The High Plains Aquifer

This dashboard visualizes data from the Well Inventory Database (WIZARD), managed by the Kansas Geological Survey (KGS). Historical depth-to-water measurements were originally collected by the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Ground Water Site Inventory (GWSI). Since 1996, the USGS has obtained these measuments directly from the state and local agencies responsible for data collection. 

Today, about two-thirds of the annual water-level data are submitted by local Groundwater Management Districts (GMDs) and the Kansas Department of Agriculture's Division of Water Resources (DWR). The remaining third is updated by the KGS.

This dashboard also includes data on aquifer saturated thickness, last measured in 2009 by the USGS.