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Geohydrology of the valley-fill aquifer in the Ramapo and Mahwah rivers area, Rockland County, New York

January 1, 1982

This report is the eighth in a series of 11 map sets depicting geohydrologic conditions in selected aquifers in upstate New York. Geohydrologic data are compiled on six maps at 1:24,000 scale. Together, the maps provide a comprehensive overview of a major valley-fill aquifer in southeastern Rockland County. The maps include surficial geology, geologic sections, water-infiltration potential of soil zone, aquifer thickness, water-table elevations, well yields, and land use. The valley-fill deposits consists of alluvial silt and sand, glacial outwash (sand and gravel), ice-contact sand and gravel, till, and lacustrine silt and clay. The sand and gravel beds have relatively high permeabilities, whereas the till, silt, and clay deposits have relatively low permeabilities. Water-table conditions prevail in unconfined sand and gravel along the Ramapo River valley and much of the Mahwah River valley. Artesian conditions prevail in confined sand and gravel buried under silt and clay and till in parts of the Mahway valley. The aquifer is recharged throughout, where the land surface is most permeable and is greatest along the margin of the valley, where runoff from the hillsides is concentrated. The use of land overlying the aquifer is predominantly commercial, agricultural and residential, with lesser industrial uses. (USGS)

Publication Year 1982
Title Geohydrology of the valley-fill aquifer in the Ramapo and Mahwah rivers area, Rockland County, New York
DOI 10.3133/ofr82114
Authors Richard Bridge Moore, D.H. Cadwell, W. G. Stelz, J. L. Belli
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Open-File Report
Series Number 82-114
Index ID ofr82114
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
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