Geohydrology of principal aquifers in the Republican River basin, Kansas
Open-File Report
82-79
By: L. E. Dunlap
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Abstract
Principal aquifers in the Republican River basin in Kansas are unconsolidated alluvial deposits. One such aquifer is formed by the Ogallala Formation of Miocene age which covers most of the western part of the area. Because saturated thickness of the aquifer decrease northeastward, maximum yields to irrigation wells decrease in that direction from 2,000 to 500 gallons per minute. The Grand Island Formation of Pleistocene age occurs in an ancestral channel of the Republican River in northeast Jewell and northwest Republic counties. The maximum yield to wells from this aquifer was estimated to be 2,000 gallons per minute. Quaternary alluvium of Pleistocene and Holocene age occurs in most major stream valleys. The aquifer in the Republican River valley yields as much as 2,000 gallons per minute to irrigation wells. Water levels in the Ogallala Formation commonly declined from 5 to 40 feet during 1950-77 as a result of irrigation withdrawals. Recharge from irrigation by stream diversions have raised water levels as much as 25 feet in the Grand Island Formation and as much as 15 feet in the Quaternary alluvium of the Prairie Dog Creek valley. (USGS)
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Dunlap, L.E., 1982, Geohydrology of principal aquifers in the Republican River basin, Kansas: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-79, 7 maps on 5 sheets ;45 x 102 and smaller folded in envelope 34 x 24 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr8279.
ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Geohydrology of principal aquifers in the Republican River basin, Kansas |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 82-79 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr8279 |
| Year Published | 1982 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Description | 7 maps on 5 sheets ;45 x 102 and smaller folded in envelope 34 x 24 cm. |