fault-block mountains and fault-block basins. The Tehachapi and San Gabriel Mountains are the major bordering fault blocks. The adjacent lowland areas of Antelope and Fremont Valleys have been depressed by movements along major faults.There are two major ground-water basins in the AVEK area: Antelope Valley and Fremont Valley basins. Each large basin is divided by faults or bodies of consolidated rock into several groundwater subunits.Mean annual precipitation in the AVEK area varies geographically. About 2,500 square miles annually receives less than 10 inches of precipitation; about 930 square miles receives between 4 and 5 inches. Within a small area of the San Gabriel Mountains, the mean annual precipitation exceeds 40 inches.A large part of the streamflow into Antelope Valley is contributed by Big Rock, Little Rock, and Oak Creeks. The total average annual runoff in these three streams is estimated to be 28,000 acre-feet. Most of the streamflow entering Fremont Valley is contributed by Cottonwood Creek, Cache Creek, Redrock Wash, Pine Tree Canycn Creek, and Last Chance Creek. None of these produces significant runoff, except during short periods following winter storms or immediately after intense summer thunderstorms.The chemical quality of the ground water in the older alluvium, the principal aquifer of the area, is generally suitable for domestic, irrigation, and most industrial uses.A long-existing condition of ground-water overdraft in the AVEK area has become an increasingly serious problem as water levels in wells annually decline. Estimated average annual recharge to the Antelope Valley ground-water basin is 58,000 acre-feet, and estimated average annual recharge to the Fremont Valley ground-water basin is 18,000 acre-feet. This estimated recharge is only about 5 percent of the annual precipitation that falls on the area. For the 1949-50 growing season estimated water consumption in Antelope Vallev was 225,000 acre-feet.AVEK, which has contracted to receive imported water beginning in 1972, will provide storage facilities to meet peaking demands. Storage space is necessary for about one-fourth of the annual supply of supplemental water, or about 30,000 acre-feet. Four potential surfacereservoir sites were suggested for investigation to determine eco...

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“…The range in concentration and character of ground water in the Edwards Air Force Base area, as computed from analyses given in tables in Butcher (1959), Kunkel andButcher (1961), andButcher, Bader, HiItgen, andothers (1961) Piper, Garrett, and others (1953> P-26, footnote) and are used in particular senses, as in the following examples: This natural process, which results in softening of the water, would be expected to continue until all the potentially exchangeable sodium in the aquifer through which the water moves is exhausted.…”

Section: Quality By Basinsmentioning

confidence: 99%