KGS--Douglas County Geohydrology--Logs-T. 14 S.

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Logs of Wells and Test Holes

Given on the following pages are logs of 88 test holes in Douglas County drilled by the State Geological Survey and logs of 108 wells and test holes obtained from drillers and other sources. Logs of test holes originally published by Lohman (1941) are indicated as T-1, T-2, etc.

Townships 11 and 12 || Township 13 || Township 14 || Township 15

14-17-24dd--Drillers log of well drilled by Charles Jungmann for Joe Maichel in SE SE sec. 24, T. 14 S., R. 17 E., in February 1956.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Soil	2	2
	Clay, sandy	9	11
	Limestone, broken	4	15
	Shale	7	22
	Limestone	4	26
	Shale	54	80
	Limestone	50	130
	Slate	2	132
	Shale	5	137
	Limestone	9	146
	Shale	79	225
	Shale, sandy	80	305
	Limestone	5	310
	Shale, sandy	40	350
	Sandstone	70	420

14-17-25ca--Drillers log of well drilled by Commerce Drilling Co. for H. Maichel in NE SW sec. 25, T. 14 S., R. 17 E., in December 1934. Altitude of land surface, ±1,090 feet.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Soil and clay	9	9
	Sand rock	5	14
	Shale, dark	5	19
	Limestone	8	27
	Shale, gray	22	49
	Limestone	5	54
	Shale, dark	41	95
	Limestone	7	102
	Shale, dark	3	105
	Limestone	20	125
	Shale, black	2	127
	Limestone	4	131
	Shale, gray	6	137
	Limestone	12	149
	Shale, gray	100	249
	Shale, light	51	300
	Shale, sandy	14	314
	Limestone	6	320
	Sandstone	138	458

14-17-26ad--Drillers log of well drilled by Charles Jungmann for Ralph Fuqua in SE NE sec. 26, T. 14 S., R. 17 E., in March 1956. Altitude of land surface, ±1,084 feet.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Soil	2	2
	Limestone, broken	14	16
	Shale	17	33
	Limestone	4	37
	Shale	4	41
	Limestone	5	46
	Shale	41	87
	Limestone, broken	18	105
	Limestone	12	117
	Limestone, broken	31	148
	Shale	67	215
	Limestone	3	218
	Shale	90	308
	Limestone	4	312
	Shale	42	354
	Sandstone (water)	44	398
	Shale	7	405

14-17-35ad--Drillers log of well drilled by Charles Jungmann for Joseph Baldwin in SE NE sec. 35, T. 14 S., R. 17 E., in August 1956. Altitude of land surface, ±1,105 feet.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Soil	3	3
	Clay	4	7
	Limestone	4	11
	Shale, gray	14	25
	Limestone	5	30
	Shale, dark	4	34
	Limestone	3	37
	Shale	2	39
	Limestone	2	41
	Limestone, soft	6	47
	Shale	23	70
	Limestone, broken	15	85
	Shale, sandy, gray	29	114
	Limestone	4	118
	Shale	12	130
	Limestone	15	145
	Shale, dark	2	147
	Limestone	3	150
	Shale	9	159
	Limestone	4	163
	Limestone, broken	8	171
	Shale	48	219
	Limestone	2	221
	Shale, sandy	75	296
	Limestone	5	301
	Shale	44	345
	Sandstone	17	362
	Limestone	3	365
	Sandstone	45	410

14-18-8ad--Drillers log of well drilled by W. D. Wilson for William Owens in SE NE sec. 8, T. 14 S., R. 18 E., in 1951. Altitude of land surface, ±984 feet,		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Soil	1	1
	Clay	4	5
	Shell limestone	2	7
	Shale, gray	5	12
	Limestone, brown	8	20
	Limestone, gray	10	30
	Shale, dark	4	34
	Shale, gray	6	40
	Limestone, brown	4	44
	Shale, gray	6	50
	Limestone, gray	13	63
	Shale, gray	10	73
	Limestone	1	74
	Shale, sandy, gray	76	150
	Shale, muddy, gray	55	205
	Limestone	3	208
	Shale, sandy, dark	17	225
	Sandstone (water)	14	239

14-18-10bd--Drillers log of well drilled by W. D. Wilson for Wayne Culley in SE NW sec. 10, T. 14 S., R. 18 E., in January 1954. Altitude of land surface, ±1,078 feet.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Soil	2	2
	Limestone, shelly	2	4
	Clay, yellow	16	20
	Shale, gray	52	72
	Limestone, shelly	5	77
	Shale, gray	8	85
	Limestone, gray (water)	18	103
	Shale, dark	5	108
	Limestone	2	110
	Shale, muddy, gray	14	124
	Limestone, white	11	135
	Shale, light	65	200
	Shale, sandy, gray	84	284
	Limestone, brown	4	288
	Shale, gray	17	305
	Sandstone, white (water)	20	325

14-18-11bb--Drillers log of well drilled by W. D. Wilson for Mr. Powell in NW NW sec. 11, T. 14 S., R. 18 E., in 1951. Altitude of land surface 1,004 feet.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Soil	4	4
	Limestone, shelly	2	6
	Limestone	10	16
	Shale, dark	4	20
	Limestone	3	23
	Shale, gray	7	30
	Limestone	15	45
	Shale, gray	15	60
	Limestone	1	61
	Shale, sandy, gray	141	202
	Limestone	4	206
	Sandstone, hard, dead	4	210
	Shale, dark	3	213
	Shale, sandy, gray	7	220
	Sandstone (water)	50	270
	Shale, sandy, gray	82	352
	Limestone	3	355

14-18-11db--Drillers log of well drilled by W. D. Wilson for Raymond Flory in NW SE sec. 11, T. 14 S., R. 18 E., in July 1952. Altitude of land surface, ±915 feet.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Soil and sandy yellow clay	15	15
	Shale, dark gray	86	101
	Limestone	3	104
	Shale, sandy, dark gray	31	135
	Sandstone (water)	18	153
	Sandstone, dead	7	160

14-18-14aac--Drillers log of Douglas County well at Lone Star Lake in SW NE NE sec. 14, T. 14 S., R. 18 E., drilled in 1934. Altitude of land surface, ±1,027.9 feet.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Soil and clay	6	6
	Limestone	12	18
	Shale, gray	5	23
	Limestone	4	27
	Shale, light	1	28
	Limestone	17	45
	Shale, gray	153	198
	Limestone	5	203
	Shale, gray	7	210
	Limestone	3	213
	Shale, gray	7	220
	Shale, sandy	20	240
	Sandstone (just enough water to drill with)	19	259
	Sandstone, broken	10	269
	Shale, sandy	31	300
	Sandstone (water)	10	310
	Sandstone, broken	15	325
	Sandstone	33	358
	Limestone	9	367
	Shale, gray	1	368

14-18-23aa1--Drillers log of well drilled by W. D. Wilson for N. T. Veatch in NE NE sec. 23, T. 14 S., 11. 18 E., in November 1947. Altitude of land surface, ±1,040 feet.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Soil and yellow clay	4	4
	Limestone, broken	3	7
	Shale	2	9
	Limestone	10	19
	Shale, dark	4	23
	Limestone	2	25
	Shale, gray	14	39
	Limestone, white	12	51
	Shale, gray	39	90
	Shale, sandy	40	130
	Shale, gray	94	224
	Limestone, hard	13	227
	Shale, sandy	100	327
	Sandstone, hard, gray (little water)	8	335
	Shale, sandy	5	340
	Shale, dark	1	341
	Limestone, white, soft	13	354
	Shale, gray and black	5	359
	Limestone	10	369
	Shale, sandy and clayey, gray	8	377

14-18-24aa--Drillers log of well drilled by W. D. Wilson for N. T. Veatch in NE NE sec. 24, T. 14 S., R. 18 E., in November 1949.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Soil and yellow clay	18	18
	Limestone (little water)	4	22
	Shale, gray	32	54
	Limestone	5	59
	Shale	12	71
	Limestone	19	90
	Shale, black	3	93
	Limestone	2	95
	Shale, gray	5	100
	Limestone, white	15	115
	Shale, light	25	140
	Shale, sandy	50	190
	Shale, gray	90	280
	Limestone	3	283
	Shale	7	290
	Sandstone	10	300
	Shale, white	5	305
	Sandstone, hard, gray (fresh water, 1.2 gpm)	20	325
	Shale, dark gray	10	335
	Shale, sandy	40	375
	Sandstone (brackish water)	31	406

14-18-30ad--Drillers log of well drilled by Walter Fees Drilling Co. for Jeff A. Robertson in SE NE sec. 30, T. 14 S., R. 18 E., in May 1954. Altitude of land surface, ±1,112 feet.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Soil	2	2
	Clay and gravel	13	15
	Limestone, shells	6	21
	Shale	83	104
	Limestone, shells	5	109
	Shale	8	117
	Limestone	18	135
	Shale	5	140
	Limestone	2	142
	Shale	12	154
	Limestone	14	168
	Shale	79	247
	Shale, sandy	29	276
	Sandstone (water)	13	289
	Shale	46	335
	Limestone	5	340
	Shale	15	355
	Sandstone	7	362
	Sandstone, broken	8	370
	Shale	58	428
	Sandstone (water)	47	475
	Limestone	13	488
	Shale, black	1	489

14-18-35bb--Drillers log of well drilled by Commerce Drilling Co. for H. W. Rappard in NW NW sec. 35, T. 14 S., R. 18 E., in August 1934. Altitude of land surface, ±1,138 feet.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Soil and clay	5	5
	Loose limestone	3	8
	Clay	8	16
	Shale, gray	24	40
	Limestone	3	43
	Shale, gray	34	77
	Limestone	4	81
	Shale, gray	12	93
	Limestone	18	111
	Shale, dark	4	115
	Limestone	2	117
	Shale, dark	12	129
	Limestone	12	141
	Shale, gray	44	185
	Shale, sandy	42	227
	Shale, gray	26	253
	Shale, sandy	19	272
	Sandstone	13	285
	Shale, gray	11	296
	Shale, green	4	300
	Shale, gray	8	308
	Limestone	6	314
	Shale, gray	24	338
	Shale, sandy	8	348
	Sandstone	17	363
	Shale, sandy	27	390
	Sand (water)	52	442
	Limestone	1	443
	Shale, dark	2	445
	Limestone, blue	5	450
	Limestone, white	450

14-19-1bb--Drillers log of well drilled by Baugher and King Drilling Co. for W. A. Schaal in NW NW sec. 1, T. 14 S., R. 19 E., in September 1955. Altitude of land surface, ±901 feet.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Soil	4	4
	Clay, yellow	8	12
	Sandstone	12	24
	Limestone	2	26
	Shale	64	90
	Limestone	1	91
	Shale, blue	65	156
	Limestone, soft, sandy	10	166
	Shale, blue	2	168
	Limestone	13	181
	Shale, dark and black	10	191
	Shale, dark blue	3	194
	Limestone	6	200
	Shale	5	205
	Limestone	19	224
	Shale, red	4	228
	Shale, green	2	230
	Shale, blue; lower part sandy	26	256
	Limestone, fossiliferous, white	14	270

14-19-4bb--Drillers log of well drilled by W. D. Wilson for Jess Markley in NW NW sec. 4, T. 14 S., R. 19 E., in February 1953. Altitude of land surface, ±900 feet.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Soil	2	2
	Clay, yellow	26	28
	Shale, gray	35	63
	Limestone	3	66
	Shale, gray	54	120
	Sandstone	22	142

14-19-9cc--Drillers log of well drilled by W. D. Wilson for Alva Flory in SW SW sec. 9, T. 14 S., R. 19 E., in February 1953.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Soil and clay	9	9
	Limestone	2	11
	Shale, dark	7	18
	Limestone	2	20
	Shale, white	10	30
	Limestone	9	39
	Shale, light	149	188
	Limestone	3	191
	Shale, light gray	5	196
	Sandstone, gray	54	250
	Sandstone, white (lots of water)	38	288

14-19-13ab--Drillers log of well drilled by Raymond Schutz for Frank Cadwell in NW NE sec. 13, T. 14 S., R. 19 E., in April 1956. Altitude of land surface, ±1,010 feet.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Topsoil	4	4
	Clay, red	4	8
	Limestone	8	16
	Shale, black	5	21
	Limestone	2	23
	Soapstone	9	32
	Limestone	8	40
	Soapstone, green and red	37	77
	Limestone	1	78
	Soapstone, sandy	87	165
	Soapstone	22	187
	Limestone	2	189

14-19-13cb--Drillers log of well drilled by Lon Dietrich for M. R. Gill in NW SW sec. 13, T. 14 S., R. 19 E., in October 1947. Altitude of land surface, ±1,127 feet.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Soil and clay	27	27
	Limestone	15	42
	Shale, blue	2	44
	Shale, black	4	48
	Limestone	3	51
	Shale	7	58
	Limestone	9	67
	Shale	4	71
	Limestone	3	74
	Shale	6	80
	Shale, red	4	84
	Shale	134	218
	Limestone, shelly	2	220
	Shale	144	364
	Limestone, gray	21	385
	Shale, black	9	394
	Limestone	6	400
	Shale	7	407

14-19-16bc--Drillers log of well drilled by W. D. Wilson for W. H. Postma in SW NW sec. 16, T. 14 S., R. 19 E., in October 1952. Altitude of land surface, ±1,070 feet.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Soil	6	6
	Limestone, broken	8	14
	Shale, dark	4	18
	Limestone	4	22
	Shale, light	8	30
	Limestone	12	42
	Shale, light gray	143	185
	Limestone	3	188
	Shale, dark	12	200
	Sandstone, dark (water)	70	270
	Shale, sandy	10	280
	Sandstone (lots of water)	24	304

14-19-19bb--Drillers log of well drilled by W. D. Wilson for Mr. Powell in NW NW sec. 19, T. 14 S., R. 19 E., in 1951.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Soil	3	3
	Clay, yellow	5	8
	Limestone, shelly	3	11
	Limestone, brown	3	14
	Shale, gray	12	26
	Limestone	15	41
	Shale, dark	4	45
	Limestone	1	46
	Shale, gray	9	55
	Limestone	1	56
	Shale, light	4	60
	Limestone	8	68
	Shale, light	162	230
	Limestone, brown	4	234
	Sandstone, gray (water)	102	336
	Sandstone (more water)	20	356

14-19-22ac--Drillers log of well drilled by W. D. Wilson for Wayne Flory in SW NE sec. 22, T. 14 S., R. 19 E., in December 1955. Altitude of land surface, ±1,084 feet.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Soil	2	2
	Clay, red	5	7
	Limestone, shelly	3	10
	Limestone, yellow	5	15
	Shale, dark	8	23
	Shale, light	3	26
	Limestone, hard	1	27
	Shale, light	171	198
	Limestone	3	201
	Shale, sandy	20	221
	Shale, muddy, dark gray	110	331
	Limestone	1	332
	Sandstone, gray	7	339
	Shale, muddy	2	341
	Limestone	15	356
	Slate, black	10	366
	Limestone	7	373
	Shale, sandy, dark	9	382
	Limestone	1	383

14-19-24da--Drillers log of well drilled by Eugene Smith for O. R. Williams in NE SE sec. 24, T. 14 S., R. 19 E., in 1953. Altitude of land surface, ±1,119 feet.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Soil	3	3
	Clay	5	8
	Limestone	3	11
	Shale, blue	7	18
	Limestone	3	21
	Shale, blue	8	29
	Limestone	16	45
	Shale, gray	40	85
	Shale, sandy	25	110
	Limestone	10	120
	Shale, sandy	65	185
	Sandstone (1 gpm fresh water)	23	208
	Limestone	4	212
	Shale, blue	123	335
	Limestone	4	339
	Sandstone (very little water)	6	345
	Limestone	15	360
	Shale, black	7	367
	Limestone	8	375
	Shale, blue	10	385
	Sandstone (small amount of gas)	5	390
	Limestone, blue and white	32	422
	(Plugged back to 385 feet)

14-20-5cc--Drillers log of well drilled by Holmes & Hammel Drilling Co. for F. W. Pratt in SW SW sec. 5, T. 14 S., R. 20 E., in October 1947.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Soil and clay	2	2
	Sandstone	12	14
	Shale, sandy, light	52	66
	Sandstone (little water)	4	70
	Shale, sandy	40	110
	Limestone	6	116
	Sandstone	5	121
	Limestone	16	137
	Shale, black	7	144
	Limestone	4	148

14-20-16cc2--Drillers log of well drilled by Raymond Schutz for Paul Clawson in SW SW sec. 16, T. 14 S., R. 20 E., in June 1956. Altitude of land surface, ±895 feet.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Topsoil	2	2
	Clay, yellow; contains much gravel	28	30
	Clay, soapstone	55	85
	Limestone		85

14-20-22ba--Drillers log of well drilled by Carl Moore for Webb Fenton in NE NW sec. 22, T. 14 S., R. 20 E., in March 1957. Altitude of land surface, ±907 feet.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Soil	2	2
	Clay	13	15
	Clay and sand (fresh water, static level 10 ft.)	20	35
	Shale	27	62
	Limestone	8	70
	Sandstone (brackish water)	8	78
	Shale	2	80
	Limestone	18	98
	Shale, black (brackish water)	8	106
	Limestone	1	107

14-20-22cc--Drillers log of well drilled by Raymond Schutz for George Rockhold in SW SW sec. 22, T. 14 S., R. 20 E., in November 1955.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Dirt	1.5	1.5
	Flag rock	2.5	4
	Clay, brown and gray	60	64
	Soapstone, gray	51	115
	Limestone, hard	4	119
	Sandstone, white (brackish water)	4	123
	Rock, hard	3	126
	Sandstone (brackish water)	6	132
	Limestone, soft, white	17	149
	Soapstone, gray	3	152
	Shale, black	4	156
	Limestone, white	8	164
	Soapstone, soft	4	168
	Limestone, hard and soft	20	188
	Sandstone, white (salty water)	16	204

14-20-29da--Drillers log of well drilled by Eugene Smith for William Vaughn in NE SE sec. 29, T. 14 S., R. 20 E., in September 1953. Altitude of land surface, ±1,065 feet.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Soil	3	3
	Clay	13	16
	Sandstone, gray	15	31
	Shale, sandy	37	68
	Sandstone	24	92

14-20-30aa--Drillers log of well drilled by Raymond Schutz for Max Moore in NE NE sec. 30, T. 14 S., R. 20 E., in December 1955. Altitude of land surface, ±1,126 feet.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Topsoil	4	4
	Limestone	15	19
	Soapstone, black	2	21
	Limestone	1	22
	Soapstone	8	30
	Limestone	15	45
	Soapstone	35	80
	Limestone, soft	2	82
	Sandstone	4	86
	Soapstone	11	97
	Rock, flaky, brown	8	105
	Soapstone, sandy	89	194
	Rock, brown	5	199
	Limestone	1	200

14-20-30cb--Drillers log of well drilled by Carl Moore for Maurice Frye in NW SW sec. 30, T. 14 S., R. 20 E., in 1955. Altitude of land surface, ±1,130 feet.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Topsoil	2	2
	Clay	2	4
	Limestone	4	8
	Shale	57	65
	Sandstone	4	69
	Sandstone, broken	56	125
	Sandstone	10	135
	Sandstone, broken	27	162

14-20-32cd--Drillers log of well drilled by Eugene Smith for Earl Black in SE SW sec. 32, T. 14 S., R. 20 E., in September 1953. Altitude of land surface, ±1,041 feet.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Clay	12	12
	Sandstone, brown	13	25
	Shale, white	30	55
	Shale, blue	32	87
	Sandstone (1 gpm, fresh water)	7	94
	Shale, blue	4	98
	Limestone	3	101
	Shale, blue	132	233
	Sandstone (little gas)	7	240
	Limestone	15	255
	Shale, black	10	265
	Limestone	5	270
	Shale, black	3	273
	Sandstone, gray (no water)	12	285
	Sandstone (water, brackish)	5	290
	Limestone	10	300
	Limestone, sandy	3	303
	(Plugged back to 130 feet)

14-21-3bc--Sample log of test hole in SW NW sec. 3, T. 14 S., R. 21 E., drilled July 1, 1953; depth to water, 19.8 feet. Altitude of land surface, ±943.8 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill	1.5	1.5
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene
	Kansan glaciofluvial deposits
		Clay and silt, slightly sandy, tan gray	2.5	4
		Clay and silt, very sandy, tan and red brown	3	7
		Clay and silt, very sandy, light gray and tan	9	16
		Sand, fine to coarse, tan	6	22
		Gravel and sand, tan	4.5	26.5
PENNSYLVANIAN--Missourian
	Weston Shale
		Shale, olive to yellow	2	28.5
		Shale, clayey, gray blue	11.5	40
		Shale, clayey, hard, gray blue	7.5	47.5
	Stanton Limestone
		Limestone, hard, gray	1	48.5

14-21-3ccc--Sample log of test hole in SW SW SW sec. 3, T. 14 S., R. 21 E., about 100 feet north of corner on road shoulder, drilled July 1, 1953. Altitude of land surface, ±971.3 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill	1	1
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene
	Kansan glaciofluvial deposits
		Silt and clay, sandy, tan	3	4
		Clay, very sandy, noncalcareous, leached and oxidized, red	4	8
		Sand, medium to coarse, clayey, red	10	18
		Sand, medium to coarse, red brown	5	23
		Sand, medium to coarse, tan brown	3.5	46.5
PENNSYLVANIAN--Missourian
	Weston Shale
		Shale, clayey, yellow tan and blue gray	3.5	50

14-21-9add--Sample log of test hole in SE SE NE sec. 9, T. 14 S., R. 21 E., on road shoulder about 75 feet north of E quarter corner, drilled July 1, 1953; depth to water, 26.4 feet. Altitude of land surface, ±977.5 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill	1.5	1.5
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene
	Peoria(?) Formation
		Clay and silt, light brown gray	2	3.5
		Clay and silt, mottled light gray and tan	2.5	6
	Kansan glaciofluvial deposits
		Sand, very clayey, mottled tan and gray	3	9
		Sand, clayey, mottled light gray and brown red	1	10
		Sand, medium, clayey, brown red	2	12
		Sand, medium, tan	12	24
		Gravel and sand, silty, tan	4	28
PENNSYLVANIAN--Missourian
	Weston Shale
		Shale, clayey, yellow tan	3.5	31.5
		Shale, clayey, gray; contains clay ironstone concretions,	49	80.5
	Stanton Limestone-South Bend Limestone member
		Limestone, very hard, gray	0.5	81

14-21-15abb--Sample log of test hole in NW NW NE sec. 15, T. 14 S., R. 21 E., about 315 feet east of bridge on road shoulder, drilled August 26, 1954; depth to water, 6.2 feet. Altitude of land surface, ±927 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill	1	1
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene
	Undifferentiated post-Kansan alluvium and terrace deposits
		Soil, sandy and silty, black	4	5
		Clay, silty and sandy, tan gray	2	7
		Sand very fine, clayey, tan	2	9
		Sand, very fine to medium, clayey, light tan brown	11.5	20.5
PENNSYLVANIAN--Missourian
	Weston Shale
		Shale, clayey, gray	2.5	23

14-21-15cbb--Sample log of test hole in NW NW SW sec. 15, T. 14 S., R.21 E., drilled October 1955. Altitude of land surface, ±932 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill	1	1
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene
	Undifferentiated post-Kansan alluvium and terrace deposits
		Silt, sandy and clayey, dark gray	4	5
		Clay, silty, gray brown	5	10
		Clay and very fine sand, dark gray brown	8	18
		Sand, very fine, clayey, gray green	7	25
PENNSYLVANIAN--Missourian
	Weston Shale
		Shale, clayey, blue gray	2	27

14-21-16cc--Drillers log of well drilled by Carl Moore for Mary Rodewald in SW SW sec. 16, T. 14 S., R. 21 E., in May 1956. Altitude of land surface, ±970 feet.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Soil	2	2
	Clay	30	32
	Shale	64	96
	Limestone	28	124
	Shale, dark	8	132
	Limestone	8	140
	Shale	8	148
	Limestone	32	180
	Shale	4	184
	Limestone	15	202
	Shale	4	206
	Sandstone	8	214
	Shale, sandy	28	242
	Limestone	8	250

14-21-17abb--Sample log of test hole in NW NW NE sec. 17, T. 14 S., R. 21 E., drilled October 1955. Altitude of land surface, ±1,008 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene
	Peoria Formation
		Silt, gray and gray tan	2.5	2.5
	Kansas Till
		Clay, slightly sandy, compact, mottled light gray and light tan	1.5	4
		Clay, compact, stiff, light gray tan; contains gravel and sand	9	13
		Clay, gravelly and sandy, tan brown	4	17
		Gravel, very clayey, tan brown	2	19
PENNSYLVANIAN--Virgilian
	Lawrence(?) Shale
		Shale, hard, tan	3	22

14-21-18ad--Drillers log of well drilled by Eugene Smith for Blondie Mathews in SE NE sec. 18, T. 14 S., R. 21 E., in July 1953. Altitude of land surface, ±955 feet.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Soil and shale	90	90
	Sandstone (1.5 gpm water)	15	105
	No log	55	160
	Sandstone (2.5 gpm water)	24	184

14-21-19dd2--Drillers log of well drilled by Raymond Schutz for Wilber Olmstead in SE SE sec. 19, T. 14 S., R. 21 E., in April 1956. Altitude of land surface, ±1,024 feet.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Topsoil	6	6
	Sandstone	64	70
	Sandstone, white	13	83
	Limestone	0.5	83.5
	Soapstone, clay	19.5	103

14-21-27bb--Sample log of test hole in NW NW sec. 27, T. 14 S., R. 21 E., drilled May 1956. Altitude of land surface, ±1,027 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill	3	3
QUATERNARY--Pleistocene
	Colluvium
		Clay, sandy, light tan gray	9	12
PENNSYLVANIAN--Missourian
	Weston Shale
		Shale thin bedded, clayey, oxidized, light gray tan	8	20
		Shale: silty, very thin even bedding, gray blue	20	40
		Shale, silty, slightly micaceous, thin bedded, gray blue; contains plant fragments and several thin hard clay-ironstone-concretion zones	10	50
		Shale, hard, fissile, clayey, gray blue	40	90
		Shale, fissile, clayey, blue gray	10	100
		Shale, fissile, clayey, gray; contains zones of hard clay-ironstone concretions	17	117
	Stanton Limestone-South Bend Limestone member
		Limestone, hard, fossiliferous, light brown gray; contains thin shale break near base	3.5	120.5
	Stanton Limestone-Rock Lake Shale member
		Shale, gray	0.3	120.8
		Sandstone, fine grained, ferruginous, quartzose, dark gray brown	1.7	122.5
		Shale gray	0.5	123
	Stanton Limestone-Stoner Limestone member
		Limestone, soft, light gray white; contains blue-green shaly inclusions	4.5	127.5

14-21-30ad--Drillers log of well drilled by Carl Moore for Russell Rohe in SE NE sec. 30, T. 14 S., R. 21 E., in 1954. Altitude of land surface, ±1,003 feet.		Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Soil and clay	15	15
	Clay, sandy (water)	25	40
	Shale	86	126
	Limestone	6	132
	Sandstone (water)	3	135
	Shale	5	140
	Limestone	13	153
	Shale	8	161
	Limestone	9	170
	Shale	6	176
	Limestone	24	200

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