Groundwater Discharge Area for the Diamond Valley Flow System, Central Nevada

This dataset represents the groundwater discharge area in the Diamond Valley Flow System, central Nevada. Vegetated areas within the groundwater discharge area are composed of phreatophytic shrubs with smaller areas of grassland, marshland, xeric vegetation, bare soil, and agricultural lands where phreatophytic shrubs historically were present. Vegetated areas outside the groundwater discharge area are primarily composed of xeric vegetation and bare soil although very sparse phreatophytic shrubs may be present on the outer margins of the boundary. The groundwater discharge area was mapped in the summer of 2011 using field reconnaissance and supporting digital data. Additional supporting field information was gathered in fall of 2014.