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Natural resources and industries
Cambrian and Ordovician periods
Silurian and Devonian periods
Carboniferous period
Permian period
Tertiary period
Quaternary period
Pleistocene epoch
Recent epoch
General Ground-water Conditions
Source
Occurrence
Water in sand and gravel
Water in sandstone
Water in shale
Water in limestone
Artesian conditions
The water table and movement of groundwater
Shape and slope
Relation to topography
Valley shallow-water areas
Northeastern shallow-water area
Southwestern shallow-water area
Northern deep-water area
Bloom-Kingsdown deep-water area
West-central deep-water areas
Fluctuations in water level
General considerations
Fluctuations caused by precipitation
Fluctuations caused by transpiration
Fluctuations caused by changes in atmospheric pressure
Fluctuations caused by pumping
Ground-water recharge
Recharge from local precipitation
Recharge from precipitation outside the area
Recharge from streams and lakes
Recharge from irrigated ditches and irrigated lands
Summary of recharge
Ground-water discharge
Transpiration and evaporation
Seepage into streams
Discharge from springs
Discharge from wells
Springs
Wells
Principles of recovery from wells
Methods of lift
Dug wells
Driven wells
Drilled wells
Wells in consolidated rocks
Wells in unconsolidated deposits
Domestic and municipal uses
Domestic supplies
Livestock supplies
Industrial supplies
Public supplies
Dodge City
Bucklin
Spearville
Kansas Soldiers' Home
Use in agriculture
Irrigation supplies
Yields of irrigation wells
Construction of irrigation wells
Depth and diameter of irrigation wells
Types of pumps on irrigation wells
Type of power used for pumping irrigation wells
Irrigation water pumped from streams
Possibilities of further development of irrigation supplies
Arkansas valley
Uplands south of the Arkansas river
Northeastern shallow-water area
Southwestern shallow-water area
Chemical constituents in relation to use
Total dissolved solids
Hardness
Iron
Fluoride
Water for irrigation
Analyses of ground water
Sanitary considerations
Quality in relation to water-bearing formations
Paleozoic rocks
Cretaceous system
Historical Summary
Cheyenne sandstone
Character
Distribution and thickness
Age and correlation
Water supply
Kiowa shale
Character
Distribution and thickness
Age and correlation
Water supply
Dakota formation
Character
Distribution and thickness
Age and correlation
Water supply
Graneros shale
Character
Distribution and thickness
Age and correlation
Water supply
Greenhorn limestone
Character
Distribution and thickness
Age and correlation
Water supply
Pliocene series
Ogallala formation
Character
Subdivisions
Distribution and thickness
Age and correlation
Water supply
Kingsdown silt
Character
Distribution and thickness
Origin
Age and correlation
Water supply
Dune sand
Terrace gravel
Alluvium
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Kansas Geological Survey, Ford County Geohydrology
Web version April 2002. Original publication date Dec. 1942.
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