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Because no detailed digital mapping has been done for this county, this map is extracted from the state geologic map.

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Publication Info

Bass, N. W., 1929, The geology of Cowley County, Kansas: Kansas Geol. Survey, Bull. 12, 203 p. [available online]

Bayne, C.K., 1962, Geology and ground-water resources of Cowley County, Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Bulletin 158, 219 p. [available online]

Quadrangle Maps

As part of U.S. Geological National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (STATEMAP), the KGS has produced 7 1/2 minute quadrangle maps as part of the Cowley County geologic mapping project.

Johnson, W.C., Schlagel, N.A., and Dunham, J.W., 2018, Preliminary surficial geology of the Arkansas City quadrangle and the Cowley County portion of the Geuda Springs quadrangle, Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2018-3, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000, unpublished [PDF available online]

Johnson, W.C., Schlagel, N.A., and Dunham, J.W., 2018, Preliminary surficial geology of the Akron quadrangle, Cowley County, Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2018-4, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000, unpublished [PDF available online]

Johnson, W.C., Schlagel, N.A., and Dunham, J.W., 2018, Preliminary surficial geology of the Hackney quadrangle, Cowley County, Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2018-5, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000, unpublished [PDF available online]

Layzell, A.L., and Dunham, J.W., 2018, Preliminary surficial geology of the Adamsville quadrangle, Sumner and Cowley counties, Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2018-8, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000, unpublished [PDF available online]

Layzell, A.L., and Dunham, J.W., 2018, Preliminary surficial geology of the Oxford quadrangle, Sumner and Cowley counties, Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2018-9, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000, unpublished [PDF available online]

Smith, J.J., and Dunham, J.W., 2019, Preliminary surficial geology of the Silverdale quadrangle, Cowley County, Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2019-15, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000, unpublished [PDF available online]

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