Geosam database statistics

There are currently a total of 74510 records in Geosam!

There are 38579 sites that have chip samples! (Total footage: 9962954')
Total number of samples: 1435490

There are 1705 sites that have core samples! (Total footage: ~465043.58')

There are 21934 sites that have only a drillers log - no samples

Average well depth for 67477 drilled holes: 245'

There are 3493 exposures (outcrop, quarry face or pit, and roadcut) catalogued! (Total footage: ~71938.07')

There is a total of 16651062.1 feet (3154 miles) of data information available.

There are 21921 scanned striplogs online!
There are 51361 pdfs of the drillers logs online!

Records received this year (2012): 327 (Total footage: 64106')
    Total footage Chip samples (97 wells) cut: 1867'
    Total footage Chip samples uncut: 1132'

Number of wells drilled in the 2010s: 1851
Number of wells drilled in the 2000s: 14103
Number of wells drilled in the 1990s: 12208
Number of wells drilled in the 1980s: 5138
Number of wells drilled in the 1970s: 6012
Number of wells drilled in the 1960s: 10970
Number of wells drilled in the 1950s: 7868
Number of wells drilled in the 1940s: 3091
Number of wells drilled in the 1930s: 967
Number of wells drilled in the 1920s: 293
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 135 oil tests on file!

  Well type
(with chip samples)
Studied
(count / footage)
Unstudied
(count / footage)
  Bridge sounding 0 / 0 /
  Commercial 499 / 289997 388 / 128641
  Drainage 0 / 0 /
  Exploration (Other) 1354 / 265656 792 / 232498
  Gas storage 255 / 269614 282 / 455507
  Geotechnical 0 / 0 /
  Heat pump 7 / 2556 100 / 29632
  Irrigation 34 / 11550 291 / 49021
  Livestock 116 / 39459 1169 / 302377
  Mineral Exploration 2 / 452 123 / 9019
  Monitor 37 / 8031 50 / 3232
  Municipal 1166 / 799224 631 / 191943.5
  Oil Exploration 115 / 225759 6 / 8015
  Other 1520 / 333860 1268 / 303871
  Private 10413 / 2356691 14250 / 3098649
  Public access 611 / 275574 507 / 160994.5
  Rural Water District 11 / 1844 101 / 7388
  Stratigraphic 1 / 264 4 / 2567
  Structure 0 / 4 / 10841
  Subdivision 33 / 12355 57 / 18706
  Test (water only) 1196 / 144082 1423 / 141075
  Unknown 1691 / 327046 818 / 184950

Total footage of 38,579 wells with chip samples: 9,962,954
Total studied footage of 17,604 wells with chips: 5,007,531 (50%)
Total unstudied footage of 20,975 wells with chips samples: 4,955,423 (50%)