Identifier: undergroundwater00nort (find matches)
Title: Underground water resources of Iowa
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Norton, William Harmon, b. 1856 Hendrixson, Walter Scott, 1859- (from old catalog) joint author Simpson, Howard E. (Howard Edwin), 1874-1938, joint author Meinzer, Oscar Edward, 1876- (from old catalog) joint author Iowa. Geological survey. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Water-supply
Publisher: Washington, Govt. print. off.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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any wells. Becauseof rather rapid and local thickening and thinning of the Kansan, thedepth to this water varies greatly even in any one part of the county.Depths ranging from 100 feet to nearly 300 feet have been noted, themost common being 150 to 200 feet; the greatest depth appears to bein the vicinity of Boone. Along Des Moines River the Kansan hasbeen completely cut through. Unless a well has been sunk into theunderl5dng rocks, it may be difficult to tell whether the water comesfrom beds below the Kansan or below the Wisconsin. Local good supplies are found in sandy layers in the blue clays ofeither the Wisconsin or the Kansan drift sheets. A number of wells obtain water from Carboniferous sandstones(Des Moines group). A few very deep weUs, as at Boone and Ogden,get water in Cambrian sandstone. Prairie du Chien group < c,ha\^opee New Richmond Oneota EZE U S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Feet «-10miles^< ■ < n miles- Emmeteburg Mallard WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 293 PLATE XVI Centerville
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GEOLOGIC SECTION BETWEEN EMMETSBURG AND CENTERVILLE, IOWABy W. il, Norton BOONE COUNTY. 673 On the low lands along stream courses the water in the drift maybe under sufficient head to overflow at the surface. The most impor-tant flowing basin in Boone County is along Beaver Creek and itsbranches. Flows are also obtained along Big Creek in the south-eastern part of the county, and at least one flowing well exists in thenortheastern part of the county in the valley of Squaw Creek. Aflowing well has been reported in the northwestern part of Boone andanother 5 miles north of Boone. The available data are not sufficiently accurate to determine deffi-nitely the source of these fl.ows, but the best evidence indicates thatthose along Beaver and Big creeks are derived from the gravelsbeneath the Kansan drift, and the others from the sand and gravelbeneath the Wisconsin. The flowing well in the northwest part ofBoone and the one 5 miles north of Boone are almost certainly fromthe Wisconsin. SPR

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