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Appendix G--Road Logs

Road logs are available for various parts of Kansas, especially from the Kansas Geological Society. The following logs (Fig. 147), most of which were prepared for Kansas Geological Society field conferences, are in many ways general enough that they can be used along with a geologic map of the state as a guide for the traveler. Mr. C. K. Bayne, Dr. L. F. Dellwig, Dr. J. M. Jewett, Mr. W. S. Johns, Mr. W. D. Johnson Jr., Mr. Charles Lane, Mr. B. F. Latta, Dr. R. C. Moore, Mr. H. G. O'Connor, Mr. G. F. Stewart, and Dr. Ada Swineford helped prepare and check the logs.

Figure 147--Map of Kansas showing locations of selected road logs given in Appendix G.

Map of Kansas showing paths of road logs in appexndix.

Kansas Turnpike--Kansas City to South Haven

Milepost Tenths  
0 18th Street Expressway, Kansas City, Kansas
  0.2 Drum Limestone underlain by Cherryvale Shale
1    
  0.2 K-32 overpass
  0.4 Loess on Lane Shale on north
  0.9 Lane Shale-Iola Limestone on both sides of road
2    
  0.4 Wyandotte Limestone on Lane Shale
  0.7 View of Kansas River
3   Iola Limestone on both sides of road
  0.1 Drum Limestone on north
  0.4 Overpass
  0.8 Loess on both sides of road
  0.9 61st Street underpass (Bridge 303)
4    
  0.4 65th Street underpass
  0.5 Pleistocene on Lane Shale
  0.7 Loess on both sides of road
5   US-40 Interchange underpass (Bridge 300-A)
  0.3 Argentine Limestone on north
  0.4 72nd Street underpass (Bridge 300)
  0.5 Farley Limestone on north
  0.6 Farley Limestone on both sides of road
  0.7 Kansas City Toll Station
6    
  0.1 Overpass
  0.7 Loess on Argentine Limestone below road on north
7    
  0.1 86th Street underpass
  0.2 Pleistocene on Bonner Springs Shale
  0.8 Plattsburg Limestone on Bonner Springs Shale
8   Vilas Shale to Stoner Limestone
  0.1 Bridge
  0.2 Bonner Springs Shale and Plattsburg Limestone
  0.4 Wyandotte Limestone to Plattsburg Limestone
  0.6 Overpass
  0.7 Farley Limestone on north
9    
  0.2 Plattsburg Limestone to Stoner Limestone on both sides of road
  0.3 Pleistocene on South Bend Limestone (Stanton Formation)
10    
  0.1 110th Street (K-107) underpass (Bridge 294)
  0.5 Tonganoxie Sandstone on north
  0.7 Pleistocene on Tonganoxie Sandstone
  0.8 Tonganoxie Sandstone on both sides of road
11    
  0.1 Tonganoxie Sandstone on north
  0.2 Overpass
  0.3 Pleistocene on both sides of road
  0.5 Tonganoxie Sandstone on both sides of road
  0.8 Riverview Road underpass (Bridge 291)
12   South Bend Limestone in ditch on right
  0.5 Bonner Springs Interchange (Bridge 290-A)
  0.7 K-7 underpass (Bridge 290)
13    
  0.3 Overpass
  0.4 Tonganoxie Sandstone on north
  0.8 South Bend Limestone to Wyandotte Limestone
14    
  0.3 142nd Street underpass (Bridge 288)
  0.6 Santa Fe Railroad overpass
  0.7 Wolf Creek overpass 15
  0.1 Kansas Avenue underpass
  0.2 Bonner Springs Shale and Plattsburg Limestone
  0.3 Bonner Springs Shale and Plattsburg Limestone
  0.9 Tonganoxie Sandstone on both sides of road
16   Tonganoxie Sandstone on north
  0.3 De Soto Road underpass (Bridge 284)
17    
  0.4 Underpass (Bridge 283)
18    
  0.4 Underpass (Bridge 282)
19    
  0.1 Pleistocene on Tonganoxie Sandstone
  0.3 Underpass (Bridge 281)
20    
  0.2 Underpass (Bridge 279)
  0.7 Stranger Creek overpass
21    
  0.7 Stoner Limestone on both sides of road
  0.8 Tonganoxie Sandstone
22    
  0.3 Glacial drift
  0.6 Underpass (Bridge 277)
  0.7 Stranger Formation on north
  0.9 Stranger Formation
23    
  0.2 Stranger Formation
  0.5 Haskell Limestone Member on north
  0.7 Underpass (Bridge 276)
24   Stranger Formation
  0.6 Pleistocene on Stranger Formation
  0.8 Eudora Road underpass (Bridge 275)
25   Sandstone in Stranger Formation
  0.1 Massive sandstone in Stranger Formation
  0.9 Bridge
26    
  0.3 Pleistocene on north
  0.6 Sandy shale in Stranger Formation
  0.9 Tonganoxie Sandstone
27    
  0.1 Haskell Limestone on north
  0.3 Underpass
  0.6 Lawrence Service Area
28    
  0.2 Underpass (Bridge 272)
  0.7 Pleistocene on both sides of road
29    
  0.1 Stranger Formation
  0.5 Stranger Formation on both sides of road
30    
  0.3 K-32 underpass (Bridge 270)
  0.6 Mud Creek overpass
  0.9 Union Pacific Railroad overpass
31   River floodplain and low terraces
  0.8 Overpass
32    
  0.1 Sand pit on south
  0.8 East Lawrence Interchange
33    
  0.3 US-40 and US-24 overpass
  0.5 East end of Kansas River bridge
  0.9 West end of Kansas River bridge
34    
  0.2 Union Pacific Railroad overpass
  0.4 Michigan Street underpass
  0.7 West Lawrence Interchange underpass (Bridge 261)
  0.9 Country Club Road underpass (Bridge 260)
35    
  0.1 Oread Limestone scarp on south and ahead
  0.9 Lakeview Alternate Road underpass (Bridge 259)
36    
  0.5 Road on Menoken terrace
  0.9 Baldwin Creek bridge
37    
  0.7 Lawrence Shale and Oread Limestone on both sides of road. East end of exposure of Lawrence to Plattsmouth
38   Harrison Well Road underpass
  0.1 Kereford Limestone
  0.5 Oread Limestone
  0.7 Plattsmouth Limestone
39    
  0.8 Lecompton Limestone
40 Kanwaka Road underpass (Bridge 256)
  0.1 Lecompton Limestone
  0.3 Lecompton Limestone on both sides of road
  0.7 Lecompton Limestone
41    
  0.5 Tecumseh Shale and base of Deer Creek Limestone
  0.7 Sandstone in Tecumseh Shale
42    
  0.1 Robert Steel Highway overpass
  0.7 Upper part Tecumseh Shale and Deer Creek Limestone
43    
  0.1 Overpass
  0.4 Upper Tecumseh Shale and lower Deer Creek Limestone
  0.9 Deer Creek Limestone
44    
  0.1 Ervine Creek Limestone
  0.2 Rock Bluff Limestone and Queen Hill Shale
45    
  0.1 Lecompton Alternate Road underpass (Bridge 250)
46    
  0.1 Topeka Limestone
  0.4 Topeka Limestone
  0.6 Big Springs Road underpass (Bridge 249)
  0.8 Calhoun Shale
47    
  0.1 Bridge
  0.2 Upper Calhoun Shale and Topeka Limestone
  0.6 Pleistocene deposits on north
48    
  0.1 Upper Calhoun Shale and Topeka Limestone
  0.2 US-40 overpass
  0.7 Upper Calhoun Shale and Topeka Limestone
49    
  0.2 Miliken Road underpass (Bridge 246)
  0.3 Topeka Limestone
  0.6 Topeka Limestone
50   Calhoun Shale
  0.3 Ozawkie Limestone to Ervine Creek Limestone
  0.8 Rock Bluff Limestone to Ervine Creek Limestone
51    
  0.1 Calhoun Shale and Topeka Limestone
  0.2 Earl Hall Road underpass (Bridge 243)
  0.4 Ervine Creek Limestone
  0.7 Rock Bluff Limestone to Ervine Creek Limestone
52    
  0.1 Deer Creek Limestone
  0.3 Calhoun Shale on both sides of road
  0.4 Sandstone in Calhoun Shale
  0.7 Topeka Limestone on both sides of road
  0.8 Tecumseh Road underpass (Bridge 242)
  0.9 Calhoun Shale and Hartford Limestone
53    
  0.3 Ervine Creek Limestone
  0.7 Calhoun Shale and Topeka Limestone
  0.8 Topeka Service Area
54    
  0.3 Croco Road underpass (Bridge 241)
  0.9 East Topeka Interchange underpass (Bridge 240)
55   Topeka Limestone and upper Calhoun Shale
  0.1 Calhoun Shale
  0.4 Wittenberg Road underpass (Bridge 239)
56    
  0.1 29th Street underpass (Bridge 238)
  0.2 Topeka Limestone and Calhoun Shale
  0.4 Topeka Limestone
  0.6 Topeka Limestone
  0.9 Overpass
57    
  0.6 Overpass
58    
  0.1 Sandstone in White Cloud Shale
  0.3 Overpass
  0.7 Howard Limestone
59   Nodaway coal and Church Limestone
  0.2 US-75 and Santa Fe and Missouri Pacific Railroad overpass
  0.5 South Topeka Interchange underpass (Bridge 230)
60    
  0.1 White Cloud Shale
  0.2 Church Limestone
  0.5 Howard Limestone
  0.7 Glacial deposits
  0.8 Overpass (Bridge 228)
61   Nodaway coal to Utopia Limestone
  0.7 Burlingame Road underpass (Bridge 227)
62    
  0.1 White Cloud Shale
  0.6 White Cloud Shale
  0.8 Burlingame Limestone on both sides of road
63 Pauline Road overpass (Bridge 226)
  0.1 Burlingame Limestone
  0.4 Burlingame Limestone
  0.8 Happy Hollow Limestone to Rulo Limestone
64    
  0.1 Clark Road underpass (Bridge 224)
  0.3 White Cloud Shale
  0.9 Happy Hollow Limestone?
65    
  0.3 Wanamaker Road underpass (Bridge 223)
66    
  0.5 Burlingame Limestone
67    
  0.1 Auburn Road underpass (Bridge 220)
  0.8 Burlingame Limestone
68    
  0.3 Wakarusa Road underpass (Bridge 218)
  0.8 Wakarusa Creek overpass (Bridge 217)
69    
  0.2 Burlingame Limestone and Soldier Creek Shale
  0.5 Auburn-Osage Road underpass (Bridge 216)
  0.6 Limestone in Soldier Creek Shale
  0.7 Limestone in Soldier Creek Shale
70    
  0.6 Poor exposure of Reading Limestone
71    
  0.1 Elmont Limestone
  0.5 Elmont Limestone and Willard Shale
  0.8 Willard Shale to Maple Hill Limestone
72   Tarkio Limestone to Maple Hill Limestone
  0.4 Sandstone in Pillsbury Shale
  0.5 Sandstone in Pillsbury Shale (Bridge 215)
  0.8 Maple Hill Limestone
  0.9 Tarkio Limestone
73    
  0.1 Tarkio Limestone
  0.9 Prairie Center Road underpass (Bridge 213)
75    
  0.6 Tabor Road underpass (Bridge 211)
76    
  0.5 Switzler Road underpass (Bridge 210)
  0.7 Sandstone in Pillsbury Shale
77   Sandstone in Pillsbury Shale
  0.7 Underpass (Bridge 209)
  0.9 Dover Limestone
78    
  0.8 Dover Limestone overlying Pillsbury Shale
79    
  0.5 Santa Fe Railroad overpass (Bridge 207)
  0.6 Dragoon Creek bridge
  0.9 Dover Limestone and underlying shale
80    
  0.1 Underpass (Bridge 205)
  0.2 Dover Limestone
81    
  0.1 K-31 underpass (Bridge 204)
  0.3 Soldier Creek bridge
  0.7 Underpass (Bridge 202)
82    
  0.3 Underpass (Bridge 201)
83    
  0.3 Pillsbury Shale and Dover Limestone
  0.5 Underpass (Bridge 200); sandstone in Pillsbury Shale
  0.7 Sandstone In Pillsbury Shale overlain by Dover Limestone
84    
  0.9 Harveyville Road underpass (Bridge 197)
86    
  0.1 Underpass (Bridge 196)
88    
  0.1 Underpass (Bridge 194)
  0.7 Marais des Cygnes River bridge; Maple Hill Limestone under bridge
89   Pillsbury Shale to Jim Creek Limestone
  0.6 US-56 underpass (Bridge 192)
  0.8 Admire Interchange (Bridge 192-A)
90    
  0.4 French Creek Shale and Grayhorse Limestone
91   Underpass (Bridge 190)
  0.4 Missouri Pacific Railroad overpass
  0.7 Dover Limestone
  0.9 Underpass (Bridge 188)
92    
  0.5 Hundred and Fortytwo Mile Creek bridge
  0.7 Dover Limestone and Pillsbury Shale
93    
  0.2 Underpass (Bridge 184)
  0.5 Hill Creek bridge
  0.7 Dry Shale and Grandhaven Limestone
94    
  0.5 Underpass (Bridge 182)
95    
  0.2 Nebraska City Limestone and underlying beds
  0.9 Brownville Limestone and Grayhorse Limestone
96    
  0.3 K-99 underpass (Bridge 178)
97    
  0.1 Underpass (Bridge 177)
  0.7 Falls City Limestone?
98    
  0.4 Underpass (Bridge 176)
99    
  0.1 Falls City Limestone
  0.6 Underpass (Bridge 174) 100
  0.9 Dows Creek bridge
101    
  0.7 K-99 underpass (Bridge 170)
103    
  0.7 K-99 underpass (Bridge 168)
104    
  0.4 Underpass (Bridge 167)
105   Emporia Service Area
  0.5 Underpass (Bridge 166) 106
  0.3 Allen Creek bridge
  0.5 Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railroad overpass (Bridge 163)
  0.7 Troublesome Creek bridge
  0.9 Underpass (Bridge 161) 107
  0.5 Neosho River bridge
  0.8 Nebraska City Limestone and adjacent beds
108    
  0.2 Underpass (Bridge 159)
  0.5 Americus Road underpass (Bridge 158)
109    
  0.3 Underpass (Bridge 157)
  0.7 Emporia Interchange underpass (Bridge 156)
  0.9 US-50 overpass (Bridge 155)
110    
  0.5 Overpass
  0.8 Santa Fe Railroad overpass
112   Cottonwood River bridge
113    
  0.5 Bridge
  0.9 Wood Siding Formation
114    
  0.1 Bridge 146
  0.2 Brownville Limestone
116    
  0.2 Pipe Township Road (Bridge 144)
  0.4 Hamlin Shale
  0.7 Hamlin Shale
117    
  0.1 Americus Limestone
  0.2 Hughes Creek Shale
  0.5 Red Eagle Limestone
  0.7 Grenola Limestone
118    
  0.1 Red Eagle Limestone
  0.2 Johnson Shale
  0.4 Johnson Shale
  0.7 Johnson Shale
  0.8 Center Township Road (Bridge 140)
119    
  0.1 Upper Johnson Shale and lower Red Eagle Limestone
  0.2 Howe Limestone
  0.3 Lower Grenola Limestone
  0.8 Burr Limestone
  0.9 Legion Shale and Sallyards Limestone
120   Roca Shale
  0.2 Red Eagle Limestone
  0.7 Johnson Shale to Grenola Limestone
121    
  0.1 Neva Limestone
  0.5 Cottonwood Limestone overlain by Florena Shale
  0.9 Easly Creek Shale overlain by Crouse Limestone
122   Tea Pot Mound Road underpass (Bridge 138); Crouse Limestone overlain by Blue Rapids Shale
  0.2 Blue Rapids Shale
  0.6 Speiser Shale and Threemile Limestone
  0.9 Funston Limestone and underlying Blue Rapids Shale
123    
  0.1 Crouse Limestone
  0.5 Crouse Limestone
  0.9 Bader Limestone and overlying Easly Creek Shale
124    
  0.3 Bader Limestone
  0.7 Bader Limestone
  0.9 Blue Rapids Shale to Speiser Shale on east side of road
125    
  0.2 Speiser Shale and Threemlle Limestone
  0.5 Threemile Limestone and Havensville Shale
  0.7 Havensville Shale and Schroyer Limestone
  0.8 Bazaar cattle crossing (Bridge 137)
126    
  0.1 Havensville Shale and Schroyer Limestone
  0.4 Havensville Shale
  0.6 Threemile Limestone
  0.8 Havensville Shale and Schroyer Limestone
127    
  0.7 Wymore Shale and overlying Kinney Limestone
128    
  0.4 Schroyer Limestone
  0.9 Schroyer Limestone
129   Schroyer Limestone
  0.6 Kinney Limestone
130   Florence Limestone
  0.2 Kinney Limestone
  0.6 Threemile Limestone and Speiser Shale
131   Funston Limestone
  0.3 Funston Limestone and Blue Rapids Shale
  0.4 Sharps Creek bridge
  0.7 Funston Limestone
132   Speiser Shale and overlying Threemile Limestone
  0.4 Matfield Green cattle crossing; Wymore Shale
  0.6 Schroyer Limestone
  0.8 Threemile Limestone and Speiser Shale
133    
  0.2 Funston Limestone and Speiser Shale
  0.4 Funston Limestone and Speiser Shale
134    
  0.4 Shaw Creek Road
  0.9 Little Cedar Creek Road underpass (Bridge 133)
135   Blue Rapids Shale
  0.3 Overpass
  0.5 Funston Limestone and Speiser Shale
  0.8 Wreford Limestone
136    
  0.1 Speiser Shale and Funston Limestone
  0.3 Funston Limestone
  0.4 Crouse Limestone
  0.6 Overpass
137    
  0.1 Underpass (Bridge 130)
  0.3 Blue Rapids Shale and Funston Limestone
  0.7 Speiser Shale and Threemile Limestone
138    
  0.2 Kinney Limestone
  0.3 Florence Limestone and underlying Matfield Shale
  0.7 Florence Limestone
  0.9 Florence Limestone
139    
  0.7 Matfield Green Service Area
140    
  0.8 Quarry in Fort Riley Limestone on west
141    
  0.3 Lower part of the Doyle Shale
142    
  0.6 Santa Fe Railroad overpass
144    
  0.3 K-13 underpass (Cassoday)
  0.8 Underpass
146    
  0.1 Harsh Road underpass
147    
  0.4 Oakdale Road underpass (Bridge 122)
148    
  0.1 Towanda Limestone
  0.8 Hursh Road underpass (Bridge 121)
149    
  0.5 Towanda Limestone
150    
  0.1 Underpass (Bridge 120)
  0.5 Fort Riley Limestone
151    
  0.4 Fort Riley Limestone
  0.5 Fort Riley Limestone
152   Fort Riley Limestone
  0.1 Ellis Road underpass (Bridge 119)
  0.4 Fort Riley Limestone
  0.6 Benson Road underpass (Bridge 118)
153 Upper part of Fort Riley Limestone
  0.3 Upper part of Fort Riley Limestone
  0.6 Quarry in Fort Riley Limestone on west
154    
  0.3 Fort Riley Limestone
  0.6 Holmesville Shale and Towanda Limestone
  0.9 Fort Riley Limestone
155    
  0.1 Bridge
  0.5 Chelsea Road underpass (Bridge 117)
  0.9 Bridge
156    
  0.5 Towanda Limestone
157    
  0.5 Putnam Road underpass (Bridge 114)
161    
  0.2 Upper part of Doyle Shale
  0.3 US-77 underpass (Bridge 112)
  0.5 Towanda Limestone
  0.7 Bridge
162    
  0.3 Bridge
  0.8 Winfield Limestone
163    
  0.1 Winfield Limestone
  0.5 Winfield Limestone
164    
  0.1 Oil Hill Road
  0.4 Bridge
165   Cresswell Limestone
  0.3 Bridge
  0.6 El Dorado Township Road underpass (Bridge 106)
166    
  0.1 El Dorado Interchange underpass (Bridge 104)
  0.3 K-196 underpass
  0.9 Underpass (Bridge 102)
168    
  0.2 Florence Limestone
  0.4 Kechi Road underpass (Bridge 100)
169    
  0.5 Cresswell Limestone
  0.8 Cresswell Limestone
  0.9 Underpass (Bridge 98)
171    
  0.1 Ohio Street underpass (Bridge 97)
  0.7 Cresswell Limestone
  0.8 Towanda Service Area
172   Cresswell Limestone
  0.2 Cresswell Limestone
  0.7 Lower part of Winfield Limestone and Gage Shale
  0.8 Towanda Road underpass (Bridge 95)
173    
  0.2 Whitewater River bridge
  0.9 Underpass (Bridge 92)
174    
  0.5 Winfield Limestone
175    
  0.1 Odell Shale
  0.4 Santa Fe Lake Road underpass (Bridge 90)
  0.7 Herington Limestone
176    
  0.6 29th Street underpass (Bridge 88)
177    
  0.4 Indianola Road underpass (Bridge 87)
178    
  0.3 Bridge
179    
  0.2 21st Street underpass
  0.9 162nd Street underpass (Bridge 84)
180    
  0.7 Bridge
181    
  0.1 160th Street underpass (Bridge 82)
  0.2 Main Street underpass (Bridge 81); Wellington Shale
  0.3 13th Street underpass; Wellington Shale
  0.4 Wellington Shale
182    
  0.2 159th Street underpass (Bridge 79)
183    
  0.2 Bridge
  0.4 143rd Street underpass (Bridge 76)
184    
  0.6 Wellington Shale
  0.7 127th Street underpass; Wellington Shale
  0.8 US-54 and Kellogg Road underpass (Bridge 74)
  0.9 Wellington Shale
185    
  0.8 Bridge
186    
  0.8 Webb Road underpass (Bridge 72)
187    
  0.1 East Wichita Interchange underpass (Bridge 71)
  0.9 Bridge
188    
  0.4 Bridge
189   Wellington Shale
  0.3 Bridge
  0.9 Bridge
190    
  0.6 Bridge
  0.8 Fees Avenue underpass (Bridge 61)
191    
  0.3 Hamilton Road underpass (Bridge 60)
  0.9 K-15 Interchange underpass (Bridge 59)
192    
  0.1 K-15 overpass
  0.2 Santa Fe Railroad overpass
  0.3 Arkansas River bridge
  0.5 Bridge 193
  0.8 Bridge
194    
  0.2 Bridge
  0.6 South Wichita Interchange overpass
195    
  0.2 Bridge
196    
  0.2 Bridge
  0.6 Bridge
197    
  0.2 Haysville Road underpass (Bridge 45)
198    
  0.2 Derby Road underpass (Bridge 43)
199    
  0.2 Underpass (Bridge 42)
200    
  0.2 Waco Road underpass (Bridge 41)
201    
  0.2 Clearwater Road underpass (Bridge 40)
202    
  0.1 Bridge
  0.3 Underpass (Bridge 39)
203    
  0.3 Bridge
204    
  0.1 Underpass (Bridge 37)
205    
  0.1 Underpass (Bridge 36)
206    
  0.1 Underpass (Bridge 35)
  0.7 Terrace deposits
207    
  0.1 Underpass (Bridge 34)
  0.6 Bridge
208    
  0.1 Underpass (Bridge 32)
209    
  0.1 Bridge
  0.6 Sand dunes
  0.8 Ninnescah River bridge
210    
  0.1 Underpass (Bridge 30)
  0.3 Bridge
211   Wellington Service Area
  0.1 Underpass (Bridge 28)
  0.6 Wellington Shale
  0.9 Bridge
213    
  0.3 Underpass (Bridge 26)
214    
  0.4 Underpass (Bridge 25)
215    
  0.5 Underpass (Bridge 24)
216    
  0.5 Underpass (Bridge 23)
217    
  0.3 Wellington Shale
  0.5 South Haven Toll Station (Bridge 22)
  0.8 Wellington Shale
218    
  0.2 Bridge
  0.5 Bridge
219    
  0.5 Underpass (Bridge 19)
220    
  0.5 Underpass (Bridge 18)
221    
  0.6 Bridge
222    
  0.4 Wellington Shale
  0.5 Underpass (Bridge 16)
223    
  0.5 Underpass (Bridge 15)
225    
  0.5 Underpass (Bridge 13)
226    
  0.5 Underpass (Bridge 12)
227    
  0.2 Wellington Shale
228    
  0.5 Underpass (Bridge 10)
  0.9 Wellington Shale
230    
  0.5 Underpass (Bridge 8)
  0.6 Wellington Shale
231    
  0.4 Bridge
232    
  0.4 Bridge
  0.9 Wellington Shale
233    
  0.4 Wellington Shale
  0.6 Underpass (Bridge 4)
234    
  0.6 Underpass (Bridge 3)
235    
  0.6 Underpass (Bridge 2)
  0.7 Wellington Shale
  0.9 Wellington Shale
236    
  0.7 Oklahoma state line and underpass (Bridge 1)

I-70 and US-40-Topeka to Sharon Springs

Cumulative
mileage
Mileage  
0.0 0.0 South Topeka Interchange, Kansas Turnpike, and I-470 and US-75 bypass
0.9 0.9 Burlingame overpass; Howard Limestone and Nodaway coal
2.5 1.6 Gage underpass
2.8 0.3 White Cloud Shale
3.3 0.5 29th Street underpass
4.4 1.1 Sandstone in White Cloud Shale
4.6 0.2 21st Street underpass
5.7 1.1 Wanamaker Road overpass
6.1 0.4 Bern Limestone underlain by Scranton Shale
7.2 1.1 I-70 and US-40 overpass
7.8 0.6 Silver Lake Shale overlain by Burlingame Limestone
8.8 1.0 Underpass
9.1 0.3 Auburn Road underpass
9.4 0.3 Auburn Shale and Emporia Limestone
10.0 0.6 Emporia Limestone
10.4 0.4 Bern Limestone overlying Scranton Shale
10.8 0.4 Blacksmith Creek bridge
11.0 0.2 Scranton Shale and overlying Bern Limestone
11.4 0.4 Mission Creek bridge
12.2 0.8 Valencia Road underpass
12.7 0.5 Auburn Shale
13.1 0.4 Zeandale Limestone and Willard Shale (below)
13.4 0.3 Tarkio Limestone on both sides of road
13.7 0.3 Tarkio Limestone underlain by Willard Shale
14.0 0.3 Upper part of Emporia Formation
14.1 0.1 Emporia Limestone and Auburn Shale on left
14.5 0.4 West Union Road underpass
14.8 0.3 Willard Shale overlain by Tarkio Limestone
15.5 0.7 Buffalo Mound ahead on skyline
16.0 0.5 Willard-Dover Road underpass
16.5 0.5 Zeandale Limestone
16.7 0.2 Tarkio Limestone
17.1 0.4 Dover Limestone on north side of road
17.3 0.2 Dover Limestone underlain by Pillsbury Shale
17.6 0.3 Dover Limestone on both sides of road
17.8 0.2 Dover Limestone on both sides of road
19.3 1.5 Stotler Limestone
19.9 0.6 Stotler Limestone
20.0 0.1 Stotler Limestone and Pillsbury Shale on both sides of road
20.4 0.4 Bridge
21.1 0.7 K 30 underpass
21.7 0.6 Brownville Limestone (Pennsylvanian) overlain by Towle Shale (Permian)
22.9 1.2 Falls City Limestone overlain by West Branch Shale
23.8 0.9 Aspinwall Limestone
24.1 0.3 Vera Road underpass
26.9 2.8 Bridge
27.5 0.6 Roadside park
28.3 0.8 Hughes Creek Shale exposure with Long Creek Limestone at top
28.5 0.2 Hamlin Shale overlain by Foraker Limestone
28.7 0.2 Mill Creek bridge
29.0 0.3 Rock Island Railroad overpass
29.2 0.2 K-138 overpass
29.6 0.4 Bridge
29.9 0.3 Chert gravel hills (buried Pleistocene valley) on north
31.8 1.9 Bridge
32.0 0.2 K-185 underpass
33.3 1.3 Rock Island Railroad overpass
33.5 0.2 Bridge
34.0 0.5 Grenola Limestone to Cottonwood Limestone
34.3 0.3 Cottonwood Limestone
34.5 0.2 K-99 overpass; Florena Shale and Morrill Limestone
35.4 0.9 Bader Limestone
35.9 0.5 Threemile Limestone and underlying Speiser Shale
36.3 0.4 Wreford Limestone and underlying Speiser Shale
36.5 0.2 Funston Limestone on south side of road
36.8 0.3 Funston Limestone, Blue Rapids Shale, Crouse Limestone, and Easly Creek Shale (below)
37.1 0.3 Crouse Limestone on both sides of road
37.3 0.2 Bader Limestone
37.5 0.2 Beattie Limestone
37.8 0.3 Cottonwood Limestone
38.3 0.5 Bridge
40.3 2.0 Funston Limestone on south
40.5 0.2 Wreford Limestone
40.9 0.4 Schroyer Limestone
42.3 1.4 Limestone in Havensville Shale above Threemile Limestone
42.9 0.6 Bader Limestone
43.6 0.7 Eskridge Shale
43.9 0.3 Bridge; Neva Limestone
45.0 1.1 Eskridge Shale overlain by Beattie Limestone
45.6 0.6 Eskridge Shale to Bader Limestone
45.8 0.2 Bridge
46.0 0.2 Bader Limestone
46.3 0.3 Funston Limestone, Speiser Shale, and lower part of Wreford Limestone
46.5 0.2 Wreford Limestone
46.7 0.2 Schroyer Limestone
46.9 0.2 Schroyer Limestone
47.4 0.5 Florence Limestone and underlying Matfield Shale
47.8 0.4 Florence Limestone
48.1 0.3 K-13 overpass
48.3 0.2 Florence Limestone and Matfield Shale
49.0 0.7 Florence Limestone
49.7 0.7 Wreford Limestone
50.4 0.7 Florence Limestone
51.9 1.5 Wreford Limestone
52.6 0.7 Kinney Limestone
53.0 0.4 McDowell Creek
54.5 1.5 Florence Limestone and Matfield Shale
55.2 0.7 Ft. Riley Limestone
56.2 1.0 Florence Limestone
57.1 0.9 Kinney Limestone?
57.7 0.6 Clark Creek
58.8 1.1 Ft. Riley Military Reservation; Wreford Limestone
59.1 0.3 Funston Limestone
60.4 1.3 Marshall Field underpass
62.2 1.8 Florence Limestone and underlying units
62.7 0.5 Smoky Hill River
63.5 0.8 Junction City; K-207 overpass
64.9 1.4 US-77 overpass
65.9 1.0 Roadside park
69.5 3.6 Ft. Riley-Milford Road bridge
70.6 1.1 Dickinson County
73.2 2.6 K 206 overpass
73.5 0.3 Winfield Limestone
77.6 4.1 Nolans Limestone
78.5 0.9 K-43 overpass
81.9 3.4 Buckeye Road underpass
83.4 1.5 Wellington Shale (poorly exposed)
84.4 1.0 K-15 overpass
87.1 2.7 Talmage underpass
93.3 6.2 K 221 underpass
93.8 0.5 Saline County
94.6 0.8 Roadside park
99.9 5.3 New Cambria (K 220) underpass
100.4 0.5 Dakota Group (poorly exposed)
103.7 3.3 Dakota rocks poorly exposed
106.4 2.7 Camp Webster Road
107.5 1.1 US-81 overpass, turn left (south) on US-40 and 81
109.8 2.3 Turn right on US-40
111.3 1.5 US-81 bypass
118.0 6.7 Bavaria
124.2 6.2 Brookville
128.5 4.3 Ellsworth County
129.8 1.3 Sandstone in Dakota at left (south) capping small hill
131.1 1.3 K-141 intersection
131.3 0.2 Dakota sandstone on both sides of road
134.5 3.2 Carneiro
135.6 1.1 Dakota sandstone on both sides of road
141.2 5.6 K III intersection
144.8 3.6 K-45 intersection
145.3 0.5 K-14 intersection
145.5 0.2 Ellsworth
151.1 5.6 Cross-bedded sandstone in the Dakota Group
160.8 9.7 Wilson
161.8 1.0 Russell County
167.5 5.7 Dorrance
174.3 6.8 Greenhorn Limestone (poor exposure)
183.0 8.7 Russell
192.6 9.6 Gorham
193.7 1.1 Ellis County
195.8 2.1 Walker
199.7 3.9 Victoria
208.8 9.1 Stay left on bypass US-40
209.0 0.2 Hays
210.5 1.5 Roadside park
210.8 0.3 US-183 intersection
211.0 0.2 Old Fort Hays
212.8 1.8 Business US-40 intersection
217.1 4.3 Upper part of Carlile Shale overlain by Fort Hays Limestone
222.8 5.7 Abandoned quarry in Fort Hays Limestone (south side)
223.0 0.2 Fort Hays Limestone on left (south)
224.4 1.4 Ellis
226.7 2.3 Trego County
229.9 3.2 I-70; keep left
231.0 1.1 Ogallala Formation in road cut
231.5 0.5 Ogallala Formation in road cut
231.8 0.3 K-147 overpass
234.5 2.7 Rest area north side of road
235.4 0.9 Rest area south side of road
239.2 3.8 US-283 north
240.2 1.0 US-283 south
252.4 12.2 Veda underpass
257.4 5.0 K-198 overpass
259.5 2.1 Gove County
265.2 5.7 K-212 overpass
273.0 7.8 K-211 overpass
276.2 3.2 Rest area
279.1 2.9 K-23
279.5 0.4 US-40 keep right
287.4 7.9 Grinnell
297.5 10.1 Logan County
297.7 0.2 Roadside park
299.4 1.7 Oakley
299.6 0.2 US-383 and US-83
308.3 8.7 Monument
310.8 2.5 K-25 (north)
318.2 7.4 K-25 (south)
321.7 3.5 Winona
328.1 6.4 Pierre Shale overlain by Pleistocene deposits
328.6 0.5 North Fork Smoky Hill River
330.1 1.5 McAllaster Buttes, Pierre Shale exposures
331.0 0.9 McAllaster
335.4 4.4 Turtle Creek
337.2 1.8 Wallace County
339.7 2.5 Fort Wallace museum and park
340.2 0.5 Wallace
349.8 9.6 Sharon Springs
350.0 0.2 K-27 (north)
350.1 0.1 K-27 (south)
362.4 12.3 Weskan
366.9 4.5 Colorado state line

US-166, K-38, US-160, K-99, US-54, US-56, K-4, and county roads, Arkansas City to Eskridge (from Kansas Geological Society 24th Field Conference Guidebook)

Cumulative
mileage
Mileage  
0.0 0.0 Arkansas City, east side of town on south side US-166 (Madison Avenue) just east of Santa Fe Railroad underpass
0.1 0.1 Walnut River
0.5 0.4 Winfield Limestone in road cut
0.8 0.3 Loess overlying Odell Shale
3.2 2.4 Winfield Limestone capping hill on left. Leave US-166; go straight ahead, curve right on old US-166
3.4 0.2 Intermediate (Illinoisian) terrace
3.8 0.4 Lower (Wisconsinan) terrace
4.8 1.0 Winfield Limestone overlain by loess
5.6 0.8 Winfield Limestone scarp
6.9 1.3 Poor exposure of Ft. Riley Limestone
7.2 0.3 Silverdale Road
7.3 0.1 Ft. Riley Limestone
7.5 0.2 Upland (Early Pleistocene) chert gravels on Ft. Riley Limestone
8.0 0.5 Grouse Creek. Kinney Limestone exposed on left in creek bank
8.5 0.5 Kinney Limestone
9.2 0.7 Florence Limestone (about 12 feet thick in this area)
10.0 0.8 Upland capped with Ft. Riley Limestone; note numerous quarries in Ft. Riley Limestone
14.2 4.2 Base of Barneston Limestone
15.3 1.1 Maple City
16.2 0.9 Curve right (east)
19.2 3.0 Otto; turn right (south)
20.3 1.1 Wreford Limestone
20.9 0.6 Wreford Limestone scarp
21.7 0.8 Wreford Limestone scarp
24.1 2.4 Crouse Limestone on left in creek bank
24.6 0.5 Oklahoma state line
26.6 2.0 Spring Creek
27.0 0.4 Turn left (east)
27.3 0.3 Cattle guard
27.6 0.3 Cattle guard
28.1 0.5 Turn right (south)
28.7 0.6 Morrill Limestone bench
29.1 0.4 Bader Limestone outlier
30.4 1.3 Turn right (west)
32.2 1.8 Beaver Creek
32.9 0.7 Pass over cattle guard and turn around to head east
33.1 0.2 Beattie Limestone exposure in gully just west of unimproved road on Murphy Ranch
33.6 0.5 Beaver Creek
34.0 0.4 Sandstone in Eskridge Shale
34.6 0.6 Morrill Limestone
37.4 2.8 Oklahoma 18 intersection, turn left (north); Grainola to right (south)
41.4 4.0 Kansas state line (Cowley County Road 7)
43.4 2.0 Grenola Limestone
45.9 2.5 Cottonwood Limestone
46.6 0.7 Intersection Cowley County Road 6, continue straight ahead
49.4 2.8 Intersection US-166, turn right; Funston Limestone
49.8 0.4 Crouse Limestone on right
50.0 0.2 Crouse Limestone
50.3 0.3 Bader Limestone
50.8 0.5 Cross railroad and turn left on Cowley County Road 7
53.0 2.2 Hooser; Beattie Limestone in stream gully northeast of road
57.1 4.1 Wreford Limestone in road cut
57.8 0.7 Wreford Limestone in road cut
58.2 0.4 Basal part of Wreford Limestone
60.1 1.9 Intersection Kansas 38, turn left (west)
62.3 2.2 Wreford Limestone
62.7 0.4 Crouse Limestone
63.2 0.5 Wreford Limestone and Speiser Shale
63.5 0.3 Top of Wreford Limestone
64.0 0.5 Turn right (north) on gravel road
65.3 1.3 Grouse Creek
69.2 3.9 Intersection of US-160, turn right (east)
69.4 0.2 Grouse Creek
70.4 1.0 Cambridge
73.3 2.9 Crouse Limestone
74.0 0.7 Crouse Limestone
78.0 4.0 Crouse Limestone
79.0 1.0 Crouse Limestone
79.2 0.2 Morrill Limestone in road ditch on right
79.4 0.2 Elk County
79.5 0.1 Grenola Limestone
81.2 1.7 Foraker Limestone
81.6 0.4 Brownville Limestone on north in road ditch
82.5 0.9 Nebraska City Limestone and sandstone in French Creek Shale in road ditch on righ,
82.6 0.1 Caney River
83.6 1.0 Intersection road to Grenola
88.3 4.7 Emporia Limestone
91.4 3.1 Moline; stay on US-160
92.8 1.4 Topeka Limestone
93.0 0.2 Junction Kansas 99 and US-160, continue straight ahead
93.5 0.5 Elk Creek; Deer Creek Limestone in creek bank
93.6 0.1 Topeka Limestone
93.7 0.1 Turn left (north) on Kansas 99
97.3 3.6 Topeka Limestone
99.6 2.3 Elk River
100.3 0.7 Howard
103.7 3.4 Howard Limestone
104.9 1.2 Howard Limestone
109.7 4.8 White Cloud Shale in road cut at top of hill
110.0 0.3 Greenwood County
112.0 2.0 Severy road, continue on Kansas 99
113.0 1.0 Intersection Kansas 96
113.1 0.1 Howard Limestone
116.2 3.1 White Cloud Shale
117.6 1.4 Howard Limestone
118.3 0.7 Otter Creek
119.3 1.0 Climax Road
120.4 1.1 Howard Limestone on hill to left, Severy Shale in road cut, and upper Topeka Limestone
122.8 2.4 Severy Shale
123.6 0.8 Fall River
125.0 1.4 Howard Limestone
126.4 1.4 Junction US-54, curve left (west)
129.1 2.7 Eureka
130.2 1.1 Leave US-54, continue straight ahead (South)
130.3 0.1 City park
130.6 0.3 Junction US-54, turn left on River Street (west)
130.8 0.2 Fall River
131.6 0.8 Happy Hollow Limestone
132.3 0.7 Silver Lake Shale
132.6 0.3 Wakarusa Limestone, Soldier Creek Shale, and Burlingame Limestone
132.8 0.2 Emporia Limestone and Auburn Shale
133.6 0.8 Reece oil field
137.4 3.8 Brownville Limestone, Pony Creek Shale, and Wood Siding Formation
138.5 1.1 Admire Group
139.2 0.7 Brownville Limestone and Pony Creek Shale
139.9 0.7 Spring Creek
140.4 0.5 Foraker Limestone
141.0 0.6 Roca Shale
141.4 0.4 Lower Grenola Limestone and upper Roca Shale. Note folded and truncated beds in upper Roca Shale in south road cut
142.2 0.8 Sallyards oil field. Grenola Limestone; note oil-saturated zone near middle
142.5 0.3 Eskridge Shale
142.8 0.3 Cottonwood Limestone and upper Eskridge Shale
143.0 0.2 Beattie Limestone in road cut
143.2 0.2 Turn left (south) across field to old US-54
143.3 0.1 Turn right (west) on old US-54; Butler County
144.0 0.7 Wreford Limestone, Kinney Limestone blocks on hillside
144.4 0.4 Florence Limestone
148.4 4.0 Turn right (north) into Rosalia, stay on blacktop next 16 miles
164.7 16.3 Cassoday
165.1 0.4 Intersection Kansas 13 (straight ahead)
165.7 0.6 Kansas Turnpike overpass
169.3 3.6 Chase County
172.0 2.7 Florence Limestone, Kinney Limestone blocks on hill ahead
172.4 0.4 Wreford Limestone
175.5 3.1 Matfield Green
183.3 7.8 Rock Creek
183.7 0.4 Turn right (east) to Bazaar
184.1 0.4 Bazaar
184.5 0.4 Turn right (south)
185.1 0.6 Cross South Fork Cottonwood River, and turn left
188.4 3.3 Turn around at road corner
188.6 0.2 Beattie Limestone in stream bank
191.2 2.6 Beattie Limestone in stream bank
192.2 1.0 Straight ahead (north)
193.5 1.3 Turn right (east)
194.0 0.5 Turn left (north)
197.0 3.0 Turn right (east)
200.9 3.9 Turn left (west) and cross Cottonwood River
201.2 0.3 Turn right (east) at intersection
201.5 0.3 Turn left (north)
202.1 0.6 Cross railroad and old US-50, continue straight ahead
202.8 0.7 Turn north
203.3 0.5 Neva Limestone
203.6 0.3 Neva Limestone
203.8 0.2 Cross US Highway 50, continue north
208.2 4.4 Wreford Limestone on hilltop
210.1 1.9 Florence Limestone
211.6 1.5 Wreford Limestone at creek
212.2 0.6 Turn right (east)
212.7 0.5 Jog right
213.5 0.8 Cattle guard
213.9 0.4 Cattle guard; Morris County
216.1 2.2 Straight ahead
216.3 0.2 Cottonwood Limestone and underlying Eskridge Shale in spillway of Lake Kahola dam
217.1 0.8 Turn right (east)
219.1 2.0 Turn left (north)
220.1 1.0 Grenola Limestone
220.3 0.2 Neosho River
221.8 1.5 Dunlap
221.9 0.1 Intersection with blacktop, continue north
222.3 0.4 Rock Creek
222.8 0.5 Cross abandoned railroad, continue north on gravel road
225.0 2.2 Grenola Limestone
227.6 2.6 Comiskey NE oil field
228.7 1.1 Intersect US-56, turn right (cast)
229.4 0.7 Rock Creek
229.6 0.2 Crouse Limestone
229.7 0.1 Lyon County
229.9 0.2 Funston Limestone and Speiser Shale
230.3 0.4 Funston Limestone
231.1 0.8 Crouse Limestone
232.3 1.2 Rock Creek; Cottonwood Limestone in creek bank
232.8 0.5 Crouse Limestone
233.1 0.3 Upper part of Funston Limestone and Speiser Shale
233.4 0.3 Wreford Limestone
233.7 0.3 Turn left (north)
234.4 0.7 Speiser Shale
234.7 0.3 Crouse Limestone
238.9 4.2 Wabaunsee County
239.9 1.0 Wreford Limestone
240.4 0.5 Wreford Limestone
240.9 0.5 Turn left (west)
241.8 0.9 Turn right (north)
243.8 2.0 Intersection, continue straight ahead
246.7 2.9 Florence Limestone bench
247.7 1.0 Wreford Limestone
247.9 0.2 Speiser Shale and Funston Limestone
248.9 1.0 Junction Kansas 4; Funston Limestone in cut
249.3 0.4 Funston Limestone
250.3 1.0 Crouse Limestone
250.7 0.4 Middle Branch of Mill Creek
252.4 1.7 Crouse Limestone and Easly Creek Shale
253.4 1.0 Speiser Shale and Threemile Limestone
253.6 0.2 Schroyer Limestone
254.0 0.4 Threemile Limestone
255.1 1.1 Beattie Limestone, Eskridge Shale, and Grenola Limestone
255.3 0.2 Bridge
255.9 0.6 Entrance to Lake Wabaunsee
256.4 0.5 Wreford Limestone
257.8 1.4 Eskridge

US-81, US-56, K-14, K-96, K-61, K-17, US-54, and county roads--Wichita to Lyons and Hutchinson and return (from Kansas Geological Society 24th Field Conference Guidebook)

Cumulative
mileage
Mileage  
0.0 0.0 Intersection US-81 and Kechi Road
0.1 0.1 Low (Wisconsinan) terrace of Little Arkansas River
1.3 1.2 Wellington Formation (Permian) with thin Pleistocene cover
2.8 1.5 Division Headquarters, Kansas Highway Patrol on right (east)
3.0 0.2 Valley Center Road
5.0 2.0 Goodrich oil field on right (east)
8.0 3.0 Harvey County
11.0 3.0 Kansas 196
15.5 4.5 Stay left on US-81 to Newton
15.9 0.4 Newton; stay on US-81 through town
18.6 2.7 Continue left on US-81
19.4 0.8 "Equus beds." Highway is along eastern edge of "Equus beds" to Conway
22.2 2.8 Zimmerdale
25.3 3.1 Hesston
29.1 3.8 McPherson County
31.6 2.5 Moundridge
40.2 8.6 Elyria
41.0 0.8 Voshell oil field
44.0 3.0 Crossroads; continue on US-81
44.8 0.8 NCRA refinery
47.0 2.2 Intersection US-81 and US-56 at west edge of McPherson. Turn left (west) on US-56
49.0 2.0 McPherson channel, "Equus beds." Approximately 260 feet to bedrock
51.5 2.5 Ninnescah Shale (Permian)
51.7 0.2 Propane storage in Hutchinson Salt Member of Wellington Formation to left (Security Underground Storage)
52.4 0.7 LPG storage in Hutchinson Salt to right (NCRA)
52.5 0.1 Conway. Thin Pleistocene cover on Ninnescah Shale
53.5 1.0 LPG storage to left (Skelly)
56.5 3.0 Kiowa Shale
59.2 2.7 Windom junction. Windom oil field
60.2 1.0 Turn left (south) on Rice County line
62.2 2.0 Turn right (west)
62.6 0.4 Welch-Bornholdt oil field
63.2 0.6 Stone Corral Formation in road ditch on north
63.3 0.1 Ninnescah Shale
64.9 1.6 Little Arkansas River
65.2 0.3 Crossroads
65.6 0.4 Kiowa Shale
67.2 1.6 Intersection US-56 Detour
76.1 8.9 Turn left (south)
77.1 1.0 Turn right (west)
77.5 0.4 Turn left (south)
77.8 0.3 American Salt Company mine
78.1 0.3 Turn left (west)
78.7 0.6 Turn left (south) on Kansas 14 and 96
79.0 0.3 Late Pleistocene terraces
86.3 7.3 Sterling
87.6 1.3 Turn left (east) on E. Garfield
88.0 0.4 Rest stop, turn around
88.3 0.3 Turn left (south) on Kansas 14 and 96
90.5 2.2 Arkansas River
91.3 0.8 Reno County
91.7 0.4 Stabilized sand dunes. Sterling oil field
95.9 4.2 Wisconsinan terraces
97.1 1.2 Arkansas River
98.2 1.1 Nickerson; stay on Kansas 96
110.2 12.0 Hutchinson
110.9 0.7 Turn right (south) on Adams Street
111.0 0.1 Intersection US-50 and Kansas 96; continue straight ahead
111.5 0.5 Turn left (east) on Avenue B
113.2 1.7 Turn right (south) on Laramie Street
113.3 0.1 Turn left (cast) on Carey Road
114.2 0.9 Halstead Avenue; continue straight ahead on Carey Road
115.0 0.8 Carey Salt Company mine
115.9 0.9 Turn left (south) on Halstead Avenue
116.3 0.4 Turn right (west) on Avenue G
116.6 0.3 Carey wells to right
117.7 1.1 State Reformatory on right
118.1 0.4 Barton Salt Company to left. All production from wells
118.9 0.8 Turn left (south) on Main Street
119.2 0.3 Arkansas River, South Hutchinson
119.7 0.5 Stay right
120.0 0.3 Intersection Kansas 17 and 61; turn left (south)
120.1 0.1 Turn right (west) on Kansas 61
122.0 1.9 Leave highway and continue straight ahead on gravel
122.1 0.1 Turn right (north) and cross railroad tracks
122.2 0.1 Cities Service Hutchinson LPG terminal
122.4 0.2 Railroad crossing; turn left (east)
122.5 0.1 Intersection with Kansas 61
123.7 1.2 Hutchinson
124.3 0.6 Turn right (south) on Kansas 17
126.1 1.8 Cross early Pleistocene channel containing 140 to 150 feet of fill
126.9 0.8 Kansas sheet deposit about 60 feet thick
127.3 0.4 U.S. Naval Air Station
129.0 1.7 Ninnescah Shale
130.3 1.3 Haven Road
132.3 2.0 Castleton Road
134.8 2.5 Thin Pleistocene on Ninnescah Shale
136.1 1.3 Ninnescah Shale in valley on left
136.8 0.7 Pleistocene over Ninnescah Shale
137.6 0.8 Andale Road
138.0 0.4 Ninnescah Shale exposed to left
138.6 0.6 Pretty Prairie Road
139.1 0.5 Pleistocene on Ninnescah Shale
141.6 2.5 Kingman County
142.6 1.0 Mt. Vernon Road
143.4 0.8 Thick Pleistocene fill
145.6 2.2 Waterloo Road
146.3 0.7 Smoots Creek
146.5 0.2 Junction US-54 and Kansas 17; turn left (east) on US-54
146.8 0.3 Smoots Creek. Pleistocene on Ninnescah Shale to county line
153.6 6.8 Sedgwick County, Ninnescah Shale
153.9 0.3 Bartholomew oil field
155.1 1.2 Cheney Road
155.7 0.6 Pleistocene terraces
156.3 0.6 Ninnescah River
156.7 0.4 Ninnescah Shale. Uplands capped with Pleistocene deposits
160.0 3.3 Garden Plain
161.5 1.5 Approximate contact Ninnescah Shale and Wellington Formation (covered)
162.5 1.0 Viola Road
166.0 3.5 Goddard
168.3 2.3 Colwich Road
170.7 2.4 "Equus beds"
172.5 1.8 Cowskin Creek
174.6 2.1 Airport Road. Pleistocene fill at airport approximately 180 feet thick
174.9 0.3 Wichita

US-50, US-283, US-160, US-183, and county roads--Dodge City to Medicine Lodge (from Kansas Geological Society 18th Field Conference Guidebook)

Cumulative
mileage
Mileage  
0.0 0.0 Head east on south side of highway at east limit of Dodge City on US-50, US-283,and K-45
0.6 0.6 Arkansas River valley to right
0.8 0.2 Ogallala Formation in road cuts for next few miles
4.3 3.5 Junction US-50 bypass; continue ahead (east) on US-50
5.4 1.1 Five Mile Creek
6.1 0.7 Junction US-283; turn left (north) on US-283
7.4 1.3 High Plains surface. Thickness of the Ogallala Formation in this vicinity is about 100 feet
10.7 3.3 Valley of Sawlog Creek straight ahead
13.6 2.9 Ogallala Formation (Pliocene) and Graneros Shale (Cretaceous) on right. Dakota-Graneros contact exposed on left
14.0 0.4 Sawlog Creek. Turn left (west) on section road
15.0 1.0 Turn left (south) on section road
15.3 0.3 Sawlog Creek
15.4 0.1 "Turtle back," capped by Ogallala Formation which in turn is underlain by Graneros and Dakota rocks
15.6 0.2 Ogallala Formation in road ditch on left
16.4 0.8 Good Ogallala crops on right in valley side
17.1 0.7 Turn left (east) on section road
18.1 1.0 Junction US-283; turn right (south) on US-283
19.2 1.1 Ogallala and Dakota exposures
19.4 0.2 Five Mile Creek
21.1 1.7 Building on left is made of Dakota siltstone
24.6 3.5 Junction US-50 and K-45; turn right (west) on US-50, US-283, and K-45
26.3 1.7 Junction US-50 bypass; keep left on US-50, US-283, and K-45
27.5 1.2 Dodge City municipal airport to southwest
30.7 3.2 Dodge City
31.9 1.2 Turn left (south) at Second Avenue and W. Chestnut on US-283 and K-45
32.0 0.1 Santa Fe Railroad
32.3 0.3 Arkansas River
32.7 0.4 Rock Island Railroad
33.1 0.4 Junction US-283 and K-45; stay left on US-283
42.5 9.4 Mulberry Creek
47.4 4.9 Kansas Power and Light Service installation on left. The surface in this area is underlain by the Pleistocene Kingsdown silt
49.7 2.3 Dodge Experiment Field of Kansas State University on right
51.2 1.5 Clark County
51.5 0.3 Large natural undrained depression
53.0 1.5 Minneola
53.2 0.2 Rock Island Railroad
53.3 0.1 Junction US-283 and US-54; continue straight ahead (south) on US-283
53.9 0.6 Undrained depression
55.5 1.6 Large undrained depression
60.6 5.1 Large undrained depression to left
62.2 1.6 Ogallala Formation in stream valley to left
63.6 1.4 Ogallala Formation in road cut
65.2 1.6 Junction US-160; continue straight ahead (south) on US-283 and US-160
67.5 2.3 North rim of Big Basin. Ogallala Formation in road cut
67.8 0.3 Contact of Ogallala Formation with Permian "Taloga Formation" in road cut
68.1 0.3 Note the slump structure in the Ogallala beds around the edge of Big Basin
69.0 0.9 Turn left (west) at top of south rim of basin; go through gate
70.1 1.1 Lower Cretaceous Cheyenne Sandstone overlying "Taloga Formation" in draw on right
70.3 0.2 Cross creek bottom
70.7 0.4 Turn around in field. St. Jacob's Well. On the far side of Little Basin (southeast side) is the Cheyenne Sandstone (yellow) overlain by Kiowa Shale (dark gray) and Ogallala rimrock
71.1 0.4 Cross creek bottom
71.3 0.2 Southeast side of Big Basin
72.4 1.1 Turn left (south) on US-283 and US-160
74.5 2.1 Antelope Creek
75.2 0.7 Junction US-160 and US-283; stay left (east) on US-160
77.8 2.6 Whitehorse Formation (Permian)
78.6 0.8 Slump structure in upper Whitehorse Formation
78.9 0.3 Kiger Creek
80.6 1.7 Little Sandy Creek
83.6 3.0 Whitehorse Sandstone
84.4 0.8 Redhole Creek
86.4 2.0 Ashland oil field on left
86.8 0.4 Ashland
87.5 0.7 Intersection Main and E. 4th
87.8 0.3 Bridge
87.9 0.1 Turn left (north) to Clark County State Park
88.5 0.6 West Branch Bear Creek
89.0 0.5 Whitehorse Formation on right and left
89.8 0.8 Ashland oil field to left
90.4 0.6 Day Creek Dolomite capping knoll to right
91.8 1.4 Cattle guard
92.2 0.4 Ahead and to the right is Kiowa Shale overlying Permian redbeds
92.8 0.6 Ogallala Formation to the right and ahead
93.0 0.2 Ogallala Formation on both sides of road
93.2 0.2 Cattle guard
94.6 1.4 Cattle guard
95.6 1.0 Cattle guard
95.8 0.2 Bluff Creek valley ahead
97.1 1.3 Cattle guard
97.3 0.2 Day Creek Dolomite on both sides of road
97.5 0.2 Kiowa Shale exposed to right of road
97.8 0.3 Kiowa Shale in road cut
98.0 0.2 Kiowa Shale on right side of road; "Taloga Formation" on left
98.6 0.6 Day Creek Dolomite in road
98.9 0.3 Bluff Creek
99.1 0.2 Cattle guard
99.4 0.3 Cattle guard
99.7 0.3 Road crosses Day Creek Dolomite
100.7 1.0 Ogallala Formation in road cut on the right
101.4 0.7 Cattle guard
103.4 2.0 Cattle guard
103.9 0.5 Cattle guard
104.3 0.4 Cattle guard
104.4 0.1 Turn left (west) at the State Park sign
105.6 1.2 Stay left (south)
105.7 0.1 Clark County State Park and lake on right
106.4 0.7 Turn right (west)
106.7 0.3 Turn left
106.8 0.1 Stay left at edge of lake
106.9 0.1 Pavilion. Turn around and proceed back on same route to US-160 at east edge of Ashland
125.8 18.9 Turn left (east) on US-160
126.2 0.4 Bear Creek
130.8 4.6 Day Creek
132.0 1.2 Junction US-183 and K-34; continue ahead (east) on US-160, US-183, and K-34
132.1 0.1 Whitehorse Sandstone in road cuts
134.3 2.2 Whitehorse Sandstone in road cuts
137.4 3.1 Santa Fe Railroad
138.1 0.7 Comanche County
140.3 2.2 Bluff Creek
141.4 1.1 Junction US-160, US-183, and K-34; straight ahead (east) on US-160 and US-183. Protection is 1/4 mile to the left (north)
142.3 0.9 Kiowa Creek
142.8 0.5 Cavalry Creek
147.0 4.2 Whitehorse Sandstone
147.5 0.5 Sand dune topography
150.2 2.7 Junction K-1; turn left (north) on US-160 and US-183
154.8 4.6 Coldwater
155.4 0.6 Santa Fe Railroad
156.3 0.9 Junction US-160 and US-183; turn right (east) on US-160
157.6 1.2 Santa Fe Railroad
158.0 0.5 Old stabilized sand dunes
162.4 4.4 Turn left (north) on old US-160 to Wilmore
166.2 3.8 Turn right (east). "Meade Formation" (Pleistocene) in road cut on the right
166.6 0.4 Wilmore
166.8 0.2 Turn left (north) and cross Santa Fe Railroad
167.1 0.3 Turn right (east)
167.3 0.2 Mule Creek. Cross bridge and turn left (north)
169.7 2.4 Turn left (north)
171.3 1.6 Turn right (cast)
172.7 1.4 "Meade Formation" in the road cuts
173.7 1.0 Turn left (north) before railroad crossing. Kiowa County
174.6 0.9 Slow; dangerous corner
174.9 0.3 "Meade Formation" underlain by Kiowa Shale in road cut
175.5 0.6 Kiowa Shale outcrops
176.4 0.9 Cheyenne Sandstone on left and Kiowa Shale on right
177.0 0.6 Mephistopheles Quarter Acre. Cheyenne Sandstone on left and Kiowa-Cheyenne contact on right
179.0 2.0 Good exposures of Cheyenne Sandstone on far side of valley to the left
179.9 0.9 Belvidere
180.3 0.4 Turn right (south) on private road immediately east of railroad section house and cross railroad track
180.6 0.3 Cattle guard
180.8 0.2 Turn off road and stay right on faint old trail in pasture. A small grove of trees is on the right along Cheyenne Sandstone outcrops
181.0 0.2 Kiowa Shale outcrops in the flat on the left
182.2 1.2 Turn right (east) on the Belvidere road
182.7 0.5 Marlow Member of the Whitehorse Formation on the right
182.9 0.2 Medicine Lodge River
183.6 0.7 Turn right (south) and cross Santa Fe Railroad; stay right on main road
185.9 2.3 Bridge. Medicine Lodge Gypsum and Dog Creek Shale on the left
186.0 0.1 Dog Creek Shale
186.4 0.4 Dog Creek Shale
186.7 0.3 "Meade Formation" on small hill
187.1 0.4 Barber County
187.8 0.7 Old gypsum quarry to the left
188.9 1.1 Turkey Creek oil field
189.6 0.7 Flowerpot Shale exposed along bluff to the left
191.0 1.4 Sun City oil field on the left. Cross Santa Fe Railroad
191.2 0.2 Medicine Lodge River
191.9 0.7 Flowerpot Shale on the right
192.3 0.4 Turn left (east)
192.6 0.3 Sun City oil field to left (north)
193.1 0.5 Medicine Lodge River
193.5 0.4 Santa Fe Railroad
193.7 0.2 Turkey Creek
194.0 0.3 Turn right (south)
194.3 0.3 Sun City
194.4 0.1 Santa Fe Railroad. Turn left (east) and cross railroad track again
194.5 0.1 Turn right (south) at service station and cross railroad track
195.2 0.7 Medicine Lodge River
195.5 0.3 Gypsum-capped hills
195.7 0.2 Flowerpot Shale with gypsum on right in road cut
196.4 0.7 Stay left. Road to right leads to Pioneer gypsum mine
196.6 0.2 Cattle guard
196.7 0.1 View of gypsum-capped hills
196.8 0.1 Cattle guard
197.2 0.4 Stay right
197.7 0.5 Cattle guard
197.8 0.1 Bear Creek
198.0 0.2 Gypsum-capped Flowerpot Shale on left
200.0 2.0 Turn left (east), cross cattle guard into field
200.7 0.7 Former Natural Bridge. Turn cars around and proceed back to Sun City road
201.4 0.7 Turn left (south) on Sun City road
203.8 2.4 Junction US-160; turn left (east) on US-160
204.9 1.1 Junction with the Deerhead road; continue straight ahead (east) on US-160
207.1 2.2 Flowerpot Shale
207.3 0.2 Medicine Lodge Gypsum for the next 0.7 mile
208.6 1.3 Dog Creek-Marlow contact on left
210.1 1.5 Junction Lake City road; continue straight ahead (east) on US-160
210.2 0.1 Flowerpot Shale
211.1 0.9 Little Bear Creek gas field on right
211.2 0.1 Little Bear Creek
211.5 0.3 Flowerpot Shale with the Medicine Lodge Gypsum on top
212.2 0.7 Medicine Lodge Gypsum
212.9 0.7 Flowerpot Shale
213.7 0.8 Bitter Creek
215.2 1.5 View of Twin Buttes (in Flowerpot Shale) on right ahead
218.6 3.4 Cedar Creek
219.0 0.4 Cedar Hills Sandstone on right
219.3 0.3 Cedar Hills Sandstone
220.9 1.6 Cedar Hills Sandstone
221.3 0.4 National Gypsum Company plant ahead on left
222.7 1.4 Junction US-160 and US-281; continue straight (east) on US-160 and US-281
223.0 0.3 Medicine Lodge River
223.2 0.2 Gypsum plant on left
223.5 0.3 Medicine Lodge

K-45, K-23, K-98, and US-160--Dodge City to Junction of US-160 and US-283 (from Kansas Geological Society 18th Field Conference Guidebook)

Cumulative
mileage
Mileage  
0.0 0.0 Junction US-283 and K-45 at southern city limits of Dodge City. Stay right on K-45
0.2 0.2 Hummocky sand dune topography to left
2.6 2.4 Driving through sand dune area
3.2 0.6 Bridge
12.6 9.4 Gray County
13.3 0.7 Ensign
17.4 4.1 High Plains undrained depression
18.4 1.0 Haggard
19.9 1.5 Junction K-23; turn left (south) on K-23. Undrained depression at junction
20.9 1.0 Two undrained depressions
30.7 9.8 Meade County
32.6 1.9 Crooked Creek
32.9 0.3 Kingsdown silt on both sides of the road
34.1 1.2 Meade Artesian Basin to left (east) in distance
35.7 1.6 Sappa Formation silt
36.9 1.2 Junction K-98; continue straight ahead on K-23
37.0 0.1 Purex volcanic ash pit on left
37.9 0.9 Turn left (east) on section road
38.5 0.6 Turn left (north) on access road
39.1 0.6 Purex, Ltd., volcanic ash mine. Pearlette Ash bed of the Sappa Formation
40.3 1.2 Turn left (south) on K-23
40.8 0.5 Sappa Formation silt in road cut
43.2 2.4 Sappa Formation silt in road cut
45.9 2.7 Meade, Rock Island Railroad
46.4 0.5 Junction K-23, US-54, and US-160; continue straight ahead (south) on K-23
49.2 2.8 Crooked Creek
49.8 0.6 Mid-Co Products Company volcanic ash pit (abandoned) on skyline to left
54.3 4.5 Undrained depression
54.8 0.5 Turn right (west) on K-98
55.9 1.1 View of Crooked Creek valley ahead
57.2 1.3 Turn around at bridge that crosses Crooked Creek. Ogallala gravel (pit to south) overlain by Ogallala sandy silt (fossiliferous Ash Hollow Member). Crooked Creek Fault (200 feet displacement in Permian) between Crooked Creek channel and Ogallala bluffs. Ogallala sand and sandy silt (Ash Hollow) overlain by Grand island gravel in road cut
58.0 0.8 "Meade Formation" type locality as designated by Frye and Hibbard in 1941 in canyons to south and in road cut
59.6 1.6 Junction K-23; turn left (north) on K-23
62.5 2.9 Slow; sharp turn ahead
62.7 0.2 Turn right (cast) on country road
63.7 1.0 Turn left (north) on country road
65.1 1.4 Mid-Co Products volcanic ash pit (abandoned) on left
65.5 0.4 "Meade Formation" in road cuts
65.7 0.2 Stay left
66.6 0.9 Pearlette Ash bed in road cut and in small pit on left
67.2 0.6 Meade Salt Sink 1/4 mile to the southwest. This sinkhole developed suddenly in March 1879 and is just east of Crooked Creek Fault
67.9 0.7 Crooked Creek
68.9 1.0 Junction US-160. Meade city park on left. Turn right (east) on US-160.
69.0 0.1 Crooked Creek
69.1 0.1 "Meade Formation"
69.5 0.4 Junction US-54; turn right (east) on US-160
75.5 6.0 Large undrained depression elongated east-west on the right
79.2 3.7 Ogallala Formation on right
79.5 0.3 Ogallala Formation exposed along unnamed tributary to North Branch of Sand Creek
80.8 1.3 North Branch of Sand Creek. Ogallala well exposed on both sides of the stream and for the next few draws to the east
82.1 1.3 Clark County
83.1 1.0 Johnson Creek. Ogallala Formation exposed in valley sides
85.2 2.1 "Taloga Formation" (uppermost formation of Permian redbeds) in valley wall of Indian Creek on right
87.2 2.0 Junction US-283 and US-160

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