Antelope Valley and Fremont Valley Study References

Bader, J.S., 1969, Ground-Water Data as of 1967 South Lahontan Subregion California: U.S. Geological Survey. Water Resources Division. Open-File Report. 25p.

Blankenbaker, G.G., 1978, Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency area, California, showing ground-water subunits and areas, location of wells, and lines of equal depth to water: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-937, 1 Map, http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr78937.

Blodgett, J.C., and Williams, J.S., 1992, Land subsidence and problems affecting land use at Edwards Air Force Base and vicinity, California, 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 92-4035, 25 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/wri924035.

Bloyd, R.M., 1967, Water Resources of the Antelope Valley - East Kern Water Agency Area, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 67-21, 135 p., http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr6721.

Bortungo, E.J., and Spittler, T.E., 1986, Geologic map of the San Bernardino quadrangle, California, 1:250,000: California Division of Mines and Geology, Regional Geologic Map 3A, https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_45.htm.

California Department of Water Resources, 1964, Ground Water Occurrence and Quality Lahontan Region: California Department of Water Resources, Bulletin 106-1, 439p., https://archive.org/details/groundlahonwateroccur1061calirich/.

California Department of Water Resources, 2004, California's Ground Water (Bulletin 118): California Department of Water Resources, 135p.

California Department of Water Resources , 2021, California's Groundwater (Bulletin 118) Update 2020: California Department of Water Resources, https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/calgw_update2020.

Carlson, C.S., Leighton, D.A., Phillips, S.P., and Metzger, L.F., 1998, Regional water table (1996) and water-table changes in the Antelope Valley ground-water basin, California: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4022, 2 Maps, http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/wri984022.

Cox, B.F., and Wilshire, H.G., 1993, Geologic map of the area around the Nebo Annex, Marine Corps Logistics Base, Barstow, California: U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 93-568, 36 p., 1 plate, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr93568.

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Dick, M.C., and Teague, N.F., 2018, Regional water table in the Antelope Valley and Fremont Valley groundwater basins, Southwestern Mojave Desert, California, March 2014: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3420, 2 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sim3420.

Durbin, T. J., 1978, Calibration of a mathematical model of the Antelope Valley ground-water basin, California: U. S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2046, 51 p., 13 maps, http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/wsp2046.

Ikehara, M.E., and Phillips, S.P., 1994, Determination of land subsidence related to ground-water-level declines using Global Positioning System and leveling surveys in Antelope Valley, Los Angeles and Kern Counties, California, 1992: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4184, 101 p., .

Johnson, H.R., 1911, Water Resources of Antelope Valley, California: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 278, 92 p., 1 plate, https://doi.org/10.3133/wsp278.

Leighton, D.A., and Phillips, S.P., 2003, Simulation of ground-water flow and land subsidence in the Antelope Valley, California: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03–4016, 107 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/wri034016.

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Snyder, J.H., 1955, Ground water in California—The experience of Antelope Valley: Berkeley, California, University of California, Division of Agriculture Science, Giannini Foundation Ground-Water Studies No. 2, 171 p.

Ward, A.W., Dixon, G.L., and Jachens, R.C., 1993, Geologic setting of the East Antelope Basin, with emphasis on fissuring on Rogers Lake, Edwards AFB, Mojave Desert, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93–263, 9 p., https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1993/0263/report.pdf.

Weir, J.E., Crippen, J.R., and Dutcher, L.C., 1965, A progress report and proposed test-well drilling program for the water-resources investigation of the Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency area, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 65-172, 127 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr65172.

Western Regional Climatic Center, 2012, Lancaster FSS, California (044749): Climate data available on the world wide web, at http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?ca4749.

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Contacts

Project Chief:
Meghan Dick
Hydrologist
USGS California Water Science Center
4165 Spruance Rd. Ste 200
San Diego, CA 92101
Office: 619-225-6154

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Maps

Antelope & Fremont Valleys: Detailed Basin Map

Antelope Valley Water-Level Contours

Antelope Valley Water-Level Changes