Camillus Shale

Akron-Bertie Formation

Onondaga Limestone

Camillus Shale

Akron-Bertie Formation

Akron-Bertie Formation

04130003080

Black Creek

04130003070

Oatka Creek

77°52'30"

77°52'30"

77°55'

77°55'

77°57'30"

77°57'30"

78°

78°

43°05' 43°05'

43°02'30" 43°02'30"

43°07'30" 43°07'30"

43° 43°

CHURCHVILLE, NY

ERIE

GENESEE

LIVINGSTON

MONROE

NIAGARA ORLEANS

WYOMING

AKRON

OAKFIELD

BATAVIA

NORTH

BYRON

CHURCHVILLE

CORFU

ALEXANDER

BATAVIA

SOUTH

STAFFORD

LE ROY

Carbonate

Study Area

Plate 1 Plate 2 Plate 3 Plate 4 Plate 5

Plate 7 Plate 6 Plate 9 Plate 8 Plate 10

Prepared in cooperation with the

NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Geological Survey

Base from NYSDOT Mapping and GIS Section,

1998, accessed in 2009 at

http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us/gisdata/

Land use from National Land Cover Data 2001,

Resolution 1 arc-second (approx. 30m)

Bedrock Geology from New York State Museum,

1:250,000

Soils from United States Department of Agriculture, 

Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) Database

accessed in 2009 at http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov

State Plane Coordinate System, Zone 3103, 

North American Datum 1983

Hydrogeologic and Geospatial Data for the Assessment of Focused Recharge

to the Carbonate-Rock Aquifer in Genesee County, New York

By

James E. Reddy and William M. Kappel

2010

SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP 3132

Geology, land use, and contaminant spills,

Churchville, Genesee County, NY—PLATE 5, MAP 1

Reddy, J.E., and Kappel, W.M., 2010, Hydrogeologic and geospatial data for the assessment

of focused recharge to the carbonate-rock aquifer in Genesee County, New York;

U.S. Geological Survey, Scientific Investigations Map 3132, 20 plates, 1:24,000 scale.

EXPLANATION

Geologic contact, dashed where

approximate 

Carbonate-rock aquifer study area

boundary 

Cropland/hay/pasture

Basin boundary, hydrologic unit code, 

and name

04120104

Tonawanda Creek

Karst feature drainage basin or 500-footradius buffer zone

Glacially enhanced

Ground moraine depression

Patterned sinkhole

Possible sinkhole

Sinkhole

Solution sinkhole

Rock outcrop

Losing stream

Karst features

Exposed bedrock

Groundwater contamination

Shallow soils with infiltration rates ranging

from 1.42 to 5.67 inches per hour

Aurora, Benson, Wassaic, and Rubbleland

soils

Onondaga Limestone

Marcellus Formation

Beet leachate location 

Manure application 

Trichloroethylene spill 

MAP SERIES 1 Map 1—This map provides the location of major drainage 

basin divides in Genesee County (Oatka, Black, 

Tonawanda, and Oak Orchard Creek watersheds) and the 

location of bedrock units and contacts, as determined by 

the New York State Geological Survey (NYSGS) 

(Cadwell, 1988). Locations of bedrock contacts are 

approximate owing to scalar differences between the 

original NYSGS map and these quadrangle maps. Where 

possible though, adjustments to these contacts have been 

made on the basis of soil descriptions and limited field 

inspection. Also shown is the location of agricultural land 

uses (cropland, hay, and pasture, in light brown shading), 

and the “shallow-to-bedrock” soils are shown using the 

hachured shading. These thin soils have infiltration rates of 

1.42 to 5.67 inches per hour (in/hr). Four additional 

“shallow-to-bedrock” soils (Aurora, Benson, Wassaic, and 

Rubbleland) are shown because they have been associated 

with manure application and groundwater contamination in 

Genesee County, even though they have lower infiltration 

rates than those listed above. Karst features are shown with 

either a 500-foot (ft) radial “buffer” area, if there is no 

stream course associated with the feature or a subbasin 

area that has been delineated if the karst feature had a 

stream course flowing into it that was discernible from the 

U.S. Geological Survey National Hydrography Dataset. 

These subbasins contribute water, and provide possible 

contaminant transport to the carbonate-rock aquifer. 

Finally, the location of any documented 

groundwater-contamination occurrence is shown.

1,000 0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 FEET

1 .5 0 1 KILOMETER

SCALE 1:24 000

1 1/ 2 0 1 MILE