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Principal Aquifers

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Locations of various aquifers in North America, including consolidated rock aquifers, which are made up of mostly volcanic rocks in the Northwest and mostly sandstone and limestone elsewhere; combination aquifers, which are sand and gravel aquifers overlying productive rock aquifers; and productive aquifers, which have a 0.4 liter/second potential

Geosystems: Intro to Physical Geography

A map highlights the principal aquifers across North America, categorized into three types.

Consolidated rock aquifers, shaded in green, are predominantly found in northern Canada, including regions like Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut, and extending into parts of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Newfoundland and Labrador. Also found in the northern Canada regions like Victoria Island, Parry Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago, and Ellesmere Island, also extending to Southern regions like Winnipeg, Ottawa, and Halifax. Combination aquifers, shaded in orange, are primarily located in the central and eastern United States, covering areas in states like Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota, and extending to parts of the Midwest, Northeast, and Southeast, including New York, Pennsylvania, and Florida. Productive aquifers, also shaded in light green, are found in regions of Florida and across the western United States near Oregon.

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Display by:	Principal Aquifers			Sea-Surface Temperature Anomalies: El Niño					Vegetable Production			Average Annual Snowfall						Sea-Surface Temperature Anomalies: La Niña							Tectonic Hotspots
	Consolidated rock aquifers	Combination aquifers	Productive aquifers	-0.25 to 0.25	0.75 to 1.0	1.0 to 1.25	1.25 to 1.5	1.5 to 1.75	Class	Rank	Acres	160 in and over	110–159 in	60–109 in	30–59 in	15–29 in	Under 15 in	-1.75 to -1.5	-1.5 to -1.25	-1.25 to -1.0	-1.0 to -0.75	-0.5 to -0.25	-0.25 to 0.25	0.5 to 0.75	Black Butte Crater Lava Field	Black Rock Desert	Buzzard Creek	Carrizozo	Craters of the Moon	Diamond Craters	Dotsero	Fort Selkirk	Haleakala	Hell's Half Acre	Hualalai	Imuruk Lake	Ingakslugwat Hills	Jordan Craters	Kilauea	Markagunt Plateau	Mauna Kea	Mauna Loa	Nazko	Red Hill	San Francisco Volcanic Field	St. Michael	St. Paul Island	Uinkaret Field	Wapi Lava Field	Wells Gray-Clearwater	Yellowstone	Zuni-Bandera
Northwest Territories			37.6%							62	8.00		2.52%	8.57%	66.7%	3.09%
District of Columbia	55.6%									63	0.00					100%
New Hampshire										52	3.70e+3			47.6%	52.4%
Vermont										53	3.45e+3			87.5%	12.5%
Montana	1.34%									41	1.18e+4		1.78%	37.5%	50.0%	8.90%
North Dakota	3.00%	6.69%								18	7.90e+4				38.9%	61.1%
Kentucky	8.30%									44	8.96e+3					30.8%	69.2%
Saskatchewan			11.0%							46	7.74e+3				95.9%	1.98%
Mississippi	99.6%									27	3.68e+4						100%
West Virginia	1.96%									55	2.65e+3				57.4%	42.6%
Nebraska	75.9%									34	2.33e+4				39.2%	60.8%
Missouri	56.4%									39	1.85e+4					76.8%	23.2%
Alabama	4.32%									37	1.97e+4						100%
Kansas	1.62%	5.11%								51	6.38e+3					76.2%	23.8%
Wisconsin	12.5%	1.43%								4	2.51e+5			3.31%	96.1%
South Carolina	30.0%	2.54%								30	3.03e+4						99.9%
Michigan	16.1%	16.3%								8	1.66e+5			13.1%	57.5%
Alberta			6.33%							21	6.17e+4		4.59%	15.5%	78.2%	1.72%
Connecticut	2.14%									43	9.25e+3				99.9%
Pennsylvania	11.6%									24	4.81e+4			4.01%	95.7%
Nevada	1.63%	2.87%								54	3.20e+3			7.06%	22.8%	22.5%	39.6%
Georgia	2.57%	17.9%								14	1.09e+5						99.9%
Manitoba			2.62%							19	6.88e+4			52.6%	46.9%
Oklahoma	1.97%	2.69%								49	6.86e+3						99.6%
Tennessee	17.6%									33	2.77e+4					8.28%	91.7%
Ontario			5.05%							7	1.70e+5		9.58%	86.3%	3.20%
Arkansas	15.9%									42	1.11e+4						100%
South Dakota	10.3%	6.62%								59	830				60.2%	39.8%
Ohio	15.0%									28	3.53e+4			2.34%	56.3%	41.4%
Indiana	11.6%									26	4.01e+4				25.6%	72.5%	1.94%
Minnesota	2.27%	3.62%								6	2.12e+5			6.02%	92.1%	1.85%
Iowa	2.05%									47	7.70e+3				47.2%	52.8%
Illinois	33.0%	3.68%								22	6.14e+4				18.2%	68.2%	13.6%
Florida	25.3%	1.48%		0.596%						5	2.45e+5						99.4%						0.528%
Rhode Island				4.64%						56	2.24e+3				3.82%								4.64%
Washington	1.17%			0.513%						3	3.26e+5		7.48%	30.0%	25.7%	7.10%	19.9%						0.523%
Nunavut			2.51%	0.352%						64	0.00		1.25%	8.66%	3.24%	2.55%							0.349%
Maine				0.133%						20	6.22e+4		8.65%	87.1%	3.81%								0.133%
Nova Scotia			29.2%	0.847%						48	7.42e+3			19.0%									0.869%
Virginia	8.27%			0.126%						36	2.27e+4					64.7%	35.2%						0.126%
Delaware	98.6%			0.762%						29	3.36e+4				5.45%	93.8%							0.762%
Prince Edward Island			77.5%	1.25%		0.264%				16	8.89e+4			98.8%									1.45%
Texas	27.0%			0.183%						15	1.02e+5						99.8%						0.183%
Louisiana	98.6%			0.184%						40	1.29e+4						99.6%							0.120%
North Carolina	7.59%			0.319%						9	1.55e+5						99.0%						0.319%
New Brunswick			50.2%	0.522%						23	4.87e+4		50.9%	48.6%									0.522%
Newfoundland and Labrador			5.25%	0.392%						57	1.39e+3	1.25%	10.4%	8.92%									0.356%
New Jersey	58.8%			0.329%						25	4.78e+4				45.8%	53.6%							0.329%
Massachusetts				1.78%						38	1.90e+4				98.2%								1.78%
New York	3.15%			0.105%						13	1.25e+5		3.86%	64.9%	2.90%								0.105%
Maryland	34.3%			0.874%						31	2.93e+4				16.2%	83.0%							0.874%
Québec			1.02%							12	1.34e+5	12.6%	33.5%	46.1%	3.40%								0.107%
California	4.23%	1.35%		0.110%						1	1.17e+6			5.57%	6.20%	14.9%	73.0%						0.105%
Alaska				0.318%						58	1.02e+3	1.37%	9.46%	49.7%	6.89%								0.230%				1									1	1									1	1
Arizona	5.15%									11	1.45e+5					19.7%	80.1%																												1			1
Utah	2.03%									50	6.69e+3			3.97%	40.0%	27.9%	25.0%									1														1
Yukon			83.0%							61	47.0	6.60%	27.0%	1.28%	39.2%																	1
Idaho	1.85%	6.13%								2	3.54e+5		4.80%	1.86%	68.1%	1.76%									1				1					1															1
Wyoming	3.58%									60	617			48.2%	50.6%																																				1
Hawaii				1.74%	1.20%	0.113%	0.444%	2.10%		45	8.58e+3						10.4%	2.11%	0.444%	1.11%	0.206%	0.177%	1.57%										1		1				1		1	1
Oregon	1.21%	1.53%								10	1.54e+5		9.17%	6.14%	26.6%	1.05%	18.6%													1								1
New Mexico	4.90%	2.15%								32	2.80e+4			8.69%	12.8%	21.6%	56.9%											1																1								1
British Columbia			59.8%	0.126%						35	2.30e+4	1.49%	2.94%	2.84%	9.04%	1.50%							0.181%																				1							1
Colorado	2.33%	2.58%								17	7.93e+4			30.9%	47.9%	20.2%	1.04%														1

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