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Abstract

Introduction

Geography

General Geology

Ground Water

Geologic Formations

Well Records

Logs of Test Holes

References

Plates

Table 6

Table 6--Analyses of water from typical wells, springs, and test holes in Sumner County. Analyst, H.A. Stoltenberg. Dissolved constituents given in parts per million (a).

Well number	Depth, feet	Geologic source	Date of collection	Temperature (deg. F)	Dissolved solids	Silica (SiO2)	Iron (Fe)	Calcium (Ca)	Magnesium (Mg)	Sodium and potassium (Na + K)	Bicarbonate (HCO3)	Sulfate (SO4)	Chloride (Cl)	Fluoride (F)	Nitrate (NO3)	Hardness as CaCO3
																Total	Carbonate	Non-carbonate
(1) 30-2E-6	27-44	Wisconsinan terrace deposits	1/3/56		1,067		0.07	139	24	196	314	193	288	0.4	6.6	446	257	189
30-2E-7caa1		Alluvium	1/14/55				0.36	143	21			207	285	0.6	2.8	444	254	190
30-2E-7cad		Alluvium	1/14/55				0.72	115	11			118	424	0.7	1.6	332	308	24
30-2E-7dbd1		Wisconsinan terrace deposits	1/14/55				0.48	136	34			243	373	0.7	2.6	479	282	197
30-2E-7dca1	50.5	Alluvium	1/14/55				0.22	132	24			210	436	0.7	2.5	428	280	148
30-2E-8bbb	30	Wisconsinan terrace deposits	9/13/56	61	962	28	0.02	205	32	69	343	319	110	0.2	30	643	281	362
30-2E-12cdc	43.3	Wellington Formation	9/11/56	62	644	16	0.14	116	43	50	356	151	82	0.5	10	466	292	174
30-2E-16ccc1	17.8	Alluvium	5/2/56	58	946	14	0.26	245	26	19	305	416	23	0.4	53	718	250	468
30-2E-18cdd	25	Wisconsinan terrace deposits	8/14/43	62	400		2.10	111	17	9.9	316	87	10	0.6	4.3	347	259	88
30-2E-20abb	25	Alluvium	8/14/43		666		0.10	148	23	52	334	190	60	0.5	25	464	274	190
30-2E-31bbb	25	Wisconsinan terrace deposits	8/14/43	65	353		0.59	87	18	22	334	42	14	0.5	2.1	291	274	17
30-1E-1bbb	51-56	Wisconsinan terrace deposits	6/8/44		595			115	19	65	204	201	91	0.6	1.1	365	167	198
30-1E-2aab1	53	Wisconsinan terrace deposits	9/14/56	60	403	14	0.01	82	13	47	278	56	49	0.6	4.2	258	228	30
30-1E-13ddc1	28.8	Wisconsinan terrace deposits	9/13/56	60	398	21	0.03	85	11	41	278	72	28	0.4	3.1	257	228	29
30-1E-15cdc	25	Illinoisan or Kansan terrace deposits	8/16/43	65	276		0.10	50	13	39	261	16	16	0.3	11	178	178	0
30-1E-16bba	20	Illinoisan or Kansan terrace deposits	5/4/56		326	19	0.04	52	12	52	285	24	17	0.3	9.3	179	179	0
30-1E-17bab	50	Illinoisan or Kansan terrace deposits	5/4/56		251	19	1.20	40	7.8	42	244	3.7	7	0.2	11	132	132	0
30-1E-25bcc	32-37	Wisconsinan terrace deposits	5/18/44		299			52	14	42	254	21	21	0.3	22	187	187	0
30-1E-36caa	43	Wisconsinan terrace deposits	9/30/53		312	15	0.08	48	11	49	232	22	26	0.3	25	165	165	0
30-1W-2ddd	20	Wisconsinan terrace deposits	9/14/56		431	22	0.01	102	18	24	332	74	15	0.2	12	328	272	56
30-1W-3bab	37-42	Wisconsinan terrace deposits	6/6/44		459			94	28	33	320	113	26	0.3	4.9	350	262	88
30-2W-22ada	44.7	Wellington Formation	9/14/56		3,360	6.5	0.08	427	149	447	199	1,420	580	0.7	230	1,680	160	1,520
(3) 30-3W-33	40	Nebraskan terrace deposits	6/7/54		203	24	0.24	25	2.8	17	49	19	10	0.1	44	74	40	34
30-4W-16ccb	20	Nebraskan terrace deposits	9/14/56	60	192	24	0.02	31	4.5	22	100	18	12	0.3	31	96	82	14

Well number	Depth, feet	Geologic source	Date of collection	Temperature (deg. F)	Dissolved solids	Silica (SiO2)	Iron (Fe)	Calcium (Ca)	Magnesium (Mg)	Sodium and potassium (Na + K)	Bicarbonate (HCO3)	Sulfate (SO4)	Chloride (Cl)	Fluoride (F)	Nitrate (NO3)	Hardness as CaCO3
																Total	Carbonate	Non-carbonate
(4) 31-2E-2	29-31	Wisconsinan terrace deposits	3/26/56		405	17	0.18	82	15	26	221	104	12	0.2	19	266	181	85
31-2E-7cbc	30	Wisconsinan terrace deposits	8/14/43	64	363		0.18	87	20	21	323	50	14	0.3	8.8	299	265	34
31-2E-8bbb	32	Wisconsinan terrace deposits	5/2/56	59	431	19	0.06	95	16	46	429	30	13	0.5	0.7	303	303	0
31-2E-10dcc	19	Wisconsinan terrace deposits	8/14/43	62	354		3.80	102	17	6.9	339	38	12	0.7	3.9	324	278	46
31-2E-11dcd	30	Wisconsinan terrace deposits	8/14/43	64	510		3.00	136	18	22	343	116	41	0.2	2	414	281	133
31-2E-25bbc	22	Wisconsinan terrace deposits	8/16/43	63	1,516		6.50	374	35	59	344	817	50	0.7	2.1	1,080	280	800
31-2E-28aab	20	Wisconsinan terrace deposits	8/16/43	61	651		0.12	142	34	36	340	217	43	0.5	8	494	279	215
31-2E-29cbb	25	Alluvium	8/16/43	63	348		0.31	66	15	33	220	13	22	0.3	88	226	180	46
31-1E-3abb	35-40	Wisconsinan terrace deposits	5/16/44		158,375			1,606	1,174	57,930	173	7,828	89,800			8,832	142	8,690
31-1E-4bbb	34	Wisconsinan terrace deposits	9/12/56		454	16	0.21	95	17	50	364	51	44	0.3	1.5	307	298	9
31-1E-4bdc1	46.5	Alluvium	12/18/55		625	17	3.90	109	21	94	373	59	136	0.3	1.8	358	306	52
31-1E-4bdc2	39.8	Alluvium	12/18/55		845	12	18.00	110	27	171	368	69	270	0.4	1.3	386	302	84
31-1E-5aba	25	Alluvium	8/16/43	63	316		0.95	91	16	1.2	276	42	6.5	0.2	20	293	226	67
31-1E-25bba1	65	Illinoisan or Kansan terrace deposits	9/21/56	63	411	17	0.06	62	16	65	312	44	27	0.2	26	220	220	0
31-1W-24bcb	35.6	Wellington Formation	9/12/56	59	2,680	15	0.05	544	125	90	215	1,740	49	0.7	5.8	1,870	176	1,690
31-3W-5acd1	43.2	Nebraskan terrace deposits	8/30/55		149	28	0.08	17	4.8	17	60	16	9	0.1	27	62	49	13
31-3W-23baa	54.2	Ninnescah Shale	9/15/56	59	311	14	0.38	52	27	23	283	13	17	0.2	26	240	232	8
31-4W-12bbd1	40	Nebraskan terrace deposits	5/3/56	58	146	30	0.03	16	3.4	18	55	8.2	8	0.2	35	54	45	9
32-2E-14bbb1	25	Illinoisan or Kansan terrace deposits	5/2/56		451	20	0.05	77	22	49	300	25	48	0.1	62	282	246	36
32-2E-36abb	20	Wisconsinan terrace deposits	8/18/43	61	434		3.90	88	20	49	398	57	14	0.4	2.3	302	302	0
32-2W-20ddd	20.3	Wellington Formation	5/3/56	57	1,210	14	0.27	122	53	229	376	196	291	0.2	120	522	308	214
32-3W-11bbb	32	Ninnescah Shale	9/21/56		2,670	15	0.04	570	85	123	193	1,710	68	0.7	2.8	1,770	158	1,610
32-3W-25ccb	69.8	Illinoisan or Kansan terrace deposits	5/3/56		427	20	0.05	59	25	59	300	54	41	0.1	21	250	246	4
32-4W-5abb	27.7	Illinoisan or Kansan terrace deposits	9/15/56	59	221	19	0.27	31	12	26	156	21	9	0.2	26	127	127	0
32-4W-9ccc4	74.5	Ninnescah Shale	9/13/55		295	24	0.35	43	18	34	232	25	16	0.2	19	182	182	0
32-4W-20add	20	Alluvium	9/15/56		271	14	0.02	56	19	12	224	21	12	0.4	26	218	184	34

Well number	Depth, feet	Geologic source	Date of collection	Temperature (deg. F)	Dissolved solids	Silica (SiO2)	Iron (Fe)	Calcium (Ca)	Magnesium (Mg)	Sodium and potassium (Na + K)	Bicarbonate (HCO3)	Sulfate (SO4)	Chloride (Cl)	Fluoride (F)	Nitrate (NO3)	Hardness as CaCO3
																Total	Carbonate	Non-carbonate
33-2E-6bba	44	Illinoisan or Kansan terrace deposits	8/16/56		2,720	11	0.08	425	109	318	332	1,240	445	0.6	8.4	1,510	272	1,240
33-2E-25bbb	15.6	Illinoisan or Kansan terrace deposits	8/18/43		506		0.32	98	35	40	432	26	37	0.2	53	388	354	34
33-2E-26bdd	12.5	Wisconsinan terrace deposits	5/2/56		6,140	9	0.25	771	146	1160	273	1,944	1980	0.7	2.2	2,520	224	2,300
33-2W-14ccd	30	Illinoisan or Kansan terrace deposits	9/21/56	63	503	21	0.14	79	21	74	342	71	57	0.2	11	284	280	4
33-3W-11bab	60	Wellington Formation	9/17/56	61	2,720	11	0.79	546	69	201	190	1,660	137	0.6	2	1,650	156	1,490
33-3W-18baa	52.7	Ninnescah Shale	5/3/56		398	25	0.14	54	23	57	317	33	29	0.2	21	229	229	0
34-2E-2baa	50	Wellington Formation	5/9/44		2,730		0.32	356	83	456	296	828	700	0.5	159	1,230	242	987
34-2E-17ccc	43.8	Wellington Formation	9/18/56	63	865	12	0.47	117	59	103	510	254	34	0.2	35	534	418	116
34-1E-32bdd	33.3	Wellington Formation	5/2/56	56	2,270	11	1.20	297	182	158	376	1,330	88	0.7	16	1,490	308	1,180
34-1W-25ddb	Spring	Illinoisan or Kansan terrace deposits	5/2/56		504	27	0.08	97	31	40	329	42	94	0.1	11	370	270	100
(5) 34-1W-26	60	Illinoisan or Kansan terrace deposits	2/29/56		561	22	0.13	97	33	57	290	56	139	0.1	12	342	238	104
34-2W-4bba	28	Illinoisan or Kansan terrace deposits	9/20/56	63	670	15	0.06	82	33	89	160	151	110	0.1	111	340	131	209
34-2W-21	30	Alluvium	6/16/55		399	14	0.15	78	22	25	281	61	30	0.2	2.6	285	230	55
34-3W-31cdc	45	Illinoisan or Kansan terrace deposits	9/17/56	61	374	24	0.10	54	22	50	284	33	40	0.2	11	225	225	0
34-3W-35bac	65	Ninnescah Shale	9/17/56	60	554	21	0.00	84	36	63	246	69	152	0.2	7.5	358	202	156
34-4W-18aaa	63.3	Ninnescah Shale	5/3/56	56	525	19	0.20	49	27	108	337	48	90	0.4	18	233	233	0
35-1W-15dbb	34.6	Wellington Formation	5/2/56	57	573	19	0.42	74	29	90	366	93	52	0.2	36	304	300	4
35-2W-13dcc1	26.4	Wisconsinan terrace deposits	9/19/56	64	446	14	0.01	72	22	63	349	35	50	0.2	18	270	270	0
35-3W-11dca	50	Alluvium	9/19/56	63	513	19	0.67	89	40	40	425	100	13	0.1	2.7	386	348	38
35-3W-17aad	71	Ninnescah Shale	9/17/56	61	745	19	0.02	85	28	136	370	249	38	0.3	7.5	327	304	23
35-4W-8ccd	23.2	Ninnescah Shale	9/17/56	62	742	20	0.67	64	33	162	355	122	156	0.4	10	295	291	4

a. One part per million is equivalent to one pound of substance per million pounds of water or 8.33 pounds per million gallons of water
1. Composite sample from wells 30-2E-6aca, 30-2E-6acd, 30-2E-6cab, 30-2E-6cac
2. Depth of well is total depth; depth of test hole is depth at which sand point was set
3. Composite sample from 30-3W-33dcc and 31-3W-4abb
4. Composite sample from 31-2E-2bba and 31-2E-2bbb
5. Composite sample from 34-1W-26aaa and 34-1W-35bab3
6. Composite sample from 34-2W-21add and 34-2W-22bcc