KGS--Finney and Gray Counties--Logs of Test Holes and Wells

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Logs of Test Holes and Wells

On the following pages are listed the logs of 59 wells and test holes in Finney and Gray counties, one test hole (1) in Scott County, one test hole (12) in Kearny County, and two test holes (28 and 29) in Ford County. Logs 1 to 29 are of test holes drilled by the State and Federal Geological Surveys (fig. 7). Logs 30 to 60 include logs of test holes drilled by other agencies and well drillers, logs of water wells (pls. 3 and 4), and partial logs of oil tests.

Lithologic terms used in the driller's logs have been retained. The term "gyp" has been used by many drillers to describe the harder lime-cemented beds in the Ogallala formation and undifferentiated Pleistocene beds. "Quicksand" and "pack sand" have been used by some drillers to describe loose fine sand, and "sand rock" has been used to describe sandstone. Many of the softer unconsolidated beds of the Ogallala formation and Pleistocene deposits have been logged as clay, but in those wells from which cuttings are available for study most of the so-called clay was found to be silt.

Because of lack of detail in the driller's logs of oil tests, no attempt was made to correlate these logs (58-60).

Wells 1-12 || Wells 13-24 || Wells 25-36 || Wells 37-48 || Wells 49-60

37. Log of abandoned irrigation well of the Garden City Company in sec. 34, T. 23 S., R. 34 W. (Authority, driller.)		Thickness (feet)	Depth (feet)
Undifferentiated Pleistocene deposits and Ogallala formation
	Soil and clay	15	15
	Sand, fine	7	22
	Clay, yellow	3	25
	Sand, fine	7	32
	Clay, sandy	13	45
	Sand, red	15	60
	Clay, sandy	5	65
	Sand, red, fine	60	125
	Clay, sandy	10	135
	Sand, fine	14	149
	Gravel and clay	19	168
	Sand, fine	12	180
	Sand	52	232
	Clay, tough	3	235
	Sand, fine	8	243
	Sand, very good	55	298
	Clay, tough	1	299
	Sand	5	304
Pre-Tertiary beds
	Clay, black	2	306

38. Log of test hole of L.E. Joss in the SW SE sec. 36, T. 23 S., R. 34 W., Well (160) finished at 274 feet. (Authority, L.M. Waddell, driller.)		Thickness (feet)	Depth (feet)
Alluvium
	Soil	19	19
	Gravel	10	29
Undifferentiated Pleistocene deposits and Ogallala formation
	Clay	26	55
	Sand and clay	36	91
	Sand fine	3	94
	Sand and clay	51	145
	Sand, fine	34	179
	Sand and clay	12	191
	Sand, fine	10	201
	Sand, coarse	20	221

39. Log of irrigation well (162) of H. Harms in SE sec. 14, T. 24 S., R. 31 W. Surface altitude, 2,881.9 feet. (Authority, Ray Stevenson, driller.)		Thickness (feet)	Depth (feet)
Undifferentiated Pleistocene deposits and Ogallala formation
	Soil and gyp	50	50
	Sand and rock	30	80
	Clay, sandy	15	95
	Clay, tough	5	100
	Sand, fine	5	105
	Clay, sandy	25	130
	Sand	13	143
	Rock	2	145
	Gyp, sandy	25	170
	Clay, tough	15	185
	Gravel, water bearing	20	205
	Clay	2	207
	Gravel	58	265
Carlile shale
Fairport chalky shale member
	Clay, yellow, sticky	15	280
	Shale, blue-black	(?)

40. Log of test hole of S.W. Neeley in the SW SE sec. 4, T. 24 S., R. 32 W., Well (171) finished at 120 feet. (Authority, L.M. Waddell, driller.)		Thickness (feet)	Depth (feet)
Undifferentiated Pleistocene deposits
	Clay and fine sand	37	37
	Sand and gravel	3	40
	Sand rock and gyp	8	48
	Gravel and gyp	7	55
	Gyp	10	65
	Sand rock and layers of clay	15	80
	Gravel	15	95
	Rock	2	97
	Clay	3	100

41. Log of city well (208) at Garden City, Kansas, SW NW sec. 17, T. 24 S., R. 32 W. (Log furnished by J.A. Roby, city engineer.)		Thickness (feet)	Depth (feet)
Alluvium
	Soil, black	7	7
	Sand	30	37
Undifferentiated Pleistocene deposits and Ogallala formation
	Clay	14	51
	Sand	25	76
	Clay	4	80
	Gyp rock, soft	2	82
	Clay	12	94
	Sand rock, hard	4	98
	Sand, coarse	2	100
	Sand rock, hard	4	104
	Clay	6	110
	Sand rock, hard	3	113
	Sand and gravel	6	119
	Sand, fine	2	121
	Sand rock	2	123
	Sand	18	141
	Clay, tough	9	150
	Sand	12	162
	Clay	1	163
	Sand	55	218
	Clay	2	220
	Sand	38	258
	Sand rock	4	262
	Sand	2	264
	Rock, gravel, and clay	35	299

42. Log of well (222) of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway at Garden City, Kansas, SW NE SW sec. 18, T. 24 S., R. 32 W. (Authority, L.D. Courtney, driller.)		Thickness (feet)	Depth (feet)
Alluvium
	Loam	8	8
	Sand and gravel	44	52
Undifferentiated Pleistocene deposits and Ogallala formation
	Clay, yellow	7	59
	Sand and gravel	29	88
	Clay, yellow	9	97
	Sand and gravel, red	25	122
	Clay	1	123
	Sand, fine	8	131
	Clay, yellow	7	138
	Sand, black	7	145
	Sand, water hearing	10	155
	Clay	1	156
	Quicksand, water bearing	29	185
	Sand, coarse, and gravel	17	202

43. Log of test hole of E.F. Renick, 100 feet north of pumphouse in the SE NW sec. 22, T. 24 S., R. 32. W. Battery of five wells (237) finished at from 40 to 50 feet. (Authority, Ray Stevenson, driller.)		Thickness (feet)	Depth (feet)
Alluvium
	Loam, sandy, silty	4	4
	Sand, fine	4	8
	Sand, coarse	10	18
	Gravel	6	24
	Sand and a little clay	12	36
Undifferentiated Pleistocene deposits and Ogallala (?) formation
	Rock (cemented sand)	4	40
	Gravel	7.5	47.5
	Rock, soft and hard	7.5	55
	Sand rock, fine, soft, cemented	11	66
	Clay, yellow	19	8.5
	Clay, fine sandy	12	97
	Sand, gravel, and cemented sand, interbedded	8	105

44. Log of test hole of H.L. Frye at the NW corner SE sec. 4, T. 24 S., R. 33 W. Battery of three wells (249) finished at 90 feet. (Authority, L.M. Waddell, driller.)		Thickness (feet)	Depth (feet)
Alluvium
	Soil	10	10
	Sand, fine	4	14
	Gravel	19	33
	Rock	1	34
	Gravel	1	35
	Clay and gravel	2	37
	Undifferentiated Pleistocene deposits and Ogallala formation
	Clay with little sand	13	50
	Quicksand	11	61
	Sand, medium	34	95
	Clay	1	96
	Gravel	6	102
	Clay	9	111

45. Log of test hole of D.E. Hate at the SW corner NW sec. 4, T. 24 S., R. 33 W. (Authority. L.M. Waddell, driller.)		Thickness (feet)	Depth (feet)
Alluvium
	Soil	10	10
	Sand, fine	2	12
	Gravel	20	32
	Rock, loose	1	33
	Gravel	2	35
Undifferentiated Pleistocene deposits and Ogallala formation
	Clay, sandy	12	47
	Sand, fine	3	50
	Sand and clay	36	86
	Clay	9	95
	Clay, sandy	56	151

46. Log of test hole of E.L. McCoy in the NE sec. 6, T. 24 S., R. 33 W. Well (254) finished at 285 feet. (Authority, C. Rogers, driller.)		Thickness (feet)	Depth (feet)
Alluvium
	Soil and clay	11	11
	Sand and gravel	24	35
Undifferentiated Pleistocene deposits and Ogallala formation
	Clay	2	37
	Sand	21	58
	Clay	17	75
	Gyp rock	4	79
	Clay	29	108
	Sand	2	110
	Clay, sandy	18	128
	Sand, good	10	138
	Clay, sandy	23	161
	Sand, coarse	7	168
	Clay, joint	4	172
	Sand	2	174
	Rock	1	175
	Sand	3	178
	Clay	4	182
	Sand, coarse	17	199
	Pack sand	12	211
	Sand, coarse	4	215

47. Log of well of E. Gardner in the SE sec. 10, T. 24 S., R. 33 W. (Authority, L.M. Waddell, driller.)		Thickness (feet)	Depth (feet)
Alluvium
	Loam, sandy, silty	5	5
	Sand, fine	5	10
	Gravel, coarse, and sand	35	45
Undifferentiated Pleistocene deposits and Ogallala formation
	Clay, sandy	25	70
	Sand, coarse, and a little clay	10	80
	Sand, coarse	17	97
	Clay	13	110

48. Log of test hole of George Potter in the SW NW sec. 3, T. 24 S., R. 34 W. Battery of six wells (338) finished at from 37 to 50 feet. Surface altitude, 2,911 feet. (Authority, L.M. Waddell, driller.)		Thickness (feet)	Depth (feet)
Alluvium
	Soil	10	10
	Sand, fine	1	11
	Gravel	16	27
Undifferentiated Pleistocene deposits and Ogallala formation
	Clay	11	38
	Sand and gravel	10	48
	Sand and clay, interbedded	28	76
	Sand, fine to coarse	21	97
	Clay	6	103
	Gravel with clay balls	6	109
	Clay	3	112
	Gravel with clay balls	12	124
	Clay	7	131
	Clay and gravel	6	137
	Gravel	1	138
	Clay	3	141

Wells 1-12 || Wells 13-24 || Wells 25-36 || Wells 37-48 || Wells 49-60

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Kansas Geological Survey, Geology
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