Effect of Ground-Water Development on the Pool Level in Devils Hole, Death Valley National Monument, Nye County, Nevada
Worts GF. 1963. Effect of Ground-Water Development on the Pool Level in Devils Hole, Death Valley National Monument, Nye County, Nevada. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Open-File Report. 63-142. US Geological Survey, Water resources division. Carson City, NV
This report describes the groundwater system associated with Devils Hole, and the present and expected effects of pumping the alluvial or carbonate-rock systems. The National Park Service had requested the study because of potential decreases in the Devils Hole pool, which could threaten the survival of endangered Devils Hole pupfish. The geology and water quality are described. Folded plates are a map of the tributary area of Amargosa Desert and a hydrologic map showing wells, springs, and generalized water-level contours in 1962. (Geologic map is not present; 4th plate is an original black-and-white print showing the opening at Devils Hole.)
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Worts, G
- Date of Issue
- 1963-08
- Publisher
- US Geological Survey, Water resources division
- Units
- DEVA , HIST , WRD
- Keywords
- Aquatic Sciences, ash meadows, Death Valley, Death Valley National Monument, Development, Devils Hole, Devils Hole, ehistory, Groundwater, History, Hydrology, Impacts, Nevada, NV, NV, Nye County, Physical Sciences, pool, Pool level, Springs, Water, Water Level, Water Quality, Water Use, Wells, WRBIB