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Groundwater from Lower Cretaceous rocks in Kansas Groundwater from Lower Cretaceous rocks in Kansas

Sandstones in Lower Cretaceous rocks contain supplies, of water that may be adequate to meet increasing present and future demands for supplemental municipal and domestic use in central and western Kansas. An estimated 70 to 80 million acre-feet (86,000 to 99,000 cubic hectometers) of water containing less than 1,000 milligrams per liter dissolved solids may be acceptable for use at the...
Authors
Katherine M. Keene, Charles Knight Bayne

Results of infiltration tests near Scott City, western Kansas Results of infiltration tests near Scott City, western Kansas

Several types of ring infiltrometers were used to determine infiltration rates in loessial soil near Scott City, Kansas. Test results were evaluated for consistency, and were compared with infiltration rates in the underlying loess and with hydraulic conductivities in the unsaturated zone. Average daily infiltration rates in the Richfield soil ranged from 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 m...
Authors
Joe B. Gillespie, G.D. Hargadine

Land subsidence caused by dissolution of salt near four oil and gas wells in central Kansas Land subsidence caused by dissolution of salt near four oil and gas wells in central Kansas

Collapse of the overlying strata into voids caused by dissolution of salt is the apparent cause of progressive land subsidence at the sites of several oil wells that were drilled through the salt beds of the Wellington Formation in Kansas. The purpose of this investigation was to determine if data from four sites, shown in figure 1, substantiate the hypothesis that corroded, broken, or...
Authors
Stuart Wesley Fader

Ground water in the middle Arkansas River basin, Kansas and Oklahoma Ground water in the middle Arkansas River basin, Kansas and Oklahoma

Ground water in the Middle Arkansas River basin occurs in consolidated rocks and unconsolidated deposits. Wells for domestic and stock supply generally can be drilled successfully in consolidated rocks. Wells for large-scale municipal, industrial, and irrigation supplies generally are successful in areas underlain by saturated unconsolidated deposits of sand and gravel. Unconsolidated...
Authors
Stuart Wesley Fader, Robert B. Morton

Ground water in the Grand (Neosho) River basin, Kansas and Oklahoma Ground water in the Grand (Neosho) River basin, Kansas and Oklahoma

Ground water in the Grand (Neosho) River basin occurs in both consolidated rocks and unconsolidated deposits. Water for domestic and stock supplies generally can be obtained from wells in either of the above deposits. Water for municipal, industrial, and irrigation supplies generally can be obtained in limited quantities from the unconsolidated deposits of sand and gravel and in adequate
Authors
Robert B. Morton, Stuart W. Fader

Water resources data for Kansas, water year 1974; Part 1, Surface water records Water resources data for Kansas, water year 1974; Part 1, Surface water records

Water resources data for the 1974 water year for Kansas including records of stream-flow or reservoir storage at gaging stations, partial-record stations, and miscellaneous sites are given in this report. Records are included for 163 gaging stations of which 143 are streamflow discharge stations and 20 are reservoir or lake stations; also are included records for 23 low-flow partial...
Authors
Water Resources Division U.S. Geological Survey

Water resources of Gove, Logan, and Wallace Counties, west-central Kansas Water resources of Gove, Logan, and Wallace Counties, west-central Kansas

This atlas presents information on the geology and water resources of a three-county area in west-central Kansas (index map). The report is intended promarily as a guide to the availability of ground water, which is the main source of supply for domestic, stock, inductrial, irrigation, and municipal uses.
Authors
Thomas J. McClain, Edward D. Jenkins, Katherine M. Keene, Marilyn E. Pabst
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