Geosam database statistics

There are currently a total of 76195 records in Geosam!

There are 39025 sites that have chip samples! (Total footage: 10085985.1')
Total number of samples: 1456486

There are 1740 sites that have core samples! (Total footage: ~468196.7')

There are 23148 sites that have only a drillers log - no samples

Average well depth for 69230 drilled holes: 244'

There are 3499 exposures (outcrop, quarry face or pit, and roadcut) catalogued! (Total footage: ~72254.07')

There is a total of 17017333.17 feet (3223 miles) of data information available.

There are 22016 scanned striplogs online!
There are 55248 pdfs of the drillers logs online!

Records received this year (2013): 606 (Total footage: 128228')
    Total footage received Core: 1155'
    Total footage Chip samples (314 wells) cut: 30122'
    Total footage Chip samples uncut: 6894'

Number of wells drilled in the 2010s: 3197
Number of wells drilled in the 2000s: 14211
Number of wells drilled in the 1990s: 12239
Number of wells drilled in the 1980s: 5353
Number of wells drilled in the 1970s: 6041
Number of wells drilled in the 1960s: 10979
Number of wells drilled in the 1950s: 7947
Number of wells drilled in the 1940s: 3168
Number of wells drilled in the 1930s: 994
Number of wells drilled in the 1920s: 339
Number of wells drilled in the 1910s: 230
Number of wells drilled in the 1900s: 142
Number of wells drilled in the 1800s: 96

There are 137 oil tests on file!

  Well type
(with chip samples)
Studied
(count / footage)
Unstudied
(count / footage)
  Bridge sounding 0 / 0 /
  Commercial 514 / 299343 373 / 119298
  Drainage 0 / 0 /
  Exploration (Other) 1360 / 273875.6 786 / 224469
  Gas storage 271 / 289812 266 / 435310
  Geotechnical 0 / 0 /
  Heat pump 11 / 4291 111 / 33239
  Irrigation 37 / 12663 306 / 54258
  Livestock 128 / 43436 1176 / 304085
  Mineral Exploration 2 / 452 123 / 9019
  Monitor 37 / 8031 51 / 3282
  Municipal 1174 / 803493 634 / 194471.5
  Oil Exploration 116 / 226330 5 / 7444
  Other 1528 / 342943.6 1260 / 294978
  Private 10465 / 2373859 14357 / 3120701
  Public access 622 / 284061 505 / 155173.5
  Rural Water District 12 / 2284 100 / 6948
  Stratigraphic 1 / 264 4 / 2567
  Structure 2 / 6032 2 / 4809
  Subdivision 37 / 16500 53 / 14561
  Test (water only) 1194 / 143992 1434 / 143266
  Unknown 1693 / 327576 816 / 185219

Total footage of 39,025 wells with chip samples: 10,085,985
Total studied footage of 17,734 wells with chips: 5,084,213 (50%)
Total unstudied footage of 21,100 wells with chips samples: 4,954,036 (49%)