Skip Navigation

Douglas County Geohydrology

Prev Page--Wells and Springs || Next Page--References


Logs of Wells and Test Holes

Given on the following pages are logs of 88 test holes in Douglas County drilled by the State Geological Survey and logs of 108 wells and test holes obtained from drillers and other sources. Logs of test holes originally published by Lohman (1941) are indicated as T-1, T-2, etc.

Townships 11 and 12 || Township 13 || Township 14 || Township 15

15-17-1aa--Drillers log of test hole drilled by Jungmann Bros. Drilling Co. for city of Overbrook in NE NE sec. 1, T. 15 S., R. 17 E., in January 1953. Altitude of land surface, ±1,133 feet.Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Soil 2 2
Clay 11 13
Limestone 7 20
Shale 2 22
Limestone 3 25
Shale 2 27
Limestone 15 42
Shale 1 43
Limestone 14 57
Shale 18 75
Limestone 7 82
Shale, sandy 33 115
Limestone 7 122
Shale 13 135
Limestone 15 150
Shale, black 3 153
Limestone 3 156
Shale 12 168
Limestone 12 180
Shale 40 220
Shale, sandy 30 250
Sandstone (water 12 gpm) 68 318
Shale 9 327

15-17-1ac1--Drillers log of well drilled by Jungmann Bros. Drilling Co. for city of Overbrook in SW NE sec. 1, T. 15 S., R. 17 E., in February 1953. Altitude of land surface, ±1,144 feet.Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Soil 2 2
Clay and gravel 11 13
Limestone 7 20
Shale, black 2 22
Limestone 3 25
Shale 2 27
Limestone 13 40
Shale 13 53
Limestone 7 60
Shale 11 71
Sandstone 20 91
Shale 2 93
Shale, sandy 3 96
Limestone 14 110
Shale 6 116
Limestone 17 133
Shale, black 4 137
Limestone 2 139
Shale 7 146
Limestone 16 162
Shale 16 178
Limestone 1 179
Shale 16 195
Sandstone (6 gpm water) 60 255
Sandstone 40 295
Shale, sandy 10 305
Shale 20 325
Sandstone, very hard 6 331
Shale, sandy 19 350
Shale 10 360
Shale, sandy 60 420
Sandstone (fresh water) 87 507
Shale, black   507

15-17-1ac2--Drillers log of well drilled by Jungmann Bros. Drilling Co. for city of Overbrook in SW NE sec. 1, T. 15 S., R. 17 E., in March 1953. Altitude of land surface, ±1,141 feet.Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
No log 58 58
Limestone 4 62
Shale 40 102
Limestone 5 107
Shale 5 112
Limestone 18 130
Shale 5 135
Limestone 2 137
Shale 7 144
Limestone 21 165
Shale 30 195
Shale, sandy 48 243
Sandstone (water) 76 319
Shale, sandy 11 330
Sandstone 5 335
Shale, green 5 340
Sandstone 15 355
Shale 35 390
Shale, sandy 5 395
Sandstone (fresh water) 100 495
Shale, dark 2 497

15-17-2ab--Drillers log of test hole drilled by Jungmann Bros. Drilling Co. for city of Overbrook in NW NE sec. 2, T. 15 S., R. 17 E., in January 1953. Altitude of land surface, ±1,146 feet.Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Soil 2 2
Clay 23 25
Shale 10 35
Limestone 6 41
Shale . 2 43
Limestone 7 60
Shale 4 64
Limestone 12 76
Shale 25 101
Sandstone 32 133
Shale 2 135
Limestone 6 141
Shale 2 143
Limestone 25 168
Slate 2 170
Limestone 3 173
Shale 4 177
Limestone 16 193
Shale 17 210
Shale, red 5 215
Shale 15 230
Shale, sandy 50 280
Sandstone (water) 10 290

15-17-11ba2--Drillers log of well drilled by Charles Jungmann for Mr. McCarty in NE NW sec. 11, T. 15 S., R. 17 E., in August 1955.Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Soil 2 2
Shale 42 44
Limestone 35 79
Shale, sandy 39 118
Limestone 6 124
Shale 16 140
Limestone 13 153
Shale 5 158
Limestone 20 178
Shale 2 180
Limestone 5 185
Shale 10 195
Limestone 12 207
Shale 53 260
Shale, sandy 15 275
Sandstone (limy break at 314 ?) 85 360
Sandstone, broken, and shale 22 382

15-17-13dc--Drillers log of well drilled by Commerce Drilling Co. for R. E. Tutcher in SW SE sec. 13, T. 15 S., R. 17 E., in 1934 (?).Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Soil and clay 9 9
Limestone 18 27
Shale, black 3 30
Limestone 3 33
Shale, gray 10 43
Limestone 12 55
Shale, blue 20 75
Shale, light 15 90
Shale, sandy 72 162
Shale, gray 13 175
Shale, dark 27 202
Limestone 7 209
Shale, gray 11 220
Sandstone (water) 75 295
Sandstone, broken 20 315

15-18-1aa--Drillers log of well drilled by W. D. Wilson for Mr. Briedhaupt in NE NE sec. 1, T. 15 S., R. 18 E., in April 1948. Altitude of land surface, ±1,085 feet.Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Soil 1 1
Clay, yellow 4 5
Limestone 10 15
Shale, dark 3 18
Limestone 2 20
Shale, light 60 80
Sandstone, gray 15 95
Shale, sandy, gray 85 180
Sandstone (water) 45 225
Shale, sandy 55 280
Sandstone 20 300
Shale 1 301

15-18-7aa--Drillers log of well drilled by Commerce Drilling Co. for R. C. Price in NE NE sec. 7, T. 15 S., R. 18 E., in August 1934. Altitude of land surface, ±1,035 feet.Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Soil 5 5
Limestone 3 8
Shale, gray 3 11
Limestone 3 14
Shale, gray 5 19
Limestone 10 29
Shale, gray 25 54
Limestone 3 57
Shale, gray 13 70
Limestone 3 73
Shale, gray 22 95
Limestone 10 105
Shale, gray 3 108
Limestone 18 126
Shale, dark 5 131
Limestone 2 133
Shale, dark 5 138
Shale, gray 5 143
Limestone 8 151
Shale, gray 2 153
Limestone 4 157
Shale, gray 38 195
Shale, dark 12 207
Shale, sandy 9 216
Sandstone 54 270
Shale, gray 55 325
Limestone 5 330
Shale, sandy 5 335
Sandstone, broken 7 342
Shale, sandy 5 347
Sandstone 54 401
Shale, light 4 405
Shale, dark 9 414
Shale, light 3 417
Sandstone 10 427
Shale 7 434

15-18-7ad--Drillers log of well drilled by W. D. Wilson for Chris Straub in SE NE sec. 7, T. 15 S., R. 18 E., in 1952. Altitude of land surface, ±1,156 feet.Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Soil 2 2
Clay, yellow 5 7
Limestone, shell 6 13
Shale, black 3 16
Limestone 2 18
Shale, light 7 25
Limestone 8 33
Shale, light gray 22 55
Limestone 2 57
Shale, light 38 95
Limestone 3 98
Shale, light 14 112
Limestone 1 113
Shale, light 1 114
Limestone 15 129
Shale, black 17 146
Limestone 12 158
Shale, gray 7 165
Shale, sandy, gray 10 175
Shale, muddy 20 195
Shale, sandy 115 310
Shale, muddy, dark 5 315
Limestone, cap rock 3 318
Shale, sandy (water) 32 350

15-18-8ba--Drillers log of well drilled by Charles Jungmann for George Maichel in NE NW sec. 8, T. 15 S., R. 18 E., in March 1956.Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Soil 2 2
Clay 5 7
Limestone, broken 13 20
Shale 8 28
Limestone 19 47
Shale 23 70
Limestone 8 78
Shale 32 110
Limestone 9 119
Shale 8 127
Limestone 24 151
Shale 5 156
Limestone 4 160
Shale 15 175
Limestone 8 183
Shale 17 200
Limestone 2 202
Shale 24 226
Shale, sandy 54 280
Shale 69 349
Limestone 7 356
Shale 19 375
Shale, sandy 21 396
Shale 7 403

15-18-17bb--Drillers log of well drilled by W. D. Wilson (O to 350 feet in January 1953) and Charles Jungmann (350 to 440 feet in 1955) for J. B. Price in NW NW sec. 17, T. 15 S., R. 18 E. Altitude of land surface, ±1,144 feet.Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Soil 13 13
Limestone 6 19
Shale, gray 23 42
Limestone 2 44
Shale, gray 38 82
Limestone 4 86
Shale, gray 19 105
Limestone 15 120
Shale, dark 4 124
Limestone, broken 12 136
Limestone, solid 9 145
Shale, gray 20 165
Shale, sandy, gray 137 302
Limestone, cap 4 306
Sandstone 10 316
Mud, dark blue 9 325
Sandstone 10 335
Sandstone, light gray (200 gal. per hour) 15 350
Shale, sandy (more water) 90 440

15-19-14bb--Drillers log of well drilled by Raymond Schutz for Leonard Newland in NW NW sec. 14, T. 15 S., R. 19 E., in 1955.Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Dirt and sand 10 10
Sandstone, brown 10 20
Soapstone, gray 3 23
Sandstone, brown 27 50

15-20-8aa--Drillers log of well drilled by Raymond Schutz for Jack Randell in NE NE sec. 8, T. 15 S., R. 20 E., in September 1955. Altitude of land surface, ±1,066 feet.Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Soil 10 10
Sandstone 25 35
Soapstone, sandy 8 43
Sandstone 12 55
Soapstone, sandy 22 77
Sandstone 10 87
Soapstone, sandy 2 89
Sandstone, white 12 101
Limestone   101

15-20-11cda--Sample log of test hole in NE SE SW sec. 11, T. 15 S., R. 20 E., drilled May 9, 1956. Altitude of land surface, ±1,056 feet.Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
PENNSYLVANIAN--Virgilian
Lawrence Shale
Soil, friable, silty, dark 0.5 0.5
Clay, oxidized and leached, mottled red and tan 7.5 8
Lawrence Shale-Ireland Sandstone member
Sandstone, micaceous, very fine to fine, chiefly quartz, slightly cemented, oxidized, tan 30 38
Shale, olive gray 1.5 39.5
Sandstone, micaceoils, very fine to fine, quartzose, slightly cemented, tan 22.5 62
Sandstone, calcareous, micaceous, chiefly fine quartz, blue gray to green gray; contains abundant fragments of coal 9.5 71.5
Conglomerate; chiefly fine-grained unfossiliferoiis light-tan silty limestone, light- to medium-gray fossiliferous limestone, coal fragments, and micaceous fine to very fine grained gray quartzose sandstone 4 75.5
PENNSYLVANIAN--Missourian
Weston Shale
Shale, clayey, blue gray; contains hard clay-ironstone concretions, carbonized plant fragments and sparse crinoid fragments 24.5 100
Shale, clayey, slightly silty, medium gray; contains sparse carbonized plant fragments 30 130
Shale, clayey, fissile, hard, gray 52 182
Stanton Limestone-South Bend Limestone member
Limestone, hard 182

15-20-15ad--Drillers log of well drilled by Lon Dietrich for city of Baldwin in SE NE sec. 15, T. 15 S., R. 20 E., in March 1954.Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Soil 3 3
Sandstone 38 41

15-21-3bbb--Sample log of test hole in NW NW NW sec. 3, T. 15 S., R. 21 E., drilled May 1956. Altitude of land surface, ±1,091 feet.Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Road fill 1 1
PENNSYLVANIAN--Virgilian
Lawrence Sliale-Ireland Sandstone member
Sandstone, micaceous, ferruginous, slightly cemented, brown red 2 3
Sandstone, micaceous, slightly cemented, tan; contains thin ferruginous zones 20 23
Sandstone, micaceous, light gray tan; contains red-brown ironstone fragments 22 45
Sandstone, micaceous, chiefly fine to very fine quartz, gray; contains abundant fragments of coal 10 55
Conglomerate, chiefly hard fine-grained light-gray silt-stone, gray limestone, and gray sandstone 2 57
PENNSYLVANIAN--Missourian
Weston Shale
Shale, clayey, slightly silty, thin bedded, gray blue 43 100
Shale, clayey, fissile, hard, medium gray; contains abundant clay-ironstone concretions in lower part 50 150
Shale, thin bedded, light gray; contains thin soft clay-ironstone concretions 6.6 156.6
Stanton Limestone-South Bend Limestone member
Limestone, hard, fossiliferous, gray brown 0.4 157

15-21-4bb--Drillers log of well drilled by Carl Moore & Son for city of Wellsville in NW NW sec. 4, T. 15 S., R. 21 E., in March 1956.Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Sandstone 69 69
Shale 27 96

15-21-4bcc--Sample log of test hole in SW SW NW sec. 4, T. 15 S., R. 21 E., drilled May 1956. Altitude of land surface, ±1,070 feet.Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
PENNSYLVANIAN--Virgilian
Lawrence Shale-Ireland Sandstone member
Sandstone, micaceous, chiefly fine to very fine quartz, very slightly cemented, speckled brown and tan 6 6
Sandstone, micaceous, chiefly fine to very fine quartz, slightly cemented, tan to olive tan 52 58
Shale, silty, gray 1 59
Sandstone, micaceous, fine to very fine, gray; contains abundant coal fragments 10 69
Conglomerate; approximately 50 percent hard fossiliferous gray limestone and fossiliferous and unfossiliferous gray siltstone, 45 percent fine to very fine gray, quartzose sandstone, 5 percent coal 19.5 88.5
Shale, blue green 3.5 92
Sandstone, gray; contains thin shaly streaks, gray lime-stone pebbles, and coal fragments 8 100
Conglomerate, comprises about half limestone and half sandstone fragments. Drills very uneven, hard and soft 15 115
PENNSYLVANIAN--Missourian
Weston Shale
Shale, clayey, fissile, hard, medium gray 11 126
Shale, clayey, fissile, hard, medium gray; contains abundant clay-ironstone concretions 15 144
Stanton Limestone South Bend Limestone member
Limestone, hard, gray brown 0.2 144.2

15-21-16dc--Drillers log of well drilled by Carl Moore for Densil Cox in SW SE sec. 16, T. 15 S., R. 21 E., in 1954. Altitude of land surface, ±1,145 feet.Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Soil and clay 6 6
Shale 8 14
Sand and clay 14 28
Shale 71 99
Limestone 27 126
Shale 9 135
Limestone 9 144
Shale 5 149
Limestone 21 170
Shale 25 195
Sandstone 5 200
Shale 5 205

Townships 11 and 12 || Township 13 || Township 14 || Township 15


Prev Page--Wells and Springs || Next Page--References

Kansas Geological Survey, Geohydrology of Douglas County
Web version Aug. 1999. Original publication date Dec. 1960.
Comments to webadmin@kgs.ku.edu
The URL for this page is http://www.kgs.ku.edu/General/Geology/Douglas/logs04.html