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Stanton County Geohydrology

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Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Purpose and scope of the investigation

Location and size of the area

Previous geologic and hydrologic work

Methods of investigation

Acknowledgments

Geography

Topography and drainage

Population

Transportation

Agriculture

Climate

Geology

Summary of stratigraphy

Geologic history

Paleozoic era

Permian period

Mesozoic era

Triassic (?) period

Jurassic period

Cretaceous period

Cenozoic era

Tertiary period

Quaternary period

Ground water

Principles of occurrence

Artesian conditions

The water table and movement of ground water

Shape and slope

Relation to topography

Northeastern shallow-water area

Southeastern shallow-water areas

Southwestern shallow-water areas

Manter deep-water area

West-central deep-water area

Northwestern deep-water area

Johnson area of intermediate depth to water

Fluctuations

Recharge

Recharge from local rainfall

Recharge from streams

Recharge from outside of county

Discharge

Transpiration and evaporation

Seepage into streams

Springs

Wells

Recovery

Principles of recovery

Dug wells

Drilled wells

Wells in consolidated deposits

Wells in unconsolidated deposits

Blowing wells

Utilization of water

Domestic and stock supplies

Public water supplies

Railroad supplies

Irrigation supplies

Brown well

Molz well

Clarence Winger well

Charles Winger well

Possibilities of developing additional irrigation supplies

Quality of water

Chemical constituents in relation to use

Total dissolved solids

Hardness

Iron

Fluoride

Water for irrigation

Sanitary considerations

Relation to stratigraphy

Geologic formations and their water-bearing properties

Permian system

Triassic(?) system

Undifferentiated redbeds

Character

Distribution and thickness

Age and correlation

Water supply

Jurassic (?) system

Morrison (?) formation

Cretaceous system

Dakota group

Cheyenne sandstone

Character

Distribution and thickness

Age and correlation

Origin

Water supply

Kiowa shale

Character

Distribution and thickness

Age and correlation

Water supply

Cockrum sandstone

Character

Distribution and thickness

Age and correlation

Water supply

Tertiary and Quaternary systems

Pliocene (including the Ogallala formation) and Pleistocene undifferentiated

Character

Distribution and thickness

Origin

Age and correlation

Water supply

Quaternary system

Loess

Dune sand

Alluvium

Bibliography

Records of drilled wells in Stanton county

Well logs

Plates


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Kansas Geological Survey, Geology
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