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Logs and Test Holes and Wells, continued

11. Log of test hole 11 in the SW corner sec. 31, T. 7 S., R. 33 W. Surface altitude, 3,157.9 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
Sanborn formation
1 Silt, buff, containing some very fine sand. Nodules of caliche at base 31 31
Ogallala formation
1 Silt, gravel, sand, and caliche; buff 4 35
1 Gravel and sand; loosely cemented 5 40
1 Silt, gravel, sand, and caliche; gray 5 45
1 Gravel and sand; loosely cemented 3 48
1 Silt gravel, sand, and caliche; gray and tan 10 58
1 Gravel and sand; partly cemented 8 66
1 Silt, gravel, sand, and caliche; tan 31 97
1 Gravel and sand 9 106
1 Silt, tan, containing sand and caliche 14 120
1 Gravel and sand 27 147
1 Silt, tan, containing gravel, sand and caliche 11 158
1 Gravel and sand 2 160
1 Silt, caliche, gravel, and sand; gray 18 178
1 Gravel and sand; containing silt 34 212
1 Silt and clay, yellow-gray 2 214
1 Gravel and sand 6 220
1 Silt, gravel, sand, and caliche; tan 15 235
1 Gravel and sand 16 251
Pierre shale
1 Shale, light gray-green mottled yellow 6 257
1 Shale, dark gray 3 260

12. Log of test hole 12 in the NW corner sec. 19, T. 8 S., R. 31 W. Surface altitude, 3,066.9 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
1 Road fill and soil 3 3
Sanborn formation
1 Silt and very fine sand; gray-buff; containing snails 47 50
1 Silt, buff, containing sand and fine gravel 13 63
Ogallala formation
1 Sand and fine gravel; loosely cemented 5 68
1 Silt, caliche, sand, and fine gravel; buff 5 73
1 Gravel, fine, and sand 6 79
1 Silt, pink-tan, containing gravel, sand, and caliche 4 83
1 Gravel, fine, sand, and caliche 25 108
1 Silt, pink-tan, containing sand and fine gravel 4 112
1 Gravel and sand 8 120
1 Sand and fine gravel 5 125
1 Silt, gravel, sand, and caliche; gray-buff 13 138
1 Gravel and sand 8 146
1 Silt, sand, gravel, and caliche; pink-tan 11 157
1 Gravel and sand 13 170
1 Sand 3 173
1 Silt and sand; buff 4 177
1 Gravel, sand, silt, and caliche; gray 23 200
1 Silt, gravel, and sand; tan 10 210
1 Gravel and sand 7 217
1 Silt, sand, and caliche; pink-tan 3 220
1 Gravel, fine, sand, and buff silt 10 230
1 Sand, silt, and caliche; light brown 10 240
1 Gravel, fine, and sand 10 250
1 Sand, silt, and caliche; tan 8 258
Pierre shale
1 Shale, orange-yellow at top to dark gray at bottom 12 270

13. Log of test hole 13 in the NW corner sec. 19, T. 8 S., R. 35 W. Surface altitude, 3,358.6 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
1 Soil, dark gray-brown 2 2
Sanborn formation
1 Silt and very fine sand; yellow-gray 31 33
1 Silt, buff-white, containing clay, sand, and fine gravel 13 46
Ogallala formation
1 Silt, buff, containing sand, gravel, and caliche 4 50
1 Gravel and sand; loosely cemented 3 53
1 Silt, sand, and gravel; buff and white 11 64
1 Gravel and sand 14 78
1 Silt and clay; gray-white 5 83
1 Gravel and sand 4 87
1 Silt, gravel, and sand; tan and buff 10 97
1 Gravel and sand; buff; containing silt and caliche 26 123
1 Sand and gravel; cemented with calcium carbonate 15 138
1 Silt, buff, containing gravel, sand, and caliche 25 163
1 Gravel, sand, silt, and caliche; buff to white 9 172
Pierre shale
1 Shale, gray-green mottled yellow-brown 18 190
1 Shale, dark gray with some yellow mottling 10 200

14. Log of test hole 14 in the NE corner sec. 1, T. 9 S., R. 34 W. Surface altitude, 3,212.9 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
1 Road fill 3 3
Sanborn formation
1 Silt and very fine sand; yellow-buff; containing snails 27 30
1 Silt, light buff, containing sand and gravel 14 44
Ogallala formation
1 Gravel and sand; loosely cemented 3 47
1 Silt, gravel, sand, and caliche; tan 3 50
1 Gravel and sand; containing caliche and silt 10 60
1 Silt, pink-tan to yellow-buff; containing sand, gravel, and caliche 47 107
1 Gravel and sand 4 111
1 Silt, gravel, sand, and caliche; pink-tan 22 133
1 Gravel, sand, and caliche 4 137
1 Silt, sand, and clay; yellow-brown 7 144
1 Gravel and sand; partly cemented 9 153
1 Silt, sand, and clay; gray-white 2 155
1 Gravel, sand, and caliche 8 163
1 Silt, pink-tan, containing gravel, sand, and caliche 9 172
1 Gravel and sand 10 182
1 Silt, sand, and caliche; pink-tan to buff; containing zones of clay and of gravel 48 230
1 Gravel, containing clay 50 280
1 Sand, silt, clay, and gravel; containing coarse gravel at base 20 300
1 Silt and sand, light brown 10 310
Pierre shale
1 Shale, yellow-brown at top to blue-gray at bottom 10 320

15. Log of test hole 15 in the SE corner sec. 36, T. 9 S., R. 31 W. Surface altitude, 2,979.6 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
1 Soil, light brown 2 2
Sanborn formation
1 Silt and very fine sand; yellow-gray; containing many snails 21 23
1 Silt, containing fine gravel and nodules of caliche 3 26
1 Silt and clay; light brown 5 31
1 Silt, light brown, containing some caliche 2 33
Ogallala formation
1 Silt, gravel, sand, and caliche; buff 17 50
1 Gravel, buff and gray, containing silt 12 62
1 Silt, pink-tan, containing gravel, sand, and caliche 40 102
1 Gravel and sand 13 115
1 Silt, pink-tan, containing gravel, sand, and caliche 5 120
1 Gravel, sand, silt, and caliche; light brown 10 130
1 Silt, yellow-buff to pink-tan, and caliche; containing gravel, sand, and clay 49 179
1 Gravel and sand 8 187
Pierre shale
1 Shale, light greenish-yellow 7 194
1 Shale, dark gray 6 200

16. Log of test hole 16 in the SE corner sec. 36, T. 9 S., R. 32 W. Surface altitude, 3,081.8 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
1 Road fill 3 3
Sanborn formation
1 Silt, light gray in upper part to gray-black in lower part 2 5
1 Silt and very fine sand; yellow-gray 21 26
1 Silt, clay, and sand; buff 10 36
1 Silt and clay; buff 14 50
Ogallala formation
1 Silt, gravel, sand, and caliche; buff 20 70
1 Gravel and sand; cemented 32 102
1 Silt, gravel, and sand; tan and gray 6 108
1 Gravel, sand, and caliche 33 141
1 Silt, light tan, containing sand, gravel, and caliche 29 170
1 Sand and gravel; containing clay 17 187
1 Silt, tan, containing sand 3 190
1 Sand and gravel; containing zones of caliche, coarse gravel, and clay 43 233
Pierre shale
1 Shale, light gray-green in upper part to gray-blue in lower part 7 240
1 Shale, dark gray 10 250

17. Log of test hole 17 in the NW corner sec. 6, T. 10 S., R. 32 W. Surface altitude, 3,116.9 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
1 Soil, dark gray 1 1
Sanborn formation
1 Silt and very fine sand; yellow-gray 24 25
1 Silt, buff, containing sand and fine gravel 8 33
1 Sand, medium to fine, loosely cemented, light brown; containing fragments of snails 6 39
Ogallala formation
1 Silt, sand, caliche, and gravel; tan 20 59
1 Gravel, sand, and caliche; buff 22 81
1 Silt, gravel, and sand; pink-tan 4 85
1 Gravel, very coarse to fine, buff; containing sand and silt 11 96
1 Silt and sand; buff 4 100
1 Gravel and sand 5 105
1 Silt, sand, and caliche; buff 2 107
1 Gravel and sand 7 114
1 Silt, sand, and caliche; pink-tan 11 125
1 Gravel and sand 10 135
1 Silt, gravel, sand, and caliche; pink-tan 9 144
1 Gravel, sand, and silt; tan 6 150
1 Silt, clay, sand, and caliche; pink-tan 14 164
1 Gravel, sand, and silt 13 177
1 Silt, buff 4 181
1 Gravel and sand 15 196
1 Silt, sand, and caliche; buff 16 212
1 Gravel, sand, and silt; buff 8 220
1 Sand, gravel, and silt; buff 13 233
1 Silt, sand, and gravel; gray 21 254
1 Gravel and sand; loosely cemented 13 267
Pierre shale
1 Shale, orange-yellow 3 270
1 Shale, light green-gray to light gray 10 280
1 Shale, dark gray to gray-black; containing pyrite and a few thin zones of bentonite 207 487

18. Log of test hole 18 in the SE corner sec. 36, T. 9 S., R. 34 W. Surface altitude, 3,193.4 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
1 Soil, gray-brown to yellow-brown 3 3
Sanborn formation
1 Silt and very fine sand; yellow gray 27 30
1 Silt, tan, containing sand and fine gravel 10 40
1 Silt and very fine sand; tan 5 45
Ogallala formation
1 Silt, sand, and gravel; buff 9 54
1 Gravel, sand, caliche, and silt; buff 3 57
1 Silt and clay; light brown; containing gravel, sand and caliche 19 76
1 Gravel, sand, silt, clay, and caliche; light brown 4 80
1 Silt, sand, and gravel; gray 10 90
1 Gravel, sand, and silt; loosely cemented; blue-gray 13 103
1 Gravel, sand, and caliche 7 110
1 Silt, gravel, sand, and caliche; light brown 8 118
1 Gravel and sand; in part cemented 44 162
1 Silt, sand, gravel, and caliche; pink-tan 26 188
1 Gravel, sand, and caliche 10 198
1 Silt, sand, and caliche; gray 22 220
1 Sand, tan, containing gravel, silt, and caliche 70 290
1 Silt and sand; yellow-gray 7 297
1 Gravel 3 300
Pierre shale
1 Shale, dark blue-gray 10 310

19. Log of test hole 19 in the SW corner sec. 31, T. 9 S., R. 34 W. Surface altitude, 3,293.8 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
1 Road fill 4 4
Sanborn formation
1 Silt and very fine sand; yellow-gray; containing snails 23 27
1 Silt, buff, containing sand and fine gravel 8 35
Ogallala formation
1 Silt, pink-tan, containing sand, gravel, and caliche 5 40
1 Sand and silt; loosely cemented; brown 3 43
1 Gravel, sand, silt, and caliche; brown 5 48
1 Silt, light brown, containing sand, gravel, and caliche 4 52
1 Sand, silt, and caliche; brown 16 68
1 Gravel and sand; containing caliche 5 73
1 Silt, gravel, sand, and caliche; buff 9 82
1 Gravel, sand, and caliche; gray 8 90
1 Silt, sand, and caliche; pink-tan 20 110
1 Gravel 2 112
1 Silt, caliche, and sand; gray 8 120
1 Gravel, caliche, and sand; yellow-tan 10 130
1 Silt, sand, caliche, and gravel; buff 12 142
1 Gravel, sand, and caliche; yellow-gray 12 154
1 Silt and sand; gray-buff 6 160
1 Sand, partly cemented 43 203
1 Silt, sand, and caliche; pink-tan to gray 10 213
1 Gravel and sand 11 224
Pierre shale
1 Clay-shale, yellow-gray mottled with gray 6 230
1 Shale, greenish-yellow and dark gray 10 240
1 Shale, gray 10 250

20. Log of test hole 20 in the NW corner sec. 6, T. 10 S., R. 35 W. Surface altitude, 3,351.3 feet. Thickness,
feet
Depth,
feet
1 Soil, dark gray 2 2
Sanborn formation
1 Silt and very fine sand; yellow-gray 25 27
1 Silt and clay; buff; containing sand and fine gravel and a few snails 6 33
Ogallala formation
1 Gravel and sand; containing silt and caliche 4 37
1 Silt, pink-tan, containing sand and gravel 7 44
1 Gravel and sand; loosely cemented 7 51
1 Silt, tan, containing sand and gravel 21 72
1 Gravel and sand 11 83
1 Silt, clay and caliche; gray 11 94
1 Gravel and sand 10 104
1 Silt, light tan, containing gravel and sand 1 105
1 Gravel and sand; cemented 16 121
1 Silt and clay; buff 2 123
1 Gravel and sand 5 128
1 Silt, gray, containing sand and caliche 6 134
1 Gravel and sand 10 144
1 Clay and silt; gray to brown; containing a small amount of sand and gravel 16 160
1 Gravel and sand 8 168
1 Silt, sand, gravel, and caliche; buff 14 182
1 Gravel, sand, and caliche 11 193
Pierre shale
1 Shale, light green and yellow 7 200
1 Shale, gray 10 210

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Kansas Geological Survey, Thomas County Geohydrology
Web version Nov. 2001. Original publication date Dec. 1945.
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