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Geohydrology of Kiowa County

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Table of Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Purpose and scope of the investigation

Location and size of the area

Previous geologic and hydrologic work

Methods of investigation

Acknowledgments

Geography

Topography and drainage

Sand hills

Upland plains

Dissected area

Drainage basins

Population

Transportation

Agriculture

Climate

Summary of Rock Formations

Ground Water

Principles of Occurrence

Rock Types and Their Water-bearing Properties

Sand and gravel

Sandstone

Silt and clay

Shale

Artesian Conditions

The Water Table and Movement of Ground Water

Shape and slope

Relation to topography

Sand hills

Upland plains

Eastern dissected area

Western dissected area

Fluctuations of the water table

Ground-water Recharge

Recharge of the Meade and Ogallala formations

Recharge from local precipitation

Recharge from streams

Recharge from outside of county

Recharge of the Dakota formation

Recharge of the Cheyenne sandstone

Ground-water Discharge

General features

Springs and seepage ar6as

Character and distribution

Yield

Transpiration and evaporation

Wells

Recovery of Ground Water

Springs

Wells

Principles of recovery from wells

Dug wells

Driven wells

Drilled wells

Construction of wells in consolidated rocks

Construction of wells in unconsolidated rocks

Methods of lift

Utilization of Water

Domestic and Stock Supplies

Public Supplies

Industrial Supplies

Irrigation Supplies

Williamson well

Grimes well

Miller well

Weaver well

Davis well

Possibilities of Developing Additional Irrigation Supplies from Wells

Possibilities of Developing Additional Industrial Supplies from Wells

Chemical Character of Ground Water

Chemical Constituents in Relation to Use

Dissolved solids

Hardness

Iron

Chloride

Fluoride

Water for irrigation

Sanitary Considerations

Relation to Stratigraphy

Water-bearing Characteristics of Rock Formations

Permian System

Flowerpot shale

General features

Water supply

Blaine formation

General features

Medicine Lodge gypsum member

Dog Creek shale

Whitehorse sandstone

General features

Water supply

Cretaceous System

Comanchean series

Cheyenne sandstone

Character

Mechanical analyses

Distribution and thickness

Water supply

Kiowa shale

Character

Distribution and thickness

Water supply

Gulfian series

Dakota formation

Character

Distribution and thickness

Water supply

Tertiary System

Pliocene series

Ogallala formation

Character

Distribution and thickness

Water supply

Quaternary System

Pleistocene Series

Meade formation

Character

Distribution and thickness

Water supply

Pleistocene and Recent Series

Kingsdown silt

Character

Distribution and thickness

Water supply

Terrace deposits

Dune sand

Alluvium

Geologic History

Paleozoic Era

Mesozoic Era

Triassic and Jurassic Periods

Cretaceous Period

Cenozoic Era

Tertiary Period

Quaternary Period

Pleistocene Epoch

Recent Epoch

Records of Typical Wells and Springs

Measured Stratigraphic Sections

Logs of Test Holes and Wells

References

Plates


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