2,150
2,250
3,400
3,300
SAN BERNARDINO BASE LINE
DeadmanLake(Dry)
EmersonLake(Dry)
MelvilleLake(Dry)
Galway Lake(Dry)
SoggyLake(Dry)
MeansLake(Dry)
Pipes
Pipes
Wash
Wash
Coyote Lake (Dry)
HarperLake(Dry)
TroyLake(Dry)
El Mirage Lake(Dry)
Coyote Lake(Dry)
Langford Well Lake
(Dry)
Rabbit Lake (Dry)
LucerneLake (Dry)
Bicycle Lake(Dry)
Mojave
River
58
247
40
18
15
40
247
247
18
18
18
247
62
58
395
15
Mts
Cady
Lucerne Valley
Helendale
Afton C
anyon
Calico
Mts
Iron
Mtn
Hesperia
UpperNarrows
Lower Narrows
Victorville
AppleValley
Adelanto
George Air ForceBase
Barstow
DaggettNewberrySprings
NewberryMts
Ord
Mts
CampCady
Mts
Granite
Elev 3,065
Camp Rock-Harper Lake Fault Zone
Calico-
Newberry
Helendale
Fault
Fault
Mojave W
ater Agency m
anagement area
US
MC
AG
CC
Mojave Water Agency management area
USMCAGCC
Air/Ground Combat CenterU.S. Marine Corps
(USMCAGCC)
Mojave Water Agency management area
Area of
Perched Water
Landers
Yucca Valley
Twentynine Palms
San Bernardino Mts
Bernardino Mts
Bullion Mts
Cushenbury Canyon
Fort Irwin N
ational Training Center
Mojave Water Agency management area
Fort Irwin National Training Center
Mojave Water Agency management area
China Lake Navel Weapons Center
China L
ake Navel W
eapons C
enter
Edw
ards
Air
For
ce B
ase
Edwards Air Force Base
Four Corners
NEBO Marine Corps Supply Center
YERMO
Marine Corps Supply Center
San Gabriel Mts
32R3
Moj
ave
Wat
er A
genc
y m
anag
emen
t ar
ea
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2,850
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1,900
2,000
OldWomanSprings
Rabbit Springs
SurpriseSpring
MesquiteSpring
2N1
33J1
34K134N1
34Q1 35K135P1
36H2
36K3
36L1
13R1
25M229J3
17A1
29R3
31C1
31G1
10N1
22D1
22L223A1
23P1
28Q1 34B134D1
12G1
30J2
30N1
33A2
34M1
34N1
36A1
36G1
4N3
16H4
17E1
27C1
31A431C1
32P1
33J333K535F1
34A1
35N1
3D14A1
4B110D1
3D1
1G1
12B1
12N1
13A1
22J1 24H1
27A127K236C1
11M1
18B1
30N1
31D1
2C1
3A13B14H1
5B1
10D4
11R319A1
36R1
4B1
4F1
4L3
5A1
7K1
12P1
19R2
20G1
20N2
28L129M3
29Q1
29R130P2
31C232J1
32R3
6F3
7E1
3C1
4K25K1
12N112Q1
22E2
2J1
27B1
19N1
20C1
20M1
27H128D1
29G1
32D6
34D1 36G1
17L1
28P3
29C1
31J333N1
34D1
2Q2
5P2 9D4
13E1
15R1
17L118C2
20E1
20Q1
21C1
27D1
2J13K1
7E1
7R1
10H1
10R1 14A2
18Q1
26J1
21G1
9N2
13P117H2
4Q1
12N216E1
7G1
15J1
16D1
23G1
30C1
1C3
4H1
1M17N1
12A2
12D115C1
17E3
18B1
19G6
19M1
30A6
31L9
17C1
29D1
32Q1
36B1
1A21C5
1D2
1R1
3A5
8N2
24P3
36Q1
21H1
27D1
23M1
28L1
17D1
32B2
32L1
35F3
12H2
25G1
28F131C1
36R1
32Q1
22J1
23R1
27E6
30A3
8Q1
11P3
13N1
14D4
15K123B1
25Q135J2
22E222E3
17D1
5J1
22P1
27B127R1
36J1
34N4
34E3 34F1
6Q3
30M1
9L1
10P2
18N1
21A2
10E1
10Q44J8
4M7
9D8 10E413B3
11Q1
12A412F4
1A2
2E1
3D2
5N28D1
34D1
32Q4
26Q133H3 34L2
35L1
11L5
30F1
10D1
33D136D3
26R1
7D1
16D1
28R2
28R1
29R130N1
16J117L1
31A136B1
28N1
34P4
31E1
12G2
31B2
9Q1
17M1 19B1
1C1
2H1
20J3
34N135J1
36R1
36A1
4H2
35C3
32P6
2,900
23F1
26N1
34Q1
35A1
4C3
4D3
4K4
4Q2
32J1
5G2
10E3
10D1
14H1
22N1
22P1
23G1
18N2
24H1
32B3
32F3
33E333J1
33R1
2,737
2,133
15
395
19B1
22E1
11P1
34D1
3D1
10L1 --
13M4
2,852
2,756
13R3
R6WR7WR5W R4W R3W R2W R1W
Mojave Water Agency management area
1,800
1,825
2,200
2,20
0
2,175
2,22
5
2,400
2,250
2,250 2,775
2,750
2,900
2,875
2,850 2,850
3,000
2,800
2,800
2,775
2,750
2,725 2,700
2,80
0 3,1
00
3,000 2,975
2,950
2,925
2,850
2,800
2,750
2,700
2,650
2,600
2,550
2,500
2,450
2,400
2,350
2,300
2,200
2,100
2,000
2,100
1,750
1,725
1,725
1,70
0
1,750
2,750 2,7
75
2,900
3,000
3,100
2,700
2,400
2,900 2,925
3,000
3,100 1,77
5
2,200
2,225
2,275
2,125
2,125
2,100
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2,150
1,550
2,000
2,200
2,200
2,275
2,400
2,90
0
2,850
2,825
2,050
2,200
2,300
2,250
2,150
1,6001,7
00
1,800
1,850
1,9001,950
2,100
2,050
1,950
1,900
2,000
2,30
0
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?
?
?
Little San
Copper Mountain Fault
Emerson Fault
Elkins Fault
Pinto Mountain Fault
Mesquite Fault
Homestead Fault
Johnson Valley Fault
Fault
San Jacinto Fault Zone
TransverseArch
San Andreas Fault Zone
1,950 5A1
36M42,874
36M62,884
2,900?
?
2,900
Yucca Valley
2,8683,118
2,9672,963
2,928
2,941
2,952
2,9252,942
2,904
2,922
2,851
2,927
2,911
2,891
2,953
2,958
3,442
3,529
3,524
33J1
34K134N1
34Q135K135P1
36H2
36K3
36L1
29R3
31C1
31G1
3D1
4A1
10D1
34P4
31E1
2,92029J3
2,950
Inset A(Enlarged)
Inset A3,000
2,035
Fault - Dashed where approximately located, dotted where concealed
Water-table contour - Shows altitude of water table. Contour interval, in feet, is variable; dashed where approximately located, queried where uncertain. Hachures indicate depression. Datum is sea level
Generalized direction of ground-water movement
Well in which water table was measured - Top number is well number. Bottom number is altitude of water table, in feet above sea level. Measured in 1996. Dashes ( ) indicate no measurement made 1996
Spring Extinct spring
Well with historical data shown first in sequence on a multiple-well hydrograph
2,200 ?2,250 ?
Multiple well site - Top number is well number. Bottom number is altitude of water table, in feet above sea level. Measured in 1996
(Intermediate contour)
Mojave Water Agency management area
Mojave River ground-water basin (approximate)
Morongo ground-water basin (approximate)
Subarea
Subbasin boundary
Fort Irwin ground-water basins (approximate)
Mojave River drainageBoundaries -
30A32,786
7R11,702
EXPLANATION
10 MILES
10 KILOMETERS0 2 4 6 8
0 2 4 6 8
36M62,884
1930 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000
1930 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000
1930 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000
1930 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000
1930 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000
1930 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000
1930 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000
14N/3E-14H12,200
2,225
2,175
2,150
2,125
2,100
1930 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000
1930 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000
1930 40 50 60 70 80 90 1930 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000
1930 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000
1930 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000
1930 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000
1930 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000
1930 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000
1930 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000
1930 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000
1930 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000
1930 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000
1930 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000
1,800
1,825
1,775
1,750
1,725
1,700
1N/8E-12G1
1S/9E-3D12,050
2,025
2,000
1,975
1,9501,925
14N/3E-32J1
2,300
2,325
2,275
2,250
2,225
2,200
11N/4W-29R11,950
1,975
1,925
1,900
1,875
1,850
11N/3W-28R1, 28R2
2,050
2,075
2,025
2,000
1,975
1,950
8N/4W-12Q12,350
2,375
2,325
2,300
2,275
2,250
8N/4W-31R1
2,450
2,475
2,425
2,400
2,375
2,350
5N/1W-25G12,800
2,825
2,775
2,750
2,725
2,700
5N/1E-17D12,800
2,825
2,775
2,750
2,725
2,700
5N/4W-11P1, -11P32,800
2,825
2,775
2,750
2,725
2,700
2,225
2,250
2,200
2,175
2,125
2,150
2,100
9N/3E-3D1, 3D2
1,800
1,825
1,775
1,750
1,725
1,700
9N/3E-34D1, 34N1
1,800
1,825
1,775
1,750
1,725
1,700
4N/3W-1M1
2,875
2,900
2,850
2,825
2,800
2,775
4N/3E-23G1
2,850
2,825
2,800
2,775
2,750
2,725
3N/7E-36G11,875
1,850
1,825
1,800
1,775
1,750
3,000
3,050
3,1003,150
2,950
1,875
1,850
1,825
1,800
1,775
1,750
3N/8E-29C1
2N/7E-2C1
2,275
2,250
2,200
2,225
2,175
2,150
2,125
2,100
2N/6E-18B12,900
2,925
2,850
2,875
2,800
2,825
5N/5W-22E1, 22E2
2,850
2,825
2,800
2,775
2,750
2,725
1930 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000
1,9501,975
1,925
1,900
1,875
1,850
1N/9E-33H2
1930 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000
9N/2W-19B1, 9N/3W-13R12,225
2,250
2,200
2,175
2,125
2,150
2,100
1930 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000
2,850
2,825
2,800
2,775
2,750
2,725
4N/4W-1D2
1930 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000
2,050
2,075
2,025
2,000
1,975
1,950
1930 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000
7N/4W-30C12,575
2,550
2,525
2,500
2,475
2,450
1930 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000
3N/7E-31E12,300
2,325
2,275
2,250
2,225
2,200
9N/1W-27D1
2,936
3,077
2,420
2,460
2,8502,514
2,272
2,111
1,891
1,973
2,850
2,880
1930 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000
9N/1E-10L11,850
1,875
1,800
1,825
1,900
1,925
1,823
10N/2W-32B1
10N/2W-33R162,175
2,159
2,050
2,175
2,150
2,125
2,100
2,075
1930 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000
1930 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000
2,255 2,245
3,087
36M1
36K236K12,856
2,95336K1 36K2
2,958
3,200
3,3003,400
28N1
0 2 KILOMETERS
0 2 MILES
4R4
Los
Ang
eles
Cou
nty
San
Ber
nard
ino
Cou
nty
Ker
n C
ount
y
Kern County
San
Ber
nard
ino
Cou
nty
Los
Ang
eles
Cou
nty
San
Ber
nard
ino
Cou
nty
2,956
34Q2
4B1
R
iver
M
ojav
e
1,908
State well number Altitude of land surface, in feet above sea level
2,073
R6E
T1N
T2N
R6WR7WR8W
R5W
Base from U.S. Geological Survey digital elevation data, 1:250,000, 1987, and digital data, 1:100,000, 1981-89; Universal Transverse Mercator Projection, Zone 11. Shaded relief base from 1:250,000-scaleDigital Elevation Model; simulated sun illumination from northwest at 30 degrees above horizon
Los Angeles
San Diego
0 MILES100
KILOMETERS1000
Inyo Co
SanBernardino Co
Kern Co
Los Angeles Co
Orange CoRiverside Co
Imperial CoSan Diego Co
Ventura Co
San Luis Obispo
Co
Santa Barbara Co
Pacific OceanMojave Desert
CaliforniaMexico
Nevada
Arizona
Mojave Water Agency management area
boundary
Mojave Riverdrainage basin
boundary
Morongo ground-water
basin
Fort Irwin ground-water
basin
MAP AREA
Lenwood Fault
Location of study area
ANTELOPE
VALLEY
T1S
T1N
T2N
T3N
T4N
T 5 N
T 6 N
T 7 N
T8N
T9N
T11N
T10N
ALT
ITU
DE
, IN
FE
ET
A
BO
VE
SE
A L
EV
EL
YEAR
Hydrograph - Shows period of record for well. Dashed where no data; dots indicate actual data values
2,074
3,3402,320
2,045
2,827
3,045
T3N
T4N
T5N
T6N
T7N
T8N
T9N
T10N
T11N
T32S
T12N
T30S
T29S
T31S
Faults modified from Schaefer, 1978; Bortugno, 1986; Londquist and Martin,1991; and J.C. Matti, and G.I. Dixon, U.S. Geological Survey, written commun., 1994Fort Irwin ground-water basin boundaries modified from Wilson F. So andAssociates, 1989
R3W R7E R8E R9ER5E R6ER4ER3ER1ER1W R2ER2W
T1S
R4W
Surprise Spring Fault
34Q236M1
5A1
31E12,262
PINTO
MTS
33H22,853
2,376 1,961 2,075
3,121 3,122
2,561
2,449
2,329
2,788 2,788
2,480
1,820
1,960
1,823 1,820
2,853
REGIONAL WATER TABLE (1996) AND WATER-LEVEL CHANGES IN THE MOJAVE RIVER, THE MORONGO, AND THE FORT IRWIN GROUND-WATER BASINS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
IRWINBASIN
BICYCLEBASIN
FORT IRWINGROUND-WATER
BASINS
MOJAVE RIVER GROUND-WATER BASIN
MOJAVE RIVER GROUND-WATER
BASIN
MORONGOGROUND-WATER BASIN
MORONGOGROUND-WATER BASIN
MORONGOGROUND-WATER BASIN
MOJAVE RIVER GROUND-WATER BASIN
LANGFORDBASIN
Mojave River ground-water
Basin
1930 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000
3N/7E-31E12,300
2,325
2,275
2,250
2,225
2,200
2,514
28R1
34N11,728
13H2
11M112,011 2,011
11R1 12N71,999
13B21,986
MOJAVE RIVER GROUND-WATER BASIN
2,87436M4
T12N
R41E R42E R43E R44E R45E R46E R47ER40E R1E R2E R3E R4E R5E
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WATER-RESOURCES INVESTIGATIONS REPORT 97-4160Regional water table (1996) and water-level changes - PLATE 1U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Prepared in cooperation with the MOJAVE WATER AGENCY, the U.S. MARINE CORPS AIR/GROUND COMBAT CENTER, and the U.S. ARMY FORT IRWIN NATIONAL TRAINING CENTER
R8ER7E R9E
T14N
T15N
T13N
1930 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000
1N/5E-36K1, K2
3,150
3,100
3,050
3,000
2,950
2,900
2,850
2,800
1N/5E-34N1
2000
14M1
27R1
3,241
3,238
3,067
3,476
3,118
2,9672,963
2,928
2,941
2,952
2,9252,942
2,904
-- 2,856
2,922
2,851
2,210
3,029
2,2742,920
2,927
2,911 2,891
2,868
2,177
2,172
2,1762,170
2,180
2,278 2,2712,278
1,772
2,185
2,180
2,199
2,392
2,433
1,931
1,928
1,770
1,778
1,759
1,782
1,9311,934
1,958
1,9531,949
1,856
1,787
1,964
2,956
3,442
3,529
1,957
2,908
2,925
2,933
2,936
3,238 3,002
3,2393,2333,155
2,321
2,857
3,015
3,079
2,1392,2002,225
2,229
2,219
2,2112,242
2,015
1,801
1,801
1,801
1,801
1,829
1,657
1,548
1,548
1,547
1,5471,685
1,548
1,5471,758
1,7621,685
1,693
2,896
2,924
2,748
2,7592,756
2,911
3,318
2,250
2,334
2,245
2,2452,245
1,8322,241
2,241
2,244
2,228 1,831
1,803
1,801
1,803
1,8301,808
1,800
2,809
2,725 2,746
2,847
2,867
2,8172,820
2,891
2,967
2,877
2,980
2,840
2,907
2,917
2,897
2,928 2,856
2,920 2,948
2,889
2,887
2,8942,910
2,852
2,831
2,781
2,783
2,778
2,8822,840
2,836
2,882
2,696
2,737
2,740
2,745
2,567
2,820
2,881
2,883
2,253
2,919
2,961
2,723
2,707
2,711
2,786
2,696
2,720
2,829
2,718
2,829
2,924
2,8952,850
2,755
2,585
2,576
2,588
2,782
2,825
2,848
2,836
2,398
2,574
1,7572,637
2,651
2,768
2,039
1,805
1,721
1,718
1,721
1,727
1,805
1,669
1,6801,681
1,712
1,721
1,719
1,7241,715
2,067
1,710
1,709
1,602
1,698
1,706
1,896
2,479
1,723
1,975
1,998
2,0091,8701,877
1,4382,285
2,2602,308
3,524
2,913
3,200
2,851
2,774
2,784
2,778
1,7091,701
1,692
1,707
1,711
2,026
1,709
2,764
2,285
2,2802,292
2,311
2,257
2,273
2,314
2,320
2,135
2,097
2,135
2,069
2,123
2,2482,238
2,215
2,154
2,179
2,267
2,277
2,283
2,2762,304
2,320
2,150
2,175
MesquiteLake (Dry)
SA
N B
ER
NA
RD
INO
ME
RID
IAN
15E4
22R7
7R1
12F1
14L415Q2
26H1
27J527Q328J1
7P2
19M2
20C4
29E3
3Q14K1
23D1
25B2
16R1
3E2 3G9
11H35H1
6A132P1
35A135M2
30P2
15H1
15N3
16F4
22B6
23J1
7Q1
30B2 29D1
35D3
4K36H2
19J1
10J15
11K15
12L5
15Q2
27D1
20M228G3
28J832F12 33L3
3K9
9L1 11C3
31L3
6A46H6
6L136L83J2
30D1
31D1
32B1
25E626L227F128M1
36J4
4A7
4Q105N7
5N8
6P2
19B2
21R1
27C1
1R711C1
13R1
15A1
21K1
23C1
23F4
24Q2
22J4
5J1
8F1
19Q1
10Q1
12C1
12Q1
23Q1
24J2
2B5
3A23D3
3E3
4D1
33C4
9M1
6N17B3
13H2
23R3 24R8
9R1
19G420Q11
21M4
29E6
31R1
30C1
4P15R3
22G123B1
3P3
12E2
8N1
15Q1
17B3
6D13
7M3
19C8
30G4
19K1
29M1
30J2
30P5
33N134E2
34M8
1J11K1
1L22Q13Q24K16R3
12F1
12G3
12H112K1
12P213G4
13G6
13B220A1
13R2
14L1
21J221L2
19Q7
30E1
31D331E3
31L1
5D2
24P4
25K6
25R425R5
34G1
9A1
15J1
27H1
6R1
3,104
2,910
2,999
3,055
3,019
2,974
2,529
2,563
2,603
2,630
2,619
2,650
2,612
2,585
24P32,583
2,5522,544
2,5422,584
2,559
2,5602,576
2,5812,585
2,584
2,574
2,4512,451
2,502
2,505
2,5142,527
2,518
2,474
2,486
2,500
2,496
2,514
2,5202,514
2,263
2,284
2,292
2,341
2,299
2,343
2,316
2,316
2,3882,391
2,3792,317
2,3122,398
1,8141,848
6E11,822
1,804
1,825
1,807
1,820
1,9631,816
1,809
2,040
2,041
2,047 2,039
2,022
2,016
1,994
1,986
1,984
2,058
1,804 1,747
1,806
1,800
1,748
1,787
1,791
1,7341,735
1,795
2,068
2,087
2,097
2,0992,107
2,108
2,116
33R162,105
2,1112,122
2,123
2,1182,121
2,130
2,134
2,149
2,152
2,165
1,729
1,739
1,751
1,794
2,132
2,132
2,150
2,150
2,151
2,161
2,203
2,174
2,183
2,152
2,012
2,087
1,8351,831
1,8412,054
2,054
2,047
1,804
1,7441,747
2,101
2,109
2,117
2,112
1,702
1,7191,7271,735
1,725
2,0782,0762,0772,096
2,1142,009
2,187
2,500
2,838
2,801
2,792
2,8102,813
2,824
2,8072,810
2,815
2,811
2,820
2,7792,788
2,797
2,808
2,779
2,784
2,851
2,7602,794
2,796
2,803
2,801
2,803
2,803
2,786
2,699
2,733
2,728
2,743
2,736
2,7432,748
2,7872,761
2,765
2,880
2,906
2,735
2,6692,675
2,672
2,6792,696
2,587
2,588
2,773
2,761
2,665
2,7562,803
2,873
2,808
2,708
2,747
2,7692,895
1N/7E-23A1CALIFO
RNIA
Joshua Tree
Scale modified(Altitude increments, 50 feet)
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Scale modified(Altitude increments, 50 feet)
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LowerNarrows
Surprise
Spring
San
Bern
ardi
no C
oKe
rn C
o
Oeste
Joshua Tree
Lucerne Valley
Victorville
Barstow
Emerson
Mesquite
Mojave Water Agency management area
boundary
Mainside
Palms
Bicycle Basin
Irwin Basin
Langford Basin
Baja
BajaMojave River
drainage divideboundary
Mojave River ground-water basin
Fort Irwin ground-water
basins
Morongo ground-water basin
U.S. Army Fort Irwin National Training Center
U.S. Marine Corps Air/Ground
Combat Center
Rise, greater than 5 feet
Decline, greater than 5 feetChange, within 5 feet
20 MILES
20 KILOMETERS0
0 10
10
Well and change in water-table altitude-
Figure 2. Short-term (1990-94 to 1996) water-level changes in the Mojave River, the Morongo,and the Fort Irwin ground-water basins in the southwestern Mojave Desert, California.
Subarea
Boundaries-
Subbasin
Centro
Centro
Alto
Alto
Alto
Este
Los
Ange
les
Co
San
Bern
ardi
no C
o
MesquiteCopper
Mountain
Warren
Deadman
Reche
Giant Rock
Twentynine
Pipes
Means
JohnsonFry
Upper Johnson
Lucerne
EXPLANATION
(Tran
sition
area
)
Mendez, G.O., and Christensen, A.H.,1997, Regional water table (1996) and water-level changes in the Mojave River, the Morongo, and the Fort Irwin ground-water basins, San Bernardino County, California
Mojave River
