Help for the Interactive Map of Utah's Geothermal Wells & Springs

  First Look
Database Fields
  USGS Well Coordinate System

Zoom
Inset Map
Navigation Arrows
 Legend
Search
 Printing

First Look

The first page shows a map of Utah at 100% and Zoom, Legend, Search, and Print buttons at the left.

  • yellow circles are springs
  • orange circles are wells
  • black circles are miscellaneous sites such as 4 collectors, a mine and 2 typos
  • purple circles are city locations
  • black lines are roads
  • red lines are Quaternary faults
  • red polygons are volcanic flows
  • red circles are volcanic vents

Database Fields

Clicking on a yellow, orange, purple, or black circle displays the data associated with that point in a data table adjacent to the map.

Field Name Comments Example
Id   2645
Mapno_co county code + number WA-006
County county WASHINGTON
Region_loc region location St. George Basin
Source_we well/spring name Veyo Hot Spring
Location usgs well coordinates (C-40-16)06cdb
Quad_usgs usgs quadrangle, u=uinta meridan C
Township C, B = South; A, D = North 40
Range C,D = West; A,B = East 16
Section section 6
Qtr_sectio quarter-section cdb
Idname_us usgs name 372000113413000
Type   Spring
Temp_°C temperature 32.2
Class_hig high = temp > 25°C; low = Temp < 25°C Spring High
Depth_of_w depth of well, m  
Flow   1529.1
Rate_units   L/Min
Longitude_ Decimal Degrees 113.6917
Latitude_ Decimal Degrees 37.3333
Utm_eastin easting (Zones 12T & 12S in Utah) 261526
Utm_northi northing (Zones 12T & 12S in Utah) 4135046
Depth to w depth to water, m 37
Status   Pumped, Flowing
Date   20-Apr-67
Reference   USGS/NWIS: 2000
Ph Ph 8.1
Conductivi conductivity, microseimens 515
Sodium_mg mg/l 30.0
Potassium_ mg/l 3.5
Calcium_m mg/l 35.0
Magnesium_ mg/l 25.0
Aluminum_ mg/l 0.0300
Iron_mg_l mg/l 0.07
Silica_mg mg/l 32.0
Boron_mg_ mg/l 0.110
Lithium_m mg/l 0.130
Bicarbonat mg/l 218.0
Sulfur_mg mg/l 73.0
Chlorine_ mg/l 30.0
Fluorine_ mg/l 0.70
Arsenic_m mg/l 0.019
Total_diss Total Dissolved Solids, measured; mg/l 334
Total_diss Total Dissolved Solids, calculated ; mg/l 301
Cations_an Cations/anions charge balance x100 109

United States Geological Survey
Well Location Coordinate System

Zoom


The ZOOM button increases or decreases magnification of the view of the large map from no-magnification (100%) to the highest magnification (1600%).

Inset Map

Inset map located in upper left corner of interactive map.

An inset map of Utah appears at any zoom value other than 100%. Clicking on the INSET MAP button turns the inset map on or off.

The red box on the inset map outlines the area viewed in the big map. Clicking anywhere on the inset map will bring up that area on the big map.

Navigation Arrows

Clicking on the navigation arrows on the map border allows you to pan the image.

Legend

 Click on the LEGEND button to open a new window containing the map symbols.

Map Symbols

Cities
Roads
Quaternary Faults 
Volcanic Vents
  Volcanic Flows
 
Geothermal Database Symbols
Spring 555 sites
Spring? 7 sites
Well 2402 sites
Well? 5 sites
Collector 4 sites
Mine 4 sites
D 2 sites
T 2 sites

Search

search windowsearch buttonClick on the SEARCH button to search for well name.

Highlight the Result of the search and click the Show button to see the location of the sample on the map that will be zoomed in 1600%.
The actual site is not highlighted on the map, perhaps it will be in the next update.

Printing

Map Frame

The map frame is printed by clicking on the PRINTER button, naming the title, and then printing. The attributes of the data and the inset map are also printed.

Data Frame

There are three frames visible in the browser window including map and data frames. Map and data frames have scroll bars. Data is printed using the following procedures for Internet ExplorerTM and NetscapeTM.

Internet Explorer - Frames are printed by clicking the mouse arrow anywhere on the desired frame (data) then, at the menu at the top of the page click File - Print Preview (you will see all frames) on the tool bar select "Only the Selected Frame". Only the specified  frame will appear in the preview and only it will be printed.

Netscape - Frames are printed by clicking on File - Print Preview (you will see the entire screen). Click the Right mouse button on the data frame, go to "This Frame" then "Show Only This Frame". Only the data  frame will appear in the preview and only it will be printed.