Altitude and configuration of the water table in the High Plains aquifer in Kansas, 1980
Water-Resources Investigations Report
85-4009
By: Marilyn E. Pabst and Lloyd E. Stullken
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Abstract
The High Plains aquifer in Kansas is a part of a regional system that extends from South Dakota to Texas. The aquifer in Kansas underlies an area of 31,000 square miles in the western and south-central part of the State. This aquifer is a hydraulically connected assemblage of unconsolidated water-bearing deposits of Tertiary and Quaternary age. Maps published at a scale of 1:500 ,000 show the altitude and configuration of the water table in Kansas during 1980. Ground water moves from higher altitudes in the western part of the high Plains to lower altitudes in the eastern part at an average rate of 10 feet per mile. The up-gradient flexure of water-table contours along some of the valleys indicates that ground water discharges to the streams in those areas. (USGS)
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Pabst, M.E., Stullken, L.E., 1985, Altitude and configuration of the water table in the High Plains aquifer in Kansas, 1980: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4009, 1 map : photocopy ; 70 x 90 cm., on sheet 93 x 130 cm., folded to 22 x 22 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/wri854009.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Altitude and configuration of the water table in the High Plains aquifer in Kansas, 1980 |
| Series title | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Series number | 85-4009 |
| DOI | 10.3133/wri854009 |
| Year Published | 1985 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Description | 1 map : photocopy ; 70 x 90 cm., on sheet 93 x 130 cm., folded to 22 x 22 cm. |