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Logs of Wells and Test Holes

Listed on the following pages are the logs of 57 wells and test holes in Wichita, Greeley, and adjacent counties. Included are: the logs of 26 test holes in Wichita County and 24 test holes in Greeley County drilled by the State Geological Survey during the course of the investigation; 1 test hole drilled during the study of the geology and ground-water resources of Scott County; 1 test hole drilled during the study of the geology and ground-water resources of Hamilton and Kearny counties; 2 irrigation wells in Wichita County; 1 of the municipal wells at Leoti; and 2 deep test wells to the Dakota formation. The locations of the test holes drilled by the State Geological Survey of Kansas are shown in Figure 12. The samples from the test holes were collected and studied in the field by Prescott, who supervised the drilling and prepared the logs of the holes.

Logs entitled "sample logs" were of wells drilled by the State Geological Survey for which samples were collected.

16-35-1ddd. Sample log of test hole in the SE cor. sec. 1, T. 16 S., R. 35 W.; drilled September 1947. Surface altitude, 3,174.5 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill, black	4	4
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Silt, clayey, light-brown	21	25
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Clay, silty, calcareous, white	5	30
		Mortar bed and caliche	20	50
		Caliche, very sandy, white	20	70
		Sand, fine to medium, compact, slightly calcareous, brown; contains coarse sand and fine to medium gravel	10	80
		Gravel, fine to medium, and coarse sand	9	89
		Sand, fine, brown	12	101
		Sand, coarse to medium; contains fine, partly cemented brown sand	19	120
		Sand, medium to coarse; contains fine to coarse gravel	10	130
		Sand, coarse to medium; contains fine gravel and sand	23	153
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Shale, soft, chalky, calcareous, yellow-brown	9	162
		Shale, calcareous, gray	18	180

16-35-31dab. Drillers log of irrigation well of Henry O. Burns in the NW NE SE sec. 31, T. 16 S., R. 35 W.; drilled by Ben Hasz Drilling Co.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Topsoil	20	20
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Gypsum rock and clay	25	45
		Gypsum rock	13	58
		Sand	3	61
		Sandstone	14	75
		Clay	15	90
		Clay, sandy	37	127
		Sand, fine	19	146
		Rock	7	153
		Sand, fine	21	174
		Clay, sandy	3	177
		Sand	3	180
		Gravel	19	199
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Yellow clay	3	202

16-35-36ddd. Sample log of test hole in the SE cor. sec. 36, T. 16 S., R. 35 W.; drilled August 1947. Surface altitude, 3,170.3 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Silt, black	3	3
		Silt, brown	6	9
		Clay and silt, compact, brown	11	20
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Clay, silt, and fine sand, compact, calcareous, tan	17	37
		Gravel, fine, and coarse sand	2	39
		Mortar bed, hard, white	3	42
		Silt, sandy, calcareous, tan	7	49
		Mortar bed, white to tan	21	70
		Mortar bed, sandy, white to tan	20	90
		Sand, coarse to medium; contains silt and fine sand	40	130
		Sand, coarse to medium; contains fine sand and fine caliche fragments	20	150
		Sand, medium; contains clayey silt and fine sand	10	160
		Sand, coarse to medium	20	180
		Gravel, fine, and coarse sand	10	190
		Gravel, medium to fine	8	198
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Shale, calcareous, black	9	207

16-36-4ccc. Sample log of test hole in the SW cor. sec. 4, T. 16 S., R. 36 W.; drilled September 1947. Surface altitude, 3,301.7 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Silt, dark-brown	4	4
		Silt, light-brown	19	23
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Clay, silty, white	4	27
		Clay, silty; contains sand and gravel	5.5	32.5
		Mortar bed, hard, calcareous, white to brown	20.5	53
		Gravel, medium to fine, and coarse sand	3	56
		Sand, coarse to medium; contains fine gravel	4	60
		Sand, coarse, and fine gravel; contains medium to coarse gravel	10	70
		Sand, coarse, and fine gravel; contains medium to fine sand	10	80
		Sand, coarse, and fine gravel; contains medium gravel	1.5	81.5
		Sand, fine, and brown sticky silt	1.5	83
		Gravel, fine, and coarse sand	6	89
		Sand, fine, and brown compact silt	4	93
		Sand, coarse, and fine gravel	7	100
		Sand, coarse to medium; contains fine sand and silt	10	110
		Limestone, impure, hard, white	2	112
		Sand, coarse, and fine gravel	10	122
		Clay, sandy, yellow	3	125
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Shale, chalky, yellow	7	132
		Shale, chalky, gray	3	135

16-37-33ccc. Sample log of test hole in the SW cor. sec. 33, T. 16 S., R. 37 W.; drilled November 1950. Surface altitude, 3,367.3 feet. Water level, 80.5 feet below land surface, Nov. 18, 1950.				Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Peoria silt member
			Silt, black	2	2
			Silt, tan	8	10
		Loveland silt member
			Silt, reddish-brown (Sangamon soil)	3	13
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
			Silt, clay, sandy, calcareous, cream-colored	7	20
			Caliche, cream to reddish-brown	32	52
			Mortar bed	16	68
			Sand, fine to coarse	3	71
			Mortar bed, soft	19	90
			Silt, clay, and very fine to fine sand, brown	13	103
			Sand, fine to very coarse, and fine gravel; contains a small amount of medium to coarse gravel	17	120
			Sand, fine to very coarse, and fine to medium gravel; contains silt and clay	10	130
			Sand, fine to coarse; contains silt and clay and very coarse sand	10	140
			Sand, fine to coarse; contains very coarse sand and fine to medium gravel	45	185
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
			Shale, yellow	5	190
			Shale, gray	3	193

16-38-16bbb. Sample log of test hole in the NW cor. sec. 16, T. 16 S., R. 38 W.; drilled October 1947. Surface altitude, 3,444.9 feet. Water level, 62.3 feet below land surface, October 29, 1947.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Silt, hard, black	3	3
		Silt, hard, light-brown	15	18
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Clay, sandy, light-tan	3	21
		Silt and fine sand, plastic, calcareous, brown to light-tan	8	29
		Gravel, coarse to fine, and coarse sand	12	41
		Silt and fine sand, plastic, calcareous, brown	15	56
		Sand, coarse to medium, and fine to coarse gravel	10	66
		Silt and fine sand, plastic, calcareous, light-tan	4	70
		Silt and fine sand, plastic, light-green	10	80
		Silt and fine sand, plastic, brown; contains medium to coarse sand	42	122
		Sand, medium to coarse, and fine to coarse gravel; contains some plastic light-tan fine sand and silt	8	130
		Sand, coarse, and fine to coarse gravel	8	138
		Silt and fine sand, plastic, calcareous, yellow-brown	2	140
		Sand, medium to coarse, and fine to coarse gravel; contains plastic yellow-brown silt and fine sand	10	150
		Sand, medium to coarse, and fine to coarse gravel	12	162
		Sand, medium to coarse, and fine to medium gravel; contains some plastic yellow-brown silt and fine sand from 174 to 178 feet	18	180
		Sand, fine to coarse, and fine to coarse gravel	10	190
		Sand, fine to coarse	16	206
		Silt and fine sand, plastic, yellow	1	207
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Shale, yellow	2	209
		Shale, calcareous, gray	1	210

16-40-24aaa. Sample log of test hole in the NE cor. sec. 24, T. 16 S., R. 40 W.; drilled October 1947. Surface altitude, 3,592.1 feet. Water level, 105.4 feet below land surface, October 8, 1947.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Silt, dark-brown	3	3
		Silt, light-brown	15	18
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Caliche, hard, light-tan	16	34
		Sand, medium to coarse, and fine to coarse gravel	6	40
		Mortar bed; contains a small amount of caliche and coarse gravel	10	50
		Mortar bed	10	60
		Sand, fine to coarse, and fine to coarse gravel, partly consolidated; contains some tan clay	10	70
		Sand, fine to coarse, and fine gravel; contains some sandy brown clay	10	80
		Sand, coarse, and fine to coarse gravel; contains gray clay from 87 to 90 feet	10	90
		Sand, coarse, and fine to coarse gravel	11	101
		Sand, coarse to medium, and fine to coarse gravel; contains tan clay	9	110
		Sand, fine, and silt, sticky, plastic; contains some coarse sand and fine to coarse gravel	12	122
		Clay, sandy, light-tan	8	130
		Clay, fine sand, and silt, light-tan	8	138
		Sand, fine to coarse, and fine gravel; contains a small amount of clay	12	150
		Sand, coarse to medium, and fine to medium gravel	10	160
		Sand, coarse to medium, and fine to coarse gravel	10	170
		Gravel, coarse to fine, and yellow clay	4	174
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Shale, chalky, gray	6	180

16-41-15ccc. Sample log of test hole in the SW cor. sec. 15, T. 16 S., R. 41 W.; drilled October 1947. Surface altitude, 3,708.9 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Silt, dark-brown	2	2
		Silt, light-brown	12	14
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Sand, medium to fine; contains a small amount of coarse sand	2	16
		Clay and silt, calcareous, tan	4	20
		Clay, calcareous, gray	8	28
		Sand, medium to coarse	7	35
		Clay, calcareous, gray	13	48
		Sand, medium to coarse	1	49
		Clay, gray	1	50
		Clay, gray, containing some coarse sand and fine gravel	6	56
		Clay, gray, and gray plastic fine sand and silt	4	60
		Clay, white to light-tan	6	66
		Silt and fine sand, plastic, brown	4	70
		Silt and fine sand, plastic, light-tan; contains some coarse sand	5	75
		Silt and fine sand, plastic, brown; contains medium to coarse sand and fine gravel	12	87
		Sand, medium to coarse, and fine to coarse gravel	3	90
		Silt and fine sand, clayey, brown; contains medium to coarse sand	7	97
		Sand, coarse, and fine to medium gravel; contains tan plastic fine sand and silt	3	100
		Sand, coarse, and fine to coarse gravel	6	106
		Silt and fine sand, plastic; contains medium to coarse sand and fine to coarse gravel	4	110
		Sand, coarse, and fine to coarse gravel; contains some plastic silt and fine sand	10	120
		Silt and fine sand, plastic, light-tan; contains medium to coarse sand and fine gravel	10	130
		Silt and fine sand, plastic, light-tan; contains some medium to coarse sand	20	150
		Sand, fine to coarse, and silt; contains fine gravel	12	162
		Clay, hard, calcareous, green	1	163
		Sand, fine to coarse, and silt	7	170
		Sand, fine to coarse, and fine to medium gravel; contains green to white clay	10	180
		Sand, fine to coarse, and fine to medium gravel	10	190
		Sand, medium to coarse, and fine gravel	10	200
		Sand, coarse, and fine to medium gravel; contains some medium sand	20	220
		Sand, fine to coarse	24	244
		Sand, coarse, and fine to medium gravel; contains some yellow clay	6	250
		Sand, medium to coarse, and fine to coarse gravel	7	257
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Shale, chalky, yellow	3	260
		Shale, gray	6	266

16-42-19bbb. Sample log of test hole in the NW cor. sec. 19, T. 16 S., R. 42 W.; drilled October 1947. Surface altitude, 3,873.8 feet. Water level, 203.6 feet below land surface, October 10, 1947.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Silt, dark-brown	1	1
		Silt, sandy, hard, light-brown	9	10
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Caliche, hard, sandy; "Algal limestone" at top	10	20
		Caliche, hard, sandy, gray; contains some gray clay	8	28
		Mortar bed	60	88
		Sand, fine to coarse	6	94
		Silt and fine sand, plastic, light-tan; medium to coarse sand and fine to coarse gravel	16	110
		Sand, medium to coarse, and fine to coarse gravel	20	130
		Sand, coarse, and fine to coarse gravel; contains plastic silt and fine sand	10	140
		Sand, medium to coarse, and fine gravel	10	150
		Sand, medium to coarse, and fine to coarse gravel	13	163
		Sand, coarse, and fine to medium gravel; contains some light-tan clay and silt	13	176
		Clay and silt, light-tan; contains some coarse sand and fine to medium gravel	4	180
		Silt and fine sand, plastic, light-tan; contains some medium sand	30	210
		Sand, medium to coarse; contains fine sand and silt and a small amount of fine gravel	10	220
		Sand, coarse, and fine to medium gravel	5	225
		Sand, medium to coarse, and fine gravel	2	227
		Sand, coarse, and fine to medium gravel; contains sandy yellow-brown clay	3	230
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Clay, calcareous, yellow-brown	4	234
		Chalk, yellow-brown	3	237
		Shale, blue-gray	3	240

17-35-7add. Sample log of test hole in the SE cor. NE sec. 7, T. 17 S., R. 35 W.; drilled October 1947. Surface altitude, 3,132.1 feet. Water level, 10.7 feet below land surface, October 29, 1947.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
		Alluvium
		Silt, dark-brown	3	3
		Silt, light-brown	7	10
		Clay, limy, gray	7	17
		Clay, limy, blue	10	27
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Sand, fine to coarse; contains fine gravel	3	30
		Gravel, fine to coarse; contains fine to coarse sand	14	44
		Sand, fine, and silt, plastic, yellow-brown; contains medium to coarse sand from 48 to 50 feet	6	50
		Sand, fine to coarse; contains fine gravel	30	80
		Sand, fine to coarse, and fine gravel; contains some plastic yellow-brown fine sand and silt from 88 to 90 feet	10	90
		Sand, medium to coarse, and fine gravel; contains plastic yellow-brown silt and fine sand	10	100
		Clay, sandy, limy, yellow	13	113
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Shale, calcareous, blue-gray	5	118

17-36-9bbb. Sample log of test hole in the NW cor. sec. 9, T. 17 S., R. 36 W.; drilled September 1947. Surface altitude, 3,283.9 feet. Water level, 93.0 feet below land surface, September 14, 1947.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Silt, dark-brown	3	3
		Silt, light-brown; contains snail shells	15.5	18.5
		Silt, sticky, light-brown	1.5	20
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Caliche, white	10	30
		Limestone, sandy, impure	8	38
		Silt, sandy, brown to white	5	43
		Caliche, hard, white; contains some opal	11	54
		Silt, sandy, brown	9	63
		Sand, medium	14.5	77.5
		Silt, sandy, brown	2.5	80
		Silt, sandy, sticky, brown; contains medium sand	44	124
		Caliche, white	6	130
		Sand, fine to medium	40	170
		Sand, fine to medium; contains silt	12	182
		Sand, coarse, and fine to medium gravel	6	188
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Shale, clayey, calcareous, weathered, yellow	4	192
		Shale, calcareous, gray	4	196

17-36-16cbc. Sample log of test hole in the SW NW SW sec. 16, T. 17 S., R. 36 W.; drilled September 1947. Surface altitude, 3,192.6 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
		Alluvium
		Silt, black	4	4
		Silt, brown	2	6
		Sand, fine to medium	4	10
		Sand, coarse to medium; contains fine gravel	17	27
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Gravel, fine to medium; contains some coarse gravel	13	40
		Gravel, fine, and coarse to medium sand	20	60
		Sand, coarse to medium, and fine gravel	20	80
		Sand, coarse to medium; contains fine gravel	20	100
		Sand, coarse, and fine gravel	8	108
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Shale, calcareous, weathered, yellow	12	120
		Shale, calcareous, yellow	7	127
		Shale, calcareous, blue-gray	3	130

17-36-29aaa. Sample log of test hole in the NE cor. sec. 29, T. 17 S., R. 36 W.; drilled September 1947. Surface altitude, 3,279.9 feet. Water level, 93.5 feet below land surface, September 14, 1947.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Silt, dark-brown	4	4
		Silt, light-brown	14	18
		Silt, clayey, light-brown	6	24
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Clay, calcareous, white	4	28
		Caliche, hard, white	22	50
		Caliche, white to brown	10	60
		Sand, medium to fine, semiconsolidated, brown	10	70
		Sand, medium to fine, semiconsolidated, brown; contains coarse sand	10	80
		Sand, fine and silt, brown; contains fragments of white caliche	13	93
		Sand, medium to coarse, reddish-brown; contains fine sand and silt	5	98
		Sand, coarse to medium, pinkish; contains fine gravel and sand	12	110
		Sand, coarse and fine gravel; contains some medium to fine sand	11	121
		Caliche, white	2	123
		Sand, medium, pink	7	130
		Sand, coarse to medium	7	137
		Sand, fine, and silt, sticky	3	140
		Sand, medium, pink	13	153
		Sand, fine, semiconsolidated	3	156
		Sand, medium, pink	31	187
		Sand, coarse; contains fine gravel	11	198
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Shale, weathered, calcareous, yellow	2	200
		Shale, calcareous, yellow	28	228
		Shale, calcareous, gray	2	230

17-38-16ccc. Sample log of test hole in the SW cor. sec. 16, T. 17 S., R. 38 W.; drilled September 1947. Surface altitude, 3,434.8 feet. Water level, 90.2 feet below land surface, September 25, 1947.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Silt, dark-brown	2	2
		Silt, sticky, light-brown	12	14
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Clay, white	4	18
		Caliche, sandy, white	2	20
		Caliche., sandy, white to light-tan	8	28
		Silt, sandy, light-green	2	30
		Caliche, white to light-brown; contains medium to fine gravel and brown sandy silt	10	40
		Silt, sandy, brown to light-gray	10	50
		Sand, medium to coarse, and fine gravel, partly cemented, brown	10	60
		Sand, coarse to medium, and fine to medium gravel	7	67
		Silt, sandy, brown; contains fine gravel	3	70
		Silt, sandy, brown to light-tan	10	80
		Sand, fine, and silt	5	85
		Silt, sandy, light-brown	15	100
		Sand, fine, and silt	108
		Sand, fine, and silt, compact, brown	2	110
		Sand, fine, and silt	5	115
		Silt, sandy, white	13	128
		Sand, fine to coarse	10	138
		Silt,, sandy, yellow	2	140
		Sand, fine to medium, and silt; contains some coarse sand	10	150
		Sand., fine to medium, and silt	7	157
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Shale, clayey, calcareous, yellow	10	167
		Shale, calcareous, gray	3	170

17-39-19bbb. Sample log of test hole in the NW cor. sec. 19, T. 17 S., R. 39 W.; drilled October 1947. Surface altitude, 3,573.6 feet. Water level, 116.5 feet below land surface, October 8, 1947.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Silt, dark-brown	2	2
		Silt, light-brown	16	18
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Clay, white	4	22
		Mortar bed, hard, white	4	26
		Mortar bed, light-brown	11	37
		Sand, medium to coarse, and fine gravel	4	41
		Sand, fine to coarse, and fine to coarse gravel; partly cemented from 50 to 60 feet	19	60
		Sand, coarse, and fine to coarse gravel; contains some tan clay from 67 to 70 f eet	10	70
		Clay, sandy, tan	5	75
		Mortar bed, hard, tan	7	82
		Sand, coarse, and fine to coarse gravel	5	87
		Clay, gray, and a small amount of coarse gravel	2	89
		Sand, medium to coarse, and fine to medium gravel	8	97
		Mortar bed	13	110
		Silt and fine sand, plastic; contains fine to coarse gravel	10	120
		Silt and fine sand, sticky, plastic, and medium to coarse sand; contains a small amount of fine gravel	17	137
		Sand, fine to medium	3	140
		Sand, coarse, and fine to medium gravel	7	147
		Sand, coarse, and fine to coarse gravel; contains light-tan clay	3	150
		Sand, coarse, and fine to medium gravel	5	155
		Gravel, fine to coarse; contains light-tan clay	5	160
		Sand, coarse, and fine to coarse gravel; contains light-tan clay	10	170
		Sand, medium to coarse, and fine to medium gravel	10	180
		Sand, coarse, and fine to coarse gravel; contains yellow clay from 189 to 190 feet	10	190
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Shale, calcareous, yellow	7	197
		Shale, calcareous, gray	3	200

17-41-22bbb. Sample log of test hole in the NW cor. sec. 22, T. 17 S., R. 41 W.; drilled September 1947. Surface altitude, 3,715.3 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Silt, dark-brown	0.5	0.5
		Silt, light-brown	17.5	18
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Clay, light-tan; contains some fine to medium gravel	2	20
		Sand, medium to coarse	3	23
		Clay, light-tan	2	25
		Sand, coarse, and fine gravel	5	30
		Sand, coarse, and fine to medium gravel	10	40
		Gravel, fine to medium	10	50
		Clay, sandy, light-tan; contains coarse to medium gravel	8	58
		Silt, sandy, light-tan	2	60
		Clay, sandy, liaht-brown; contains some fine to medium sand from 68 to 70 feet	10	70
		Sand, coarse, and fine gravel	5	75
		Sand, coarse, and fine to medium gravel; contains some clay and coarse gravel	5	80
		Caliche, hard	5	85
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Shale, calcareous, yellow-brown	23	108
		Shale, gray	4	112

17-42-19ccc. Sample log of test hole in the SW cor. sec. 19, T. 17 S., R. 42 W.; drilled October 1947. Surface altitude, 3,868.5 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		No sample recovered	30	30
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Sand, fine to coarse	1	31
		Sand, coarse, and fine to coarse gravel	2	33
		Sand, medium to coarse, and fine gravel; contains some clay	3.5	36.5
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Shale, chalky, yellow	12	48.5
		Shale, calcareous, blue-gray	1.5	50

Drillers log of test hole in NW cor. sec. 36, T. 17 S., R. 42 W., drilled in November 1948, by Western Drilling Company.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Topsoil	3	3
		Soil, dark, tight	3	6
		Clay, yellow	16	22
		Sand and gravel, medium; contains some limestone	3	25
		Clay, sandy, yellow; contains a few pebbles	9	34
		Clay, sticky, yellow	16	50
		Clay, sandy, yellow; contains small layers of medium gravel	10	60
		Shale, weathered, sticky, yellow	17	77
		Shale, blue; contains some small hard layers of slate shale	440	517
		Shale, blue; drills fairly hard (about 10 feet an hour) becomes lighter in color	63	580
		Shale, soft, gray; contains some light-gray fragments	25	605
		Shale, gray; drills hard, rough; contains light-gray fragments	12	617
		Shale, fairly soft, gray; contains hard layers of slate shale 6 inches to 1 foot through	23	640
		Shale, fairly soft, light-gray	25	665
		Shale, hard, white	15	680
		Shale, white; becomes softer, drills faster	30	710
		Shale, very sandy, iron-gray; soft drilling	75	785
		Shale, blue; fairly soft drilling	50	835
		Slate shale, hard, blue	11	846
		Shale, hard, blue; contains some small fragments of Dakota sandstone	14	860
		Shale, hard, blue	38	898
		Slate shale, hard, black	17	915
		Dakota sandstone, hard drilling; very little sample coming up, some fine sand settling in ditch, mud keeps getting heavy	48	963
		Dakota sandstone, very hard drilling; put on 2 7/8 inch rock bit at 970 feet	72	1,035
		Dakota sandstone, soft, fairly easy drilling (10 feet in 30 minutes)	39	1,074
		Very hard layer; no returns	3	1,077
		Soft drilling (10 feet in 15 minutes), no returns	38	1,115
		Tight drilling (1 hour for 10 feet), getting a few cuttings of blue shale	20	1,135
		Hard drilling (2 hours, 2 feet); getting fine cuttings of hard blue shale	5	1,140

17-43-13ddd. Sample log of test hole in the SE cor. sec. 13, T. 17 S., R. 43 W.; drilled October 1947. Surface altitude, 3,819.8 feet. Water level, 24.6 feet below land surface, October 10, 1947.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Silt, dark-brown	1	1
		Silt, light-brown	15	16
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Clay, calcareous, gray	5	21
		Sand, medium to coarse; contains some fine to coarse gravel	9	30
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Chalk, yellow	4	34
		Shale, calcareous, blue-gray	4	38

18-36-20aaa. Sample log of test hole in the NE cor. sec. 20, T. 18 S., R. 36 W.; drilled September 1947. Surface altitude, 3,274.5 feet. Water level, 78.0 feet below land surface, September 12, 1947.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Silt, hard, clayey, dark-brown	4	4
		Silt, light-brown	6	10
		Silt, clayey, light-brown	8	18
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Clay, light-gray	2	20
		Caliche, sandy, soft, light-gray	10	30
		Sand, coarse to medium; contains fine to coarse gravel	15	45
		Clay	2	47
		Sand, coarse to medium; contains fine gravel	3	50
		Caliche, hard, white; contains opal	10	60
		Caliche, limestone, hard, brown to white; contains silt and fine sand	14	74
		Silt, sandy, brown	6	80
		Sand, medium to fine, and silt	40	120
		Sand, fine, and silt, yellow	10	130
		Sand, fine to medium, and silt	10	140
		Sand, fine to coarse	10	150
		Sand, coarse to medium; contains fine gravel	12	162
Cretaceous--Gulfian
	Niobrara formation--Smoky Hill chalk member
		Shale, calcareous, yellow-brown	9	171
		Shale, calcareous, gray; contains a small amount of yellow shale	2	173
		Shale, calcareous, gray	7	180

18-37-13cca. Driller's log of well in the NE SW SW sec. 13, T. 18 S., R. 37 W.; drilled for the City of Leoti in November 1950. Surface altitude, 3,307.5 feet. Don Rogers, driller (Ben Hasz Drilling Co.).			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Topsoil	18	18
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Gyp and clay	11	29
		Hard rock	21	50
		Sand rock	15	65
		Clay	10	75
		Sand rock	10	85
		Sand and clay	3	88
		Clay	2	90
		Clay and rock	5	95
		Clay	25	120
		Sand and clay	5	125
		Sand	13	138
		Sand and clay	5	143
		Sand, fine, good	2	145
		Clay	19	164
		Sand	4	168
		Clay	2	170

18-38-8aaa. Sample log of test hole in the NE cor. sec. 8, T. 18 S, R. 38 W.; drilled September 1947. Surface altitude, 3,424.1 feet. Water table, 90.4 feet below land surface, September 19, 1947.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Sanborn formation
		Silt, dark-brown	2	2
Tertiary--Pliocene
	Ogallala formation
		Silt, light-brown	8	10
		Clay, light-gray	3	13
		Sand, medium, red; contains silt and fine sand	9	22
		Caliche, sandy, hard, white	13	35
		Silt, sandy, bard, reddish-brown	15	50
		Sand, fine to coarse, and fine gravel, partly consolidated	8	58
		Clay, silty, gray	2	60
		Clay, silty, gray; contains sand	7	67
		Clay and silt, brown; contains fine to medium sand	3	70
		Silt, sandy, bard, brown	10	80
		Silt, sandy, brown; contains clay	6	86
		Sand, medium to fine	4	90
		Sand, medium to coarse; contains fine sand	6	96
		Silt and fine sand, clayey, light-tan	2	98
		Sand, medium to fine	2	100
		Sand, medium to fine; contains coarse sand	6	106
		Clay, soft, yellow	10	116
		Sand, medium; contains fine sand	2	118
		Sand, coarse, and fine to medium gravel	2	120
		Clay, light-tan	7	127
		Clay, sandy, light-tan	10	137
		Sand, fine to medium	3	140
		Sand, coarse to medium	5	145