Digital Data 2009-0003

Compilation of Alberta Research Council's Hydrogeology Maps (GIS data, polygon features)

Executive Summary

This dataset accompanies Open File Report 2009-02.

Between 1971 and 1983, the Alberta Research Council created a series of hydrogeological maps of Alberta. The geologists examined the sediment types present and used existing water well information to assign yield values to distinct zones within the mapped areas. They also looked at the materials, generally to a depth of 305 metres (1000 feet) below ground surface, and added the yields of the sediments encountered within this interval to arrive at a yield value for the whole.

Alberta Geological Survey compiled the shapefiles for the yield polygons, digitized by the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Agency, and then digitized the remaining linework for the remaining map areas. Afterwards, we created a geodatabase of the yield polygons for the entire province and assigned yield values to the polygons based on the original maps. We also assigned the most likely formation name, age and lithology to the yield polygon.

Place Keywords: 72e; 72l; 72m; 73d; 73e; 73l; 73m; 74d; 74e; 74l; 74m; 82g; 82h; 82i; 82j; 82n; 82o; 82p; 83a; 83b; 83c; 83d; 83e; 83f; 83g; 83h; 83i; 83j; 83k; 83l; 83m; 83n; 83o; 83p; 84a; 84b; 84c; 84d; 84e; 84f; 84g; 84h; 84i; 84j; 84k; 84l; 84m; 84n; 84o; 84p; alberta; canada

Theme Keywords: geology; gis data; groundwater; hydrogeology; mapping; yields

Related Publications
Report Code	Title
ESR 1971-01	Hydrogeology of the Red Deer Area, Alberta
ESR 1971-03	Hydrogeology of the Rocky Mountain House area, Alberta
ESR 1972-01	Hydrogeology of the Drumheller Area, Alberta
ESR 1972-02	Hydrogeology of the Bison Lake Area, Alberta
ESR 1972-03	Hydrogeology of the Mount Watt Area, Alberta
ESR 1972-08	Hydrogeology of the Wabamun Lake Area, Alberta
ESR 1972-11	Hydrogeology of the Tawatinaw Area, Alberta
ESR 1974-01	Hydrogeology of the Lethbridge-Fernie Area, Alberta
ESR 1974-02	Hydrogeology of the Waterways-Winefred Lake Area, Alberta
ESR 1974-04	Hydrogeology of the Foremost Area, Alberta
ESR 1974-09	Hydrogeology of the Gleichen Area, Alberta
ESR 1974-10	Hydrogeology of the Edmonton Area (Northwest Segment), Alberta
ESR 1975-01	Hydrogeology of the Wainwright Area, Alberta
ESR 1975-02	Hydrogeology of the Medicine Hat area, Alberta
ESR 1975-05	Hydrogeology of the Vermillion area, Alberta
ESR 1976-01	Hydrogeology of the Edmonton area, (northeast segment), Alberta
ESR 1976-02	Hydrogeology of the Iosegun Lake area, Alberta
ESR 1976-03	Hydrogeology of the Whitecourt area, Alberta
ESR 1976-04	Hydrogeology of the Grande Prairie Area, Alberta
ESR 1976-05	Hydrogeology of the Mount Robson-Wapiti area, Alberta
ESR 1977-01	Hydrogeology of the Lesser Slave Lake Area, Alberta
ESR 1977-02	Hydrogeology of the Calgary-Golden area, Alberta
ESR 1977-05	Hydrogeology of the Brazeau-Canoe River area, Alberta
ESR 1978-02	Hydrogeology of the Oyen Area, Alberta
ESR 1978-05	Hydrogeology of the southwest segment, Edmonton, Alberta
ESR 1978-06	Hydrogeology of the Bitumount-Namur Lake Area, Alberta
ESR 1979-01	Hydrogeology of the Sand River Area, Alberta
ESR 1979-03	Hydrogeology of the Winagami area, Alberta
ESR 1979-04	Hydrogeology of the Kananaskis Lake Area, Alberta
ESR 1979-05	Hydrogeology of the Peerless Lake area, Alberta
ESR 1979-06	Hydrogeology of the Edmonton area (southeast segment), Alberta
ESR 1979-07	Hydrogeology of the Edson area, Alberta
ESR 1980-01	Hydrogeology of the Pelican-Algar Lake Area, Alberta
ESR 1980-02	Hydrogeology of the Steen River-Whitesand River Area, Alberta
ESR 1980-03	Hydrogeology of the Zama-Bistcho Lakes Area, Alberta
ESR 1981-02	Hydrogeology of the Peace River Area, Alberta
ESR 1982-04	Hydrogeology of the Clear Hills-Chinchaga River area, Alberta
MAP 118	Hydrogeological map of the Brazeau - Canoe River area, Alberta, NTS 83C-NTS 83D
OFR 2009-02	Compilation of Alberta Groundwater Information from Existing Maps and Data Sources