Isohyetal map showing distribution of average annual precipitation for the Black Hills area, South Dakota, water years 1950-98
Dataset Identification:
Resource Abstract:
This dataset provides lines of equal average annual precipitation for water years 1950-98 in the Black Hills area of South
Dakota and Wyoming.
Citation
Title Isohyetal map showing distribution of average annual precipitation for the Black Hills area, South Dakota, water years 1950-98
publication Date
2001-01-01
Edition Version 1
presentationForm
mapDigital
Series
Name USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report
Issue 00-4278
other Citation Details
Carter, J.M., Driscoll, D.G., and Hamade, G.R., 2001, Estimated recharge to the Madison and Minnelusa aquifers in the Black
Hills area, South Dakota and Wyoming, water years 1931-98
This dataset was created for the Black Hills Hydrology Study (BHHS). The BHHS is a long-term investigation that was initiated
in 1990 as a cooperative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the South Dakota Department of Environment and
Natural Resources (DENR), and the West Dakota Water Development District. West Dakota represents various local and county
cooperators. The purpose of the study was to assess the quantity, quality, and distribution of surface and ground water in
the Black Hills area of South Dakota (Driscoll, 1992). The study area includes parts of Butte, Custer, Fall River, Lawrence,
Meade, and Pennington Counties in South Dakota. Data in Weston and Crook Counties in Wyoming also were included.
Resource language:
eng; USA
Resource progress code:
completed
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:
notPlanned
Constraints on resource usage:
Constraints
Use limitation statement:
Although this data set has been used by the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior, no warranty expressed
or implied is made by the U.S. Geological Survey as to the accuracy of the data and related materials. The act of distribution
shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the use of this
data, software, or related materials. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not
imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
Constraints on resource usage:
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Other constraints
Use Constraints: These data should not be used at scales larger than 1:100,000
Reviews_Applied_to_Data: This digital coverage was subjected to the same review standard that applies to all U.S. Geological
Survey reports. Reviewers were asked to check the topological consistency, tolerances, attribute frequencies and statistics,
projection, and graphic extent. The reviewers checked the metadata files for completeness and accuracy. Other_References_Cited:
Driscoll, D.G., 1992, Plan of study for the Black Hills Hydrology Study, South Dakota: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
92-84, 10 p. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the
U.S. Government. Although this Federal Geographic Data Committee-compliant metadata file is intended to document the data
set in nonproprietary form, as well as in ARC/INFO format, this metadata file may include some ARC/INFO-specific terminology.
Credits:
Compilation of this data set and the associated metadata was funded in cooperation with the South Dakota Department of Environment
and Natural Resources and the West Dakota Water Development District.
point of contact
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pointOfContact
individual Name Janet Carter
organisation Name
U.S. Geological Survey
position Name Hydrologist
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 605 355-4560 ext. 215
Fax 605 355-4523
Address
1608 Mt. View Road, Rapid City, SD, 57702
Country USA
source description
Source Contribution: A geographic information system utilizing an inverse-distance weighting method was used to generate a
spatial precipitation grid from point precipitation data for the Black Hills area, based on available monthly records. Using
this method, a distributed precipitation grid was created for each month of each water year from 1931 through 1998. Isohyetal
maps of lines of equal average precipitation for various periods of record were generated from the grids.Source Type computer
program
representative resolution scale:
Scale denominator: 100,000
source citation
Title Summary of precipitation data for the Black Hills area of South Dakota, water years 1931-98
name Of Measure Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
evaluation Method Description
Contours were generated from a grid, which was based on point data with unknown horizontal accuracy.
Completeness Commission
evaluation Method Description
This data set consists of contours of equal annual precipitation for water years 1950-98 in the Black Hills of South Dakota
and Wyoming.
Completeness Omission
evaluation Method Description
This data set consists of contours of equal annual precipitation for water years 1950-98 in the Black Hills of South Dakota
and Wyoming.
notes: This metadata was automatically generated from the FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata standard (version
FGDC-STD-001-1998) using the 2012-06-20T17:21:00 version of the FGDC RSE to ISO 19115-2 transform.