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Shallow Groundwater Areas

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Descriptive nameShallow Groundwater Areas
File nameshalowgw
Spatial domainEastern Pima County
AbstractDisplays PAG-investigated Shallow Groundwater Areas
in Pima County. Shallow groundwater is defined as being fifty feet or less below the surface of the ground.

05/05/2008 Sopori area added by Cory Jones

08/16/2010 One area added from Golder Associates report titled High Groundwater Geotechnical Report for Tres Lomas North.

12/06/2010 Rosemont Mine added from Montgomery and Assoc.

04/10/2013 Added Tanque Verde Creek (Mid) and extended Rincon Creek Area, based on PAG updates made in May 2012.

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Known errors/qualificationsSee attribute table for additional notes and references.
Feature typepolygon
Feature count 39
Thumbnail Map shalowgw.pdf PDF file format   (463,680 bytes, PDF created 07/20/2022 )
ProjectionNAD83 HPGN (Parameters)
Rectificationunknown
Field/value metadata Field metadata
Source organizationPAG
Source contact
Source document or file nameshallgw.shp + sgwa_updatesept01.shp
Source date20020219
Source scale
Source formatShape
Date of last data update
(This date may not be current.)
20130410
Last data update byErik Glenn
Date/time last touched - Meaning? 2021-05-11  11:10 PM - Enterprise GDB
  2021-05-11  11:11 PM - Shapefile - Library input format
  See coverage files, if any, for date.
Lineageshallowgw_83 was unioned with new shapefile sgwa_updatesept01.shp. Original shallowgw_83 was renamed to shallowgw_old. New, unioned cover was named shallowgw_83. FM manually updated cover and renamed shallowgw2. 1 polygon added 8/16/10 from Golder Associates report titled High Groundwater Geotechnical Report for Tres Lomas North, in the area of Snyder and Harrison. Area name field for 5 Rosemont Mine records changed to Barrel Canyon 6/28/11. On 4/10/13, one polygon added (Tanque Verde Creek (Mid)) and another extended (Rincon Creek Area) from 2012 PAG updates; also manually updated selected attributes for consistency and spelling, and added additional PAG metadata to "More Information" link.
On maintenance?No
Maintenance organization
Maintenance description
Original conversion byPAG
Pima County ITD GIS contactErik Glenn
Alternate Pima County ITD GIS contacte-mail address
On  Pima County Geospatial Data Portal? Yes

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