Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5118
Abstract
The Ada-Vamoosa aquifer of northeastern Oklahoma is a sedimentary bedrock aquifer of Pennsylvanian age that crops out over 800 square miles of the Osage Reservation. The Osage Nation needed additional information regarding the production potential of the aquifer to aid them in future development planning. To address this need, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Osage Nation, conducted a study of aquifer properties in the Ada-Vamoosa aquifer. This report presents the results of the aquifer tests from 20 wells in the Ada-Vamoosa aquifer and one well in a minor aquifer east of the Ada-Vamoosa outcrop on the Osage Reservation. Well information for 17 of the 21 wells in this report was obtained from the Indian Health Service. Data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey during this investigation are pumping well data from four domestic wells collected during the summer of 2006. Transmissivity values were calculated from well pumping data or were estimated from specific capacity values depending on the reliability of the data. The estimated transmissivity values are 1.1 to 4.3 times greater than the calculated transmissivity values. The calculated and estimated transmissivity
values range from 5 to 1,000 feet squared per day.
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Abbott, M.M., and DeHay, Kelli, 2008, Aquifer tests and characterization of transmissivity, Ada-Vamoosa Aquifer on the Osage Reservation, Osage County, Oklahoma, 2006: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5118, 10 p.
Abstract
Introduction
Purpose and Scope
Description of the Aquifer in the Study Area
Ground-Water Hydroogic Terms
Aquifer Data and Field Methods
Aquifer Test Analysis Methods and Results
Characterization of Transmissivity
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