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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

15-17-1aa--Drillers log of test hole drilled by Jungmann Bros. Drilling Co. for city of Overbrook in NE NE sec. 1, T. 15 S., R. 17 E., in January 1953. Altitude of land surface, ±1,133 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil	2	2
		Clay	11	13
		Limestone	7	20
		Shale	2	22
		Limestone	3	25
		Shale	2	27
		Limestone	15	42
		Shale	1	43
		Limestone	14	57
		Shale	18	75
		Limestone	7	82
		Shale, sandy	33	115
		Limestone	7	122
		Shale	13	135
		Limestone	15	150
		Shale, black	3	153
		Limestone	3	156
		Shale	12	168
		Limestone	12	180
		Shale	40	220
		Shale, sandy	30	250
		Sandstone (water 12 gpm)	68	318
		Shale	9	327

15-17-1ac1--Drillers log of well drilled by Jungmann Bros. Drilling Co. for city of Overbrook in SW NE sec. 1, T. 15 S., R. 17 E., in February 1953. Altitude of land surface, ±1,144 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil	2	2
		Clay and gravel	11	13
		Limestone	7	20
		Shale, black	2	22
		Limestone	3	25
		Shale	2	27
		Limestone	13	40
		Shale	13	53
		Limestone	7	60
		Shale	11	71
		Sandstone	20	91
		Shale	2	93
		Shale, sandy	3	96
		Limestone	14	110
		Shale	6	116
		Limestone	17	133
		Shale, black	4	137
		Limestone	2	139
		Shale	7	146
		Limestone	16	162
		Shale	16	178
		Limestone	1	179
		Shale	16	195
		Sandstone (6 gpm water)	60	255
		Sandstone	40	295
		Shale, sandy	10	305
		Shale	20	325
		Sandstone, very hard	6	331
		Shale, sandy	19	350
		Shale	10	360
		Shale, sandy	60	420
		Sandstone (fresh water)	87	507
		Shale, black		507

15-17-1ac2--Drillers log of well drilled by Jungmann Bros. Drilling Co. for city of Overbrook in SW NE sec. 1, T. 15 S., R. 17 E., in March 1953. Altitude of land surface, ±1,141 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		No log	58	58
		Limestone	4	62
		Shale	40	102
		Limestone	5	107
		Shale	5	112
		Limestone	18	130
		Shale	5	135
		Limestone	2	137
		Shale	7	144
		Limestone	21	165
		Shale	30	195
		Shale, sandy	48	243
		Sandstone (water)	76	319
		Shale, sandy	11	330
		Sandstone	5	335
		Shale, green	5	340
		Sandstone	15	355
		Shale	35	390
		Shale, sandy	5	395
		Sandstone (fresh water)	100	495
		Shale, dark	2	497

15-17-2ab--Drillers log of test hole drilled by Jungmann Bros. Drilling Co. for city of Overbrook in NW NE sec. 2, T. 15 S., R. 17 E., in January 1953. Altitude of land surface, ±1,146 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil	2	2
		Clay	23	25
		Shale	10	35
		Limestone	6	41
		Shale .	2	43
		Limestone	7	60
		Shale	4	64
		Limestone	12	76
		Shale	25	101
		Sandstone	32	133
		Shale	2	135
		Limestone	6	141
		Shale	2	143
		Limestone	25	168
		Slate	2	170
		Limestone	3	173
		Shale	4	177
		Limestone	16	193
		Shale	17	210
		Shale, red	5	215
		Shale	15	230
		Shale, sandy	50	280
		Sandstone (water)	10	290

15-17-11ba2--Drillers log of well drilled by Charles Jungmann for Mr. McCarty in NE NW sec. 11, T. 15 S., R. 17 E., in August 1955.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil	2	2
		Shale	42	44
		Limestone	35	79
		Shale, sandy	39	118
		Limestone	6	124
		Shale	16	140
		Limestone	13	153
		Shale	5	158
		Limestone	20	178
		Shale	2	180
		Limestone	5	185
		Shale	10	195
		Limestone	12	207
		Shale	53	260
		Shale, sandy	15	275
		Sandstone (limy break at 314 ?)	85	360
		Sandstone, broken, and shale	22	382

15-17-13dc--Drillers log of well drilled by Commerce Drilling Co. for R. E. Tutcher in SW SE sec. 13, T. 15 S., R. 17 E., in 1934 (?).			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil and clay	9	9
		Limestone	18	27
		Shale, black	3	30
		Limestone	3	33
		Shale, gray	10	43
		Limestone	12	55
		Shale, blue	20	75
		Shale, light	15	90
		Shale, sandy	72	162
		Shale, gray	13	175
		Shale, dark	27	202
		Limestone	7	209
		Shale, gray	11	220
		Sandstone (water)	75	295
		Sandstone, broken	20	315

15-18-1aa--Drillers log of well drilled by W. D. Wilson for Mr. Briedhaupt in NE NE sec. 1, T. 15 S., R. 18 E., in April 1948. Altitude of land surface, ±1,085 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil	1	1
		Clay, yellow	4	5
		Limestone	10	15
		Shale, dark	3	18
		Limestone	2	20
		Shale, light	60	80
		Sandstone, gray	15	95
		Shale, sandy, gray	85	180
		Sandstone (water)	45	225
		Shale, sandy	55	280
		Sandstone	20	300
		Shale	1	301

15-18-7aa--Drillers log of well drilled by Commerce Drilling Co. for R. C. Price in NE NE sec. 7, T. 15 S., R. 18 E., in August 1934. Altitude of land surface, ±1,035 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil	5	5
		Limestone	3	8
		Shale, gray	3	11
		Limestone	3	14
		Shale, gray	5	19
		Limestone	10	29
		Shale, gray	25	54
		Limestone	3	57
		Shale, gray	13	70
		Limestone	3	73
		Shale, gray	22	95
		Limestone	10	105
		Shale, gray	3	108
		Limestone	18	126
		Shale, dark	5	131
		Limestone	2	133
		Shale, dark	5	138
		Shale, gray	5	143
		Limestone	8	151
		Shale, gray	2	153
		Limestone	4	157
		Shale, gray	38	195
		Shale, dark	12	207
		Shale, sandy	9	216
		Sandstone	54	270
		Shale, gray	55	325
		Limestone	5	330
		Shale, sandy	5	335
		Sandstone, broken	7	342
		Shale, sandy	5	347
		Sandstone	54	401
		Shale, light	4	405
		Shale, dark	9	414
		Shale, light	3	417
		Sandstone	10	427
		Shale	7	434

15-18-7ad--Drillers log of well drilled by W. D. Wilson for Chris Straub in SE NE sec. 7, T. 15 S., R. 18 E., in 1952. Altitude of land surface, ±1,156 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil	2	2
		Clay, yellow	5	7
		Limestone, shell	6	13
		Shale, black	3	16
		Limestone	2	18
		Shale, light	7	25
		Limestone	8	33
		Shale, light gray	22	55
		Limestone	2	57
		Shale, light	38	95
		Limestone	3	98
		Shale, light	14	112
		Limestone	1	113
		Shale, light	1	114
		Limestone	15	129
		Shale, black	17	146
		Limestone	12	158
		Shale, gray	7	165
		Shale, sandy, gray	10	175
		Shale, muddy	20	195
		Shale, sandy	115	310
		Shale, muddy, dark	5	315
		Limestone, cap rock	3	318
		Shale, sandy (water)	32	350

15-18-8ba--Drillers log of well drilled by Charles Jungmann for George Maichel in NE NW sec. 8, T. 15 S., R. 18 E., in March 1956.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil	2	2
		Clay	5	7
		Limestone, broken	13	20
		Shale	8	28
		Limestone	19	47
		Shale	23	70
		Limestone	8	78
		Shale	32	110
		Limestone	9	119
		Shale	8	127
		Limestone	24	151
		Shale	5	156
		Limestone	4	160
		Shale	15	175
		Limestone	8	183
		Shale	17	200
		Limestone	2	202
		Shale	24	226
		Shale, sandy	54	280
		Shale	69	349
		Limestone	7	356
		Shale	19	375
		Shale, sandy	21	396
		Shale	7	403

15-18-17bb--Drillers log of well drilled by W. D. Wilson (O to 350 feet in January 1953) and Charles Jungmann (350 to 440 feet in 1955) for J. B. Price in NW NW sec. 17, T. 15 S., R. 18 E. Altitude of land surface, ±1,144 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil	13	13
		Limestone	6	19
		Shale, gray	23	42
		Limestone	2	44
		Shale, gray	38	82
		Limestone	4	86
		Shale, gray	19	105
		Limestone	15	120
		Shale, dark	4	124
		Limestone, broken	12	136
		Limestone, solid	9	145
		Shale, gray	20	165
		Shale, sandy, gray	137	302
		Limestone, cap	4	306
		Sandstone	10	316
		Mud, dark blue	9	325
		Sandstone	10	335
		Sandstone, light gray (200 gal. per hour)	15	350
		Shale, sandy (more water)	90	440

15-19-14bb--Drillers log of well drilled by Raymond Schutz for Leonard Newland in NW NW sec. 14, T. 15 S., R. 19 E., in 1955.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Dirt and sand	10	10
		Sandstone, brown	10	20
		Soapstone, gray	3	23
		Sandstone, brown	27	50

15-20-8aa--Drillers log of well drilled by Raymond Schutz for Jack Randell in NE NE sec. 8, T. 15 S., R. 20 E., in September 1955. Altitude of land surface, ±1,066 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil	10	10
		Sandstone	25	35
		Soapstone, sandy	8	43
		Sandstone	12	55
		Soapstone, sandy	22	77
		Sandstone	10	87
		Soapstone, sandy	2	89
		Sandstone, white	12	101
		Limestone		101

15-20-11cda--Sample log of test hole in NE SE SW sec. 11, T. 15 S., R. 20 E., drilled May 9, 1956. Altitude of land surface, ±1,056 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
PENNSYLVANIAN--Virgilian
	Lawrence Shale
		Soil, friable, silty, dark	0.5	0.5
		Clay, oxidized and leached, mottled red and tan	7.5	8
	Lawrence Shale-Ireland Sandstone member
		Sandstone, micaceous, very fine to fine, chiefly quartz, slightly cemented, oxidized, tan	30	38
		Shale, olive gray	1.5	39.5
		Sandstone, micaceoils, very fine to fine, quartzose, slightly cemented, tan	22.5	62
		Sandstone, calcareous, micaceous, chiefly fine quartz, blue gray to green gray; contains abundant fragments of coal	9.5	71.5
		Conglomerate; chiefly fine-grained unfossiliferoiis light-tan silty limestone, light- to medium-gray fossiliferous limestone, coal fragments, and micaceous fine to very fine grained gray quartzose sandstone	4	75.5
PENNSYLVANIAN--Missourian
	Weston Shale
		Shale, clayey, blue gray; contains hard clay-ironstone concretions, carbonized plant fragments and sparse crinoid fragments	24.5	100
		Shale, clayey, slightly silty, medium gray; contains sparse carbonized plant fragments	30	130
		Shale, clayey, fissile, hard, gray	52	182
	Stanton Limestone-South Bend Limestone member
		Limestone, hard	182

15-20-15ad--Drillers log of well drilled by Lon Dietrich for city of Baldwin in SE NE sec. 15, T. 15 S., R. 20 E., in March 1954.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil	3	3
		Sandstone	38	41

15-21-3bbb--Sample log of test hole in NW NW NW sec. 3, T. 15 S., R. 21 E., drilled May 1956. Altitude of land surface, ±1,091 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill	1	1
PENNSYLVANIAN--Virgilian
	Lawrence Sliale-Ireland Sandstone member
		Sandstone, micaceous, ferruginous, slightly cemented, brown red	2	3
		Sandstone, micaceous, slightly cemented, tan; contains thin ferruginous zones	20	23
		Sandstone, micaceous, light gray tan; contains red-brown ironstone fragments	22	45
		Sandstone, micaceous, chiefly fine to very fine quartz, gray; contains abundant fragments of coal	10	55
		Conglomerate, chiefly hard fine-grained light-gray silt-stone, gray limestone, and gray sandstone	2	57
PENNSYLVANIAN--Missourian
	Weston Shale
		Shale, clayey, slightly silty, thin bedded, gray blue	43	100
		Shale, clayey, fissile, hard, medium gray; contains abundant clay-ironstone concretions in lower part	50	150
		Shale, thin bedded, light gray; contains thin soft clay-ironstone concretions	6.6	156.6
		Stanton Limestone-South Bend Limestone member
		Limestone, hard, fossiliferous, gray brown	0.4	157

15-21-4bb--Drillers log of well drilled by Carl Moore & Son for city of Wellsville in NW NW sec. 4, T. 15 S., R. 21 E., in March 1956.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Sandstone	69	69
		Shale	27	96

15-21-4bcc--Sample log of test hole in SW SW NW sec. 4, T. 15 S., R. 21 E., drilled May 1956. Altitude of land surface, ±1,070 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
PENNSYLVANIAN--Virgilian
	Lawrence Shale-Ireland Sandstone member
		Sandstone, micaceous, chiefly fine to very fine quartz, very slightly cemented, speckled brown and tan	6	6
		Sandstone, micaceous, chiefly fine to very fine quartz, slightly cemented, tan to olive tan	52	58
		Shale, silty, gray	1	59
		Sandstone, micaceous, fine to very fine, gray; contains abundant coal fragments	10	69
		Conglomerate; approximately 50 percent hard fossiliferous gray limestone and fossiliferous and unfossiliferous gray siltstone, 45 percent fine to very fine gray, quartzose sandstone, 5 percent coal	19.5	88.5
		Shale, blue green	3.5	92
		Sandstone, gray; contains thin shaly streaks, gray lime-stone pebbles, and coal fragments	8	100
		Conglomerate, comprises about half limestone and half sandstone fragments. Drills very uneven, hard and soft	15	115
PENNSYLVANIAN--Missourian
	Weston Shale
		Shale, clayey, fissile, hard, medium gray	11	126
		Shale, clayey, fissile, hard, medium gray; contains abundant clay-ironstone concretions	15	144
	Stanton Limestone South Bend Limestone member
		Limestone, hard, gray brown	0.2	144.2

15-21-16dc--Drillers log of well drilled by Carl Moore for Densil Cox in SW SE sec. 16, T. 15 S., R. 21 E., in 1954. Altitude of land surface, ±1,145 feet.			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil and clay	6	6
		Shale	8	14
		Sand and clay	14	28
		Shale	71	99
		Limestone	27	126
		Shale	9	135
		Limestone	9	144
		Shale	5	149
		Limestone	21	170
		Shale	25	195
		Sandstone	5	200
		Shale	5	205

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

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