Potentiometric surfaces of the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer in eastern Arkansas, spring 1972 and 1980
Water-Resources Investigations Report
88-4075
By: D. J. Ackerman
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Abstract
Maps that show contours of the altitude of water levels for wells completed in the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer in eastern Arkansas were prepared using water-level measurements made in the spring of 1972-1980. Hydrographs for selected wells are included to show trends and lack of trends in water-level changes. The aquifer consists of gravel and sand in flood-plain and terrace deposits of Quaternary age. The aquifer supplies much of the water used for irrigation and aquaculture in eastern Arkansas. A large depression in the potentiometric surface caused by pumping for irrigation and aquaculture occurs in Arkansas, Lonoke, and Prairie Counties. A smaller depression in the potentiometric surface occurs north of Brinkley. Significant water-level declines occurred during the period 1972-80 in several counties west of Crowleys Ridge. (USGS)
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Ackerman, D.J., 1989, Potentiometric surfaces of the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer in eastern Arkansas, spring 1972 and 1980: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 88-4075, 2 maps on 1 sheet ; sheet 112 x 91 cm., folded in envelope 32 x 24 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/wri884075.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Potentiometric surfaces of the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer in eastern Arkansas, spring 1972 and 1980 |
| Series title | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Series number | 88-4075 |
| DOI | 10.3133/wri884075 |
| Year Published | 1989 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Description | 2 maps on 1 sheet ; sheet 112 x 91 cm., folded in envelope 32 x 24 cm. |