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23-5-3aa—Sample log of test hole at the NE cor. sec. 3, T. 23 S., R. 5 W.; drilled by Claude Price for the City of Hutchinson, November 1945. Surface altitude, 1,624.5 feet.

Quaternary—Pleistocene			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Dune sand
		Sand, fine to medium	5	5
		Sand, medium to very fine, and blue-gray silt and clay	11	16
		Sand, medium to fine	12	28
		Sand, medium to fine, and blue-gray silt and clay	3	31
		Sand, medium to fine	10	41
		Sand, medium to fine; grains stained red brown	6	47
		Sand, medium to fine; contains some coarse sand and tan clay	10	57
		Sand, medium to very fine; contains gray silt and clay	41	98
		Sand, medium to fine, and gray clay	9	107
		Sand, medium to fine; contains some coarse sand	2	109
		Sand, medium to very fine, and gray to tan clay	14	123
Permian—Leonardian
	Ninnescah shale
		Shale, blue gray and red	1	124

23-5-4cda—Drillers log of well at the NE cor. SE SW sec. 4, T. 23 S., R. 5 W.; drilled by the Layne-Western Co. for the Kansas Power and Light Co., October 1949. Surface altitude 1,523.3 feet.

Quaternary—Pleistocene			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil, brown, fine sandy	2	2
	Terrace deposits
		Gravel, fine, and fine to very coarse sand	36	38
		Clay, blue gray	1	39
		Gravel, coarse to fine, and fine to coarse sand	15.5	54.5
Permian—Leonardian
	Ninnescah shale
		Shale, light brown	0.5	55

23-5-4dbb—Drillers log of well at the NW NW SE sec. 4, T. 23 S., R. 5 W.; drilled by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co., June 1944. Surface altitude, 1,528.3 feet.

Quaternary—Pleistocene			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Terrace deposits
		Sand, fine	12	12
		Sand, medium to coarse	3	15
		Gravel, fine, and sand, dirty	4	19
		Sand and gravel, clean, sharp	4	23
		Sand, coarse	2	25
		Gravel, fine	1	26
		Gravel and sand, coarse	14	40

23-5-6dd—Sample log of test hole in the SE cor. sec. 6, T. 23 S., R. 5 W.; drilled by Claude Price for the City of Hutchinson, October 1945. Surface altitude, 1,528.8 feet.

Quaternary—Pleistocene			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Terrace deposits
		Soil, sandy, dark brown	4	4
		Silt and clay, gray to brown; contains fine sand	7	11
		Gravel, coarse to fine, and coarse sand; contains some very coarse gravel	29	40
		Gravel, coarse to fine	8	48
		Gravel, medium to fine; contains coarse gravel and coarse sand; grains and pebbles stained red brown	18	66
Permian—Leonardian
	Ninnescah shale
		Shale, soft, gray green	2	68

23-5-8aa—Sample log of test hole at the NE cor. sec. 8, T. 23 S., R. 5 W.; drilled by the Layne-Westem Co. for the Central Fibre Products Co., June 1943. Surface altitude, 1,528.1 feet.

Quaternary—Pleistocene			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil, brown	3	3
	Terrace deposits
		Silt, brown, and very flne sand	2	5
		Sand, medium to coarse; contains fine gravel and fine sand	18	25
		Gravel, fine to coarse, and coarse sand	7	30
		Sand, coarse to medium, and fine to coarse gravel	12	42
		Gravel, coarse to fine; contains coarse sand	15	57
		Sand, coarse to medium, and fine to coarse gravel	5	62
Permian—Leonardian
	Ninnescah shale
		Shale, micaceous, light brown	1	63

23-5-11cb—Sample log of test hole in the NW SW sec. 11, T. 23 S., R. 5 W.; drilled by Claude Price for the City of Hutchinson, October 1945. Surface altitude, 1,515.2 feet.

Quaternary—Pleistocene			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Terrace deposits
		Soil, brown, very sandy	3	3
		Sand, medium to fine; contains coarse sand	7	10
		Gravel, coarse to fine; contains some very coarse gravel	16	26
		Gravel, coarse to fine	10	36
Permian—Leonardian
	Ninnescah shale
		Shale, green	1	37

23-5-13dd—Sample log of test hole at the SE cor. sec. 18, T. 23 S., R. 5 W.; drilled by Claude Price for the City of Hutchinson, October 1945. Surface altitude, 1,499.4 feet.

Quaternary—Pleistocene			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Terrace deposits
		Sand, medium to fine	6	6
		Clay, gray; contains fine sand	4	10
		Gravel, coarse to fine; contains coarse sand; grains stained red brown	18	28
		Gravel, fine to coarse, and coarse sand	13	41
		Silt, tan, soft	12	53
		Gravel, fine to medium, and coarse to medium sand	48	101
		Gravel, medium to fine, and coarse sand	36	137
Permian—Leonardian
	Ninnescah shale
		Shale, blue gray	2	139

23-5-14aa—Sample log of test hole in the NE cor. sec. 14, T. 23 S., R. 5 W.; drilled 1945. Surface altitude, 1,520.5 feet.

Quaternary—Pleistocene			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Terrace deposits
		Sand, medium to fine	3	3
		Silt, blue gray, interbedded with medium to fine sand, limonitic	14	17
		Silt, brown; contains much organic material	3	20
		Gravel, coarse to fine, and coarse sand	10	30
		Gravel, medium to fine, and coarse sand	4	34
Permian—Leonardian
	Ninnescah shale
		Shale, brick red	2	36

23-5-14da—Sample log of test hole in the NE cor. SE sec. 14, T. 23 S., R. 5 W.; drilled by Claude Price for the City of Hutchinson, October 1945. Surface altitude, 1,503.8 feet.

Quaternary—Pleistocene			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Terrace deposits
		Sand, medium to fine; contains some coarse sand	4	4
		Sand, medium to fine; contains tan silt and clay and some coarse sand	3	7
		Gravel, fine to coarse, and coarse sand	35	42
		Gravel, fine to medium, and coarse sand	5	47
Permian—Leonardian
	Ninnescah shale
		Shale, red and blue gray	2	49

23-5-15aa—Sample log of test hole in the NE cor. sec. 15, T. 23 S., R. 5 W.; drilled 1945. Surface altitude, 1,511.4 feet.

Quaternary—Pleistocene			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Terrace deposits
		Soil, very sandy, brown	2	2
		Silt, yellow gray; contains fine gravel and coarse to fine sand	4	6
		Gravel, fine to coarse, and coarse to medium sand	4	10
		Sand, coarse to fine; contains some fine to medium gravel	10	20
		Gravel, medium to fine, and coarse sand; includes a few thin beds of green clay	33	53
Permian—Leonardian
	Ninnescah shale
		Shale, thin bedded, brick red, some green	4	57

23-5-15dd—Sample log of test hole in the SE cor. sec. 15, T. 23 S., R. 5 W.; drilled by Claude Price for the City of Hutchinson, October 1945. Surface altitude, 1,507.1 feet.

Quaternary—Pleistocene			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil, brown, sandy	3	3
	Terrace deposits
		Clay, gray to tan	5	8
		Gravel, fine to coarse, and coarse sand	6	14
		Gravel, coarse to fine	4	18
		Gravel, coarse to fine, and coarse sand	27	45
		Clay, green to tan	1	46
		Gravel, fine to coarse, and coarse sand	13	59
Permian—Leonardian
	Ninnescah shale
		Shale, red brown	1	60

23-5-16aa—Sample log of test hole in the NE cor. sec. 16, T. 23 S., R. 5 W.; drilled by Claude Price for the City of Hutchinson, October 1945. Surface altitude, 1,517.5 feet.

Quaternary—Pleistocene			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil, brown, sandy	3	3
	Terrace deposits
		Clay, tan to gray	7	10
		Gravel, coarse to fine; contains some coarse sand	8	18
		Gravel, very coarse to fine	17	35
		Gravel, coarse to fine, and coarse sand	11	46
		Clay, tan	2	48
		Gravel, coarse to fine	15	63
Permian—Leonardian
	Ninnescah shale
		Shale, brick red and gray green	1	64

23-5-18cba—Drillers log of city-supply (Cleveland St.) well in the NE cor. NW SW sec. 18, T. 23 S., R. 5 W.; drilled for United Gas, Water, and Electric Co. (now owned by Hutchinson Water Co.), June 1922. Surface altitude, 1,531.0 feet.

Quaternary—Pleistocene			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Terrace deposits
		Sand and gravel	10	10
		Gravel and clay balls	18	28
		Clay balls and gravel	20	48
		Good, clean sand	13	61
		Fine sand	17	78

23-5-21aa—Sample log of test hole in the NE cor. sec. 21, T. 23 S., R. 5 W.; drilled by Claude Price for the City of Hutchinson, October 1945. Surface altitude, 1,514.4 feet.

Quaternary—Pleistocene			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil, brown, very sandy	2	2
	Terrace deposits
		Clay, buff to tan	9	11
		Gravel, very coarse to fine	24	35
		Gravel, coarse to fine; contains thin layers of clay in lower part	25	60
Permian—Leonardian
	Ninnescah shale
		Shale, red	2	62

23-5-23dd—Sample log of test hole in the SE cor. sec. 23, T. 23 S., R. 5 W.; drilled by Claude Price for the City of Hutchinson, October 1945. Surface altitude, 1,498.1 feet.

Quaternary—Pleistocene			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil, very sandy, brown	2	2
	Terrace deposits
		Clay, soft, tan	2	4
		Gravel, coarse to fine, and coarse sand	42	46
		Gravel, fine to medium, and coarse to medium sand; grains stained red brown	4	50
		Gravel, coarse to fine	47	97
Permian—Leonardian
	Ninnescah shale
		Shale, blue green	3	100

23-5-24ad—Sample log of test hole in the SE cor. NE sec. 24, T. 23 S., R. 5 W.; drilled December 1945. Surface altitude, 1,495.0 feet.

Quaternary—Pleistocene			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil, brown	4	4
	Terrace deposits
		Silt and clay, plastic, light gray	5	9
		Gravel, fine to medium, and coarse to medium sand; contains some gray silt	59	68
Permian—Leonardian
	Ninnescah shale
		Shale, red and blue green	3	71

23-5-29aa—Sample log of test hole in the NE cor. sec. 29, T. 23 S., R. 5 W.; drilled by Claude Price for the City of Hutchinson, October 1945. Surface altitude, 1,515.5 feet.

Quaternary—Pleistocene			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil, sandy, brown to gray	2	2
	Terrace deposits
		Clay, gray	5	7
		Clay and silt, gray to tan; contains fine sand	4	11
		Gravel, fine to coarse, and coarse sand	24	35
		Gravel, fine to coarse, and coarse sand	12	47
Permian—Leonardian
	Ninnescah shale
		Shale, red	3	50

23-5-32bb—Sample log of test hole in the NW cor. sec. 32, T. 23 S., R. 5 W.; drilled by Claude Price for the City of Hutchinson, October 1945. Surface altitude, 1,512.1 feet.

Quaternary—Pleistocene			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Alluvium and terrace deposits
		Soil, sandy, dark gray to brown	2	2
		Gravel, coarse to fine; contains clay balls near middle	31	33
		Gravel, coarse to fine	25	58
Permian—Leonardian
	Ninnescah shale
		Shale, gray green	2	60

23-6-1aa—Sample log of test hole in the NE cor., sec. 1, T. 23 S., R. 6 W.; drilled by Claude Price for the City of Hutchinson, October 1945. Surface altitude, 1,539.0 feet.

Quaternary—Pleistocene			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil, sandy, brown	3	3
	Terrace deposits
		Clay, tan to gray	8	11
		Gravel, coarse to fine; contains coarse sand; material uniform throughout	59	70
Permian—Leonardian
	Ninnescah shale
		Shale, brick red	2	72

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