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Plate 1. Surficial geology, aquifers, and wells with historical water-quality data in the study area in parts of Lincoln, Oklahoma, and Pottawatomie Counties, Oklahoma,1948 to 2011.

North Canadian River

Deep Fork

Deep Fork

North Canadian River

Smith Creek

East Captain Creek

Kickapoo Creek

Quapaw Creek

Coon Creek

Bear Creek

Bellcow Creek

Meeker 

Lake

North Deer Creek

Choctaw Creek

North Deer Creek Lake

(Wes Watkins Reservoir)

Shawnee Reservoir 1

Shawnee Reservoir 2

Horseshoe 

Lake

Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma Jurisdictional Area

OKLAHOMA COUNTY

LINCOLN COUNTY

POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY

Tecumseh Lake

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Digital elevation model from the U.S. Geological Survey, EROS Data Center, 1999

Albers Equal Area Conic projection, North American Datum of 1983

EXPLANATION

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Jurisdictional Area boundary

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All constituent concentrations were below Maximum Contaminant

Levels and Secondary Maximum Contaminant Levels (U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 2012a; 2012b). Well number

corresponds with water-quality sample listed in table 2.

One or more constituent concentrations exceeded a Maximum 

Contaminant Level. Well number corresponds with water-quality 

sample listed in table 2.

One or more constituent concentrations or pH value exceeded 

a Secondary Maximum Contaminant Level. Well number corresponds

with water-quality sample listed in table 2.

One or more constituent concentrations or pH exceeded a Secondary 

Maximum Contaminant Level and a Maximum Contaminant Level. 

Well number corresponds with water-quality sample listed in table 2.

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Surficial geology

(Water-quality samples for wells are listed in table 2. Water-quality data 

were retreived from the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality 

database in January 2012)

Chase, Council Grove, and 

Admire Groups (undivided)

Garber Sandstone

Wellington Formation

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Terrace deposits

Quaternary Unconsolidated aquifers

Permian

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aquifer (part of the 

Central Oklahoma aquifer)

Bedrock aquifers

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Terrace aquifers

Part of the 

Central Oklahoma aquifer

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Geological Survey

OPEN FILE REPORT 2012–1255

PLATE 1 of 2

Suggested citation: Becker, C.J., 2013, Groundwater quality and water-well

characteristics in the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma Jurisdictional Area,

central Oklahoma, 1948–2011: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1255,

32 p., 2 pls., http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1255/.