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Well Records

Information pertaining to water wells in Pawnee and Edwards Counties is tabulated in Tables 15 and 16. The numbers in the first column correspond to well numbers on the map (Pl. 1) and in the tables of analyses (Tables 9 and 10). The numbers in the first column that are in parentheses indicate wells from which samples of water were taken for analysis (Tables 9 and 10).

T. 20 S. || T. 21 S. || T. 22 S. || T. 23 S. || T. 24 S. || T. 25 S. || T. 26 S. ||

Table 15--Records of wells in Pawnee County, Kansas, continued.

No. on Pl. 1	Location	Owner or tenant	Type of well (2)	Depth of Well (3)	Diameter of Well (in.)	Type of Casing (4)	Principal water-bearing bed		Method of Lift (5)	Use of Water (6)	Measuring point			Depth to water level below measuring point (7)	Date of measurement	Remarks (Yield given in gallons a minute; drawdown in feet)
No. on Pl. 1	Location	Owner or tenant	Type of well (2)	Depth of Well (3)	Diameter of Well (in.)	Type of Casing (4)	Character of Material	Geologic Source	Method of Lift (5)	Use of Water (6)	Description	Distance above (+) or below (-) land surface (feet)	Height above mean sea level (feet)	Depth to water level below measuring point (7)	Date of measurement	Remarks (Yield given in gallons a minute; drawdown in feet)
	T. 21 S., R. 15 W.
32	NW NE sec. 3	H. D. Unruh	Dn	22	1 1/4	GI	Sand	Ter. deposits	N	N	Top edge of concrete pit over well	0	1,937.7	11.77	2/15/1945	Abandoned; formerly a domestic and stock well
33	SE NE sec. 10	John Kledel	Dn	14	1 1/4	GI	Sand and gravel	Alluvium	P,H	S	Bottom of check valve on pump	+2.4	1,937.2	9.53	2/15/1945
(34)	NE SE sec. 14	W. Phillips	Dn	23	(?)	(?)	Sand and gravel	Meade	Cy,H	D,S			1,946.7	16	10/9/1944
35	SW SE sec. 18	Earl Givens	Dr	52	19	GI	Sand and gravel	Ter. deposits	T,T	I	Top of casing, east side	0	1,965.3	10.78	2/20/1945	Reported yield. 1,000; drawdown 16.
36	NW SW sec. 29	B. Unruh	Du,Dn	29.8	48	C	Sand and gravel	Meade	N	N	Top.16-inch hole in concrete cover, west side	+.7	1,978.1	18.42	7/21/1944	Abandoned; formerly a domestic and stock well.
37	NW SW sec. 30	L. Osmond	Dn	16.1	(?)	(?)	Sand and gravel	Alluvium	P,H	N	Top of 1 1/4 inch pipe	+2.7	1,970.3	8.16	7/21/1944	Abandoned; formerly a domestic well.
	T. 21 S., R. 16 W.
(38)	SE SE sec. 7	School district	Dr	38.8	5	GI	Sand	Ter. deposits	Cy,W	P	Top of casing, northeast side	+.4	2,003.4	21.69	7/22/1944
39	NE NW sec. 10		Dr	22(?)	4	GI	Sand	Ter. deposits	Cy,W	S	Bottom of hole in side of pump	+1.3	1,978.8	9.64	2/15/1945
40	SE SE sec. 12		Dn	20.0	1.25	GI	Sand	Ter. deposits	P,H	S	Top of pump base at check valve	+2.3	1,966.7	11.35	3/16/1945
(41)	SE SE sec. 12	School district	Dn	25	(?)	(?)	Sand	Ter. deposits	Cy,H	P			1,963.4	11
42	SW NW sec. 14	Schrope	DD	47	19	GI	Sand and gravel	Ter. deposits	N	N	Top of concrete curb, southeast corner	0	1.975.0	12.60	2/20/1945	Abandoned; formerly an irrigation well.
43	NW NE sec. 15	Clyde Glaze	DD	50.0	20	C	Sand and gravel	Ter. deposits	C,G	I	Top of curb	0	1,980.2	17.38	2/20/1945	Reported yield, 350.
44	SW SE sec 20	City of Larned	Dr	167	10	I	Sandstone	Dakota	T,E	P			2,006.5	30
45	SE NE sec. 21	Wm. Zecha	Dr	130+	6	OW	Sandstone	Dakota	Cy,W	D,S	Top concrete platform above opening in casing	+.2	2,100.3	110.34	5/12/1945
46	SE SW sec. 24	DeLos Carr	Dn	27.0	1.25	GI	Sand and gravel	Alluvium	P,H	D	Top check valve on pitcher pump	+4.7	1,977.3	13.75	2/15/1945
47	SW SW sec. 26	Bell	DD	45	24	GI	Sand and gravel	Alluvium	C,G	I	Top of concrete curb	-1.5	1,985.6	13.26	2/20/1945	Reported yield, 1,200.
48	NW NE sec. 27	Bell	DD	36.0	16	GI	Sand and gravel	Ter. deposits	C,E	I	Top of pit	0	1,988.8	16.81	2/20/1945	Reported yield, 400.
49	NE NW sec. 27	Dr. C. E. Sheppard	Dr	82	24	C(?)	Sand and gravel	Ter. deposits	T,E	I	Base of pump frame	+0.8	1,990.5	19.71	5/9/1945	Reported yield, 1,500; drawdown 5 to 6.
50	NE NE sec. 29	City of Larned	Dr	123	10	I	Sandstone	Dakota	T,E	P			2,006.1	30
51	NW NE sec. 29	City of Larned	Dr	145	10	I	Sandstone	Dakota	T,E	P			2,006.5	30
52	NW NE sec. 29	City of Larned	Dr	123	10	I	Sandstone	Dakota	T,E	P			2,005.0	30
53	NE SE sec. 32	City of Larned	Dr	140	10	I	Sandstone	Dakota	T,E	P			2,004.6	30		Drawdown to within 25 or 30 feet of the bottom of the well.
54	SE SE sec. 32	City of Larned	Dr	150	10	I	Sandstone	Dakota	T,E	P			1,999.8	30
55	NE NW sec. 33	Don Burnett	Dr	47	16	GI	Sandstone	Ter. deposits	C,E	I			1,996.3	10		Reported yield, 800.
(56)	SE SW sec. 33	City of Larned	Dr	70	19	GI	Sandstone	Alluvium	T,E	P			1,994.2	10		Reported yield, 1,450; drawdown 11.
57	NW NE sec. 34	Fairchild	DD	45	(?)	(?)	Sandstone	Alluvium	C,T	I	Top of wood cover by discharge pipe	0	1,993.7	17.08	6/17/1945
58	SW NE sec. 34	Warren Phinney	Dr	36	19	GI	Sandstone	Alluvium	T,G	I			1,982.9	6.5		Reported yield, 1,100; drawdown 23.5.
	T. 21 S., R. 17 W.
59	NE NE sec. 3		Dr	27.0	6	GI	Sand	Ter. deposits	Cy,W	S	Top of casing, northeast side	+1.1	2,033.9	19.37	5/9/1945
60	SE SE sec. 10	Walter M. Fox	Dr	53.0	6	GI	Sandstone	Dakota	N	N	Top of casing, south side	0	2,048.0	36.55	3/13/1945	Abandoned; formerly a domestic well.
61	SW SE sec.17	School district 40	Dr	45.4	5	GI	Sand	Ter. deposits	Cy,W	P	Top of casing, west side	+0.2	2,054.3	24.87	7/24/1944
(62)	SE SE sec. 18		Dr	42.5	6	GI	Sand	Ter. deposits	Cy,H	P	Top of casing	+0.1	2,062.6	30.94	3/15/1945
63	NE NW sec. 33	C. Sweeny	Du,Dn	41.5	28	C	Sand and gravel	Alluvium	N	N	Top of concrete curb, west side	+1.9	2,030.0	19.63	7/13/1944	Abandoned; formerly a domestic and stock well.
	T. 21 S., R 18 W.
64	SW SW sec. 4	J. F. Johnson	Dr	87.3	6	GI	Sandstone	Dakota	Cy,W	S	Top of casing, west side	+0.4	2,113.1	45.75	7/24/1944
(65)	SE NE sec. 5	J. F. Johnson	Dr,Dn	100	(?)	N	Sand	Ter. deposits	Cy,W	D,S			2,132.2	55	10/13/1944
66	SW SW sec. 15	O. Mickelson	Dr	186.0	8	OW	Sandstone	Dakota	Cy,H	N	Top of wood platform, north side of pump	0	2,090.8	44.72	5/22/1945	Abandoned; formerly an oil-well supply well
67	SE SE sec. 17	Clara Bukman	DD	53.0	6	GI	Sand	Ter. deposits	Cy,W	D,S	Top of concrete well curb		2,088.8	33.48	5/22/1945
68	NE SW sec. 31	A. H. Hall	DD	90	19	GI	Sand and gravel	Alluvium	C,T	I			2,058.3	15		Reported yield, 1,000, drawdown 30.
(69)	SW SW sec. 32	A. B. Thomas estate	Dr	120	20,16	GI	Sand and gravel	Alluvium	T,G	I	Top of casing, north side	+0.9	2,059.4	18.15	7/22/1944	Reported yield, 1,400; drawdown 23 after 150 hours of pumping
	T. 21 S., R. 19 W.
70	NW SW sec. 1	Leo Haberman	Dr	60.0	6	GI	Limestone	Greenhorn	N	N	Top of casing	0	2,148.9	36.90		Abandoned; formerly a domestic and stock well.
71	SW SW sec. 3	L. O. Bley	Dr	200	8	OW	Sandstone	Dakota	Cy,W	D,S	Top of concrete well curb	+1.0	2,152.5	65
72	NW NE sec. 7		Dr	52.0	6	GI	Sand	Ter. deposits	Cy,W	S	Base of pump, southeast side	+1.5	2,127.9	32.35	2/12/1945
73	SW SE sec. 16	A. F. Bruntzel	Dr	65.0	6	GI	Sand and gravel	Alluvium	Cy,W	S	Top of casing, north side	+0.8	2,089.0	27.15	2/12/1945
74	SW SW sec. 20	D. B. Wiens	Dr	96	19	GI	Sand and gravel	Alluvium	T,E	I			2,086.2	30		Reported yield, 1,160; drawdown 29.
75	NW NE sec. 23	H. W. Scott	Du,Dn	43	30	B	Sand and gravel	Alluvium	Cy,W	D,S	Top of manhole, west side	+0.3	2,077.1	20.09	2/12/1945
(76)	NW SW sec. 27	W. W. Christian	Dn	42	(?)	(?)	Sand and gravel	Alluvium	C,E	D	Basement floor	-8.0	2,065.4	25
77	SW SW sec. 27	Frank Elmore	Dr	123	16	GI	Sand and gravel	Alluvium	T,G	I	Top of casing, northeast side	+1.6	2,076.7	23.22	7/26/1944	Reported yield, 1,485; drawdown 27 after 7 hours of pumping.
78	SW cor. sec. 27	Frank Elmore	DD	56.3	24	GI	Sand and gravel	Alluvium	C,E	I	Top of lath strip on wooden cover	+1.0	2,075.7	24.59	8/21/1940	Reported yield, 600; draw down 27.
79	SE SW sec. 29	Ralph W. Cone	DD	60	24	GI	Sand and gravel	Alluvium	C,G	I	Top of 3- by 12-inch board, east side	+1.0	2,082.6	37.02	5/23/1945	Reported yield, 1,000; drawdown 10.
80	NW NW sec. 33	Cook Brothers	DD	61.0	24	GI	Sand and gravel	Alluvium	C,G	I	Top of board platform next to discharge pump	0	2,078.7	23.80	5/23/1945	Reported yield, 1,100; drawdown 10.
81	SW NE sec. 36	F. J. Finger	Dr	100	16	GI	Sand and gravel	Alluvium	T,G	I	Top of casing, northeast side	+0.2	2,064.3	18.56	7/24/1944	Reported yield, 1,300.
82	NW SE sec. 36	Nick Werner	Dr	104	(?)	(?)	Sand and gravel	Alluvium	T,E	I			2,062.3	18		Reported yield, 1,900.
	T. 21 S., R. 20 W.
83	SW NW sec. 9	C. Schwind	Dr	58.8	5	GI	Sand	Ter, deposits	Cy,W	N	Top of casing, east side	+2.2	2,126.4	21.27	7/31/1944	Abandoned; formerly a stock well.
(84)	NE SE sec. 15	Nuckolls Brothers	Dr	45	5	I	Sand and gravel	Alluvium	Cy,W	D,S			2,100.1	32
85	NW SE sec. 15	Nuckolls Brothers	DD	75	24	GI	Sand and gravel	Alluvium	C,T	I			2,100.8	32		Reported yield, 1,200; drawdown 25.
86	SE SW sec. 17	Schrater	DD	(?)	24	GI	Sand and gravel	Alluvium	C,T	N	Top of concrete curb, northeast side	0	2,109.7	29.61	6/6/1945	Abandoned; formerly an irrigation well.
87	NW NE sec. 20	Fred Brown	DD	87	28,24	GI	Sand and gravel	Alluvium	C,G	I	Top of concrete well curb	+0.2	2,106.3	27.32	6/6/1945	Reported yield, 1,000; drawdown 50-55.
(88)	NE NW sec. 20	George Smith	Dn	55	(?)	N	Sand and gravel	Alluvium	Cy,W	D,S			2,108.9	29	9/21/1944
89	NE NW sec. 20	George Smith	DD	80	24	GI	Sand and gravel	Alluvium	C,G	I	Top of concrete curb, north side	+1.4	2,110.2	30.44	9/16/1944	Reported yield, 650.
90	NW SW sec. 21	John Maur	Dr	64	19	GI	Sand and gravel	Alluvium	C,T	I	Top of concrete curb, east side		2,100.8	24.49	7/25/1945	Reported yield, 1,250.
91	NW NE sec. 24	Henry Peak	Dr	70	24	GI	Sand and gravel	Alluvium	T,T	I	Top of 6- by 10-inch timber under pump, south side	0	2,093.9	31.57	5/25/1945	Reported yield, 800; drawdown 28.
92	NW NE sec. 26	Harold Bell	Dr	90	19	GI	Sand and gravel	Alluvium	T,G	I	Top of concrete pump base	0	2,091.5	30.28	5/7/1945	Reported yield, 1,400; drawdown 56.
93	NE SE sec. 26	Lester Preston	DD	90	19	GI	Sand and gravel	Alluvium	C,T	I	Top of steel pulley frame	+0.4	2,094.7	33.58	5/23/1945	Reported yield, 450; drawdown 20.
(94)	SE SW sec. 28	Whiteway Cafe	Dr	126	6	GI	Sandstone	Dakota	C,E	P				30
95	SW NW sec. 29	Irving Brownlee	DD	53	19	GI	Sand and gravel	Alluvium	C,G	I	Top of concrete curb	+0.3	2,107.8	27.61	6/6/1945	Battery of three wells; reported yield, 800.
96	SW NW sec. 29	Irving Brownlee	Dr	94	19	I	Sand and gravel	Alluvium	T,G	I			2,107.6	27.5		Reported yield, 1,200; draw down 14.
97	SW NW sec. 30	Rex Lee Estate	DD	93	24	GI	Sand and gravel	Alluvium	C,G	I			2,115.1	34		Reported yield, 1,000.

1. Well number in parentheses indicates that analysis of water is given in table.

2. B, bored well; DD, dug and drilled well; Dn, driven well; Dr, drilled well; Du, dug well; J, jetted.

3. Reported depths below the land surface are given in feet; measured depths are given in feet and tenths below measuring points.

4. Bs, boiler steel; C, concrete; GI, galvanized sheet iron; GP, galvanized-iron pipe; I, iron; N, none; OB, oil barrels; OW, oil-well casing; R, rock; W, wood; B, Brick.

5. Method of lift: C, horizontal centrifugal; CY, cylinder; F, natural flow; N, none; P, pitcher pump; S, submersible turbine; T, turbine; VC, Vertical centrifugal; B, bucket and rope. Type of power: B, butane; E, electric; G, gas engine; H, hand operated; T, tractor; W, windmill.

6. D, domestic; I, irrigation; In, industrial; N, not being used; O, observation; P, public supply; S, stock.

7. Measured depths to water level are given in feet, tenths, and hundredths; reported depths to water level are given in feet.

T. 20 S. || T. 21 S. || T. 22 S. || T. 23 S. || T. 24 S. || T. 25 S. || T. 26 S. ||

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