{"id":1845068,"date":"2025-10-19T19:03:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T23:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1845068"},"modified":"2025-10-24T08:40:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T12:40:09","slug":"14-million-water-wells-in-the-u-s-mapped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/10\/14-million-water-wells-in-the-u-s-mapped\/","title":{"rendered":"14 Million Water Wells in the U.S., Mapped"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The National Ground Water Association has announced<\/a> the launch of an interactive map showing the location of some 14 million water wells in the United States<\/a> (yes, Alaska and Hawaii too). \u201cUse this tool to estimate well depths for new installations, analyze water table trends in your area, identify neighboring wells before drilling, research historical well data, and make informed decisions about well placement and design.\u201d [Tara Calishain<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The National Ground Water Association has announced the launch of an interactive map showing the location of some 14 million water wells in the United States (yes, Alaska and Hawaii too). \u201cUse this tool to… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[{"did":"did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo","date":"2025-10-19T23:03:57+00:00","uri":"at:\/\/did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3m3lfxoorc723","response":"{\"uri\":\"at:\/\/did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3m3lfxoorc723\",\"cid\":\"bafyreidhq5bh4ezyuk2o33nheqjtluesevr535u7xdr7y6xlbizqtrcmi4\",\"commit\":{\"cid\":\"bafyreic6cxfymgm5nquo3pjspwiy574kfweorbyp25tevl4gt2j4gm73by\",\"rev\":\"3m3lfxooy4x23\"},\"validationStatus\":\"valid\"}"},{"did":"did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo","date":"2025-10-19T23:03:58+00:00","uri":"at:\/\/did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3m3lfxptrdb2f","response":"{\"uri\":\"at:\/\/did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3m3lfxptrdb2f\",\"cid\":\"bafyreidhq5bh4ezyuk2o33nheqjtluesevr535u7xdr7y6xlbizqtrcmi4\",\"commit\":{\"cid\":\"bafyreidimmgf5q526wzpp2mz2ee3mtdlhtx45hmj6fckrys4zbk3uw5l74\",\"rev\":\"3m3lfxpty5z2f\"},\"validationStatus\":\"valid\"}"}],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[737,114],"tags":[158,1147],"class_list":["post-1845068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-infrastructure","category-web-mapping","tag-usa","tag-water-supply","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1785656,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/05\/mapping-global-fresh-water-availability\/","url_meta":{"origin":1845068,"position":0},"title":"Mapping Global Fresh Water Availability","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"25 May 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"NASA Earth Observatory: \"The map above depicts changes in water storage on Earth\u2014on the surface, underground, and locked in ice and snow\u2014between 2002 and 2016. 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