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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE

IN OBSERVATION WELLS IN THE

UNITED STATES IN 1940

PART 3. NORTH-CENTRAL STATES

Prepared in cooperation with the States of

IOWA. KANSAS. MINNESOTA. MISSOURI. NEBRASKA

NORTH DAKOTA. SOUTH DAKOTA, and WISCONSIN

and other agencies

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 908
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Harold L. Ickes, Secretary

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 

W. C. Mendenkall, Director

WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 908

WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE

IN OBSERVATION WELLS IN THE

UNITED STATES IN 1940

PART 3. NORTH-CENTRAL STATES

BY

O. E. MEINZER, L. K. WENZEL 

and others

Prepared in cooperation with the States of

IOWA, KANSAS, MINNESOTA, MISSOURI, NEBRASKA, NORTH DAKOTA

SOUTH DAKOTA, and WISCONSIN

and other agencies

UNITED STATES

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

WASHINGTON : 1942

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CONTENTS

Page

Introduction, by 0. E. Melnzer and L. K. Wenzel.................... 1

Iowa............................................................... 6

State-wide project, by T. W. Robinson......................... 6

Page and Montgomery Counties (Tarklo Creek area), by

V. C. Pishel................................................ 28

Kansas............................................................. 38

Introduction, by S. W. Lohman................................. 38

Barber County, by J. C. Prye.................................. ' 39

Clark County, by J. C. Prye................................... 41

Comanche County, by J. C. Prye................................ 43

Plnney County, by B. P. Latta................................. 45

Ford County, by H. A. Walte................................... 53

Gray County, by B. P. Latta................................... 61

Hamilton County, by T. Q. McLaughlin.......................... 67

Harvey County, by 5. W. Lohman, G. H. von Heln, and

C. C. Williams.............................................. 71

Hodgeman County, by H. A. Walte............................... 124

Jewell County, by H. A. Waite and C. R. Curtls................ 125

Kearny County, by T. G. McLaughlin.......................r.... 131

Kiowa County,.by J. C. Prye................................... 136

McPherson County, by S. W. Lohman and G. H. von Heln.......... 137

Meade County, by J. C. Prye r.................................. 140

Morton County, by T. G. McLaughlin............................ 146

Ness County, by H. A. Waite................................... 150

Pawnee County, by H. A. Waite................................. 151

Scott County, by H. A. Waite.................................. 152

Sedgwick County, by S. W. Lohman, G. H. von Hein, and

C. C. Williams.............................................. 163

Seward County, by Prank Byrne................................. 171

Stanton County, by B. P. Latta................................ 174

Minnesota.......................................................... 179

Clay County, by A. C. Byers................................... 179

Missouri........................................................... 181

Atchinson County (Tarkio Creek area), by V. C. Pishel......... 181

Nebraska, by L. K. Wenzel.......................................... 184

North Dakota....................................................... 238

State-wide project, by W. C. Rasmussen........................ 238

Cass County (Fargo area), by A. C. Byers...................... 244

South Dakota....................................................... 277

City of Huron, by T. W. Robinson.............................. 277

Southeastern South Dakota, by T. W. Robinson.................. 278

Wisconsin.......................................................... 285

La Crosse, Monroe, and Vernon Counties (Coon Creek area),

by V. C. Pishel............................................. 285

ILLUSTRATIONS

Figure 1. Outline map of the United States, showing sections

of the country covered by the six water-supply papers 

on water levels and artesian pressure in observation 

wells in 1940.........................................

2. Graphs showing fluctuations of water level in wells

penetrating the Dakota sandstone near Sioux City, Iowa..

Ill
IV ILLUSTRATIONS

Page 

Figure 3. Average height of water levels in wells in the Tarkio

Creek area, Iowa-Missouri............................. 29

4. Graphs showing average water levels in wells and 

cumulative departure from normal precipitation 

in Jewell County, Kansas.............................. 128

5. Graphs showing fluctuations of water level in well 1, 

cumulative departure from normal precipitation, 

and acreage irrigated from wells in Scott County, 

Kansas................................................ 153

6. Hydrograph of well 265, in Buffalo County, Nebr., 

and the average of the cumulative departure from 

normal precipitation at Grand Island and Kearney, 

Nebr.................................................. 185

7. Average height of water levels, in feet above datum 

planes, in wells in Coon Creek area, Wls., and 

accumulative departure from normal precipitation 

at La Crosse, Wis..................................... 286
INTRODUCTION 

By 0. E. Melnzer and L. K. Wenzel

The rock formations of the earth are great natural underground reservoirs in which a part of the water derived from rain and snow Is stored to 

supply wells and springs and to maintain the flow .of streams during 

periods of fair weather. Water levels In wells register the stages of. 

these natural reservoirs; they show the extent to which water supplies are 

depleted by drought or by heavy pumping for public waterworks, for irrigation, or for Industrial uses and the extent to which they are replenished 

In seasons of abundant rainfall or melting snow. The changes in pressure 

recorded on flowing wells may Indicate depletion or replenishment of the 

artesian reservoirs.

The regular publication of records of water levels .and artesian 

pressure In the United States was begun by the Geological Survey in 1935, 

and from that year through 1939 one volume containing these data was 

published each year. The volumes were Issued as Water-Supply Papers 777, 

817, 840, 845, and 886. This series of reports Is In a sense an inventory, 

year by year, of the ground-water supplies of those parts of the country 

that it covers. The number of observation wells and the quantity of 

records on water levels and artesian pressure obtained from them have Increased1 gradually from year to year. As a result It has been deemed 

advisable to publish the records for 1940 in six volumes, each volume 

containing records for one of the sections into which the United States 

has been divided. (See fig. 1.) The present volume covers the northcentral section and gives records of water level or artesian pressure in 

about 1,340 observation wells in Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, 

Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin that were obtained by 

the Geological Survey and cooperating agencies. About 28 of these wells 

are equipped with automatic water-stage recorders. For some wells for 

which records had not heretofore been published complete records of water 

levels are given in, this report, Including those for years before 1940. 

For wells whose previous records have been published, however, this volume . 

gives only current records. If complete descriptions of the wells were 

given In one of the previous reports, only the well numbers or the well 

numbers and brief Identifying descriptions are given in this report.

1
2 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

The report Includes about 19,550 Individual measurements of water level or 

artesian pre ssure.

The water levels in this report are given with reference to datum 

planes of different kinds. Some are given in depth below the measuring 

point. that is, below the recognized reference mark, at or near the top of 

the well, from which the depth to water level is usually measured; and 

some are given in height above an assumed datum plane. As the measuring 

points on some of the wells were changed in 1940, the records may not be 

directly comparable with those in previous annual volumes, but changes in 

measuring points are recorded in this report. Water levels given in 

height above sea level or above assumed datum planes are generally comparable with those given in the previous volumes. Unless otherwise stated, 

the depth of wells is usually the measured depth below the measuring point.

Acknowledgments for effective services in the preparation of this 

report are due Mrs. Charlotte P. Berger and Misses Dorothy M. Ireland, 

Ermelinda P. Mattera, and Goree M. Pellen, who typed the offset copy; and 

to Rodney Hart, who prepared many of the illustrations and gave other 

assistance in preparing the copy.

GENERAL SUMMARY OF CHANGES IN GROUND-WATER LEVEL IN 1940

IN THE NORTH-CENTRAL PART OF THE UNITED STATES

The precipitation in Minnesota, North Dakota, and Wisconsin was above 

normal in 1940, but in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and South Dakota 

it was below normal. Not all of the wells, however, had changes in water 

level that correspond to these moisture conditions. The fluctuations of 

water level and artesian pressure in observation wells depend upon many 

complex factors, such as the distribution and amount of precipitation, 

location of outcrop areas of the water-bearing formations, permeability 

and specific yield of the water-bearing materials, depth of the water table 

below the land surface,and proximity of the observation wells to areas of 

heavy withdrawals. Consequently, it is usually not possible to find a 

simple relation between the changes in water level or artesian pressure 

and the departures from normal precipitation. The fluctuations that occur 

in each observation well or group of similar wells must be studied separately in order to evaluate the effects of the many factors influencing them. 

It is not ordinarily possible to make general statements regarding changes 

in ground-water levels that will apply over large areas. The following
INTRODUCTION

Figure 1. Outline map of the United States, shoving sections of the 

country covered by the six water-supply papers on water levels and 

artesian pressure in observation wells in 1940. The shaded section 

represents the part of the country covered by this volume.

summaries are taken chiefly from the interpretive texts of the several 

State sections in this volume. They note very briefly the changes £n 

ground-water levels or artesian pressure that occurred In 1940 in the parts 

of the underground reservoirs in the north-central States that the observation wells tap.

Iowa. The average of the water levels in observation wells in Page 

and Montgomery Counties rose about 1.4 feet in 1940. At the end of the 

year the average was 0.6 foot above the average stage at the end of 1934.

Kansas. Of 271 representative wells with records of more than 1 

year, the water levels declined during 1940 In 172 wells, rose in 98 wells, 

and the water level in 1 well was unchanged.

The water levels in most of the observation wells in four western 

counties (Plnney, Ford, Hamilton, and Stanton) rose during the year. The 

precipitation was above normal in only 2 of these counties, but it was 

above the average of the precipitation for the last 5 to 10 years in each 

of them. In 9 other counties of central and western Kansas, however, the 

water levels in most wells declined slightly during the year despite the 

fact that in 4 of the counties the precipitation was above normal.
4, WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

The water levels In 31 of 38 wells under observation In Jewell County 

showed net declines In 1940 ranging from 0.41 foot to 12.31 feet. Thirtyfour of the wells have been observed periodically since 1934. The water 

levels in 21 of the wells were higher and the water levels in 13 of the 

wells were lower at thfe end of 1940 than when measurements were begun In 

1934.

The water level in a key observation well In Scott County declined 

1.15 feet in 1940. The record on this well extends back to 1931 and shows 

that there has been a slow but persistent downward trend of the water 

level since measurements were begun. The net decline in water level in 

the period of record has been about 4.4 feet. The well Is situated in an 

area where heavy withdrawals are made from wells for Irrigation.

Nebraska. The average of. the water levels In 133 key observation 

wells distributed over the State declined 0.18 foot in 1940. It is 

estimated that this decline represents a net loss in ground-water storage 

in Nebraska of about 1,300,000 acre-feet of water. At the end of 1940 the 

averages of the water levels in all sections of the State were lower than 

at the end of 1934, during which year observations on most of the wells 

were begun. The average net decline in ground-water level over the State 

in the 6-year period was 0.56 foot.

Observations on the water level in a key well in the Platte River 

Valley about midway between Grand Island and Kearney have been made since 

1930. The record of this well Indicates that there has been a general 

downward trend of the water level during the 10-year period of record. 

The net decline of the water level in the period has been about 4 feet. 

During this time the precipitation has been about 68 inches below normal.

North Dakota. Water levels in observation wells continued the 

gradual decline in 1940 that has been in progress since measurements were 

begun in 1937. The average of the water levels in 25 key wells distributed over the State was 0.39 foot lower at the end of the year than at 

the end of 1939. The water levels in 20 of the key wells stood lower at 

the end of 1940 than at the beginning of the year and the water levels in 

5 of the key wells stood higher at the end than at the beginning of the 

year. The average of the water levels declined 1.13 feet in the 5-year 

period ending December 1940.
INTRODUCTION 5

South Dakota. The average of the water levels in a'group of 24 observation wells in southeastern South Dakota was 0.39 foot higher at the 

end of 1940 than at the end of 1939. The wells are mostly shallow wells 

that tap water In glacial drift or alluvium.

Wisconsin. Water levels in wells in the Goon Creek area, in La 

Crosse, Monroe, and Vernon Counties, fluctuated through a comparatively 

small range in 1940 and ended the year at about the same stages as they 

had at the beginning of the year. The average of the water levels in the 

wells on December 31, 1940 was about 0.6 foot higher than on December 31, 

1934.
IOWA

STATE-WIDE PROJECT 

By T. W. Robinson

The cooperative investigation of the ground-water resources of Iowa 

(see Water-Supply Paper 886) was continued in 1940 by the Federal Geological Survey and the Iowa Geological Survey. The chief purpose of the 

investigation is to obtain records of water levels in wells and data on 

past and present pumpage of water from the water-bearing formations of the 

State. The cooperative studies, started in the fall of 1938, were expanded 

during 1940, and Mr. A. L. Detweiler, junior engineer of the Federal Survey, 

was assigned to the investigation.

About 1,100 individual measurements of water level were made in 106 

observation wells in 1940. This is an increase of about 950 water level 

measurements and 74 observation wells over 1939. Six of the wells under 

observation in 1939 were not measured in 1940, and measurements in 4 wells 

were discontinued. Water levels in many of the wells were measured once 

or twice a month, but in some wells they were measured less frequently, 

and in a few wells measurements were made only once in the year. During 

1940, water-stage recorders were maintained for periods ranging from 2 to 

12 months on 7 wells. Five water-stage recorders were in operation at 

the end of the year. In addition to the regular observation-well 

measurements, numerous measurements of water level and artesian pressure 

were made on other wells whenever the opportunity afforded.

Over half the observation wells tap water in glacial drift or in 

alluvial deposits; the rest of the wells tap water in underlying bed 

rock. The water in many of the wells is under artesian press-ore, but 

in only one well is the pressure sufficient to cause the well to flow 

at the surface. Some of the wells are pumped for domestic, stock, or 

public use, and the water levels in a few of the wells are affected by 

pumping of other wells nearby.

The observation wells that tap water in glacial drift or in alluvial deposits are mostly shallow wells situated in groups of 2 to 9 

wells, such as in Adair, Buena Vista, Galhoun, Cerro Gordo, Linn, Palo 

Alto and Marion Counties. The deeper wells, which tap water in the 

underlying bed rock are situated, with one exception, either singly or 

in pairs. Most of the deep wells are in or near cities or villages and 

the water levels in them may be affected by pumping. At Cedar Eapids,

6
IOWA

in Lion County, the water levels in a group of 13 wells that tap water 

in the bedrock have been measured regularly since the spring of 1940.

Considerable progress was made in 1940 on the collection of data on 

past and present pumpage of water from underground sources, particularly 

pumpage by municipalities. This work is done through the cooperation 

of water superintendents who furnish past records and keep current records of pumpage. During 1940, members of the State and Federal Surveys 

made about 20 pumping tests for the purpose of determining'th» wateryielding capacities of wells and water-bearing formations.

In the spring of 1940, regular measurements of water level were 

started in a group of 13 wells that tap water in the bed rock at Cedar 

Rapids. The municipal water supply of Cedar Rapids is taken from the 

Cedar River but a considerable quantity of ground water is pumped for 

industrial use and for air conditioning, particularly in the summer 

months. The purpose of the water-level measurements is to determine 

the effect of the pumpage on the ground-water levels.

In the winter and spring of 1940 periodic measurements of water 

level were started in cooperation with the Soil Conservation Service in 

three groups of shallow wells that tap water in glacial drift, and which 

are in areas covered by projects of the Soil Conservation Service in 

Adair, Linn, and Marion Counties. The measurements of water levels in 

wells in Adair and Marion Counties were made In part by the Soil Conservation Service; the measurements in Linn County were made by the 

Soil Conservation Service until the middle of August, and thereafter by 

the Federal Survey.

Periodic measurements of water level were started in groups of wells 

near Storm Lake in Buena Vista County, Twin Lakes in Oalhoun County, 

Clear Lake In Cerro Gordo County, and Lost Island Lake in Clay and Palo 

Alto Counties.
8 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Figure 2 shows the fluctuations of water level in two wells that 

penetrate the Dakota sandstone at Sioux City, Iowa. Well 89-47-22B1 

(Lowell 4) Is In the Lowell well field at Sioux City and the water level 

In It Is affected by heavy pumping for the municipal supply of Sioux City. 

Well 89-48-23B1 (Riverside west) Is about 5 miles west of well 89-47-22EL 

In an area from which only very little or no water Is pumped. The fluctuations of water level In well 89-47-22B1 are much larger than the fluctuations In well 89-48-23B1, but the water levels In both wells have 

downward trends. In general, the water level In well 89-47-22B1 reaches 

a seasonal low stage In the summer or early fall when pumping Is heaviest, 

and then recovers during the fall and winter months when pumping Is 

lighter. The fluctuations of water level in well 89-48-23B1 during the 

fall and winter of 1939-40 were somewhat similar to those in well 

89-47-22B1. The rise of water level in June 1940 Is believed to have 

been caused by the high stages of the nearby Missouri and Big Sioux 

Rivers, which, locally at least, may recharge the Dakota sandstone.

Well 89-48-23B1 (Riverside west)

Well 89-47-22B1 (Lowell 4)

Figure 2. Graphs showing fluctuations of water level in wells 

penetrating the Dakota sandstone near Sioux City, Iowa.
IOWA

According to records of the United States Weather Bureau, the precipitation In Iowa In 1940 was nearly normal, amounting to about 97.5 percent 

of the 68-year average. The distribution throughout the year, however, 

varied considerably. The precipitation from January through April was 

nearly normal. For May and June, however, the precipitation was 3.01 

Inches, or about 65 percent below the 68-year average, whereas for July 

and August It was 3.73 Inches, or about 50 percent above the 68-year 

average. August 1940 was the fourth wettest August on record, whereas 

September 1940 was the fourth driest September on record. Precipitation 

for September was only 0.94 inch, or about 25 percent of the 68-year 

average. For the remainder of the year the precipitation was nearly 

normal. Two exceptionally heavy rain storms occurred during the year, 

one In northwestern Iowa In June and the otiier In north-central Iowa In 

July.

Records for the 106 observation wells are listed alphabetically by 

county name on the following pages. All water levels are expressed In 

feet above or below the measuring points'.
10 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Adair County

76-31-21R1. John Breheny. SEjSEj sec. 21, T. 76 N., R. 31 W. 

Domestic bored well, diameter 12 inches, depth 40 feet. Measuring point, 

top of tile casing 0.4 foot above land surface. Taps water in glacial 

drift.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Apr. 1Y 

May 6 

June U

Water 

level

24.72 

a 11.20 

a 11.70

Date

June 19 

Aug. 2 

12

Water 

level

23.35 

a 22. SS 

a 23,25

Date

Aug. 15 

Sept. 24 

Oct. 22

Water 

level

20.76 

21.18 

a 25.65

Date

Dec. 4

Water 

level

20.88

76-31-25R1. Harold Bochart. SE^SE^ sec. 25, T. 76 N., R. 31 W. 

Stock dug well, diameter 36 inches, depth 20 feet. Measuring point, top 

of brick curb 0.6 foot above land surface. 

Water level,

Mar.

Apr.

May

18

16

9

4.6ff

7.08

a 6.86

June

Aug.

11

19

1

a f .45

7.61

a 5.68 .

Aug.

Sept.

12

15

24

a 7.40

4.25

7.35

Oct.

Dec.

22

4

a 7.76

7.97

75-31-15B1. John E. Soderberg. NWiNEj sec. 15, T. 75 N., R. 31 W. 

Unused dug well, diameter 36 inches, depth 15.7 feet. Measuring point, 

top of concrete curb, 0.3 foot above land surface. Taps water in glacial 

drift.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Mar.

Apr.

11

16

17

a 12.15

a 10.98

11.01

May

June

7

18

19

a 10.81

a 9.25

9.23

Aug. 1

12

15

a

a

6.53

5.72

4.20

Sept. 24

Oct. 22

Dec. 4

6.33

a 7.92

9.75

75-31-18B1. Charles Gilham. NWfcNEj sec. 18, T. 75 N., R. 31 W. 

Unused bored well, diameter 12 inches, depth 35.5 feet. Measuring point, 

top of wood well platform at 1-inch hole at land surf ace.. Taps water in 

glacial drift.

Water level , in feet below measuring point, 1940

Apr.

May

June

17

22

18

-9.94

9.97

a 10.48

June

Aug.

19

2

13

10.65

a 10.91

a 10.18

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

15

24

23

8.58

12.17

a 12.86

Dec. 4 9.82

75-30-8A1. Edward Snethen and Ernest Miller. KEjKEj sec. 8, T.75 

N., R. 30 W. Stock dug well, diameter 30 inches, depth 30 feet. Measuring point, top of plank well platform. 1.1 feet above land surface. Taps 

water in glacial drift.

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1940

Feb. 28 

Apr. 16 

May 7

22.40 

12.80 

a 10.26

May 21 

June 19 

Aug. 1

7.14 

8.78 

a 7.75

Aug. 12 

15 

Sept. 24

a 9.5T 

6.40 

11.42

Oct. 22 

Dec. 4

a 11.30 

8.80

Benton County

85-10-16M3. Owner's number 3. City of Vinton. NW|SW| sec. 16, T. 

85 N., R. 10 W. Measurement by R. G. Miller, water superintendent. Water 

level affected by pumping. Water level, in feet below measuring point, 

1940: Mar. 19, 29.33.

Buena Vista County 

(Vicinity of Storm Lake}

91-37-32El.SW£NWj sec. 32, T. 91 N., R. 37 W. Dug well, diameter 30 

inches, depth 20.5 feet. Measuring point, top of concrete tile casing 1.0 

foot above land surface. Equipped with lift pump.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

June 26 

July 30

Water 

level

4.99 

5.84

Date

Oct. 2 

Nov. 20

Water 

level

6.70 

5.92

Date

Dec. 12

Water 

level

5.38

a Measurement made by Soil Conservation Service.
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Buena Vista County Continued.

90-37-3E1. Emil Schmitz. SI^NWj sec. 3, T. 90 N., R. 37 W. Unused bored well, diameter 8 inches, depth 14.5 feet. Measuring point, ' 

top of concrete curb, 0.2 foot above land surface. Water levels, in 

feet below measuring point, 1940: June 26, 8.73; July 30, 9.47; 

October 2, 14.42; Nov. 20, 14.17.

90-37-3M1. L. B.' Watt. NW|SW£ sec. 3, T. 90 N., R. 37 W. Unused 

well, depth 24.2 feet. Measuring point, top of well platform at 

hole, 0.6 foot above land surface. Equipped with lift pump.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

June 27 

July 30

Water 

level

21.84 

20.78

Date

Oct. 1 

26

Water 

level

20.86 

21.54

Date

Nov. 20 

D0C. 12

Water

level

21.78 

28.06

90-37-11J1. U. S. Geological Survey. HEjSEj sec. 11, T. 90 N., R. 

37 W. Observation bored well, diameter. 3 inches, depth 6.3 feet. 

Measuring point, top of casing, 0.6 foot above land surface.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

June 27 

July 30

4.75 

4.38

Oct. 3 

Nov. 20

5.36 

4.58

Deo. 12 3.80

90-37-22J1. William Monteful. HE|SE| sec. 22, T. 90 IT., R. 37 W. 

Unused well, diameter 30 inches, depth 51 feet. Measuring point, top of 

concrete curb 1.0 foot above land surface.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

June 26 

July 30

33.28 

33.50

Oct. 2 

Nov. 20

33.98 

34.44

Dec. 13 34.59

90-37-23D1. Biggins Bros. NW|NW| sec. 23, T. 90 N., R. 37 W. Unused well, diameter 30 inches, depth 29 feet. Measuring point,, top of 

concrete tile casing, 1.3 feet above land surface. Equipped wrEh lift 

pump.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

June 26 

July 30

26.29 

26.43

Oct. 2 

Nov. 20

27.21 

27.51

Dec. 12' 27.53

Galhoun County 

(Vicinity of Twin Lakes}

89-32-28N1. SWiSWj sec. 28, T. 89 N., R. 32 W., about 70 feet from 

normal shore line of Twin Lakes. Domestic well, diameter 15 inches, depth 

10.6 feet. Measuring point, top of wooden well cover 1.5 feet above land 

surface. Equipped with pitcher pump.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

June 20 

July 51

8.72 

9.36

Oct. 

Nov.

2 

19

(a) 

8.80

Dec. 19 8.55

89-32-31R1. E. P. Legg. SEjSEj sec. 31, T« 89 »., R. 32 W. Standby bored well, diameter 15 inches, depth 50 feet. Measuring point, top 

of wood plank well platform 1.5 feet above land sttrffece. Equipped*with

lift pump.

Water level, in feet below measuring p»tttifc»

June 21 

July 31

13.83 

13.71

Oct. 2 

Nov. 19

13. 30 

13.30

Dee. 1© " 12.14

89-32-33N1. Ben Burns. SW^SWj- sec. 33, T. 89 B., R. 3S W., about 

150 feet south of normal shore line of Twin Lakes. Domestic well, diameter 8 inches, depth 30.3 feet. Measuring point, top of wall platform, 

0.5 foot above land surface. Equipped with lift pump. .

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

June 21 

July 31

15.36 

20.81

Oct. 2 

Nov. 19

21.03 

18.35

Dec. 19 15.23

Dry.
12 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Calhoun County Continued.

88-33-1B1. Burns. NWfcHEi sec. 1, T. 88 N., R. 33 W., about 150 feet 

south of normal shore line of Twin Lakes. Unused well, diameter 14 inches, 

depth 35.3 feet. Measuring point, top of 2-inch plank well platform, 0.3 

foot above land surface. Equipped with lift pump.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

June 21 

July 31

Water 

level

9.54 

12.26

Date

Oct. 2

Nov. 19

Water 

level

13.14 

12.51

Date

Dec. 19

Water 

level

10.55

88-33-1D1. George Vpss, NWjNW|- sec. 1, T. 88 N., R. 33 W. Standby unused well, diameter 14 inches, depth 105 feet. Measuring point, top 

of vitrified tile casing 0.7 foot above land surface. Equipped with lift 

pump.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

June 20 

July 31

13.15 

14.32

Oct. 2 

Nov. 19

13.55 

14.29

Dec. 19 11.82

Carroll County

85-35-18D1. City of Breda. NW£NJH£ sec. 18, T. 85 N., R. 35 W. Unused drilled'well, diameter 9 inches, depth 350 feet. Measuring point, 

top of 9-inch casing, 0.45 foot above concrete floor of pump house, and 

0.8 foot above land surface. Water levels affected by pumping from new 

city well, 25 feet south. Water levels, in feet below measuring point, 

1940: Oct. 1, a205.72; Dec. 13, 193.43.

84-34-25P1. Owner's test hole 1. City of Carroll. SElNWj sec.25, 

5?. 84 N., (erroneously shown as T. 85 N., in W. 8. Paper 886) R. 34 W.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Jan. 26 

Apr. 17 

May 24

Water 

level

b 41.50 

0 44.31 

42.12

Date

June 14 

21

Water 

level

c 45.88 

44.30

Date

July 30 

Aug. 17

Water 

level

o 45.46 

45.30

Date

Oct. 1 

Dec. 11

Water 

level

44.65 

40.38

Cerro Gordo County

96-22-12P1. Daughters of the American Revolution, Camp. SBjS»% sec. 

12, T. 96 N., R. 22 W. Unused drilled well, depth 52.7 feet. Measuring 

point, top of f-inch hole in pump base, 0.2 foot above concrete base and 

1.2 feet above land surface.

Water level in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

July 18 

Aug. 22

Water 

level

45.61 

45.75

Date

Sept. 16 

Oct. 3

Water 

level

45.40 

45.30

Date

Nov. 23 

Dee. 21

Water 

level

45.36 

44.83

96-22-14B1. A. A. Adams. NWfcNEj sec. 14, T. 96 N., R. 22 W. Stock 

well, diameter 10 inches, depth 46.3 feet. Measuring point July 16 and 

Aug. 23, 1940, top of concrete tile curb, 0.2 foot above land.ourface. 

Beginning Nov. 23, 1940, measuring point is top of 2-inch plank cover, 

0.2 focft above old measuring point and 0.4 foot above land surface. 

Equipped with lift pump. Water levels, in feet below measuring point, 

1940: July 16, 30.55; Aug. 23, 30.14; Nov. 23, 28.56; Dec. 21, 28.14.

96-22-1401. Fred Stephens. NE^NWi sec. 14, T. 96 N., R. 22 W* 

Unused drilled well, depth 227 feet. Measuring point, top of hole to 

pump base at pump rod entrance, 0.38 foot above curb of concrete well 

pit, and 0.6 foot above land surface. Equipped with lift pimp. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

July 16 

Aug. 22

35.75 | 

35.80 1 : Sept. 16 

Oct. 3

35.16 

35.03

Nov. 22

Dec. 21

34.47 

33.98

a yew city well ptoiping.

b Measurements made by W.

c Nearby wells pwaplng.

J. Judge, Water Superintendent.
IOWA 15

Cerro Gordo County--Continued.

96-22-2001. The Willow Inn. NEjNWj sec. 20, T. 96 N., R. 22 W., 

about 120 feet north of normal shore line of Clear Lake. Dug domestic 

well, diameter 24 inches, depth 10.4 feet. Measuring point, top of 

&-inch hole in puap base, 0.4 foot above land surface. Equipped with 

lift pump.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

July 18 

Aug. 22

Water 

level

8.50 

7.03

Date

Sept. 16 

Oct. 3

Water 

level

5.20 

6.18

Date

Nov. 22 

Dec. 21

Water 

level

3.55 

5.32

96-22-20L1. NEiSWi see. 20, T. 96 N., R. 22 W., about 150 feet 

south of normal short line of Clear Lake. Unused drilled well, diameter 

5 inches, depth 130 feet. Measuring point, top of fe-inch hole In well 

casing, 1.3 feet above land surface.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

July 16 

Aug. 22

40.69 

56.40

Sept. 16 

Oct. 3

34.59 

34.30

Nov. 20 

Dec. 21

33.73

 * * OO-. 91 <5JL

96-22-23Q1. SW£SE£ sec. 23, T. 96 N., R. 22 W., about 90 feet south 

of normal shore line of Clear Lake. Domestic well, depth 32.2 feet. 

Measuring point, top of -J Inch hole in pump base, 0.18 foot above concrete 

platform and 0.8 foot above land surface. Equipped with lift pump.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

July 17 

Aug. 23

22.18 

23.44

 Sept. 16 

Oct. 3

24.61 

24.66

Nov. 20 

Dec. 21

24.42 

23.87

96-22-25D2. U. S. Geological Survey. HWjNWj sec. 25, T. 96 N., R. 

25 W., about 150 feet east of normal shore line of Clear Lake. Observation well, diameter 1 Inch, depth 9.4 feet. Measuring point, top of 

1-Inch pipe, 0.5 foot above land surface.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Aug. 23 

Sept. 16

8.26 

7.37

Oct. 

Nov.

3 

20

8.06. 

7.31

Dec. 21 7.55

96-21-7P1. Buttlemau. SEjSff| sec. 7, T. 96 N.,. R. 21 W.-Domestic 

bored well, diameter 7 inches, depth 20.3 feet. Measuring point, top of 

casing, 0.1 foot above land surface. Equipped with lift pump.

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1940

July 17 

Aug. 22

15.80 

16.18

Sept. 16 

Oct. 3

15.13 

15.77

Nov. 

Dec.

23

21

16.98 

17.03

96-21-13E1. Mason City and Clear Lake Railway. SW^NWj sec. 13, 

T. 96 N., R. 21 W. 'Unused drilled well, diameter 5 inches, depth- 120 (?) 

feet. Measuring point, top of casing, 0.84 foot above concrete curb and 

1.5 feet above land surface. Water levels, in feet below measuring 

point, 1940: Nov. 23, 6.04; Dec. 21, 6.30.

96-21-17B1. Clear Lake Sand and Gravel Company. HWjNE^- sec. 17, 

T. 96 N., R. .21 W. Industrial bored well, diameter 8 inches, depth 

21.8 feet. Measuring point, top of casing, 6.4 Teet below land surface. 

Equipped with ^ horse-power suction pump.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

July 17 

Aug. 23

12.84 

12.32

Sept. 16 

Oct. 3

11.80 

12.66

Nov. 23 

Dec. 21

11.90 

11.80

96-21-17M1. NWJSW^ sec. 17, T. 96 N., R. 21 W. Unused dug well, 

diameter 24 inches, depth 4.7 feet. Measuring point, top of concreteblock curb, 1.8 feet above land surface. Water levels, in feet below 

measuring point, 1940: Sept. 17, 4.22; Oct. 3, 4.44; Nov. 20, 3.55; 

Dee. 21, 4.25.

96-21-18H1. Sam Kennedy. SEjNEj sec. 18, T. 96 N., R. 21 W. 

Domestic well, depth 14.3 feet. Measuring point, top of 2-inch plank 

platform, 0.8 foot above land surface. Equipped with lift pump. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

July 17 

Aug. 23

12.76 

12.31

Sept. 16 

Oct. 3

]1.63 

11.84

Nov. 23 

Dec. 21

11.47 

11.54

418674 0-41-2
14 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Cerro Gordo County Continued.

96-20-16J1. Owner's number 11, City of Mason City. NEjSEi sec. 16, 

T. 96 N., R. 20 W. Water levels, In feet below measuring point, 1940: 

Aug. 22, 203.0; Dec. 3, 198.42.

Cherokee County

92-40-26P1. Owner's number 2 South, City of Cherokee. SEjSW| sec. 

26, T. 92 N., R. 40 W. Nei/ measuring point, top edge of pump frame, 0.8 

foot above base of pump and 0.95 foot above concrete floor. Water level, 

In feet below measuring point, 1940: Dec. 12, 19.48.

Clay County

96-35-2P1. Eva D. Monselle. SE*-SWi sec. 2, T. 96 N., R. 35 W. 

Domestic dug well, diameter 20 inches, depth 48.4 feet. Measuring point, 

top of tile casing, 1.5 feet above land surface. Equipped with lift pump. 

Water levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940: Aug. 1, 30.23; Oct. 2, 

31.98; Nov. 20, 31.82; Dec. 20, 32.01.

96-35-3R1. Allis Wilson. SEl-SEj- sec. 3, T. 96 N., R. 35 W. Stock 

dug well, 4 feet square, depth 7.9 feet. Measuring point, top of wood 

casing at arrow, 1.8 feet above land surface. Water levels, In feet below 

measuring point, 1940: Aug. 1, 7.62; Oct. 2, 8.55; Nov. 20, 7.05; Dec. 20, 

6.42.

Clayton County

94-4-4L1. NEjSWj- sec. 4, T. 94 N., R. 4 W. Unused drilled well, diameter 6 inches, depth 100.5 feet. Measuring point, top of casing and concrete curb, 0.4 foot above land surface. Equipped with lift pump and windmill. Water levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940: April 6, 81.58; 

June 21, 81.45; Oct. 3, 80.19; Dec. 28, 81.01.

Clinton County

81-6E-22H1. Owner's number 2. E. 1. duPont de Nemours & Company.

|- sec. 22, T. 81 N., R. 6 E. Industrial drilled well, diameter 20 

inches, depth 2,150 feet. Measuring point, top of 16-inch steel casing, 

2.0 feet above land surface and 588.63 feet above mean sea level. Elevation determined by E. I. duPont de Nemours & Company. Taps water in 

the Dresbach formation. Water levels affected by changes in atmospheric 

pressure and by earth tide's. Water level recorder maintained on well from 

July 26 to Sept. 20, 1940.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

July 22

26

29

31

Aug. 2

8

9

10

14

15

16

Hour

8:30 a.m.

11:50 a.m.

3:30 p.m.

4:00 p.m.

2s05 p.m.

4:00 p.m.

2:55 p.m.

8:20 a.m.

3:40 p.m.

4:00 p.m.

1:30 p.m.

Water 

level

13.80

a!5.27

a!3.83

a!3.64

a!3.54

a!3.45

13.52

13.44

al3.ll

a!3.10

a!3.23

Date

Aug. 20

23

27

29

30

Sept. 5

6

12

13

20

Hour

4:00 p.m.

2:30 p.m.

3:45 p.m.

3:50 p.m.

3:20 p.m.

10:00 a.m.

2:50 p.m.

3:20 p.m.

2:15 p.m.

3:00 p.m.

Water 

level

13.33

a!3.52

a!2.94

a!3.13

a!3.27

a!3.52

a!3.64

a!3.52

a!3.41

a!3.81

81-7E-6KL. National Biscuit Company. At east end of Iten Bldg.

sec. 6, T. 81 N., R. 7 E. Unused Industrial drilled well, diameter 6 inches, reported depth l,180 vfeet. Measuring point, top edge 

of metal manhole rim, level with concrete floor^ 1.2 feet above top of 

ties on main line of C. & N. W. R. R. water levels believed to be affected 

by pumping from nearby wells. Water levels, in feet below measuring point. 

1940; Aug. 10, 51.75; Aug. 21 at 8:25 a.m., 49.14; Aug. 21 at 3:25 p.m., 

49.80j Oct. 31, 49.95. '

Decatur County

69-25-29R1. Sam Oasset. SElSE^ sec. 29, T. 69 N., R. 25 W. 

Domestic dug well, diameter 5 feet, depth 29.5 feet. Measuring point, 

top of concrete curb, 0.4 foot above concrete sidewalk and land surface. Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1940: Oct. 25, 20.30.

a Measurement made by E. I. duPont de Nemours & Company,
IOWA 15

Emmet County

100-32-11R1. Okamanpedan State Park. SE|SE| sec. 11, T. 100 H., 

R. 32 W. Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940: Oct. 23, 

62.85.

99-34-14B1. Owner's number 3. City of Estherville. BW^KE^ eec 

14, T. 99 N. , 34 W. No measurements made in 1940.

99-32-10E1. C. E. Blrney. SWi-HWi sec. 10, T. 99 N., R. 32 E. Stock 

well, diameter 6 inches, depth 28.3 feet. Measuring point, top of concrete tile casing, 0.7 foot above land surface. Equipped with lift pump. 

Water levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940: Oct. 23, 11.74; Dec. 

20, 7.66.

Hamilton County

86-25-5E1. Owner's number 3. City of Stanhope. SWjNW| sec. 5, 

T. 86 N., R. 25 W. Well deepened in 1940 from original depth of 601 

feet to 2,200 feet. No measurements made in 1940 before well was 

deepened. Measuring point, when well was 1,825 feet deep, top of 8- 

inch casing 1 foot above land surface. Tapped water in St. Peter sandstone. Water level, in feet below measuring point; March 26, 1940, 

83.02. Measuring point, when well was at depth 2,200 feet, top of 

drilling platform 2 feet above land surface. Taps water in New Richmond 

and Jordan sandstone. Water level in feet below measuring point, 1940: 

April 26, a/108.

Harrison County

81-42-31E1. Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company. (Incorrectly 

shown as 81-42-31D1, NW|NW| sec. 31, T. 81 N. , R. 42 W. in Water Supply 

Paper 886) SWjNWj sec. 31, T. 81 N., R. 42 W. Measurements discontinued.

80-42-11Q1. City of Woodbine. SW^SE% sec. 11, T. 80 N., R. 42 W. 

Drilled well, diameter 12 inches, depth 91.5 feet. Measuring point, 

bottom edge of horizontal breather pipe into well, but all measurements 

referred to concrete floor of pump house at land surface. Water level 

measurements by M. E. Hill, Water Superintendent. Water levels, in feet 

below concrete floor of pump house, 1940: Aug. 18, 13.35; Dec. 12, 13.3.

80-41-20M1. Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company. (Incorrectly 

shown as 80-41-20N1, SWjSWj in Water-Supply Paper 886) NW|SW| sec. 20, 

T. 80 N., R. 41 W. Water levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940: 

May 23, 68.61; Aug. 16, 68.80; Dec. 11, 69.15.

79-41-34N1. Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company. SWjSWj sec. 34 

T. 79 N., R. 41 W. Water levels in feet below measuring point, 1940: 

May 23, 56.35; Aug. 16, 55.55; Dec. 11, 57.18.

78-42-12Q1. Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company. SW|SE|- sec. 12, 

T. 78 N. , R. 42 W. Deepened in 1940 from 28.9 feet to 40.5 feet. No 

measurements in 1940 when well was 28.9 feet deep. Measuring point since 

May 23, 1940, top of new concrete curb, 0.9 foot above old measuring 

point, and 0.3 foot above land surface. Water levels, in feet below 

measuring point, 1940: May 23, 22.62; Aug. 16, 23.58; Dec. 11, 24.74.

78-42-11A1. Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company. NE|-l{Ef- sec. 11, 

T. 78 N., R. 42 W. Water levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940: 

May 23, 27.83; Aug. 16, 28.32; Dec. 11, 28.6.

Ida County

89-40-35D1. Owner's Number 3. City of Holstein. NW|NWj sec. 35, 

T. 89 N., R. 40 W. No measurement made in 1940.

89-39-12Ll\ Keith Laundry and Cleaning Company. NWj-SWj sec. 12, T. 

87 N., R. 39 W. No measurement made in 1940.

a Reported by drilling contractor.
16 WATER LEVELS AMD ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Jasper County

80-18-31C1. Union Central Life Insurance Company. NWjKEj sec. 31, 

T. 80 N., R. 18 W. Domestic and stock well, diameter 36 Inches, depth 

37.5 feet. Measuring point, top of concrete curb, 1.0 foot above land 

surface. Equipped with lift pump.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Feb. 29 

May 14

Water 

level

25.10 

18.82

Date

Aug. 27 

Sept. 20

Water 

level

19.55 

23.42

Date

Nov. 7 

Dec. 27

Water

level

23.54 

19.00

Johnson County

80-5-9K1. Mrs. Evelyn Snyder. NWf-SEj- sec. 9, T. 80 N., R. 5 W. 

Measuring point, Aug. 7, and Sept. 14 top of casing, 0.07 foot below 

Instrument platform. Water level recorder removed Aug. 2, 1940.

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

Hour

7

14

21

28

4

11

18

25

3

10

17

24

31

7

14

21

28

9

12

11

1

11

11

11

1

10

1

8

12

6

12

10

11

8

:00

:20

:30

:00

:45

:30

:00

:20

:15

:00

:30

:00

:30

:00

:40

:30

:00

a.m.

p.m.

a.m.

p.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

p.m.

ajm.

p.m.

a.m.

m.

a.m.

m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

Water

level

6.13

6.22

6.26

6.28

6.40

6.47

5.72

5.47

4.92

4.29

4.44

4.46

4.76

4.84

4.02

3.93

4.41

Date

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Hour

5

12

19

26

2

9

16

23

30

6

14

21

28

2

7

14

9:

9:

9:

7:

8:

9:

10:

9:

8:

10:

9:

6:

10:

2:

3:

10:

00

00

00

30

20

45

30

25

00

15

30

45

10

35

15

10

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

p.m.

p.m.

a.m.

Water 

level

4.60

4.86

5.05

5.20

5.41

5.77

5.86

4.73

5.51

6.15

6.64

6.99

7.33

7.38

a 7.57

ab 7.36

80-5-9K2. United States Geological Survey. Located on the property 

of C. L. Hudler. NWj-SEj sec. 9, T. 80 N., R. 5 W. Observation bored 

well, diameter 7^ Inches, depth 12.7 feet. Measuring point, top of instrument platform, 0.84 foot above top of casing and 2.3 feet above land 

surface. Water level recorder maintained on well since Aug. 7, 1940. Replaces well 80-5-9K1.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

7

11

18

25

. 1

8

14

15

22

29

6

13

20

3:00 p

8:10 a.

10:00 a

9:00 a

8:40 a

8:00 a

9:40 a

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

9:00 a.m.

8:10 a

12:01 p

1:50 .p

9:30 a

2:00 p

79-6-10N1.

10,

Jan.

Feb.

T. 79

1

8

15

19

22

29

5

12

N., R.

Water

Ilj58 a

3:17 p

1:03 p

3.55 p

3:30 p

1:09 p

12:55 p

10,40 a

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

Owner 1 s

6 W.

level,

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

.74

.49

.16

.45

.35

.74

.29

.37

.29

.77

.44

.77

.25

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

21

27

3

10

17

24

1

6

12

16

22

29

2:00

10:10

10:50

8:50

12:01

5:00

9:10

4:00

4:45

1:50

10:00

11:50

number 5. State University of

in

9

9

9

9

9

8

8

9

feet above measuring

.31

.08

.16

.32

.34

.89

.92

.12

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

19

26

4

12

18

25

1

8

point,

10:10

11:35

8:15

12:20

9:00

9.07

8:20

p.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

p.m.

p.m.

a.m.

p.m.

p.m.

p.m.

a.m.

a.m.

Iowa.

1940

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

p.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

9:00 a.m.

7

7

7

6

7

6

6

6

6

6

5

5

swjswj

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

.74

.75

.27

.94

.02

.48

.80

.65

.77

.13-

.52

.44

sec

.16

.13

.18

.23

.50

.07

.36

.63

New measuring point.

Measurements temporarily discontinued.
IOWA 17

79-6-10N1.

Johnson County 'Continued. 

Owner's number 5.-- Continued.

Water level, In feet above measuring point, 1940

Date

Apr.

May

June

July

15

22

29

6

13

20

27

3

10

17

24

1

8

15

22

Hour

9:00

8:32

9:10

9:10

12.: 45

9:10

10:35

10:35

8t3Q

9:16

8:25

10:35

9:10

8:10

8:10

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

p.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

Water 

level

9. 84

9.52

9,78

9.34

9.80

9.49

9.55

9.48

9.54

9.45

9.74

9.38

9.50

9.32

JUi3

Date

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Hour

29

5

12

19

26

3

9

16

23

30

7

14

21

28

8:10

8:20

8:08

8:00

5:50

8}05

8:10

8:25

9:00

8:30

8:15

8:45

8:40

8t20

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

p.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

Water 

level

9.43

9. '59

9.40

9.48

9.84

9.59

9.72

9,40

9.57

9.28

9.56

9.73

9.48

a 9.53

Keokuk County

76-10-25D1. City of Keota. NWj-NWj- sec. 25, T. 76 N., R. 

Measurements discontinued, well destroyed.

10 W.

Linn County 

(Indian Creek Project of the Soil Conservation Service)

85-6-19A1. United States Geological Survey. Located on land owned 

by John Inoblt. NEjNEj sec. 19, T. 85 N., R. 6 W. Observation bored 

well, diameter 3 inches, depth 8.5 feet. Measuring point, top of casing 

0.8 foot above land surface.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Apr. 2 

18 

May 1 

16 

June 1 

8

Water 

level

5.13 

b 4.69 

b 5.1 

b 5.74 

b 5.9 

b 6.20

Date

June 13 

17 

July 1 

16 

Aug. 1 

16

Water 

level

6.26 

b 6.41 

b 5.99 

b 6.93 

b 6.26 

b 5.98

Date

Aug. 

Sept. 

Oct.

19 

26 

18 

30

14

Water 

level

6.21 

6.18 

6.14 

6.52 

6.62

Date

Oct. 28

Nov. 13 

25 

Dec. 9 

23

Water 

level

6.81 

5.22 

5.33 

5.15 

5.82

85-6-26D1. United States Geological Survey. Located on land owned 

by Victor and Mary Varzai. NW|-NW|- sec. 26, T. 85 N., R. 6 W. Observation bored well, diameter 3 Inches, depth 13.8 feet. Measuring point, 

top of casing, 0.3 foot above land^ surface and 0.60 foot above bench 

mark. Bench mark,top of £-inch. pipe 1.6 feet east of well and 0.3 foot below land surface.

Water level, in feet below measuring point

Apr.

May

June

2

18

1

16

1

8

6.62

b 3.66

b 4.18

b 4.63

b 5.0

b 5.2

June

July

Aug.

13

17

1

16

1

16

5.38

b 5.49

b 5.28

b 6.03

b, 6.50

b 5.51

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

19

26

18

30

14

17

5.86

5.72

6.26

6.98

7.39

7.42

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

28

13

25

9

23

7.49

5.88

5.70

5.96

5.04

1940

85-6-29B1. Earl Balderson. NW^N 

drilled well, diameter 5 inches, depth 

casing, 0.9 foot above land surface.

b sec. 29, T. 85 N., R. 6 W. Unused 

47 feet. Measuring point, top of

Mar.

Apr.

May

5

15 b

30 be

18 b

1 b

16 b

65.20

65.6

60.65

64.16

64.0

64.04

June

July

1

8

13

17

1

16

b 64.46

b 64.4

64.81

b 64.6

b 64.85

b 65.24

Aug.

Sept

1

16

19

26

.16

30

b 65.10

b 65.4

65.36

65.01

65.12

65.32

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

14

28

13

25

9

23

65.20

65.25

65.85

65.63

65.64

65.31

a Measurements temporarily discontinued.

b Measurements made by Soil Conservation Service.

C Measurements probably inaccurate.
18 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Linn County Continued.

(Indian Creek Project of the Soil Conservation Service) 

84-7-13E1. Alfred Rinderkneeht. SWjNWj sec. 13, T. 84 N., R. 7 W. 

Unused dug domestic well, diameter, 30 Inches, depth 22.5 feet. Measuring point, top of plank platform at copper bench mark 0.2 foot above land 

surface.

Date

Mar. 5 

15 

30 

Apr. 18 

May 1 

16

Water 

level

9.29 

a 8.3 

a 6.42 

a 5.7 

a 5.61 

a 5.94

Date

June 1 

8 

13 

17 

July 1 

16

Water 

level

a 6.16 

a 6.37 

6.58 

a 6.7 

a 6.9 

a 7.52

Date

Aug. 1 

16 

19 

26 

Sept. IB 

30

Water 

level

a 8.30 

a 8.54 

8.93 

8.98 

9.03 

9.52

Date

Oct. 14 

28 

Nov. 13 

25 

Dec. 9 

23

Water 

level

0.83 

10.28 

9.96 

9.71 

9.85 

9.71

84-6-20N1. United States Geological Survey. Located on land owned 

by H. W. Wlgglns. SWjSWj sec. 20, T. 84 N., R. 6 W. Observation bored 

well, diameter 3 Inches, depth 10.8 feet to Oct. 17, 1940. Deepened on 

October 17, 1940 to 11.7 feet. Measuring point, top of casing, 1.0 foot 

above land surface and 1.21 feet above bench mark. Bench mark, top of 

^ Inch pipe, 1.2 feet southeast of well and 0.2 foot below land surface.

Water level, In feet below measuring point

Apr. 2 

18 

May 1 

16 

June 1 

8

5.60 

a 4.74 

a 5.21 

a 6.73 

a 6.41 

a 6.81

June 13 

17 

July 1 

16 

Aug. 1 

16

7.21 

a 7.37 

a 7.87 

a 8.27 

a 8.39 

a 8.37

Aug. 19 

26 

Sept. 18 

30 

Oct. 14 

17

8.38 

8.58 

8.57 

8.81 

8.97 

b 11.50

Oct. 21 

28 

Nov. 13 

25 

Dec. 9 

23

11.37 

11.14 

7.98 

8.20 

8.76 

7.75

1940

84-6-22P1. C. A. Wlssler. SEjNWj sec. 22, T. 84 H., R. 6 W. Unused 

dug well, diameter 30 inches, depth 10.8 feet to October 17, 1940* Deepened 

to 13.0 feet on Oct. 17, 1940. Measuring point, top of plank platform at 

copper bench mark 0.5 foot above land surface.

Water level, in feet below measurlng point

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

5

15

30

18

1

16

1

9.52

a 9.0

a 7.7

a 6.52

a 6.31

a 5.79

a 6.84

June

July

Aug.

8

13

17

1

16

1

a 7.05

7.31

a 7.39

a 7.8

a 8.61

a 9.66

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

16

19

28

.18

30

14

ac 10.85

9.96

10.20

10.40

10.88

(d)

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

17

28

13

25

9

23

b 11.16

11.22

10.91

10.69

10.62

10.54

1940

Linn County 

(Cedar Rapids Project)

83-7-2P1. Hollenbeck. SEjSWi sec. 2, T. 83 N., R. 7 W. Unused 

drilled well, diameter 6 Inches, depth 52.2 feet. Measuring point, July 

29 to Oct. 7, 1940 top of concrete platform 0.5 foot above land surface. 

Beginning Oct. 21, 1940 measuring point Is top of pmp base, 0.04 foot 

above concrete platform. Equipped with lift prop.

Water level, in feet below measuring point. 1940

Date

July 

Aug.

Sept 

Oct.

29 

12 

28 

. 9 

23 

7

a 

b 

c 

d 

e

Hour

- p.m. 

2:40 p.m. 

2:45 p.m. 

2:25 p.m. 

2:15 p.m. 

1:35 p.m.

Water 

level

32. 

32. 

32. 

32. 

32. 

32.

60 

68 

75 

80 

84 

90

Date

Oct. 

Nov.

Dec.

Hour

21 

4 

18 

2 

23

Measurement made by Soil Conservation 

Well deepened. 

Measurement probably inaccurate. 

Dry. 

New measuring point.

3:10 

12:40 

2:30 

2:45 

2:00

Service

p.m. 

p.m. 

p.m. 

p.m. 

p.m.

Water 

level

e 32 

33 

32 

32 

32

.98 

.03 

.96 

.78 

.40
IOWA 19

Linn County Continued. 

(Cedar Rapids Project)

83-7-6B1. Schrimper Estate. NW|NE| sec. 6, T. 83 N., R. 7 W. 

Domestic and stock drilled well, diameter 4 inches, depth 226 feet. 

Measuring point, top of casing, May 10 to June 14, 1940, 0.2 foot 

above land surface. Beginning July 2, 1940 measuring point is top 

of jjf-inch hole in pump base, 0.05 foot above top of casing. Equipped 

with lift pump.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

May 

June 

July

Aug. 

Sept.

Hour

10 

14 

2 

15 

29 

26 

9

11:00 

5:15 

3:10 

1:30 

11:40 

11:50

a.m 

a.m 

p.m 

p. a 

p.m 

a.m 

a.m

. a

Water 

level

65. 

68. 

69. 

69.

70. 

70. 

70.

97 

42 

66 

40 

28 

68 

05 _^

Date

Sept. 

Oct.

Nov. 

Dec.

23 

7 

21 

4 

18 

2 

23

Hour

1:50 p.m. 

1:05 p.m. 

1:45 p.m. 

11:15 a.m. 

2:10 p.m. 

2:30 p.m. 

11:55 a.m.

Water 

level

71 

71 

71 

71 

72 

72 

72

.03 

.37 

.75 

.78 

.11 

.30 

.38

83-7-16D1. City of Cedar Rapids (Shaver Park). NWjNWj sec. 16, T. 

83 N., R. 7 W. Drilled well, depth 126.5 feet. Measuring point, top of 

9/16-inch hole in pump base, 0.5 foot above land surface. Equipped with 

lift pump.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

June 

July

Aug.

10 

17 

1 

15 

29 

12 

26

1:10 

2:30 

2:00 

ItlO 

1{25 

2:45

p.m 

p.m 

p.m 

p.m 

p.m 

p.m 

p.m

*

* 

 

*

90. 

90. 

90. 

90. 

90. 

90. 

90.

00 

21 

47 

54 

45 

46 

55

Sept. 

Oct.

Nov. 

Dec.

9 

23 

7 

21 

4 

18 

23

11:20 a.m. 

1:30 p.m. 

12:45 p.m. 

1:25 p.m. 

10:55 a.m. 

1:50 p.m. 

11:35 a.m.

90 

90 

91 

91 

91 

91 

91

.76 

.93 

.22 

.30 

.35 

.49 

.47

83-7-16J1. City of Cedar Rapids (Daniels Park). ME^SE|- sec. 16, T. 

83 N., R. 7 W. Drilled well. Depth 163 feet. Measuring point, top of 

9/16-inch hole in pump base, 0.1 foot above conical concrete pump base 

and 1.4 feet above land surface. Equipped with lift pump.

Water level, in feet below measuring point. 1940

June 10 - p.m. 33.56 

17 1:35 p.m. 33.62 

July 1 3:00 p.m. 33.86 

15 2:10 p.m. 34.20 

29 1:50 p.m. 34.61 

Aug. 12 1:15 p.m. 34.27 

26 12:01 p.m. 34.10 

Sept. 9 12:10 p.m. 34.25

Sept. 23 1:15 p.m. 

Oct. 7 1:20 p.m. 

21 1:10 p.m. 

Nov. 4 10:40 a.m. 

18 1:40 p.m. 

Dec. 2 2:10 p.m. 

16 3.45 p.m.

83-7-17L1. City of Cedar Rapids (Ellis Park). NE|-SWi sec. 

83 N., R. 7 W. Unused drilled well, diameter 6 inches, depth 98 

Measuring point, top of 3/4-inch pipe 0.6 foot above land surface

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

July 2 2:40 p.m. 20.98 

15 1:20 p.m. 21.16 

29 4:55 p.m. 21.14 

Aug. 12 11:40 a.m. 21.01 

26 10.20 a.m. 20.91 

Sept. 9 10:50 a.m. 20.80 

23 12:01 p.m. 21.00

Oct. 7 11:30 a.m. 

21 11:15 a.m. 

Nov. 4 10:15 a.m. 

18 2:15 p.m. 

Dec. 2 1:45 p.m. 

16 3:00 p.m.

34.30 

34.37 

34.50 

34.44 

34.56 

34.78 

34.42

17, T. 

feet.

21.10 

21.06 

20.81 

20.70 

20.68 

20.62

83-7-21L1. City of Cedar Rapids. North end of Second Street,NE. 

sec. 21, T. 83 N., R. 7 W. Abandoned drilled well, diameter 10 

inches. Original depth 1,450 feet. Measuring point, top of coupling 

flange of casing extension, 2.3 feet above land surface. Until 1930 well 

was pumped for city supply. Originally tapped water in Jordan sandstone, 

but present effective depth of well uncertain, as water levels are affected 

by pumping of nearby well 423 feet deep, which taps water in Niagaran 

dolomite indicating casing leak above 423 feet. Water level recorder maintained on well since March 29, 1940.

a New measuring point.
20 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Linn County--Continued. 

/ (Cedar Rapids Project)

83-7-21L1. City of Cedar Rapids. Continued.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Hour

27

29

3

6

8

11

15

22

29

8

20

27

3

10

17

2428 '

1

8

12

15

22

29

1:45

4:55

10:17

3:15

2:40

12:35

10:30

11:29

11:05

11:40

4:45

1:05

1:15

3:25

2:00

11:35

12:25

3:25

1:05

1:30

4:35

1:20

12:20

12:50

P

P

§

P

P

P

a

a

a

a

P

P

P

P

P

a

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

:p.m.

Water 

level

25

25

24

24

21

23

25

20

21

22

25

24

24

33

30

29

27

30

29

31

28

33

33

34

.43

.03

.10

.52

.45

.69

.95

.92

.39

.25

.16

.04

.06

.06

.53

.92

.20

.26

.85

.36

.62

.21

.43

.48

Date

Aug. 5

12

19

26

Sept . 3

9

18

23

30

Oct. 7

14

21

28

Nov. 4

8

13

18

25

Dec. 2

9

10

16

23

30

Hour

1:05

12:50

11:35

10:35

11:10

1:00

12:25

12:25

1:00

11:30

12:45

11:25

12:50

10:25

1:25

11:40

1:30

1:15

1:20

1:00

3:10

3:15

10:45

3:30

p.m.

p.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

p.m.

p.m.

p.m.

p.m.

a.m.

p.m.

a.m.

p.m.

a.m.

p.m.

a.m.

p.m.

p.m.

p.m.

p.m.

p.m.

p.m.

a.m.

P.m.

Water 

level

35

32

28

26

26

29

30

29

28

25

25

24

26

24

26

25

24

25

25

24

26

24

23

23

.09

.67

.52

.28

.40

.55

.83

.16

.38

.56

.86

.64

.08

.47

.36

.97

.59

.54

.54

.95

.61

.82

.33,

.90

83-7-23G1. City of Cedar Rapids (Sever Park). SW|-NEi sec. 23, T. 

83 N., R. 7 W. Drilled well,depth 81 feet. Measuring point, top of 

9/16-inch hole in pump base, 0.15 foot above conical concrete base and 

1.0 foot above land surface.

Water level in feet below measuring point. 1940

June

July

Aug.

Sept

11

17

1

15

29

12

28

. 9

1:55

3:30

12:01

2:55

3:10

3:10

3:00

-

p.m.

p.m.

p.m.

p.m.

p.m.

p.m.

P.m.

4

4

5

5

5

5

5

5

.72

.77

.15

.24

.65

.56

.44

.55

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

23

7

21

4

18

2

23

2:35

2:10

3:40

12:55

2:40

3:00

2:10

p.m.

p.m.

p.m.

p.m.

p.m.

p.m.

p.m.

5

5

5

5

4

4

4

.68

.37

.34

.10

.99

.96

:80

83-7-24A1. John Zrudsky. KEpEj sec. 24, T. 83 N., R. 7 W. Stock 

drilled well, diameter 4 inches, depth 96 feet. Measuring point, top of 

casing, May 9 to June 17, 1940, 0.3 foot above land surface. Beginning 

July 2 top of 9/16-inch hole in pump base, 0.02 foot above top of casing. 

Equipped with lift pump.

Water level, in feet below measuring point-, 1940

May

June

July

Aug.

y

6

17

2-

15

29

12

28

-

-

3:25

11:50

11:45

-

3:30

3:25

p.m.

p.m.

p.m.

a.m.

a.m.

p.m.

p.m.

29

30

31

a 30

31

30

31

30

.66

.28

.39

.45

.07

.39

.40

.40

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

9

23

7

21

4

18

2

23

3:20

3:55

2:25

3:50

1:10

2:50

3:15

2:30

p.m.

p.m.

p«m.

p.m.

p.m.

p.m.

p.m.

p.m.

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

.38

.69

.46

.52

.45

.42

.18

.36

83-7-28G2. Cedar Rapids Gas Company (northwest corner of 8th Avenue 

SE and First Street HE, Cedar Rapids), SW^HE|- sec. 28, T. 83 N., R. 7 W. 

Unused industrial drilled well, diameter 6 inches, depth 349 feet. 

Measuring point, top edge of old cast iron pump-base, 0.5 foot above 

brick floor of pump house. Water level recorder maintained on well since 

March 22, 1940. Water level's affected by pumping from nearby wells, 

particularly a group of Industrial wells 1,000 to 1,500 feet distant. 

Highest water level observed on recorder charts was 29*45 feet on Dec. 5, 

1940 and lowest was 75.64 feet on August 16, 1940. Lower water levels 

occurred in the period July 22 to Aug. 2, 1940 but were'not recorded on 

charts, due to obstruction in well, which has since been removed. Maximum 

daily fluctuation observed from recorder charts was 18.20 feet on July 15, 

1940, and maximum weekly fluctuation observed was 32.96 feet for the week

nnrH-nrr .Tiil-tr "IS 1 Q4O .
IOWA 21

Linn County Continued. 

(Cedar Rapids Project)

83-7-28G2. Cedar Rapids Gas Company. Continued.

Water level, in feet below measuring point. 1940

Date

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

21

22

3

9

15

22

29

. 6

13

20

27

3

10

17

24

1

8

15

22

29

2

Hour

3:10

3:00

4:30

4:10

10:30

10:10

10:45

10:50

3:38

11:18

Ilr55

2:35

10:30

11:00

10:55

11:50

12:35

10:35

10:05

4:00

11:00

P

P

P

P

a

a

a

a

P

a

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

a.m.

P

a

.m.

.m.

a.m.

a

a

P

a

a

P

a

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

Water 

level

50.41

50.15

47.60

47.75

35.40

33.25

36.08

39.99

49.45

43.99

43.96

51.85

48.31

51.16

52.45

52.28

52.10

50.04

59.58

67.69

59.16

Date

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

12

19

26

. 3

9

16

23

30

7

14

21

28

4

13

18

25

2

9

16

23

30

Hour

4:25

11:00

4:45

10:40

1:30

10:15

3:40

1:25

3rlO

11:20

4:25

11:30

1:50

11:10

3:25

4:00

5:30

11:10

4j05

10:25

2:55

P.m.

a.m.

P.

a.

P.

a.

P.

P.

P.

a.

P.

m.

m.

m.

m.

m.

m.

m. 

m.

m.

a.m.

P.

a.

P.

P.

P.

m.

m.

m.

m.

m.

a.m.

P.

a.

P«

m.

m.

m.

Water 

level

61.07

52.02

53.22

46.52

57.25

39.36

56.73

48.35

45.87

38.20

40.93

41.60

41.16

47.59

45.71

47.58

49.27

40.39

41.40

36.62

44.22

83-7-32G1. Ployd Pelter. SWjNEi sec. 32, T. 83 N., R. 7 W.,northwest corner of 22nd Avenue SW and llth Street SW, Cedar Rapids. Unused 

domestic drilled well, depth 282 feet. Measuring point, top of 9/16-inch 

hole in pump base 0.15 foot above concrete curb and 0.5 foot above landsurface .

Water level, jn feet below measuring point t 1940

July 12

29

Aug. 12

26

Sept. 9

23

11:40 a.m..

11:45 a.m.

11:20 a.m.

9:45 a.m.

10:30 a.m.

11:45 a.m.

82.34

83.06

82.50

82.28

82.35

82.60

Oct. 7

21

Nov. 4

18

Dec. 2

16

11:00 a.m.

10:45 a.m.

10:00 a.m.

12»01 p.m.

12:30 p.m.

2:45 p.m.

82.48

81.74

82.08

81.91

81.90

81.26

83-7-33P1. SEf-NW| sec. 33, T. 83 N., R. 7 W., northwest corner of 

22nd Avenue SW and K Street SW, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Drilled domestic 

well, depth 107 feet. Measuring point, top of 9/16-inch hole in pump 

base, 0.14 foot above concrete platform and 0.7 foot above land surface.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

July

Aug.

Sept.

13

29

12

26

9

23

12:01

11:30

11:10

9:45

10:15

11:30

p.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

74

74

74

74

74

74

.12

.30

.30

.30

.33

.33

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

T

21

4

18

2

16

11:55

10:30

9:45

11:50

12:10

2:30

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

p.m.

P.m.

74

74

74

74

74

74

.37

.40

.42

.47

.50

.36

83-6-28B1. Louis Mikuleky. NWjMEj sec. 28, T. 83 N., R. 6 W. 

Drilled domestic well, diameter 5 inches, reported depth 219 feet. Measuring point, painted arrow at top edge of well pit on'north side, 5.00 feet 

above top of casing at land surface. Equipped with automatic lift pump. 

Water levels affected by pumping.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

May 3 1:25 p.m. 45.31 

June 6 2:50 p.m. 45.65 

17 2:30 p.m. 45.71 

July 1 3:50 p.m. 46.07 

15 11:30 a.m. 46.30

July 29 3:10 p.m. 46.55 

Aug. 12 - 46.58 

Sept. 9 3:55 p.m. 46.59 

23 3:20 p.m. a 46.96 

Oct. 7 3:20 p.m. a 48.50

83-6-30B1. Katz. NW^HEj sec. 30, T. 83 N., R. 6 W. Unused drilled 

well, diameter 6 inches, depth 76.5 feet. Measuring point, top of casing, 

north side, 0.5 foot above land surface. Equipped with lift pump.

a Pumping.
22 WATER LEVELS AMD ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Linn County Continued. 

(Cedar Rapids Project)

83-6-30B1. Katz. Continued.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

May 

June

July 

Aug.

3 

6 

17 

1 

15 

29 

12 

28

Hour

2:35 

2:55 

4:10 

11:20 

3:20 

3:50 

3:45

p.m. 

p.m. 

p.m. 

p.m. 

a.m. 

p.m. 

p.m. 

p.m.

Water 

level

52.14 

52.26 

52.35 

52.49 

52.61 

52.68 

52.68 

52.72

Date

Sept. 

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec.

9 

23 

7 

21 

4 

18 

2 

23

Hour

3:40 

3:10 

2:40 

4:00 

1:25 

3:00 

3:30 

2:40

p.m. 

p.m. 

p.m. 

p.m. 

p.m. 

p.m. 

p.m. 

p.m.

Water 

level

52.76 

52.71 

52,78 

52.84 

52.79 

52.74 

52.86 

52.67

Lyon County

99-44-26R1. SEj-SEj sec. 26, T. 99 N., R. 44 W. Unused bored well, 

diameter 20 inches, depth 37.7 feet. Measuring point, top of concrete 

tile casing 2.0 feet above land surface. Equipped with lift pump. Water 

levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940: Oct. 24, 11.74; Dec. 20,11.43.

99-43-11H1. SEj-NEj sec. 11, T. 99 N., R. 43 W. Unused well, diameter 10 inches, depth 5.4 feet. Measuring point top of casing 1.5 feet 

above land surface. Water levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940: 

Oct. 24, 3.95; Dec. 20, 3.65.

98-48-24M1. A. C. Hanson. NW£SW£ sec. 24, T. 98 N., R. 48 W. Water 

levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940: Aug. 15, 18.40; Oct. 25, 20.57.

Madison County

76-28-2B1. Glen Newton. NWiNBj sec. 2, T. 76 N., R. 28 W. TJhused 

dug well, diameter 24 inches, depth 32 feet. Measuring point, top of 

plank platform 0.5 foot above land surface. Equipped with lift pump.

Water level, in feet below measuring point. 1940

Date

Feb. 28 

Apr. 16

Water 

level

19.11 

18.22

Date

May 21

, Jime 19

Water 

level

17.96 

18.51

Date

Aug. 

Sept

Water 

level

15 18.75 

.24 19.87

Date

Dec. 3

Water 

level

19.04

Mahaska County 

City of Fremont. SE$-NEj sec. 14, T. 74 N», R. 14 W.

34, T. 77 N., R. 18 W.

74-14-14H1. 

Measurements discontinued.

Marion County

77-18-34C1. Rich Launpebaugh. HBjNWj sec. 

No measurements made in 1940.

75-20-22 HI. Union Central Life Insurance Company. SBjHE|- sec. 22, 

T. 75 N., R. 20 W. Domestic and stock dug well, diameter 60 inches, depth 

14.6 feet. Measuring point, top of brick tile curb 0.8 foot above land 

surface. Equipped with suction pump and siphon.

Apr. 16 

May 1 

14 

June 1 

14

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

11.30 

a 10.78 

a 11.01 

a 11.07 

a 11.22

June 18 11.95 

July 3 a 11.90 

Aug. 1 a 12.22 

15 a 10.13

Aug. 27 9.76 

Oct. 1 a 10.48 

15 a 10.20 

31 a 10.71

" Nov. 15 

Dec. 2 

16 

30

a 11.24 

a 11.45 

a 11.95 

a 11.25

75-20-29KL. J. D. Cleair. NW^SEj sec. 29, T. 75 N., R. 20 W. Unused dug well, diameter 30 inches, depth 21.0 feet. Measuring point, top 

of 1-inch board cover, 1.3 feet above land surface.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Apr.

May

June

16

1

14

1

14

12.98

a 11.77

a 12.51

a 12.79

a 12.48

June

July

Aug.

18

1

1

15

12.37

a 12.33

a 11.33

a 9.55

Aug.

Oct.

27

1

15

31

10.82

a 12.09

a 12.57

a 11.84

Nov.

Dec.

15

2

16

30

a 12.96

a 13.16

a 13.22

a 13.24

a Measurements made by Soil Conservation Service.
IOWA 23

Marion County-- Continued.

75-20-31C1. Miss Amanda Elllott. NBlNWfc see. 31, T. 75 N., R. 20 W. 

Dug stock well, diameter 42 Inches, depth 28 feet. Measuring point, top 

of plank platform 0.3 foot above land surface. Equipped with lift pump.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Feb. 27 

Apr. 16 

May 1 

14 

June 1

Water

level

27.78 

17.40 

a 17.47 

a 19.26 

a 21.67

Date

June 14 

18 

July 1 

Aug. 1 

15

Water 

level

a (b) 

26 .'92 

a 27.35 

a 27.63 

a 27.44

Date

Aug. 26

Oct. 1 

15 

31

Water 

level

26.38 

a 26.64 

a 28.70 

a 27.71

Date

Nov. 15 

Dec. 2 

16 

30

Water 

level

a 27.38- 

a 27.20 

a 26.50 

a 25.89

75-20-3102. Miss Amanda Elllott. NEjNWl sec. 31, T. 75 H., R. 20 W. 

Bored stock well, diameter 15 inches, depth 28.5 feet. Measuring point, 

top of plank well platform, 0.3 foot above land surface. Equipped with, 

lift pump operated by gasoline engine.

Feb.

Apr.

May

June

27

16

1

14

1

22.46

19.54

a 13.59

a 13.10

a 13.53

June

July

Aug.

14

18

1

1

15

a 13.82

18.34

a 23.27

a 18.62

a 17.47

Aug.

Oct.

27

1

15

31

14.91

a 20.5

a 26.41

a 26.09

Nov.

Dec.

15

2

16

30

a 22.26

a 18.40

a 23.75

a 23.48

74-21-26E1. Griesbaum Estate. SWjNWj sec. 26, T. 76 H., R. 21 W. 

Unused dug well, diameter 24 inches, depth 20.7 feet. Measuring point, 

top of plank platform at copper bench mark, 0.8 foot above land surface.

Apr. 16

May 1

M

June 1

14

9.85

a 7.49

a 8.62

a 9.24

a 10.19

June

July

Aug.

16

1

1

15

10.37

a 11.10

a 14.48

a 13.73

Aug.

Oct.

27

1

15

31

a

a

a

13.32

15.53

15.74

15.73

Nov.

Dec.

15

2

16

30

a 14.79

a 14.50

a 14.25

a 14.03

74-20-2M1. NWjSWj sec. 2, T. 74 N., R. 20 W. On right of way of 

Iowa State Highway 14. Dug well, diameter 36 inches, depth 7.7 feet. 

Measuring point, top of iron manhole ring, 0.3 foot above land surface,

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Apr.

May

June

16

1

14

1

14

4.79

a 4.30

a 4.29

a 4.59

a 4.84

June

July

Aug.

18

1

1

15

5.19

a 5.85

a 5.40

a 5.68

Aug.

Oct.

27

1

15

31

4.04

a 4.9

a 5.50

a 5.07

Nov.

Dec.

15

2

16

30

a 5.16

a 5.96

a 6.05

a 5.6}.

74-20-16M1. G. Wendall. NWjSW-J sec. 16, T. 74 N., R. 20 W. Unused 

bored well, diameter 12 inches, depth 34.2 feet. Measuring point, top of 

tile casing at painted arrow, 0.2 foot above land surface.

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1940

Apr.

May

June

16

1

14

1

14

25.78

a 24.91

a 25.79

a 25.79

a 25.85

June

July

Aug.

18

1

1

15

25.82

a 26.00

a 26.41

a 26.84

Aug.

Oct.

27

1 a

15 ac

31 a

27.10

27.74

27.07

28.35

Nov.

Dec.

15

2

16

30

a 28.90

a 29.25

a 29.96

a 30.08

74-20-33D1. T. V. Beebout. NWjNWj sec. 33, T. 74 N., R. 20 W. Unused dug well, diameter 24 inches, depth 28.7 feet. Measuring point, top 

of concrete curb, east side, at painted arrow, 0.2 foot above land surface.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Apr. 16

May 1

14

June 1

14

27.59

a 27.49

a 27.46

a 26.91

a 27.37

June

July

Aug.

18

1

1

15

27.34

a 27.32

a 27.30

a 27.20

Aug.

Oct.

27

1

15

31

a

a

a

27.18

27.14

27.14

27.15

Nov.

Dec.

15

2

16

30

a 27.11

a 27.05

a 27.13

a 27.18

a Measurements made by Soil Conservation Service.

b Dry.

c Measurements probably inaccurate.
24 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Huscatlne County

76-2-14D1. Owner's test well 4. City of Huscatlne. NWj-NWj see. 14, 

T. 76 N., R. 2 W. Water levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940: 

April 4, 13.48; Aug. 20, 13.87j Oct. 31, 13.89; Dec. 23, 14.32.

76-2-15A1. Owner's test well 5. City of Museatine. HEjHEi- see. 15, 

T. 76 N., R. 2 W. Drilled test well, diameter 2 inches. Measuring point, 

top of reducing nipple, 0.11 foot above top of casing, and 2.8 feet above 

land surface. Water levels affected by pumping from city well field. 

Water levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940: April 4, 11.57; Aug.20, 

12.68; Oct. 31, 12.80; Dec. 23, 12.45.

Osceola County

99-41-18C1. City of Sibley. HEjNWj see. 18, T. 99 N., R. 41 W. Water 

levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940: Jan. 10, 14.75; Oct. 24, 17.20.

99-41-1802. City of Sibley. HEjNWj see. 18, T. 99 N., R. 41 W. Bored 

well, diameter 7 inches, depth 34 feet. Measuring point top of manhole 

cover. Equipped with suction pump. Used partly for city supply. Water 

level, in feet below measuring point, 1940: Oct. 24, 19.58.

Page County

69-36-31K1. City of Clarinda. NWiSW| see. 31, T. 69 N., R. 36 W. 

Corner of Garfield and South Tenth Streets. Unused dug well, diameter 10 

feet, depth 56 feet. Measuring point, top of 1-ineh pipe, through concrete slab cover, 0.85 foot above original concrete curb and land surface. 

Water level recorder maintained on well since Sept. 25, 1940.

Water level, in feet below measuring point. 1940

Date

May 22

June 2

July 1

16

Aug. 5

14

Sept . 9

23

25

30

Oct. 7

15

Hour

4:00 p.m.

4:00 p.m.

3:00 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

7:00 p.m.

10:00 a.m.

9:00 a.m.

.

2:35 p.m.

1:25 p.m.

6:50 a.m.

8:00 a.m.

Water 

level

23.28

23.30

24.25

24.22

22.75

20.80

19.77

21.29

21.86

22.04

22.49

23.09

Date

Oct. 22

29

Nov. 6

12

19

26

Dec. 2

5

10

18

26

Hour

9:00 a.m.

9:30 a.m.

10:00 a.m.

9:45 a.m.

9:10 a.m.

9:30 a.m.

10:00 a.m.

8:20 a.m.

10:00 a.m.

3:30 p.m.

1:30 p.m.

Water 

level

23.d8

23.43

23.80

23.77

23.36

22.96

23.71

23.51

23.56

23.40

23.24

Palo Alto County 

(Vicinity of Lost Island Lake)

97-34-29N1. SW|SW| see. 29, T. 97 N., R. 34 W. Unused well, diameter 20 inches, depth 8.0 feet. Measuring point, top of concrete tile 

at west side, 0.5 foot above land surface. Water levels, in feet below 

measuring point, 1940: Aug. 1, 4.25; Oct. 3, 6.00; Nov. 20, 2.61; Dee. 

19, 2."73.

97-34-29N2. SWiSWl see. 29, T. 97 N., R. 34 W. Unused well, diameter 4 inches, depth 11.3 feet. Measuring point, top of casing, 1.5 

feet above land surface. Water levels, in feet below measuring point, 

1940: Aug. 1, 0.99; Oct. 2, 1.86; Nov. 20, 1.02; Dec. 19, 0.85.

97-34-30Q1. Norman Broadwell. SW|SEj- sec. 30, T. 97 N., R. 34 W., 

about 150 feet north of normal shore line of Lost Island Lake. Dug 

domestic well, diameter 48 inches, depth*24.6 feet. Measuring point, 

top of 2-inch plank platform at pump, 0.5 foot above land surface. 

Equipped with lift pump. Water levels, in feet below measuring point, 

1940: Aug. 1, 19.37; Oct. 2, 19.96; Nov. 20, 19.52; Dee. 19, 19.33.

97-34-32P1. Lost Island State Park. SE|SW|- see. 32, T. 97 N., R. 

34 W., about 120 feet east of normal shore line of Lost Island Lake.Unused well, depth 46.1 feet. Measuring point, top of 9/16-inch hole in 

pump base, 1.3 feet above land surface. Equipped with lift pimp. Water 

levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940: Aug. 1, 11.11; Oct. 2, 

13.60; Nov. 20, 13.64; Dee. 19, 13.10.
IOWA 25

Palo Alto County Continued.

96-34-6J1. "Electric Park." HEjSEt sec. 6, T. 96 N., R. 34 W., 

about 150 feet south of normal shore line of Lost Island Lake. Dug 

domestic well, diameter 18 inches, depth 20.3 feet. Measuring point, 

top of well curb, 3.1 feet above land surface. Equipped with lift 

pump. Water levels in feet below measuring point, 1940: Aug. 1, 

5.28; Oct. 2, 5.90} Nov. 20, 5.56} Dec. 19, 5.45.

Plymouth County

91-48-19M1. Joe Tracy. HW|SW|- sec. 19, T. 91 H., R. 48 W. Water 

levels in feet below measuring point, 1940: April 18, 56.89; June 9, 

56.91; July 14, 57.82; Sept. 26, 58.88.

Polk County

79-22-22A1. J. G. Reed. NEiNEj sec. 22, T. 79 N., R. 22 W. Stock 

dug well, diameter 36 inches, depth 38.5 feet. Measuring point, top of 

2-inch plank cover at southeast corner, 0.2 foot above land surface. 

Equipped with lift pump.

Date

Feb. 29 

Apr. 1

Water 

level

13.42 

4.14

Date

May 14 

Aug. 27

Water 

level

4.60 

5.26

Date

Sept. 20

,Nov. 7

Water 

level

6.73 

6.40

Date

Dec, 27

Water 

level

5.01

Sac County

89-38-26A1. City of Schaller, NEjNEj sec. 

Measurements discontinued.

26, T. 89 N., R. 38 W.

89-38-26A2. City of Schaller. HEjMEj sec. 26, T. 89 N., R. 38 W. 

Drilled well, diameter 10 inches, depth 352.5 feet. Measuring point, top 

of 1J inch slanting breather pipe, welded into casing, 0.17 foot above 

concrete pump base and top of casing and 1.8 feet above land surface. 

Equipped with 10 horsepower turbine. Taps water in Dakota sandstone. Replaces well 89-38-26A1, destroyed, which was located 10 feet north. Water 

level, in feet below measuring point, 1940: About Feb. I,'a218.65j 

Oct. 2, 221.81} Dec. 13, 222.22.

86-36-2C1. John Christian. NEjNW£ sec. 2, T. 86 N., R. 36 W. Unused bored well, diameter 20 inches, depth 19.5 feet. Measuring point, 

top of concrete tile casing at painted arrow, 0.6 foot above land surface^

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Apr. 19 

May 15 

June 20

4.12 

b 3.00 

4.10

July 15 

30 

Aug. 15

b 5.55 

6.34 

b 5.20

Sept. 17 

Oct. 1 

15

b 5.00 

5.47 

b 6.00

Nov. 16 

Dec. 13 

16

b 4.80 

5.32 

b 5.30

86-36-2E1. Albert Kulver, Jr. SWjNW|- sec. 2, T. 86 N., R. 36 W., 

about 80 feet from normal shore line of Blackhawk Lake. Dug stock well, 

diameter 36 inches, depth 6.2 feet. Measuring point, top of casing, 

north side at painted arrow, 0.2 foot above land surface. Equipped with 

lift pump.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Apr.

May

June

19

15

20

1.29

b 0.75

0.50

July

Aug.

15

30

15

b

b

0.70

0.33

0.40

Sept. 17

Oct. 1

15

b 0.73

0.83

b 0.83

Nov.

Dee.

16

13

16

b 0.80

0.85

b 0.75

86-36-3H1. Blackhawk Lake Preserve. SEjMEj sec. 3, T. 86 N., R. 36 

W. Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940: April 19, 49.58.

86-36-4N1. Iowa State Conservation Commission. SWjSWj sec. 4, T. 86 

H., R. 36 W. Unused dug well, diameter 36 inches, depth 9.5 feet. Measuring point, top of concrete tile, at painted arrow, 2.5 feet above land 

surface.

Water level, in feet below measuring point. 1940

Apr. 

May 

June

19 

15 

20

a 

b

8.95 

b 8.50 

8.52

July 15 

30 

Aug. 15

b 8 

8 

b 8

Measurement by driller. 

Measurement made by Iowa

.90 

.95

.40

Sept. 17 b 8.40 

Oct. 1 8.61 

15 b 8.60

Hov. 16

Dec. 13 

16

Corrected to measuring point. 

State Conservation Commission.

b 

b

8 

8 

8

.50 

.44 

.30
26 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

W.

Sioux County

95-45-5A1. City of Sioux Center. NEjNE£ sec. 5, T. 95 N., R. 45 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940: Aug. 15, 263.38.

94-45-17A1. City of Maurice. 

No measurements made in 1940.

sec. 17, T. 94 N., R. 45 W.

Story County

83T24-4Q1. Iowa State College. SW£SE£ sec. 4, T. 83 N., R. 24 W. 

Water levels affected by changes in atmospheric pressure and, until 

Sept. 10, 1940, by inflow of surface water during heavy rains.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940.

Date

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

6

13

20

29

3

10

17

24

2

8

15

23

30

6

13

20

27

4

7

11

18

25

1

8

15

22

29

Hour

8:00

8:20

8:20

3:00

8:30

8:15

8:10

8:00

9:55

9:20

3|05

7:15

10:10

7:20

9:10

11:00

9:10

7:15

9:50

11:00

7:00

9:00

9:40

5:00

10:20

9:30

11:40

a

a

a

P

a

a

a

a

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

a.m.

a

P

a

a

a

a

a

a

a

a

a

a

a

a

P

a

a

a

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

.m.

Water

level

46

46

46

46

46

46

46

46

46

46

46

46

45

46

46

46

46

45

45

45

45

45

45

46

46

46

46

.53

.25

.35

.43

.50

.17

.48

.47

.27

.08

.06

.21

.76

.24

.04

.06

.03

.89

.87

.94

.69

.50

.69

.46

.25

.32

.58

Date

July 6

13

20

27

Aug. 1

6

12

17

31

Sept. 7

14

21

28

Oct. 5

12

19

26

Nov. 2

9

16

23

30

Dec. 7

14

21

28

Hour

9:00

10:10

7:45

7:45

2:20

5:30

5:10

10:50

8:35

7:40

7:50

8:00

7:50

8:00

7:45

11:45

7:50

7:50

7:50

7:50

7:50

8:00

8:00

7:50

8:50

7:45

Water 

level

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

p.m.

p.m.

p.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

a.m.

46

47

47

47

46

47

47

47

45

46

45

46

45

45

45

45

45

45

45

45

45

45

45

45

45

45

.71

.16

.49

.92

.98

.40

.20

.05

.77

.37

.75

.40

.93

.90

.60

.55

.55

.51

.57

.45

.47

.18

.39

.56

.32

.00

83-24-17R1. Agronomy Farm. 

No measurements made in*1940.

SEjSEj sec. 17, T. 83 N., R. 24 W.

83-24-20J1. Agricultural Engineering Experiment Station. 

sec. 20, T. 83 N., R. 24 W.

Water level, in feet below measuring point

Date

Mar. 16 

May 7

Water

level

25.43 

20.29

Date

June 14 

July 15

Water 

level

19.77 

21.70

Date

Aug. 12 

Sept. 24

Water 

level

22.91 

19.07

Date

Dec. 28

Water 

level

18.43

1940

Warren County

76-25-8Q1. Iowa State College. SWj-SEi sec. 8, T. 76 N., R. 25 W. 

Domestic dug well, diameter 36 inches, depth 30 feet. Measuring point, 

top of concrete curb 0.3 foot above land surface. Equipped with lift 

pump. Taps water in the glacial drift. Water levels, in feet below 

measuring point, 1940: May 14, 14.36; Aug. 27, 15.13| Dec. 27, 17.72.

Wayne County

67-23-20Q1. L. P. Bryan. SWiSEi see. 20, T. 67 N., R. 23 W. 

Domestic dug well, diameter 36 inches, depth 22.5 feet. Measuring point, 

top of concrete slab well cover 0.25 feet above land surface. Equipped 

with lift pump. Taps water in the glacial drift. Water level, in feet 

below measuring point, 1940: Oct. 24, 12.90.
IOWA 27

Woodbury County

89-48-23B1. Owner's Riverside Station well. City of Sioux City. 

NWjNEj sec. 23, T. 89 N., R. 48 W. As a result of observer's tape being 

0.23 feet short, water levels for Sept. 2, Oct. 2, Nov. 2 and Dec. 2, 1939 

were Incorrectly given in Water-Supply Paper 886. In order to avoid confusion these measurements have been corrected and are shown below, together 

with other measurements made In 1939. Unless otherwise designated, measurements by Ed. Harbeck, Sioux City Water Works.

Water level. In feet below measuring point. 1959-40

Date

Aug. 16, 1939

Sept. 2

Oct. 2

13

Nov. 2

Dec. 2

Jan. 2, 1940

Feb. 2

Mar. 2

Apr. 2

May 2

June 2

9

10

Water

level

a 6.05

6.52

7.10

a '7.41

7.85

7.77

7.60

8.02

7.94

7.19

7.02

7.35

a 6.73

6.92

Date

June 11, 1940

12

13

14

15

16

17 -

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

Water 

level

6.92

6.87

6.92

6.92

6.75

6.67

6.50

6.58

6.62

6.71

6.67

6.58

6.50

6.50

Date

June 25, 1940

26

27

28

29

30

July 1

2

Aug. 2

13

Sept. 2

Oct. 2

Nov. 2

Dec. 2

Water

level

6.58

6.58

6.62

6.67

6.67

6.67

6.67

6.67

7.42

a 7.21

7.08

7.92

8.04

8.08

89-47-22B1. Owner's Lowell 4. City of Sioux City. NWjNE^ sec. 22, 

T. 89 N., R. 47 W. Water level measurements by N. L. Nelson, chief engineer, Sioux City Water Works.

Water level, In feet below measuring point

Date

Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar.

i2 

2 

2

Water 

level

b 39.17 

38.75 

b 38.00

Date

Apr. 2 

May 2

June 2

Water

level

b 37.83 

b 36.92 

b 38.33

Date .

July 2 

Aug. 2 

Sept. 6

Water

level

b 38.83 

b 38.33 

b 38.50

Date

Oct. 2 

Nov. 2 

Dec. 2

Water 

level

b 36.75 

36.25 

b 35.42

1940

a Measurement by U. S. Geological Survey, 

b Nearby wells pumping.
28 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

PAGES AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES TARKIO GREEK AREA 

By V. 0. Pishel

The observation-well program in the Tarkio Creek area i/was continued 

in 1940 by the Federal Geological Survey. At the beginning of 1940, 70 wells 

were under observation, of which 51 were in Iowa and 19 wer'e in Missouri. 

Measurements were resumed in 2 wells (11 and 51) and discontinued in 3 wells 

(37, 43A, and 77) during the year. Records for the wells in Missouri are 

given under the Missouri section in this volume but the descriptive text for 

the wells in Missouri is given in this section. Water-level measurements in 

11 wells (1, 2, 5-7, 10, 12, and 14-17) were used in computing average water 

levels in 1940. The measurements were made by W. M. Mulnlx of the Geological 

Survey.

The accompanying illustration gives the average height of the water 

levels above arbitrary datum planes for the period of observation and the 

accumulative departure from normal precipitation from 1934 to 1940 as determined at the station of the U. S. Weather Bureau at Clarlnda, Iowa for 1934 

and at Shenandoah, Iowa from 1935 -to 1940. The normal annual precipitation 

at Shenandoah, Iowa is about 34 Inches. The precipitation has boon below 

normal each year since the observation-well program was started. It is 

believed that the water levels have also probably been below normal for the 

period of record.

The water levels declined gradually during the very dry spring and 

simmer of 1934, and in"September and October they were about 1 foot lower 

than in May. Moderately heavy rains in the fall of 1934 produced some 

ground-water recharge and at the end of the year the average of the water 

levels in the wells was nearly the same as in May, when measurements were 

begun. Only very little rain or snow fell during the 5 months from December 1, 1934 to April 30, 1935, and the water levels remained nearly stationary. Heavy rainfall, however, occurred in May and June 1935 and the water 

levels rose an average of about 4 feet by July 1. During the remainder of 

the growing season the precipitation was moderate, and the water levels 

declined an average of slightly more than 2 feet. The water levels remained 

nearly stationary1 during November and December 1935 and declined only

moderately in January 1936.

I/ See Water-supply Papers 777, 817, 840, 845, and 886.
Cumulative departure from normal precipitation

Figure 3.--Average water levels in wells in the Tarklo Creek area, Iow

from normal precipitation from January 1934 at 
30 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

A thaw occurred In February 1936, during which time very few measurements were made because of bad roads. Prom January 28 to March 10 the 

water levels rose an average of nearly 4 feet. The water levels then declined until April 22, when rainfall caused them to rise sharply. On 

May 12 the highest average stage in the period of record was reached, 

4.50 feet higher than the average stage on January 28, 1936, and nearly 

6 feet higher than the average stage at; the beginning of observations In 

the spring of 1934. The water levels then declined, with very few Interruptions, for the rest of 1936. They reached an average stage on December 30, 

1936 that was only about 0.6 foot higher than on January 1, 1935.

The precipitation In the area for the year 1937 was about 25 inches, 

which is about 8 Inches below the average annual precipitation. Although 

the water levels rose at several times In the year, chiefly in February 

and May, the Intermediate declines in the spring and the persistent decline In the fall and winter caused them to reach on January 1, 1938, the 

lowest average stage recorded since October 1934.

The water levels declined an average of 0.67 foot from January 1 to 

March 15, 1938, when they reached the lowest average stage at the period 

of observation, which extends from May 1934 to January 1941. On March 15, 

the water levels averaged 7.52 feet lower than in May 1936. The water 

levels began to rise in the latter part of March, and by the middle of July 

reached an average stage 1.68 feet above the stage of March 15. This rise 

was followed by a decline of 0.25 foot by August 2 and by another rise of 

0.73 foot by September 20. The water levels then declined steadily for the 

rest of the year.

Water levels declined an average of 0.36 foot from January 1, 1939 

to February 15, 1939. They rose 2.09 feet by March 15 and declined 0.78 

foot by June 6, and then rose sharply 1.75 foot; by July 5. The precipitation for the last half of 1939 was very low and. the water levels declined 

an average of 2.83 feet from July 5 to December 19.

Bad roads prevented measurements from December 19, 1939 to March. 18, 

1940, during which period the water levels rose an average of 0.80 foot. 

Alternate rises and declines occurred during the rest of 1940 and at the 

end of the year the water levels were an averags of about 1.4 feet above 

the average stage at the end of 1939 and about 0.6 foot above the average 

stage at the end of 1934.
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Average water levels, in feet above assumed 

datum planes, in 11 observation wells, 1940

-,. Water Date level

Mar. 18-19 9.98 

25-26 10.53 

Apr. 8-9 10.41 

16-17 10.26 

29-30 10.43

S!S

May 6-7 10.53 

13-14 10.65 

20-21 10.69 

27-28 10.71 

June 3-4 10.63

no 4-= Water Date level

June 10-11 10.54 

17-18 10.49 

24-25 10.37 

July 1-2 10.27 

Aug. 29-30 11.71

nn i-« Water Date level

Sept. 25-26 10.82 

Oct. 24-25 10.69 

Nov. 27-29 10.34 

Dec. 30 10,59

Page County

5. John Toft.

Water level, in feet above datum. 1940

Mar.

Apr.

18

25

3

8

16

7.02

7.11

7.05

7.06

7.09

Apr.

May

29

6

13

20

27

7.40

7.88

8.55

9.00

9.04

June

July

3

10

17

24

1

*9.14

9.05

8.99

8.95

8.90

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

29

.25

24

27

30

13.30

12.90

10.34

9.91

10.28

6. T. Sliekerveer.

Water level, in feet above datum. 1940

Mar.

Apr.

19

26

9

17

30

8.97

8.93

8.92

8.90

9.17

May 7

14

21

28

June 4

9

9

10

10

10

.41

.87

.05

.16

.23

June

July

11

18

25

2

10.27

10.18

10.02

9.97

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

30

.26

25

29

9.83

9.72

9.23

9.00

10. R. Palmqulst.

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Mar.

Apr.

19

26

9

17

30

10.07

10.20

10.34

10.43

10.54

May 7

14

21

28

June 4

10.56

10.65

10.74

10.70

10.77

June 11

18

25

July 2

10.82

10.79

10.85

10.82

Aug. 30

Sept. 26

Oct. 25

Nov. 29

11.50

10.77

10.79

10.74

11. R. Palmqulst. Measurements temporarily discontinued Sept. 19, 

1959; measurements resumed Mar. 19, 1940.

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Mar. 19

26

Apr. 9

17

30

12.08

12.50

10.31

9.74

13.11

May 7

14

21

28

June 4

12'.40

11.28

11.19

10.98

10.94

June 11

18

25

July 2

10.88

10.66

10.67

10.65

Aug. 30

Sept. 26

Oct. 25

Nov. 29

12.15

10.37

(a)

(a)

12. Amil Windhorst.

Water level. In feet above datum, 1940

Mar. 19

26

Apr. 9

17

30

8.61

13.87

14.12

14.24

9.82

May 7

14

21

28

June 4

9.89

10.20

10.27

10.32

10.31

June 11

18

25

July 2

10.28

10.57

10.60

10.57

Aug. 30

Sept. 26

Oct. 25

Nov. 27

13.45

11.53

14,21

13.69

13. Arail Windhorst.

Water level, in feet above datum. 1940

Mar. 19

26

Apr. 9

17

30

10.58

10.86

11.16

11.37

11.17

May 7

14

21

28

June 4

11.22

11.27

11.19

11.06

11.04

June 11

18

25

July 2

11.00

11.28

11.26

11.22

Aug. 30

Sept. 26

Oct. 25

Nov. 29

11.73

10.94

11.54

11.38

14. Floyd Hoskins.

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Mar.

Apr.

18

25

3

8

16

13.10

13.04

12.34

11.92

11.38

Apr.

May

29

6

13

20

27

10.99

11. '40

11.96

12.01

11.90

June

July

3

10

17

24

1

11.62

11.29

11.25

10.72

10.35

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec,.

29

.25

24

27

30

12.10

11.35

11.71

11.86

12.93

a Well dry.
32 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Page County Continued. 

15. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.

Water level. In feet above datum. 1940

Date

Mar.

Apr.

4

18 

25 

3 

8 

16

16. 

17.

Water 

level

10.04 

10.09 

10.06 

10.03 

10.04 

9.98

Date

Apr. 

May

29 

6 

13 

20 

27

Metropolitan Life 

Albert Nordholm.

Water 

level

10.34 

10.45 

10.45 

10.38 

10.30

Date

June 

July

Insurance Co.

3 

10 

17 

24 

1

Well

Water 

level

10.17 

10.06 

9.99 

9.87 

9.78

Date

Aug. 

Sept. 

Oct.

Nov. 

Dec.

dry throughout

29 

25 

24 

27 

30

1940

Water 

level

11.83 

11.09 

10.40 

9.31 

10.40

Water level. In feet above datum. 1940

Mar.

Apr.

4

18

25

3

8

16

7.74

8.47

8.59

8.57

8.50

8.46

Apr.

May

29

6

13

20

27

8.58

8.66

8.92

8.86

8.80

June

July

3

10

17

24

1

8.54

8.63

8.67

8.46

8.26

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

1

29

.25

24

27

30

9.20

8.65

8.23

8.08

7.97

38. Elsie Nordstrom.

Water level, in feet above datum. 1940

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

7

26

19

26

9

68.14

67.75

68.55

68.69

69.18

Apr.

May

16

30

7

14

21

69.27

69.31

69.36

69.95

70.42

May

June

28

4

10

18

25

70.85

71.25

71.47

71.67

71.81

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

2

30

26

24

29

71.78

71.93

72. 33

71.93

71.89

39. Elsie Nordstrom. 

Water level, in feet above datum of well 58* 1S4JCL

Mar.

Apr.

19

26

9

16

30

67.23

67.29

68.06

68.61

68.05

May

June

7

14

21

28

4

68.22

69.26

70.05

70.63

71.04

June

July

10

18

25

2

71.33

71.47

71.60

71.69

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

30

.26

24

27

70.30

70.54

70.23

69.97

40. Elsie Nordstrom.

Water level, in feet above datum of well 58, 1940

Feb. 7

26

Mar. 19

26

Apr. 9

68.14

68.05

66.56

66.53

66.84

Apr.

May

16

30

7

14

21

66.95

66.99

67.09

67.54

68.03

May 28

June 4

10

18

25

69.98

70.99

71.07

71,12

71.26

July 2

Aug. 30

Sept. 26

Oct. 24

Nov. 27

71.28

69.74

69.49

i 6 !

(a)

41. Elsie Nordstrom.

Water level, in feet above datum of well 38, 1940

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

7

26

19

26

9

64.19

64.10

68.11

68.06

67.61

Apr.

May

16

30

7

14

21

67.58

67.05

67.40

69.29

70.23

May

June

28

4

10

18

25

70.62

70.80

70.87

70.94

70.77

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

2

30

26

24

27

70.70

69.10

68.77

67.97

67.63

42. Elsie Nordstrom.

Water level, in feet above datum of well 38, 1940

Mar.

Apr.

19

26

9

16

30

67.92

67.76

66.91

66.96

67.08

May

June

7

14

21

28

4

67.61

70.31

70.33

70.13

70.12

June

July

10

18

25

2

69.83

69.71

69.51

69.42

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

30

.26

24

27

68.45

67.68

66.68

66.18

a Well dry.
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Page County Continued. 

43. Elsie Nordstrom.

Water level, in feet above flatten of well 38, 1940

Date

Feb. 

Mar.

Apr.

7 

26 

19 

26 

9

Water 

level

66.03 

65.89 

65.86 

66.10 

66.10

Date

Apr. 

May

16 

30 

7 

14 

21

Water 

level

66.18 

66.65 

66.66 

66.70 

67.30

Date

May 

June

28 

4 

10 

18 

25

Water 

level

67.93 

67.00 

68.81 

69.04 

69.12

Date

July 

Aug. 

Sept. 

Oct. 

, Nov.

1 

30 

26 

24 

27

Water 

level

69.10 

67.93 

68.00 

67.51 

67.19

43A. Elsie Nordstrom.

Water level, in feet above datum of well 38, 1940

Feb. 7

26

Mar. 19

26

Apr. 9

65.31

65.13

65.69

65.75

66.22

Apr. 16

30

May 7

14

66.31

66.57

66.72

66.95

May 21

28

June 4

10

67.26

67.58

67.86

68.06

June 18

25

July 1

67.97

68.35

68.23

(a)

44. Elsie Nordstrom.

Water level, in feet above datum of well 58, 1940

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

7

26

19

26

9

63.78

63.73

68.14

68.27

66.32-

Apr.

May

16

30

7

14

21

66.08

66.28

67.04

69.68

69.38

May

June

28

4

10

18

25

68.91

68.71

68.43

68.27

67.94

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

2

30

26

24

29

67.82

68.81

66.64

65.48

65.17

44A. Elsie Nordstrom.

Water level, in feet above datum of well 58, 1940

Feb. 7 

26 

Mar. 19 

26 

Apr. 9

62.95 

62.81 

66.94 

67.06 

65.55

Apr. 16 

30 

May 7 

14

21

65.28 

65.54 

66.06 

68.60 

67.98

Hay 28 

June 4 

10 

18 

25

67.32 

66.80 

66.44 

66.25 

65.84

July 2 

Aug. 30 

Sept. 26 

Oct. 24 

Nov. 29

65.65 

69.47 

65.85 

64.14 

63.67

45. Elsie Nordstrom.

Water level, in feet above datum of well 58. 1940

Feb. 7 '

26

Mar. 19

26

Apr. ^.9

61.82

61.68

66.92

66.89

64.60

Apr.

May

16

30

7

14

21

64.36

64.77

65.26

67.99

67.36

May 28

June 4

10

18

25

67.71

66.27

65.89

65.51

65.34

July 2

Aug. 30

Sept. 25

Oct. 24

Nov. 27

65.26

69.07

65.32

63.60

63.Q5.

46. Elsie Nordstrom.

Waterylevel, in feet above datum of well 58, 1940

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

7

26

19

26

9

57.53

57.46

63.91

63.84

61.05

Apr.

May

16

30

7

14

21

60.66

60.84

61.66

63.66

63.16

May

June

28

4

10

18

25

62.66

62.34

62.04

61.87

61.56

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

2

30

26

24

27

61.24

65.22

62.07

60.32

58.06

47. Elsie Nordstrom.

Water level, in feet above datum of well 38. 1940

Feb. 

Mar. 

Apr.

7 

26 

19 

26 

9

52.65 52.58' 

56.86 

56.80 

55.94

Apr. 

May

16 

30

7 

14 

21

55.36 

55.74 

56.94 

57.98 

57.82

May 

June

28 

4 

10 

18 

25

57.57 

57.43 

57.19 

57.12 

56.80

July 

Aug. 

Sept 

Oct. 

Nov.

2 

30 

.26 

24 

29

56.69 

59.16 

57.78 

56.42 

56.16

48. Elsie Nordstrom. Well dry throughout 1940.

49. Elsie Nordstrom.

Water level, in feet above datum of well 58, 1940

Feb. 7

26

Mar. 19

26

Apr. 9

68.15

67.92

67.90

67.87

68.06

Apr.

May

16

30

7

14

21

68.11

68.22

68.28

68.41

68.62

May 28

June 4

10

18

25

68.72

68.85

69.01

69.15

69.37

July 2

Aug. 30

Sept. 26

Oct. 24

Nov. 29

69.25

71.60

71.37

71.85

71.66

a Well destroyed,
34 WATER LEVELS AHD ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Page County Continued.

50. Elsie Nordstrom.

Water level, In feet above datum of well 38, 1940

Date

Feb. 7 

26 

Mar. 19 

26 

Apr. 9

Water 

level

60.06 

59.93 

60.25 

 60.21 

60.00

Date

Apr. 16 

30 

May 7 

14 

21

Water 

level

59.92

59.97 

60.17 

60.34 

59.50

Date

May 28 

June 4 

10 

18 

25

Water 

level

59.77 

59.92 

59.97 

59.62 

59.58

Date

July 2 

Aug. 30 

Sept. 26 

Oct. 24 

Nov. 29

Water 

level

59.48 

64.21 

63.74 

61.69 

61.42

61. Elsie Nordstrom. Well dry throughout 1940.

52. Elsie Nordstrom. Well dry throughout 1940.

54. Elsie Nordstrom. Well dry throughout 1940.

55. Elsie Nordstrom.

Water level. In feet above datum of well 38, 1940

Feb. 7 

26

54.96 

54.79

Mar. 

Apr.

19 

9

(a) 

(a)

May 

June

7 

4

(a) 

(a)

July 

Nov.

2 

29

(a) 

(a)

56. Elsie Nordstrom.

Water level, In feet above datum of well 38^ 1940

Feb. 

Mar.

7 

19

(a) 

(a)

May 

June

7 

4

(a) 

(a)

Aug. 

Sept

30 

.26

53 

53

.45 

.02

Oct. 

Nov.

24 (a) 

29 (a)

57. Elsie Nordstrom.

Water level, In feet above datum of well 38, 1940

Feb. 7 

26 

Mar. 19 

26 

Apr. 9

45.28 

45.09 

45.19 

45.24 

45.31

Apr. 

May

16 

30 

7 

14 

21

45.35 

45.46 

45.52 

45.75 

45.04

May 28 

June 4 

10 

18 

25

44.59 

44.33 

44.23 

44.20 

44.87

July 1 

Aug. 30 

Sept. 26 

Oct. 24 

Nov. 29

44.71 

47.24 

46.62 

45.68 

44.92

58. Elsie Nordstrom.

Water level, In feet above datum of well 38, 1940

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

7

26

19

26

9

42.72

42.53

42.11

42.23

42.36

Apr.

May

16

30

7

14

21

42.47

42.67

42.89

43.29

42.41

May

June

28

4

10

18

25

42.12

41.93

41.98

41.95

41.26

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

2

30

26

24

27

40.96

40.91

40.67

39.18

38.87

59. Prank Goodner.

Water leyel. In feet above datum of well 58, 1940

Feb. 26

Mar. 19

26

Apr. 3

8

36.58

36.82

36.86

36.98

36.90

Apr.

May

16

30

7

14

20

36.91

36.95

36.96

37.00

37.01

May 28

June 4

10

18

25

36.98

36.99

37.07

37.10

37.10

July 2

Aug. 30

Sept. 26

Oct. 24

Nov. 29

37.08

47.58

46.90

(a)

< a l

69. Prank Goodner.

Water level, In feet above datum of irell 58, 1940

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

26

19

26

3

8

,0.52

3.04

3.17

2.91

2.95

Apr.

May

16

30

7

14

20

3.00

5.56

5.44

5.16

5.18

May

June

28

4

10

18

25

5.19

5.25

4.25

3.87

3.52

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

2

30

26

24

29

3.23

5.21

4.32

3.40

3.13

70. John Snyder.

Water level. In feet above datum. 1940

Mar.

Apr.

19

25

3

9

16

14.12

13.34

12.35

12.11

11.79

Apr.

May

29

7

14

20

28

13.51

12.81

12.38

12.11

11.96

June

July

3

10

18

25

2

11.84

11.06

10.64

9.93

9.80

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

30

.26

24

29

10.59

9.28

8.93

8.61

a Well dry.
IOWA 35

Page County Continued.

71. John Snyder.

Water level, in feet aT?ove datum, 1940

Date

Mar. 19 

25 

Apr. 3 

9 

16

Water 

level

10.68 

10.50 

10.52 

10.57 

10.50

Date

Apr. 29 

May 7 

14 

20 

28

Water 

level

10.59 

10.65 

10.78 

10.65 

10.49

Date

June 3 

10 

18 

25 

July 2

Water 

level

10.38 

10.27 

10.18 

10.45 

10.29

Date

Aug. 30 

Sept. 26 

Oct. 24 

Nov. 29

Water 

level

11.18 

10.69 

10.39 

10.10

74. Fred Miller.

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Mar. 5

18

25

Apr. 3

8

16

4.91

7.57

7.45

9.75

9.75

9.89

Apr.

May

29

6

13

20

27

10.20

10*91

11.29

11.83

12.12

June 3

10

17

24

July 1

12.35

12.41

12.44

12.41

12.36

Aug. 29

Sept. 25

Oct. 24

Nov. 29

Dec. 30

13.32

12.05

12.95

13.10

9.78

75. I. W. Runyon.

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Mar. 5

18

25

Apr. 3

8

16

8.51

11.96

11.77

12.19

12.31

12.53

Apr.

May

29

6

13

20

27

14.18

14.18

14.20

13.43

13.69

June 3

10

17

24

July 1

12.30

11.76

11.53

11.28

11.19

Aug. 29

Sept. 25

Oct. 24

Nov. 27

Dec. 30

13.24

12.01

10.37

10.28

11.40

Mar. 

Apr.

76.

Ig 

25 

3 

8

16

Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. 

Water level, In feet above

10.93 

10.84 

10.96 

10.98 

11.00

Apr. 

May

29 

6

13 

20 

27

11.41 

11.45 

11.46 

11.32 

11.07

June 

July

3 

10 

17

24 

1

datum, 1940

10.77 

10.66 

10.59 

10.57 

10.47

Aug. 

Sept 

Oct. 

Nov.

Dec.

29 

.25 

24 

27 

30

11.26 

10.09 

9.99 

9.94 

10.76

80. Burton.

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Mar.

Apr.

19

26

9

17

30

12.76

12.79

14.97

12.37

16.62

May

June

7

14

21

28

4

15.43

12.22

12.95

13.33

12.53

June

July

11

18

25

2

11.55

11.75

12.07

11.86

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

30

.26

25

29

13.86

12.70

11.54

11.51

83. Elsie Nordstrom.

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Feb. 26

Mar. 19

25

Apr. 8

16

67.37

70.95

70.76

71.55

72.17

Apr.

May

30

7

14

21

28

71.42

71.54

72.29

72.29

72.17

June 3

11

18

25

July 2

72.02

71.91

71.75

71.61

71.53

Aug. 30

Sept. 26

Oct. 24

Nov. 29

70.62

70.36

70.08

69.92

84. Elsie Nordstrom.

Water level, in feet above datum of yell 85, 1940

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

26

19

25

9

16

65.56

71.99

71.77

71.95

72.06

Apr.

May

30

7

14

21

28

71.74

72.01

73.14

72.80

72.46

June

July

3

11

18

25

2

72.17

71.98

71.74

71.56

71.38

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

30

.26

24

29

70.50

70.03

69.89

69.73

85. Elsie Nordstrom.

Water level, in feet above datum of well 85» 1940

Mar. 19 

25 

Apr. 9 

16 

30

73.07 

73.01 

72.31 

72.43 

71.88

May 7 

14 

21 

28 

June 3

72.24 

73.78 

73.52 

72.76 

72.46

June 11 

18 

25 

July 2

72.21

71.75 

71. SO 

71.54

Aug. 30 

Sept. 26 

Oct. 24 

Nov. 29

70.41 

69.99 

69.50 

69.38
36 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

86.

Page County Continued. 

Elsie Nordstrom.

Date

Feb. 26 

Mar. 19

26 

Apr. 9 

16

Water level, in

Water 

level

66.82 

73.74 

73.43 

72.28 

71.93

Date

Apr. 30 

May 7 

14 

21 

28

feet above datum

Water 

level

72.71 

73.04 

74.10 

73.38 

72.71

Date

. June 3 

11 

18 

25 

July 2

of veil 83, 1940

Water 

level

72.31 

72.20 

71.52 

71.28 

70.92

Date

Aug. 30 

Sept. 26 

Oct. 24 

Nov. 29

Water 

level

70.14 

69.58 

69.39 

69.23

87. Elsie Nordstrom.

Water level, in feet above datum of well 85, 1940

Feb. 26 

Mar. 19 

26 

Apr. 9 

16

68.24 

78.15 

77.88 

74 .-55 

74.07

Apr. 30 

May 7 

14 

21 

28

78.11 

77.91 

77.30 

75.93 

75.08

June 3 

11 

18 

25 

July 2

74.1*1 

74.41 

73.38 

73.04 

72.70

Aug. 30 

Sept. 26 

Oct. 24 

Nov. 29

71.66 

71,10 

70.72 

70.43

Montgomery County

7. E. F. HOlqulst.

Mar. 19 

26

Apr. 9 

17 

30

10.00 

10.66 

11.53 

11.94 

12.30

May 7 

14 

21 

28 

June 4

13.56 

14.00 

14.08 

13.95 

13.83

June 11 

18 

25 

July 2

13.53 

13.29 

13.12 

12.96

Aug. 30 

Sept. 26 

Oct. 25 

Nov. 27

12.03 

10.98 

10.28 

9.85

72, 0. A. Milner.

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Mar. 20

27

Apr. 9

18

30

15.38

15.58

14.58

14.47

17.29

May 8

15

21

28

June 4

16.57

15.96

16.11

16.01

15.93

June 11

18

26

July 3

15.64

15.43

15.68

15.56

Allg. 30

Sept. 26

Oct. 25

Nov. 29

14.96

13.75

12.11

18.53

73.

Water'level, in feet above datum, 1940

Mar. 20

27

Apr. 9

18

30

13.70

13.84

12.18

11.89

12.69

May 8

15

21

28

June 4

12.51

11.97

12.82

12.70

12.59

June 11

18

26

July 3

12.38

12.27

12.58

12.46

Aug. 30

Sept. 26

Oct. 25

Nov. 29

12.03

10.96 ib.zo

10.09

77. C. A. Swanson.

Water level, in feet above datum. 1940

Mar. 6 

19 

26 . 

Apr. 9 

17

11.62 

13.68 

13.47 

13.14 

12.98

Apr. 

May

50 

7 

14 

21

19.65 

18.21 

16.19 

15.75

May 28 

June 4 

11 

18

15.54 

15.38 

15.25 

15.16

June 25 

July 2 

Aug. 50

16.00 

15.95 

18.19 

(a)

78. Mainquist.

Water level, in feet above datum. 1940

Mar. 19 

26 

Apr. 9 

17 

30

10.54 

10.30 

10.00 

9.85 

11.92

May 7 

14 

21 

28 

June 4

11.46 

10.67 

10.41 

10.32 

10.12

June 11 

- 18 

25 

July 2

9.95 

9.96 

9.96 

9.94

Aug. 30 

Sept. 26 

Oct. 25 

Nov. 29

11.14 

10.19 

10.02 

9.93

79. - - -

Water level, in feet above datum. 1940

Mar. 19 

26 

Apr. 9 

17 

30

15.26 

14.96 

12.60 

12.22 

17.98

May 7 

14 

 21 

28 

June 4

17.15 

15.72 

15.19 

15.00 

15.72

June 11 

18 

25 

July 2

12.80 

12.21 

11.90 

11.59

Aug. 50 

Sept. 26 

Oct. 25 

Nov. 29

18.83 

13.82 

11.65 

10.72

a Well destroyed.
IOWA 57

Montgomery County Continued.

81. L. G. Bergren.

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Date

Mar. 19 

. 26 

Apr. 9 

17 

30

Water

level

11.89 

11.19 

11.01 

10.92 

12.71

Date

May 7 

14 

21 

28

June 4

Water 

level

12.36

11.59 

11.42 

11.26 

11.24

Date

June 11 

18 

25 

July 2

Water

level

11.06 

10.98 

11.10 

11.06

Date

Aug. 30 

Sept. 26 

Oct. 25 

Nov. 29

Water 

level

11.20 

10.71 

10.49 

10.48

82,

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Mar.

Apr.

20

27

9

18

30

10.03

11.38

14.04

14.18

15.86

May

June

8

15

21

28

4

15.62

15.18

15.08

14.78

14.64

June

July

11

18

25

3

14.37

14.13

15.66

15.48

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

30

.26

25

29

16.79

16.11

13.34

13.38
KANSAS

INTRODUCTION 

By S. W. Lobman

The Kansas section of the report on water levels and artesian 

pressure in the United States in 1939 ^contained 10 chapters covering 

observation-well programs in 13 counties. The records for Harvey, 

McPherson, and Sedgwick Counties were combined in one chapter entitled 

"South-central Kansas", and the records for Jewell County were contained 

in the chapter entitled "Limestone Creek area of Soil Conservation Service".

The present section comprises 21 separate county chapters in alphabetical order and includes chapters on 8 counties added during 1940 in 

addition to chapters on the 13 counties covered in the previous annual 

volume. The 8 counties for which records are given for the first time 

are Barber, Clark, Comanche, Hodgeman, Kiowa, Ness, Pawnee, and Seward.

At the end of 1940 periodic measurements of water-level were being 

made in 486 wells. Six wells are measured 4 times a year, 357 wells are 

measured once a month, 110 wells are measured once a week, and 13 wells 

are equipped with automatic water-stage recorders. A total of 8,158 

wetted-tape measurements was made during the year.

The following discussion is based upon the water-level records in 

13 of the 21 counties for which records are available for 1 year or more. 

In 7 of these counties the precipitation in 1940 was above normal and in 

6 it was below normal. Of 271 representative wells with records of more 

than 1 year, the water levels declined during the year In 172 wells, rose 

in 98 wells, and the water level in 1 well was unchanged.

The water levels in most of the observation wells in four western 

counties (Finney, Ford, Hamilton, and Stanton) rose during the year. 

The precipitation was above normal in only 2 of these counties, but It 

was above the average of the precipitation for the last 5 to 10 years In 

each of them. In 9 other counties of central and western Kansas, however, 

the water levels in most wells declined slightly during the year despite 

the fact that in 4 of the counties the precipitation was above normal.

The water levels in 243 wells whose records extend back several years 

were about the same at the end of 1940 as when measurements were first begun during the period from 1937 to 1939. In this period the water levelsrose in 122 of the wells, declined in 120 wells, and the water level in 1

well was unchanged._________________________________________ 

I/ Water-Supply Paper 886, pp. 138-227, 1940. ,

38
KANSAS 39

BARBER COUNTY

By J. 0. Frye

An investigation of the ground-water resources of Barber County, 

Kansas, was started in 1940 by the Federal Geological Survey and the 

Kansas Geological Survey in cooperation with the Division of Water Resources of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture and the Division of 

Sanitation of the Kansas State Board of Health. A general reconnaissance of the area was made by the writer in October 1940, under the 

direction of S. W. Lohman, Federal geologist in charge of ground-water 

investigations in Kansas.

Barber County is at the eastern edge of the Plains Border section 

of the Great Plains province. It is drained by the Medicine Lodge River, 

which flows across the county from northwest to southeast, and by the 

Salt Fork River, which flows across the southwestern corner of the 

county. Most of the county is underlain by Permian rocks, but remnants 

of Tertiary deposits remain on some of the uplands, local Pleistocene 

deposits occur on intermediate levels, and Recent alluvium is found along 

the major valleys. Although many of the wells derive their water from 

the Permian rocks, locally more abundant supplies of water of better 

quality are obtained from the alluvium along the Medicine Lodge and Salt 

Fork Rivers. Only four wells in the county are pumped for irrigation.

At the end of 1940, measurements of wate? level were being made 

once a month by the wetted-tape method in 12 wells in Barber County. 

Seven of the wells obtain water from alluvium, four obtain water from 

Permian rocks, and one obtains water from Tertiary rock. The measurements 

in October were made by the writer; those in November and December, by 

Richard B. Christy. A total of 34 individual measurements of water level 

WEB made from October 17 to the end of the year.

1. D. S.-Shaw. SB|NW£ see. 19, T. 31 S., R.15 W, Unused drilled 

domestic and stock well, diameter 8 inches, depth 97 feet. Measuring 

point, top of 8-inch iron casing at south side, 1.0 foot above land surface. Equipped with hand pump. Water levels, in feet below measuring 

point, 1940; Oct. 17, 83.99; Nov. 27, 78.84; Dec. 28, 78.40.

2. Russell Lake. SWjST»t sec. 14, T. 31 S., R. 14 W. Drilled irrigation well, diameter 16 inches, depth 43.5 feet. Measuring point, top 

of concrete curb at north side, 1.0 foot above land surface. No pump on 

well. Water levels, In feet below measuring point, 1940: Oct. 21, 13.90; 

Nov. 27, 13.39; Dec. 28, 13.35.
40 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

3. Mr. Grtever. SW|-NBi sec. 12, T. 32 S., R. 12 W., one block 

north and one block east of the Intersection of U. S. Highways 160 and 

281, In the city of Medicine Lodge. Dug domestic well, diameter 3 feet, 

depth 27 feet. Measuring point, top of wooden curb at north side, 3.0 

feet above land surface. Equipped with windlass and bucket. Water 

levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940: Oct. 21, 18.43; Nov. 27, 

16.70; Dec. 28, 15.66.

4. Madge Evans. SW^BE^ sec. 4, T. 32 S., R. 12 W. Drilled Irrigation well, diameter 16 inches, depth 42 feet. Measuring point, hole in 

base of turbine pump, 2.2 feet above land surface*. Equipped with turbine 

pump and electric motor. Water levels, in feet below measuring point, 

1940: Oct. 21, 18.10; Nov. 26, 18.19; Dec. 28, 17.95.

5. R. Kenney. NB|NWi sec. 1, T. 33 S., R. 12 W. Dug stock well, 

diameter 2 feet, depth 35 feet. Measuring point, top of stone curb at 

north side, 1.5 feet above land surface. Equipped with lift pump and 

windmill. Water levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940: Oct. 21, 

30.35; Nov. 26, 30.34; Dec. 28, 30,20.

6. F. H. Boggs and Ben Barthlow. NW|NWi sec. 4, T. 33 S., R. 12 W. 

Drilled stock well, diameter 8 Inches, depth 165 feet. Measuring point, 

top of 8-inch iron casing at south side, 1.0 foot above land surface. 

Equipped with lift pump and windmill, water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940: Oct. 21, 39.73.

8. P. Brock. SBiNEi sec. 17, T. 34 S., R. 15 W. Unused dug domestic well, diameter 3 feet, depth 22 feet. Measuring point, top of brick 

curb at north side, 0.5 foot above land surface. Equipped with hand lift 

pump. Water levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940: Oct. 22, 17.61; 

Nov. 26, 17.70; Dec. 28, 17.59.

9. V. D. Wells. SEjSBi sec. 18, T. 34 S., R. 15 W. Unused driven 

domestic well, diameter 1 inch, depth1 11 feet. Measuring point, top of 

1-inch gal van! zed- Iron pipe, 3.5 feet above land surface. No pump on 

well. Water levels, In feet below measuring point, 1940; Oct. 22, 7.26; 

Nov. 26, 6.38; Dec. 28, 6.00.

10. Q. H. Davis. NWfcSWfc sec. 11, T. 35 S., R. 15 W. Unused drilled 

stock well, diameter 5£ inches, depth 152 feet. Measuring point, top of 

5^- inch galvanized-iron casing at south side, 0.5 foot above land surface. 

Water levels, In feet below measuring point, 1940: Oct. 22, 104.35; 

Nov. 26, 104.18; Dec. 28, 104.06.

11. A. Achenback. HE^SEi sec. 9, T. 35 S. , R. 12 W. Unused drilled 

stock well, diameter 6 inches, depth 92 feet. Measuring point, top of 

6-lnch galvanlzed-lron casing at south side, 1.0 foot above land surface. 

Water levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940: Oct. 22, 48.72; Nov. 26, 

48.44; Dec. 28, 48.19.

12. B. Mills. SWfcSWi sec. 34, T. 33 B. t R 10 W. Unused dug stock 

well, diameter 3 feet, depth 25 feet. Measuring point, top of brick and 

concrete curb at south side, 1.5 feet above land surface. Water levels, 

In feet below measuring point, 1940: Oct. 22, 13.18; Nov. 26, 12.99; 

Dec. 28, 12.85.

13. J. A. Hrencher. SWfcSBi sec. 17, T. 32 S., R. 10 W., Unused dug 

stock well, -diameter 4 feet, depth 22 feet. Measuring point, top of concrete curb at south side, 1.5 feet above land surface. Water levels, in 

feet below measuring point, 1940: Oct. 22, 18.49; Nov. 26, 18.16; Dec. 28,

17.83.
KANSAS 41

CLARK COUNTY 

By J. C. Frye

An investigation of the ground-water resources of Clark County, 

Kansas, was started in 1940 by the Federal Geological Survey and the 

Kansas Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Division of Water 

Resources of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture and the Division of 

Sanitation of the Kansas State Board of Health. A general reconnaissance of the area was made in October 1940, by the writer under the 

direction of S. W. Lohman, Federal geologist in charge of ground-water 

investigations in Kansas.

Clark County is at the. western edge of the Plains Border section 

of the Great Plains province. It is drained by the Cimarron River, 

which flows across the southern part of the county, and by Bluff Creek, 

a tributary of the Cimarron. About equal areas of Clark County are 

underlain by Permian, Tertiary and Pleistocene rocks, and Cretaceous 

rocks crop out locally in the central and eastern parts. Although most 

of the wells derive water from the Pleistocene formations, some of them 

tap water in the Permian, Cretaceous and Tertiary rocks. Most of the 

domestic and stock supplies and the public supplies of Ashland, Bnglewood, 

and Hinneola are obtained from wells.

At the end of 1940 water-level measurements were being made once a 

month by the wetted-tape method in 13 wells in Clark County. The measurements in October were made by the writer; those in November and December, 

by Richard B. Christy. A total of 39 individual measurements of water 

level was made.from June 28 to the end of the year.

1. Central Life Assurance Co. SEjNWj sec. 17, T. 34 S., R. 25 W. 

Drilled stock well, diameter 6 inches, depth 39 feet. Measuring point, 

top of 6-inch galvanized-iron casing at south side, 1.0 foot above land 

surface. Equipped with lift pump and windmill. Water levels, in feet 

below measuring point, 1940; Oct. 10, 24.59; Nov. 19, 24.60; Dec. 29, 

24.69.

2. George F. Batt. NWjSW^ sec. 5, T. 30 S., R. 23 W. Unused 

drilled domestic well, diameter 6 inches, depth 164 feet. Measuring 

point, top of 8-inch casing at north side, 0.5 foot above land surface. 

Equipped with lift pump and windmill. Water levels, in feet below 

measuring point, 1940: Oct. 12, 134.55; Nov. 19, 134.69} Dec. 29, 134.52.

3. T. L. Blair. SW^NWi sec. 17, T. 30 S., R. 24 W. Unused drilled 

domestic and stock well, diameter 4 inches, depth 78 feet. Measuring 

point, notch in top of casing at south side, 0,2 foot above land surface. 

Equipped with hand operated lift pump. Water levels, in feet below 

measuring point, 1940: Oct. 12, 63.17; Nov. 19, 63.03; Dec. 29, 63.03.
42 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

4. N. B. Estes. NEiNEj sec. 5, T. 31 S., R. 25 W. Unused drilled 

domestic well, diameter 5$ Inches, depth 101 feet. Measuring point, top 

of concrete curb at west side, 0.2 foot above land surface. Equipped 

with lift pump and windmill. Water levels, in feet below measuring point, 

1940: Oct. 12, 94.06; Nov. 19, 92.99; Dec. 29, 92.92.

5. Winnie Ployd. NWiNW^ sec. 12, T. 33 S., R.-25 W., Drilled stock 

well, diameter 6 Inches, depth 53 feet. Measuring point, top of 6-inch 

galvanized-Iron casing at north side, 0.5 foot above land surface. 

Equipped with lift pump and gasoline engine. Water levels, in feet below 

measuring point, 1940; Oct. 12, 29.23j Nov. 19, 29.09; Dec. 29, 29.15.

6. District School. HE^NEi sec. 7, T. 35 S., R. 21 W. Unused 

drilled school well, diameter 6 inches, depth 36 feet. Measuring point, 

top of 6-inch galvanized- iron casing at south side, level with land surface. 

Equipped with hand operated lift pump. Water levels, In feet below measuring point, 1940: Oct. 14, 27.58; Nov. 20, 27.41; Dec. 29, 27.24.

7. M. C. Harper. SW^SEi sec. 32, T. 33 S., R. 21 W. Unused drilled 

stock well, diameter 6 Inches, depth 61 feet. Measuring point, top of 

6-Inch galvani zed-iron casing at south side, 1.5 feet above land surface. 

No pump on well. Water levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940: 

Oct. 14, 37.25; Nov. 20, 37.11; Dec. 29, 37.16.

8. W. H. Rogers. HE^NEi sec. 7, T. 32 S., R. 21 W. Unused drilled 

stock well, diameter 6 Inches, depth 69 feet. Measuring point, top of 

6-inch galvani zed-iron casing at east side, 0.5 foot above land surface. 

No pump on well. Water levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940: 

Oct. 14, 32.15; Nov. 20, 32.42; Dec. 29, 32.51.

9. P. Bailey. SW^SWi sec. 34, T. 30 S., R. 21 W. Drilled stock 

well, diameter 6 inches, depth 31 feet. Measuring point, top of G-inch 

galvanized-Iron casing at south side, 2.0 feet above land surface. Equipped with lift pump and windmill. Water levels, In feet below measuring 

point, 1940: Oct. 14, 13.51; Nov. 20, l3.53; Dec. 29, 13.52.

10. J. P. Polks estate. SE|SBi sec. 24, T. 32 S., R. 23 W. Unused 

drilled stock well, diameter 6 Inches, depth 21 feet. Measuring point, 

top of 6-inch galvanized-Iron casing at south side, 1.5 feet above land 

surface. Equipped with lift pump and windmill. Water levels, In feet 

below measuring point, 1940: Oct. 15, 17.84; Nov. 19, 17.82; Dec. 29, 

17.87.

11. James 0. Polks. NE^SE^ sec. 26, T. 33 S. R. 24 W. Unused 

drilled stock well, diameter 6 inches, depth 35 feet. Measuring point, 

top of 6-inch gal van! zed- iron casing at south side, 1.0 foot above land 

surface. Well equipped with hand operated lift pump. Water levels, in 

feet below measuring point, 1940: Oct. 15, 29.45; Nov. 19, 29.49; 

Dec. 29, 29.61.

12. Ralph Gardner. SWjSTI^ sec. 11, T. 33 S., R. 24 W. Unused 

drilled domestic well, diameter 6 Inches, depth 73 feet. Measuring point, 

top edge of pump base at west side, 0.5 foot above land surface. Equipped 

with lift pump and windmill. Water levels, In feet below measuring point, 

1940: Oct. 15, 68.70; Nov. 19, 68.62; Dec. 29, 68.52.

441. W. 0. Rogers. NE£NW£ sec. 4, T. 30 S., R. 24 TT. Unused 

drilled domestic and stock well, diameter 5^ inches, depth 140 feet. 

Measuring point, top of 5^ Inch galvani zed-iron casing at north side, 0.7 

foot above land surface. Equipped with lift pump and windmill. Water 

levels, In feet below measuring point, 1940: June 28, 114.33; Nov. 19, 

114.52; Dec. 29, 114.37.
KANSAS 45

COMAHOHE COUNTY 

By J. C. Frye

An investigation of the ground-water resources of Comanche County, 

Kansas, was started in 1940 by the Federal Geological Survey and the 

Kansas Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Division of Water Resources of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture and ttie Division of 

Sanitation of the Kansas State Board of Health. A general reconnaissance 

of the area was made by the writer in October 1940, under the direction 

of S. W. Lohman, Federal geologist in charge of ground-water investigations in Kansas*

Comanche County is in the Plains Border section of the Great Plains 

province. It is drained by the Salt Fork River, which flows across the 

central and south-central parts of the county, and by the Cimarron River 

and its tributary, Bluff Creek, which flow across the western and southwestern parts* Most of Comanehe County is underlain by Permian and 

Pleistocene rocks, but Cretaceous and Tertiary rocks crop out at places. 

Although most of the wells derive water from the Tertiary and Pleistocene 

rocks, a few wells tap water in the Cretaceous and Permian rocks. Most 

of the domestic 'and stock supplies and the public supplies of Coldwater 

and Protection are obtained from wells. Only two wells are pumped for 

irrigation.

At the end of 1940, measurements of water level were being made once 

a month by the wetted-tape method in 8 wells in Comanche County. The 

measurements in October were made by the writer; those in November and 

December, by Richard B. Christy. A total of 24 individual measurements 

of water level was made from October 15 to the end of the year.

1. A. A. Carpenter. NE^NEfc sec. 8, T. 33 S., R. 20 W. At the 

southeast corner of the ruins of a foundation. Unused drilled domestic 

well, diameter 6 inches, depth 43 feet. Measuring point, top of concrete 

pump platform, 1.0 foot above land surface. Water levels, in feet below 

measuring point, 1940 : Oct. 15, 41.17; Nov. 20, 41.13; Dec. 27, 41.15.

2. Nina Clark. SWjSWi sec. 27, T. 31 S., R. 30 W. Situated 100 

yards northeast of school house on creek bank. Unused drilled stock well, 

diameter 6 inches, depth 29 feet. Measuring point, top of 6-inch galvanIzed-iron casing at east side, 0.2 foot above land surface. Water levels, 

in feet below measuring point 1940: Oct. 15, 17.87; Nov. 20, 17.92; 

Dec. 27, 17.84.
44 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

3. E. Deewall. SWjNB^ sec. 19, T. 31 S., R. 18 W. Situated 50 yards 

east of half-section line and 0.35 mile south of north section line. Unused drilled stock well, diameter 6 inches, depth 97 feet. Measuring 

point, top of 6-inch galvanized-iron casing at west side, 1.0 foot above 

land surface. Water levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940: Oct. 15, 

85.34} Nov. 20, 85.18; Dec. 27, 84.67.

4. E. 0. Thorp. SWjSWj sec. 35, T. 34 S., R. 20 W. Unused drilled 

stock well, diameter 6 inches, depth 17 feet. Measuring point, top of 

6-inch galvanized-iron casing at north side, 1.0 foot above land surface. 

Water levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940; Oct. 16, 10.75; 

Nov. 27, 10.50; Dec. 28, 10.36.

6. Christopher Nickolson. NW^NEi sec. 6, T. 35" S., R.18 W. Unused 

drilled stock well, diameter 6 inches, depth 86 feet. Measuring point, 

notch in top of 6-inch casing at north side, 1.0 foot above land surface. 

Equipped with lift pump and windmill. Water levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940: Oct. 16, 80.17} Nov. 27, 80.36; Dec. 28, 79.88.

7. W. D. Aitken. NWiNBfc sec. 35, T. 34 S., R. 17 W. Situated 50 

yards west of bridge at side of valley. Unused drilled stock well, diameter 5 inches, depth 79 feet. Measuring point, top of 5-inch iron casing 

at west side, level with top of concrete curb, 1.0 foot above land surface. 

Water levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940: Oct. 16 51.39; Nov. 27, 

40.40; Dec. 28, 55.95.

8. Christopher Beitler. NW^NEi sec. 34, T. 33 S., R. 17 W. Situated 

in pasture 0.6 mile east of county road. Unused drilled stock well, diameter 5& inches, depth 50 feet. Measuring point, top of 5|-inch galvanizediron casing at west side, 1.0 foot above land surface. Equipped with lift 

pump and windmill. Water levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940j 

Oct. 16, 34.93; Nov. 27, 34.86; Dec. 28, 34.64.

9. H. R. Burnette. NW^NE^ sec. 13, T. 32 S., R. 17 W., at west edge 

of abandoned house. Unused drilled domestic well, diameter 5& inches, 

depth 102 feet. Measuring point, top of 5^-inch galvanized-iron casing 

at west side, 0.2 foot above land surface. Water levels, in feet below 

measuring point, 1940: Oct. 17, 89.14; Nov. 27, 89.38} Dec. S8, 89.10.
KANSAS . 45

FIMBI COUNTY 

By B. P. Latta

The observation-well program In Plnney County, Kansas (See WaterSupply Paper 886), begun In September 1939, was continued In 1940 by the 

Federal Geological Surrey and the Kansas Geological Survey In cooperation 

with the Division of Water Resources of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture and the Division of Sanitation of the Kansas State Board of 

Health.

During the summer and fall of 1940 a detailed Investigation of the 

geology and ground-water resources of Plnney County was made by the 

writer under the direction of S. W> Lohman, Federal geologist In charge 

of ground-water Investigations In Kansas, and a report based on the Investigation Is now In preparation as a bulletin of the Kansas Geological 

Survey.

The water levels In about 170 wells, In addition to those In the 27 

observation wells, were measured at least once during the Investigation. 

During 1940 a total of 298 measurements of water level was made In the 

27 observation wells. Measurements were discontinued In well 25 In May 

1940. At the end of the year 26 wells were being measured once a month. 

Measurements between August 21 and November 30, 1940, were made by the 

writer; all other measurements were made by Richard B. Christy,

The Division of Water Resources of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture continued to maintain an automatic water-stage recorder on well 1. 

The records of water level for this well In 1940 have been made available 

by Mr. G. 3. Knapp, chief engineer, and are Included In this report. The 

recorder was serviced by K. D. McCall, assistant engineer of the Division 

of Water Resources.

The altitudes of the measuring points for six of the observation 

wells were determined by the Topographic Branch of the Federal Geological 

Survey, and are Included In this report.

According to records of the United States Weather Bureau, the precipitation at Garden City, Flnney County, In 1940 was 21.5 Inches, or 1.28 

Inches above normal. This Is the highest precipitation Flnney County has 

received In any year since 1930, and Is 7.32 Inches above the annual 

average for the last 10 years. Of the total precipitation, 14.01 Inches 

was received during the 4-month period from May through August. 

418674 O - 41 - 4
46 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

The water levels In moat of the wells In Flnney County not affected 

by pumping show some effect of the rainfall. Water levels In wells 7, 8, 

11, 14, and 28 started to rise In May or June In response to the rainfall 

and, except In wells 8 and 14, continued to rise during the remainder of 

the year. Water levels In wells 8 and 14 declined slightly In November 

and December. Water levels In wells 9, 12, 24, and 26 rose sharply In 

response to rains In May, declined In June or 'July, and again rose In 

response to heavy rains In August. The heavy rains In May caused the 

water levels In wells 5, 6, and 23 to rise temporarily but In July or 

August the water levels started to decline and continued to decline the 

rest of the year. The water level In well 21 declined during the first 

part of the year but rose after the heavy rains In August.

Water levels In 4 wells (4, 13, 15, and 17), which are affected by 

pumping, rose In response to the May rains, but they started to decline 

In June or July In response to pumping and continued to decline until 

pumping had ceased In September or October when they again rose. The 

water level In another well affected by pumping well 18 rose during 

the first half of the year but started to decline In June In response to 

pumping and continued to decline during the remainder of the year.

The water level In well 1 has been measured regularly Since July 

1936, and the record Is the longest continuous record for any well In 

Plnney County. Well 1 Is a shallow well In the Arkansas Valley and the 

water level In It Is greatly affected by pumping. The Irregular downward 

trend of the water level in the well correlates rattier closely with the 

cumulative departure from the normal monthly precipitation. The downward 

trend of the water level, however, can not be explained wholly by the 

cumulative deficiency In precipitation because part of the decline Is 

probably caused by Increased pumping In the valley and by the deficiency 

in stream flow in the last several years. The water level In the well 

reaches a peak each year during the pumping season, which extends from 

June through August, that is probably the result of recharge produced by 

nearby irrigation.

Fourteen of the 27 observation wells In Plnney County for which the 

1940 records are complete showed net rises In water level of from 0.05 foot 

to 0.69 foot, the average net rise being about 0.31 foot. The other 13 

wells showed net declines in water level of 0.02 foot to 3.81 feet, the 

average net decline being about 0.78 foot. When the declines of water 

level in wells 3, 10, and 16 are omitted, the average net decline Is reduced 

to about 0.37 foot.
KANSAS 47

At the end of 1940 the water levels In 14 of the wells were higher 

than they were at the beginning of the period of record In September 1939, 

and the water levels In 11 wells were lower. In the 14 wells showing net 

rises In water level for the entire period of record, the rises ranged 

from 0.02 foot to 1.52 feet, and they averaged about 0.45 foot. In the 

11 wells showing net declines In water level, the declines ranged from 

0.04 foot to 3.24 fe'et, and the average net decline was about 0,91 foot. 

By omitting wells 3, 16, and 19, the average net decline becomes only 

about 0.28 foot.

At the end of 1940 the water level In well 1 was 2.15 feet lower 

than It was at the beginning of record In July 1936, and the water level 

In well 4 was 0.3 foot lower than It was In May 1934.

The difference between the highest and lowest water levels recorded 

In the 27 observation wells ranged from 0.1 foot to 17.14 feet (well 3), 

and the average difference (omitting well 3) was about 1.15 feet.

Pluctuationa of water level In observation wells In Flnney County are 

summarized In the following table.

Highest and lowest water levels for period of record 

In 27 wells In Flnney County

Well

1

2

3

4

5

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Highest recorded 

water level, In 

feet below measuring point

a 11

109

44

34

23

17

77

75

72

11

76

107

3

47

14

38

7

11

30

68

.12

.56

.64

.70

.12

.25

.67

.92

.86

.83

.65

.67

.77

.10

.43

.92

.44

.71

.62

.02

Aug.

Nov.

Mar.

July

June

July

June

Dec.

Sept

Oct.

Mar.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

June

Oct.

June

Oct.

Apr.

Sept

Oct.

Jan.

Date

6,

30,

22,

20,

21,

24,

21,

24,

.20,

28,

22,

.20,

28,

30,

24,

21,

28,

21,

26,

24,

.26,

2,

27,

1937

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1939

1939

1940

Lowest recorded 

water level, 

In feet below Date 

measuring 

point

a 8

109

61

36

23

19

78

76

73

14

76

108

5

47

15

42

9

12

32

68

.20

.71

.78

.53

.54

.09

.22

.75

.74

.73

.75

.21

.63

.65

,40

.29

.81

.31

.11

.90

Dec.

Oct.

Aug.

Sept

Jan.

Apr.

June

June

Aug.

Sept

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Aug.

Sept

Hay

Sept

Dec.

Oct.

Feb.

Dec.

Dec.

Hay

.Till IT

21,

26,

21,

.20,

28,

24,

22,

21,

22,

.20,

18,

28,

17,

29,

.23,

23,

.20,

24,

26,

17,

24,

14,

22,

24.

1940

1939

1940

1939

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1939

1940

1940

1940

1939

1940

1940

1940

1939

1940

1940

1939

1940

TQAO

a In feet above datum.
48 WATER LEVELS ABD ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Highest and lowest water levels for period of record 

In 27 wells In Finney County Continued.

Well

21

22

25

24

26

27

28

Highest recorded

water level, In

feet below Date

measuring point

100.52 Nov. 15,

120.14 Sept. 28,

Oct. 2,

44.98 July 24,

54.11 July 20,

69.95 June 21,

76.07 Mar. 22,

56.59 Sept. 20,

Oct. 28,

Dec. 24,

Net changes In water level

Lowest recorded

water level, In

feet below Date

measuring point

1959 100.70 Aug. 27, 1940

1959 120.86 Nov. 17, 1939

1939 . Dec. 18, 1959

1940 45.80 Feb. 17, 1940

1940 54.92 Aug. 22, 1940

1940 a 72.55 Sept. SO, 1959

71.46 Aug. 21, 1940

1940 76.26 July 24, 1940

1940 57.06 Apr. 24, 1940

1940 May 23, 1940

1940

in 1940 and net changes In water level

for period of record In 27 wells In Flnney County

Well

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

25

24

26

27

28

Difference between

highest and lowest

water levels,

In feet

2.92

.15

17.14

1.85

.42

1.84

.55

.83

.88

2.9

.1

.54

1.86

.55

.97

3.37

2.37

.60

1.49

.88

.38

.72

.82

.81

1.51

.29

.47

Net rise (+) or

Net rise (+) net decline (-) In

or net decline (-) feet, for entire

In feet, 1940 period of record

-0.77 b -2.15

+ .1 + .07

-5.81 -5.1

+ .18 c - .5

+ .24 ' + .15

- .08 - .74 .

+ .5 + .42

+ .6 + .46

- .05 + .15

-1.05 - .27

d + .1 d + ,05

+ .54 ) .22

+ .19 +1.26

+ .48 + .57

- .69 - .56

-1.65 -5.24

+ .69 +1.52

+ .1 - .45

- .72 -1.48

- .85 - .04

- .02 - .07

- .15 - .21

d + .05 d + .02

d + .28 d + .21

- .55 + ..75

- .05 - .08

+ .45 + .59

a Old measuring point, 

b July 17, 1956 to Dec. 51, 1940. 

c May 14, 1954 to Dec. 24, 1940. 

d To Nov. 50, 1940.-
KANSAS 49

1. Mrs. A. M. Reld. NB&HB& sec. 9, T. 24 S., R. 33 W. Water levels 

supplied through courtesy of the Division of Water Resources of the Kansas 

State Board of Agriculture.

Mean dally water level, In feet above datum, 1940 

(from recorder charts)

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

28

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Jan.

8.97

8.97

8.96

8.96

8.96

8.95

8.95

8.95

8.95

8.94

8.94

8.94

8.94

8.93

8.93

8.94

8.94

8.93

8.93

8,93

8.93

8.92

8.92

8.92

8.98

8.91

8.91

8.91

8.91

8,91

8.91

Feb.

8.91

8.90

8.90

8.90

8.90

8,90

8.90

8.90

8.89

8.89

8.89

8.89

8.89

8.89

8.89

8.89

8,89

8.89

8.89

8.89

8.88

8.88

8.88

8.88

8.88

8.88

8.87

8.87

8.87

....

....

Mar.

8.87

8.87

8.87

8.87

8.87

8.88

8*88

8.88

8.87

8,87

8.87

8.87

8.86

8.86

8.86

8.86

8.86

8.86

8.85

8.85

8.85

8.85

8.85

8.85

8.85

8.85

8,85

8.84

8.84

8,84

8.84

Apr.

8.84

8.84

8.84

8.84

8.84

8.84

8.84

8.85

8.83

8.83

8.85

8.83

8.83

8.83

8.83

8.83

8.82

8,82

8,82

8.82

8.82

8.82

8.82

8.81

8.81

8.81

8.81

8.80

8.80

8;81

....

May

8.81

8.81

8.81

8.81

8.81

8.81

8.82

8,83

8.83

8.82

8.81

8,81

8.80

8.80

8.79

8.79

8.79

8,91

9.06

9.12

9.13

9.14

9.14

9.14

9.13

9.12

9.11

9.10

9.09

9.08

9.07

June

9.06

9.05

9.04

9.03

9.02

9.02

9.06

9.14

9.19

9.20

9.19

9.18

9.18

9.18

9.18

9.18

9.17

9.17

9.17

9.17

9.16

9.16

9.17

9.18

9.19

9.19

9.19

9.22

9.24

9.23

* * * *

July

9.81

9.86

9.34

9.37

9.38

9.38

9,38

9.37

9. 57

9.36

9.35

9.35

9.34

9.33

9.32

9.30

9.28

9.28

9.29

9.31

9.32

9.31

9.30

9.28

9.26

9.28

9.30

9.26

9.22

9.21

9.21

Aug.

9.21

9.20

9.19

9.17

9.14

9.12

9.11

9.10

9.09

9.09

9.08

9.08

9.07

9.O6

9.05

9.07

9.16

9.17

9.13

9.08

9.06

9.05

9.04

9.03

9;01

9.00

8.98

8.96

8.95

8.98

8.98

Sept.

8.96

8.95

8.94

8.93

8.92

8.90

8.89

8.88

8. 87

8.86

8.85

8.84

8.83

8.88

8.81

8.86

8,86

8.87

8.89

8.90

8.87

8.84

8.82

8.81

8.81

8.80

8.79

8.78

8.77

8.76

....

Oct.

8.76

8.75

8.74

8.73

8.72

8.71

8.70

8.69

8.68

8.67

8.66

8.66

8.65

8.64

8.63

8.63

8.62

8.61

8.60

8.59

8.58

8.57

8.56

8.56

8.55

8.54

8,53

8.52

8.52

8.52

8.51

Nov.

8.50

8,49

8.48

8.47

8.47

8.46

8.46

8.46

8.44

8.44

8.43

8.42

8.41

8.40

8.39

8.38

8.38

8,37

8.36

8.36

8.35

8.35

8.34

8.33

8.33

8.32

8.31

8.30

8,29

8.88

....

Dec.

8.28

8,27

8.27

8.27

8,26

8.26

8.26

8.86

8.26

8.26

8.26

8.26

8.25

8.25

8.24

8.24

8,23

8,23

8,23

8.23

8,22

8,22

8.22*

8.22

8.21

8.21

8.21

8,21

8,21

8.20

8.20

2. Maggie B. Smith. NB cor. m$m± sec. 30, T. 26 S., R. 32 W. 

Water level. In feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Jan. 27 

Feb. 17 

Mar. 22

Water 

level

109.69 

109.67 

109.63

Date

Apr. 24 

May 83 

June 21

Water 

level

109.68 

109.67 

109,68

Date

July 84 

Sept. 20 

Oct. 28

Water 

level

109.68 

109.57 

109.60

Date

Nov. 30 

Dec. 24

Water 

level

109.56 

109.59

3.

Jan. 28 

Feb. 17 

Mar. 22

44.88

44.76 

44.64

Apr. 24 

May 23

June 21

a50.30 

a53.38 

46.62

July 20 

Aug. 21 

Sept. 20

a49.45 

a61.78 

a56.25

Oct. 28 

Nov. 30 

Dec. 24

a53.63 

a51.54 

48.69

4, Garden City Company. SW^SWj sec. 18, T. 22 S., R. 33 W. 

Ing point 2,912.5 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

HeasurJan.

Feb.

Mar.

29

17

23

35.38

35.27

35.07

Apr.

May

June

25

24

21

34.86

34.83

34.79

July

Aug.

Sept

20

21

.20

34.70

35.49

35.67

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

28

30

24

35.59

35.44

35.20

5. B. Alberta Reeves. SEjNWiNWi sec. 19, T. 21 S., R. 32 

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan. 28 

Feb. 17 

Mar. 22

23.54 

23.53 

23.52

Apr. 25 

May 24

June 21

23.53 

23.39 

23.12

July 24 

Aug. 24 

Sept. 20

23.12 

23.22 

23.32

Oct. 28 

Nov. 30 

Dec. 24

23.30 

23.31 

23.30

a Irrigation well about 200 yards east pumping.
50 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Date

Jan. 27 

Feb. 15 

Mar. 22

Water 

level

18.80 

18,74 

18.94

Date

Apr. 24 

May 22 

June 21

Water 

level

19.09 

18,20 

17.25

Date

July 24 

Aug. 27 

Sept. 20

Water 

level

17.86 

18.44 

18.64

Date

Oct. 29 

Nov. 30 

Dec. 30

Water 

level

18.79 

18.88 

18.88

7. Marion Russell. NEiNWfc sec. 2, T. 26 S., R. 33 W. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

17

22

24

78.15

78.17

78.16

May

June

July

23

22

20

78.16

78.22

77.97

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

22

.20

28

77.90

77.85

77.79

Nov.

Dec.

30

24

77.78

77.67

8. 0. G. Reeve. SW^NBiSEi sec. 13, T. 25 S., R. 33 W.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

28

17

22

76.68

76.68

76.68

Apr.

May

June

24

23

21

76.68

76.72

76.75

July

Aug.

Sept

20

22

.20

76.61

76.18

75.92

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

28

30

24

75.93

76.03

76.08

9.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

28

17

22

73.05

7S.16

73,07

Apr.

May

June

24

23

22

73.39

73.19

73.34

July

Aug.

Sept

20

22

.20

73.19

73.74

73.15

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

28

30

24

72.86

72.99

73.10

10. L. R. McBeth. NW£NBj sec. 9, T. 24 S., R. 33 W. 

point 2,866.5 feet above sea level.

Measuring

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

28

17

22

11.86

12*25

11.83

Apr.

May

June

24

23

21

12.23

12.99

11.89

July

Aug.

Sept.

20

21

20

13.22

14.68

14.73

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

28

30

24

13.88

13.16

12.89

11. P. A. Wiens. NBtSEiSEt sec. 24, T. 22 S., R. 31 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

28

17

22

76.75

76.75

76.72

Apr.

May

June

25

24

21

76.73

76.73

76.72

July

Aug.

Sept

24

27

.20

76.68

76.69

76.65

Oct.

Nov.

28

30

76.65

76.65

12. Nellie Handy. NWjSEiNEi sec. 3, T. 25 S., R. 31 W. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Mar. 25 

Apr. 24 

May 23

107.95 

107.93 

108.03

June 21 

July 24

108.08 

107.91

Aug. 29 

Sept. 20

108.21 

108.19

Oct. 

Dec.

28 

24

107.97 

107.67

13. Edwin Wehrley. NEiSEjSWi sec. 13, T. 25 S., R. 31 W. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

27

17

25

4.56

4.45

4.40

Apr.

May

June

24

23

21

4.40

4.58

3.77

July

Aug.

Sept

24

29

.20

4.78

5.42

5.58

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

28

30

24

4.83

4.49

4.37

14. John A. Hunter. NEjSEiNEi sec. 4, T. 26 S., R. 32 W. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan. 27 

Feb. 17 

Mar. 22

47.64 

47.60 

47.59

Apr. 24 

May 23 

June 21

47.62 

47.65 

47.37

July 24 

Aug. 22 

Sept. 20

47.18 

47.16 

47.12

Oct. 28 

Nov. 30 

Dec. 24

47.10 

47.12 

47.16
KANSAS 51

15. Floyd A. Idwards. SW|SW| sec. 2, T. 24 3., R. 33 W. 

point 2,858.6 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Measuring

Date

Jan. 28 

Feb. 17 

Mar. 22

Water 

level

14.53 

14.51 

14.47

Bate

Apr. 24 

May 23 

June 21

Water 

level

14.56 

14.63 

14.43

Bate

July 20 

Aug. 21 

Sept. 20

Water 

level

14.75 

15.24 

15.40

Bate

Oct. 28 

Nov. 30 

Bee. 24

Water 

level

15.32 

15.19 

15.22

16. George L. Meeker. NWjNEiNEi sec. 

Ing point 2,970.2 feet above sea level.

6, T. 24 S., R. 34 W. MeasurWater level. In feet below meaauring point. 1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

29

17

22

40.64

40,87

41.30

Apr.

May

June

25

23

21

41.67

42.01

42.27

July

Aug.

Sept.

20

21

19

41.74

41.17

40.96

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

28

30

24

41,26

41.94

42.29

17. sec. 7, T. 24 S., R. 33 W.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

28

17

22

8.90

8,36

7.69

Apr.

May

June

24

23

21

7.44

7.80

7.60

July

Aug.

Oct.

20

21

28

8.12

8.63

8.85

Nov.

Bee.

30

24

8.64

8.21

18.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

28

17

22

12.26

12.31

12.24

Apr.

May

June

24

23

22

12.24

12.06

11.82

July

Aug.

Sept.

20

21

19

11.86

11.83

11.94

Oct.

Nov.

Bee.

28

30

24

12.09

12.17

12.16

19. N. E. Ramsay. SE£SE£ sec. 10, T. 23 S., R. 34 W.

1940

Jan. 89

Feb. 17

Mar. 23

31.39

31.46

31.64

Apr. 25

May 24

June 21

31.68

31.55

31.72

July 20

Aug. 21

Sept. 20

31.80

31.89

31.85

Oct.

Bee.

28

24

31.91

32.11

20.

Jan. 27 

Feb. 15 

Mar. 22

68.08 

68.05 

68.89

Apr. 24 

May 22 

June 21

68.86 

68.90 

68.89

July 24 

Aug. 27

68.90 

68.89

Sept. 20 

Bee. 30

68.86 

68.87

21.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

27

Ib

22

100.38

100.40

100.37

Apr.

July

24

24

100.40

100.52

Aug.

Oct.

27

29

100.70

100.40

Nov.

Bee.

30

30

100.40

100.40

2B.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

28

17

25

120.22

120.25

120.23

Apr.

May

June

25

23

21

120 j 72

120.18

120.28

July

Sept

Oct.

24

.20

28

120.27

120.32

120.38

Nov.

Dec.

30

30

120.35

120.35

23. J. E. Ely. SBiSWiSBl sec. 4, T. 23 S., R. 32 W.

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1940

Feb. 17

Mar. 22

Apr. 25

45.80

45.77

45.75

May 24

June 21

July 24

45.64

45.02

44.98

Aug. 26

Sept. 20

45.24

45.40

Oct.

Nov.

28

30

45.57

45.67
52 WATER LEVELS AMD ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

24. C. N. Ingle. NE cor. NE£ se-c. 

ing point 2,914.5 feet above sea level.

24, T. 21 S., R. 34 W. Measur1940

Bate

Jan. 29 

Feb. 17 

Mar. 23

Water 

level

34.59 

34.58 

34.57

Date

Apr. 25 

Hay 24 

June 21

Water 

level

34.75 

34.44 

34.23

Date

July 20 

Aug. 22 

Sept. 20

Water

level

34.11 

34.92 

34.18

Date

Oct. 28 

Nov. 30

Water 

level

34.25 

34.31

25. George H. Hack. SW cor. 3W£ sec. 10, T. 24 S., R, 32 W. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point. 1940

Date

Jan. 28 

Feb. 17

Water 

level

10.05 

10.05

Date

Har. 25 

Apr. 25

Water 

level

10.08 

10.03

Date

Hay 23

Water 

level

9.99

26. Garden City Experiment Station. SWiNE^SE^ sec. 3, T. 24 S., 

R. 32 W. New measuring point beginning May 23, 1940, top of casing at 

northwest side, level with land surface, 0.89 foot below old measuring 

point, 2,884.8 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Jan. 28 

Feb. 17 

Har. 25

Water 

level

71.29 

71.23 

71.03

Date

Apr. 25 

Hay 23 

June 21

Water 

level

71.12 

a70.56 

69.95

Date

July 24 

Aug. 21 

Sept. 20

Water 

level

70.70 

71.46 

71.23

Date

Oct. 28 

Nov. 30 

Dec. 30

Water 

level

71.08 

70.69 

70.73

27. Farmers and Bankers Life Insurance Company. SEjSWjSEi sec. 34, 

T. 26 S., R. 31 W.

Jan. 27 

Feb. 17 

Har. 22

76.20 

76.23 

76.07

Apr. 24 

Hay 23 

June 21

76.22 

76.23 

76.25

July 24 

Aug. 29 

Sept. 20

76.26 

76.20 

76.16

Oct. 28 

Nov. 30 

Dec. 24

76.14 

76.22 

76.25

28.

Feb.

Har.

Apr.

17

22

24

37.04

37.04

37.06

May

June

July

23

22

20

37.06

36.90

36*76

Aug.

Sept

22

.20

36.64

36.59

Oct.

Dec.

28

24

36.59

36.59

a New measuring point.
KANSAS 53

FORD COUNTY

By H. A. Waits

I/ 

The observation-well program in Ford County, Kansas, was continued

In 1940 by the Federal Geological Survey and the Kansas Geological Survey 

in cooperation with the Division of Sanitation of the Kansas State Board 

of Health and the Division of Water Resources of the Kansas State Board 

of Agriculture. The investigation in Ford County was made by the writer, 

under the general supervision of S. W. Lohman, Federal geologist in 

charge of ground-water investigations in Kansas, and a report based on 

the work is now in preparation as a bulletin of the Kansas Geological 

Survey. Eleven test holes were drilled in the county in January 1940 by 

a drilling rig owned by the State and Federal Surveys, making a total of 

21 test holes put down in the county.

At the beginning of 1940, measurements of water levels were being 

made once a month in 39 wells. In August 1940 monthly observations were 

discontinued on 24 of the wells (4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 17, 25, 26, 32, 

35, 43, 47, 52, 53, 60, 68A, 72, 76, 86, 89, 101, and 359), but in the 

future it is planned to measure the water levels in the wells once or 

twice each year. At the end of 1940 the water levels in 15 wells (2, 8, 

11, 15, 38, 41, 48, 57, 59, 65, 79B, 790, 96, 237, and 343) were being 

measured once a month. A total of 320 measurements of water level was

made in 1940 by Richard B. Christy. 

i

According to records of the United States Weather Bureau, the precipitation at Dodge City in 1940 was 25.84 inches, which is 5*30 inches 

above normal and almost twice the precipitation in 1939. The precipitation was above normal for the first time in 10 years and the water levels 

in nearly half the 39 observation wells reached their highest stages on 

record.

Of 15 wells for which water-level measurements are available for the 

entire year, 4 are on the upland north of the Arkansas Valley, 10 are in 

the Arkansas Valley, and 1 well is on the upland south of the valley. 

The water levels in 6 wells (8, 48, 59, 65, 79C, and 96), in the Arkansas 

Valley, rose moderately until June, when their highest stages of the year 

were reached, and then declined throughout the rest of the year. The water 

levels in 4 irrigation wells (2, 15, 57 and 79B) were affected by pumping, 

and the highest water levels in them occurred in March or July.__________

JL/ See Water-Supply Papers 845 and 886.
54 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

The water levels in wella 38, 41, and 237 roae in May and June as a 

result of rains in April, May, and June. The highest water level of the 

year was reached in June in well 237 and in July in well 41. The water 

level in well 38 reached its highest stage in September, partly as a result of the spring rains and partly as a result of heavy rains in August, 

which amounted to 5.09 inches. On December 21, 1940, the water levels in 

11 of the wells were from 0.02 foot to 0.95 foot higher than on January 17 

to 24. The water levels in 4 of the wells showed net declines ranging 

from 0.11 foot to 0.65 foot in the same period. Of the 4 wella showing 

net declines, 3 wells (8, 65, and 79B) are in the Arkansas Valley, and 

the fourth well (237) is on the uplands north of the Arkansas Valley.

At the end of 1940 the water levels in 9 of the 15 wells being 

measured once a month were lower than at the beginning of record in 

October 1938, but the water levels in the other 6 wells were higher. 

The net declines in water level in the 9 wells during the entire period 

of record ranged from 0.05 foot to 1.05 feet, and the net rises in water 

levels in the 6 wells during the same period ranged from 0.10 foot to 

0.37 foot. The difference between the highest and lowest water levels 

during the entire period of record in the 15 wells ranged from 0.14 foot 

to 4.79 feet and the average difference was about 1.57 feet.

Of the 24 wells for which records are complete only to July 1940, 

the water levels in 17 wells were higher in July 1940 than at the beginning of the period of record in October 1939, and in 7 wells they were 

lower. In the 17 wells showing net rises in water level, the rises 

ranged from 0.01 foot to 2.72 feet, and the average net rise was about 

0.55 foot. In the 7 wells showing net declines in water level, the declines ranged from 0.03 foot to 1.21 feet, and the average net decline 

was about 0.33 foot. The difference between the highest and lowest recorded water levels in the 24 wells ranged from 0.07 foot to 3.97 feet, 

and the average difference was about 1.35 feet.

The following table summarizes the water-level fluctuations in 

observation wells in Ford County.
KANSAS 55

Highest and lowest water levels for period of record 

In 39 wells In Ford County

Highest recorded 

m water level, In _ . Well feet below ****

measuring point

2

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

13

15

17

25

26

32

35

38

41

43

47

48

52

53

57

59

60

65

68A

72

76

79B

79C

86

89

96

101

237

343

359

Net

Well

2

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

27.35 Mar. 20, 1940

103.62 Nov. 15, 1938

Dec. 2, 1938

* 95.89 Jan. 3, 1939

45.42 Nov. 1, 1938

22.38 Mar. 31, 1939

6.84 Mar. 31, 1939

7.01 Mar. 31, 1939

14.49 Aug. 19, 1939

12.69 July 22, 1940

85.51 Dec. 7, 1938

35.17 Jan. 3, 1939

135.29 Jan. 23, 1939

11.14 May 27, 1939

83.11 Jan. 3, 1939

68.06 Feb. 13, 1940

Mar. 20, 1940

37.14 June 19, 1940

41.05 Sept. 19, 1940

46.49 July 22, 1940

61.48 June 20, 1940

49.43 July 22, 1940

8.12 June 19, 1940

2.42 Mar. 31, 1939

4.80 Mar. 31, 1939

8.76 Oct. 21, 193B

17.43 Mar. 25, 1939

4.65 June 19, 1940

17.54 June 20, 1940

55.67 July 22, 1940

33.61 Jan. 5, 1939

27.66 Mar. 31, 1939

11.30 Dec. 2, 1938

8.97 Mar. 31, 1939

5.73 June 19, 1940

25.20 Mar. 31, 1939

9.40 June 19, 1940

8.88 June 19, 1940

86.49 Apr. 5, 1939

Jan. 24, 1940

76.68 May 15, 1939

109.15 May 19, 1939

changes In water level in 1940

for period of record In 15

Difference between

highest and lowest

water levels, or

In feet

1.43

.32

.81

.46

1.19

2.13

2.70

1.92

.62

Lowest recorded 

water level, In - , 

feet below Date

measuring point

28.78

103.94

96.70

45.88

23.57

8.97

9.71

16.41

13*31

86.52

36.92

135.95

12.38

83.57

68.28

40.80

42.08

47.53

62.70

50.50

10.85

3.48

5.69

10.93

18.21

8.62

18.70

56.18

35.20

29.51

16.09

10.69

9.34

26.11

11.02

9.99

86.92

76.82

109.22

and net changes

Sept. 5, 1939

Oct.. 2, 1939

Oct. 2, 1939

Oct. 2, 1939

Sept. 5, 1939

Nov. 7, 1939

Sept. 5, 1939

Jan. 24, 1940

Jan. 24, 1940

May 4, 1939

Sept. 5, 1939

July 22, 1940

July 22, 1940

Apr. 19, 1940

June 19, 1940

Oct. 11, 1938

Apr. 19, 1940

Mar. 20, 1940

May 16, 1940

July 1, 1939

Oct. 2, 1939

Nov. 8, 1939

Oct. 2, 1939

Aug. 9, 1939

Sept. 5, 1939

Oct. 2, 1939

Sept. 5, 1939

Nov. 15, 1938

Oct. 2, 1939

Feb. 14, 1940

Nov. 8, 1939

Nov. 8, 1939

Aug. 1, 1939

Oct. 2, 1939

Aug. 1, 1939

Aug. 1, 1939

Sept. 5, 1939

Oct. 2, 1939

Nov. 8, 1939

Sept. 20, 1940

Oct. 29, 1940

Mar. 20, 1940

Apr. 19, 1940

In water level

wells In Ford County

Net rise (+)

net decline (-)

In feet, 1940

+0.02

- .65

+ .42

Net rise (+) or

net decline (-) In

feet, for period

of record

t-O.lO

- .19

+ .02

- .06

+ .62

-1.05

+ .28

+ 1.16

- .11
56 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Net changes In water level in 1940 and net changes in water level 

for period of record in 15 wells in Ford County Continued

Well ]

13

15

17

25

26

32

35

38 

41 

43 

47

48 

52

53 

57 

59 

60

65 

68A

72

76

79B 

79C 

86

89

96 

101

237 

343 

359

Difference between 

highest and lowest 

water levels, 

in feet

1.01

1.75 

.66

1 P4.

.46

.22

3.66

1.03 

1.04 

1.22 

1.07

2.73 

1.06

.89 

2.17 

.78 

3.97

1.16 

.51

1.59

1.85

4.79 

1.72 

3.61

.91

1.62 

1.11

.43

.14 

.07

Net rise (+) 

or net decline ( - } 

in feet, 1940

4- .25

+ .95

4- .45

+ .26

+ ".bz

+ .06

- .11

- .57

4- .29

+ .72

- .19 

+ .07

Net rise (+} or 

net decline (-) in 

feet, for period 

of record

4- .01

+ .24 

- .56

-1.21

- .23

4- .11

+ 1.04

4- .32 

4- .19 

4- .32

4- .37

+ .37 

4- .23

- .03 

- .81 

- .23 

4-2.72

- .38 

+ .25

4- .44

4- .11

- .78 

- .26 

+ .69

4- .56

4- .33 

4- .38

- .19 

- .05 

- .06

Observation wells on the uplands north of the Arkansas Valley

10. Ed Sayre. NEiNEi sec. 11, T. 25 S., R. 24 W. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point,

Date

Jan. 24 

Feb. 13

Water 

level

16.41 

16.22

Date

liar. 20

Apr. 19

Water 

level

15.40 

15.31

Date

May 16 

June 19 .

Water 

level

15.12 

14.69

Date

July 22

Water 

level

al4.66

1940

32. John Drewes. N1»iSW£ sec. 24, T. 25 S., R. 26 W.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan. 

Feb.

Jan. 

Feb.

24 

13

35.

24 

13

68.26 

68.06

liar. 20

Apr. 19

Joseph N. Shean. I 

Water level, in

40,72 

40.77

Mar. 20 

Apr. 19

68.06 

68.17

May 16 

June 19

68.19 

68.17

July 22 b69.03

IWiSEi sec. 22, T. 26 S., R. 23 W. 

feet below measuring point, 1940

40.78 

40.80

Hay 16

June 19

40.63 

C37.14

July 22 37.28

38. F.- Burns. SEtNEi sec. 1, T. 26 S., R. 24 W.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan. 24

Feb. 13

Mar. 20

42.06

42.07

42,08

Hay 16

June 19

July 22

42,08

41.61

41.23

Aug. 22

Sept. 19

Oct. 29

41.09

41.05

41.12

Nov.

Dec.

18

21

41.15

41.11

Water in irrigation ditch 10 feet south of well.

Pumped recently. c Water standing in draw northwest of well.
KANSAS 57

41. J. J. Burghardt. NltSWfc sec. 11, T. 25 S., R. 21 W.

1940

Date

Jan. 24 

Feb. 13 

Mar. 20

Water 

level

47.31 

47.25 

47.27

Date

Apr. 19 

May 16 

June 19

Water 

level

47.31 

47.03 

46.59

Date .

July 22 

Aug. 22 

Sept. 19

Water 

level

46.49 

46.58 

46.61

Date

Oct. 29 

Nov. 18 

Dec. 21

Water 

level

46.79 

46.70 

46.86

Date

Feb. 13 

Mar. 20

Water 

level

50.34 

50.38

Date

Apr. 19 

May 16

Water 

level

50.41 

50.47

Date

June 19 

July 22

Water 

level

49.61 

49.43

Date

Jan. 24 

Apr. 19 

May 16

Water 

level

86.49 

86.54 

86.42

Date

June 19 

July 22 

Aug. 22

Water 

level

86.26 

86.60 

86.82

Date

Sept. 19 

Oct. 29

Water 

level

86.80 

86.73

Date

Mov. 18 

Dec. 21

Waterlevel

86.68 

86.68

343. B. A. Schuette. HE^NEi sec. 1, T. 26 S., R. 26 W. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

24

13

20

76.80

76.78

76.75

Apr.

May

June

19

16

19

76.76

76.77

76.74

July

Aug.

Sept

22

22

.20

76.75

76.77

76; 82

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

29

18

21

76.82

76.76

76.73

359. W. 0. Qould. NWfcNBi sec. 6, T. 26 S., R. 26 W. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan. 24 

Feb. 13

109.17 

109.21

Mar. 20

Apr. 19

109.22 

109.22

May 16

June 19

109.20 

109.20

July 22 109.21

Observation wells in the Arkansas Valley

2. L. A. Lamb. SWiSTSt sec. 4, T. 28 S., R. 22 W.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

13

20

19

28.41

27.35

28.28

May

June

July

16

19

22

28*16

27.90

28.72

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

22

.19

29

28.07

23.28

28.41

Nov.

Dee.

18

21

28.39

28.39

8. F. H. Diehl. NWfcNWfc sec. 34, T. 26 S., R. 25 W.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

17

13

80

7.59

7.41

7.02

Apr,

June

19

19

7.09

6.85

July

Oct.

22

29

a7.55

8.47

Nov.

Dee.

18

21

8.40

8.24

9. Albert Miller. SWjSWfc sec. 16, T. 26 S., R. 26 W.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Jan. 17 

Feb. 13

Water 

level

7.62 

7.29

Date

Mar. 20

Apr. 19

Water 

level

7.25 

7.38

Date

June 19

Water 

level

7.07

a Pumped just prior to measurement.
58 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAH PRESSURE, 1940

11. Geo, W. Molltor. SWfcNWi sec. 36, T. 21 S., R. 21 W. 

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Jan. 24 

Feb. 13 

Mar. 20

Water 

level

13.31 

13.30 

13.18

Date

Apr. 19 

May 16 

June 19

Water 

level

13.06 

13.16 

12.76

Date

July 22 

Aug. 22 

Sept. 19

Water 

level

12,69 

12.72 

12.72

Date

Oct. 29 

Nov. 18 

Dec. 21

Water 

level

12.81 

12.84 

12.89

25. Judge Karl Miller. NWjSWi sec. 2, T. 27 S., R. 24 W. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Jan. 24 

Feb. 13

Water 

level

12.15 

12.01

Date

Mar. 20

June 19

Water 

level

11.85 

a 11. 91

Date

July 22

Water 

level

12.38

43. Ralph Williams. NW£NEfc sec. 10, T. 27 S., R. 25 W. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point. 1940

Feb. 14 

Mar. 20

62.48 

62.39

Apr. 

May

19 

16

62.37 

62.12

June 20 

July 22

61.48 

61.90

48 G. D. Coohran. NEfcSBfc sec. 16, T. 27 S., R. 23 W. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Jan. 24 

Feb. 13 

Mar. 20

Water 

level

10.05 

9.89 

9.77

Date

Apr. 19 

May 16

June 19

Water 

level

10.02 

9.45 

8.12

Date

July 22 

Aug. 22 

Sept. 19

Water 

level

9.35 

9.46 

9.82

Date

Oct. 29 

Nov. 18 

Dec. 21

Water 

level

9.91 

9.88 

9.79

52. Dwight Zink. SW^SWj sec. 29, T. 26 S., R. 25 W.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Feb. 13 

Mar. 20

Water 

level

2.79 

2.82

Date

Apr. 19 

June 19

Water 

level

3.0 

2.46

Date

July 22

Water 

level

3.11

53. Chas. Staples. SBfNBf sec. 30, T. 26 S., R. 25 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan. 17 

Feb. 13

5.17 

5.10

Mar. 20

Apr. 19

4.87 

5.13

July 22 b5.37

-57. Andrew Bogner. NWjSEi sec. 22, T. 26 S., R. 26 W.

1940

Date

Jan. 17 

Feb. 13 

Mar. 20

Water 

level

9.60 

9.43 

9.12

Date

Apr. 19 

June 19 

July 22

Water 

level

9.32 

9.89

9.07

bate

Aug. 22 

Sept. 20 

Oct. 29

Water 

level

. 9.37 

9.55 

9.63

Date

Nov. 18 

Dec. 21

Water 

level

9.57 

9.57

59, Ward Byers Estate. NEjNBf sec. 21, T. 26 S., R. 26 W. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

17

13

20

17.95

17.90

17.77

Apr.

May

June

19

16

19

17.82

17.82

17.36

July

Aug.

Sept

22

22

.20

17.75

17.88

18.17

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

29

18

21

18.03

17.92

17.89

New measuring point.

Pumped prior to measurement,
KANSAS 59

60. Maurice H. Thompson. NW|SW| sec. 21, T. 26 S., R. 26 W. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Jan* 17 

Feb. 13

Water

level

7.32 

6.92

Date

Mar. 20 

Apr. 19

Water 

level

5.85 

6.80

Date

May 16 

June 19

Water 

level

6.65 

4.65

65. John N. Clark. SWjSWi sec. 33, T. 26 S., R. 25 W. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Jan. 25 

Feb. 14 

Mar. 20

Water

level

18.26 

18.17 

17.91

Date

Apr. 19 

May 16 

June 20

Water

level

18.04 

18.07 

17.54

Date

Aug. 22 

Oct. 29

Water

level

18.47 

18.53

Date

Nov. 18 

Dec. 21

Water 

level

18.34 

18.37

68A. Mrs. R. B. Pennington. NE^NE^ sec. 1, T. 27 S., R. 26 W. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan. 

Feb.

25 

14

56.15 

56.18

Mar.

Apr.

20 

19

56.13 

56.07

May 

June

16 

19

56.06 

55.82

July 22 55.67

72. H. Wilkinson. SWjNW^ sec. 32, T. 26 S., R. 24 W.

1940

Jan. 

Feb.

24

13

34.88 

34.66

Mar.

Apr.

20 

19

34.58 

34.65

May

June

16 

19

54.46 

34.09

July 22 aS5.Sl

76 William R. Cook. NEiSEfc «ec. 32, T. 26 S., R. 24 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Jan. 24

Feb. 13

Water 

level

28.75 

28.80

Date

Mar. 20

Apr. 19

Water 

level

28.60 

"28.74

Date

May 16

Water

level

28.64

79B. 0. N. Nevins. SWiSWj sec. 23, T. 26 S., R. 24 W. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar.

24

13 

20

Water _ . level Date

12.30 

13.03 

12.99

Apr. 

May

June

19 

16 

19

Water level Date

13.15 

13.01 

12.93

July 

Aug. 

Sept.

22 

22

19

Water _ ,_ level Date

13.59 

13.78 

14.98

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec.

29 

18 

21

Water 

level

12.93 

12.86 

12.87

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

24

13

20

10.07

9.92

9.84

Apr.

May

June

19

16

19

9.87

9.68

9.31

July

Aug.

Sept.

22

22

19

9.50

9.85

9.98

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

29

18

21

9.96

9.87

9.78

86. G. D. Cochran. SB^NBi sec. 23, T. 27 S., R. 23 W. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan. 

Feb.

24 

13

8J45 

8.29

Mar. 

Apr.

20 

19

8.24 

8.34

May

June

16

19

7.53

5.73

July 22 7.16

89. E. V. Melia. SBiNW-£ sec. 11, T. 28 S., R. 22 W.

1940

Jan.

Feb.

24

13

26.00 

25.78

Mar. 

Apr.

20 

19

25.67 

25.82

May 

June

16 

19

25.55 

25.22

July 22 25.29

a Water from priming tank leaking into well.
60 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

96.

Date

Jan. 24 

Feb. 13 

Mar-. 20

Water 

level

10.85 

10.80 

10.77

Date

Apr. 19 

Hay 16 

June 19

Water 

level

10.78 

10.23 

9.40

Date

July 22 

Aug. 22 

Sept. 20

Water 

level

9.72 

9.87 

10.02

Date

Oct. 29 

Nov. 18 

Dec. 21

Water 

level

10.10 

10.20 

10.13

101. Warner Jocheras, NB£SE£ sec. 2, T. 27 S., R. 21 W. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan. 

Feb.

24 

13

9.91 

9.86

Mar.

Apr.

20 

19

9.72 

9.73

May 

June

16 

19

 9.49 

8.88

July 22 9.21

Observation wells on the uplands south of the Arkansas Valley 

4. John E. Wagner. SBfcNEj sec. 7, T. 27 S., R. 26 W.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan. 

Feb.

17 

13

103.88 

103.85

Mar.

Apr.

20 

19

103.87 

103.89

May 

June

16 

19

103.82 

103.85

July 22 103.87

5. W. S. Johnson. SW£SE£ sec. 6, T.27 S., R. 26 W.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Feb. 13 

Mar. 20

Water 

level

96.04 

96.04

Date

Apr. 19 

May 16

Water 

level

96.07 

96,05

Date

June 19 

July 22

Water 

level

96 -05 

95.99

6. Joseph Lutz. NB$3W£ sec. 15, T. 29 S., R. 26 W.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Feb. 14 

Mar. 20

7.

Mar. 20 

Apr. 20

45.64 

45.68

Apr. 20 

May 17

W. A. Long. SBfcNEj sec. 

Water level, in feet

22.73 

2^.76

May 17 

June 20

45.62 

45.58

June 20 45.51

35, T. 29 S., R. 26 W. 

below measuring point, 1940

22.78 

22.58

July 22 22.51

13. Ira Paulin. SWfcNWi sec. 9, T. 28 S., R. 23 W.

1940

Date

Jan. 24 

Feb. 13

Water 

level

85.68 

85.66

Date

Mar. 20 

Apr. 19

Water 

level

85.66 

85.67

Date

May 16 

June 19

Water 

level

85.76 

85.64

Date

July 22

Water 

level

85.56

15. George Lutz. SWfcNWfc see. 24, T. 29 S., R. 26 W.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

25

14

20

35.48

35.39

35.29

Apr.

May

June

20

17

20

35.30

35.32

35.35

July

Aug.

Sept.

22

22

19

35.63

35.59

35.49 [

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

29

18

21

35.39

35.25

35.23

17.

Date

Feb. 14 

Mar. 20

Water 

level

135.63 

135.78

Date

Apr. 19 

May 17

Water 

level

135.84 

135.90

Date

June 20 

July 22

Water 

level

135.84 

135.95
KANSAS 61

Water level, in feet below measuring

Date

Feb. 13 

Mar. 20

Water 

level

83.65 

83.52

Date

Apr. 19 

May 16

Water 

level

83.57 

83.55

t point, 1940

Date

June 19 

July 22

Water 

level

83.57 

83.55

GRAY COUNTY

By B. P. Latta

The observation-well program in Gray County, Kansas,(see Water-Supply 

Paper 886),begun In October 1939, was continued in 1940 by the Federal 

Geological Survey and the Kansas Geological Survey in cooperation with 

the Division of Water Resources of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture 

and the Division of Sanitation of the Kansas State Board of Health.

During the fall of 1940 a detailed investigation of the geology and 

ground-water resources of Gray County was made by the writer under the 

direction of S. W. Lohman, Federal geologist in charge of ground-water 

investigations in Kansas, an'd a report based on this work is now in preparation as a bulletin of the Kansas Geological Survey.

The water levels in about 90 wells, in addition to the 26 observation 

wells, were measured at least once during the investigation. During 1940 

a total of 278 measurements of water-level was made in the 26 observation 

wells. Measurements were discontinued in well 25 in February 1940, and 

in well 15 in October 1940. At the end of the year 24 wells were being 

measured once a month. Measurements between August 27 and December 4, 

1940, were made by the writer, all others were made by Richard B. Christy.

The precipitation in Gray County in 1940, as recorded by 'the United 

States Weather Bureau, was 22.59 inches, or 1.16 inches above normal. 

This is the highest precipitation that Gray County has received in any 

year since 1928, and is considerably above the annual average for the last 

13 years. The fluctuation of water level in only a few of the observation 

wells (7, 11, 18, 26, and 28), which are not affected by pumping, show a 

correlation with the precipitation. Water levels in 6 wells (1, 4, 8, 19, 

20, and 29'), which are affected by pumping, rose until June and then 

started to decline in response to pumping. The water levels in the wells 

again began to rise in the fall after pumping had ceased. 

41S674 O - 41 - 5
62 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Eleven of the 22 observation wells in Gray County for which the 

1940 records are complete showed net rises in water level of 0.06 foot 

to 2.65 feet, the average net rise being about 0.67 foot. The other 11 

wells showed net declines in water level of 0.06 foot to 0.38 foot, the 

average net decline being about 0.13 foot.

Two wells (26 and 27) showed unusually large rises in water level 

in 1940 due to local recharge. The net rise of water level in well 26 

was 2.37 feet and in well 27 it was 2.65 feet. In the wells showing net 

rises in water level in 1940, excluding wells 26 and 27, the average net 

rise was only 0.26 foot.

At the end of 1940 the water levels in 18 of the wells were higher 

than at the beginning of the period of record in October 1939, and the 

water levels in 4 wells were lower. In the 18 wells showing net rises 

in water level for the entire period of record, the rises ranged from 

0.04 foot to 2.47 feet, and the average net rise was about 0.57 foot. In 

the 4 wells showing net declines in water level, the declines ranged from 

0.2 foot to 0.9 foot, and the average net decline was about 0.41 foot. 

The difference between the highest and lowest recorded water levels in 

22 wells ranged from 0.13 foot to 2.92 feet and the average was about 

0.97 foot.

Water level fluctuations in observation wells in Gray County are 

summarized in the following table.

Highest and lowest water levels for period of 

record in 22 wells in Gray County

Well

1

3

4

6

7

8

9

11

12

14

16

17

18

19

20

Highest recorded 

water level, in 

feet below 

measuring point

6

164

. 17

88

77

8

90

59

133

45

138

85

49

14

20

.75

.70

.24

.12

.98

.54

.76

.55

.65

.98

.33

.02

.22

.22

.72

June

Nov.

May

Dec.

Oct.

May

Jan.

July

Nov.

Jan.

Dec.

Mar.

Oct.

Oct.

Dec.

May

June

Date

21,

13,

22,

5°.

8,

22,

27,

23,

13,

26,

14,

22,

12,

18,

29,

22,

21,

1940

1939

1940

1940

1940 i

1940

1940

1940

1939

1940

1939

1940

1939

1939

1940

1940

1940

Lowest recorded 

water level, in 

feet below 

measuring point

8

165

18

88

78

10

90

59

134

46

139

85

50

15

22

.56

.24

.75

.37

.70

.70

.93

.83

.24

.49

.03

.32

.05

.02

.03

Oct.

Aug.

Aug.

Oct.

Hay

Oct.

Hay

Har.

May

Oct.

Nov.

Oct*

Dec.

Aug.

Aug.

Nov.

Date

8,

29,

89,

8,

22,

v,

22,

21,

22, 10,

13,

12,

4,

29,

29,

4,

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1939

1940

1940

i>940

1939

1939

1939

1940

1940

1940

1940
KANSAS

Highest and lowest water levels for period of record 

In 22 wells In Gray County Continued

Well

Highest recorded 

water level, in 

feet below Date

measuring point

21

22

23

24

26

27

28

89

126

111

76

110

57

82

.78

.93

.31

.43

.90

.92

.11

Nov.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Mar.

Oct.

Oct.

Mar.

Dec.

May

17

18, is,

29,

2J,

21*

a!

1939

1939

1939

1940

1940

1939

1940

1940

1940

1940

Lowest recorded 

water level, in Date 

feet below

measuring point

89

127

113

76

113

60

82

.91

.09

.28

.91

.72

.84

.60

Dec.

Mar.

Nov.

June

Dec.

Feb.

Dec.

Jan.

July

4,

21,

4,

20,

1<

15,

14,

26,

23,

1940

1940

1940

1940

1939

1940

1939

1940

1940

Net changes in water level in 1940 and net changes in water level 

for period of record In 22 wells in Gray County ___

Difference between

highest and lowest

water levels,

in feet

Net rise (+)

or net decline (-)

in feet, 1940

Net rise (+) or

net decline (-) in

feet, for period

of record

1

3

4

6

7

8

9

11

12

14

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

26

27

28

1,81

.54

1.51

.25

.72

2.16

.17

.28

.59

.51

.7

.3

.83

.8

1.31

.31 *

.16

1.97

.48

2.82

2.92

.49

-0.07

+ .08

- .14

+ .12

+ .51

+ .41

- .06

+ .2

- .13

- .38

- .06

- .15

+ .6

- .12

_ T

+ !o6

+ .16

- .14

- .07

+2.37

+2.65

+ .25

+0.53

+ .3

+ .63

+ .07

+ .41

+ 1.22

+ .06

+ .06

+ .43

- .2

+ .63

- .26

+ .57

+ .31

+ .08

+ .04

+ .08

- .9*

- .3

+2.15

+2.47

+ .Ssl

G. A. Hard* NWiSEj- sec. 20, T. 25 S., R. 29 W.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Jan. 27 

Feb. 15 

Mar. 22

Water 

level

7.74 

7.54 

7.43

Date

Apr. 24 

May 22 

June 21

Water 

level

7.42 

7.42 

6.75

Date

July 24 

Aug. 29 

Oct. 8

Water 

level

7.89 

8.40 

8.56

Date

Nov. 4 

Dec. 4 

30

Water 

level

8.40 

8.05 

7.81

N. A. Mans. NEfcSWfrNWfc sec. 7, T. 28 3., R. 27W. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

15

21

24

164.81

164.89

164.72

May

June

July

22

20

23

164.82

164.71

164.72

Aug.

Oct.

Nov.

29

8

8

165.24

164.91

164.77

Dec. 4

29

165.09

164.73
64 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

4. F. Luther. NWiSWjNBi sec. 10, T. 26 S., R. 28 W.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Jan. 27 

Feb. 15 

Mar. 21

Water 

level

17.60 

17.57 

17.72

Date

Apr. 24 

May 22 

June 20

Water 

level

17.75 

17.24 

17.27

Date

Aug. 

Oct. 

Nov.

29 

8 

4

Water 

level

18,75 

18.08 

18*05

Date

Dec. 4 

50

Water 

level

17.89 

17.74

6. S. Dirks. SEtNBfcNEt see. 5, T. 28 S., R. 29 W.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

15

22

24

88.24

88.24

88.21

May

June

July

22

21

23

88.25

88.26

88.26

Aug.

Oct.

Nov.

29

8

4

88.25

88.37

88.16

Dec* 4

50

88.15

88.12

7. P. Brientenbach et al. SB£S9£SB£ sec. 56,.T. 26 S., R. 29 W.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

26

15

22

78.58

78.56

78.61

Apr.

May

June

24

22

21

78*60

78,70

78.36

July

Aug.

Oct.

23

29

8

78.01

77.99

77.98

Nov.

Dee.

4

4

30

78,01

78.09

78*07

8.

Jan,

Feb.

Mar.

27

15

21

9.89

9.82

9.58

Apr.

May

June

24

22

20

9.58

8.54

8.56

July

Aug.

Oct.

23

27

8

9.88

10.00

9.50

Nov.

Dec.

4

4

30

10.04

9.15

9.48

9.

Jan.

Mar.

Apr.

27

22

24

90.76

90.84

90,90

May

June

July

22

21

23

90.93

90.90

90.87

Aug.

Oct.

Nov.

29

8

5

90

90

90

,85

.86

.86

Dee. 5

30

90.84

90.82

11, J. D. Wetmore, NBfNBf sec. <35, T. 29 S., R. 28 W,

1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

26

15

21

59

59

59

.78

.78

.83

May

June

July

22

20

23

59.83

59.65

59.55

Aug.

Oct.

Nov.

29

8

4

59.65

59.56

,59.60

Dec. 4

29

59.60

59.68

12. Mary Hill. SfiiSfiiSBj sec. 26, T. 28 S., R. 27 W.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

26

15

21

133.68

133.77

133,79

Apr.

May

June

20

22

20

133.75

133.74

133.75

July

Aug.

Oct.

23

29

8

133.73

133.80

133.77

Nov.

Dec.

4

4

29

153.79

135.79

155,81

15.

water aevei, in reec oeiow meaouran,

Date

Mar. 22 

May 22

Water 

level

77*99 

77.92

Date

July 25 

Aug. 27

Water 

level

77.79 ^ 

77.74'

; point, j.vvj

Date

Oct. 

NOT*

8 

5

Water 

level

77,78 

77.78

14, Sarah Marney. BE cor. SWjSEj see. 25, T. 29 S., R. 27 W. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar.

26 

15 

21

Water 

level

45,98 

46.22 

46.10

Date

Apr. 

May

June

20 

22 

20

Water 

level

46.15 

46.17 

46.05

Date

July 

Aug. 

Oct.

23 '29 

8

Water 

level

46.15 

46.20 

46.52

Date

Nov. 

Dee.

4

4

Water 

level

46.56 

46.57 

46.36
KANSAS 65

15, H. C. Diyen. Center NW^SWj sec. 17, T. 25 S., R. 30 W. New 

measuring point beginning Aug. 29, 1940, top of casing at south side, 0.3 

foot above land surface, 0.47 foot below old measuring point.

Date

Jan. 27 

Feb. 15 

Mar, 22

Hater 

level

36.45 

36.49 

36,54

Bate

Apr. 24 

May 22

Water 

level

36.62 

36.57

Date

June 21 

July 24

Water 

level

36.40 

36,42

Date

Aug. 29 

Oct. 8

Water 

level

a36.19 

36.07

16. Ed Wallace. NE cor. NW£ sec. 19, T. 29 S., R. 30 W.

1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

26

15

22

158.54

138,39

138,53

Apr,

May

June

24

22

21

138.35

138.38

138.38

July

Aug.

Oct.

23

29

8

138.36

138,37

138,36

Nov.

Dac.

4

4

30

138,37

138.56

138.40

17.

Jan. 26 

Feb. 15 

Mar, 22

85.13 

85.12. 

85.17

Apr. 24 

May 22 

June 21

85.16 

85.21 

85.20

July 23 

Aug. 29 

Nov. 4

85.20 

85.20 

85.25

Dec. 4 

30

85.32 

85.28

18. W. H. Mace. SBjNBi sec. 25, T. 29 S., R. 29 W.

Jan,

Pub.

Mar.

26

15

21

49.82

49.74

49.78

Apr.

May

June

24

22

21

49.76

49.52

49.59

July

Aug.

Oct.

23

29

8

49.87

50.05

49.69

Nov.

Dec.

4

4

29

49.65

49.66

49.22

19. H. E. Erausbaar. NWiNS*i sec, 55, T. 25 S., R. 29 W.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

27

15

22

14.44

14.31

14.32

Apr.

May

June

24

22

21

14.27

14.22

14.26

July

Aug.

Oct.

24

29

8

14.79

15.02

15.01

Nov.

Dec.

4

4

30

14.87

14.71

14.56

20.

Jan, 27

Feb. 15

Mar. 22

21.72

21.62

21.51

Apr. 24

June 21

July 24

21.46

20.72

21.44

Aug.

Oct.

Nov.

29

8

4

21.82

22.02

22.03

Dec. 4

30

21.91

21.88

21. C. H. Davis. NWjSWj sec. 7, T. 26 S., R. 29 W.

Jan,

Feb.

Mar.

27

15

22

89.85

89.80

89.80

Apr.

May

June

24

22

21

89.79

89.89

89.88

July

Aug.

Oct.

24

29

8

89.86

89.86

89.81

Nov.

Dec.

4

4

30

89.86

89.91

89.79

22. C. Salem. SW£SE|SBJ sec. 15, T. 27 S., R. 27 W. 

Water- level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Mar.

Apr.

May

21

24

22

127.09

126.97

126.99

June

July

Aug.

20

23

29

127.03

127.01

127.06

Oct.

Nov.

8

4

126.98

126.99

Dec. 4

29

127.01

126.93

23. Pry. NWiSEj sec. 24, T. 28 S., R. 29 W., in Montezuma. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan. 26 

Feb. 15 

Mar. 22

112.75

111.34 

111.31

Apr. 24 

May 22 

June 21

111.35 

111.47 

113.05

July 23 

Aug. 29 

Oct. 8

112.56

112.04 

112.78

Nov. 4 

Dec, 4 

30

113.28

111.65 

112.89

a New measuring point.
66 WATER LEVELS AKD ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Date

Jan. 27 

Feb. 15 

Mar. 21

Water 

level

76.72 

76.46 

76.58

Date

Apr. 24 

May 22 

June 20

Water 

level

76.70 

76.79 

76.91

Date

July 23 

Aug. 29 

Oct. 8

Water 

level

76.85 

76.79 

76.46

Date

Nov. 

Dec.

4 

4

Water 

level

76.45 

76.79

25. Charles Sturevant. SEiNWfSWi sec. 10, T. 26 S., R. 27 W. 

Measurements discontinued after Feb. 1940. Water levels, In feet below 

measuring point, 1940: Jan. 27, 36.28; Feb. 15, 36,02.

26. Arthur Adams. NEiSEi sec. 2, T. 26 S., R. 27 W. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

15

20

19

113.58

113.37

112.84

May

June

July

18

19

22

112.59

111.23

111.24

Aug.

Oct.

Nov.

29

8

5

111.18

110.90

111.10

Dec. 5

30

111.11

111.21

27. H. B. Hettrick. NWjSEiNWi sec. 36, T. 26 S., R. 28 W.

1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

27

15

21

60.76

60 .'84

58.72

Apr.

May

June

24

22

20

57.92

58.40

60.15

July

Aug.

Oct.

23

29

8

59.78

59.43

59.08

Nov.

Dec.

4

4

29

59.18

57.92

58.11

28. W. H. McLaughton. SE^SEi sec. 14, T. 27 S., R. 29 W.

1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar,

26

15

22

82.60

82.55

82.52

Apr.

Hay

June

24

22

21

82.54

82.11

82.55

July

Aug.

Oct.

23

29

8

82.60

82.40

82,46

Nov.

Dec.

4

4

30

82.47

82.33

82.35

29. A. F. Hohner. SEiNWt sec. 2, T. 28 S., R. 30 W. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Mar. 

Apr.

22 

24

110,95 

110.89

May 

June

22

21

110.94 

110.77

Oct. 

Nov.

8 

4

112.50 

111.37

Dec. 4 

30

111.17 

111.01
KANSAS 67

HAMIIffiON COUHTY

By T. G f McLaughlin

The observation-well program in Hamilton County, Kansas, (see WaterSupply Paper 886) was continued in 1940 by the Federal Geological Survey 

and the Kansas Geological Survey in cooperation with the Division of 

Water Resources of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture and the Division 

of Sanitation of the Kansas State Board of Health. The program Is under 

the supervision of S. W. Lohman, Federal geologist in charge of groundwater Investigations In Kansas. Field work on the geology and ground-water 

resources of Hamilton County was completed during the fall of 1940. The 

altitude of the measuring point of well 8 was determined with an alidade 

and plane table by F. S. Bradshaw and Is given for the first time In this 

report.

Measurements of water levels were made in SI observation wells each 

month In 1940j a total of 207 individual measurements was made during the 

year. All measurements during the first 7 months of the year and those 

during December were made by Richard B. Chri'styj the rest were made by 

the writer.

According to records of the United States Weather Bureau the precipitation in Hamilton County in 1940 was 13.60 Inches, which Is 4.07 inches 

below normal but 0.08 Inch above the average for the 10-year period from 

1931 to 1940. Host of the precipitation 8.58 inches occurred from the 

first of May through August. It is difficult to make any correlations 

between the water-level fluctuations and the precipitation because the 

period of record for the observation wells In Hamilton County is relatively 

short. In a few wells (1, 3, 4, and 5) In the Arkansas Valley, however, 

the water levels fluctuate more nearly In accordance with the precipitation. 

The water levels in these wells rose after the heavy rains in May and In 

August. The water levels in 7 wells (3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 19 and 27) reached 

their highest stage of the year during the summer months when the precipitation was the greatest.

Of the 18 observation wells in Hamilton County for which records are 

most complete, the water levels In 11 wells (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 16, 17, 

27 and 28) were higher at the close of 1940 than at the beginning of the 

year and in 7 wells (1, 2, 3, 12, 19, 20 and 22) the water levels were 

lower. Over the entire period of record there was a rise In water level 

in 11 wells (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 16, 22, 27, and 28) and a decline In 

7 wells (1, 2, 3, 12, 17, 19 and 20).
68 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

For the year 1940 the rise In water levels In the 11 wells ranged 

from 0.01 foot to 1.10 feet and averaged 0.39 foot. The decline ranged 

from 0.22 foot to 2.58 feet and averaged 0.62 foot. For the entire period 

of record the rises in water level ranged from 0.01 foot to 1.14 feet and 

averaged 0.31 foot and the declines In water level ranged from 0.12 foot 

to 0.59 foot and averaged about 0.32 foot. The difference between the 

highest and lowest water levels in the 18 wells averaged 1.25 feet, the 

minimum being 0.22 foot and the maximum, 5.05 feet. Water-level fluctuations are summarized in the following table.

Highest and lowest water levels for period of record 

in 18 wells in Hamilton County

Well

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

12

13

16

17

19

20

22

27

28

Highest recorded 

water level, in 

feet below 

measuring point

25

27

13

16

15

53

45

147

190

144

57

85

44

128

33

111

171

221

.77

.09

.51

.88

.70

.51

.46

.18

.18

.03

.01

.03

.26

.97

.41

.32

.21 -

.48

Nov.

Feb.

June

June

June

June

Dec.

Deq.

Dec.

May

Dec.

Dec.

Sept.

May

Sept.

Apr.

June

Apr.

Lowest recorded 

_. water level, in 

1)61:0 feet below 

measuring point

16,

20,

17,

22,

22,

22,.

23,

23,

23,

15,

23,

23,

30,

1|,

22,'

22,

20,

1939

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1939

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

26

28

14

21

17

55

46

147

190

144

57

85

44

129

34

116

171

221

.93

.14

.92

.67

.88

.04

.00

.66

.60

.37

.52

.83

.48

.23

.09

.37

.78

.95

May

Nov.

Nov.

Dec.

Nov.

Nov.

Nov.

Oct.

Oct.

Dec.

June

Feb.

May

July

Feb.

Dec,

July

Nov.

Mar.

Date

15,

22,

16,

19,

16,

16,

27, 10,

10,

23,

17,

19,

15,

18,

19,

23,

17,

16,

14,

1940

1940

1939

1939

1939

1939

1940

1939

1939

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1939

1940

Net changes in water level in 1940 and net changes In water level 

for period of record in 18 wells in Hamilton County

Well

Difference between

highest and lowest

water levels,

in feet

Net rise (+) 

or net decline (-) 

in feet, 1940

Net rise (+) or

net decline {-) in

feet, for period

of record

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

12

13

16

17

19

20

22

27

28

1.16

1.05

1.41

4.79

2.18

1.53

.54

.48

.42

.34

.51

.80

.22

.26

.68

5.O5

.57

.47

-0.43

- .42

- .22

+ .20

+ .56

+ 1.10

+ .39

+ .22

+ .26

- .27

+ .40

+ .70

+ .01

- .22

- ,41

 J2.58

* .19

+ .26

-0.59

- .43

- .47

+ .06

+ .45

+ 1.14

+ .31

+ .04

+ .14

- .25

+ .23

+ .79

- .13

- .12

- .24

. + .01

+ .01

+ .25
KANSAS 69

1. R. B. Bray, Jr. NEiNit sec. 52, T. 23 S., R. 41 1. 

Water level. In feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Jan. 30 

Feb. 20

Water 

level

26.31 

26.23

Date

Mar. 15

Apr. 22

Water 

level

26.47 

25,92

Date

May 15 

June 17

Water 

level

26.93 

25.89

Date

Dec. 25

Water 

level

26.74

2. R. Holdren. NWj-NWi sec. 23, T. 23 S., R. 43 W.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

30

20

15

27.22

27.09

27.50

Apr.

May

22

15

27.14

27.11

June

Oct.

17

21

27.40

27.84

Nov.

Dec.

22

23

28.14

27.64

3. B. Rees. SWjNWjf sec. 8, T. 24 S., R. 40 V.

Jan. 30

Feb. 19

Mar. 14

14.67

14.48

14.34

Apr. 22

May 16

June 17

13.89

13.98

13.51

July 17

Aug. 21

Sept. 19

13.86

14.09

14.42

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

21

21

23

14.21

14.39

14.89

R.

4. Continental Life Insurance Go. 

40 W.

Nil cor. SBfc sec. 14, T. 24 S.,

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan. 30 

Feb. 19 

Mar. 14

21.23 

21.16 

20.45

Apr. 23 

May 15 

June 22

17.55 

18.55 

16.88

July 18 

Aug. 21 

Sept. 19

18.23 

19.41 

20.10

Oct. 21 

Nov. 21 

Dec. 23

20.57 

20.83 

21.03

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

30

19

14

17.42

17.17

16.72

Apr.

May

June

25

15

22

16.28

16.17

15.70

July

Aug.

Sept.

18

21

19

16.34

15.81

16.85

Oct.

Dec.

22

23

16.39

16.86

6. Belle Helnlen. SWiSBfc sec. 24, T. 24 S., R. 59 W.

1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

30

19

14

54.70

54.28

53.67

Apr.

May

June

23

15

22

55.71

55.73

53.51

July

Aug.

Sept.

18

21

19

53.89

53.58

55.76

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

21

21

23

53.86

53.79

53.60

7. I. E. Marten. NWj-SWi sec. 16, T. 23 S., R. 40 W.

Feb.

liar.

Apr.

19

14

22

45.85

45.82

45.81

May

June

July

15

17

17

45.69

45.66

45.61

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

26

.19

21

45.56

45.55

45.47

Nov.

Dec.

27

23

46.00

45.46

8. R. D. Woodman. SWfNWf sec, 21, T. 22 S., R. 40 W. Measuring 

point 5,513*8 feet above sea level.

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1940

Feb. 19 

Mar. 14 

Apr. 22

147.40 

147.49 

147.32

May 15 

June 17 

July 17

147.43 

147.55 

147.50

Aug. 26 

Sept. 19 

Oct. 21

147.34 

147.45 

147.26

Nov. 

Dec.

26 

23

147.57 

147.18

9. Inez Dlkeman. SB cor. sec. 21, T. 21 S., R. 40 W,

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

19

14

28

190.44

190.46

190.36

May

June

July

15

17

17

190.24

190.28

190.24

Aug.

Sept

26

.19

190.51

190.55

Oct.

Dec.

21

25

190.22

190.18
70 WATER LEVELS AMD ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

11. M. Williamson. NEiNWi sec. 18, T 26 S., R. 40 W. Water levels, 

in feet below measuring point, 1940: Feb. 20, 115.88; Mar. 14, 115,84; 

Apr. 23, 115.33.

12. I. E. Martin. NE cor. SWj sec. 2, T. 22 S., R. 41 W. Measuring 

point 3,621.9 feet above sea level.

Date

Feb. 20 

Mar. 14 

Apr. 22

Water 

level

144.10 

144.14 

144.18

Date

May 15 

June 17 

July 18

Water 

level

144.03 

144.18 

144.14

Date

Aug. 21 

Sept. 19

Water 

level

144.15 

144.24

Date

Oct. 21 

Dec. 23

Water 

level

144.22 

144.37

13.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

20

14

22

57.41

57.44

57.45

May

June

July

15

17

17

57.49

57.52

57.46

Aug.

Sept

21

.19

57.49

57.32

Oct.

Dec.

21

23

57.18

57.01

16. Chas. H. Miller. SEiSWi sec. 22, T. 25 S., R. 39 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

30

19

14

85.73

85.83

85.80

Apr.

May

June

23

15

22

85.77

85.68

85.63

July

Aug.

Sept

18

26

.18

85.69

85.74

85.80

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

21

27

23

85.70

85.76

85.03

17. Tlios. A. Wells. NWjNWi sec. 11, T. 25 S., R. 39 W.

1940

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

19

14

23

44.40

44.45

44.44

May

June

 July

15

22

18

44.48

44.43

44.48

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

26

.18

21

44.29

44.39

44.30

Nov.

Dec.

21

23

44.34

44.39

19. W. E. Bereman. NEjNWiHEi sec. 26, T. 26 S., R. 39 W. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

19

14

23

129.33

129.03

129.11

May

June

July

15

22

18

128.97

129.02

129.01

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

26

.18

21

127.17

129.18

129.09

Nov.

Dec.

23

23

129.19

129.01

20. Alpha H. Bennett. SWjSWj sec. 2, T. 24 S., R. 43 W.

1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

30

20

15

33.68

33.97

34.04

Apr.

May

June

22

15

17

34.04

34.04

34.00

July

Aug.

Sept.

17

26

19

34.07

33.82

33.41

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

21

22

23

34.04

34.06

34.09

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

30

20

15

113.58

' 113.78

114.63

Apr.

May

June

22

15

17

111.32

112.70

115.13

July

Aug.

Sept

17

26

.19

116. S7

114.91

114.91

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

21

22 '23

116.00

115.95

116,16

24. Eugene Scherick. NEiNWj sec. 5, T. 26 S., R. 42 W. Water 

levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940s Jan. SO, 59.44; Feb. 20, 

59.38; Mar. 15, 59.40; Apr. 22, 59.62.

26. J. C. Kitch. NWjNWj sec. 23, T. 26 S., R. 42 W.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Jan. 30 

Feb. 20

Water 

level

64.51 

64.49

Date

Mar. 15 

Apr. 22

Water 

level

64.52 

64.52

Date

May 15 

June 17

Water 

level

64.49 

64.57
KANSAS 71

27.

Dfcte

Feb. 19 

Mar. 14 

Apr. 23

Water

level

171.48 

171.38 

. 171.44

Date

May 15 

June 22 

July 18

Water 

level

171.39 

171.21 

171.37

Date

Aug. 26 

Sept. 18

Water

level

171.38 

171.45

Date

Oct. 21 

Dec. 23

Water 

level

171.39 

171.29

28.

Feb. 19 

Mar. 14 

Apr. 20

221.78 

221.95 

221.48

May 15 

June 22 

July 18

221.73 

221,54 

221.64

Aug. 27 

Sept. 17 

Oct. 22

221.65 

221.68 

221.73

Nov. 

Dec.

27 

23

221.70 

321.52

HAHVEY COUNTY

By S. W. Lohman, G. H. von Heln, and C. C. Williams

i i/ 

The observation-well program In south-central Kansas , Including Harvey

County, was continued In 1940 by the Federal and State Geological Surveys, 

In cooperation with the city of Wlchlta, the Division of Sanitation of the 

Kansas State Board of Health, and the Division of Water Resources of the 

Kansas State Board of Agriculture.

In 1940 a preliminary report was published on the geology and ground2/ 

water resources of the "Equus Beds" area , Including Harvey County, and a

detailed report on the same area Is in preparation. In September 1940 the 

new well field of the city of Wichlta In Harvey County was put into operation. The descriptions and water levels of the 25 supply wells and of 50 

nearby observation wells are given for the first time In this report.

At the end of 1959, 119 wells In Harvey County were under observation, 

but records for only 44 of the wells were given in Water-Supply Paper 886. 

Fifteen of the 44 wells were observed once a month, 26 were observed once 

a week, and 3 were equipped with automatic water-stage recorders. During 

1940, 2 wells (718, 823), which were observed once a month, were discontinued and weekly water-level measurements were begun in well 1,174, which 

Is described for the first time in this report. At the end of the year, 

118 wells were under observation, including 13 wells observed once a month, 

102 wells observed once a week, and 3 wells equipped with recorders. A

total of 4,591 wetted-tape measurements was made in 1940. Mr. von Heln

I/ See Water-Supply Papers 840, 845, and 886.

"xj Lohman, Stanley W., and Frye, John C., Geology and ground-water 

resources of the "Equus Beds" area In south-central Kansas: Economic 

Geology, vol. 35, no. 7, pp. 839-866, November 1940.
72 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

made all water-level measurements, serviced the recorders, and prepared 

the field descriptions of the 76 new wells described for the first time 

In this report. The well descriptions and water-level measurements given 

In this report were complied by Charles C. Williams.

According to records of the United States Weather Bureau, the precipitation at Newton In 1940 was 35.63 Inches, or 3.93 Inches above normal; 

and at Sedgwick It was 29.55 Inches, or only 0.08 Inch above normal. 

Most of the observation wells In Harvey County lie near or west of 

Sedgwick, however, where the precipitation was not appreciably above 

normal. The water levels In 20 of the 25 wells not affected by nearby 

pumping declined during the year by amounts ranging from 0.04 foot to 

0.79 foot. In 5 of the 25 wells, however, the water levels rose 0.02 

foot to 0.72 foot during the year. v

Ninety-three of the wells, Including the 75 new municipal wells, are 

pumped or are affected by pumping, and the water levels In most of the 

wells declined during the year by amounts ranging from 0.27 foot to 3 or 

4 feet. In a few of the pumped wells, however, the water levels declined 

as much as 9 to 13 feet, but these wells were pumped heavily at the close 

of the year and were not pumped at the beginning of the year.

The water levels In 6 of the 25 wells not affected by pumping stood 

higher at the end of 1940 than at the beginning of the period of record 

In 1937, 1938, or 1939, by amounts ranging from 0.28 foot to 1.73 feet. 

The water levels In 19 of the wells, however, declined during the same 

period by amounts ranging from 0.01 foot to 3.61 feet. The 93 wells 

affected by pumping during 1940 were not so affected prior to 1940 or 

were not observed prior to 1939.

Water-level fluctuations In observation wells In Harvey County are 

summarized In the following tables.
KANSAS 73

Highest and lowest water levels for period of 

record In 25 wells In Harvey County

Highest recorded

_ ,, water level, In _ . Well feet belo; Date

measuring point

72

136

294

325

701

718

817

824

831

832

833

852

853

854

875

876

877

23

12

39

12

38

14

15

16

20

19

9

16

9

12

3

28

16

.60

.30

.75

.85

.06

.07

.06

.79

.30

.18

.51

.06

.12

.57

.54

.86

.51

July

July

Aug.

Apr.

Dec.

Apr.

May

Sept.

June

Sept.

June

Sept.

May

May

May

Dec.

June

4,

2,

20,

30,

5,

30,

24,

v.

4,

4,

6,

24,

24,

||,

7,'

1940

880

881

888

889

890

891

892

893

5

5

3

5

3

4

4

.43

.54

.53

.87

.67

.31

.03

.24

May

May

May

May

Mar.

July

July

June

13,

10',

31*

5

t;

Lowest recorded 

water level, 

unaffected by 

Inearby pumping. 

In feet below 

measuring point

1938

1940

1938

1939

1939

1939

1940

1938

1940

1938

1940

1939

1940

1940

1940

1939

8,

1940

1940

1940

1940

1939

1939

1939

1940

25

14

43

14

44

15

17

20

21

20

11

17

11

15

7

30

17

8

8

9

8

7

4

5

5

.85

.65

.92

.21

.73

.57

.92

.76

.54

.85

.49

.66

.48

.37

.74

.53

.57

.10

.02

.65

.7^9

.37

.83

.72

.67

Oct.

Apr*

Apr.

Date

7,

1,

1937

1938

3,4,5,

1938

June 4,

Nov.

Oct.

Oct.

Nov.

Nov.

Nov.

Nov.

NOT.

Nov.

Dee.

Nov.

Oct.

Nov.

Mar.

Nov.

Nov.

Oct.

Nov.

Nov.

Oct.

Oct.

Nov.

2,

3,

25,

5,

5,

5,

« 

5,

15,

20,

1,

25,

8,

18,

19,

n,

27,

29,

1>

o,

3,

5,

1939

19S8

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1939

1940

1940

1939

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

Net changes In water level In 1940 and net changes In water level 

for p«*iod of record In 25 wells In Harvey Oounty

Well

Difference between

highest and lowest

wa£*r levels,

In feet

Net rise (+)

or net decline (-)

In feet, 1940

Net rise {+) or

net decline (-) In

feet, for period

of record

72

136

294

325

701

718

817

824

831

832

833

852

853

854

875

876

877

880

881

888

889

890

891

892

893

2.15

2.35

4.17

1.36

6.67

«...

2.86

3.97

1.24

1.67

1.98

1.60

2.36

2.80

4.20

1.67

1.06

2.67

2.48

9.12

4.92

1.70

1.52

1.69

1.43

+0.10

- .20

- .69

- .03

- .68

. . « . .

- .02

- .71

+ .07

+ .02

- .66

- .16

- .61

+ .02

- .08

- .33

- .26

- .57

- .63

+ .72

- .79

- .75

- .07

- .04

- .30

+ 1-17

+ 1.36

+ .75

- .11

+1.73

-1.25

-1.19

-3.61

-1.49

-1.45

-1.54

-1.28

-1.23

-1.94

- .91

-1.60

- .01

- .25

- .45

-2.07

-2.98

-1.47

+ .35

+ .28

- .39
74 WATER LEVELS AMD ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Highest and lowest water levels for period of record In 93 wells 

in Harvey County that are pumped or are affected by pumping

Highest recorded 

water level, In 

Wel1 feet below 

measuring point

506

507

821

839

872

875

874

878

879

883

884

885

886

887

894

895

899

1112

HI

MlH

Hit)

H2

H2a

M2b

MS

MS*

1Kb

M4

H4a

H4b

M5

H5a

H5b

H6

H6a

H6b

M7

M7a

M7b

M8

H8a

M8b

H9

M9a

H9b

M10

HlOa

MlOb

Mil

Hlla

Mllb

M12

M12a

H12b

M13

HISa

M13b

H14

M14a

14.30

7.06

13.03

10.62

18.15

18.11

20.54

16.55

18,02

14.05

13.94

13.82

3.14

3.52

12.66

12.74

14.81

18.60

20.56

18.17

16.64

20,33

18.54

20.75

25.20

20.83

24.13

25.12

23.67

24.71

22.33

18.59

18.82

21,05

19.63

19.46

13.03

12.10

12.04

17.93

15.62

14.30

12.82

11.30

10.22

14.05

12.04

11.24

9.11

7.38

8.47

13.41

11.73

12.40

10.27

8.69

8.43

11.07

9.11

Lowest recorded 

water level, 

unaffected by 

Date nearby pumping, Date 

in feet below 

measuring point

May 11, 1940

May 24, 1940

Aug. 21, 1939

Aug. 21, 1939

Mar. 11, 1939

Mar. 11, 1939

May 27, 1940

June 3, 1940

May 27, 1940

June 3, 1940

Aug. 21, 1939

Aug. 21, 1939

Aug. 21, 1939

Aug. 21, 1939

May 27, 1940

May 27, 1940

May 27, 1940

June 10, 1940

June 3, 194O

Apr. 13, 19W

June 3, 1940

June 3, 1940

May 4, 1939

June 3, 1940

May 27, 1940

May 8, 1939

May 27, 1940

May 27, 1940

May 27, 1940

May 27, 1940

May 27, 1940

May 16, 1939

June 3, 1940

May 27, 1940

May 27, 1940

June 3, 1940

June 3, 1940

June 13, 1939

Aug. 21, 1939

Aug. 21, 1939

May 27, 1940

June 3, 1940

June 3, 1940

May 27, 1940

May 27, 1940

May 27, 1940

May 27, 1940

May 27, 1940

May 27, 1940

May 27, 1940

May 27, 1940

May 27, 1940

Aug. 21, 1939

May 27, 1940

Aug. 21, 1939

Ma? 27, 1940

Aug. 21, 1939

May 27, 1940

May 27, 1940

May 27, 1940

Apr. 4, 1939

. 19.16

14.21

14.98

16.33

23.34

23.40

37.34

19.16

21,62

19.57

19.53

20.65

9.38

10.39

17.17

18.25

15.77

19.69

29.90

26.17

25.02

42.48

41.60

32.24

40.31

35.48

39.59

42.66

38.94

38.98

40.01

23.55

23.61

28.93

23.70

23.51

18.10

16.51

16.52

24.68

19.36

18.10

18.55

16.69

15.65

20.17

17.32

16.30

14.83

13.19

14.23

20.45

18.54

19,23

15.79

13.77

13.85

17.42

15.59

Oct. 24-86,

NOT. 4-5,1940

Nov. 22, 1940

Dec. 30, 1940

Dec. 23, 1940

Oct. 7, 1940

Oct. 7, 1940

Sept, 24, 1940

Dee. SO, 1940

Dec. 24, 1940

Dec. 9, 1940

Dec. 9, 1940

Dec. 9, 1940

Sept. 16 t 1940

Sept.llSjr 1940

Dec. 24, 1940

Nov. 19, 1940

Oct. 21, 1940

Nov. 4, 1940

Nov. 19, 1940

Nov. 4, 1940

Nov. 19, 1940

Sept. 9, 1940

Sept. 9, 1940

Sept. 9, 1940

Nov. 19, 1940

Nov. 19, 1940

Nov. 19, 1940

Nov. 19, 1940

Nov. 19, 1940

Nov. 19, 1940

Oct. 14, 1940

Oct. 14, 1940

Oct. 7, 1940

Sept. 9, 1940

Nov. 19, 1940

Nov. 19, 1940

Oct. 21, 1940

Dec. 9, 1940

Dec. 9, 1940

Oct. 14, 1940

Nov. 19, 1940

Nov. 19, 1940

Dec. 24, 1940

Dec. 24, 1940

Dec. 24, 1940

Dec. 9, 1940

Dec. 9, 1940

Dec. 9, 1940

Dec. 24, 1940

Dec. 24, 1940

Dec. 24, 1940

Dec. 24, 1940

Dec. 2, 1940

Dec. 2, 1940

Dec. 9, 1940

Dec. 9, 1940

Dec. 9, 1940

Dec. 9, 1940

Nov. 4, 1940
KAHSAS

Highest and lowest water levels for period of reeqrd in 93 wells in 

Harvey County that are pumped or ara affected by pumping--Continued.

Highest recorded

Well water level, 

feet below

in Date

measuring point

M14b

M15

MlBa

M15b

M16

M16a

M16b

H17

M17a

M17b

M18

M18a

M18b

M19

M19a

H19b

M20

*20a

M20b

M21

M21a

M21b

M22

M22a

M22b

M23

M23a

M23b

M24

M24a

M24b

M25

M25a

M25b

8.96

14.92

13 .-19

14.25

12.71

11.93

11.52

8,58

6.26

6,01

12.00

11,32

10.58

12.82

13.81

12.47

11.74

10.08

9.21

10.32

9.30

8.88

11.20

9,29

10*18

9.85

9.17

8.60

10.71

9.88

IS. 17

7.54

6.11

7.69

May

June

Apr.

May

May

Aug.

Aug.

May

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

May

May

May

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

W4

3

17

27

27

21

21

27

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

27

27

27

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

21

28

21

21

21

* 

*

t

f

f

»

f

>

»

»

>

>

>

»

>

f

»

»

»

»

27jt

1940

1939

1940

1940

1939 '

1939

1940

1939

1939

1939

1939

1939

1939

1939

1939

1939

1940

1940

1940

1939

1939

1939

1939

1939

1939

1939

1939

1939

1939

1939

1939

1939

1939

1939

Lowest recorded

water level,

unaffected by 

nearby .pumping,

in feet below

measuring point

15.19

23.09

21.12

22.39

19.13

17.97

15.64

12.36

10.10

9.89

16.37

15.61

14.83

17.33

18.44

17.18

18.66

16.16

15.20

15.39

14.25

13.79

17.17

15.30

16.20

19.03

16.20

15.37

15.77

14.84

16.80

12.69

11.51

12.99

Net changes in water level in 1940 and net changes in

for period of record in 93 wells

Date

Nov. -4,,

Dec. 23,

Dec. 23,

Dec. 23,

Dec. 23,

Dec. 23,

Dec. 25,

Oct. 21,

Nov. 19,

Dec. 9,

Nov. 11,

Nov. 11,

Nov. 11,

Dec. 23,

Dec. 23,

Dec. 23,

Dec. 9,

Dec. 9,

Dec. 9,

Nov. 11,

Nov. 11,

Nov. 11,

Nov. 4,

Nov. 4,

Nov. 4,

Dec. 23,

Dec. 23,

Dec. 23,

Dec. 16,

Dec. 16,

Dec. 16,

Dec. 31,

Dec. 31,

Dec. 31,

water level

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

in Harvey County that are

pumped or are affected by pumping

Difference

Well

506

507

821

839

872

873

874

878

879

883

884

885

886

887

894

895

899

1112

highest

water

in

4

7

1

5

5

5

16

2

3

5

5

6

6

6

4

5

1

and

between

lowest

levels,

feet

9

.

,

,

,

.

.

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

.

.

,

.

86

15

95

71

19

29

80

61

60

52

59

83

24

87

51

51

96

09

Net

or net

in

Net rise {+) or

rise (+) net decline (-} in

decline (-) feet, for period

feet, 1940

-0.77

-3.87

-1.40

-2.48

-3.04

-3.12

-6.48

-1.85

-2.75

-2.92

-2.90

-2.77

-4.15

-4.63

-3.29

-3.54

- .24

- .22

of record

-1.30

-3.97

-1.72

-3.29

-3.68

-3.76

-6.12

-2.38

-3.17

-2.94'

-2.92

-2.76

-4.17

-4.67

-2.77

-3.44

- .27

- .41
76 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Net changes In water level In 1940 and net changes In water level 

for period of record In 93 wells In Harvey County that are 

pumped or are affected by pumping Continued

Well

Ml

Ml* .

Mlto

M2

M2a

M2b 

MS

MSa

M3b

M4

M4a

M4b

MS

M5a

M5b

M6

M6a

M6b

M7

M7a

M7b

M8

MSa

M8b

H9

M9a

M9b

M10

MlOa

MlOb

Mil

Mlla

Mllb

M12

M12a

M12b

M13

M13a

M13b

M14

M14a

M14b

M15

M15a

M15b

M16

M16a

M16b

M17

M17a

MITb

M18

M18a

M18b

M19

M19a

M19b

M20

M20a

M20b

M21

Difference between 

highest and lowest 

water levels. 

In feet

9.54

8.00

8.38

22.15

23.06

JJU49 

1&3.1

14.65

15.46

17.54

15.27

14.27

17.68

4.96

4.89

7.88

4.07

4.05

5.07

4.41

4.48

6.75

3.74

3.80

5.73

5.39

5.43

6.12

5.28

5.06

5.72

5.81 »

5.76

7.04

6.81

6.83

5.52

. 5.08

5.42

6.55

6.48

6.23

8.17

7.93

8.14

6.42

6.04

4.12

3.78

3.84

3.88

4.37

4.29

4.25

4.51

4.63

4.71

6.92

6.08

4.57

5.07

Net rise (+) 

or net decline (-) 

In feet, 1940

-6.59

-5.86

-6,18

-15.53

-8.09

-9.55 

-9.50

-9.06

-9.29

-10.21

-9.52

-8.92

-4.90

-2.95

-2.90

-2.75

-5.15

-3.07

-3.28

1-3.21

-3.27

-3.42

-2.94

-2.93

-4.87

-4.47

-4.48

-4.71

-4.52

-4.12

-4.75

-4.83

-4.74

-5.90

-5.66

-5.57

-4.03

-3.87

-4.18

-4.46

-4.42

-4.61

-7.55

-7.18

-7.39

-5.46

-5.05

-3.42

-2.74

-2.39

-2.44

-2.38

-2.33

-2,23

-2.75

-2.79

-2.75

-4.53

-4.65

-4.57

-2.63

Net rise (+) or 

net decline (-) In 

. feet, for period 

of record

.8.18

-6.45

-6.77

-18.34

-8.95

-9.61 

-11.00

-7,22

-6.62

-11.18

-7.85

-8.87

-8.00

-3.19

-3.02

- .39

-3.14

-3.04

-3.51

-4.54

-4.57

-2.00

-2.75

-2.71

-5.05

-4.50

-4.38

-4.35

-4.56

-4.35

-5.16

-4.52

-4,36

-5.30

-6.04

-4.91

-3.61

-3.48

-3.72

-5,72

-5.60

-6.53

-8.17

-7.24

-7.44

-5.58

-5.11

-3.36

-2.97

-2.01

-2.21

-2.96

-2.71

-2.60

-3.26

-2.34

-2.34 

-4.11

-4.14

-4.07

-2.46
KANSAS 77

Net changes in water level in 1940 and net changes in miter level 

for period of record in 93 wells in Harvey County that are 

pumped or are affected by pumping"-Continued

Well

M21a

M21b

M32

M22a

M22b

H23

M23a

M23b

H24

M24a

M24b

H25

M25a

H25b

Difference between

highest and lowest 

water levels,

in feet

4.95

4.91

5.97

6.01

6.02

9.18

7.03

6.77

5.06

4.96

4.63

5.15

5.40

5.30

Net rise (+) 

or net decline (-)

in feet, 1940

-2.58

-2.55

-2.84

-2.77

-2.82

-2.83

-2.83

-2.84

-2.89

-2.84

-2.77

-2.50

-2.60

-2.69

Net rise (+) or

net decline (-) In 

feet, for period

of record

-8.37

-8.87

-2.37

-8.38

-8.44

-8.11

-8.83

-8.30

-8.17

-8.08

-8.18

-2.18

-8.34

-8.33

72. Anna Hertaler. SW^NBfcSEi sec. 16, T. 22 S., R. 1 W. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Feb. 

Mar.

Apr.

2

2 

5

Water 

level

24.78 

24.64 

24.60

Date

May

June 

July

3 

7 

3

Water 

level

24.37 

24.17 

24,69

Date

Aug. 

Sept. 

Oct.

1 

3 

3

Water 

level

25.45 

25.37 

25.09

Date

Nov. 

Dec.

5 

3

Water 

level

85.80 

84.68

136. Ada M. Day. NH$NH$NW£ sec. 19, T. 23 S., R. 3 W.

1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

2

1

11

12.76

12.92

18.92

Apr.

May

June

3

2

4

12.95

12.83

12.38

July

Aug.

Sept.

2

1

3

12.30

12.41

12.61

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

3

5

3

18.70

18.94

12.96

294. Owner, J. B. Schmidtj lessee, Hollow Oil Co. SB^NV^ sec. 17, 

T. 22 S., R. 3 W.

____Lowest daily water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940_____ 

Day Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. Hay June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Deo.

1 42.21

2 42.22

3 42.23

4 42.23

5 42.25

6 .....

7 .....

8 .....

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

42.37

42.39

42.39

42.58

42.36

42.35

42.34

42.32

42.32

42.32

42.32

42.32

42.33

42.33

42.32

42.31

42.32

42.32

42.31

42.30

42.30

42.31

42.29

42.09

42,07

42.03

42.02

42.01

41.99

41.96

41.95

41.93

41.90

41.90

41.88

41.89

41.89

41.89

41.89

41.88

41.86

41.86

41.86

41.86

41.86

41.86

41.86

41.86

41.88

41.91

41.95

41.97

41.96

41.94

41.95

41.94

41.96

41.98

41.98

41.98

41.96

41.92

41.91

41.89

41.90

41.91

41.91

41.90

41.87

41.76 

41.75 

41.74 

41.71 

41.69 

41.67 

41.67 

41.67 

41.67 

41.58 

41-.43 

41.35 

41.85 

41.17 

41.15 

41.15 

41.14 

41.10 

41.03 

40.94 

40.86 

40.84 

40.84

40.78

40.78

40.79

40.79

40.80

40.82

40.82

40.82

40.83

40.84

40.85

40.86

40.87

40.88

40.89

40.90

40.91

40.92

40.93

40.94

40.95

40.96

40.97

41.16

41.19

41.22

41.26

41.30

41.31

41.32

41.34

41.36

41.38

41.41

41.44

41.48

41.50

41.52

41.54

41.56

41.59

41.63

41.68

41.71

41.74

41.75

42.01

42.08

42.04

42,04

42.08

42.12

42.12

42.11

42.06

42.05

42.06

42.08

42.10

42.11

42.11

42.13

42.15

42.20

42.23

42.23

42.23

42.22

42.25

42.41

48.40

48.43

48.44

42.40

42.38

42.38

42.38

42.36

42.37

42.38

42.39

42.39

48.40

42.42

42.53

42.55

42.56

42.55

42.68

42.60

48.60

48.61

42.63

42.67

48.69

42.69

42,68

42,71

42.74

42.75

48.76

48.78

42.80

42.80

42.82

42.82

42.82

42.83

42.83

42.85

42.86

48.90

42.91

42.91

48.90

42.93

42.95

42.96

42.97

48.96

42.92

42,91

42.97

49.00

43.01

43.00

42.98

42.96

42.97

42.99

43.01

42.99

42.99

43.02

48.91

42.93

42.94

42.94

42.98

42.92

42.92

42.92

42.92

42.93

42.94

42.95

42.99

43.00

43.00

42.96

42.96

42.96

48.95

42.95

42.96

42.96

42.94

418674 0-41-6
78 WATER LEVELS AMD ARTESIAH PRESSURE, 1940

294. Owner, J. B. Schmidtj lessee,Hollow Oil Co. Continued.

____Lowest dally water- level, in feet below measuring point, 1940_____ 

Day Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. Hay June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

24 ..... ..... 41.88 41.88 40.82 40.99 41.76 42.27 42.53 48.87 43*03 42.93

25 ..... ..... 41.89 41.87 40.79 41.01 41.77 42.27 42.58 42.89 43.03 42.89

26 42.36 ..... 41.89 41.87 40.78 41.02 41.79 42.27 42.59 42.90 42.97 42.88

27 42.36 ..... 41.87 41.87 40.77 41.03 41.82 42.29 42.59 42.90 42.93 42.89

28 42.36 ..... 41.85 41.85 40.77 41.06 41.85 42.32 42.59 42.88 42.93 .....

29 42.36 ..... 41.85 41.81 40.77 41.11 41.90 42.37 42.61 42.89 42.89 .....

30 42.36 ..... 41.86 41.78 40.78 41.13 41.95 42.40 42.62 42.90 42.87 42.90

31 42.36 ..... 41.86 ..... 40.78 ..... 41.97 42.41 ..... 42.89 ..... 42.90

325. A. L. Oouldener. SW COP. SEfc sec. 19, T. 23 S., R. 3. W. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar.

2

1 

11

Water 

level

14.03 

14.08 

13.93

Date

Apr. 

May 

June

3

2 

4

Water 

level

13.94 

13.90 

13.65

Date

July 

Aug. 

Sept.

2

1 

3

Water 

level

13.68 

13.74 

13.81

Date

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec.

3

25 

3

Water 

level

13.90 

14.00 

14.08

508. Owner of well, city of Wichltaj owner of property, W. G. 

Backhaus. Nft£NB£ sec. 28, T. 23 S., R. 2 W.

____Lowest dally water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940 

Day Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

1 18.22

2 18.22

3 18.21

4 18.20

5 18.20

6 .....

7 .....

8 .....

10 .....

11 .....

12 .....

13 .....

14 .....

15 .....

16 .....

17 .....

18 .....

19 .....

20 .....

21 .....

22 .....

23 .....

24 .....

25 .....

26 18.15

27 18.14

28 18.13

29 18.13

30 18.13

31 18.13

18.15

18.15

18.14

18.09

18.09

18.09

18.08

18.10

18.10

18.08

18.05

18.05

18.05

18.02

18.00

18.02

17.99

17.97

18.00

18.02

18.02

18.02

18.00

17.98

17.97

17.91

17.89

17.84

17.80

17.70

17.65

17.63

17.62

17.61

17.63

17.67

17.68

17.64

17.64

17.65

17.70

17.74

17.74

17.74

17.74

17.75

17.79

17.79

17,81

17.83

17.83

17.85

17.87

17.86

17.83

17.82

17.85

17.88

17.88

17.87

17.87

17.93

18.19

18.28

18.33

18.33

18.07

18.30

18.36

18.40

18.34

18.21

18.34

18.30

18.36

18.41

18.32

18.04

17.81

17.61

17.54

17.57

17.62

17.62

17.62

17.62

17.62

17.51

17.41

17.40

17.38

17.34

17.32

17.34

17.41

17.46

17.50

17.36

15.50

14.56

14.30

14.63

14.96

15.30

15.52

15.68

15.75

15.65

14.88

14.46

14.71

14.92

15.10

15.27

15.45

15.58

15.72

15.84

15.94

16.02

16.12

16.19 17.

16.27 17.

16.33 17.

16.43 17.

16.50 17.

16.53 17.

16.59 17.

16.64 17.

16.66 18.

16.70 18.

16.71 18.

16.63 18.

16.68 18,

16.76 18.

16.83 18,

16.89 18,

16.94 18,

16.99 18,

17.04 18,

17.08 18.

17.11 18,

17.13 18,

17.20 18,

17.26 18,

17.50 18,

17.62 18.

17.71 18,

17.66 18,

17.58 18,

17.55 18.

..... 18,

73 18.

71 18.

78 18.

90 18,

89 18,

91 18,

88 18,

91 19,

08 18,

16 18,

23 18,

28 18,

29 18,

30 18, 

29 18, 

35 18, 

45 18, 

52 18, 

58 18, 

58 18, 

51 18, 

55 18, 

68 18, 

74 18, 

74 18, 

44 18, 

37 18, 

Zl 18, 

55 18, 

68 18, 

,83 18,

90 18.

91 18.

92 18.

73 18.

74 18.

91 17.

97 17.

00 18,

70 18.

50 18,

36 18,

38 18,

40 18,

56 18,

,72 18,

68 18,

59 18,

43 18,

62 18,

,65 18.

57 18,

50 18,

,50 18,

50 18,

,50 18,

53 18,

,75 18,

88 18,

,83 18,

,68 18,

,64 ...

69 18

73 18

79 18

80 18

25 18

96 18

96 18

02 18

19 18

26 18

29 18

31 18

34 18

37 18

40 18

41 18 

45 18 

74 18 

76 19 

7S 19 

87 19 

83 19 

85 19 

,80 19 

82 19 

75 19 

69 19 

,71 19 

73 19 

73 19 

,..19

,78 19.13

.83 19.14

,87 19.14

,90 19.16

,90 19.16

,91 19.12

.91 19.06

.88 19.01

,86 18.97

,87 18.95

.87 19.01

.89 19.03

,95 19.03

,99 19.06

.99 19.07

,97 19.09

.96 19.09

.97 19.09

.01 19.09

.06 19.10

.10 19.05

.13 19.06

.15 19.06

.16 19.05

.16 19,00

,15 18.88

.10 18.87

.05 18.82

.07 18.77

.09 18.75

.11 .....

18.75

18.75

18.75

18.75

18.76

18.79

18.81

18.83

18.87

18.89

18.88

18.87

18.87

18.87

18.85

18.96

18.98

19.00

19.02

19.03 

19.03 

-19.00 

18.98 

18.97 

18.99 

19.02 

19.02

19.00

18.99
KANSAS 79

507. Owner of well, city of Wichita; owner of property, W. 

Backhaus. NW£NB£ sec. 28, T. 23 S., R. 2 W.

1940

Date

Jan. 26

Feb. 2

9

16

83

Har. 1

8

15

22

29

Apr. 5

12

19

Water 

level

10.33

10.36

10.29

10.19

10.14

9.71

9.85

9.93

10.02

10.02

10.15

10.21

9.71

Date

Apr. 26

Hay 3

10

17

24

31

June 7

14

21

28

July 5

12

Water 

level

9.75

9.48

7.62

8.44

7.06

8.63

8.96

9.08

9.39

9.79

9.79

10.05

Date

July 19

26

Aug. 2

9

16

23

30

Sept. 6

13

20

27

Oct. 4

Water 

level

10.10

10.23

10.43

10.45

10.45

10.49

10.60

11.90

12.05

12.43

11.91

13.17

Date

Oct. 11

18

25

Nov. 1

8

15

22

29

Dec. 6

13

20

30

Water 

level

12.83

12.94

13.97

13.72

12.78

14.01

14.21

12.70

13.08

13.05

14.09

14.20

701. Arkansas Valley Interurban Railway Co., NE cor. NWj sec. 3, 

T. 23 S., R. 1 W.

Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar.

2

1 

11

Water level

38.08 

38.14 

38.62

Apr. 

Hay 

June

r ln

3 

2 

4

feet

39. 

40. 

42.

below measuring point 1940

43

17 

13

July 2 

Aug. 1 

Sept . 5

41.98 

42.38 

41.29

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec.

3

5

3

40.51 

39.70 

38.76

718. Q. R. Hess. SWjSW^ sec. 15, T. 24 S., R. 3 W. Well removed 

in Nov. 1940, observations discontinued.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan.

Feb.

liar.

2

1

11

14.92

14.93

14.42

Apr.

Hay

June

3

2

4

14.36

14.22

14.18

July

Aug.

3

1

14.64

15.07

Sept.

Oct.

6

3

15.40

15.57

817. City of Wichita. NW cor. NWj sec. 1, T. 24 S., R. 2 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan. 26

Feb. 2

9

16

23

Mar. 1

8

15

22

29

Apr. 5

12

19

17.21

17.26

17.27

16.94

16.81

16.59

16.57

16.77

16.68

16.73

16.83

17.04

16.30

Apr. 26

Hay 3

10

17

24

31

June 7

14

21

28

July 5

12

16.36

16.17

15.12

15.42

15.06

15.63

16.07

16.31

16.41

16.95

17.08

17.40

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

19

26

2

9

16

23

30

. 6

13

20

27

4

17.57

17.72

17.86

17.71

17.83

17.79

17.85

17.27

17.42

17.67

17.69

17.76

Oct. 11

18

25

Nov. 1

8

15

22

29

Dec. 6

13

20

30

17.86

17.90

17.92

17.81

17.73

17.66

17.53

17.33

17.30

17.40

17.36

17.23

821. City of Wichita. NW cor. NWj sec. 6, T. 24 S., R. 2 W.

Water level, in

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

Hay

29

13

26

6

18

25

2

15

29

6

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

.58

.60

.47

.38

.42

.43

.42

.38

.36

.36

.11

Hay

June

July

27

3

10

17

24

1

8

15

22

29

feet

13.

13.

13.

13.

13.

13.

13.

13.

13.

13.

below measuring point, 1940

05

05

06

07

10

11

10

17

22

26

Aug. 5 13.33

12 13.36

19 13.40

26 13.40

Sept. 3 13.54

9 13.60

16 13.69

23 13.81

30 13.93

Oct. 7 14.07

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

24

30

14.18

14.25

14.36

14.45

14.53

14.62

14.78

- 14.79

14.91

14.98
80 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

825. Olty of Wichita. HE cor. NBi, see. 29, T. 24 S., R. 1 W. 

Well removed in Apr. 1940, observations discontinued. Water levels, in

feet below measu 

28.49; Apr. S, 28.

884. City of Wichita

. . , 

point, 1940s Jan. 2, 23,79> Feb. 1, 22.76} Mar. 11,

SB co*. sec. 22, T. 24 S., R. 1 W.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar*

2

1 

11

Water 

level

19,69 

19; 58 

19i80

Date

Apr. 

May 

Jane

S

2 

4

Water 

level

19.24 

19.14 

18,06

Date

July 

Aug. 

Sept.

3 

1 

5

Water 

level

19.06 

19.92 

20*14

Date

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec.

5 

5 

5

Water 

level

20.51 

20.76 

20.40

851. City ef Wlchita. HE cor. sec. 19, T. 24 S., R. 1 W.

1940

Jan ,

Mar.

Apr.

2

11

5

21.41

21*19

21 1 48

May

June

July

2

4

2

21.07

20*50

20,90

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

1

5

5

21.54

21.11

21.29

Nov.

Dec.

5

5

21.54

21.54

852. Olty of Wldhlta. NB cor. sec. 19, T. 24 S., R. 1 W.

Jan*

Mar.

Apr.

2

11

5

20,66

20.96

20*75

May

June

July

2

4

2

20.23

19.77

20.26

Aug*

Sept.

Oct.

1

5 ,

5

20.72

20,07

20,62

Nov.

Dec.

5

5

20.85

20.65

859.

Jan,

Feb.

l«r.

2

1

11

10.64

10.75

10 .'26

Apr.

May

June

5

2

4

10,58

9.86

9.51

July

Aug.

Sept.

2

1

5

10.00

10.58

10.58

Oct.

Nov.

Dec,

5

5

5

11.00

11.49

11.50

859. City of Wlchlta. cor. sec. 55, T. 24 S., R. 2 W.

Jan. 29

Feb. lg

26

Mar. 6

18

25

Apr. 1

15

22

May 6

IS

13.80

15.85

15,57

15.45

15.65

15,72

19.64

15.66

15.41

15.28

12.82

May 27

June 9

10

17

24

July 1

8

15

22

29

Axtg. 5

12.58

12.70

12.67

12.67

12*78

15.01

15.16

15,56

15.54

15.75

15.89

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

12

19

26

. 5

9

16

25

50

7

14

13.91

14.05

14.08

14.17

14.20

14.50

14.72

14.97

15.10

15.23

Oct. 21

28

Nov. 4

11

19

Dec. 2

9

16

25

50

15.48

15.68

15.66

15.65

15.75

16.06

16.10

16.20

16.55

16.28

852. City of Wlchlta. NW cor. sec. 29, T. 24 S., R. 1 

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan*

Feb.

Mar.

2

1

11

17.27

17.55

17,05

Apr.

May

June

5

2

4

17.55

16*79

16.54

July

Aug.

Sept.

2

1

5

16,76

17.20

17.05

Oct.

Nov.

Dec,

5

5

5

17.52

17.66

17.43

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

855.

26

2

9

16

26

1

8

15

22

29

5

12

19

City of- Wl chlta. 

Water level, In

10*76

10.96

11.05

10.94

10.74

10.60

10.66

10.73

10.82

10.85

11.00

11.03

10.41

Apr. 26

May 5

10

17

24

51

June 7

14

21

28

July 5

12

NW oor. see. 15, T. 24 S., R, 2 W. 

feet below measuring point, 1940

10.41

10,55

9.55

9.60

9.12

9.59

9.84

10.00

10.15

10.52

10.45

10.59

July 19

26

Aug. 2

9

16

25

50

Sept. 6

15

20

27

Oct. 4

10.68

10.74

10.89

10.89

10.95

11.02

11.11

10,87

10*95

11.11

11.15

11,20

Oct.

Nov.

Dee.

11

18

25

1

8

15

22

29

6

15

20

50

11.30

11.54

11.40

11.42

11.47

11.48

11,42

11.27

11.31

11.46

11.48

11.57
KAHflAft 81

864.

Date

Jan. 86

Feb. 2

9

16

83

Mar. 1

8

15

22

29

Apr. 5

18

19

Alter

level

15.10

15.15

15.04

14.99

14.84

14.59

14.66

14.68

14.70

14.75

14.89

14.86

14.45

Date

Apr. 86

May 5

10

17

84

51

Jane 7

14

81

88

July 5

18

Water

level

14,49

14.56

13.05

15.46

18.67

13.11

13.34

15.61

13.76

14.10

14.80

14*44

Date

July 19

86

Aug. 2

9

16

83

30

sept. 6

13

80

87

Oct. 4

latflr

level

14.56

14.71

14.89

14 .94

15;01

15.10

15.81

14.08

14*90

15.09

15.09

15.10

Date

Oct. 11

18

85

HOT. 1

8

15

82

89

Dec. 6

13

80

30

later 

level

15.87

15.24

15.54

15.57

15,34

15.34

15.31

15*13

15.10

15.84

15.83

15.08

878. Owner of well, city of Wioaita* owner of property, D. 0. 

SE oor. see. 31, f. 83 3., R. 8 W.

Buller.

Jan. 89

Feb. 18

86

Mar. 6

18

85

Apr. 1

15

89

May 6

13

Water level, In

13.84

18*86

18.70

18.64

18.67

18.68

18.58

18.55

18*53

18.55

18.36

May 80

87

June 5

10

17

84

July 1

8

15

88

89

feet below measuring point. 1940

18.19

18*17

18.18

18.84

18.87

18.94

18.40

18.45

18*66

18,74

18*77

Aug. 5

18

19

86

Sept. 3

9

16

84

30

Oct. 7

18.90

18.87

18.86

18,92

20,56

SO .13

19.80

83.14

80,89

23,34

Gtot. 14

£1

88

HOT. 4

11

19

Dee. 8

9

16

89

23.14

81*93

81.80

81.45

81.55

88,14

81.50

81.68

. 2U84

81,88

873. Owner of well, oity of Wichita) owner of property, D. 0. 

SE cor. sec. 31, T. 83 3., R. 2 W.

Buller.

Jan. 89

Peb* 18

86

Mar. 6

18

85

Apr* 1

15

89

May 6

13

18.78

18.81

18.64

18,56

18.«1

18*64

18.54

18,49

18,48

18.50

18.30

May 80

87

June 3

10

17

84

July 1

8

16

88

89

18.22

18.18

18.18

18,17

18.88

18.88

18,35

18.40

18.68

18.69

18.73

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

5

18

19

86

. 3

9

16

84

30

7

18,86

18. 8S

18*91

18*88

so; 34

22,18

19.17

28. 61

BO ,84

23.40

Oct. 14

81

88

Nov. 4

11

19

Dec, 8

9

16

as

23rl4

81*91 si;75

SI. 43

81,48

28.12

21,47

81.67 ei.es

61.90

874. Owner of well, oity of Wiohlta^ owner of property, D, 

SB oor. see. 31, T* 83 S., R. 8 W.

0. Buller.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

89

18

86

6

18

85

1

15

89

6

13

81.38

81.55

81.17

81.10

81.13

81.18

81,08

81.05

80.98

21.08

80,78

May

June

July

80

87

3

10

17

84

1

8

15

22

89

80.57

80.54

80.57

80.65

80.78

80*79

80*88

80/95

21,45

81.83

21,23

Aug.

Sept

Oat.

6

18

19

86

* 3

9

16

84

30

7

81.51

21,38

81.49

81.46

a 26*90

a 58*77

83 .97

a 37.34

24,85

a 35,73

Qot.

HOT.

Deo.

14

81

88

4

11

19

8

9

16

83

a 36.25

a 28*06

a 26. «

86*47

86,06

a 38.04

25.78

86.87

87.86

27,80

a Hearby well pumping.
82 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

875. Owner of well, city of Wichitaj owner of property, A. B. 

SE cor. SBj sec. 17, T, 23 S., R. 3 W.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Hanely.

Date

Jan. 26

Feb. 2

9

16

23

Mar. 1

8

15

22

29

Apr. 5

12

19

Water 

level

7.15

7.30

7.16

7.12

6.54

6.33

6.37

6.22

6.31

6.41

6.59

6.45

6.06

Date

Apr. 26

May S

10

17

24

31

June 7

14

21

28

July 5

12

Water 

level

6.02

5.65

4.39

4.61

3.54

4.12

4.35

4.40

4.77

5*38

5.31

5.76

Date

July 19

26

Aug. 2

9

16

23

30

Sept. 6

13

20

27

Oct. 4

Water 

level

5.93

6.17

6.63

6.52

6.76

6.94

7.13

7.01

7.04

7.37

7.24

7.44

Date

Oct. 11

18

25

Nov. 1

8

15

22

29

Dec. 6

13

20

30

Water 

level

7.58

7.54

7.74

7.73

7.56

7.51

7.58

7.37

7.31

7.53

7.45

7.23

876. Owner of well, city of Wichitaj owner of property,A. B. 

SE cor. SBj sec. 17, T. 23 S., R. 3 W.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Hanely.

Jan. 26

Feb. 2

9

16

23

Mar. 1

8

15

22

29

Apr. 5

12

19

28.86

28.89

28,88

28.88

28.85

28.86

28.85

28.81

28.79

28.78

28.78

28.69

28.66

Apr. 26

May 3

10

17

24

31

June 7

14

21

28

July 5

12

28.64

28.64

28.45

28.36

28.13

28.06

28.05

28.05

27.84

28.17

28.24

28.30

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

19

26

2

9

16

23

30

6

13

20

27

4

28.36

28.42

28.50

28.57

28.60

28.65

28.66

28.66

28.71

28.78

28.85

28.88

Oct. 11

18

25

Nov. 1

8

15

22

29

Dec. 6

13

20

30

28,93

29.01

29.06

29.07

30.53

29.17

29.03

29.02

29.11

29.16

29.20

29.19

877. Owner of well, city of Wichitaj owner of property, A. B. Hanely. 

SE cor. SEfc sec. 17, T. 85 S., R. 3 W.

_____Lowest dally water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940_____ 

Day Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. Hay June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dee.

1 17.21

2 17.22

3 17.22

4 17.22 

B 17.22

6 .....

7 .....

8 .....

9 .....

10 .....

11 .....

12 .....

13 .....

14 .....

15 .....

16 .....

17 .....

18 .....

19 .....

20 .....

21 .....

22 .....

23 .....

24 .....

17.36

17.37

17.35

17.30

17.31

17.31

17.31

17.36

17.38

17.37

17.34

17.38

17.38

17.38

17.35

17.40

17.38

17.35

17.38

17.40

17.42

17.42

17.41

17.35

17.32

17.31

17.34

17.33

17.31

17.30

17.30

17.29

17.28

17.27

17.28

17.30

17.30

17.30

17.28

17.25

17.29

17.28

17.28

17.28

17.28

17.29

17.30

17.24 17

17.24 17

17.28 17

17.31 17

17.33 17

17.30 17

17.23 17

17.25 17

17.26 16

17.27 16 

17.32 16 

17.32 16 

17.28 16 

17.26 16 

17.23 16 

17.23 16 

17.22" 16 

17.23 16 

17.23 16 

17.23 16 

17.23 16

17.21 16

17.22 16

17.22 16

.14 16, 

.14 16, 

.12 16, 

.11 16, 

.08 16, 

.10 16, 

.10 16, 

.09 16, 

.98 16, 

.95 16, 

.92 16, 

.89 16, 

.86 16, 

.85 16, 

.85 16, 

.85 16, 

.83 16, 

.68 16, 

.68 16, 

.64 16, 

.63 16, 

.63 16, 

.62 16, 

.60 16,

55 16.56

55 16.56

54 16.58

53 16.59

54 16.60

54 16.59

51 16.58

51 16.58

53 16.59

53 16.60

53 16.62

53 16.65

53 16.65

53 16.63

53 16.63

53 16.63

53 16.64

55 16.65

55 16.66

58 16.65

57 16.67

55 16.67

53 16.67

54 16.67

16.75

16.77

16.77

16.78 

16.80 

16 .'82 

16.81 

16.81

16.80

16.81

16.82

16.82

16.82

16.81

16.84

16.85

16.84

16.88

16.88

16.88

16.88

16.87

16,89

16.89

16.93

16.94

16.96

16.95

16.93

16.94

16.95

16.96

16.97

16.99

17.00

17.00

17.00

17.00

17.01

17.02

17.03

17.05

17.05

17.06

17.06

17.06

17.06

17.07

17..11

11.10

17.09

17.10

17.11

17.15

17.15

17.14

17.14

17.16

17.18

17.17

17.17

17.20

17.22

17.80

17.21

17.20

17.21 

17,28 

17*38

17.23

17.24

17.134

17.28

17.28

17.28

17.29

17.52

17,32

17.51

17.30

17.28

17.26

17,53

17.35

17.55

17.56 

17.55 

17.51 

17.51 

17.31 

17.53 

17.34 

17.51 

17.35 

1V7.38 

17.58

17.41

17.45

17.45

17.41

17.41

17.40

17.42

17.42

17.41

17.45

17.45

17.45

17.46 

17.46 

17.43 

17.46 

17*46 

17.46

17.46

17.47

17.47

17.46

17.45

17.44
KANSAS 83

877. Owner of well, city of Wichlta Oontlnued. 

____Lowest dally water level, In feet below measuring point, 1940_______

Day Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

25 ..... ..... 17.30 17.21 16.58 16.54 16.67 16.89 17.11 17.25 17.38 17.43

26 17.34 17.35 17.27, 17.19 16.58 16.54 16.68 16.89 17.11 17.25 17.35 17.47

27 17.33 17.37 17.23 17.19 16.58 16.55 16.69 16.87 17.09 17.25 17.37 17.47

28 17.32 17.38 17.84 17.18 16.57 16.58 16.71 16.89 17.10 17.24 17.37 .....

29 17.32 17.37 17.26 17.14 16.57 16.58 16.73 16.93 17.11 17.27 17.35 .....

30 17.34 ..... 17.26 17.13 16.57 16.58 16.74 16.94 17.11 17.27 17.40 17.48

31 17.34 ..... 17.25 ..... 16.55 ..... 16.74 16.94 ..... 17.27 ..... 17.47

878. Owner of well, city of Wichitaj owner of property, 0.

SB cor. sec. 1, f. 24 S., R. 3 W.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Cadwell,

Date

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

29

13

26

6

18

25

2

15

6

13

Water 

level

17.31

17.31

16.99

16.93

17.08

16.99

16.99

16.88

16.86

16.65

Date

Hay

June

July

27

3

10

17

24

1

8

15

22

29

Water

level

16.57

16.55

16.69

16.77

16.83

16.90

16.99

17.11

17.25

17.32

Date

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

5

12

19

26

. 3

9

16

23

30

7

Water

level

17.45

17.43

17.49

17.50

17,69

17.82

17.96

18.10

18.26

18.36

Date

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

24

30

Water 

level

18.48

18*59

18.62

18.73

18.79

18.85

18.93

19.00

19.12

19.16

879. Owner of well, city of Wichita; owner of property, C.

SB cor. sec. 1, T. 24 S., R. 3 W.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Cadwell.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

29

13

26

6

18

25

2

15

6

13

18.80

18.79

18.53

18.43

18.49

18.50

18.45

18.38

18.38

18.15

May

June

July

27

3

10

17

24

1

8

15

22

29

18.02

18.02

18.12

18.18

18,26

18.36

18.43

18.57

18.72

18.80-

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

5

12

19

26

. 3

9

16

23

30

7

18.82

18.90

19.02

18.88

19.49

20.07

18.97

20.18

20.33

20.56

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

24

30

20.71

20.92

21,06

21.04

21.22

21.18

21.20

21.22

21.62

21.55

880. Owner of well, city of Wiehltaj owner of property, Peter Miller. 

SB cor. sec. 11, T. 24 S., R. 3 W.

Jan. 29

Feb. 13

Mar. 6

18

25

Apr, 2

15

May 6

13

27

Water level, in

7.03

6.76

6.13

6.23

6.22

6.31

6.25

5.93

5.43

5.67

June 3

10

17

24

July 1

8

15

22

29

Aug. 5

feet below measuring point, 1940

5.94

6.22

6.35

6.53

6.71

6.88

7.07

7.15

7.27

7.41

Aug. 12 7.49

19 7.54

26 7.64

Sept. 3 7.72

3 7.68

16 7.79

23 7.87

30 7.91

Oct. 7 7.96

14 7.97

Oct. 21

28

Nov. 4

11

19

Dec. 2

9

24

30

8.02

8.05

8.05

8.09

8.10

7.77

7.76

7.71

7.60

881. Owner of well, city of Wlehita; owner of property, Peter Miller. 

SB cor. sec. 11, T. 24 S., R. 3 W.

Jan. 29

Feb. 13

Mar. 6

18

25

Apr. 2

15

May 6

13

27

Water level, in

6.95

6.71

6.16

6.19

6.20

6.21

6.18

5.96

5.54

5.69

June 3

10

17

24

July 1

8

15

22

29

Aug. 5

feet below measuring point, 1940

5.95

6.18

6,38

6.53

6.71

6.84

7.00

7.04

7.28

7.41

Aug. 18 7.42

19 7.47

26 7.57

Sept. 3 7.65

9 7.64

16 7.70

23 7.76

30 7.81

Oct. 7 7.86

14 7.92

Oct. 21

28

Nov. 4

11

19

Dec. 2

9

24

30

7.94

7.96

7.95

8.02

8.00

7.72

7.69

7.63

7.57
84 WATER LEVELS AMD ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

889. Owner of well, city of Wlchlta; owner of property, Maggie Holle, 

NW cor. see. 26, T. 24 S., H. 2 W.

Date

Jan. 99

Feb. 12

86

Mar. 6

18

85

Apr. 1 '

15

88

May 6

Water 

level

15.85

15,93

15.68

15.50

15.82

15.75

15.68

15.66

15.58

15,48

Date

May IS

27

Jane S

10

17

24

July 1

8

15

88

Water 

level

15.18

14.89

14.96

15.09

15. IS

15.04

15.25

15.S9

15.64

15.83

Date

July 89

Aug. 5

12

19

26

Sept. 5

9

16

83

50

Water

level

15.96

16.09

16.05

16.19

16,15

16,96

17.90

17.08

17.38

17.91

Date

Oct. T

tt

81

88

Nov. 4

11

19

Dec. 2

9

83

Water 

level

18.71

17.88

17.85

18.01

17^9

18.08

19.90

17.96

19.57

18.77

884. Owner of well, city of Wlchlta} owner of property, Maggie Holle. 

HW eor. sec. 86, 1. 84 S,, R. 8 W.

Jan. 89

Feb. 18

86

Mar. 6

18

85

Apr, 1

15

88

May 6

Water level, In

15.78

15,84

15.54

15.41

15.63

16.67

15.59

15.57

15.43

15,41

May 13

87

June 3

10

17

84

July 1

8

15

88

feet below measuring point, 1940

15.07

14.84

14.87

15.00

15.05

14.96

15.17

15.30

15.56

15.78

July 89 15.88

Aug. 5 15.99

18 15.96

19 16.09

86 16.06

Sept. 5 16.88

9 17.85

16 16.93

84 17.24

30 17.82

Oct. 7

14

21

88

Nov. 4

11

19

Dec. 2

9

83

18.78

17.73

17.75

17.93

17.80

17.95

19.89

17.87

19.53

18.68

885. Owner of well, city of Wichitaj owner of property, Maggie Holle, 

NW cor. see. 26, T. 84 S., R. 2 W.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

89

18

86i

18

86

1

15

82

6

Water level

15.65

15.78

15,43

15,30

15.51

15.54

15,48

15.44

15.30

15.87

May

June

July

r ln

13

87

3

10

17

84

1

8

15

88

feet below measuring point 1940

14.96

14.78

14.74

14.89

14.98

14.84

15.03

15.18

15.44

15.61

July 29 15.74

Aug. 5 15.85

18 15.88

19 15.98

86 15.94

Sept. 5 16.83

9 18.87

16 16.79

25 17.06

30 17.74

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

83

19.60

17.69

17.59

17.90

17.66

17.85

20.34

17.71

20.65

18.42

886, Owner of well, city of Wichlta; owner of property, F. H. Halber. 

NE cor. NWj sec. 16, T. 24 S., R. 2 W.

Jan, 89

Feb. 15

Mar. 6

18

86

Apr, 1

15

May 6

13

27

Water level. In

4.87

4.81

5.74

3.87

3,98

5.95

3,98

3.85

3.66

3.44

June 3

10

17

84

July 1

8

15

28

89

Aug. 5

feet below measuring point 1940

3.67 I

3.87 !

3.98

4,08

4.12 i

4,83

4.21

4.52

4.62

4.74

Aug. 12 4.71

19 4.73

26 4.79

Sept. 5 5.57

9 6.38

16 9.38

24 7.68

SO 8.14

Oct. 7 9.05

Oct. 14

21

28

Nov. 4

11

19

Dec. 2

9

24

8.06

T.97

7.70

7.97

8.14

8.84

8.58

9.24

8.42
KANSAS 86

837.. Owner of well, city of Wichita) owner of property, P. H. Haiber. 

NX cor, HW| sec. 16, T. 24 S., R. 2 W.

Water level, in

Date

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

29

15

8

18

25

.1

15

6

IS

87

888

NW cor.

Water

level

4.32

4.13

3,84

S.96

4.01

4.03

4.00

3.88

3.68

3.52

Date

June

July

, Aug.

 Owner of well

 eo, 17, T. 23 S

3

10

17

24

1

8

15

22

29

5

feet below measuring

Water 

level

3.71

3.91

3.94

4.04

4.15

4.29

4.31

4.57

4.67

4,80

Date

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

, city of Wichitaj

., R.

Water level, in

Jan,

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

86

8

9

16

1

8

15

gg

89

5

18

19

8.52

8.53

8,47

8,44

8.03

8,06

7.96

7,96

7.96

8.02

7,89

7.61

Apr.

May

June

July

26

3

10

17

24

SI

7

14

21

28

5

12

2 W.

12

19

06

, 5

9

16

24

30

7

owner

feet below measuring

6.36

4.17

.53

1.23

.78

1.90

2.04

2.85

3.50

4.39

4.94

5.86

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

19

26

2

9

16

S3

30

. 8

13

20

27

4

point 1940

Water 

level

4.73

4.79

4.83

5,90

6,61

10,39

8.30

8.83

9.99

Hate

Oct,

Nov.

Dec.

of property,

point, 1940

6.44

7.00

7.75

7,72

7,91

8.19

8.40

5,09

6.71

7.58

7.74

8.10

Oct.

HOT,

Deo.

14

21

88

4

11

19

2 .

9

24

0. K.

ii

18

25

1

8

15

2fi

89

6

13

20

30

Water

level

8,61

8.49

8.12

8.56

8.68

9.14

9,01

9.99

8.96

Bllll.

8.94

8,58

8.76

8.69

8.56

8.46

8.413

7,98

7.94

8.08

8.09

7.80

889. Owner of well, city of Wichiltay owner of property, C. K. 

NW cor. sec. 17, T. 23 3., R. 2 W.

Bills,

Jan.

Feb,

Mar,

Apr,

26

g

9

16

3,

8

18

22

29

5

12

19

Water level

7,59

7,68

7.55

7,49

7,84

7,IE

7.05

7.07

7.04

7. '14

7.12

6.79

Apr.

May

June

July

t in

26

3

10

17

24

31

7

14

21

28

5

12

feet below measuring

6.73

5.96

4.47

4.26

3.87

4.27

4.57

4.78

5.14

5.45

5.70

6.02

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

19

26

2

9

16

23

30

. 6

13

20

27

4

point, 1940

6.21

6.53

6.77

6.86

6.97

7.14

7.29

7,23

7.40

7.61

7.55

7.79

Oct.

Kov.

Dec.

11

18

26

1

8

15

22

29

6

13

20

30

7,97

8,87

8. 54

8.43

8.33

8.51

8.72

8.79

8.65

8.74

8.67

8.38

800, 

Jorgenaon.

Owner of well, city of Wichita; owner of property, J. P. 

HI cor. SB£SE£ sec. 21, T. 24 S., R. 3 W.

Jan,

Feb.

Mar.

g

1

11

6.39

6.41

6,98

Apr.

May

June

4

2

4

5.98

5.71

6.04

July

Aug.

Sept.

3

1

6

6.51

7.17

7.23

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

3

5

3

7.33

7.37

7.14

891. Owner of well, city of Wichita; owner of property, Arthur 

MoMurry, Si cor. sec. 31, T. 24 3., R. 3 W.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

2

6

11

4.16

3.90

3,48

Apr.

May

June

4

2

4

3.79

3,42

3.75

July

Aug.

Sept.

3

1

6

3.99

4.69

4.78

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

3

5

3

4.85

4.78

4.23
86 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

8fe2. Owner of well, city of Wichitaj owner of property Arthur 

McMurry.. SB cor. see. 51, T. 24 S., R. 3 W.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar.

2 

6

11

Water 

level

5.12 

4.87 

4.52

Date

Apr. 

May 

June

3

2 

4

Water 

level

4.72 

4.32 

4.61

Date

July 

Aug. 

Sept.

3

1 

6

Watjer

level

4.86 

5.36 

5.63

Date

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec.

3 

5 

3

Water 

level

5.72 

5.71 

5.16

893. 

McMurry.

Owner of well, city of Wichita; owner of property Arthur 

SE cor. sec. 31, T. 24 S., R. 3 W.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

2

6

11

5.04

4.80

4.74

Apr.

May

June

3

2

4

4.60

4.44

4.24

July

Aug.

Sept.

3

1

6

4.48

4.91

5.41

Oct.

Nov.

Dec,

3

5

3

5.58

5.67

5.34

894. 

Lawrence.

Owner of well, city of Wichitaj owner of property, H. 

KB cor. sec. 18, T. 24 S., R. 2 W.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

29

13

6

18

25

1

15

6

13

27

13.78

13.68

13.16

13.28

13.28

13.33

13.19

13.10

12.80

12.66

June

July

Aug.

3

10

17

24

1

8

15

22

29

5

12.78

12.96

13.11

13.24

13.39

13.51

13.64

13.88

14.02

14.19

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

12

19

26

. 5

9

16

24

30

7

14

14.12

14.24

14.27

14.74

15.41

15.57

15.77

15. 7p

15.96

16.06

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

24

30

16.58

16.80

16.62

16.58

17.03

16.88

17.00

17.17

17.07

895. Owner of well, city of Wichita} owner of property, H. 

Lawrence. NE cor. aeo. 18, T. 24 S., R. 2 W.

1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

29

13

6

18

25

1

15

6

13

27

13.80

13.71

13.22

13.39

13.38

13.23

13.28

13.20

12.91

12.74

June

July

Aug.

3

10

17

24

1

8

15

22

29

5

12.87

13.07

13.16

13.32

13.45

13.56

13.75

13.93

14.07

14.22

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

12

19

26

. 5

9

16

24

30

7

14

14.16

14.28

14.30

14.97

16.02

16.08

16.30

16.16

16.43

16.48

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

24

30

17.83

17.81

16.98

lf*92

3b25

17.56

17.84

17.51

17.34

899. L. U. Backer. jfec. 50, T. 23 S. , R. 2 W.

1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar,

Apr.

May

29

12

6

18

25

1

15

6

13

27

15.35

15.34

15.27

15.27

15.27

15.25

15.25

15.25

15.07

14.86

June

July

Aug.

3

10

17

24

1

8

15

22

29

5

14.87

14.81

14.95

15.04

15.16

15.23

15.30

15.38

, 15.47

15.56

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

12

19

26

. 3

9

16

24

30

7

15.58

15.54

15.57

15.62

15.58

15.59

15.62

15.65

15.72

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

24

15.76

15.77

15.74

15.74

15.44

15.70

15.51

15.63

15.59
KANSAS

1112. Owner. M. H. Miller; tenant, A. C. Unruh. NW cor. 

sec. 31, T. 23 S., R. 2 W.

Date

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

29

12

6

18

25

1

15

6

13

27

Water 

level

19.39

19.38

19.28

19.18

19.16

19.15

19.17

19.14

18.91

18.65

Date

June

July

Aug.

3

10

17

24

1

8

15

22

29

5

Water 

level

18.60

18.71

18.75

18.85

18.95

19.02

19.11

19.18

19.24

19.58

Date

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

12

19

26

. 3

9

16

24

30

7

Water 

level

19.40

19.45

19,45

19.53

19.50

19.51

19.52

19.56

19.59

Date

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

24

Water 

level

19.64

19.62

19.68

19.69

19.66

19.65

19.62

19.59

19.61

1174. City of Wlchita. SW cor. sec. 32, T. 24 S., R. 1 W. On right 

of way of township road. Driven observation well, diameter lj inches, 

depth 30.5 feet. Measuring point, top of pipe, 1.5 feet above land surface, 

1.51 feet above bench mark, 1,377.01 feet above sea level. Bench mark 10L, 

established Sept. 22, 1938, top of square nut on brace rod at west side 

of corner fence post, 3 feet south of well, level with land surface, 

1,375.51 feet above sea level. Water levels, in feet below measuring 

point, 1940t Dec. 19, 10*28j Dec. 24, 10.15j Dec. 30, 10.28.

New public supply wells of the city of Wichita

The 25 pumped wells differ in depth, yield, and draw-down, but are 

of the same diameter and construction, and the descriptions of the measuring points at each of these wells are identical except for the height of 

the measuring point above the land surface and above sea level. The same 

is true of the 50 observation wells, 2 of which are situated near each 

pumped well. Accordingly, the descriptions common to all wells are given 

below, and only the descriptions peculiar to each well are given in the 

detailed descriptions that follow.

IflJUL numbers. The field numbers of the 25 pumped wells are Ml, M2, 

and so on. The field numbers of the 50 observation wells correspond to 

those of the pumped wells with the addition of letters a and b, there 

being 2 observation wells near each pumped well. Thus wells Mla and Mlb 

are. near well Ml, and so on.

Ownership. All wells are owned by the city of Wichita.

Location. The locations of all wells are given within the section 

and townshipj in addition, the distance and direction of the observation 

wells are given with reference to the nearest pumped well.
'WATER LEVELS ADD ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Construction. The 25 pumped wells were drilled to a minimal diameter 

at the bottom of 50 inches, are equipped with screens and easing that have 

an inside diameter of 18 inches, and are gravel packed'. Each well is 

pumped by an individual electrically driven turbine p^ump. Bach- of the 

pumps in wells M4, M19, and M22 has a capacity of 500 gallons a minute; 

those in the other 22 wells are rated at 1,000 gallons a minute* Each of 

the 50 observation wells was first drilled to nearly its full depth by 

the hydraulic-rotary method, then a 1^-inoh farm well point 3 feet long 

attached to lengths of 1^-lnch galvanized-iron pipe was driven several 

feet below the bottom of the hole. The wells are protected by ventilated 

screw-caps when not being measured.

Measuring point. The measuring point of each well is the top of the 

easing;

Bench marks. The bench mark at each of the 25 pumped wells Is a 

brass plug that protrudes an eighth of an inch above the surface of the 

concrete floor in each well house. Bach bench mark has been tied in with 

nearby bench marks of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey and the 

United States Geological Survey by Black and Veatch, consulting engineers.

Ml. NW cor. sec. 29, T. 23 S., R. 2 W. Depth 221.8 feet. Measuring point, 2.0 feet above land surface, 0.87 foot below bottom of hole 

in side of pump base, 1.04 feet above bench mark, 1,433.23 feet above sea 

level. Bench mark 1,432.24 feet above sea level.

Date 

Apr. 13,

May 1

June 12

19

July S

10

17

24

51

Aug. 7

21

28

Sept. 6

11

18

26

Oct. 2

9

16

29

30

HOT. 6

13

Water level, in feet

Water 

level

1989 20,56

22.76

22.14

22.46

21.87

21.87

22*22

21.72

21.85

21.90

21.52

21.42

21.46

21.53

21.68

21.74

21.79

21*86

21,91

21.91

22*01

22.56

22.00

Date

Nov. 21,

27

Dec. 4

11

18

27

Jan. 29,

Feb. 12

Mar. 6

18

25

Apr. 2

15

May 6

13

27

June 3

10v

17

24

July 1

8

15

below measuring

Water 

level

1939 22,00

22.05

22.03

22.01

22.03

22.05

1940 22.15

22.15

21.96

21.95

21.96

21.91

21.89

21.69

, 21.28

20.82

20.86

20.92

20.99

21.09

21.21

21.30

21.72

g point

IJate

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dee.

, 1939-40

22, 1940

29

5

12

19

26

3

9

16

18

24

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

23

Water 

level

21.83

2£.93

22.18

22.07

22.52

22.30

a 66.98

a 70.58

25.69

25.14

24.44

24.57

25.26

a 63.47

27.79

28.17

26.27

27.79

29.90

a 71.27

a 67.29

28.74

a Pumping'*
KANSAS 89

Mla. NW cor. see. 29, T. 23 S., R. 2 W. One hundred feet southwest 

of well Ml. Depth 71.0 feet. Measuring point. 0.7 foot above land surface, 0.59 foot below IJench mark, 1,431.85 feet above aea level.

Water level. In feet below measuring point, 1959-40

Date

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

13, 1959

1

8

15

22

29

5

12

19

3

10

17

24

31

7

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

2

9

16

23

Water

level

18.86

18.98

20.52

20*94

19.79

20*03

19.66

19.49

19.46

19.26

19.87

19.27

19.11

19.23

19.85

18.94

18.81

18.82

18.90

19.05

19.06

19.10

19.28

19.23

19.22

Date

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

,

30, 1939

6

13

21

274'

11

18

27

29, 1940

12

26

6

18

25

2

15

6

13

27

3

10

17

24

Water

level

19.52

19.35

19.32

19.52

19.39

19.33

19.34

19.35

19.56

19.45

19.44

20.32

19.25

19.23

19.15

19.11

19.10

18.94

18.61

18.18

18.17

18.20

18*28

18.36

Date

imiy

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

'

1, 1940

8

15

22

29

5

12

19

26

. 5

9

16

24

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

23

Water

level

18.46

18.56

18.98

19.08

19.15

19.39

19.29

19.43

19.44

a 29.54

a 51.77

22.48

21.58

21.65

25.26

a 27.19

24.60

24.41

22.96

24.18

26.17

a 36.45

a 29.99

25.31

Mlb. Nff cor. sec. 29, T. 23 3., R. 2 W. Five hundred and ninetytwo feet southwest of well Ml. Depth 69.0 feet. Measuring point, 0.7 

foot above land surface, 1.87 feet below bench mark, 1,430.37 feet above 

sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1959-40

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

13, 1959

1

8

15

22

29

5

12

19

5

10

17

24

31

7

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

2

9

16

23

17.28

17.40

19.04

19.51

18.29

18.50

18.12

17.98

17.91

17.72

17.74

17.76

17.58

17.70

17.71

17.36

17.26

17.30

17.53

17.47

17.53

17.57

17.66

17.69

17.67

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

30, 1959

6

15

21

27

4

11

18

27

29, 1940

12

26

6

18

25

2

15

6

15

27

5

10

17

24

17.57

17.75

17.75

17,76

17.82

17,77

17*76 IT; 79

17.81

17.87

17.88

17.78

17.70

17.68

17.67

17.62

17.62

17.40

17.07

16.84

16.64

16.68

16.76

16.84

July

Aug.

Septj

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

1, 1940

8

15

22

29

5

12

19

26

uS

9

16

24

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

23

16.94

17.05

17.45

17.66

17.72

17.90

17.80

17.90

17.92

a 26.79

a 29.13

21.10

20.14

20.23

23.88

a 24.62

23.74

23.60

21.62

22.94

25.02

a 33.31

a 27.38

24.05

MB. NWjSWi aec. 29, T. 23 S., R. 2 W. Depth 234.0 feet. Measuring point, 2.0 feet above land surface, 0.87 foot below bottom of hole In 

side of pump base, 1.02 foot above bench mark, 1,431.54 feet above sea level. 

Bench mark 1,450.52 feet above sea level. _____________________

a Well Ml pumping.
90 WATER LEVELS AMD ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

M2. Continued.

Date

May 4,

16

July 17

31

Aug. 7

21

28

Sept. 5

11

18

25

Oct. 2

9

16

23

30

Nov. 6

13

21

27

Dec. 4

Water level. In feet

Water 

level

1939 20.33

29.58

26.25

25.81

25.82

25.24

25.17

25.25

25.31

25.45

25.48

25.56

25.60

25.62

25.68

25.65

25.58

25.53

25,50

25.53

25.45

Date

Dec. 11,

18

27

Jan. 29,

Feb. 12

Mar. 6

18

25

Apr. 2

15

May 6

13

27

June 3

10

17

24

July 1

8

15

22

below measuring

Water 

level

1939 25.41

25.40

25.39

1940 25.14

25.00

24.53

24.44

24.41

24.33

24.27

24.00

23.54

23.16

23.27

23.38

23.49

23»58

23.75

23.86

26,02

26.53

5 point, 1939-40

Date

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

29, 1940

5

12

19

26

3

9

16

18

24

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

23

Water 

level

26.21

26.61

26.36

26.51

26.55

a 95.42

42. 48

a 89.64

a 90.23

31.06

31.55

32.56

36.70

36.75

33.02

38.17

a 93.71

a 91.46

34.70

38.11

38.67

M2a. NW^SWi sec. 29, T. 23 S., R. 2 W. One hundred feet southwest 

of well M2. Depth 67.0 feet. Measuring point, 0.7 foot above land surface, 0.03 foot above'bench nark, 1,430.35 feet above sea level.

Water level. In feet below measuringg point, 1959-40

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

4, 1939

15

22

29

5

12

19

3

10

17

31

7

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

2

9

16

23

30 .

19.03

23.03

20.77

21.15

20.54

20.33

20.22

19.98

20.04

20.03

19.92

19.94

19.55

19.44

19.49

19.55

19.67

19.73

19.75

19.81

19.83

19.76

19.90

NOT.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

6. 1939

13

21

27

4

11

18

27

29, 1940

12

6

18

25

2

15

6

13

27

3

10

17

24

1

19.93

19.88

19.89

19.83

19.87

19.85

19.88

19.89

19.89

19.85

19.64

19.57

19.61

19.54

19.51

19.31

18.93

18.54

18.54

18.60

18.78

18.77

18.88

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

8, 1940

15

22

29

5

12

19

26

. 3

9

16

24

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

23

18.96

19.65

19.83

19.73

20.05

19.94

19.99

19.98

b 31.11

41.60

b 28*34

22.86

22.79

25.83

26.86

26.33

25.69

25.79

b 29.58

b 32.13

31.77

29.28

27.98

M2b, NWfcSWfc sec. 29, T 23 S., R. 2 W. Five hundred feet southwest 

of well M2. Depth 68.5 feet. Measuring point, 0.5 foot above land surface, 0.29 foot above bench mark, 1,430.61 feet above sea level.

.Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1959-40

May 4, 1939

15

22

29

June 5

12

21.78

25.68

22.49

22. 83

22.05

21.82

June 19, 1939

July 3

10

17

31

Aug. 7

21.80

21.63

21.65

21.65

21.56

21^59

Aug. 21. 1939

28

Sept. 5

11

18

25

21.17

21.08

21.16

21.23

21.39

21.45

a Pumping.

b Well 2 pumping.
KANSAS 91

M2b.--Continued.

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1959-40

Date

Oct. 2, 19S9

9

16

23

30

Nov. 6

13

21

27

Dec. 4

11

18

27

Jan. 29, 1940

Feb. 12

Mar. 6

18

Water 

level

21.50

21.59

21.56

21.61

21.71

21.72

21.69

21.71

21.81

21.73

21.72

21.78

21.80

21.84

21.89

21.66

21,65

Date

Mar. 25, 1940

Apr. 2

15

Hay 6

13

27

June 3

10

17

24

July 1

8

15

22

29

Aug. 5

12

Water 

level

21.69

21.64

21.64

21.47

21.14

20.75

20.76

20.83

20.90

20.98

21.11

21.22

21.61

22.17

21,65

22.26

21.87

Date

Aug. 19

26

Sept. 3

9

16

24

50

Oct. 7

14

21

28

Nov. 4

11

19

Dec. 2

9

23

Water 

level

21.94

21.98

a 30.52

52.24

a 26.24

25.12

25.49

27.94

32.10

29.25

27.36

28.27

a 29.67

a 55.85

30.27

30.82

31.39

M3. SEiSEiSW^jwsj 29, T. 23 3., R. 2 W. Depth 237.8 feet. Measuring point, 2.0 feet^above land surface, 0.87 foot below bottom of hole in 

side of pump base, 1.01 feet above bench mark, 1,428.30 feet above sea 

level. Bench mark 1,427.29 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1959-40

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

8, 1959

15

12

19

3

10

17

24

51

7

21

28

5

11

18

25

2

9

16

23

50

6

13

25.20

50.70

27.58

27.55

26.80

26.91

26.34

26.67

26.66

26.68

26.04

26.05

26.18

26.28

26.46

26.55

26.60

26.65

26.76

26.70

26.78

26.75

26.74

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

i

July

21, 1959

27

4

11

18

27

50, 1940

12

6

18

25

2

15

6

15

27

5

10

17

24

1

8

15

26.75

26.80

26.74

26.76

26.77

26.78

26.90

26.92

26.71

26,77 *

26.83

26.81

26.87

26.57

26.06

25.80

26.10

26.15

26.26

26.40

26.58

26.70

27.18

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

22, 1940

29

5

12

19

26

. 3

9

16

18

24

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

23

27.57

26.81

27.13

27.53

27.43

27.50

b 67.41

59.10

52.25

54.33

32.67

b 68.61

53.17

96.86

b 75.84

b 67.63

59.00

35.55

40.31

52.45

36.20

b 69.76

M3a. SEiSBfcSWi sec. 29^ T. 23 S., R. 2 W. One hundred feet southwest of M5. Depth 66.0 feet. Measuring point. 0.9 foot above land surface,0.97 foot below bench mark, 1,426.32 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1959-40

May

June

July

8, 1939

15

22

29

5

12

19

5

10

17

24.00

26.78

23.19

23.50

22.55

22.23

22.14

21.84

21.89

21.87

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

24, 1939

31

7

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

2

21.72

21.79

21.79

21.29

21.25

21.35

21.46

21.60

21.71

21.76

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

9, 1939

16

23

30

6

13

21

27

4

11

21.91

21.96

21.96

22.06

22.05

22.06

22.04

22.12

22.06

22.07

a Well M2 pumping, 

b Pumping,
92 WATER LEVELS AHD ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

M3a.--Continued.

Date

Dec.

Jan,

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

18, 1959

27

30, 1940

12

6

18

25

2

15

6

IS

27

5

10

Hater 

level

22.08

22.09

22.16

22.17

21.85

21.88

21.86

21.81

21.84

21.62

21.19

20.83

20.94

21.06

Date

June

July

Aug.

Sept

17, 1940

24

1

8

15

22

29

5

12

19

26

. 3

9

Water 

level

21.14

21.25

21.39

21.49

22.01

22.13

21.94

22.41

22.10

22.10

22.12

a 33.85

33.41

Date

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

,16, 1940

24

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

23

Water 

level

26. Si

27.78

a £8.79

28.16

33.09

a 34.67

a 29.36

32.30

29.57

35.48

27.69

31.22

a 33.73

MSb. SBiSEiSWfc sec. 29, T. 25 S., R. 2 W. Five hundred feet southwest of well M3. Depth 97.0 feet. Measuring point, 1.0 foot above land 

surface, 0.07 foot above bench mark, 1,427.36 feet above sea level. 

Hater level, in feet below measuring point, 1959-40

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

8, 1939

15

22

29

5

12

19

3

10

17

24

31

7

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

2

9

16

23

30

28.00

30.01

26.46

26.58

25.56

25.28

25.20

24.95

24.98

24.99

24.82

24.88

24.91

24.42

24.38

24.48

24.61

24.78

24.89

24.94

25.04

25.09

25.08

25^18

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

' Apr.

May

June

July

6, 1939

13

21

27

4

11

18

27

30, 1940

12

6

18

25

2

15

6

13

27

3

10

17 ,

24

1

25.16

25.18

25.17

25.75

25.20

25.21

25.23

25.24

25.33

25.32

25.10

25.10

25.14

25.11

25.11

24.92

24.47

24.13

24.22

24.32

24.44

24.56

24.69i

July

Aug.

Sept

Oot.

Nov.

Dec.

8, 1940

15

22

29

5

12

19

26

. 3

9

16

24

50

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

23

24.79

25.21

25.42

25.18

25.70

25.36

25.42

25.40

a 37.09

36.70

29.78

32.01

a 32.39

31.60

57.02

a 37.87

a 52.89

55.41

33.14

39.59

3a.90

34.62

a 37.41

M4. SE cor. sec. 30, T. 23 S., R. 2 W. Depth 234.0 feet. Measuring point, 2.0 feet above land surface, 0.87 foot below bottom of hole 

in side of the pump base, 1.02 feet above bench mark, 1,432.71 feet above 

sea level. Bench mark 1,431.69 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1959-40

May 4, 1939

22

June 12

19

July 3

10

17

24

31

Aug. 7

21

28

25.18

28.40

25.52

26.72

26.48

26.15

26.47

25.92

25.99

25.99

25.53

25.44

Sept. 5. 1939

11

18

25

Oct. 2

9

16

23

30

Nov. 6

21

27

25.68

25.47

25.72

25.78

25.76

25.90

25.95

26.87

26.05

26.01

25.99

26.07

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

4, - 1939

11

18

27

29, 1940

12

6

18

25

2

15

6

26.02

26.03

26.05

26.06

26.15

26.18

25.97

25.98

26.04

25.98

25.96

25.86

a Well M3 pumping.
KANSAS 93

M4. Continued.

Date

May 13, 19f

27

June 3

10

17

24

July 1 

8

15

22

29

Water 

level

34 25.54

25.12

25.22

25.31

25.41

25.49

25.61

25.61

26.23

a 52.64

26.33

Date

Aug. 5, 1940

12

19

26

Sept . 5

9

16

18

24

30

Water 

level

28.73

26.53

26.54

S6.BO

36.50

37.62

31.56

35.03

34.13

31.20

Date

Oct. 7, 19^0

14

21

28

Nov. 4

11

19

Dec. 2

9

23

Water 

level

33.04

a 71.06

55.43

51.94

34.26

35.36

42.66

32.40

36.36

a 70.66

M4a. SE cor. sec. 30, T. 23 S., R. 2 W. One hundred feet westsouthwest of well H4. Depth 69.0 feet. Measuring point, 0.8 foot above 

land surface, 0.31 foot above bench nark, 1,432.0 feet above sea level.

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1959-40

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

14, 1939

22 >

29

5

12

19

3

10

17

24

51

7 .

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

2

9

16

23

30

26.40

25.81

25.94

24.99

24.75

24.70

24.49

24.52

24.50

24.33

24.40

24.41

23.99

23.92

23.99

24.07

24.19

24.31

24.35

24.44

24.47

24.48

24.57

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

6, 1939

15

21

27

4

11

18

27

29, 1940

12

6

18

25

2

15

6

15

27

5

10

17

24

1

24.56

24.58

24.56

24.65

24.58

24.58

24.60

24.61

24.75

24.69

24.49

24.54

24.58

24.53

24.54

24.38

24.03

25.67

23.73

23.77

23.87

25.97

24.09

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

8, 1940

15

22

29

5

12

19

26

. 5

9

16

24

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

23

24.20

24.44

b 25.61

24.55

25.41

24.78

24.83

24.81

33.66

35.06

29.09

31.03

29.13

31.01

b 38.47

53.15

30.30

32.04

32.79

38.94

31.18

34.25

b 36.43

M4b. SE cor. sec. 30, T. 23 S.. R. 2 W. Four hundred and sixty-t*o 

feet west-southwest of well M4. Depth 69.0 feet. Measuring point, 0.8 

foot above land surface, 1.87 feet above bench nark, 1,433.56 feet above 

sea level.

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1939-40

Apr. 8, 1939

May 22

29

June 5

12

19

July 5

10

17

24

51

25.82

26.71

26.85

25.88

25.78

25.69

25.50

25.55

25.52

25.55

25.44

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

7, 1959

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

2

9

16

25

25.44

25.02

24.95

25.01

25.12

25.26

25.33

25.39

25.48

25.54

25.52

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

50, 1959

6

15

21

27

4

11

18

27

29, 1940

12

25.60

25.60

25.62

25.60

25.69

25.62

25.62

25.62

25.63

25.77

25.77

a Pumping.

b Well Ml pumping.

418674 0-41-7
WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

M4b, Continued.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1959-40

Date

Mar. 6, 1940

18

25

Apr. 2

15

May 6

15

27

June 3

10

17

24

Water 

level

25.54

25.48

25.60

25.56

25.55

25.40

25.06

24.71

24.74

24.82

24.90

24.99

Date

July 1, 1940

8

15

22

29

Aug. 5

12

19

26

Sept. 3

9

16

Water 

level

25.11

25.21

25.47

a 26.46

25.56

26.36

25.74

25.85

25.86

54.04

35.47

29.79

Date

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

.24, 1940

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

23

Water 

level

31.64

29.87

31.79

a 38.41

33.67

31.01

32.61

33.33

58.98

31.96

34.69

a 36.47

M5. NWjSWj sec. 32, T. 25 S., R. 2 W. Depth 237.5 feet. Measuring point, 2.0 feet above land surface, 0.87 foot below bottom of hole 

in side of pump base, 1.02 feet above bench mark, 1,432.98 feet above 

sea level. Bench mark 1,451.96 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1939-40

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

16, 1939

29

5

12

19

3

10

17

24

31

7

21

28

. 5

11

18

2

9

16

25

30

6

IS

22.33

26.23

25.50

25.40

25.64

25.05

25.11

25.26

24.86

24.91

24.82

24.54

24.51

24.59

24.68

24.84

24.93

25.03

25.07

25.07

25.21

25.16

25.28

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

21, 1939

27

4

11

18

27

29, 1940

12

6

18

25

2

15

6

13

27

3

10

17

24

1

8

15

25.17

25,26

25.23

25.23

25.26

25.27

25.43

25.48

25.27

25.34

25.34

25.30

25.27

25.16

24.88

24.58

24.63

24.72

24.79

24.89

24.96

25.03

25'. 22

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

22, 1940

29

5

12

19

26

. 3

9

16

18

24

SO

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

23

25.50

25.72

25.82

25.32

25.28

25.20

53.05

34.53

29.08

32.01

b 73.40

29.73

31.52

40.01

53.08

29.19

29.95

28.89

b 89.93

28.22

33.52

30.33

M5a. NW&3Wi sec. 32, T. 23 S., R. 2 W. One hundred feet southsouthwest of well M5. Depth 70.80 feet. Measuring point, 0.80 foot 

above land surface, 0.19 foot below bench mark, 1,431.77 feet above sea 

level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1959-40

May

June

July

Aug.

16, 1939

29

5

12

19'5

10

17

24

31

7

21

28

19.16

19.78

19.63

19,48

19.56

19.42

19.54

19.54

19.39

19.35

19.32

19.01

18.97

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

. 5, 1939

11

18

25

2

9

16

23

30

6-

21

27

4

18.98

18.98

19.12

19.15

19.18

19.26

19.07

19.24

19.31

19.31

19.34

19.44

19.32

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

11, 1959

18

27

29, 1940

12 x

6

18

25

2

15

6

13

27

19.30

19.52

19.33

19,42

19.44

19.18

19.23

19.20

19.13

19.09

19.02

18.83

18.65

a Well M4 pumping, 

b Pumping.
KANSAS 95

M5a * Continued.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1959-40

Date

June 3, 1940

10

17

24

July 1

8

15

28

29

Aug. 5

Water 

level

18.59

18.71

18.71

18.73

18.81

18.90

19.39

19.34

19.37

19.45

Date

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

,12, 1940

19

26

. 3

9

16

24

30

7

Water 

level

19.40

19.42

19.37

21.25

22.91

20.74

a 24.03

21.23

23.49

Date

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

14, 1940

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

23

later 

level

23.55

22.33

21.99

21.82

21.84

a 23.17

21.84

22.16

22.35

M5b. NW^SWj sec. 32, T. 23 S., R. 2 W. Five hundred feet southsouthwest of well Ml. Depth 59.0 feet. Measuring point, 1,0 foot above 

land surface, 0,60 foot above bench mark, 1,432.56 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point. 1939-40

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

16, 1939

29

5

12

19

3

10

17

24

31

7

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

2

9

16

23

30

6

19.45

20.01

19.76

19.75

19.76

19.62

19.77

19.72

19.60

19.58

19.51

19.19

19.16

19.19

19.20

19.32

19.32

19.34

19.45

19.46

19.41

19.50

19.46

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

13, 1939

21

27

4

11

18

27

29, 1940

12

6

18

25

2

15

6

13

27

3

10

17

24

1

8

19.50

19.46

19.55

19.47

19.48

19.48

19.49

19.57

19.58

19.35

19.39

19.41

19.31

19.27

19.26

19.06

18.82

18.86

18.98

18.96

19.02

19.07

19.12

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

15, 1940

22

29

5

12

19

26

. 3

9

16

24

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

23

19.38

19.47

19.43

19.59

19.55

19.63

19.57

21.15

23.00

20.89

a 23.71

21.38

23.61

23.42

22.43

22.16

21.98

22.00

ft 23.14

22.05

22.34

22.47

M6. SW cor, sec. 32, T. 23 S., R. 2 W. Depth 257.3 feet. Measuring point, 2.0 feet above land surface, 0.87 foot below bottom of hole 

in side of pump base, 1.07 feet above bench mark, 1,433.35 feet above 

sea level. Bench mark 1,432,28 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1959-40

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

26, 1939

5

12

19

3

10

17

24

31

7

21

28

5

11

18

25

24.19

22.11

22.12

22.39

21.91

22.06

22.03

21.87

21.82

21.77

21.43

21.37

21.41

21.45

21.58

21.58

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

2, 1939

9

16

23

30

6

13

21

27

4

11

18

27

29, 1940

12

6

21.57

21.71

21*68

21.66

21.79

21.72

21.77

21.72

21.82

21.73

21.74

21.75

21.76

21.83

21.77

21.57

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

18, 1940

25

1

15

29

6

13

20

27

3

10

17

24

1

8

15

21.67

21.66

21.59

21.55

21.52

21.54

21.31

21.11

21.05

21.12

21.18

21.22

21.29

21.38

21.42

21.79

a Well .M5 pumping.
98 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

116. Continued.

Water level, In feet below measuring point. 1959-40

Date

July 28, 1940 

89 

Aug. 5 

12 

19 

26 

Sept. 5 

9

Water 

level

21.68 

21.71 

21.87 

21.79 

21.94 

21.92 

25.42 

28.95

Date

Sept 

Oet.

.16, 1940 

18 

24 

50 

7 

14 

21 

28

Water 

level

25.64 

 25.94 

a 55.85 

24,50 

a 65.05 

a 65.06 

26.61 

24.95

Date

Nov. 4, 1940 

11 

19 

Dec. 2 

9 

16 

25

Water 

level

24.50 

24.70 

25.54 

24.00 

24.65 

24.54 

24.58

M6a. SW cor. aec. 52. T. 25 3., R. 2 W. One hundred feet northnorthwest of well M6. Depth .51.0 feet. Measuring point, 1.0 foot above 

land surface, 0.70 foot above bench nark, 1,452.98 feet sfbbve sea level.

later level, In feet below measuring

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

26, 1959

5

12

19

5

10

17

24

51

7

21

28

. 5

11

18

252"

9

16

25

50

6

21

27

20.28

20.67

20*64

20.64

20.44

20.63

20,55

20.46

20,40

20v51

19.99

19.95

19.98

20.00

20.10

20,08

20.11

20.21

20.20

20.22

20-34

20.28

20.18

20.27

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

4, 1959

11

18

27

29, 1940

12

26

6

18

25

1

15

29

6

15

20

27

5

10

17

24

1

8

20v21

20.25

20.20

20.18

20.27

20.34

20.15 , 20.11

20.15

20.15

20.03

19.98

19.98

20,05

19.81

19*64

19.66

19.63

19.71

19v72

19.81

19. §0

le.iT

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nor.

Dee.

15, 1940

22

29

5

12

19

26

. 5

9

16

24

50

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

16

23

20.15

20,22

20.25

20,56

20,34

20.38

20.39

21.87

23.63

21,68

b 24.81

22.55

b 25.02

b 24.72

23,42

25,25

22,94

23.00

23.70

22.98

23.19

25.36

25.42

point. 1959-40

M6b. SW cor. sec. 52, T. 23 S., R. 2 W. Five hundred feet northnorthwest of Well K6, Depth 51.0 feet. Measuring point, 1.0 foot above 

land surface, 0.78 foot above bench mark, 1,433.06 feet above sea level.

Water level, In feet below measuring point, ,1959-40

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

26, 1959

5

12

19

5

10

17

24

51

7

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

2

9

20.15

20.44

24.43

20.42

20,26

20.40

20,36

20v25

20,18

20.13

19,80

19.75

19.78

19.80

19,92

19.92

19,93

20.04

Oct.

Nov.

Dee.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

16, 1959

23

50

6

15

21

27

4

11

18

27

29, 1940

12

26

6

18

25

1

20.01

19.98

20.09

20,03

20*08

20«Q8L 20 #r

20,06

20,04

20.04

20.05

20.12

20vl7

19.74

19.92

19.96

19.96

19 .88

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

15, 1940

29

6

13

20

87

5

10

17

24

1

8

15

22

29

5

12

19

19.86

19.83

19.83

19.65

19.58

19,48

19.46

19.50

19.53

19.60

19.67

19,72

19.94

19.99

20.05

20,19

20.16

20.24

a Pumping.

b Well M6 pumping.
KANSAS 97

H6b. Continued.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1939-40

Date

Aug-. 26, 1940 

Sept. 3 

9 

16 

24 

30

Water 

level

20.20 

21.66 

23.34 

21.49 

a 24.43 

22.13

Date

Oct. 7, 1940 

14 

21 

28 

Nov. 4 

11

Water 

level

a 24.66 

a 24.47 

23.17 

23.02 

22.73 

22.78

Date

Nov. 19, 1940 

Dec. 2 

9 

16 

23

Water 

level

23.51 

22.79 

23.00 

23.10 

23.19

M7. NW cor. SWfc sec. 16, T. 24 S., R. 2 W. Depth 122.0 feet. 

Measuring point, 2.0 feet above land surface, 0.87 foot below bottom of 

hole in side of pump base, 1.47 feet above bench mark, 1,415.10 feet above 

sea level. Bench mark 1,413.65 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measurin5 point, 1959-40

Apr.

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

24, 1939

13

20

3

11

18

31

7

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

2

9

16

23

30

13

20

27

14.26

13.03

15.39

13.83

14.34

14.60

14.00

14.24

13.28

13.67

13.99

14.17

14.35

14.44

14.46

14.55

14,60

14.57

14.63

14.54

14.53

14.55

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

4, 1939

11

18

27

30, 1940

13

6

18

25

2

15

6

13

27

3

10

17

24

1

8

15

22

14.60

14.48

14.53

14.56

14.49

14.31

13.92

14.06

14.07

14.14

14.15

14.04

13.84

13.68

14.02

14.09

14.20

14.31

14.45

14.56

15.11

14.88

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

29, 1940

o

12

19

26

. 5

9

16

18

24

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

24

15.01

15.15

15,05

15.11

15.21

15.44.

15.79

b 24.60

-16.50

16.42

16.33

b 24.66

16.97

18.10

17.38

17.02

b 25.24

b 25.04

17.50

17.77

b 23.13

M7a. NW cor. SW£ sec. 16, T. 24 S., R. 2 W. One hundred feet northnorthwest of well M7. Depth 51.0 feet. Measuring point, 0.9 foot above 

land surface, 0.27 foot above bench mark, 1,413.90 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1939-40

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

24, 1939

1

8

15

22

29

5

13

20

3

11

18

31

7

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

2

9

16

23

12.97

13.31

13.48

13.49

13.55

13.58

13.69

13.80

14.09

12.58

13.14

13.30

12.72

13.04

12.10

12.48

12.80

12.98

13.16

12.99

13.25

13.35

13.30

13.41

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

30, 1939

13

20

27

4

11

18

27

30, 1940

13

6

18

25

2

15

'6

13

27

3

10

17

24

1

13.47

13.37

13.34

13.25

13.33

13.30

13.35

13.39

13.30

13.12

12.74

12.89

12.90

12.90

12.93

12.86

12.66

12.44

12.70

12.88

13.01

13.11

13.25

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

8, 1940

15

22

29

5

12

19

26

. 5

9

16

24

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

24

13.35

. 15.60

13.64

13.76

13.90

13.80

13.82

13.97

14.17

14.58

o 18.20

15.17

15.10

c 18.32

15.73

15.95

16.12

15.74

c 18.80

c 18.98

16.24

16.51

c 18.16

a Well M6 pumping, 

c Well M7 pumping.

b Pumping.
98 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

M7b. NW cor. SW£ sec. 16, T. 24 S.,R. 2 W. Five hundred feet 

north-northwest of well MY, in SW cor. NWj sec. 16, T. 24 S., R. 2 W. 

Depth 51.0 feet. Measuring point 0.8 foot above land surface, 0.47 foot 

above bench mark, 1,414.10 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1939-40

Date

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

24, 1939

1

8

15

22

29

5

13

20

3

11

18

31

7

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

2

9

16

23

Water 

level

12.95

13.22

13.46

13.37

13.48

13.55

13.66

13.74

14.20

12.59

13.14

13.25

12.77

12.92

12.04

12.41

12.68

12.87

13.02

13.17

13.19

13.30

13.32

13.32

Date

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

30, 1939

13

20

27

4

11

18

27

30, 1940

13

6

18

25

2

15

6

13

27

3

10

17

24

1

Water 

level

13.37

13.29

13.28

13.29

13.24

13.21

13.26

13.30

13.25

13.05

12.65

12.80

12.83

12.87

12.87

12.78

12.55

12.36

12.60

12.77

12.90

13.02

13.18

Date

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

8, 1940

15

22

29

5

12

19

26

. 5

9

16

24

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

24

Water 

level

13.29

14.23

13.57

13.70

13.82

13.77

13.81

13.91

14.13

14.59

a 16.89

15.21

15.11

a 16.96

15.75

15.96

16.12

15.79

a 17.43

a 17.72

16.33

16.52

a 17.15

M8. SB cor. NBj sec. 6, T. 24 S., R. 2 W. Depth 257.5 feet. Measuring point, 2.0 feet above land surface, 0.87 foot below bottom of hole 

in side of pump base, 0.90 foot above bench mark, 1,430.16 feet above sea 

level. Bench mark 1,429.26 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1959-40

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

30, 1939

13

20

3

11

18

25

31

7

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

2

9

16

23

30

6

13

21

20.12

19.55

19.17

18.98

19.13

19.04

18.91

18.77

18.71

18.31

18.88

18.34

18.58

18.53

18.52

18.51

18.64

18.60

18.58

18.70

18.62

18.67

18.58

NOV.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

27, 1939

4

11

18

27

30, 1940

12

6

18

25

1

15

22

6

13

27

3

10

17

24

1

8

18.70

18.61

18.61

18.58

18.56

18.70

18.70

18.39

18.47

18.48

18.37

18.34

18.34

18.47

18.12

 17.93

17.96

18.06

18.10

18.19

18.27

18.32

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

NOV.

Dec.

15, 1940

20

89

5

12

19

26

. 9

16

18

24

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

23

b 20.27

18.69

18.72

18.83

18.81

18.97

18.92

22.05

20.41

b 35.70

b 70.81

21.14

22.77

24.68

b 58.03

b 64.79

22.05

22.07

22.59

21.94

22.12

b 79.61

a Well M7 pumping, 

b Pumping.
KANSAS 99

M8a. SB cor. KBi sec. 6, T. 24 S., R. 2 W. One hundred feet northnortheast of well M8. Depth 50.9 feet. Measuring point, 0.9 foot above 

land surface, 1.05 feet below bench mark, 1,428.21 feet above sea level. 

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1959-40

Date

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

50, 1959

15

20

5

11

18

25

31

7

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

2

9

16

25

30

6

13

21

Water 

level

16.57

16.79

16.79

16.62

16.82

16.70

16.64

16.48

16.42

16.04

15.99

16.04

16.06

16.20

16.19

16.20

16.04

16.54

16.28

16.41

16.35

16.38

16.22

Date

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

Bay

June

July

27, 1939

4

11

18

27

30, 1940

12

6

18

25

1

15

22

6

13

27

5

10

17

24

1

8

Water 

level

16.37

16.29

16.27

16.28

16.27

16.58

16.38

16.08

16.15

16.14

16.02

15.99

16.05

15.99

15.78

15.63

15.62

15.72

15.75

15.80

15.92

15.98

Date

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

15, 1940

22

29

5

12

19

26

. 3

9

16

24

50

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

25

Water 

level

16.24

16.29

16.52

16.44

16.44

16.55

16.50

17.45

17.97

17.83

a 18.51

18.58

18.95

19.18

a 19.47

a 19.62

19.27

19.53

19.56

19.26

19.52

a 19.74

M8b. SE cor. NBj sec. 6, T. 24 S., R. 2 W. Five hundred feet northnortheast of well M8. Depth 54.0 feet. Measuring point, 1.0 foot above 

land surface, 2.28 feet above bench mark, 1,426.98 feet above sea level.

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1959-40

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

50, 1939

15

20

5

11

18 ,

25

31

7

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

2

9

16

25

30

6

13

21

15.28

15.46

15.58

15.21

15.43

15.36

15.26

15.10

15.07

14.67

14.63

14.67

14.71

14.80

14.84

14.85

14.90

14.68

14.88

15.00

14.96

15.00

14.89

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

27, 1959

4

11

18

27

30, 1940

12

6

18

25

1

15

22

6

13

27

3

10

17

24

1

8

15.04

14.95

14.94

14.96

14.97

15.06

15.04

14.75

14.80

14.78

14.69

14.66

14.71

14.69

14.44

14.31

14.50

14.38

14.45

14.54

14.58

14.66

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

15, 1940

22

29

5

12

19

26

. 3

9

16

24

50

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

25

14.90

14.98

15.01

15.12

15.10

15.22

15.18

16.19

16.82

16.50

a 16.99

17.30

'17.80

17.98

a 18.21

a 18.35

17.97

18.02

18.10

17.90

17.99

a 18.57

M9. NW cor. sec. 8, T. 24 S., R. 2 W. Depth 248.5 feet. Measuring point, 2.0 feet above land surface, 0.87 foot below bottom of hole 

In side of pump base, 1.02 feet above bench mark, 1,423.45 feet above 

sea level. Bench mark 1,422.45 feet above sea level.______________

' a Well M8 pumping.
100 WATER LEVELS AMD ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

I. Continued.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1959-40

Date

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

5, 1939

13

20

3

11

18

25

31

7

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

2

9

16

23

30

13

20

Water 

level

13.50

15.16

14.03

14.48

14.67

14.11

13.93

13.70

13.66

13.13

13.14

13.27

13.34

13.53

13.51

13.51

13.71

13.65

13.68

13.73

13.65

13.61

Date

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

Hay

June

July

27, 1939

4

11

18

27

30, 1940

13

6

18

25

2

15

6

13

27

3

10

17

24

1

8

15

Water 

level

13.68

13.58

13.54

13.58

13.60

13.60

13.64

13.21

13.33

13.31

13.24

13,49

13.17

12.95

12.82

12.86

13.03

13.09

13.21

13.31

13.41

a 39.40 ,

Date

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

22, 1940

29

5

12

19

26

. 5

9

16

18

24

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2 ' 9

24

Water 

level

13.77

13.87

14.02

13.95

14.07

14.06

a 43.54

15.99

15.75

a 42.06

16.39

16.23

16.82

16.62

17.14

17.23

a 39.58

a 45.57

17.37

17.77

17.81

18.55

M9a. NW cor. sec. 8, T. 24 3., R. 2 W. One hundred feet southsouthwest of well M9. Depth 50.9 feet. Measuring point, 0.9 foot above 

land surface, 0.35 foot below bench mark, 1,422.08 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point. 1959-40

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

5, 1939

13

20

3

11

18

25

31

7

21

28

. 5

11

18

 25

2

9

16

23

30

13

20

12.19

13.37

12,80

12.62

12.99

12.68

12.46

12.29

12.19

11.65

11,69

11,80

11.89

12.03

12.05

12.03

12.21

12.15

12.09

12.23

12.14

12.08

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

Hay

June

July

27, 1939

4

11

18

27

30, 1940

13

6

18

25

2

15

6

13

27

3

10

17

24

1

8

15

12.17

12.10

12,07

12.12

12.16

12.22

12.17

11.77

11.87

11.80

11.72

11.71

11.70

11.41

11.30

11.32

11,45

11.54

11.65

11.80

11.87

b 12.85

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

22, 1940

29

5

12

19

26

. 5

9

16

24

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19 -

2

9

24

12.26

12.37

12.48

12.42

12.51

12.53

b 14.54

14.11

14.15

14.56

14.59

14.87

14.90

15.21

15.36

b 15.88

b 16.50

15.67

15.85

15.90

16.69

M9b. NW cor. sec. 8, T. 24 S., R. 2 W. Five hundred feet southsouthwest of well M9. Depth 51.1 feet. Measuring point, 1.1 feet above 

land surface, 1.51 feet below bench mark, 1,420.92 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point. 1959-40

June 5, 1939

13

20

July 3

11

18

25

31

11.27

12.46

11.80

11.66

11.98

11.67

11.42

11.24

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

7, 1939

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

2

11.18

10.61

10.66

10.78

10.82

11.00

11.01

11.02

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

9, 1939

16

23

30

13

20

27

4

11.19

11.15

11.06

11.25

11.13.

11.09

11.17

11,04

a Pumping. b Well M9 pumping.
KANSAS 101

M9b. Continued.

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1989-40

Date

Dec. 11, 1939

18

27

Jan. 30, 1940

Feb. 13

Mar. 6

18

25 .

Apr. 2

15

May 6

13

27

June 3

Water 

level

10.99

11.09

11.12

11.17

11.09

11.70

10.75

10.77

10.70

10.63

11.61

10.35

10.22

10.27

Date

June

July

Aug.

Sept

10, 1940

17

24

1

8

15

22

29

5

12

19

26

. 5

9

Water 

level

10.42

10.50

10.53

10.74

10.84

a 11.70

11.23

11.34

11.42

11.38

11.49

11.48

a 13.03

13.10

Date

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

.16, 1940

24

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

24

Water 

level

13.10

13.52

13.53

13.77

13.82

14.13

14.33

a 14.59

a 15.03

14.61

14.79

14.90

15.65

M10. NE cor. NWj sec. 8,. T. 24 S., R. 2 W. Depth 259.3 feet. 

Measuring point, 2.0 feet above land surface, 0.87 foot below bottom of 

hole In side of pump base, 0.99 foot above bench mark, 1,422.83 feet 

above sea level. Bench mark 1,421.84 feet above sea level.

Water level, In feet below measuring point. 1939-40

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

3, 1939

11

18

25

31

7

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

2

9

16

23

30

6

13

21

37

4

15.82

16.78

15.61

15.39

15.17

15.13

14.79

14.62

14.78

14.87

15.06

15.07

15.07

15.18

15.23

15.16

15.29

15.19

15.23

15.12

15.25

15.13

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

11, 1939

18

27

30, 1940

12

6

18

25

1

15

22

6

13

27

3

10

17

24

1

8

15

22

15.13

15.12

15.11

15.46

15.07

14.60

14.72

14.71

14.62

14.55

14.49

14.50

14.23

14.05

14.17

14.27

14.36

14.48

14.58

14.67

14.82

15.17

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

29, 1940'

5

12

19

26

. 5

9

16

18

23

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

23

15.07

15.40

15.31

15.44

15.40

17.31

17.63

18.19

b 60.83

b 43.71

18.70

b 54.84

19.06

19.17

18.90

18.51

19.84

19.04

b 59.68

20.17

b 61.74

MIOa. NE cor. NWj sec. 8, T. 24 S., R. 2 W. One hundred feet 

irest-northwest of well M10. Depth 50.8 feet. Measuring point, 0.8 foot 

above land surface, 0.33 foot below bench mark, 1,421.51 feet above sea 

level.

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1959-40

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

16, 1939

11

18

25

31

7

21

28

5

11

18

25

12.76

14.34

13.40

13.20

13.00

12.91

12.40

12.41

12.58

12.66

12.85

12.86

Oct. 2, 1939

9

16

23

30

Nov. 6

13

21

27

Dec. 4

11

18

12.84

13.01

12.98

12.96

13.09

13.00

13.01

12.94

13.06

12.90

12.93

12.90

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

27, 1939

30, 1940

12,

6

18

25

1

15

22

6

13

27

12.88

13.00

12.95

12.52

12.63

12.63

12.52

12.48

12.43

12.47

12.17

12.04

a Well M9 pumping. 

b Pumping.
102 WATER LEVELS AHD ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

MlOa. Continued.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1959-40

Date

June

July

Aug.

3, 1940

10

17

24

1

8

15

22

29

5

Water 

level

12.09

12.24

12.32

12.47

12.57

12.64

12.79

13.01

13.13

13.30

Date

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

12, 1940

19.

26

. 5

9

16

23

30

7

Water 

level

13.23

13.37

13.35

15.67

15.07

15.33

a 18.11

15.85

a 18.65

Date

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

14, 1940

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

23

Water 

level

16.23

16.43

16.35

16.33

16.70

16.81

a 20.30

17.32

a 20.41

MIOb. HE cor. NWj sec. 8, T. 24 S., R. 2 W. Five hundred feet 

west-northwest of well M10. Depth 50.8 feet. Measuring point, O.S foot 

above land surface, 0.23 foot below bench mark, 1,421.61 feet above sea 

level.

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1959-40

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

&

Dec.

16, 1939

11

18

25

31 i

7

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

2

9

16

23

30

6

13

21

27

4

11.95

13.42

12.77

12.60

12.36

12.29

11.77

11.79

11.94

11.98

12.17

12.15

12.13

12.27

12.24

12.17

12.28

12.19

12.24

12.15

12.24

12.13

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar. 1

Apr.

May

June

July

11, 1939

18

27

30, 1940

12

6

18

25

1

15

22

6

13

27

3

10

17

24

1

8

15

22

12.12

12.07

12.03

12.18

12.15

11.70

11.83

11.81

11.72

11.64

11.67

11.68

11.38

11.24

11.28

11.42

11.52

11.65

11.75

11.84

12.00

12.32

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

29, 1940

o

12

19

26

. 5

9

16

23

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

23

12.43

12.57

12.45

12.57

12.55

14.22

14.29

14,44

a 15.76

15.02

a 15.85

15.35

15.55

15.50

15.54

15.88

15.84

a 17.21

16.30

a 17.35

Mil. SW cor. NWj sec. 8, T. 24 S., R. 2 W. Depth 227.5 feet. 

Measuring point, 2.0 feet abqve land surface, 0.87 foot below bottom of 

hole In the side of pump base, 1.03 feet above bench mark, 1,418.78 feet 

above sea level. Bench mark 1,417.75 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1959-40

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

10, 1939

20

3

11

18

25

31

7

21

28

5

11

18

25

2

9

16

23

9.67

11.09

10.40

11.55

10.52

10.54

10.04

9.99

9.38

9.44

9.58

9.68

9.91

9.90

9.92

10.08

10.05

9.99

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

30, 1939

13

20

27

4

11

18

27

30, 1940

13

6

18

25

2

15

6

13

27

10.15

10.05

10.01

10.07

10.18

9.94

10.00

10.05

10.08

10.01

9.55

9.67

9.68

9.60

9.53

9.51

9.25

9.11

June 5, 1940

10

17

24

July 1

8

15

22

29

Aug. 5

12

19

26

Sept. 5

9

16

18

24

9.17

9.54

9.44

9.58

9.70

9.81

10.55

10.19

10.32

10.45

10.58

10.49

10.50

11.68

b 53.41

12.29

b 32.42

12.63

a Well M10 pumping. b Pumping.
Mil. Continued.

Water level, in

Date

Sept .30, 1940 

Oct. 7 

14

21

Water

level

12.56 

12.83 

12.86 

a 28.86

Dat

Oct

Nov

B

. 28, 1940 

. 4 

11 

19

Water 

level

a 29.07

13.10 

13.86 

13.94

Date

Dec. 2, 1940 

9 

24

Water

level

14.11 

a 33.57 

14.83

KANSAS

feet below measuring point, 1959-40

103

Mlla. SW cor. NWj sec. 

northwest of well Mil. Depth 

land surface, 0.55 foot

Water level t in

8, T. 24 S., R. 2 W. One hundred feet north51.0 feet. Measuring point, 1.0 foot above

bench mark, 1,417.20 feet above sea level.

feet below measuring point, 1959-40

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

10, 1939

20

3

11

18

25

31

7

21

28

5

11

18

25

2

9

16

23

30

13

20

27

8.67

9.19

8.65

9.35

8.87

8.67

88.38

8.33

7.71

7.80

7.91

8.03

8.22

8.22

8.21

8.36

8.31

8.29

8.48

8.36

8.23

8.34

Dec

Jan

Peb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

. 4, 1939

11

18

27

. 30, 1940

. 13

. 6

18

25

. 2

15

6

13

27

3 3

10

17

24

7 1

8

15

8.29

8.25

8.31

8.34

8.36

8.32

7.87

7.97

7.91

7.81

7.82

7.79

7.50

7.38

7.43

7.63

7.73

7.86

7.99

8.10

8.48

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

22, 1940

29

5

12

19

26

5

9

16

24

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

24

8.48

8.59

8.70

8.64

8.74

8.80

9.68

b 12.87

10.48

10.77

10.75

10.89

11.00

b 12.64

b 13.17

12.37

11.89

11.94

12.08

b 13.46

13.19

Mllb. SW cor. HWJ- sec. 

northwest of well Mil. Depth 

land surface, 0.84 foot abovn

8, T. 24 S., R. 2 W. Five hundred feet north^- 

50.8 feet. Measuring point, 0.8 foot above 

bench mark, 1,418.59 feet above sea level.

Water level, in

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

10, 1939

20

3

ii

18

25

31

7

21

28

. 5.

11

18

25

2

9

16

23

30

13

20

27

a Pumping.

b WelJL Mil

9.87

10.23

9.78

10.37

9.98

9.80

9.50

9.43

8.56

8.85

9.04

9.15

9.33

9.33

9.33

9.50

9.48

9.39

9.56

9.43

9.39

9.46

Dec

Jan

Peb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

JUl'

pumping.

feet

 4,

11

18

27

. 30,

, 13

, 6

18

25

, 2

15

6

13

27

} 3

10

17

24

r 1

8

15

below measuring point

1939 9

9

9

9

1940 9

9

8

9

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

9

9

9

.37

.31

.40

.44

.49

.37

.96

.06

.93

.97

.92

.89

.60

.47

.53

.49

.78

.91

.07

.17

.47

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

, 1939-40

22, 1940

29

5

12

19

26

5

9 b

16

24

30

7

14

21 b

28 b

4

11

19

2

9 b

24

9.55

9.68

9.82

9.72

9.85

9.85

9.85

12.11

11.57

11.80

11.78

11.98

12.10

12.77

12.32

13.34

13.01

12.98

13.14

13.50

14.23
104 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

M12. NW|SWj sec. 9, T. 24 S., R. 2 W. Depth 236.-0 feet. Measuring point, 2.0 feet above land surface, 0.87 foot below bottom of hole In 

side of pump base, 0.98 foot above bench mark, 1,416.35 feet above sea 

level. Bench mark 1,415.37 feet above sea level.

Date

June 26,

July 3

11

18

51

Aug. 7

21

28

Sept. 5

11

18

25

Oct. 2

9

23

30

Nov. 13

20

27

Dec. 4

11

Water level, In feet

Water 

level

1939 15.15

15.15

16.57

14.55

14.20

14.24

13.41

13.65

13.92

14.05

14.25

14.31

14.33

14.45

14.45

14.56

14.52

14.66

14.55

14.48

14.45

Date

Dec. 18,

27

Jan. 30,

Feb. 13

Mar. 6

18

25

Apr. 2

15

May 6

13

27

June 3

10

17

24

July 1

8

15

22

29

below measurln

Water 

level

1939 14.47

14.49

1940 14.55

14.50

14.16

14.21

14.27

14.22

14.22

14.11

13.88

13.68

13.63

14.00

14.08

14.17

14.31

14.40

14.58

14.73

14.82

5 point

Date

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

, 1939-40

5, 1940

12

19

26

5

9

16

18

24

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

24

Water

level

14.98

14.89

15.00

15.01

16.22

17.57

a 45.28

18.83

19.30

a 48.27

a 48.54

19.92

19.82

18.79

a 41.62

19.05

20.04

20.42

a 47.97

20.45

M12a. NWjSWj sec. 9, T. 24 S., R. 2 W. One hundred feet southsouthwest of well M12. Depth 69.0 feet. Measuring point, 1.0 foot 

above land surface, 0.33 foot below bench mark, 1,415.04 feet above sea 

level.

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1939-40

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

26, 1939

3

11

18

31

7

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

2

9

16

23

30

13

20

27

4

13.25

13.29

14.87

12.78

12.39

12.34

11.74

11.84

11.99

12.15

12.32

12.56

12.45

12 .W

12.50

12^52

12.67

12.60

12.53

12.66

12.54

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

11, 1939

18

27

30, 1940

13

6

18

25

2

15

6

15

27

3

10

17

24

1

8

15

22

12.51

12.54

12.56

12.65

12.57

12.24

12.29

12.34

12.32

12.28

12.17

11.94

11.73

11.90

12.02

12.13

12.24

12.33

12.44

12.60

12.77

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Deo.

-

29, 1940

5

12

IP

26

. 5

9

16

24

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9«

24

12.86

12.98

12.98

13.06

13.08

14.20

15.64

b 23.68

17.60

b 22.10

b 23.20

17.77

17.74

16.83

b 19.53

16.88

17.23

18.54

b 23.88

18.29

M12b. NWjSWfc sec. 9, T. 24 S., R. 2 W. Five hundred feet southsouthwest of well M12. Depth 68.7 feet. Measuring point', 0.7 foot above 

"land surface, 0.51 foot above bench mark, 1,415*88 feet above sea level.

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1939-40

June 26, 1939

July 3

11

18

31

Aug. 7

21

15.93

13.91

15.44

13.43

13.03

13.07

12.40

Aug. 28, 1939

Sept. 5

11

18

25

Oct. 2

9

12.48

12.67

12.80

13.00

13.08

13.08

13.25

06t.

Nor.

Dec.

16, 1939

23

30

13

20

27

4

13.23

13.21

13.32

13.25

13.24

13.39

13.21

a Pumping b Well 1112 pumping.
KANSAS 105

M12b

Date

Dec. 11,

18

27

Jan. 30.

Feb. 13

Mar. 6

18

25

Apr. 2

15

May 6

13

27

June 3

. Continued.

Water level, in

Water 

level

1939 13.19

13.20

13.21

1940 13.27

13.19

12.87

12.90

12.98

12.95

12.91

12.82

12.58

12.40

12.51

Date

June

Julj

Aug

Sep1

feet

i 10,

17

24

r 1

8

15

22

29

5

12

19

26

.. 5

9

below measuring

Water 

level

1940 12.64

12.75

12.87

13.01

13.11

13.29

13.43

13.51

13.67

13.58

13.66

13.72

14.86

16.22

z point

Date

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

, 1939-40

16, 1940

24

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

24

Water 

level

a 23.67

18.17

a 22.18

a 23.25

18.34

18.37

17.43

a 19.89

17.50

18.89

19.23

a 24.03

18.84

M13. NWfcNEi sec. 17, 

ing point, 2.0 feet above land 

the side of pump base, 0.98 : 

sea level. Bench mark 1,414

24 S., R. 2 W. Depth 244.8 feet. Measursurface, 0.87 foot below bottom of hole in 

'oot above bench mark, 1,415.90 feet above 

92 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point,,1959-40

June 16,

July 3

11

18

31

Aug. 7

21 '

28

Sept. 5

11

18

25

Oct. 2

9

23

30

Uov. 13

20

27

Dec. 4

11

M13a

northeast

1939 11.73

11.23

12.68

11.55

11.10

11.13

10.27

10.48 

10.73

10.86

11.09

11.13

11.15

11.31

11.28

11.39

11.32

11.28

11.34

11.27

11.24

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

, 18, 1939

27

, 30, 1940

, 13

. 6

18

25

AprL 2

May

Jun

Jul

. NWjNBj sec. 17,

of well M13. Dept

6

13

27

s 3

10

17

24

T 1

8

15

22

29

P. 24 S., R

i 50.8 feet

11.27

11.29

11.31

11.20

10.76

10.83

10.87

10.84 

10.81

10.72

10.45

10.33

10.48

10.68

10.77

10.91

11.05

11.14

11.30

11.53

11.68

Aug. 5, 1940

12

19

26

Sept. 5

9

16

18 

24

30

Oct. 7

14

21

28

Nov. 4

11

19

Dec. 2

9

24

. 2 W. One hundred feet

. Measuring point. 0.8

11.84

11.74

11.80

11.87

12.45

13.30

14.62

b 35.43 

14.28

14.28

14.70

14.44

b 26.94

b 38.12

14.68

14.56

b 38.44

15.67

15.79

15.34

east- ' foot above

land surface, 0.33 foot below bench mark, 1,414.59 feet above sea level.

June 16,

July 3

11

18

31

Aug. 7

21

28

Sept. 5

11

18

25

Oct. 2

9

16

23

Water level, in

1939 10.11

9.75

10.45

10.06

9.64

9.25

8.89

8.98

9.21

9.35

9.56

9.60

9.62

9.75

9.74

9.72

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

feet below

. 30, 1939

. 13

20

27

. 4

11

18

27

. 30, 1940

. 13

. 6

18

25

. 2

15

6

measurin

9.96

9.76

9.72

9.77

9.70

9.66

9.70

9.72

9.72

9.61

9.16

9.24

9.27

9.21

9.20

9.08

g point, 1939-40

May 13, 1940

27

June 3

10

17

24

July 1

8

15

22

29

Aug. 5

12

19

26

Sept. 5

8.71

8.69

8.80

8.97

9.09

9.22

9.37

9.46

9.63

9.90

10.03

10.28

10.17

10.27

10.27

10.74

a Well M12 pumping. b Pumping.
106 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

M15a. Continued.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1959-40

Date

Sept 

Oct.

. 9, 1940 

16 

24 

50 

7

Water 

level

11.51 

12.11 

12.22 

12.21 

12.44

Date

Oct. 

Nov.

14, 1940 

21 

28

4 

11

Water 

level

12.47 

a 14.07 

a 14.09 

12.95 

12.95

Date

Nov. 

Dec.

19, 1940 

2 

9 

24

Water 

level

ft 14.95 

15.75 

15.77 

15.59

M15b. NWiNBi sec. 17, T. 24 S., R. 2 W. Five hundred feet eastnortheast of well M15. Depth 50.8 feet. Measuring point, 0.8 foot above 

land surface, 0.50 foot below bench mark, 1,414.62 feet above sea level.

Water level. In feet below measuring point. 1959-40

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

16, 1959

5

11

18

51

7

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

2

9

16

25

50

15

20

27

4

9.96

9.68

10.18

9.99

9.50

9.45

8.75

8.80

9.02

9.15

9.52

9.58

9.40

9.55

9.55

9.50

9.65

9.55

9.51

9.57

9.48

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

11, 1959

18

27

50, 1940

15

6

18

25

2

15

6

15

27

5

10

17

24

1

8

15

22

9.41

9.50

9.54

9.50

9.40

8.95

8.97

9.02

8.99

8.94

8.82

8.55

8.43

8.54

8.70

8.80

8.90

9.11

9.21

9.40

9.69

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

V

29, 1940

5

12

19

26

. 5

9

16

24

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

24

9.89

10.09

9.97

10.05

10.02

10.61

11.13

11.91

12.14

12.11

12.25

12.40

a 13.04

a 13.23

12.94

12.86

a 15.85

13.67

13.85

13.68

M14. NW cor. sec. 16, T. 24 S., R. 2 W. Depth 102.20 feet. Measuring point, 2.0 feet above land surface, 0.87 foot below bottom of hole In 

the side of the pump base, 0.98 foot above bench mark, 1,415.78 feet above 

sea level. Bench mark 1,414.80 feet above sea level.

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1959-40

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

13, 1939

20

5

11

18

51

7

SI

28

. 5

11

18

25

2

9

16

25

30

13

20

27

12.94

13.78

18.37

12.98

12.71

12.25

12.26

11.49

11.63

11.84

11.96

12.17

12.20

12.21

12.34

12.36

12.31

12.41

12.30

12.27

12.31

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

4, 1959

11

18

27

30, 1940

13

6

18

25

2

15

6

15

27

3

10

17

24

1

8

15

12.23

12.17

12.23

12.27

12.20

12.08

11.65

11.72

11.70

11.67

11.64

11.46

11.18

11.07

11.18

11.37

11.45

11.55

11.68

11.68

11.95

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

22, 1940

29

5

12

19

26

..5

9

16

24

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

8

9

24

12.62

12.79

13.05

12.83

12.89

12.91

13.83

b 35.78

b 55.15

15.75

15.72

16.00

b 24.71

16.07

15.92

17.51

16.14

16.86

b 55.94

17.42

16.66

a Well M15 pumping. b Pumping,
KANSAS 107

M14a. HW cor. sec. 16, 

northwest of well M14. Dept 

above land surface, 0.35 foo 

sea level.

Water level, in

T. 24 S., R. 2 W. One hundred feet north- 

. 50.0 feet. Measuring point, 0.8 foot 

below bench mark, 1,414.47 feet above

feet below measuring point, 1959-40

Date

Apr,

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

4, 1959

24

1

8

15

22

29

5

13

20

5

11

18

51

7

21

28

5

11

18

25

2

9

16

Water 

level

9.11

10.41

10.38

10.50

10.49

10.51

10.60

10.67

10.91

11.58

10.55

11.02

10.83

10.40

10.56

9.60

9.73

9.92

10.05

10.26

10.25

10.27

10.42

10.41

Dat

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Peb

Hap

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

j

, 25, 1959

30

, 1520 -

27

. 4

11

18

27

. SO, 1940

. 13

. 6

18

25

. 2

15

6

15

27

3 3

10

17

24

7 1

Water 

level

10,34

10.48

10.56

10.55

10.40

10.28

10.25

10.55

10.38

10.29

10.15

9.66

9,72

9.72

9.72

9.67

9.56

9.21

9.13

9.20

9.45

9.52

9.60

9.75

Date

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

,

8, 1940

15

22

29

5

12

19

26

. 5

9

16

24

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

24

Water 

level

9.82

10.04

10.66

10.80

11.99

10.86

10.91

10.90

11.89

a 20.05

a 22.26

15.76

15.55

13.72

a 18.63

15.92

13.82

15.59

14.11

14.75

a 25.02

15.56

14.71

M14b. NW cor. sec. 16 

northwest of well M14, in S' 

feet. Measuring point, 0.8 

bench mark, 1,414.57 feet

Water level, in

T. 24 S., R. 2 W. Five hundred feet northcor. sec. 9, T. 24 S., R. 2 W. Depth 57.0 

foot above land surface, 0.25 foot below 

above sea level.

feet below measuring point, 1959-40

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

4, 1959

24

1

8

15

22

29

5

IS

20

S

11

18

51

7

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

2

9

16

8.98

10.09

10,10

10.18

10.17

10.19

10.29

10.39

'10.60

11.19

10.32

10.77

10.61

10.13

10.10

9.54

9.46

9.61

9.75

10.00

9.97

10.00

10.11

10.15

Oct

Nov

. 23, 1959

- SO

. IS

20

27

Dec, 4

11

Jan

Peb

Mar

Apr

Ma?

Jun

Jul

18

27

. 50, 1940

. IS

. 6

18

25

. 2

15

6

15

27

e 3

10

17

24

J 1

10.05

10.19

10.07

10.06

10.10

9.98

9.92

10.02

10.09

10.00

9.85

9,40

9.47

9.45

9.51

9.41

9.25

8.96

8.96

8.96

9.18

9.26

9.36

9.52

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

8, 1940

15

22

29

5

12

19

26

. 5

9

16

24

50

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

24

9.60

9.79

10.58

10.52

10.79

10.54

10.62

10.60

11.59

a 15.51

a 17.61

15.46

15.23

13.28

a 15.75

15,58

15.50

15.19

13.82

14.39

a 19,32

15.06

14.51

a Well M14 pumping.
108 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

M15. SB cor. NEj sec. 9, T. 23 S., R. 2 W. Depth 192.60 feet. 

Measuring point, 2.0 feet above land surface, 0.87 foot below bottom of 

hole In the side of the pump base, 1.01 feet above bench mark, 1,410.46 

feet above sea level. Bench mark 1,409.45 feet above sea level.

Date

Apr.

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

17, 1939

24

12

19

3

10

17

24

31

7

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

2

9

16

30

6

13

21

Water 

level

14.92

15.79

16.04

16.34

15.53

15.60

15.64

15.57

15.49

15.53

15.03

15.09

15.24

15.33

15.51

15.56

15.58

15.68

15.70

15.77

15.72

15.73

15.67

Date

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

27, 1939

4

11

18

27

29, 1940

12

6

18

25

1

15

22

6

13

27

3

10

17

24

1

8

15

Water 

level

15.74

15.70

15.70

15.70

15.69

15.74

15.72

15.48

15.54

15.58

15.55

15.56

15.44

15.44

15.22

14.99

15.14

15.25

15.32

15.38

15.49

15.58

15.74

Date

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

22, 1940

29

5

12

19

26

. 5

9

16

18

23

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

23

Water 

level

15.92

15.88

16.03

16.03

16.09

16.11

17.96

17.79

21.48

18.34

a 23.13

a 39,43

21.77

20.51

20.73

20.04

a 29.47

a 37.92

18.89

18.73

a 38.76

23.09

M15a. SE cor. NBj sec. 9, T. 23 3., R. 2 W. One hundred feet northnortheast of well M15. Depth 66.7 feet. Measuring point, 0.7 foot above 

land surface, 0.65 foot below bench mark, 1,408.80 feet above sea level.

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1939-40

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

17, 1939

24

1

8

15

22

29

5

12

19

3

10

17

24

31

7

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

2

9

16

13.88

14.05

14.36

14.43

14.31

14.15

14.22

14.16

14.16

14.15

13.68

13.77

13.79

13.73

13.65

13.70

13.20

13.24

13.40

13.53

13.67

13.74

13.76

13.87

13.87

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

23, 1939

30

6

13

21

27

4

11

18

27

30, 1940'

12

6

18

25

1

15

22

6

13

27

3

10

17

24

13.88

13.93

13.91

13.91

13.87

13.93

13.91

13.96

13.97

13.98

13.94

13.92

13.69

13.72

13.77

13.74

13.75

13.62

13.62

13.41

13.19

13.33

13.43

13.48

13.57

July 1, 1940

8

15

22

29

Aug. 5

12 .

19

26

Sept. 5

9

16

23

30

Oct. 7

14

21

28

Nov. 4

11

19

Dec. 2

9

23

13.69

13.76

13.87

13.95

14.03

14.17

14.20

14.24

14.26

15.95

16.07

19.38

b 24.26

b 24.32

19.73

18.53

18.76

18.15

b 20.13

b 24.11

17.09

16.93

b 24.67

21.12

a Pumping.

b Well M15 pumping.
KANSAS 109

M15b. SB cor. HB| sec. 9, T. 23 S., R. 2 W. Five hundred feet northnortheast of well M15. Depth 61.80 feet. Measuring point, 0.8 foot above 

land surface, 0.29 foot above bench mark, 1,409.74 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1959-40

Date

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

17, 1939

24

1

8

15

22

29

5

12

19

3

10

17

24

31

7

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

2

9

16

Water 

level

14.95

15.13

15.46

15.58

15.42

15.25

15.35

15.30

15.29

15.28

14.83

14.90

14.95

14.86

14.77

14.80

14.30

14.33

14.49

14.62

14.77

14.83

14.87

14.95

15.01

Date

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

23, 1939

30

6

13

21

27

4

11

18

27

30, 1940

12

6

18

25

1

15

22

6

13

27

3

10

17

24

Water 

level

14.98

15.05

15.01

15.02

14.98

15.06

15.00

15.04

14.98

14.93

15.00

15.02

14.74

14.81

14.85

14.82

14.81

14.69

14.68

14.47

14. £6

14.39

14.46

14.57

14.62

Date

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

1, 1940

8

15

22

29

5

12

19

26

. 5

9

16

23

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

23

Water 

level

14.75

14.86

14.93

15*00

15.13

15.28

15.27

- 15.33

15.33

17.04

17.09

20.52

a 24.90

a 23.96

20.87

19.67

19.85

19.26

a 20.31

a 23.86

18.24

18.00

a 24.33

22.39

M16. SB cor. sec. 9, T. 83 S., R. 2 W. Depth 193.4 feet. Measuring point, 2.0 feet above land surface, 0.87 foot below bottom of hole 

in the side of the pump base, 0.96 foot above bench mark, 1,408,53 feet 

above sea level. Bench mark 1,407.57 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1959-40

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

27, 1939

1

8

15

22

12

19

5

10

17

24

31

7

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

2

9

16

23

30

15.55

15.84

14.99

15.86

15.80

14.02

14.50

15.21

15.42

13.54

13.60

13.20

13.42

12.71

12.90

13.14

13.50

15.46

15.53

13.56

13.67

13.65

13.65

13.71

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

15, 1939

21

27

4

11

18

27

30, 1940

12

6

18

25

1

15

22

6

13

27

3

10

17

24

1

8

13.66

13.61

13.68

15.62

15.61

13.61

13.60

13.67

13.61

15.28

13.39

15.45

15.42

13.41

15.18

13.24

13.05

12.87

15.08

13.18

15.29

13.32

15.45

13.54

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

15, 1940

22

29

5

12

19

26

5

9

16

18

23

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

23

13.68

14.19

13.90

14.05

14.02

14.08

14.11

b 58.27

15.83

b 43.51

15.91

b 36.60

18.34

b 42.69

b 38.43

b 24.60

b 36.91

b 33.23

18.59

16.47

16.98

18.84

19.13

a Well M15 pumping, 

b Pumping.

418674 O - 41 - 8
110 WATER LEVELS AMD ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

M16a. SE cor. sec. 9, T. 23 S., R. 2 W, One hundred feet northnortheast of well M16. Depth 57.0 feet. Measuring point, 1.0 foot above 

land surface, 0.48 foot above bench mark, 1,408.05 feet above sea level.

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1959-40

Date

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

27, 1939

1

8

15

22

29

5 .

12

19

3

10

17

24

31

7

21

28

5

11

18

25

2

9

16

23

Water 

level

12.86

13.20

14.01

13.21

13.12

13.22

13.24

13.25

13.28

12.43

12.67

12.78

12.76

12.53

12.66

11.93

12.16

12.38

12.53

12.70

12.80

12.80

12.92

12.93

12.90

Date

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

30, 1939

6

13

21

27

4

11

18

27

30. 1940

12

6

18

25

1

15

22

6

13

27

3

10

17

24

1

Water 

level

12.94

12.92

12.91

12.87

12.94

12.88

12.90

12.88

12.87

12.92

12.86

12.52

12.60

12.64

12.64

12.64

12.42

12.47

12.26

12.12

12.33

12.43

12.54

12.58

12.71

Date

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

8, 1940

15

22

29

5

12

19

26

. 5

9

16

23

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

23

Water 

level

12.78

12.90

12.99

13.14

13.25

13.23

13.33

13.33

a 20.08

14.44

a 23.57

a 22.33

17.17

a 23.08

a 21.01

a 19.84

a 20.69

a 20.63

17.56

15.73

15.15

17.90

17.97

M16b. SE cor. sec. 9, T. 23 S., R. 2 W. Five hundred feet northnortheast of well M16. Depth 56.0 feet. Measuring point, 0.5 foot above 

land surface, 0.07 foot above bench mark, 1,407.64 feet above sea level.

Apr. 27,

May 1

8

15

22

29

June 5

12

19

July 3

10

17

24

31

Aug. 7

21

28

Sept. 5

11

18

25

Oct. 2

9

16

23

Water level, In feet

1939 12.28

12.65

12.70

12.48

12.48

12.56

12.57

12.62

12.67

12.00

12.18

12.29

12.28

12.02

12.02

11.57

11.69

11.87

11.98

12.16

12.20

- 12.23

12.34

12.37

18.29

Oct. 30.

Nov. 6

13

21

27

Dec. 4

11

18

27

Jan. 30,

Feb. 12

Mar. 6

18

25

Apr. 1

15

22

May 6

13

27

June 3

10

17

24

below measurln

1939 11.85

12.28

12.29

12.22

12.29

12.23

12.20

12.19

12.18

1940 12.82

12.21

11.89

11.98

11.99

11.96

11.95

11.79

11.91

11.66

11.52

11.65

11.76

11.88

11.95

g point

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

, 1939-40

1, 1940

8

15

22

29

5

12

19

26

5

9

16

23

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

23

19.07

12.11

12.27

12.39

12.49

12.61

12.63

12.62

12.67

a 13.79

13.32

a 15.28

a 15.95

14.80

a 15.64

a 15.12

a 15.34

a 15.13

a 15.33

15.33

14.59

14.62

15.51

15.64

a Well M16 pumping,
KANSAS 111

M17. NBjSBj sec. 16, T. 24 S., R. 2 W. Depth 185.5 feet. Measuring 

point, 2.0 feet above land surface, 0.87 foot below bottom of hole in side 

of the pump base, 0.97 foot above bench mark, 1,405.98 feet above sea 

level. Bench mark 1,405.01 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1959-40

Date

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

8, 1959

15

22

29

12

19

3

10

17

24

31

7

21

28

5

11

18

25

2

9

16

23

30

6

Water 

level

9. SO

9.84

9.85

9.88

10.05

10.35

8.85

9.22

9.49

9.49

9.12

9.38

8.58

8.78

9.09

9.28

9.48

9.56

9.60

9.67

9.65

9.63

9,66

9.60

Date

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

.,

13, 1939

21

27

4

11

18

27

29, 1940

12

6

18

25

1

15

22

6

13

27

3

10

17

24

1

8

Water 

level

9.60

9.54

9.59

9.52

9.55

9.53

9.51

9.53

9.44

9.08

9.21

9.28

9.31

9.50

8.98

9.05

8.88

8.98

9.17

9.20

9.30

9.52

9.47

9.55

Date

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

15, 1940

22

29

5

12

19

26

5

9

16

18

25

50

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

23

Water 

level

9.70

10.83

9.97

10.10

10.07

10.09

10.05

10.67

10.61

10.76

11.07

a 30.70

11.64

12.31

12.20

12.56

12.16

12.26

a 34.13

12.25

a 33.03

12.43

12.27

M17a. NBfcSEi sec. 16, T. 24 S., R. 2 W. One hundred feet eastnortheast of well M17. Depth 51.0 feet. Measuring point, 0.6 foot above 

land surface, 1.38 feet below bench mark, 1,401.63 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1939-40

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

8, 1939

15

22

29

5

12

19

5

10

17

24

51

7

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

2

9

16

25

30

7.77

7.89

7.83

7.88

7.89

8.12

7.92

6.68

7.10

7.26

7.42

6.97

7.24

6.26

6.67

7.01

7.18

7.40

7.55

7.54

7.59

7.58

7.56

7.58

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.*

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

.July

6, 1959

13

21

27

4

11

18

27

29, 1940

12

6

18

25

1

15

22

6

13

27

5

10

17

24

1

7.52

7.50

7.46

7.50

7.45

7.55

7.50

7.47

7.59

7.41

6.95

7.09

7.51

7.50

7.22

6.85

7.01

6.73

6.93

7.15

7.15

7J21

7.25

7.40

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

8, 1940

15

22

29

5

12

19

26

. 5

9

16

25

50

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

23

7.49

7.61

7.88

7.85

7.95

7.95

7.69

8.06

8.29

8.56

8.81

b 10.80

9.26

9.53

9.75

9.83

9.65

9.71

b 11.39

10.10

b 11.77

10.06

9.78

a Pumping.

b Well M17 pumping.
112 WATER LEVELS AKD ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

MITb. NBjSEi sec. 16, T. 24 S., R. 2 W. Five hundred feet eastnortheast of well M17. Depth 51.0 feet. Measuring point, 2.0 feet 

above land surface, 1.64 feet below bench mark, 1,401.37 feet above sea 

level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1959-40

Date

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

8, 1939

15

22

29

5

12

19

3

10

17

24

31

7

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

2

9

16

23

30

Water 

level

7.38

7.51

7.49

7.54

7.60

7.63

7.68

6.40

6.80

7.07

7.12

6.72

6.93

6.01

6.40

6.78

6.95

7.14

7.25

7.27

7.34

7.27

7.30

7.30

Date

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

6, 1939

13

21

27

4

11

18

27

29, 1940

12

6

18

25

1

15

22

6

13

27

3

10

17

24

1

Water 

level

7.26

7.23

7.19

7.24

7.20

7.20

7.18

7.17

7.15

7.09

6.70

6.82

6.92

6.91

6.97

6.57

6.71

6.48

6.58

6.81

6.83

6.92

6.95

7.14

Date

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

8, 1940

15

22

29

5

12

19

26

. 5

9

16

23

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

23

Water 

level

7.23

7.33

7.50

7.62

7.71

7.68

7.71

7.83

8.03

8.15

8.67

a 9.84

9.03

9.41

9.56

9.64

9.52

9.58

a 10.48

9.88

a 10.80

9.89

9.59

M18. SEjSWt sec. 22, T. 24 S., R. 2 W. Depth 156.0 feet. Measuring point, 2.0 feet above land surface, 0.87 foot below bottom of hole 

in the side of pump base, 0,98 foot above bench mark, 1,401.92 feet above 

sea level. Bench mark 1,400.94 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1959-40

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

3, 1939

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

2

9

16

23

30

6

13

21

27

4

11

18

27

29, 1940

12.87

12.00

12.11

12.34

12.55

12.74

12.86

12.95

13.13

13.17

13'. 16

13.27

13.24

13.29

13.25

13.34

13.30

13.27

13.30

13.29

13.45

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

12, 1940

26

6

18

25

1

15

22

6

13

27

3

10

17

24

1

8

15

22

29

13.45

13.23

13.05

13.17

13.21

13.17

15.18

13.04

12.96

12.74

12.51

12.63

12.79

12.88

12.73

12.95

15.04

b 33.87

13.67

14.07

Aug. 5, 1940

12

19

26

Sept. 5

9

16

18

25

50

Oct. 7

14

21

28

Nov. 4

11

19

Dec. 2

9

25

13.97

14.01

14.08

14: 07

15.43

14.76

14.85

b 45.15

15.07

b 41.05

15.71

b 42.05

15.75

b 59.65

15.96

16.57

16.20

15.77

15.95

15.83

a Well M17 pumping, 

b Pumping.
KANSAS 113

M18a. SB^SWi sec. 22, T. 24 S., R. 2 W. One hundred feet westsouthwest of well 1118. Depth 71.V feet. Measuring point, 1.7 feet 

above land surface, 0.50 foot above bench mark, 1,401.44 feet above 

sea level.

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1959-40

Date

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

3, 1939

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

2

9

16

23

30

6

13

21

27

4

11

18

27

Water 

level

12.34

11.32

11.38

11.65

11.80

12.03

12.15

12.22

12.44

12.41

12.43

12.53

12.49

12.57

12.55

12.60

12.55

12.63

12.59

12.57

Date

Jan.

Feb.

Har.

Apr.

May

June

July

29, 1940

12

26

6

18

25

1

15

22

6

13

27

3

10

17

24

1

8

15

22

Water 

level

12.72

12.73

12.52

12.32

12.40

12.48

12.44

12.43

12.31

12.21

12.00

11.80

11.86

12.03

12.09

12.08

12.22

12.33

a 23.21

12.90

Date

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

29, 1940

5

12

19

26

5

9

16

23

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

23

Water 

level

13.33

13.24

13.30

13.36

13.36

14.65

14.03

13.97

14.32

a 28.36

14.91

a 28.94

15.01

a 28.02

15.22

15.61

15.42

15.00

15.14

15.05

M18b. SBiSW$ sec. 22, T. 24 S., R. 2 W. Five hundred feet westsouthwest of well M18. Depth 63.2 feet. Measuring point, 1.2 feet above 

land surface, 0.39 foot above bench mark, 1,401.33 feet above sea level.

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1959-40

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

3, 1939

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

2

9

16

23

30

6

13

21

27

4

11

18

27

11.73

10.58

10.66

10.94

11.13

11.35

11.50

11.59

11.76

11.83

11.81

11.89

11.87

11.90

11.91

12.02

11.94

11.95

11.91

11.88

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

29, 1940

12

26

6

.18

25

1

15

22

6

13

27

3

10

17

24

1

8

15

22

12.10

12.12

11.90

11.71

11.78

11.87

11.82

11.85

11.73

11.60

11.42

11.13

11.25

11.40

11.49

11.48

11.63

11.73

a 17.04

12.23

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

29, 1940

5

12

19

26

. 5

9

16

23

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

23

12.59

12.54

12.58

12.69

12.68

13.89

13.27

12.39

13.60

a 21.20

14.16

a 21.47

14.25

a 21.32

14.48

14.85

14.63

14*30

14.39

14.33

M19. NE cor. sec. 27, T. 24 S., R. 2 W. Depth 145.0 feet. Measuring point, 2.0 feet above land surface. 0.87 foot below bottom of hole 

In the side of the pump base, 1.01 feet above bench mark, 1,398.36 feet 

above sea level. Bench mark 1,597.55 feet above sea level._______________

a Well M18 pumping.
114 WATER LEVELS AKD ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

H19, Continued *

Date

June 6,

19

July 5

10

17

24

31

Aug. 7

21

28

Sept. 5

11

18

25

Oct. 2

9

16

23

50

Nov. 6

15

21

27

Water level, in feet

Water 

level

1959 14.07

15.55

13.78

14.14

14.21

14.31

14,17

14.49

12.82

13.01

15,29

15.44

15.71

15.72

13.89

14.15

14.20

14.16

14.35

14.29

14.41

14.34

14.47

Date

Dec, 4,

11

18

27

Jan. 29,

Feb. 12

26

Mar. 6

18

25

Apr. 1

15

22

May 6

13

27

June 3

10

17

24

July 1

8

15

below measuring

Water 

level

1959 14.41

14.45

14.42

14.41

1940 14.58

14.71

14.42

14.29

14.48

14.53

14.45

14.42

14.50

14.26

13.94

15.69

15.66

15.77

15.83

15.75

15.95

14.07

14.55

g point

Date

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

i

, 1939-40

22, 1940

29

5

12

19

26

5

9

16

18

25

50

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

23

Water 

level

14.49

14.61

14.74

14.73

14^87

14.84

15.89

18*98

15.70

a 56.75

15.97

16.82

a 53.66

16.88

16.52

17.14

15.96

16,91

a 34.57

16.73

a 56.03

17.33

H19a. NE cor. sec. 27, T. 24 S., R. 2 W. One hundred feet westnorthwest of well M19. Depth 59.7 feet. Measuring point, 0.7 foot above 

land surface, 1.75 feet above bench mark, 1,399.10 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1959-40

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

6, 1959

19

5

10

17

24

31

7

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

2

9

16

23

30

6

13

21

27

16.10

16.24

14,76

15.02

15.18

15.50

15.27

15.46

15.81

13.99

14.24

14.45

14.69

14.80

14.83

15,15

15.20

15.14

15.35

15.28

15.58

15.32

15.47

Dec,

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

4, 1959

11

18

27

29, 1940

12

26

6

18

25

1

15

22

6

15

27

3

10

17

24

1

8

15.58

15.41

15.46

15.44

15.65

15,71

15.45

15.29

15.46

15.51

15.48

15.43

15.32

15r29

14.88

14.69

14.71

14.90

14.89

14.80

15.02

15.15

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

16, 1940

22

29

5

12

19

26

. 5

9

16

23

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19 

2

9

23

15.59

15.47

15.69

15,81

15.78

15.99

15.93

16.79

17.98

16.74

17.02

17.72

b 20.25

17.67

17.56

17.86

17.63

17.80

b 20.94

17.70

b 21.20

18.44

M19b. NE cor. sec. 27, T. 24 S., R. 2 W. Five hundred feet westnorthwest of well M19. Depth 51.0 feet. Measuring point, 1.0 foot above 

land surface, 1.48 feet above bench mark, 1,598.83 feet above sea level.

a Pumping.

b Well M19 pumping.
KANSAS 115

M19b. Continued.

Bate

June 6.

19

July 3

10

17

24

31

Aug. 7

21

28

Sept. 5

11

18

25

Oct. 2

9

16

23

30

Nov. 6

13

21

27

Water level, In feet

Water

level

1939 14.84

15.10

13.48

13.90

13.99

14.12

13.97

14.33

12.47

12,74

13.05

13.24

13.50

13.62

13.63

13.93

13.98

13.94

14.13

14.09

14.18

14.12

14.28

Date

Dec. 4,

11

18.

27

Jan. 29,

Feb. 12

26

Mar. 6

18

25

Apr. 1

15

22

May 6

13

27

June 3

10

17

24

July 1

8

below measuring

Water 

level

1939 14.20

14.23

14.20

1,4,18

1940 14.43

14.52

14.15

14.05

14.27

14.29

14.23

14.17

14.06

14.04

13.70

13.49

13.51

13.66

13.75

13.62

13.82

13.94

£ point

Date

July

Aug.

Sept.

»

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

, 1939-40

15, 1940

22

29

5

12

19

26

5

9

16

23

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

23

Water 

level

14.27

14.40

14.53

14.66

14.64

14.76

14.70

15.76

16,24

15.64

15.94

16.78

a 17.00

16.80

16,54

16.98

16.65

16.86

a 17.71

16.59

17.54

17.18

M20. NW£SEi sec. 8, T. 24 S., H. 2 W. Depth 248.0 feet. Measuring point, 2.0 feet above land surface, 0,87 foot below bottom of hole 

In the side of the pump base, 0.99 foot above bench mark, 1,419.29 feet 

above sea level. Bench mark 1,418.30 feet above sea level.

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1939-40

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

10, 1939

18

7

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

2

9

16

.23

30

13

20

27

4

11

18

13.23

12.27

12,71

12,09

12.13

12.34

12.42

12.65

12.65

12.68

12.83

12.81

12.88

12,93

12.84

12.78

12.87

12.77

12.73

12.76

Dec,

Jan,

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

27, 1939

30, 1940

13

6

18

25

2

15

6

13

27

3

10

17

24

1

8

15

22

29

12.78

12.81

12.71

12.31

12.35

12.37

12.28

12.22

12.19

11.91

11.74

11.84

12.01

12,30

12.21

12.34

12,44

12.91

12.96

13.18

Aug.

%

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

5, 1940

12

19

26

. 5

9

16

18

24

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

30

13.25

13.14

13.26

13.27

14.28

15.14

16,46

16.71

b 35.12

16.54

17.04

16.40

b 40,24

16.91

16.63

16.54

b 41,85

b 41.59

18.66

17.34

M20a. NWjSBi sec. 8, T. 24 S., R. 2 W. One hundred feet southsouthwest of well M20, Depth 50.8 feet. Measuring point, 0.8 foot above 

land surface, 0.10 foot below bench mark, 1,418.20 feet above sea level.

a Well H19 pumping, 

b Pumping.
116 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

M20a. Continued.

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1959-40

Date

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

10, 1939

18

7

21

28

5

11

18

25

2

9

16

23

30

13

20

4

11

18

27

Water 

level

11.64

11.82

11.14

10.52

10.54

10.71

10.81

11.00

11.08

11*00

11.20

11.14

11.15

11.26

11.18

11.15

11.11

11.06

11.11

11.14

Date

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

30, 1940

13

6

18

25

2

15

6

13

27

3

10

17

24

1

8

15

22

29

Water 

level

11.13

11.03

10.63

'10.69

10.67

10.64

10.57

10.50

11.20

10.08

10.14

10.32

10.42

10.56

10.66

10.79

11.14

11,29

11.45

Date

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

5, 1940

12

19

26

. 5

9

16

24

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

30

Water 

level

11.57

11.44

11.60

11.57

12.36

12.96

13.58

a 15.54

13.12

14.30

14.34

a 15.09

14.66

14.66

14.71

a 15.81

a 16.47

16.16

15.78

M20b. NW^SEi sec. 8, T. 24 S., R. 2 W. Five hundred feet southsouthwest of H20. Depth 50.8 feet. Measuring point, 0.8 foot above land 

surface, 1.06 feet below bench mark, 1,417.24 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1959-40

July 10,

18

Aug. 7

21

28

Sept. 5

11

18

25

Oct. 2

9

16

23

30

Nov. 13

20

27

Dec. 4

11

18

M21. 

ing point

1939 10.78

10.91

10.27

9.65

9.61

9.80

9.91

10.13

10.10

10.15

10.50

10.29

10.25

10.59

10.50

10.25

10.52

10.23

10.18

10.22

Dec. 27, 1959

Jan. 50, 1940

Feb. 15

Mar. 6

18

25

'Apr. 2

15

May 6

15

27

June 5

10

17

24

July 1

8

15

22

29

SW cor. sec. 26. T. 24 S., R 

,2.0 feet above land surface,

10.24

10.28

10.19

9.77

9.80

9.77

9.75

9.66

9.64

9.52

9.21

9.26

9.48

9.55

9.69

9.81

9.89

10.20

10.58

10.53

Aug. 5, 1940

12

19

26

Sept* 5

9

16

24

30

Oct. 7

14

21

28

Nov. 4

11

19

Dec. 2

9

50

. 2 W. Depth 79.5 feet. 

0.87 foot below bottom

10.71

10.59

10.75

10.72

11.40

11.96

12.59

a 13.22

15.16

13.31

13.39

a 15.82

15.75

15.78

13.78

a 14.58

a 15.18

15.20

14.85

Measurof hole in

A .

the side of the pump base, 1.01 feet above bench mark, 1,393.97 feet above 

sea level. Bench mark 1,592.96 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measurin; point, 1939-40

May

June

July

5, 1939

8

15

22

12

19

5

10

12.55

12.85

12.68

12.83

15.04

15.24

11.49

11.49

July

Aug.

Sept.

17, 1959

24

51

7

21

28

5

11

11.87

12.00

11.89

12.01

10.52

10.58

10.80

10.93

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

.18, 1939

25

2

9

16

25

6

15

11.24

11.50

11.40

11.69

11.74

11.67

11.86

12.00

a Well M20 pumping.
KAHSAS 117

M21. Continued.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1959-40

Date

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

21, 1939

27

4

11

18

27

29, 1940

12

6

18

26

1

16

22

6

IS

Water 

level

11,94

12.11

12.03

12.08

12.07

12.06

12.38

12.48

12.22

12.35

12 .,41

12.32

12.26

12.13

12.06

11.68

Date

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

20, 1940

27

3

10

17

24

1

8

15

22

29

6

12

19

26

6

later 

level

11.27

11.41

11.45

11.33

11.32

11.32

11.48

11.62

11.82

12.00

12.20

12.31

12.36

12.61

12.48

a 26.49

Date

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

9, 1940

16

18

23

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

16

23

Hater 

level

a 26.32

a 28.78

14.07

14.66

a 26.87

15.00

14.60

a 26,25

a 28.23

a 28.37

16.39

15.23

14.98

15.31

16.22

16.01

M21a. SI cor. sec. 26, T. 24 S., R. 2 1. One hundred feet north-- 

northwest of well M21. Depth 60.8 feet. Measuring point. 0.8 foot above 

land surface, 0.13 foot above bench mark, 1,393.09 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring pdint, 1939-40

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

3, 1939

8

16

22

29

6

12

19

3

10

17

24

31

7

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

2

9

16

23

30

11.48

11.78

11.64

11.87

11.87

11.89

11.96

11.92

10.46

10.76

10.86

10.98

10.86

10.02

9.30

9.48

9.76

9.91

10.20

10.27

10.36

10.62

10.67

10.61

10.80

Mov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

6, 1939

13

21

27

4

11

18

27

29, 1940

12

6

18

26

1

15

22

6

13

20

27

3

10

17

24

1

10.80

10.96

10.86

11.03

10.96

10.97

10.98

10.97

11.27

11.37

11.12

11.24

11 .'32

11.20

11.16

11.05

10.97

10.61

10.18

10.27

10.32

10.23

10.22

10; 21

10.37

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

8, 1940

16

22

29

6

12

19

26

. 5

9

16

23

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

16

23

10.50

10*77

10.93

11.06

11.23

11.27

11*40

11.40

b 17.85

b 16.90

b 19,16

13.44

b 19.29

13.88

13.48

b 18.29

b 19.16

b 19.73

14.25

14.11

13.87

14.14

14.07

13.86

MBlb. 31 cor. sec. 26, T. 24 S., R. 2 V. Five hundred feet northnorthwest of well M21. Depth 60.8 feet. Measuring point} 0.8 foot above 

land surface, 0.12 foot below bench mark, 1,392.84 feet above sea level.

later level, in feet below measuring point. 1959-40

May 3, 1939

8

15

22

29

June 6

12

19

July 3

10

17

24

31

11.19

11.48

11.34

11.44

11.44

11.47

11.67

11.47

10.07

10.36

10.43

10.53

10.43

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

7, 1939

21

28

. 6

11

18

26

2

9

16

23

30

6

10.69

8.88

9.06

9.31

9.48

9.77

9.83

9.91

10.23

10.32

10.21

10.46

10.39

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

13, 1939

21

27

4

11

18

27

29, 1940

12

6

18

26

1

10.51

10.49

10.65

10.56-

10.60

10.53

10.60

10.91

10.98

10.70

10.84

10.88

10.76

a Pumping. b Veil M21 pumping,
118 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

M21b. Continued.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1959-40

Date

Apr.

May

June

July

15, 1940

22

6

13

20

27

3

10

17

24

1

8

Water

level

10.74

10.63

10.53

10.18

9.97

9.82

9.88

9.80

9.79

9.80

9.93

10.08

Date

July

Apr.

Sept

15, 1940

22

29

5

12

19

26

. 5

9

16

23

30

Water

level

10.36

10.49

10.63

10.78

10.84

11.01

10.98

a 15.20

a 14.32

a 16.18

13.00

a 16.59

Date

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

7, 1940

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

16

23

Water 

level

13.46

13.09

a 15,86

a 16.55

a 17.33

15.79

15.69

13.43

13.67

13.62

15.46

M22, SW cor. SEj sec. 26, T. 24 S., R. 2 W. Depth 81.6 feet. 

Measuring point, 2.0 feet above land surface, 0.87 foot below bottom of 

hole In side of the pump base, 0.99 foot above bench mark, 1,393.59 feet 

above sea level. Bench mark 1,392.60 feet above sea level.

Water level. In feet below measuring point, 1959-40

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

t

Nov.

16, 1939

12

19

3

10

17

24

31

7

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

2

9

16

23

6

13

21

27

14.54

14.47

14.66

12.62

13.10

13.23

13.40

IS. 22

13.59

11.20

11.63

12.05

12.24

12.59

12.71

12.80

13.12

13.10

13.15

15.30

13,46

13.42

13.59

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

4, 1939

11

18

27

29, 1940

12

6

18

25

1

15

22

6

13

27

3

10

17

24

1

8

15

22

13.51

13.57

13.55

13.53

13.87

13.99

13.69

13.86

13/^90

1S.HB2

13.77

13.63

13.53

13.08

12.81

12.94

12.77

12.80

12.83

13.01

13.15

15.23

13.43

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

29, 1940

5

12

19

26

. 5

9

16

18

23

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

16

23

13.61

13.76

13.83

13.99

13.99

IB. 87

b 26.95

15.99

15.30

b 31.88

b 53.50

b 30.89

16.00

16.28

16.78

17.17

b 52.97

16.60

16.73

b 35.85

17.13

16.71

M22a. SW cor. SEj sec. 26, T. 24 S., R. 2 W. One hundred feet westsouthwest of well M22. Depth 51.0 feet. Measuring point, 0.8 foot above 

land surface, 0.84 foot below bench mark, 1,591.76 feet above sea level. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1939-40

May

June

July

.

Aug.

Sept.

16, 1939

29

5

12

19

5

10

17

24

51

7

21

28

5

12,35

12.40

12.45

12.50

12.45

10.68

11,15

11.31

11.48

11.30

11.47

9.29

9.72

10.01

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

.11, 1939

18

25

2

9

16

23

50

6

15

21

27

4

11

10,33

10.67

10,78

10.85

11.18

11.13

11.16

11.43

11.34

11.50

11.50

11.63

11.54

11,58

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

18, 1939

27

29, 1940

12

6

18

25

1

15

22

6

13

27

5

11.65

11.64

11.96

12.06

11.75

11.95

11.95

11.86

11.82

11.69

11.54

11.12

10.85

10.91

a Well M21 pumping. b Pumping.
KANSAS 119

M22a, Continued.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1959-40

Date

June

July

Aug.

10, 1940

17

24

1

8

15

22

29

5

12

Water 

level

10.76

10.80

10.85

11.01

11.14

11.26

11.46

11.64

11*77

11.80

Date

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

19, 1940

26

. 5

9

16

25

50

7

14

Water 

level

12.01

11.99

15.47

a 20.25

14.07

a 19.17

a 20.96

a 19.94

14.02

,

Date

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

21, 1940

28

4

11

19

2

9

16

25

Water 

level

14.40

14.82

15.50

a 20.75

14.64

14.73

a 20.98

15.16

14.73

M22b. SW cor. SE& sec. 26, T. 24 S., R. 2 W. Five hundred feet 

west-southwest of well M22, along east-west road, in SE&SW^ sec. 26, 

T. 24 S., R. 2 W. Depth 50.0 feet. Measuring point, 0.9 foot above 

land surface, 0.24 foot above bench mark, 1,392.84 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1959-40

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

16, 1959

29

5

12

19

3

10

17

24

51

7

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

2

9

16

25

50

6

15

15.02

15.19

15.24

15.27

13.18

11.48

11.96

12.10

12.25

12.08

12.24

10.18

10.51

10.91

11.11

11.42

11.55

11.61

11.92

12.03

11.95

12.17

12.10

12.25

Nt>v.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

21, 1939

27

4

11

18

27

29, 1940

12

6

18

25

1

15

22

6

13

27

5

10

17

24

1

8

12.21

12.59

12.29

12.34

12.32

12.31

12.64

12.75

12.45

12.64

12.66

12.56

12.50

12.38

12.29

11.83

11.54

11.63

11.47

11.50

11.51

11.67

11.83

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

15, 1940

22

29

5

12

19

26

. 5

9

16

23

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

16

25

12.03

12.21

12.38

12.54

12.58

12.75

12.74

14.32

a 16.20

14.98

a 15.49

a 17.53

a 17.01

14.83

15.24

15.70

16.20

a 17.53

15.45

15.52

a 17.96

15.97

15.46

M23. SB cor. NE£ sec. 35, T. 24 S., R. 2 W. Depth 204.5 feet. 

Measuring point, 2.0 feet above land surface, 0.87 foot below bottom of 

hole in the side of the pump base, 0.99 foot above bench mark, 1,388.59 

feet above sea level. Bench mark 1,387.60 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1939-40

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept

29, 1939

o

12

19

3

10

17

24

31

7

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

13.51

15.48

15.46

15.58

11.51

11.94

12.17

12.36

12.05

12.28

9.85

10.59

10.88

11.15

11.50

11.66

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

2, 1939

9

16

23

30

6

13

20

27

4

11

18

27

29, 1940

12

26

11.76

12.04

12.03

12.10

12.50

12.25

12.57

12.56

12.50

12.45

12.49

12.58

12.56

12.79

12.81

12.53

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

6, 1940

18

25

1

15

22

6

13

27

3

10

17

24

1

8

15

12.44

12.65

12.73

12.66

12.66

12.36

12.28

11.92

11.35

11.84

11.73

11.73

11.87

12.06

12.21

12.42

a Well M22 pumping.
120 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

M23, Continued.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1939-40

Date

July 22, 1940 

29 

Aug. 5 

12 

19 

26 

Sept. 5 

9

Water 

level

12.55 

12.74 

12.53 

12.93 

15.08 

15.13 

a 37.93 

a 39.48

Date

Sept 

Oct.

.16, 1940 

18 

25 

30 

7 

14 

21 

28

Water 

level

13.65 

13.77 

a 43.54 

14.53 

14.76 

14.77 

a 36.23 

15.46

Date

Nov. 4, 

11 

19 

Dec. 2 

9 

16 

23 

31

Water 

level

1940 15.04 

14.71 

15.40 

a 41.04 

. 15.70 

a 41.08 

19.03 

15.62

M23a. SE cor. NEfc sec. 35, T. 24 S., R. 2 W. One hundred feet 

north-northeast of well M23. Depth 50.9 feet. Measuring point, 0.9 foot 

above land surface, 0.57 foot above bench mark, 1,388.17 feet above sea 

level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point. 1959-40

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

29, 1959

5

12

19

3

10

17

24

31

7

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

2

9

16

25

30

6

13

20

12.79

12.95

12.82

12.72

10.60

10.53

11. 5Q

11.74

11.42

11.65

9.17

9.74

10.23

10.49

10.83

11.02

11.13

11.40

11.40

11.48

11.67

11.60

11.73

11.74

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

27, 1959

4

11

18

27

29, 1940

12

26

6

18

25

1

15

22

6

15

27

3

10

17

24

1

8

15

11.87

11.81

11.85

11.82

11.80

12.19

12.21

11.91

11.81

12.05

12.11

12.05

12.04

11.74

11.62

11.27

11.07

11.17

11.07

11.11

11.28

11.44

11.57

11.79

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dee.

22, 1940

29

5

12

19

26

5

9

16

23

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

16

23

31

11.95

12.14

12.25

12.32

12.50

12.49

b 15.38

b 14.89

15.02

b 16.28

15.70

15.88

14.14

b 16.97

14.73

14.48

14.15

14.52

b 17.48

14.82

b 17.52

16.20

15.02

H23b. SB oor. NBfc see. 35, T. 24 S., R. 2 W. Five hundred feet 

north-northeast of wellji23. Depth 51.1 feet. Measuring point. 1.1 feet 

above land surface, 0.07 foot above bench mark, 1,387.67 feet above sea 

level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1959-40

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept

29, 1959

5

12

19

3

10

17

24

31

7

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

12.26

12.48

12.39

12.26

10.05

10.82

11.07

11.30

10.96

11.18

8.60

9.27

9.75

10.06

10.44

10.61

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

2, 1939

9

16

23

50

6

15

20

27

4

11

18

27

29. 1940

12

26

10.72

11.00

11.01

11.06

11.27

11.21

11.34

11.35

11.48

11.41

11.46

11,42

11.39

11.72

11.79

11.47

 ar.

Apr.

May

June

July

6, 1940

18

25

1

15

22

6

13

27

3

10

17

24

1

8

15

11.38

11.62

11.66

11.60

11.60

11.31

11.20

10.84

10.64

10*76

10.65

10.69

10.80

10.97

11.14

11.35

a Pumping. b Hell X&S pumping.
KANSAS 121

H23b. Continued.

Hater level. In feet below measuring point, 1959-40

Date

July 22, 1940 

29 

Aug. 5 

12 

19 

26 

Sept. 5 

9

Hater 

level

11.51 

11.70 

11.88 

11.91 

12.07 

12.10 

a 13.58 

a 15.21

Date

Sept. 16, 1940 

25 

50 

Oct. 7 

14 

21 

28 

Nov. 4

Water 

level

12.59 

a 14.41 

15.25 

15.43 

15.62 

a 15.26 

14.18 

13.97

Date

Nov. 11, 1940 

19 

Dec. 2 

9 

16 

23 

31

Hater 

level

15.72 

14.02 

a 15.77 

14.56 

a 15.77 

15.57 

14.56

M24. SE cor. sec. 35, T. 24 S., R. 2 D. Depth 97.0 feet. Measuring point, 2.0 feet above land surface, 0.87 foot below bottom of hole 

In the side of the pump base, 1.0 foot above bench mark, 1,389.88 feet 

above sea level. Bench mark 1,388.88 feet above sea level.

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1959-40

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

1, 1939

12

19

5

10

17

24

51

7

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

2

9

16

25

50

6

15

20

27

13.21

15.28

15.45

12.18

12.25

12.29

13.41

12.24

12.31

10.71

10.77

10.95

11.07

11.39

11.41

11.50

11.67

11.75

11.78

11.89

11.92

12.01

12.06

12.10

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

4, 1959

11

18

27

29, 1940

12

26

6

18

25

1

15

22

6

15

27

5

10

17

24

1

8

15

22

12.10

12.15

12.17

12.16

12.49

12.53

12.43

12.36

12.47

12.55

12.50

12.50

12.36

12.25

12.11

11.90

11.93

11.39

11.65

11.72

11.74

11.96

12.06

12.20

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

29, 1940

5

12

19

26

. 5

9

16

18

23

50

7

14

21,

28

4

11 »

19

2

9

16

23

51

12.55

12.48

12.53

12.66

12.72

b 51.79

b 54.99

13.35

13.54

15.61

14.23

14.54

b 35.26

15.36

14.95

b 52.59

14.84

14.87

14.94

b 51.11

15.77

15.58

b 55.54

M24a. SE cor. sec. 35, T. 24 S., R. 2 W. One hundred feet westsouthwest of well M24. Depth 54.0 feet. Measuring point, 1.0 foot above 

surface, 0.26 foot above bench mark, 1,589.14 feet above land surface.

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1959-40

June

July

Aug.

Sept

1, 1939

12

19

5

10

17

24

51

7

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

12.45

12.40

12.51

11.51

11.42

11.46

11.55

11.59

11.44

9.88

9.91

10.05

10.21

10.40

10.54

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

2, 1939

9

16

23

50

6

15

20

27

4

11

18

27

29, 1940

12

10.61

10.80

10.85

10.89

11.02

11.05

11.10

11.16

11.23

11.22

11.25

11.30

11.28

11.61

11.66

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

26, 1940

6

18

25

1

15

22

6

13

27 .

5

10

17

24

1

11.56

11.49

11.59

11.62

11.60

11.64

11.52

11.56

11.27

11.05

11.05

10.75

10.79

10.86

10.96

a Well M23 pumping. b Pumping.
122 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

112 4a. Continued.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1959-40

Date

July 8, 1940

15

22

29

Aug. 5

12

19

26

Sept. 5

Water

level

11.06

11.09

11.31

11.46

11.60

11.67

11.81

11.81

a 16.97

Date

Sept. 9, 1940

16

23

30

Oct. 7

14

21

28

Water 

level

a 17.26

12.44

12.69

13.35

13.62

a 19.44

14.45

14.05

Date

Nov. 4, 1940

11

19

Dec. 2

9

16

23

31

Water 

level

a 19.26

13.95

13.97

14.03

a 18.34

14.84

14.45

a 19.19

M24b. SB cor. sec. 35, T. 24 S., R. 2 W. Five hundred feet westsouthwest of well M24. Depth 51.0 feet. Measuring point, 1.0 foot above 

land surface, 2.92 feet above bench mark, 1,391.81 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1959-40

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

1, 1939

12

19

3

10

17

24

31

7

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

2

9 «

16

23

30

6

13

20

27

14.30

14.52

14.38

13.59

13.54

13.61

13.64

12.52

13.59

12. 24

12.17

IS. 26

12.35

12.53

12.66

12.74

12.94

12.91

13.03

13.12

13.17

13.21

13.28

13.35

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

4, 1939

11

18

27

29, 1940

12

26

6

18

25

1

15

22

6

13

27

3

10

17

24

1

8

15

13.36

13.37

13.40

13.38

13.71

13.76

13.71

13.64

13.70

13.75

13.72

13.74

13.65

13.51

13.43

13.20

13.20

13.03

12.95

12.96

13.06

13.15

13.31

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

22, 1940

29

5

12

19

26

. 5

9

16

23

30

7

14

21

28

4

11

19

2

9

16

23

31

13.41

13.54

13.68

13.71

13.85

13.92

a 15.21

a 15.16

14.54

14.70

15.36

15.62

a 17.38

16.39

16.12

a 17.77

16.12

16.00

16.02

a 16.74

16.80

16.48

a 17.60

M25. SW£SE| sec. 36, T. 24 S., R. 2 W. .Depth .189.0 feet. Measuring point, 2.0 feet above land surface, 0.87 foot below bottom of hole 

in the side of the pump base, 1,01 feet above bench mark, 1,383.83 feet 

above sea level. Bench mark 1,382.82 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1959-40

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept

2g, 1939

12

19

5

10

17

24

51

7

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

10.51

10.84

10.95

9.06

9.55

9.76

9.94

9.64

9.85

7.54

8.02

8.46

8.67

8.98

9.13

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

2, 1959

9

16

25

50

6

15

20

27

4

11

18

27

29, -19 40

12

9,22

9.82

9.46

9.54

9.72

9.68

9.80

9.79

9.91

9.87

9.91

9.90

9.39

10.19

10.21

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

6, 1940

18

25

1

15

22

6

13

27

3

10

17

24

1

8

9.84

10.04

10.15

10.12

10.10

9.69

9.67

9.40

9.11

9.37

9.09

9.10

9.44

9.62

9.75

a Well M24 pumping.
KANSAS 123

M25. Continued.

Date

July 15, 1940

22

29

Aug. 5

12

19

26

Sept. 5

9

Water 

level

9.93

10.07

10.24

10.40

10.40

10.56

10.58

10.86

10.60

Date

Sept. 16, 1940

18

23

30

Oct. 7

14

21

28

Water 

level

11.00

10.89

10.60

11.48

a 30.24

11.94

12.56

12.16

Date

Nov. 4, 1940

11

19

Dec. 2

9

16

23

31

Water 

level

12.07

11.79

a 34.47

12.46

a 33.31

12.54

a 33,05

12.69

H25a. SW$BE£ sec. 36, T. 24 S., R. 2 W. One hundred feet southwest 

of well H25. Depth 50,0 feet. Measuring point, 0.8 foot above land surface, 0.03 foot above bench mark, 1,382.85 feet above sea level.

Water level. In feet below measuring point, 1959-40

Hay

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

22, 1939

o

12

19

3

10

17

24

31

7

21

28

5

11

18

25

2

9

16

23

30

6

13

20

9.17

9.66

9.56

9.41

7.71

8.25

8.50

8.66

8.35

8.54

6.11

6.69

7.13

7.30

7.68

7.80

7.90

8.12

8.15

8.17

8.36

8.36

8.50

8.46

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

27, 1939

4

11

18

27

29, 1940

12

6

18

25

1

15

22

6

13

27

3

10

17

24

1

8

15

8.60

8.56

8.62

8.59

8.57

8.91

8.93

8.55

8.66

8.84

8.83

8.76

8.41

8.38

8.12

7.94

8.10

7.73

7.97

8.12

8,34

8,43

8.59

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

22, 1940

29

5

12

19

26

. 5

9

16

23

30

7

14

21

28

4

 11

19

2

9

16

23

31

8.73

8.93

9.02

9.12

9.23

9.22

9.50

9.29

9.64

10.15

10.23

b 12.20

10.72

11.05

10.92

10.89

10.60

b 13.38

11.09

b 13.07

11.27

b 12.24

11.51

M25b. SWfcSEfc sec. 36,T. 24 S., R. 2 W. Five hundred feet southwest 

of M25 In the NEiNW£ sec. 1, T. 25 S., R. 2 W., along east-west road. 

Depth 51.0 feet. Measuring point, 0.8 foot above land surface, 1.69 

feet above bench mark, 1,384.51 feet above sea level.

Water level, In feet below measuring point. 1939-40

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

22, 1939

5

12

19

3

10

17

24

31

7

21

28

. 5

11

18

25

2

10.60

11.09

10.92

10*79

9.22

9.73

9.91

10.06

9.74

9.91

7.69

8.14

8.55

8.75

9.07

9.20

9.28

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

* 9, 1939

16

23

30

6

13

20

27

4

11

18

27

29, 1940

12

6

18

25

9,55

9,54

9.61

9.78

9.74

9.87

9.86

10.01

9.94

9.99

9.99

9.98

10.30

10.30

9.95

10.18

10.25

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

1, 1940

15

22

6

13

27

3

10

17

24

1

8

15

22

29

5

12

10.20

10.18

9.84

9.78

9.55

9.36

9.27

9.13

9.37

9.53

9.72

9.80

10.03

10.15

10.31

10.49

10.50

a Pumping. b Well M25 pumping.
124 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

M25b. Continued.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1959-40

Date

Aug. 19, 1940 

26 

Sept. 5 

9 

16 

23 

30

Water 

level

10.64 

10.65 

10.89 

10.69 

10.98 

11.50 

11.58

Date

Oct. t. 1940 

14 

21 

28 

Nov. 4 

11

Water 

level

a 13.16 

12.21 

12.49 

12.29 

12.33 

11.98

Date

Nov. 19, 1940 

Dec. 2 

9 

16 

23 

31

Water 

level

a 14.21 

12.50 

a 14.11 

12.64 

a 13.29 

12.99

HODQBMAN COUNTY 

By H. A. Waite

According to a surrey made by Kenneth D. McCall and Hilburn H. 

Davison of the Division of Water Resources, Kansas State Board of Agriculture, approximately 16,845 acres of land in the Pawnee River Basin 

were under irrigation in 1939. Of the land under irrigation, 8,701 acres 

were irrigated with water pumped from wells, 6,052 acres were irrigated 

with water pumped from streams, and 2,092 acres were Irrigated with water 

pumped from wells and streams. There were 134 irrigation wells, 95 stream 

pumping plants, and 30 small dams in operation in 1939. Because of the 

Increase in land irrigated with water pumped from wells In the last 

several years, it was deemed advisable to start a program of water-level 

measurements in wells in order to determine the influence of the increased withdrawals on ground-water levels in the basin. An observationwell program was begun in the Pawnee River Basin in 1940 by the Federal 

Geological Survey and the Kansas Geological Survey In cooperation with 

the Division of Sanitation of the Kansas State Board of Health, and the 

Division-of Water Resources of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture. 

This work was done under the direction of S. W. Lohman, Federal geologist 

in charge of ground-water investigations in Kansas. In August 1940, 8 

wells, including 3 wells in Hodgeman County, 2 wells in Ness County, and 

3 wells in Pawnee County, were selected for monthly observation by 

Richard B. Christy and the writer.

A total of 13 wetted-tape measurements were made in Hodgeman County 

during 1940 by Richard B. Christy. Descriptions and records of water 

level for the 3 observation wells In Hodgeman County follow.

a Well H25 pumping.
KANSAS 125

3. W. J.(Fox. SW|NW| sec. 12, T. 21 S., R. 22 W. Dug and drilled 

Irrigation well, diameter 20 Inches, depth 75.6 feet. Measuring point, 

top of round concrete curb, 5 feet In diameter, southeast side at painted 

orange mark, 1.0 foot above land surface.

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Aug. 26 

Sept. 20

Water 

level

35.69 

35.77

Date

Oct. 29 

Nov. 28

Water 

level

35.03 

35.09

Date

Dec. 26

Water 

level

34.71

4. William Macey. SWfcSWj sec. 13, T. 22 S., R. 22 W. Dug and 

drilled Irrigation well, diameter 20 Inches, depth 50.3 feet. Measuring 

point, top of channel-Iron sill upon which pumphead rests, north side at 

painted orange mark, 1.0 foot above land surface. Water levels, In feet 

below measuring point, 1940: Aug. 28, 28.03; Sept. 20, 28.19; Nov. 28, 

28.47; Dec. 26, 28.13.

5. Roy Klein. NWiNEi sec. 36, T. 21 S., R. 21 W. Drilled Irrigation well,diameter 18 Inches, depth 97 feet. Measuring point, top of 

18-inch casing, north side at painted orange mark, 0.8 foot above land 

surface. Water levels, In feet below measuring point, 1940i Aug. 27, 

32.83; Oct. 29, 33.88; Nov. 28, 33.43; Dec. 26, 33.18.

JEWELL COUNTY

By H. A. Waite and C. R. Ourtls

The observation-well program in the Limestone Creek area, Jewell

I/ 

County, Kansas, was continued in 1940 by the Federal and State Geological

Surveys in cooperation with the Soil Conservation Service, the Division 

of Sanitation of the State Board of Health and the Division of Water 

Resources of the State Board of Agriculture, under the general supervision of S. W. Lohman, Federal geologist in charge of ground-water investigations in Kansas. Water-level measurements were being made in 

39 wells at the beginning of the year. Measurements on well 64, a 

community well, were discontinued during the year after the well was 

sealed. At the end of the year 38 wells were under observation; about 

491 individual wetted-tape measurements were made during 1940. . Measurements were made about once a month in most of the wells. The measurements 

through June 10 were made by W. H. Hardln. As a result of a reduction in 

the staff of the Soil Conservation Service at Mankato, the observationwell program in Jewell County lapsed temporarily after June 10. Measurements were resumed in August by Charles R. Curtis and from September 

through the rest of the year were made by a local observer, John H. 

Diamond._____________________________________________

\J See Water-Supply Papers 777, 817, 840, 845, and 886. 

418674 O - 41 - 9
126 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

According to records of the United States Weather Bureau, the precipitation at Burr Oak, situated several miles north of the northern boundary 

of the Limestone Creek area, was 23.01 inches or 1.96 inches below normal. 

The water levels in 31 of the 38 wells under observation at the end of 

the year showed net declines for the period. January 3 to December 23 

ranging from 0.41 foot to 12.31 feet; the water levels in 4 wells showed 

net rises for the same period ranging from 0.13 to 0.67 foot. The greatest net decline in water level, 12.31 feet, occurred in well 34, one of 

the wells adjacent to the Kindler Pond. Water-level fluctuations in 

1940 and during the period of record are summarized in the following 

table.

Highest and lowest water levels for period of 

record in 59 wells in Jewell County

Highest recorded 

 , ,, water level, in ^. . Wel1 feet beloi Date 

measuring point

4

6

8

12

14

18

22

25

30

34

34A

34B

340

40

41

42

43

44

45

46

47

48

49

50

51

52

55

54

55

56

57

61

62

63

64

65

66

67

69

18

12

56

14

15

15

14

13

13

99

104

105

107

10

14

15

19

80

15

22

19

15

30

20

101

104

107

110

109

107

103

87

87

95

17

13

13

13

13

.66

.45

.86

.20

,16

.11

.17

.55

.70

.98

.55

.31

.14

.41

.04

.62

.90

.91

.55

.12

.58

.18

.66

.75

.58

.98

.83

.10

.93

,19

.30

.98

.46

.03

.51

.95

.20

.22

.34

Oct.

Mar.

Sept.

Nov.

June

Mar.

June

Feb.

May

Sept.

June

June

June

June

May

June

June

May

May

July

June

Feb.

June

May

Mar.

Mar.

Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Dec.

Feb.

Sept.

Apr.

June

May

June

June

June

12,

19,'

7,

8,

16,

26,

19,

11.

15,

13,

28,

24,

28,

22,

28,

21,

20,

2,

21,

20,

22,

13,

28,

15,

16,

20,

13,

^'

6,

20,

13,

?,

13,

5,

14,

19,

16,

16,

13 f

Lowest recorded 

water level, in 

feet below 

measuring point

1938

1934

1938

1935

1937

1936

1936

1937

1936

1935

1935

1938

1935

1938

1936

1935

1935

1940

1936

1938

1938

1936

1939

'1940

1939

1936

1935

1935

1935

1935

1935

1940

1935

1939

1939

1937

1937

1937

1937

5

7

8

7

8

9

9

9

7

77

91

88

93

9

8

9

8

8

6

8

9

8

3

9

84

94

94

93

95

95

95

83

83

87

10

4

6

4

5

.88

.77

.02

.91

.79

.51

.48

.15

.20

.44

.68

.09

.57

.50

.71

.76

.81

.43

.64

.82

.48

.87

.07

.97

.75

.76

.89

.81

.28

.46

.53

.17

.10

.96

.42

.04

.06

.56

.82

Apr.

- Oct.

Aug.

June

Mar.

May

Aug.

Mar.

Sept

Aug.

Mar.

Mar.

Sept

Mar.

Apr.

May

Sept

May

Dec.

Aug.

May

Oct.

Nov.

Nov.

Dec.

Dec.

Sept

May

May

Oct.

May

May

May

Sept

May

July

Jan.

Aug.

Oct.

Dec.

Aug.

Date

2,

13,

23,

8,

20,

2, 10,

2,

.20,

19,

2,

2,

.20,

1'

*,

11,

.20,

9,

21, 52»

9,

25,

24,

28,

6,

13,

.26,

3,

3,

23,

f'3,

3,

.27,

3,

15,

19,

20,

*l>

2,

20

1936

1937

1934

1938

1934

1935

1934

1935

1940

1940

1935

1935

1940

1937

1940

1935

1934

1935

1940

1934

1935

1934

1934

1934

1934

1934

1934

1935

1935

1940

1935

1935

1935

1935

1935

1935

1938

1940

1940

1940

1940
KANSAS 127

Net changes In water, level In 1940 and net changes In water level 

______for period of record in 59 wells In Jewe11 County______

Well

Difference between 

highest and lowest 

water levels, 

in feet

Net rise ( + )

or net decline (-)

in feet, 1940

Ifst rise (+) or

net decline (-) in

feet, for period

of record

4

6

8

12

14

18

22

25

30

34

34A

34B

340

40

41

42

43

44

45

46

47

48

49

50

51

52

53

54

55

56

57

61

62

63

64

65

66

67

69

12.78

4.66

48.84

6.29

6.37

5.60

4.69

4.40

6.50

' 22.54

12.67

17.22

13.57

1.11

5.33

5.86

11.09

12.48

8.89

13.30

10.10

6.31

27.59

10.78

16.83

10.22

12.94

16.29 '

14.65

11.73

7.77

4.81

4.36

7.07

7.09

9.91

7.14

8.66

7.52

-2.12

- .41

-6.30

-2.08

+ .55

-1.14

- .93

- .67

-1.45

-12.31

-4.42

-2.50

-3.61

+ .13

-1.52

-2.26

-1.59

-1.59

+ .26

-1.82

+ .67

-4.56

-1.29

- .51

-1.95

-1.36

-1.51

- .72

- .78

- .43

- .78

-1.20

-2.42

- .75

- .88

+2.62

-3.71

+8.27

-2.07

+ 1.91

-2.07

+ .51

-1.05

-5.30

-4.44

+8.10

+4.27

- .25

- .10

-1.07

-1.02

- .52

+ .99

-4.37

+8.36

+ .12

+ 1.81

+8.46

+2.20

+11.26

+ 4.35

' +1.69

+2.03

+2.57

+3.35

+2.70

+2.56

- .17

+ 1.32

- .89

-2.76

-4.90

-6.04

-2.57

Host of the observation wells in Jewell County have been measured 

since 1934 but wells 64, 65, 66, 67, and 69 were added to the program in 

1937. Of the 34 wells under observation since 1934 the water levels in 

21 wells showed net rises for the period of record ranging from 0.12 foot 

to 11.26 feet and averaging 3.78 feet, and the water levels in 13 wells 

showed net declines ranging from 0.10 foot to 5.30 feet and averaging 

2.01 feet. OTie water levels in the 5 wells having shorter records 

showed net declines from January 7, 1937, to December 23, 1940, ranging 

from 0.89 foot to 6.04 feet and averaging 3.43 feet.

The average of the water levels in 12 wells (6, 12, 18, 22, 25, 

30, 40, 41, 42, 45, 48, and 50), in 1940, are given in the following 

table.
128 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Average of the water levels In 12 observation wells in 

Jewell County, Kansas, in feet above datum, 1940

Date

Jan. 3 

Feb. 7 

Mar. 14 

Apr. 3 

18

Water 

level

a 10.97 

b 11.24 

11.01 

10.98 

11.06

Date

Hay 2 

15 

June 10 

Aug. 19-20 

Sept. 20

Water 

level

11.11 

a 11.61 

a 11.48 

a 10.45 

a 10.09 ,

Date

Oct. 23-24 

Nov. 30- 

Dec. 2 

Dec. 23

Water 

level

a 9.90

a 10.29 

H 10.03

The relation between the average watqr levels and the cumulative 

departure from normal monthly precipitation for the period from August 

1934 to January 1, 1941, is shown in the accompanying illustration.

Figure 4. -Graphs showing average water levels in wells and cumulative 

departure from normal precipitation In Jewell County, Kansas.
KANSAS 1S9

On December 83, 1940, the average water level was 0.94 foot lower 

than on January 3, 1940, and only 0.03 foot higher than on January 1, 

1935. Daring the latter part of October 1940 the average water level 

was only about 0.07 foot higher than the lowest average water level for 

the entire period of record, which occurred in October 1934*

The average water levels in 1940 rose 0.87 foot from January 3 to 

February 7 in response to above-normal precipitation in January, after 

which it dec-lined until about April 5. As a result of above-normal 

precipitation in March and April, which totaled 5.10 inches, the average 

water level started to rise after April 3, reaching the highest stage of 

the year on Hay 15 0.64 foot above the average water level on January 3, 

1940, and 1.61 feet higher than on January 1, 1935. The average water 

level declined steadily from Hay 15 until about October 83 when the 

lowest stage of the year was recorded. On October 83 the average water 

level was 1.71 feet lower than the highest stage on Hay 16, and was 

1.07 feet lower than on January 3. The preoipitation from Hay through 

September was 5.57 inches. The average water level rose slightly at the 

end of November following above-normal preoipitation during that month 

and then declined slightly during December.

later level, in feet above arbitrary datum, 1940

Date

Jan. 3

Feb. 7

Mar. 14

Apr. 3

18

Hay 8

15

June 10

Aug. 19-80

Sept. 80

Oct. 83-84

Nov. 30-Deo,8

Dec. 81-83

4

15.57

15.38

15.50

15.87

14.86

14.64

14.58

18.51

14.11

14.39

13.84

13.39

13.45

6

9.13

9.36

9.36

9.89

9.88

9.84

9.19

9.10

8.85

8.75

8.69

8.64

8.78

8

87.48

87.18

87.61

83.48

83.39

88.97

88.73

88.64

81.91

81.59

81.17

(a)

81.18

18

18.57

18.85

11.89

11.71

11.88

11.60

11.61

11.50

11.00

10.54

10.38

11.06

10.49

14

10.15

10.14

10.18

10.11

10.14

10.18

10.19

10.80

10.88

10.46

10.56

10.53

10.70

18

10.98

10.48

10.51

10.56

10.58

10.55

10.58

10.46

9.96

9.83

9.79

9.80

9.84

88

10.00

» *

9.78

9.88

9.78

9.78

9.69

9.49

9.88

9.37

9.36

9.83

9.33

Water level, in feet above arbitrary datum, 1940

Date

Jan. 3

Feb. 7

Mar. 14

Apr. 3

18

Hay 8

15

June 10

Aug. 19-80

Sept. 80

Oct. 83-84

Nov. 30-Dec. 8

Dec. 81-83

40 41 48 43

10.03 (a) 11.49 13.46

10.87 (a) 11.50 13.18

10.06 9.84 11.47 12.85

10.28 8.71 11.44 18.76

10.17 9.64 11.37 12.89

10.11 9.77 11.36 12.60

10.16 (a) 11.61 12.54

10.14 . 11.43 12.42

9.95 . 10.51 11.84

9.97 . 10.40 11.59

9.95 . 10.01 11.43

9.96 , 10.14 11.18

10.16 . 9.97 11.80

44

18.04

19.30

80.38

20.63

80.78

80.91

80.71

19.97

17.31

16.01

14.86

16.49

16.45

45 46 47

8.23 17.89 13.88

7.99 17.83 18.98

8.07 19.51 13.04

8.13 19.01 13.11

8.17 18.66 18.79

8.88 18.58 18.68

8.84 18.37 18.66

8.03 18.18 18.48

7.34 17.41 11.93

7.08 17.14 11.65

6.80 17.87 11.46

6.67 18.18 11.61

6.64 18.15 11.46

a Well dryv
130 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Water level, In feet above arbitrary datum, -1940

Date

Jan.

Feb.

Uar.

Apr.

Hay

June

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

48

3

7

14

3

18

2

15

10

J.9-20

.20

23-24

30-Dec. 2

21-23

11

11

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

11

11

12

12

.35

.67

.38

.54

.55

.61

.52

.40

.17

.87

.75

.04

.02

49

26.77

26.35

25.01

26.06

25.89

25.79

25.63

25.64

23.25

21.63

21.69

21.99

22.21

50 64a/ 65§y

14

14

15

15

16

16

20

20

16

14

13

15

13

.32

.99

.60

.97

.21

.40

.75

.73

.28

.87

.81

.33

.03

12.02

11.83

13.79

13.79

13.34

13.12

13.02

13.12

11.45

10.61

(b)

(b)

(b)

9.94

9.09

11.10

8.86

10.85

11.16

10.78

9.85

4.04

4.92

4.90

8.70

8.74

66

9.02

7.93

7,82

7.97

7.88

7.89

7.88

7.75

6.43

6.20

6.06

6.30

6.60

67

6.21

7.79

7.75

7.84

7.84

7.79

7.67

7.50

6.31

5.49

5.31

4.56

5.46

69a/

9.46

9.53

9.41

9.47

9.27

9.42

9.62

9.72

5.82

7.79

7.81

8.09

8.58

Water level, In feet above arbitrary datum, 1940

Date

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

3

7

14

3

18

2

15

10

19-20

.20

23-24

30-Dec. 2

21-23

22

12.

12.

12.

12.

12.

12.

12.

12.

12.

11.

11.

11.

11.

58

67

63

52

51

53

48

22

09

16

14

95

65

30

9.

10.

10.

10.

11.

11.

10.

7.

7.

7.

8.

8.

i

99

64

79

79

19

01

79

58

20

26

39

54

34j3/

92.63

92.24

91.23

92,01

92.49

92.36

d91.22

d89.87

d77.44

d78.22

d81.47

d78.34

d80.32

34

96.

96.

96.

98.

97.

96.

96.

95.

100.

95.

93.

100.

100.

Ac/

32

36

47

03

06

42

03

42

69

59

30

72

74

34BC/

96.03

95.99

96.78

98.95

97.32

96.38

95.76

94.83

92.26

91.45

91.44

94.28

93.53

34C£/

97.94

97.93

97.94

97.11

96.61

96.29

95.95

95.10

93.57

93.58

94.72

94.33

Pond 

staff 

gage o/

15.40

15.40

16.10

16.00

15.80

15.60

15.20

15.00

(e)

(e)

(e)

14.90

14.60

Water level In wells near Beeler Pond, In feet, 1940 

(Assumed height of zero level on pond staff gage, 100.00 feet)

Date

Jan. 3

Feb. 7

Mar. 14 

Apr. 3 

18 

Hay 2 

15 

June 10

Sept. 20 

Oct. 23 

Dec. 2 

23

57

99.27 

99.86 

99.91 

99.86 

99.82 

99.55

98.83

98.78 

98*77 

98.47 

98.73

56

(f)

(f)

(f) 

(f)

III

(f) 

(f)

(f)

(f) 

(f) 

99.48 

99.73

55

99.79

101.04 

101.37 

101.18 

101.23 

100.52 

99.72

QQ no

98.79 

98.72 

98.75 

99.07

Pond 

staff 

gage

104.90

105.80

106.20 

105.90 

105.70 

105.50 

105.70 

105.20 is- (0)

103.80 

103.50

54

99,64

101.06 

101.72 

101.52 

101.00 

100,58 

99.96

(f)

(f) 

93,81 

97.69 

98.13

53

98.86

100.35 

100.92 

100.65 

100.46 

100.08 

99.44

98.25

97.18 

97.18 

97.59 

97.50

52

102.49

103.24

102.49 

103.24 

103.29 

103.10 

102.70

102.23 

102.22 

100.51 

100.54

a Community well; used considerably, 

b Sealed.

c Kindler Pond wells; water levels In feet above datum; assumed 

height of zero level on pond staff gage, 100.00 feet. 

d Well pumped, 

e Well dry. 

f Well clogged.
KANSAS

Water lerel in wells near Beeler Pond, in feet, 1940

Date

Jan. 3*

Feb. 7

liar, 14

Apr. 3

18

Hay 2

15

June 10

Aug. 20'

Sept. 20

Oct. 23

Dec. 2

23

51

96.52

96.25

99.86

98.60

98.12

97.74

97.27

96.72

95.87

95.68

95.85

96.56

96.01

61

87.76

87.98

87.26

87.50

87.27

87.24

87.11

87.08

87.06

87.52

87.47

86.94

86.98

62

85.28

85.30

85.25

85.36

85.39

85.44

85.46

85.57

85.19

85.07

85,11

84.96

84.85

65

91.26

91.33

91.87

92.83

93.07

93.15

93.08

92.74

90.55

90.41

90.39

90.44

90.48

KEARHY COUNTY 

.By T. G. McLaughlin

The observation-well program In Kearny County (see Water-Supply 

Paper 886} was continued in 1940 by the Federal Geological Survey and 

the Kansas Geological Survey in cooperation with the Division of Water 

Resources of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture and the Division of 

Sanitation of the Kansas State Board of Health. The program is under the 

supervision of S. W. Lohman, Federal geologist in charge of ground-water 

investigations in Kansas. Field work on the geology and ground-water resources of this county was resumed in August 1940 and was completed in 

the early part of October 1940. The altitudes of the measuring points 

of 5 observation wells (14, 15, 16, 21 and 22} in Kearny County were 

determined in 1940 with an alidade and plane table by Pierson C. Lyon 

and F. S. B,radshaw, and are given in this report for the first time.

The water levels in 23 observation wells were measured once a month 

in 1940; a total of 238 individual measurements was made. All measurements during the first seven months of the year and during December were 

made by Richard B. Christy; the rest were made by the writer.

The precipitation in Kearny County in 1940 was 17.92 inches, which 

is 2.07 inches above normal and 4.56 inches above the average for the 

10-year period from 1931 to 1940. This was the heaviest precipitation 

in Kearny County since 1930. As a result, the water levels in many wells 

rose during 1940 j particularly after the heavy rains in May and August. 

The water levels in several deep wells on the uplands, however, declined 

steadily throughout the year.
132 WATER LEVELS AHD ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

There was a net decline in water level during 1940 in 11 of the 20 

wells in Eearny County for which records are most complete, and a vise in 

water level in 9 wells. During the period of record there was a net decline in water level in 10 wells and a net rise in 10 wells.

The average rise in 9 wells (6, 7, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 23) 

in 1940 was 0.36 foot, and the rises ranged from 0,04 foot to 0.83 foot. 

The average net decline in 11 wells (1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 26 

and 28) in 1940 was 0.75 foot and the net declines ranged from 0.10 foot 

to 2.14 feet.

For the period of record the net rise in 10 wells (3, 4, 6, 7, 13, 

15, 17, 18, 19, and 28) ranged from 0.01 foot to 1.11 feet and averaged 

0.38 foot. The net decline in 10 wells (1, 2, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 22, 

23, and 26) ranged from 0.03 foot to 2.94 feet and averaged 0.73 foot. 

The difference between the highest and lowest water level in the 20 wells 

ranged from 0.16 foot to 2,94 feet and averaged 1.2 feet. Water-level 

fluctuations are summarized in the following table.

Highest and lowest water levels for period of 

raoord in go wells in Kearny Uotmty

Highest recorded 

water level, in 

Well feet below Date 

measuring point

1

2

3

4

6

7

9

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

22

23

26

28

11

57

92

106

154

52

26

14

13

5

226

.33

.54

.34

.81

.55

,97

.52

.68

.82

.71

.98

71. 05

45 .75

89.97

72

130

182

174

86

124

.17

.58

.72

.63

.30

.16

Mar.

Mar.

Dec.

Jan.

Dec*

June

June

Oct.

Oct.

Apr.

June

Oct.

Aug.

Apr.

Aug.

Mar.

Dec.

June

Oct.

Oct.

Jan.

25,

25,

20

28,

20,

22,

22,

17,

17,

25,

22,

25,

22,

20,

22,

25,

23,

22,

24,

24,

28,

1940

1940

1939

1940

1939

1940

1940

1940

1939

1940

1940

1939

1940

1939

1940

1940

1940

1940

1939

1940

1940

Lowest recorded 

water level, in 

feet below 

measuring point

12.81

59

94

107

155

53

29

15

15

8

.94

.63

.01

.16

.87

.46

.75

.46

,55

227.76

71

, 47

91

72

131

182

175

86

124

*87

.38

.99

.33

.30

.99

.15

.84

.35

July

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Nov.

Oct.

Dec.

Dec.

Nov.

Dec.

Nov.

Sept

Dec.

May

Sept

Nov.

SeptNo v.

Sept

Feb.

Oct.

Date

20,

.20,

16,

27,

23,

16,

24,

23,

21,

20,

27,

.20,

23,

23,

.17,

23,

.17,

23,

.18,

19,

22,

1940

1940

1939

1940

1940

1939

1940

1940

1940

1939

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940
KANSAS 153

Net changes in water level in 1940 and net changes in water level 

for period of record in 20 wella in Kearny County

Well

1

2

3

4

6

7

9

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

22

23

86

28

Difference between 

highest and lowest 

water levels, 

in feet

1.48

2,40

2.29

.20

.61

.90

2.94

1.07

1.64

2.82

.78

.82

1.63

2.02

.16

.72

.27

.52

.54

.19

Het rise (+) 

or net decline (-) 

in feet, 1940

-0.47

-1.17

-1.39

- .15

+ .08

+ .32

-2.14

- .57

- .56

+ .83

- .35

+ .25

-1.20

+ .78

+ .04

+ .47

+ .10

+ .38

- .16

- .10

Het rise (+) or 

net decline (-) In 

feet, for period 

of record

-0,05

- .28

+ .51

+ .01

+ .31

+ .88

-2.94

-1.07

- .49

+1.11

- .44

+ .26

-1.60

+ .40

+ .05

+ .29

- .05

- .03

- .39

+ .01

R. I. Beaty. NWfcNBfc sec. 34, T. 24 S., R. 36 W.

Water level, in feet below measuring point. 1940

Date

Feb. 19 

Mar. 25 

Apr. 25

Water 

level

11.41 

11.33 

11.48

Date

May 23 

July 20 

Aug. 22

Water 

level

11.38 

12.81 

11.63

Date

Sept, 18 

Oct. 22

Wator 

level

11.80 

11.89

Date

Nov. 21 

Dec. 24

Water 

level

11.93 

11.88

2.

Jan. 28 

Feb. 19 

Mar. 26

57.76 

58.01 

57.54

Apr. 25 

Hay 23 

June 22

58.48 

58.43 

58.53

July 20 

Aug. 28 

Sept. 20

59.49 

59.42 

59.94

Oct. 22 

Nov. 21 

Dec. 23

59.01 

59.04 

58.83

3. E. Q. Vox-then. SV$N1$ sec. 10, T. 23 S., R. 36 V.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

28

19

25

92*73

94.20

94.02

Apr.

May

June

25

23

22

94.02

94.06

93.94

July

Aug.

Sept.

20

22

18

94.01

94.21

94.00

Oet.

Dec.

22

23

94.14

94.12

4.

Jan. 28 

Feb. 19 

Mar. 25

106.81 

106.96 

106.95

Apr. 25 

May 23 

June 22

106.95 

106.94 

106.94

July 20 

Aug. 22 

Sept. 18

106.95 

106.96 

107.00

Oct. 22 

Nov. 27 

Dec. 23

106.98 

107.01 

106.96

6. Meta Kettler. NWjNWj sec. 26, I. 24 S., R. 37 W,

1940

Jan. 28 

Feb, 19 

Mar. 25

154.65 

154.76 

154.64

Apr. 25 

May 23 

June 22

154.66 

154.78 

154.55

July 20 

Aug. 21 

Sept ,20

154.67 

154.71 

154.65

Oct. 22 

Nov. 23 

Dec. 23

154.81 

155.16

154.57
134 WAEER LEVELS AMD ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

7. C. H. BroTOe. NW^SWj sec. 8, T. 25 S., R. 37 W.

Date

Feb. 19 

Mar. 25

Apr. 25

Water 

level

53.31 

53.09 

53.03

Date

Hay 23

June 22 

July 20

Water 

level

53.02 

52.97 

53.31

Date

Aug. 26 

Sept. 17 

Oct. 22

Water 

level

53.29 

53.33 

53.48

Date

Nov. 21 

Dec. 23

Water 

level

53.39 

52.99

9.

Jan. 28

Feb. 17

Mar. 25

27.32

27.29

27.44

Apr. 25

Hay 23

June 22

27.66

27.90

28.12

July 20

Aug. 22

Sept. 20

28.41

28.87

28.91

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

22

27

24

29.13

29.43

29.46

10. Phoenix Joint State Land Bank. NEjNEi sec. 13, T. 24 S., R. 35 W. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan. 

Feb.

28

17

6.39 

6.74

Mar.

Apr.

22 

25

6.12 

6.18

May

June

23 

22

5.96 

5.93

July 

Aug.

20 

22

6.09 

6.02

11. P. J. Fichter. SWfcSWi sec. 11, T. 25 S., R. 36 W.

1940

Mar.

Apr.

May

25

25

23

15.18

15.23

15.32

June

July

Aug.

22

20

22

15.38

15.50

15.30

Sept

Oct.

.20

22

15.39

15.50

Nov.

Dec.

21

23

15.68

15.75

12. J. E. Beymer. SEiSWj sec. 22, T. 21 S., R. 35 W.

1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

28

17

25

14.55

14.62

14.00

Apr.

May

June

25

23

22

13.82

13.95

13.91

July

Aug.

Sept

20

22

.20

15.02

14.42

14.94

Nov.

Dec.

21

24

15.46

15.11

13. D. S. Nicholson. NWjNWj sec. 15, T. 25 S., R. 37 W.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

19

25

25

7.88

5.98

6.35

May

June

July

23

22

20

6.17

5.71

7.07

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

26

.17

22

7.42

7.72

8.09

Nov.

Dec.

21

23

8.37

7.05

14. W. H. Ploeger. SW&3WJ sec. 32, T. 22 S., R. 38 W. 

point 3,390.5 feet above sea level.

Measuring

Feb^ 

Mar.

Apr.

19 

14

25

227.21 

227.51

227.09

May 

June

July

23 

22

18

227.28 

227.11

227.16

Sept 

Oct.

.17 

22

227.56 

227.67

Nov. 

Dec.

27 

23

227.76 

227.56

15. Joseph MoNellis. SWjSWj sec. 36, T. 22 S., R. 35 W. 

point 3,005.48 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Measuring

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

28

17

25

71.72

71.77

71.77

Apr.

May

June

25

23

22

71.72

71.85

71.72

July

Aug.

Sept

20

22

.20

71.40

71.05

71.87

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

22

27

23

71.70

71.55

71.47

16. 0. B. Cartpbell. SE^SEi sec. 15, T. 23 S.., R. 35 W. Measuring 

point 3,017.46 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point. 1940

Jan. 28

Feb. 17

Mar. 25

46.18

46.37

46.46

Apr. 25

May 133

June 22

46.54

46.70

46.70

July 20

Aug. 22

Sept. 20

46.90

46.91

47.08

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

22

27

23

47.18

47.33

47.38
KANSAS 135

17. A. 0. Campbell. NE|NW£ sec. 15, T. 21 S., R. 35 W.

1940

Date

Feb. 19 

Mar. 25 

Apr. 25

Water 

level

91,86 

91.87 

91.96

Date

Hay 23

June 22 

July 20

Water 

level

91.99 

90.99 

90.06

Date

Aug. 28 

Sept. 18 

Oct. 22

Water 

level

89.97 

90.16 

90.14

Date

Nov. 27 

Dec. 24

Water 

level

90.28 

91.08

18.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

19

25

25

72.89

72.17

72.28

May

June

July

23

22

20

72.23

72.18

72.22

Aug.

Sept

21

.17

72.26

72.33

Oct.

Dec.

22

23

72.28

72.25

19,

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

19

25

25

131.05

130.99

130.86

May

June

July

23

22

20

131.11

130.88

130.95

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

24

.18

21

130.97

131.00

130.99

Nov.

Dec.

23

83

131.30

130.58

21. B. p. Aubun. SEtSE£ sec. 19, T. 21 S., R. 38 W. Measuring 

point, 3,410.8 feet above sea level. Water levels, In feet below measuring point, 1940: Feb. 19, 156.35; Mar. 14, 156.32? Apr. 25, 156.20} 

May 23, 156.18.

32. J. A. Denslow. NEtSEt sec. 6, T. 22 S., R. 38 W. Measuring 

point, 3,391.4 feet above sea level.

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1940

Feb. 19 

Mar. 14 

Apr. 25

182.95 

182.94 

182.89

May 23

June 22 

July 18

182.84 

182.72 

182.89

Aug. 27 

Sept. 17 

Oct. 22

182.95 

182.99 

182.98

Nov. 27 

Dec. 23

182.89 

182.85

23. James Coghill. NW^NWi sec. 18, T. 26 S., R. 57 W.

1940

Feb. 19 

Mar. 25

Apr. 25

175.04 

174.96 

174.81

May 23

June 22 

July 20

175.00 

174.82 

174.86

Aug. 24 

Sept. 18 

Oct. 21

174.94 

174,92 

174.96

Nov. 23 

iec. 23

175.15 

174.66

25. NW£NW£ sec. 5, T. 27 S., R. 36 W. Water levels, In feet below 

measuring point, 1940: Mar. 25, 124.03? Apr. 25, 124.05; May 23, 124.06.

26. Anna Davldson. SEfSEf sec. 22, T. 26 S., R. 37 W. 

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1940

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

19

25

25

86,53

86.59

86.64

May

June

July

23

82

20

86.71

86.71

86.78

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

24

.18

21

86.81

86.84

86.83

Nov.

Dec.

23

24

86.63

86.69

28.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

28

19

25

124

124

124

.16

.35

.30

Apr.

May

June

25

23

22

124.30

124.30

124.28

July 20

Aug. 22

Sept . 18

124,28

124.31

124.33

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

22

27

23

124.35

124.34

124.26
156 WATER LEVELS ABD ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940 '

KIOWA COUNTY 

By J. C. Frye

An Investigation of the ground-water resources of Klowa County, 

Kansas, was started In 1940 by the Federal Geological Survey and the 

Kansas Geological Survey, In cooperation with the Division of Water 

Resources of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture and the Division of 

Sanitation of the Kansas State Board of Health. A general reconnaissance 

of the area was made by the writer In October 1940, under the direction 

of 8. W. Lohman, Federal geologist In charge of ground-water Investigations In Kansas. ;

Klowa County la In the Plains Border section of the Great Plains 

province* It Is drained by Rattlesnake Creole, a tributary to the 

Arkansas River, which flows across the northern part of the county, and 

by the Medicine Lodge River, which flows across the southeastern part of 

the county. Most of Klowa County Is underlain by Tertiary and Pleistocene 

formations, but In the southeastern part Cretaceous and Permian rocks 

crop out. Although most of the wells derive water from the Tertiary and 

Pleistocene formations, a few obtain water from the Cretaceous and 

Permian rocks. Most of the domestic and stock supplies and the public ' 

supplies of Greensburg and Havlland are obtained from wells. Only four 

wells In the county are pumped for Irrigation.

Of special Interest is the old public supply well of the city of 

Oreensburg, completed In 1888, and advertised as the "largest hand-dug 

well In the world11 !, It Is 58 feet In diameter and 109 feet deep, Is 

walled with out blocks of stone, and has a reported yield of 70 gallons 

a minute. It la dug Into the Klngsdown silt of Pleistocene age. The well 

has a roof at the top and Is equipped with a staircase by aeans of which 

visitors, for an admission of 25 cents, may descend 90 feet to the water 

level*

At the end of 1940, measurements of water-level were being made once 

a month by the wetted-tape method In 7 wells in Kiowa County. Measurements 

In October were made by the writer; those in November and December, by 

Richard B. Christy. A total of 80 individual measurements of water level 

were made from October 19 to the end of the year.
KANSAS 137

3. B. M. Pyle. Nl»iNEj sec. 8, T. 29 S., R. 16 W., 0.35 mile west 

and 0,1 mile south of section corner. Unused drilled well originally 

used to supply water for drilling oil well, diameter 9 inches, depth 

126 feet. Measuring point, top of 9-inch iron casing at north side, 1.2 

feet above land surface. No pump on well. Water levels, in feet below 

measuring point, 1940: Oct. 19, 68.99; Dec. 27, 68.89.

4. H. E, Davls. SEfcNBi sec. 4, T. 28 S., R. 16 W. Drilled 

domestic and irrigation well, diameter 6 inches, depth 120 feet. Measuring point, top of 6-inch galvanized-iron casing at south side, 1.0 foot 

above land surface. Equipped with lift pump and gasoline engine. Water 

levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940: Oct. 26, 76.52; Nov. 29, 

76.48; Dec. 27 f 76.45.

5» L. W. Grimes. NWjNWi sec. 34, T. 27 S., R. 17 W. Drilled irrigation well, diameter 19 inches, depth 87.5 feet. Measuring point, hole 

in pump base at east side, 0.2 foot above land surface. Equipped with 

turbine pump. Water levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940: Oct. 23, 

41.23; Nov. 29, 44.00; Dec. 27, 41.32.

6. Mrs. J. A. Crowe. NW£Sff£ sec. 16, T. 28 S., R. 18 W., northwest 

corner of the city of Oreensburg. Drilled domestic well, diameter 6 Inches, 

depth 100 feet. Measuring point, top edge of concrete curb of pump pit 

at west side, level with land surface. Equipped with lift pump and windmill. Water levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940: Oct. 23, 84.83} 

Nov. 29, 84.87; Dec. 27, 84.63.

7. A. C. Weaver. SWjNW| sec. 23, T. 27 S., R. 18 W. Drilled Irrigation well, diameter 19 Inches, depth 80 feet. Measuring point, top 

edge of man hole in concrete well cover at west side, 2.0 feet above 

land surface. Equipped with turbine pump. Water levels, in feet below 

measuring point, 1940: Oct. 23, 34.25; Nov. 29, 34.38; Dec. 27, 34.38.

8. E. E. Miller. SWjSBi sec. 18, T. 27 S., R. 18 W. Unused drilled 

irrigation well, diameter 16 inches, depth 75 feet. Measuring point, top 

edge of concrete curb at south side, 1.0 foot above land surface. No 

pump on well. Water levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940: 

Oct. 23, 26.96; Nov. 29, 27.20; Dec. 27, 27.31..

10. J. E. Ely. SWjNWj sec. 23, T. 30 S., R. 18 W., 50 yards east 

of road in field. Unused drilled stock well, diameter 6 inches, depth 

154 feet. Measuring point, notch in top of galvanized-iron casing at 

south side, 0.5 foot above land surface. Equipped with hand-operated 

lift pump which is not in serviceable condition. Water levels, in feet 

below measuring point, 1940: Oct. 24 107.27; Nov. 29, 106.91; Dec. 27, 

107.00.

MCPHERSON COUNTY

By S. W, Lohman and a, H. von Hein

!/ The observation-well program in south-central Kansas , including

McPherson County, was continued in 1940 by the Federal and State Geological 

Surveys in cooperation with the city of Wlchlta, the Division of Sanitation 

of the Kansas State Board of Health and the Division of Water Resources of 

the Kansas State Board of Agriculture.

In 1940 a preliminary report on the geology and ground-water resources

2/ 

of the "Equus Beds" area , including McPherson County, was published, and

a detailed report on the same area is in preparation.________________

I/ See Water-supply Papers 840, 845, and 886.

H/ Lohman, Stanley W. and Prye, John C., Geology and ground-water 

resources of the "Equus Beds 11 area in south-central Kansas: Econ. Geol., 

pp. 839-866, Nov. 1940.
138 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Of the 10 wells under observation In McPherson County In 1940, 

water-level measurements were made 4 times in 6 wells, once a month In 

3 wells, and once a week in 1 well. A total of 99 wetted-tape measurements were made during the year by G. H. von Heln.

According to records of the United States Weather Bureau the precipitation at McPherson In 1940 was 24.76 Inches 5.08 Inches below normal. 

As a result, the water levels In most of the wells declined somewhat 

during the year. The water levels In 2 wells (309 and 310), however, 

rose slightly during the year.

The water levels In 7 of the 10 wells stood higher at the end of 

1940 than at the beginning of the period of record In 1937, by amounts 

ranging from 0.42 foot to 9.29 feet. Well 310, which showed the greatest 

rise In water level 9.29 feet Is a deep well In shale and the water 

level In the well has risen each year since measurements were begun In 

1937.

The water levels In 3 of the 10 wells stood lower at the end of 

1940 than at the beginning of the period of record by amounts ranging 

from 0.62 foot to 5.58 feet. Well 262, which showed the greatest decline In water level 5.58 .feet , Is pumped each day for stock use and 

hence the decline probably Is chiefly the result of pumping.

Water-level fluctuations In observation wells In McPherson County 

are summarized In the following table.

Highest and lowest wa^er levels for period of 

record In 10 wells In McPherson County

Well

19

243

249

250

252

260

262

309

310

311

Highest recorded

water level, In 

feet below

measuring point

69.40

82.49

33.81

41.38

5.58

24.21

28.68

33.55

10.10

10.14

Date

Aug. 11,

Sept. 2,

July 4,

Oct. 3,

June 3,

July 4,

Sept. 2,

Sept. 10,

Dec. 3,

July 4,

1939

1938

1938 .

1940

1938

1938

1938

1938

1940

1938

Lowest recorded

water level, In 

feet below

measuring point

70.78

83.49

a 40.13

a 46.67

12.80

29.35

b 41.35

40.29

19.39

14.26

Oct.

Nov.

Oct.

Apr.

July

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Nov.

Mar.

Nov.

Dec.

Date

3,

s|,

sl;

4,

4,

26'

4,

31,

1940

1940

1937

1940

1938

1940

1937

1937

1938

1938

1937

1939

a Measured after well was pumped, 

b Measured while pumping.
KANSAS 139

Het changes In water level In 1940 and net changes In water level 

for period of record in 10 wells In McPherson County_______

Difference between 

WA-,I highest and lowest 

water levels, 

in feet

Net rise (+) 

or net decline (-) 

in feet, 1940

Net rise (+) or

net decline (-) in

feet, for period

of record

19 

243

P4.Q

250 

252 

260 

262 

309 

310 

311

1.38 

1.00 

6.32

5.29 

7.22 

5.14 

12.67 

6.74 

9.29 

4.12

-0.23 

a - .07

a Isisl 

a - .35 

a - .78 

+ .23

+ .55 

-1.75

-0.62 

+ .55 

+ 2.39

+2.12 

-1.85 

+ .42 

,5.58 

+3.68 

+9.29 

+ .50

19. 9cott Montgomery. NW^NEt aec. 29, T. 19 S., R. 3 W. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Feb. 

Mar.

Apr.

2 

2 

5

Water 

level

70.38 

70.33 

70.23

Date

May

June 

July

3

7 

3

Water

level

70.19 

70.18 

70.29

Date

Aug. 

Sept. 

Oct.

1 

3 

3

Water 

level

70.59 

70.67 

70.78

Date

Nov. 

Dec.

5 

3

Water 

level

70.78 

70.71

243. Emma Bergstrom. SE^SW^SE^ sec. 5, T. 19 S., R. 3 W. Water 

levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940: Apr. 2, 82.87; July 3, 82.96; 

Oct. 3, 82.94.

249. Prudential Life Insurance Co. SB cor. sec. 5, T. 18 S.. R. 3 W. 

Water levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940s Apr. 2, 40.13 (measured 

after well was pumped); July 3, 35.f)4; Oct. 3, 35,30.

250. John Weed (?). NBfcNBfcSEi sec. 30, T. 19 S., R. 4 W. Water 

levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940: Apr. 2, 42.19 (measured after 

well was pumped); July 3, 41.49; Oct. 3, 41.38.

252. David Mills. SB cor. sec. 14, T. 19 S., R. 5 W. Water levels, 

in feet balow measuring point, 1940: Apr. 2, 7.29; July 3, 9.21; Oct. 3, 

12.80.

260. C. Welch. SB cor. sec. 33, T. 17 S., R. 4 W. Water levels, 

in feet below measuring point, 1940s Apr. 2, 28*58; July 3, 28.56; 

Oct. 3, 28.93.

262. P. A. Olaon. NBfcNW|NEi sec. 1, T. 18 S., R. 5 W. 

in feet below measuring point, 1940 (measured while pumping) 

July 3, 31.S5; Oct. 3, 36.66.

309. Mrs. Ida Tuxhorn.

Water levels. 

Apr. 2, 35.8£

sec. 9, T. 21 S., R. 4 W. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Jan. 26

Feb. 2

9

16

Mar. 1

8

15

22

29

Apr. 5

12

19

Water 

level

36.98

37.15

36.98

37.05

36.77

37.04

36.97

36.97

36.88

36.97

37.41

37.04

 Date

Apr. 26

May 3

10

17

24

31

June 7

14

21

28

July 5

12

Water 

level

36.96

36.66

36,46

35.86

35.14

34.90

34.65

34.48

34.47

34.61

34.66

34.78

Date

July 19

26

Aug. 2

9

16

23

30

Sept. 6

13

20

27

Oct. 4

Water 

level

34.66

34.63

34.95

35.04

35.00

35.17

35.35

35.37

35.18

35.38

35.34

35.30

Date

Oct. 11

18

25

Nov. 1

8

15

22

29

Dec. 6

13

20

30

Water 

level

35.59

35.56

35.68

35.88

35.88

36.09

36.06

35.93

35.82

36.31

36.24

36.06

a To October 3.
140 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Date

Febj 

Mar. 

Apr.

2 

2 

5

Water 

level

10.65 

10.41 

10.59

Date

May 

June 

July

3 

7 

5

Water 

level

10.25 

10.24 

10.50

Date

Aug. 

Sept. 

Oct.

1 

5 

5

Water 

level

10.42 

10.32 

10.21

Date

Nov. 

Dec.

5 

3

Water 

level

10.27 

10.10

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

2

2 -

5

11.15

13.20

12.90

May

June

July

5

7

3

12.56

11.89

12.48

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

1

3

3

13.50

14.01

15.43

Nov.

Dec.

5

5

12.45

12.90

MEADE COUNTY 

By J, 0. Frye

The observation-well program in Meade County, Kansas, (see WaterSupply Paper 886) was continued in 1940 by the Federal Geological Survey 

and the Kansas Geological Survey In cooperation with the Division of 

Water Resources of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture and the Division 

of Sanitation of the Kansas State Board of Health.

Field work In the county was resumed In July 1940 by the writer, 

under tihe supervision of S. W. Lohman, Federal geologist in charge of 

ground-water investigations in Kansas. In 1940 a geologic map of the 

county was prepared, and the inventory of private wells in the county 

was completed. In 1959 and 1940 the depth to water level or artesian 

pressure was measured in about 95 percent of the 554 wells visited. During 1940 the portable drilling machine owned by the Federal and State 

Geological Surveys put down 21 test holes in the county, ia 5 of which 

water-level measurements were made. This work was done by Bills D. 

Gordon, driller, Perry McNally, sampler, and Laurence Buck, helper.

During the year two additional irrigation wells were constructed 

in the county, one on the high plains west of the artesian basin and 

the other at the eastern side of the basin. In 1940 a total of 10 wells 

was pumped for irrigation, and in addition, water from flowing artesian 

wells was used for irrigation.
KANSAS 141

A preliminary report on the water supply of the Meade artesian basin 

was prepared by the writer In 1940 and Is now In press as bulletin 35 of 

the Kansas Geological Survey. In 1940 the water levels In 27 wells were 

measured once a month and an automatic water-stage recorder was operated 

on 1 well. A total of 332 wetted-tape measurements was made In 1940. 

All monthly measurements during August and September were made by the 

writer; all other monthly measurements were made by Richard B. Christy. 

The automatic water-stage recorder on well 234 was serviced weekly by 

Christopher Sobba.

A summary of fluctuations of water levels In the 28 observation 

wells In the county Is given In the following table.

Highest and lowest water levels for period of 

record In 28 wells In Meade County

Highest recorded 

water level, In 

Well feet below Date 

measuring point

2

3

10

11

16

23

27

33

34

36

37

40

41

42

45

47

5557 '

59

61

62

73

76

77

88

101

234

304

20

29

14

10

13

10

19

38

147

157

34

130

157

133

3

.84

.27

.55

.40

.38

.90

.99

.14

.35

.09

.31

.40

,83

.13

.88

43.69

85

169

119

61

26

33

27

65

42

87

14

218

.47

.94

.18

.12

.18

.18

.70

.31

.38

.38

.33

.81

June

July

Apr.

July

July

June

Dec.

Feb.

Feb.

Feb*

July

Feb.

Sept.

Feb.

June

Jan.

Sept.

Aug.

July

Dec.

Dec.

Nov.

Sept.

June

June

Nov.

Apr.

Nov.

20,

15,

20,

17,

18,

20,

21,

14,

14,

14,

20,

14,

30,

14,

20,

26,

30,

2,

25,

21,

2£'

9,

1,

20,

20,

9, 1S9,

Lowest recorded 

water level, In 

feet below Date 

measuring point

1940

1939

1940

1939

1939

1940

1940

194Q

1940

1940

1939

1940

1939

1940

1940

1940

1939

1939

1939

1940

1940

1939

1939

1940

1940

1939

1940

1939

22

30

19

14

16

12

20

38

151

160

41

133

158

133

4

44

86

172

123

61

26

.34

36

66

44

88

15

220

.18

.68

.91

.56

.90

.32

.54

.42

.19

.46

.72

.11

.30

.57

.90

.39

.52

.90

.45

.37

.66

.55

.58

.03

.71

.47

.72

.13

Sept

Aug.

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Oct.

Oct.

Nov.

Oct.

Sept

Sept

Sept

Nov.

Aug.

Aug.

July

Sept

Nov.

Jan.

May

Aug.

Aug.

Dec.

Sept

Sept

Nov.

Aug.

Sept

.29,

17

3|

.20,

28,

29,

29,

14,

29,

.20,

.29,

'14,

9,

19,

31,

22,

.20,

13,

26,

17,

17,

19,

19,

.20,

,20*

14,

.34-;

1939

1940

1939

1940

1940

1940

1939

1940

1939

1940

 1939

1940

1939

1940

1939

1939

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1939

1939

418674 O - 41 - 10
142 WATER LEVELS AMD ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Net changes in water level in 1940 and net changes in water level 

for period of record in 28 wells in Meade County

Difference between 

highest and lowest 

Well water levels, 

« in feet

2

3

10

11

16

23

27

33

34

36

37

40

41

42

45

47

55

57

59

61

62

73

76

77

88

101

234

304

1.34

1.41

5.36

4.10

3.52

1.42

.55

.28

3.84

2.37

7.41

2.71

.47

.44

1.02

.70

1.05

2.96

4.27

.25

.48

1.37

8.88

.72

2.33

1.09

1.39

1.32

Net rise (+) 

or net decline ( - 

in feet, 1940

-0.21

- .01

- .08

- .19

-1.66

- .33

-I- .49

- .16

-I- .36

- .92

-2.31

- .38

- .08

- .05

-I- .10

- .12

-I- .02

-2.25

+2.37

+ .07

-I- .30

- .14

-2.03

- .27

- .55

-I- .13

-I- .07

-I- .18

Net rise (+) or 

net decline (-) in 

) feet, for period 

of record

-0.01

- .74

+3.97

-2.41

-3.52

+ .31

+ .55

- .13

+ .06

+ .19

- .02

- .07

- .12

- .08

- .39

+ .80

- .07

-2.70

-1.90

+ .04

+ .43

- .09

-5.11

± .00

+ .61

+ .04

+ .98

+ .24

The water levels in 18 wells showed net declines in 1940 ranging 

from 0.01 foot to 2.31 feet and averaging 0.65 foot; and the water 

levels in 10 wells showed net rises ranging from 0.02 foot to 2.37 

feet and averaging 0.41 foot. There was an average net decline in 

water level of 0.27 foot in the 28 wells. For the period of record, 

15 wells showed net declines in water level ranging from 0.01 foot to 

5.11 feet and averaging 1.90 feet; 12 wells.showed net rises in water 

level ranging from 0.04 foot to 3.97 feet and averaging 0.69 feet; and 

the water level in 1 well was unchanged. There was an average net decline in water level of 0.29 foot in the 28 wells. The greatest fluctuation in water level in the period of record 8.88 feet occurred in 

well 76, and the smallest fluctuation 0.25 foot occurred in well 61. 

The average fluctuation in water level in the 28 wells was 2.26 feet.

The precipitation at Plains was 2.06 inches below normal in 1940, 

which, however, was 2.94 inches more than the average annual precipitation during the last 10 years and 6.79 inches more than in 1939. Of 

the 18.30 inches of precipitation In 1940, 80 percent occurred in the 

6-month period from April through September, which may account for the 

slight rise of water level in some of the wells during the early winter.
KANSAS 143

2. William A. Ellson. NW£STlfc sec. 5, T. 30 S., R. 26 W. 

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Jan. 25 

Feb. 14 

Mar. 21

Water 

level

21.20 

21.12 

20.97

Date

Apr. 20 

May 17 

June 20

Water 

level

20.96 

20.89 

20.84

Date

July 23 

Aug. 17 

Oct. 29

Water 

level

21.57 

21.70 

21.57 ,

Date

Nov. 19 

Dec. 21

Water 

level

21.48 

21.41

H. L. Salmon. NW£SE£ sec. 4, I. 30 S., R. 27 W.

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1940

Feb. 14 

Mar. 21 

Apr. 20

30.00 

30.00 

29.94

May 22 

June 20 

July 23

29.77 

29.69 

29.70

Aug. 17 

Sept. 20 

Oct. 28

30.68 

30.05 

30.05

Nov. 19 

Pec. 20

30.09 

30.01

10. Fred Borchers. SW^NW^ sec. 29, T. 33 S. t R. 28 W. 

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

25

14

10

15.11

14.98

14.92

Apr.

May

June

20

17

20

14.55

14.77

14.92

July

Aug.

Sept.

23

19

20

15.94

15.76

15.93

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

28

14

19

15.53

15.43

15.19

11.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

25

14

21

12.62

12.47

12.46

Apr.

May

June

20

17

20

12.46

12.53

12.48

Aug.

Sppt.

Oct.

17

20

29

13.38

14.56

12.99

Nov.

Dec.

19

21

12.93

12.81

16. B. A. Cordes. SWjSWfc sec. 25, T. 33 S., H. 29 W. 

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan. 25 

Feb. 14 

Mar. 21

15.24 

JL5.05 

14.99

Apr. 20 

May 17 

June 20

14.90 

15.09 

15.45

July 23 

Aug. 19

15.86 

16.34

Sept. 20 

Oct. 28

16.80 

16.90

23, L. L. King. SEISE* sec - 18 » T " 30 S '» R - 26

Water level, In feet bej.ow measuring point, 1940

Jan.

Febj

Mar.

25

14

21

10.87

10.96

11.00

Apr.

May

June

20

17

20

11.14

11.06

10.90 |

July

Aug.

Sept.

23

17

20

11.06

11.49

12.31

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

29

19

21

12.19

12.31

11.20

27. Ira 0. Rees. SW|NWfc sec. 9, T. 30 S., R. 26 W.

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

25

14

21

20.48

20.44

20.42

Apr.

May

June

20

17

20

20.43

20.41

20.39

July

Aug.

Sept

22

17

.20

20.40

20.51

20.53

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

29

19

21

20.53

20.53

19.99

33,

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

25

14

21

38.26

38.14

38.25

May

July

Aug.

17

23

.19

38.22

38.20

38.27

Sept

Oct.

.12

28

38.42

38.38

Nov.

Dec.

14

19

38.42

38.42

34. District School. SBiSBj sec. 17, T. 33 S., H. 

Water level. In feet below measuring point,

27 W. 

1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

25

14

21

147.78

147.35

147.55

Apr.

May

June

20

17

20

147.70

147.36

147.67

July

Aug.

Sept

23

19

.20

147.58

147.91

147.81

Nov.

Dec.

14

19

148.18

147.42

36. Tony Stelnke. NW£tJEi sec. 24, T. 32 S., R. 27 W.

Water level. In feet below measuring point. 1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

25

14

21

157.70

157.09

157.23

Apr.

May

June

20.

17

20

157.56

157.15

157.42

July

Aug.

Sept

23

19

.20

157.32

15&.14

160.46

Oct.

Nov.

28

14

159.08

158.62
144 WATER LEVELS AKD ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

37. J. H. Clay. SE£SE£ aec. 11, T. 33 S., R. 26 W.

Water level, In feet "below measuring point, 1940

Date

Peb. 14 

Mar. 21

Water 

level

35.02 

35.00

Date

Apr. 20 

May 17

Water

level

35.03 

35.28

Date

June 20 

July 23

Water 

level

35.20 

35.98

Date

Aug. 19 

Nov. 14

Water 

level

35.53 

37.33

40. J. A. and D. P. Golllngwood. 3E£3B£ sec. 30, T. 31 S., R. 29 W. 

Water level, In feet 'below measuring point, 1940

Jan. 26 

Feb. 14 

Mar. 21

130.48 

130.40 

130.51!

Apr. 20 

May 22 

June 20

130.61 

130.81 

130.63

July 23 

Aug. 19 

Sept. 14

130.68 

133,95 

133.11

Oct. 28 

Nov. 14 

Dec. 20

130.78 

130.73 

130.86

41. D. L. Shmamer. NWjimJ see* 20, T. 30 s., R. 30 W. 

Water level. In feet below measuring point, 1940

Feb. 14 

Mar. 21 

Apr. 20

158.16 

158.22 

158, 09

May 22

June 20 

July 23

158.15 

158.14 

158.14

Aug. 19 

Sept. 14 

Oct. 28

158.23 

158.26 

158.24

Nov. 

Dec.

14 

20

158.14 

158,24

42.

Jan. 26 

Feb. 14 

Mar. 21

133*46 

133.13 

133.40

Apr. 20 

Hay 22

June 20

133.34 

133.37 

133.34

July 23 

Aug. 19 

Sept. 14

133.39 

133.57 

133.43

Oct. 28 

Mov. 14 

Dec. 20

133.38 

133.49 

133.51

45. Joseph Rocke. SB^NE^ aec. 31, T. 30 S., R, 27 W.

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan;

Feb.

Mar.

26

14

21

4.66

4.52

4.25

Apr.

May

June

20

22

20

4.07

3.92

3.88

July

Aug.

Sept.

23

19

20

4.15

4.48

4.37

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

28

19

20

4.18

4.40

4.56

47. C. A. Earner. SBtSBfc aec. IS, T. 30 3., R. 27 W. 

Water level, In feet below measuring point. 1940

Jan* 

Peb,

26 

14

43.69 

43.80

Mar.

Aug.

21 

19

43.88 

44.16

Sept 

Oct.

.20 

28

43.90 

43.78 ,

Nov. 

Dec.

19 

20

43.81 

43.81

55. C. W. Parrla. SBjSBi aec. 15, T. 30 S., R. 28 W.

Water level. In feet below measuring point. 1940

Peb. 14 

Mar. 21 

Apr. 20

86.46 

86.50 

86.44

May 2&

June 20 

July 23

96,49,

 86.47 

86.39

Aug. 19 

Sept. 20 

Oct. 28

86.49 1 

86.52 

86.42 1

Nov. 19 

Dec. 20

86.44 

86.44

57. Plains State Bank. SWfcSBi aec. 18, T. 33 3., R. 30 W. 

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan. 26 

Peb. 14 

Mar. 21

170.45 

170.36 

170.48

Apr. 20 

May 17 

June 20

170.60 

172.34 

172.34

July 23 

Aug. 19 

Sept. 20

172.62 

172.73 

172.74

Oct. 28 

Nov. 13 

Dee. 19

172.66 

172.90 

172.66

59. R. R. Slngley. NHjNEt aec. 20, T. 33 8., R. 29 W, 

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan. 26 

Peb. 14 

Mar. 21

123.45 

121.56 

121.76

Apr. 20 

May 17 

June 20

121.96 

121.88 

181.49

July 23 

Aug. 19 

Oct. 28

121.88 1 

120.57 

121.09 1 :

Nov. 19 

Dec. 19

181.16 

121.08

61. John Heyer. NWiNWfc sec. 26, T. 31 S., R. 27 W. 

Water level. In feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

25

14

21

61.19

61.12

61.19

Apr.

May

June

20

17

20

61.14

61.37

61.16

July

Aug.

Sept.

23

17

20

61.16

61.21

61.20

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

29

19

21

61.16

61.19

61.12

62.

Jan. 

Peb* 

Mar.

25 

14 

21

26.48 

26.33 

26.46

Apr. 

toy 

June

20

17 

20

26.46 

26.23 

26.34

July 

Aug. 

Sept

23

17. 

.20

26.37 

26.66 

26.94

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec.

29 

19 

21

26.29 

26.25 

26.18
KANSAS 145

73. A. H. and 0. H. Eubank. SBfcNBj sec. 11, T. 34 S., H. 28 W.

1940

Date

Jan ."25 

Feb. 14 

Mar. 21

Water 

level

33.45 

33.44 

33.44

Date

Apr. 20 

June 80 

July 23

Water 

level

33.44 

33.27 

33.33

Date

Aug. 19 

Sept . 12

Water 

level

34.55 

33.61

Date

Nov. 14 

Dec. 19

Water 

level

94.32 

33.59

76.

Jan,

Feb.

Mar.

25

14

21

34.55

34.82

35,17

Apr.

May

June/

20

17

20

35.42

35.48

32.06'

July

Aug.

Sept

23

19

.12

32.68

34.61

35.37

Oct.

HOT.

Dec,

28

14

19

36.16

36.39

36.58

77.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

14

21

20

65.45

65.55

65.56

May

June

July

22

20

23

65.40

65.31

65.76

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

19

.20

28

65.98

66.03

65.84

Nov.

Dec.

14

20

65.87

65.72

88. H. V. Gullck. SBfcSBi sec. 14, T. 31 S., R. 28 W. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

26

14

21

43.40

43.26

43.00

Apr.

May

June

20

22

20

42.84

42.55

42.38

July

Aug.

Sept.

23

19

20

43.37

44.20

44.71

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

28

19

20

44.70

44.36

43.95

101. West and Hlgeribotham. NKjNBt sec. 29, T. 34 S., R. 26 W. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

25

14

21

88.01

87.63

87.77

Apr.

May

June

20

17

20

87.97

87.60

87.94

July

Aug.

Sept

23

19

.12

87.91

88.21

87.85

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

28

14

19

87.64

88.47

87.88

234. Christopher Sobba. sec. 23, T. 30 S., R. 27 W.

Lowest dally water level, In feet below measuring point, 1940

1»3

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

TO

11 

18

IfS

14

15 

16 

17 

J.8

1Q

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

m

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

' Jan.

14.81 

14.81 

14.79 

14.81 

14.80 

14.79 

14.80 

14.80 

14.79 

14.78

14.80 

14.80

14.78

14.82

14.85 

14.82 

14*32 

14.85 

14.88

14.88 

14.88 

14.88 

14.87 

14.88 

14.89 

14.88

14.86 

14.86 

14.85 

14.86 

14.85

F*V.

14.89 

14.89 

14.86 

14.82 

14.84 

14.84 

14.82 

14.87 

14.88 

14.86

14.86 

14.89

14.89

14.87

14.84 

14.89 

14_,91 

14.89 

14.90

14.90 

14.91 

14.91 

14.87 

14.91 

14.92 

14.86

14.87 

14.88 

14.88

Mar.

14.85 

14.88 

14.90 

14.91 

14.89 

14.88 

14.88 

14.89 

14.85 

14.85

14.83 

14.88

14.89

14.89

14.87 

14.85 

14,85 

14.87 

14.85

14.85 

14.86 

14.86 

14.87 

14.88 

14.87 

14.83

14.81 

14.83 

14.84 

14.85 

14.84

Apr.

14.83 

14.82 

14.86

i4!98

14.64 

14.58

14.46

14.42

14.33 

14.43 

14.54 

14.65 

14.73

14.80 

14.78 

14.77 

14.80 

14*80 

14.78 

14 79

.....

May

* * * * 

# » »

.....

*f_t> t 

# * 0 

 «

** *«.

£4)77

June July

14.77 ..... 

14.78 ..... 

14.75 ..... 

14.76 14.93 

14,78 14.82 

14.77 14.88 

14.77 14.88 

14.77 14.86 

14.79 14.85 

14.80 14.85

14.80 14.85 

14.79 14.85

14.78 14.89

14.78 14.87

14.78 ..... 

14.78 ..... 

14.79 ..... 

14,80 14*98 

14.82 14.94

14.82 ...'.. 

14.82 ..... 

14.82 ..... 

14.85 ..... 

14.86 ..... 

14.85 .....

14.85 ..... 

14.90 .....

 ** »* 

 **** 

Aug.

isiio

15.04

14.98 

14.93

14.88

14.85

14! 83 

14.83 

14.85 

14.84

isioi 

14.96 

14.93

14.89 

14.88 

14.89 

14.89 

14.85

Sept.

14.82 

14.80 

14.80 

14.80 

14.79 

14.77 

14.78 

14.77 

14.76 

14.77

14.76 

14.75

14 7P

14.73

3^.73 

14.73 

14.74 

14.76 

14.78

14.79 

14.81 

14.81 

14.79 

14.80 

14.82 

14.79

14.75 

14.74 

14.75 

14.75

Oct.

14.72 

14.70 

14.69 

14.70 

14.71 

14.76 

14.76 

14.71 

14.70 

14.73

14.74 

14.73

14.73

14.78

14.78 

14.75 

14.77 

14.76 

14.79

14.79 

14.78 

14.77 

14.78 

14.77 

14.77 

14.78

14.79 

14.85 

14.89 

14.92 

14.98

Nov.

14.99 

14.99 

14.98 

15.00 

15.02

islie

15.08

15.00

14.94 

14.86 

14.84 

14.80 

I4^BO

14.80 

14.73 

14.76 

14^77 

14.77 

14.74 

14,73

14.75 

14.72

 * 

Dec.

 « * 

 » * 

 

l4! 74 

14.75 

14.75 

14.73 

14.75

14.75 

14.75

14.75

14.76

14.73 

14.77 

14.77 

14.73 

14.76

14.75 

14.75 

14.73 

14.71 

14.69 

14.71 

14.75

14.75 

14.75 

14.75 

14.74 

14.74
146 WATER LEVELS AMD ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

304. A. W. Adams. NW^SEj sec. 27, T. 34 S., R. 30 W. Water levels, 

in feet below measuring point, 1940; Feb. 14, 220.07; May 17, 219.89.

MORTON COUNTY 

By T. G. McLaughlin

The observation-well program in Morton County, Kansas (See WaterSupply Paper 886), was continued in 1940 by the Federal Geological Survey 

and the Kansas Geological Survey in cooperation with the Division of 

Water Resources of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture and the Division 

of Sanitation of the Kansas State Board of Health. The program is under 

the supervision of S. W. Lohman, Federal geologist in charge of ground-water 

investigations in Kansas. A report on the geology and ground-water resources 

of Morton County was written in 1940 and will be published as a bulletin 

of the Kansas Geological Survey. In 1940 the altitudes of the measuring 

points for several of the observation wells were determined with an alidade 

and plane table by John B. LaDuex and are given in this peport for the first 

time.

Measurements of water level were made once a month in 19 observation 

wells during the first 7 months of 1940 but only in 6 wells (22, 54, 65, 

93, 114 and 117} after August 1, 1940. A total of 137 measurements was 

made during the year. Measurements in the first 7 months of 1940 and 

those in December 1940 were made by Richard B. Christyj all other measurements were made by the writer.

The precipitation in Morton County in 1940 was about normal for the 

first time in nearly 10 years. Owing to the fact that the depth to water 

level in the observation wells ranges from 50 feet to more than 200 feet 

and that the period of record is relatively short, there appears to be no 

apparent correlation between the fluctuations of water level and the precipitation.

Of the 6 wells in Morton County under observation at the end of the 

year, the water levels in1 2 wells were higher at the end of the year than 

at the beginning of the year, the water levels in 3 wells were lower, and 

the water level in 1 well was unchanged.
KANSAS 147

Of the 13 observation wells (8, 11, 21, 28, 42, .69, 74, 77, 87, 97, 

104, 105 and 127) observed only through July 1940 the water levels In 9 

wells were- higher in July 1940 than at the time the first measurements 

were made in July 1939, and the water levels in 4 of the wells were lower. 

The net rises ranged from 0.08 to '0.52 foot and averaged about 0.20 foot. 

The net declines ranged from 0.02 foot to 1.92 feet and averaged about 

0.57 foot. The difference between the highest and lowest water levels 

ranged from 0.11 foot to 2.05 feet and averaged 0.47 foot. Water-level 

fluctuations are summarized in the following tables.

Highest and lowest water levels for period of 

record in 6 wells In Morton County

Highest recorded 

 ,, waber level, in _ . Wel1 feet below Date 

measuring point

22 

54 

65 

93 

114

117

74 

76 

53 

159 

226

167

.46

.27 

.55 

.57 

.62

.11

Aug. 

July 

Aug. 

Dec. 

Aug.

Nov. 

Oct.

21, 

18, 

24, 

18, 

25,

14, 

26,

Lowest recorded 

water level, in 

feet below Date 

measuring point

1940 

1940 

1939 

1940 

1939

1939 

1940

75 

76 

54 

160 

226

167

.24

.90 

.12 

.14 

.89

.39

Oct. 

July 

Nov. 

Oct. 

Dec. 

Apr. 

Nov. 

July

27, 

25, 

12, 

27, 

16, 

23, 

13, 

26,

1939 

1939 

1940 

1939 

1939 

1940 

1940 

1939

Net changes in water level in 1940 and net changes in water level 

for period of record in 6 wells in Morton County

Well

22

54 

65

93 

114 

117

Difference between 

highest and lowest 

 water levels, 

in feet

0.78 

.63 

.57 

.57 

.27 

.28

Net rise (+) 

or net decline {-) 

in feet, 1940

-0.22 

+ .01 

- .24 

+ .35

-*]06

Net rise (+) or 

net decline (-) in 

feet, for period 

of record

-0.34 

+ .50 

- ,45 

 f .37 

+ .04 

+ .05

Highest and lowest water levels for period of 

record in 13 wells in Morton County

Highest recorded 

_ .. water level, in Wel1 feet below Date

measuring point

8

11

21

28

42

69

74

77

152

110

70

138

68

67

87

147

.07

.88

.05

.88

.76

.48

.70

.42

July

June

Dec.

May

Apr.

May

June

Aug.

July

July

18,

18,

15,

14,

23,

14,

18,

24, iv,

25,

Lowest recorded 

water level, in 

feet below Date

measuring point

1940

1940

1939

1940

1940

1940

1940

1939

1940

1939

152

111

70

139

68

67

88

147

.52

.76

.18

.04

.87

.67

.01

.87

Oct.

Feb.

Oct.

Oct.

July

Feb.

July

6ct.

S>"7i;

27,

27,

25,

1,

25,

27,

1939

1940

1939

1939

1939

1940

1939

1939
148 WATER LEVELS AMD ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Highest and lowest water levels for period of record 

In 15 wells In Morton County- Continued.

Highest recorded 

_ _ _ water level. In 

"ell feet below »*** 

measuring point

87 

97

104

105 

127

129

113

90

198 

210

.47 

.76

.03

.06 

.98

June 

Oct. 

July 

Oct.

May 

Sept

16, 

26, 

18, 

26,

.25',

1940 . 

1939 

1940 

1939

1940 

1939

Lowest recorded 

water level, 1« 

feet below 

measuring point

129

113

90

198 

213

.68 

.98

.19

.86 

.03

July 

July

Feb. 

July 

July 

June 

July

Date

25, 

26,

1, 

18, 

25, 

18, 

18,

1939 

1939

1940 

1940 

1939 

1940 

1940

Well

Net changes In water level for period of record 

_______In 15 wells In Morton County________

Difference between

highest and lowest

water levels,

In feet

Net rise (+) or

net decllne> (-} In

feet, for period

of record

8

11

21

28

42

69

74

77

87

97

104

105

127

8. C.

point 3,289

0.45

.88

.13

.16

.11

.19

.31

.45

.21

.22

.16

.80

2.05

M. Crocker. NB}NW£ sec. 15, T. 31 S., R. 40

.0 feet above sea level.

Water level, In feet below measuring point,

+0.24

+ .52

+ .05

+ .08

+ .10

- .02

+ .31

- .88

+ .19

+ .22

- .06

+ .12

-1.92

W. Measuring

1940

Date

Feb. 21 

Mar. 15

Water 

level

152.14 

152.09

Date

Apr. 23 

May 14

Water 

level

152.16 

152,11

Date

June 18 

July 18

Water 

level

152.09 

152.07

11. Mrs. Leo Everett. SE£SW£ sec. 9, T. 31 S., R. 41 W. 

point 3,400.9 feet above sea level.

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1940

Measuring

Feb. 1 

21

111.76 

111.34

Mar. 23 

Apr. 23

111.21 

111.19

June 18 

July 18

110.88 

111.06

21. John W. Bltner.

point 3,589.6 feet above sea level.

sec.'3, T. 31 S., R. 43 W. Measuring

Date

Feb. 1 

21

Water 

level

70.07 

70.10

Date

Mar. 23

Apr. 22

Water 

level

70.13 

70.09

Date

May 14 

, June 18

Water 

level

70.11 

70-12

Date

July 17

Water 

level

70.06

22.

Feb.

Mar.

1

21

23

74.87

74.88

74.97

Apr.

May

June

22

14

18

74.77

74.88

74.68

July

Aug.

Sept

17

21

.18

74.50

74.46

' 74.63

Oct.

Nov.

Dee.

25

18

18

74.51

75',04

75.09
KAHSAS 149

28. Q. L. Hayward. SW^SEi sec. 2, T. 32 S., R. 40 W.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Feb. 21 

Mar. 15

Water 

level

138,91 

138.89

Date

Apr. 23 

May 14

Water 

level

138.91 

138.88

Date

June 18 

July 18

Water 

level

158,89 

158,89

42. Lucy Hobbs. m%m± see'. 13, T. 32 S., R. 42 W.

1940

Date

Feb. 1 

21

Water 

level

68.82 

68.79

Date

Mar. 23 

Apr. 23

Water 

level

68.79 

68,76

Date

May 14 

June 18

Water 

level

68.76 

68.76

Date

July 17

Water

level

68.77

54. V. W. Pickinson. 3W|SW| sec. IS, T. 33 S., R. 40 W. 

Water level, in feet below measuring pointr 1940

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

21

15

23

76.41

76.36

76.35

May

June

July

14

18

18

76.33

76.40

76.27

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

21

.18

26

76.31

76.35

7f,41

Hov.

Dee.

13

18

76.59

76.40

65.

Feb.

Mar.

1

21

23

53.80

53.89

53.88

Apr.

May

June

22

14

18

53.94

54.04

53.96

July

Aug.

Sept.

17

21

18

53.96

53.99

53.85

Oct.

HOT.

Dee*

25

12

18

54.05

54.12

54.04

69. George B. Pate. SBjSBt sec, 32, T. 35 S., R. 48 W. Measuring 

point 3,493.5 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Feb. 1 

21

67.67 

67.62

Mar.

Apr.

25 

22

67.59 

67.61

May 

June

14 

18

67.63 

67.56

July 18 67.53

74. Thomas A. Ball. NBtNBt sec. 17, T. 53 S., R. 45 W. Measuring 

point 5,629.5 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Feb. 1 

21

87.88 

87.83

Mar.

Apr.

23 

22

87.79 

87.78

May

June

14 

18

87 .'79 

87.74

July 17 87.70

77. Bthyl B. Weber. SWjNWi sec. 7, T.. 34 S., R. 39 W. Water levels, 

in feet below measuring point, 1940: Feb. 21. 147.63;: Mar. 15, 147.57} 

Apr. 25, 147.70.

87. Q. L. Hayward. SEjSEi sec. 1, T. 54 S., R. 41 W. Measuring 

point 3,369.7 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Feb. 21 

Mar. 15

Water 

level

129.54 

129.53

Date

Apr. 23 

May 14

Water 

level

129.55 

129.50

Date

June 16 

July 18

Water 

level

129.47 

129.49

9.3. Ira Wettb. HBfcSEi sec. 28, T. 34 S., R. 41 W. Measuring point 

3,435.7 feet above sea level.

Date

Feb. 21 

Mar. 15 

Apr. 23

/ Water 

' level

159 .92 

159.79 

159.97

Date

May 14

June 18 

July 18

Water 

level

159.84 

159.82 

159.79

Date

Aug. 21 

Sept. 18 

Oct. 26

Water 

level

159.59 

159.67 

159.71

Date

Nov. 13 

Dec. 18

Water 

level

159.96 

169.57
150 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

97, W. B. Cushman. SEfSEf sec. 22, T. 34 S., R, 42 W. Measuring 

point 3,502.0 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Feb. 1 

21

Water 

level

113.84 

113.88

Date

Mar. 23

Apr. 22

Water 

level

113.83 

113.77

Date

May 14 

June 18

Water

level

113.82 

113.77

Date

July 18

Water 

level

113.76

104. Wm. Dulahabn. NEtSEf sec. 35, T. 34 S., R. 43

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Feb. 1 

21

90.19 

90.14

Mar.

Apr.

23 

22

90.09 

90.1.0

May 

June

14 

18

90.15 

90.17

July 18 90.19

105. S. J. Willits. NWjNWj sec. 5, T. 35 S., R. 39 W. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Feb. 21 

Mar. 15

Waterlevel

198.58 

198.51

Date

Apr. 23 

May 14

Water 

level

198.54 

198.06

Date

June 18 

July 18

Water

level

198.46 

198.74

114. J. L. Kniffen. SE^SE^ sec. 13, T. 35 S., R. 41 W. Measuring 

point 3,452.5 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Feb. 21 

Mar. 15 

Apr. 23

Water 

level

226.84 

226.80 

226.89

Date

May 14 

June 18 

July 18

Water 

levsl

226.84 

226.84 

226.87

Date

Aug. 21 

Sept . 18 

Oct. 26

Water

level

226.71 

226.80 

226.88

Date

Nov. 13 

Dec. 26

Water 

level

226.89 

226.84

117. W. C. Washburn. SWjSWfc sec. 4, T. 35 S., R. 42 W. 

Water level, 'in feet below measuring point, 1940

Eeb. 1 

21

167.28 

167.19

Mar.

Apr.

23 

22

167.21 

167.21

May 

June

14 

18

167.27 

167.17

Oct.

Nov.

26 

12

167.11 

167.34

127. J. M. Hardwick. NE^NE^ sec. 21, T. 35 S., R. 43 19. Measuring 

point 3,687.2 feet above sea level.

Feb. 1 

21

211.09 

211.35

Mar. 

Apr.

2? 

22

211.09 

211.67

May 

June

14 

18

212.16 

213.03

July 18 213.03

NESS COUNTY

By H. A. Waite

An observation-well program was begun in Ness County in 1940, as a 

part of a larger program in the Pawnee River Basin. The larger program 

covers parts of Hodgeman, Ness and Pawnee Counties and is described in 

the chapter on Hodgeman County. At the end of 1940, measurements of 

water level were being made once a month in 2 wells in Ness County; a 

total of 8 measurements were made during the year by Richard B. Christy. 

Descriptions and records of water level for the 2 wells in Ness County 

follow.
KANSAS 151

1. J. B. PIcken. SEjSWi sec. 32, T. 20 S., R. S3 W. Dug and 

drilled irrigation well, diameter 19 inches, depth 70.4 feet. Measuring 

point, top of I-beam sill under base of pumphead, east side at painted 

oraflge mark, 2.0 feet above land surface.- Water levels, in feet below 

measuring point, 1940: Aug. 27, 36.91; Oct. 29, 36.43; Nov. 25, 36.25; 

Dec. 26, 36.02.

2. C. L. Whitley. SW cor. sec. 20, T. 20 S., R, 22 W. Dug and 

drilled irrigation well, diameter 20 inches, depth 58 feet. Measuring 

point, top of round concrete curb, south side at painted orange mark, . 

0.5 foot above land surface. Water levels, in feet below measuring 

point, 1940: Sept. 20, 25.90; Oct. 29, 25.85; Nov. 25, 25.58; Dec. 26, 

25.71.

PAWNEE COUNTY

By H. A. Waite

An observation-well program was begun in Pawnee County in 1940, as 

& part of a larger program embracing parts of Hodgeman, Ness and Pawnee 

Counties. The program is described in the chapter on Hodgeman County. 

At the end of 19 40, measurements of water level were being made once a 

month in 3 wells in Pawnee County; a total of 10 measurements was made 

during the year by Richard B. Christy. Descriptions and records of 

water level for the 3 observation wells in Pawnee County follow.

6. Prank Elmore. SW cor. sec. 27, T. 21 S., R. 19 W. Dug and 

drilled irrigation well, diameter 24 inches, depth 60 feet. Measuring 

point, top of lath strip on flat circular wooden cover over pit, at 

painted orange mark, 1.0 foot above land surface. Water levels, in feet 

below measuring point, 1940: Aug. 28, 24.59; Nov. 28, 25.02; Dec. 26, 

24.83.

7. Ralph Luster. NEijfNEi sec. 18, T. 22 S., R. 17 W. Drilled 

irrigation well, diameter 19 inches, depth 123.5 feet. Measuring point, 

top of 20-inch galvanized-iron casing, southwest side at painted orange 

arrow, 0.5 foot above land surface. Water levels, in feet below measuring 'point, 1940: Nov. 29, 28.00; Dec. 26, 27.98.

8. P. B. Reed. NWiNWfc sec. 6, T. 22 S., R. 16 W. Drilled irrigation well, diameter 19 inches, depth 33.5 feet. Measuring point, top of 

round concrete block curb, 5 feet in diameter, south .side at painted 

orange mark, 1.5 feet above land surface.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Aug. 28 

Sept. 20

Water

level

19.29 

19.82

Date

Oct. 29 

Nov. 29

Water

level

17.07 

16.85

Date

Dec. 26

Water

level

16.76
158 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

SCOTT COUNT! 

By Hi A. Waite

The observation-well program In Scott County, Kansas (see Water-Supply 

Paper 886), was continued In 1940 by the Federal Geological Survey and the 

Kansas Geological Survey In cooperation with the Division of Sanitation 

of the Kansas State Board of Health and the Division of Water Resources 

iof the Kansas State Board of Agriculture. The program is under the general 

supervision of 8. W, Lohman, Federal geologist In charge of ground-tinter 

Investigations In Kansas* Field work In Scott County was completed In 

December 1940 and a report Is now In preparation as a bulletin of the 

Kansas Geological Survey. Altitudes of the measuring points of about 225 

wells Including 31 observation wells, were established In 1940 by Instrumental levels. The altitudes of the measuring points of the 91 observation 

wells are Included In this report for the first time* Sixteen test holes 

were drilled In the county In December 1940 and January 1941 by a drilling 

rig owned by the State and Federal Surveys and operated by Bills D. 

Gordon, driller, Perry McNally, sampler, and Laurence P. Buck, helper.

At the beginning of 1940, measurements of water level were being 

made In 31 wells Including 2 wells (32 and 33} equipped with 8-day automatic water-stage recorders maintained by the State and Federal Surveys, 

2 wells (1 and 2) equipped with continuous automatic water-stage recorders 

maintained by the Division of Water Resources, and 27 wells observed 

monthly by the State and Federal Surveys. In March 1940, monthly observations were discontinued In wells 24 and 45 after they were equipped with 

pumps* In Hay 1940, measurements of water level were begem' In wells 54 

and 55, and In August'well 1A was constructed and equipped with 'a continuous automatic water-stage recorder, as described below. At the end of 

1940, water-level measurements were being made In 32 well*. A total of 

290 wetted-tape measurements was made In 1940* All monthly water-level 

measurements w«re made by Richard B. Christy, except for those In October, 

which were made by the writer. The recorders on wells 32 and 35 were 

serviced each week by J. R. Haverfleld, and those on wells 1, 1A, and 8 

were serviced by K. D. McCall of the Division of Water Resources.
inched in departure, Cumulative 

of Thousands 

acres

above level Water 

feet in datum, 

*

rt-O

II

ct » n

T

I/

fi

W

ff

P O 

ctct 

ctH1 I I 

£31
154 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

In the spring of 1940 an Irrigation well was drilled 278 feet south 

of observation well 1. Because the pumping of this well affects the 

water level In well 1, as Is shown In the accompanying Illustration, a 

new observation well (1A) was constructed In August 1940 by the Division 

of Water Resources about 1 mile east and 0.3 mile north of well 1. The 

description and complete water-level records of wells 1A, 54, and 55 are 

Included In this report.

A suryey of the Irrigated acreage in the shallow-water basin made 

in 1940 by K. D. McCall and the writer Indicates that 17,164 acres were 

Irrigated from wells. At the end of the year there were 90 Irrigation 

wells In the county.

According to the records of the United States Weather Bureau, the 

precipitation at Scott City In 1940 was 16.88 Inches, which Is 2.97 inches 

below normal. The "water levels In 24 of the 28 wells having complete 

records showed net declines during the year ranging from 0.02 foot to 

2.71 feet. The greatest declines occurred In wells In the shallow-water 

basin as a result of below normal precipitation and heavy pumping for 

Irrigation. The water levels in 15 of 16 wells in this part of the 

county had net declines for the year ranging from 0.72 foot to 2.71 feet 

and averaging 1.52 feet. The difference between the highest and lowest 

water levels in the 16 wells during the period of record ranged from 

0.36 foot to 9.35 feet and the average difference was about 3.80 feet.

The water levels in 5 wells (5, 8, 32, 33, and 42) In the shallowwater basin, declined steadily throughout the year. None of the 5 wells 

was pumped during 1940, but all of them are near other wells that are 

pumped. The water levels in 5 other wells (6, 9, 13, 19, and 23) In the

*

basin rose slightly during the period from January through April, after 

which they declined during the rest of the year. At least a part of the 

winter and spring rises represents recovery from the effects of heavy 

pumping in the latter part of 1939. .

The following discussion is based on the water-level records for 

wells 1 and 2-, which have the longest complete records of water level in 

the county. The water levels in wells 1 and 2 had net declines of 1.15 

and 1.37 feet, respectively, from January 1 to December 31, 1940. As is 

shown in figure 1, the water level in well 1 was affected considerably
KANSAS 155

during the last part of 1940 by the pumping of a new irrigation veil. The 

difference between the highest and lowest water levels during the period 

of record was 8.46 feet in well 1 and 5.97 feet in well 2. The record 

for well 1 extends back to 1931 and the record for well 2 extends back to 

1934. The net decline in water level during the period of record amounted 

to 4.43 feet in well 1 and 3.43 feet in well 2. Thus there have been 

average annual declines in water level of 0.55 foot in well 1 and 0.57 

foot in well 2. As is shown in figure 1, there appears to be a definite 

correlation between the general downward trend of the water level in 

well 1 and the downward trend in the curve showing the cumulative departure from normal precipitation, indicating that the decline in water level 

may be at least in part the result of the mounting deficiency in precipitation. On the other hand, the acreage irrigated from wells has increased 

each year during the period of record and, therefore, the decline in water 

level may be partly the result of the increasing use of ground water for 

irrigation.

The following table summarizes the fluctuations of water level in 

observation wells in Scott County.

Highest and lowest water levels for period of 

record in 28 wells in Scott County

Highest recorded 

 ,, water level, in _,_ 4 

Wel1 feet below Da1 

measuring point

1

1A

2

3

4

5

6

8

9

13

17

19

23

24

27

32

33

34

35

a 14.12

a 7.06

a 13.85

68.94

91.44

39.79

71.00

49.42

48.07

51.56

34.19

46.38

43.35

35.12

58.39

37.79

73.23

83.90

117.59

Lowest recorded 

 water level, 

unaffected by 

nearby pumping, 

in feet below 

measuring point

May 14, 16,

1934

Aug. 16,

1940

Apr. 25,

May 30,

May 20,

1940

May 30,

Apr. 13,

Sept. 8,

Sept. 8,

Sept. 9,

Feb. 22,

Apr. 18,

Apr. 18,

Mar. 19,

Sept. 18,

Sept. 20

1939

Sept. 25,

1939

Sept. 22,

Jan. 15,

17, 18,

1939

1934

June 24,

1934

1936

1939

1939

1939

1939

1940

1940

1940

1939

21, 22,

26, 27,

1939

1940

a 5.66

a 6.30

a 9.88

72.16

92.05

45.72

80.35

52.75

51.47

54.77

35.11

49.60

47.15,

36.22

59.20

39.29

75.05

83.98

117.83

Sept

Nov.

Pec.

Dec.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Sept

Dec.

Nov.

Oct.

Oct.

Aug.

Oct.

Dec.

Dec.

Dec.

Dec.

Mar.

Nov.

Nov.

Date

.13, 1940

6 to

7, 1940

20-24,

1940

26, 1940

16, 1940

31, 1940

.21, 1940

31, 1940

15, 1940

25, 1940

25, 1940

26, 1940

25, 1940

11, 1939

31, 1940

21-31,

1940

30, 31,

1940

19, 1940

-6, 1939

16, 1940

a Water level, in feet above datum.
156 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Highest and lowest water levels for period of record 

In 28 wells In Scott County Continued.

Highest recorded 

water level, in 

Well . feet below 

measuring point

Lowest recorded 

water level, 

unaffected by 

Date nearby pumping, 

in feet below

Date

measuring point

36

37

38

39

40

41

42

44

45

47

48

49

50

126

97

72

69

111

131

53

68

21

32

32

34

98

.14

.78

.24

.22

.12

.16

.02

.36

.12

.50

.41

.91

.19

Sept

Sept

Apr.

Peb.

June

Sept

Sept

Aug.

Sept

liar.

Jan.

liar.

Sept

June

Oct.

Nov.

.22,

.22,

18

22,

24,

.21,

.30,

27,

.23,

19,

16,

19,

.28,

24,

25,

15,

1939

1939

1940

1940

1940

1940

1939

1940

1939

1940

1940

1940

1939

1940

19,40

1940

126

98

72

69

111

131

58

69

21

35

32

35

98

.32

.87

.87

.32

.30

.81

.75

.20

.53

.15

.77

.05

.48

May

Nov.

Sept

Dec.

Dec.

Apr.

Nov.

Nov.

Oct.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Peb.

Jan.

Apr.

20,

16,

.21,

31,

31,

18,

15,

15,

25,

.27,

25,

15,

22,

16,

18,

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1939

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

Net changes In water level In 1940 and net changes In water level 

_______for period of record In 28 wells In Scott County______

Difference between 

Well highest and lowest 

water levels, 

In feet

Net rise (+) 

or net decline (-) 

In feet, 1940

Net rise (+) or

net decline (-) In

feet, for period

of record

1

1A

2

3

4

5

6

8

9

13

17

19

23

24

27

32

33

34

35

36

37

38

39

40

41

42

44

45

47

48

49

50

8.46

.76

3.97

3.22

.61

5.93

9.35

3.33

3.40

3.21

.92

3.22

3.80

1.10

.81

1.50

1.82

.08

.24

.18

1.09

.63

.10

.18

.65

5.73

.84

.41

2.65

.36

.14

.29

-1.15

-i*.37

- .72

- .24

-2.00

-2.06

-2.71

-1.60

a -1.73

- .91

b -1.22

- .87

b - .45

-1.16

-1.32

+ .03

- .22

- .02

a - .53

- .47

- .09

- .15

+ .56

b -2.08

~ a - .54

b -1.96

+ .07

+ .28

-4.43

-3.43

-2.06

+ .12

-5.93

-4.29

-3.33

-2.75

-2.59

- .74

- .02

-1.34

- .81

-1.50

-1.82

- .03

- .11

- .17

- .88

- .54

- .09

- .13

. + .54

-3.76

- .03

-2 '.38

- .07

+ .24

a Period Mar. 19 to Dec. 31, 1940. 

b Period Peb. 22 to Dec. 31, 1940.
KANSAS 157

1.

Day Jan.

1 10.41

2 10.41

3 10.40

4 10.39

5 10.39

6 10.39

7 10.38

8 10.38

9 10.38

10 10.38

11 10.38

12 10.38

13 10.37

14 10.37

15 10.37

16 10.37

17 10.37

18 10.37

19 10.37

20 10.36

21 10.36

22 10,36

23 10.35

24 10.35

25 10.35

26 10.35

27 10.35

28 10.34

29 10.34

30 10.35

31 10.35

Mrs. Rosine Smith. NW cor. sec. 9, T. 20

Mean daily water level, in feet above 

(from recorder charts)

Feb.

10.35

10.35

10.36

10.35

10.36

10.36

10.36

10.36

10.36

10.36

10.37

10.36

10.36

10.37

10.36

10.36

10.37

10.37

10.37

10.38

10.38

10.39

10.39

10.39

10.40

10.41

10.39

10.39

10.39

.....

Mar.

10.40

10.42

10.41

10.40

10.40

10.40

10.40

10.40

10.41

10.41

10.42

10.42

10.41

10.42

10.42

10.42

10.42

10.42

10.43

10.42

10.42

10.42

10.42

10.42

10.43

10.43

.....

.....

.....

.....

Apr.

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

.....

. . . . .

10.43

10.43

10.44

10.43

10.44

10.44

10.44

10.43

10.44

10.45

10.45

10.45

10.47

10.46

10.46

10.46

May

10.48

10,48

10.48

10.48

10.49

10.48

10.47

10.46

10.46

10.46

10.45

10.45

10.45

10.45

10.45

10.45

10.44

10.44

10.42

10.41

10.40

10.39

10.40

10.39

10.39

10.39

10.39

10.39

10.38

10.38

10.38

June

10.32

10.32

10.29

10.29

10.31

10.33

10^55

10.34

10.34

10.34

10.34

10.35

10.35

10.35

10.35

10.35

10.35

10.35

10.36

10.36

10.37

10.37

10.36

10.35

10.35

10.35

10.34

10.34

10.35

July

10.35

10.34

10.34

10.34

10.34

10.31

10.30

10.32

10.28

10.27

10.27

10.27

10.28

10.27

10.27

10.27

10.27

10.27

10.28

10.28

10.27

10.04

9.79

9.79

8.78

8.21

7.96

8.43

8.54

7 I . i/wKfi

7.08

.J&ag/

6.73

6.44

6.88

7.03

7.99

8.35

8.60

8.78

8.91

9.08

9.10

9.16

9.24

9.29

9.34

8.95

7.63

7.83

8.04

6.89

6.37

6.09

6,94

7.67

8.03

8.26

8.42

8.55

8.65

8.73

8.81

S., R. 

datum,

Sept.

8.87

8.92

8.95

9.02

9.05

8; 56

7.5T

7.55

7.74

6,98

6.32

5.92

5.66

5.99

6.98

7.50

7.62

7.92

8.07

8.19

8.29

8.38

8.48

8.52

8.56

8.62

8.66

8.70

8.73

8.78

33 W. 

1940

Oct. Nov. Dec.

8.80 9.13 9.18

8.82 9.14 9.19

8.84 9.15 9.21

8.85 9.14 9.21

8.88 9..10 9.21

B.&ff 9.14 9.21

.... 9.14 9.20

.... 9.16 9.21

8.95 9.16 9.22

8.96 9.16 9.20

8.98 . 9.22

9.00

9.02

9.00

9.03

9»05

9.05

9.06

9.07

9.08

9.09

9.09

9.09

9.10

9.11

9.12

9.14

9.13

#

,

r

,

,

.

,

.

,

.

.

.

,

.

,

,

9.21

^9.21

9.22

9.24

9.23

9.23

9.25

9.24

9.23

9.24

9.25

9.26

9.26

9.26

9.23

9.25

9.26

9.13 9.21 9.26

9.13 9,20 9.27

9.13 ....9.26

1A. Division of Water Resources, Kansas State Board of Agriculture.

sec. 3, T. 20 S., R. 33 W. Drilled observation well, diameter 7 

inches, depth 69 feet. Measuring point, top of 7-inch galvanized-iron 

casing, south side at painted orange mark, 0.8 foot above land surface, 

61.28 feet above arbitrary datum, 2,965.39 feet above sea level. Water 

level Aug. 16, 1940, 54.22 feet below measuring point, 7.06 feet above 

datum. Friez continuous automatic water-stage recorder maintained on 

well since Aug. 16, 1940. Hater-level measurements supplied through 

courtesy of the Division of water Resources.

Mean daily water level, in feet above datum, 1940 

(from recorder charts)

Day

1

3

4

5

6

7

8

9 

10 

11

12 

13

14 

15

16 

17 

18

19

Aug.

.....

'.....

.....

.....

7.06 

7.06 

7.06 

7.05

Sept.

7.04 

7.03

7.03

7.03

7.03

7.02

7 OE>

7.01

7.00 

6.98 

6.96

6.94 

6.92

6.90 

6.89

6.87 

6.85 

6.83 

6.80

Oct.

6.54 

6.52

6.50

6.48

6.46

6.44

6.43

6

AO

6.41 

6.40 

6.40

6.39 

6.38

6.38 

6.38

6.37, 

6.36 . 6.36 

6.36

Nov.

6.31 

6.31

6.31

6.31

6.31

6.30

6.30

6.30

6.30 

6.30 

6.30

6.30 

6.30

6.30 

6.30

6.30 

6.30 

6.30 

6.30

Dec.

6.30 

6.30

6.30

6.30

6.30

6.30

6.30

6.31

6.31 

6.31 

6.31

6.31 

6.31

6.31 

6.31

6.31 

6.32 

6.32 

6.32

418674 O - 41 - 11
158 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

1A. Continued.

Mean daily water level, in feet above datum, 1940 

(from recorder charts)

Day

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Aug.

7.05

7.05

7.05

7.05

7.04

7.04

7.04

7.04

7.04

7.04

7.04

7.04

Sept.

6.78

6.76

6.74

6.72

6.69

6.67

6.64

6.62

6.60

6.58

6.56

....

Oct,

6.35

6.35

6.34

6.34

6.33

6.33

6.33

6.32

6,32

6.32

6.32

6.31

Nov.

6.30

6.30

6.30

6.30

6.30

6.30

6.30

6.30

6.30

6.30

6.30

....

Bee.

6.32

6.32

6.33

6.33

6.33

6.33

6.33

6.34

6.34

6.34

6.34

6,54

2. E. E. Coffin. NEiSE^ sec. 25, T. 18 S., R. 33 W.

Mean daily water level, in feet above datum, 1940 

(from recorder charts)

Day Jan.

1 11.29 

2 11.29 

3 11.30 

4 11.30 

5 11.31 

6 11.32 

7 11.33 

8 11.33 

9 11.34 

10 11.35 

11 11.36 

12 11.37 

13 11.37

14 11.38

15 11.38

16 11.40

17 11.40

18 11.41

19 11.41

on i i AO

21 11.43

22 11.43

23 11.44

24 11.44

25 11.45

26 11.45 

27 11.46

28 11.46

29 11.47 

30 11.48

31 11.49

Feb.

11.49 

11.50 

11.50 

11.50 

11.50 

11.51 

11.51 

11.52 

11.53 

11.53 

11.54 

11.54 

11.55

11.55

11.56

11.57

11.57

11.57

11.58

11.58

11.58

11.58

11.58

11.59

11.60

11.60 

11.60

11.61

11.61

.....

Mar.

11.62 

11.63 

11.64 

11.64 

11.65 

11.66 

11.67 

11.67 

11.68 

11.68 

11.69 

11.70 

11.71

11.71

11.72

11.72

11.72

11.73

11.74

11.74

11.75

11.75

11.76

11.76

11.77

11.77 

11.77

11.78

11.78 

n7Q

11.79

Apr.

11.80 

11.81 

11.81 

11.82 

11.82 

11.83 

11.84 

11.84 

11.84 

11.85 

11.85 

11.86 

11.86

11,87

11.87

11.88

11.88

11.88

11.89

11.89

11.90

11.90

1 1 QP

11.92

11.92

11.93 

11.93

11.93

11.93 

1 1 Q4

May

11.95 

11.95 

11.95 

11.95 

11.94 

11.93 

11.92 

11.90 

11.87 

11.84 

11.82 

11.80 

11.78

11.76

11.74

11.72

11.70

11.68

11.67

11.66

11.65

11.64

11.63

11.60

11.59

11.58 

11.57

11.56

11.55 

11.54

11.53

June

11.52 

11.52 

11.51 

11.50 

11.49 

11.48 

11.48 

11.47 

11.46 

11.46 

11.46 

11.45 

11.44

11.44

11.43

11.43

11.43

11.43

11.42

U A.O

U A.O

U AP

1 1 <1O

11.41

11.41

11.40 

11.39

11.38

11.39 

11.38

July

11.38 

11.37 

11.37 

11.38 

11.38 

11.38 

11.37 

11.37 

11.37 

11.35 

11.35 

11.34 

11.34

11.33

11.33

11.33

11.32

11.30

n

OQ

11.28

11.27

n p7

11.26

11.25

11.23

11.23 

11.22

n

oi

11.20 

11.20

11.19

Aug.

11.18 

11.17 

11.16 

11.15 

11.14 

11.14 

11.13 

11.12 

11.11 

11.09 

11.08 

11.07 

11.06

11.05

11.04

11.03

11.02

11.00

10.99

10.98

10.97

10.95

10 Q4

10.93

10.92

10.91 

10.89

10.88

10.87 

10.86

10.86

Sept.

10.85 

10.83 

10.82 

10.81 

10.79 

10.78 

10.77 

10.76 

10.75 

10.74 

10.73 

10.72 

10.72

10.71

10.69

10.68

10.67

10.67

10.66

10.65

10.64

10.63

10.62

1O.61

10.61

10.60 

10.60

10.60

10.59 

10.58

Oct.

10.58 

10.57 

10.57 

10.56 

10.56 

10.55 

10.55 

10.53 

10.52 

10.51 

10.50 

10.50 

10.49

10.48

10.47

10.46

10.45

10.44

10.42

10.41

10.40

10.39

10.38

10.37

10.36

1'0.35 

10.33

10.32

10.30 

10.28

10.27

Nov.

10.26 

10.24 

10.23 

10.22 

10.21 

10.20 

10.19 

10.18 

10.17 

10.16 

10.15

.....

9.97 

9.96

Dec.

9.96 

9.95 

9.95 

9.94 

9.94 

9.94 

9.93 

9.93 

9.92 

9.92 

9.91 

9.91 

9Q1

9.90

9.90

9 RQ

9.89

9 RQ

9.89

9.88

9.88

9.88

9.88

9.88

9.89

9.90 

9.90

9 Q1

9.91 

9.91

9.92

3. Claude Hughes. SWfSWf sec. 21, T. 18 S., R. 33 W. Measuring 

point 3,021.29 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point. 1940

Date

Jan. 16 

Feb. 22

Water 

level

70.28 

70.08

Date

Mar. 19 

Apr. 18

Water 

level

69.97 

69.86

Date

May 20 

Oct. 26

Water 

level

71.72 

72.16

Date

Nov. 16 

Dec. 31

Water 

level

71.43 

71.00
KANSAS * 159

4. W. N. Robinson. S!|NWj sec. 31, T. 18 S., R. 34 W. Turbine 

pump pulled for repairs in Sept. 1940, and was reinstalled 1.17 feet 

lower than its original setting. New measuring point after Sept. 1940, 

top of -|-inch hole in pumphead base, at painted orange, nark, 1.17 feet 

below old measuring point, 0.5 foot above land surface, 3,165.7 feet 

above sea level.

Date.

Jan. 16 

Feb. 23 

Mar. 19

Water 

level

91.48 

91.48 

91.46

Date

Apr. 18 

May 20 

, June 24

"Water 

level

91.48 

91.44 

91.44

Date

July 25 

Aug. 26 

Sept. 21

Water 

level

91.45 

91.48 

a90.47

Date

Nov. 16 

Dec. 31

Water 

level

90.88 

90.55

5. Mrs. Rosine Smith. STSjNWj sec. 25, T. 19 S., R. 33 W. 

ing point 2,956.95 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

MeasurJan.

Feb.

Mar.

16

22

19

43.72

44.02

44.17

Apr.

May

June

18

20

24

44.29

44.42

44.49

July

Aug.

Sept.

25

26

21

44.66

45.06

45.34

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

25

15

31

45.41

45.30

45.72

6. American Life Insurance Co. NWjSWj sec. 29, T. 19 S., R. 33 W. 

Measuring point 2,993.6 feet above sea level.

1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

16

22

19.

77.43

77.20

77.06

Apr.

May

June

18

20

24

76.88

77.06

76.97

Sept

Oct.

.21

25

80.35

79.48

Nov.

Dec.

15

31

80.13

79-. 49

8. Mrs. Rosine Smith. NWjNWj sec. 35, T. 19 S., R. 33 W. Measuring 

point 2,962.90 feet above sea level.

1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

16

22

19

50.04

50.80

51.00

Apr.

May

June

18

20

24

51.10

51.23

51.39

July

Aug.

Sept

24

26

.21

51.51

51.71

51.88

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

25

15

31

52.17

52.38

52.75

9. Mrs. Rosine Smith. SW£SW£ sec. 35, T. 19 S., R. 33 W. 

ing point 2,959.3 feet above sea level.

1940

MeasurJan.

Feb.

Mar.

16

22

19

49.22

49.10

49.02

Apr.

May

June

18 

20

24

48.94

49.54

49.40

July

Aug.

Sept

24

26

.21

50.36

51.02

b52.17

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

25

15

31

50.97

51.47

50.82

13. Mrs. Rosine Smith. SWiSWj sec. 2, T. 

ing point 2,960.3 feet above sea level.

20 S., R. 33 W. Measur1940

Mar.

Apr.

May

19

18

20

52.42

53.14

C55.08

June

July

Aug.

24

24

26

53.15

53.42

C56.87

Sept

Oct.

.21

25

d57 . 49

54.77

Nov.

Dec.

15

31

d55.93

54.15

17. H. E. Trout. N^NWi sec. 30, T. 19 S., R. 32 W. New turbine 

pump installed in June 1940. New measuring point after June 1940, bottom 

edge of rectangular opening in the side of pumphead, at painted orange 

mark, 1.3 feet above old measuring point, 0.8 foot above land surface, 

2,949.4 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Feb. 

Mar.

22 

19

34.19 

34.24

Apr. 

May

18 

20

34.31 

34.86

Oct. 

Nov.

25

16

a36.41 

36.30

Dec. 31 36.40

a New measuring point.

c Irrigation well 200 yards 

southeast pumping.

b Irrigation well 300 yards south

pumping, 

d Nearby irrigation wells pumping.
160 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

19. J. Dyer. SE^NEi sec. 12, T. 18 3., R. 53 W. Measuring point 

2,964.32 feet above sea -level.

Date

Jan. 16 

Feb. 12

Water 

level

46.89 

46.74

Date

Mar. 19

. Apr. 18

Water 

level

46.49 

46.38

Date

May 20 

Aug. 26

Water 

level

47.42 

49.60

Date

Nov. 16 

Dec. 31

Watsr 

level

48.48 

48*11

23. SBiSBi sec. 24, T. 18 3., R. 33 W. 

feet above sea level.

Measuring point 2,961.51

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

16

22

19

44.46

44.06

43.45

Apr.

May

June

18

20

24

43.35

44.95

44.84

July

Aug.

Sept

25

26

.21

45.42

46.72

46.05

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

25

16

31

47.15

46.72

45.33

24. Elvin Deng. SWjSWj sec. 50, T. 18 3., R. 52 W. Measurements 

discontinued after pump was installed in liar* 1940. Water levels, in 

feet below measuring point, 1940: Jan. 16, 55.36; Feb. 22, 35.24; liar. 19, 

55.12.

55 W. Measuring 

1940

27. Anson Mark. NEiNWj- sec. 15, T. 18 S., R 

point 2,992.74 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

22

19

18

58.75

58.78

58.77

May

June

July

20

24

25

58.79

58.85

58.88

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

26

.21

26

58.94

58.99

59. Q8

Nov.

Dec.

16

51

59.13

59.20

32. E. J. Roark. NW&3E} sec. 25, T. 19 3., R. 33 W. Measuring 

point 2,950.23 feet above sea level.

Lowest daily water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940 

__________________(from recorder, charts)_____________________________

Day Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

1 38.13

2 38.12

3 38.13

4 38.13

5 38.13

6 38.13

7 38.14

8 38.14

9 38.14

10 38.14

11 38'. 15

12 38.15

13 38.15

14 .....

15 .....

16 .....

17 .....

18 .....

19 .....

20 38.18

21 38,18

22 38.18

23 38.19

24 38,19

25 38.19

26 38.19

27 38.19

28 38.19

29 38.20

30 38.20

31 38.21

38.22

38.22

38.28

38,23

38.23

38.23

38.23

38.24

38.25

38.25

38.26

38.26

38.26

38.26

38.26

38.26

38.26

38.26

38.27

38.27

38.28

38.27

38.28

38.28

38.28

38.28

38.29

38.29

38.29

38.29

38.29

38.29

38.29

38.29

38.30

38.30

38.30

38.30

38.30

38.31

38.31

38.31

38.31

38.31

38.31

38.31

38.32

38.32

38.32

38.38

38.32

38.32

38.32

38.32

38,32

38.32

38.33

38,33

38.33

38.33

38.33

38.34

38.34

38.34

38.34

38.34

38.35

38.35

38.35

38.35

38.36

38.36

38.36

38.36

38.36

38.37

38.37

38.37

38.38

38.38

38.88

38.39

38.39

38.39

38.39

38.39

38.39

38.59

38.39

38.39

38.40

38.40

38.40

38.40

38.41

38.41

38.42

38.43

38.43

38.44

38.44

38.45

38.46

38.46

38.46

38.47

38.47

38.48

38.48

38.48

38.49

38.49

38.49

38.49

38.49

38.49

38.50

38.50

38.50

38.50

38.50

38.50 38.52 

38.50 38.52 

38.50 38.52 

38.50 38.51 

38.50 38,52 

38.53^38.51 

38,50 38.51

38.50 38.51

38.51 38.51

38.51 38.51

38.51 38.51

38.50 38.51

38.50 38.51

38.50 38,51

38.50 38.52

38.50 38.52

38.50 38.52

38.50 38.52

38.50 38.52

38.50 38.52

38.51 38,53

38.51 38.54

38.51 38.55

38.51 38.57

38.50 38.58

38.49 38.59

38.49 38.60

38.50 38.61 

38-50 38.62 

38.51 38.62 

..... 38,63

38.64

38.65

38.65

38.66

38.67

33.68

38.69

38.70

38.70

38.71

38.72

38.75

38.75

38.76

38.78

38.79

38.80

38.82

38.83

38.85

33.86

38.87

38.89

38.90

38.91

38.92

38.92

38.93

33.94

38.95

38.96

38.97

38.98

38.99

39.01

39.08

39.03

39.04

39.05

39.07

39.08

39.09

39.10

39.11

39.12

39.13

39.14

39.15

39.16

39.17

39.18

39.19

39.20

39.21

39.23

39.23

39.24

39.24

39.24

39.24

39.24

39.23

39.24

39.24

39.23

39.23

39.23

39.23

39.24

39.24

39.24

39.24

39.24

39.24

39.84

39.24

39.24

39.24

39.25

39.25

39.25

39.25

39.25

39.25

39.25

39.25

39.25

39.25

39.25

39.35

39.25

39.25

39.25

39.25

39.26 39,25" 

39.25 

39.25 

39.25 

39.25 

39.25 

39.25 

39.25 

39.25 

59.25 

39.25 

39.25 

59.25 

59.25 

59.25 

59.25 

59.25 

59.25 

59.25

39.25

39.25

39.25

39.25

39.25

39.26

39.26

39.26

39.26

39.26

39.26

39.26

39.27

39.27

39.27

39.27

59.27

59.28

59.28

59.28

59.29

59.29

59.29

59.29

59.29

59.29

59.29

39.29

39.29

59.29

59.29
KANSAS 161

S3. American Life Insurance Co. NB£SV£ sec. 31, T. 19 S., R. 33 W. 

Measuring point 8,999.46 feet above sea level.

Loweat daily water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

_._._. (from recorder charts)_______________________

Day Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

I 73.73 

8 73.75

3 73.74

4 73.75

8 73,75

6 73,75

7 73.76

8 73.76

9 73.77

10 73.77

11 73.78

18 73.78

13 73.79

14 73.79

15

16

17

18

19

80 73.88

81 73.82

88 73.88

83 73.83

84 73.83

85 73.84

86 73.84

87 73.85

88 73.85

29 73.85

30 73.86

31 73.86

75.87

73.87

73.88

73.88

73.89

73.89

73.89

73.90

73.90

73.91

73.92

73.98

73.98

73.93 

73_.94

73.94

73.94

73.95

73.95

73.95

73.96

73.96

73.97

73.97

73.97

73.98

73.98

73.98

73.98

73.98

74.00

74.01

74.01

74,01

74.08

74.08

74.08

74.03

74.03

74.04

74.04

74.05

74.06

74.05

74.05

74.06

74.06

74.06

74.06

74.07

74.07

74.08

74.08

74.. 08

74.08

74.08

74.09

74.09

74.09

74.09

74.09

74.09

74.10

74.10

74.10

74.10

74.11

74.11

74.11

74.18

74.13

74.13

74.13

74.13

74.13

74.14

74.14

74.15

74.15

74.15

74.16

74.16

74.16

74.16

74.17

74.17

74.18

74.18

74.18

74.19

74.19

74.19

74.19

74.20 

74.20 

74. SO

74.21

74.22

74.22

74.22

74.22

74.22

74.23

74.24

74.24

74.24

74.25

74.25

74.25

74.26

74.26

74.26

74.27

74.27

74.27

74.27

74.28 

74.28 

74.28 

74.28 

74*88

74.28

74.28

74.28

74.28

74.88

74.29

74.30

74.31

74.31

74.31

74.32

74.32

74.32

74.32

74.32

74.32

74.33

74.33

74.33

74.33

74.33

74.34

74.35

74.35

74.35

74.35

74,. 35

74.35

74.36

74.36

74.37

74.37

74.37

74.37

74.37

74.57

74.37

74.37

74.38

74.38

74.39

74.39

74.39

74.39

74.39

74.40

74.40

74.40

74.40

74.40

74.41

74.41

74.41

74.41

74.42

74.42

74.42

74.43

74.43

74.44

74.44

74.44

74.44

74.45

74.45

74.46

74.46

74.47

74.48

74.48

74.48

74.49

74.49

74.49

74.50

74.50

74.51

74.51

74.51

74.51

74.51,

74.51

74.51

74.52

74.51

74.51

74.52

74.52

74.53

74,55

74.53

74.54

74.54

74.54

74.55

74.55

74.55

74.55

74.55

74.56

74.56

74.57

74.57

74.57

74.58

74.58

74.59

74.59

74.59

74.60

74.60

74.61

74.61

74.61

74.62

74.63

74.64

74.64

74.64

74.65

74.67

74.68

74.68

74.68

74.69

74.69 

74J.70

74.70

74.70

74.71

74.72

74.72

74.73

74.73

74.73

74.74

74.74

74.75

74.76

74.76

74.76

74.76

74.77

74.78

74.78

74.79

74.80

74.80

74.80

74.80

74.82

74.82

74.83

74.83

74.83

74.84

74.85

74.86

74.86

74.87

74.87

74.87

74.87

74.87

74 ..88

74.88

74.88

74.89

74.89

74.90

74.90

74.91

74.92

74.92

74.93

74.93

74.94

74.94

74.95

74.95

74.96

74.96

74.97

74.97

74.97

74.98

74.98

74.98

74.99

74.99

75.00

75.00

75.01

75.01

75.02

75.02

75.02

75.03

75.03

75.03

75.04

75.04

75.04

75.04

75.04

75.04

75.05

75.05

34. H. M. A. Hess et al. SV£sl| a«o. 19, T. 18 S., R. 34 W. 

ing point 3,158.06 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet frclow measuring point, 1940

MeasurDate

Jan. 15 

Feb. 23 

Mar. 19

Water 

level

83.96 

33.98 

83.98

Date

Apr. 18 

May 20 

June 24

Watte* 

1«V«1

83, 93

33.95 

33.92

Date

July 85 

Aug. 26 

Sept. 21

Water 

level

83.91 

83.94 

83.94

Date

Oct. 25 

Nov. 15 

Dec. 31

Water 

level

83.98 

83.93 

83.93

35. Mrs. Lily MUlep, SS^SSj see. 18, T. 16 S., R. 34 W. Measuring 

point 3,158.89 feet above sea level.

1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

15

23

19

117.59

117.82

117. 7&

Apr.

May

June

18

20

24

117.80

117.78

117.76

July

Aug.

Sept

25

26

.21

117.78

117.79

117.80

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

25

16

31

117.78

117.83

117.81

36. Henry S, Mix. iB|N&* sec. 11, T. 16 S., R. 34 W. Measuring 

point 3,109.25 f<M»ts «fc«v« 89* lavel.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

15

23

19

126.29

126.27

126.29

Apjp,

May

 Tuna

18

go

84

186.87

186.32

186.19

July

Aug.

Sept.

25

26

21

126.19

126.28

126.24

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

25

16

31

126.27

126.32

186*31

37. Joseph Rioteey «atate. KBfcSWfc sec. 16, T. 17 S., H. 33 W. 

uring point 3,03§,9| feet above sea level.

1940

MeasMar.

Apr.

May

19

18

20

98. IS

98.5,8

98,31

Jun«

Ouly

84

85

98.68

98.69

Sept

Oct.

.21

25

98.87

98.27

Nov.

Dec.

16

31

98.60

98.66
162 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

38. Brandt. NE&SEj sec. 24, T. 17 S., R. 33 W. Measuring point 

2,987.63 feet above sea level.

Date

Jan. 15 

Feb. 12 

Mar. 19

Water

level

72.40 

72.85 

72.42

Date

Apr. 18 

May 20 

June 24

Water 

level

72.24 

72.51 

72.49

Date

July 25 

Aug. 26 

Sept. 21

Water 

level

72.53 

72.50 

72.53

Date

Oct. 25 

Nov. 16 

Dec. 31

Water 

level

72.52 

72.55 

72.87

39. Henry P. Poos estate. NE^NEi sec. 

uring point 2,916.77 feet above sea level.

26, T. 18 S., R. 31 W. Meas1940

Jan. 12

Feb. 22

Mar. 19

69.23

69.22

69.24

Apr. 18

May 20

June 24

69.24

69.23

69.22

July 25

Aug. 26

Sept. 21

69.25

69.23

69.22

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

25

15

31

69.23

69.24

69.32

40. Michael McLaughlin. SWjNW^ sec. 2, T. 17 S., R. 31 W. 

ing point 2,913.49 feet above sea level.

1940

MeasurJan.

Feb.

Mar.

12

22

19

111.13

111.19

111.29

Apr.

May

June

18

20

24

111.30

111.27

111.27

July

Aug.

Sept.

25

27

21

111.26

111.29

111.29

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

25

15

31

111.19

111.18

111.28

41. Almada King. NW^NW^ sec. 12, T. 17 S., R. 32 W. 

point 2,982.42 feet above sea level.

Measuring

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

12

22

12

131.78

131.75

131.76

Apr.

May

June

18

20

24

131.79

131.58

131.78

July

Aug.

Sept

25

27

.21

131.78

a!31.16

131.81

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

25

15

31

131.78

131.80

131.22

42. Mrs. Rosine Smith. SWjNW^ sec. 26, T. 19 S., R. 33 W. 

ing point 2,966.26 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measurlngjolnt, 1940

MeasurFeb.

Mar.

Apr.

22

19

18

54.70

54.80

54.98

May

June

July

20

24

24

55.02

55.22

55.26

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

26

.21

25

55.53

55.79

56.14

Nov.

Dec.

15

31

58.75

56.78

44. Melchior Lang. SW^NEj sec. 2, T. 20 S., R. 34 W. Measuring

point 3,013.75 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Mar. 19

Apr. 18

May 20

68.36

68.38

68.52

June 24

July 24

Aug. 26

68.69

68.80

69.06

Sept. 21

Oct. 25

69.12

69.20

Nov.

Dec.

15

31

69.13

68.90

45. M. E. Halley. SWjSWj sec. 7, T. 19 S., R. 32 W. Measurements 

discontinued after pump and pump jack were installed in Mar. 1940. Measuring point, 2,936.03 feet above sea level. Water levels, in feet below 

measuring point, 1940: Jan. 16, 21.12; Feb. 22, 21.13; Mar. 19, 21.12.

47. V. M. Harris (Federal Land Bank, Wichita, Kansas.) SE^NW^ sec. 29, 

T. 18 S., R. 32 W. Measuring point 2,949.5 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Feb. 22 

Mar. 19

Apr. 18

32.92 

32.97 

32.99

May 20

June 24 

July 25

33.18 

32.62 

b33.64

Aug. 26 

Sept. 21 

Oct. 25

34.27 

Ml. 30 

35.15

Nov. 

Dec.

16 

31

b41.59 

34.88

48. P. Roark. NE^NE^ sec. 25, T. 20 S., R. 33 W. Measuring point 

2,929.09 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

16

22

19

32.66

32.68

32.69

Apr.

May

June

18

20

24

32.72

32.71

32.41

July

Aug.

Sept

24

26

.21

32.50

32.67

32.74

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

25

15

31

32.75

32.77

32.59

a Surface water entered well.

b New irrigation well 30 feet south pumping.
KANSAS 163

49. Qeo. M. Crofton. SE^NEi sec. 22,, T. 20 S., R. 31 W, Measuring 

point, 2,875.20 feet above sea level. Water levels, In feet below measuring point, 1940: Jan. 12, 35.02; Feb. 22, 35.05; Oct. 25, 34.91; Nov. 15, 

34.96.

50. P. M. Houstin. SW£SE| sec. 28, T. 19 S., R. 32 W. Measuring 

point 3,010,36 feet above sea level.

Date

Jan. 16 

Feb. 22 

Mar. 19

Water

level

98.48 

98.42 

98.44

Date

Apr. 18 

May 20 

June 24

Water

level

98.48 

98.44 

98.43

Date

July 25 

Aug. 26 

Sept. 21

Water

level

98.42 

98.39 

98.36

Date

Oct. 25 

Nov. 15 

Dec. 31

Water

level

98.30 

98.19 

98.20

54. B. B. Earkness. SE cor. sec. 10, T. 20 S., R. 31 IT. Unused 

drilled well, diameter 8 inches, depth 44 feet. _Measuring point, top of 

casing, north side at painted orange mark, 0.55 "foot above land surface, 

2,876.64 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

May 20

June 24

38.59 

38.59

July 25 

Aug. 26

38.57 

38.56

Sept. 21 

Oct. 25

38.56 

38.44

Nov. 

Dec.

15

31

38.44

38.39

55. J. U. Hushaw. NW cor. sec. 7, T. 19 S., R. 32 W. Drilled st< 

well equipped with pump and windmill, diameter 6 inches, depth 33 feet. 

Measuring point, top of casing, west side at painted orange mark, 0.4 

foot above land surface, 2,936.9 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

May

July

20 

25

17.73 

18.05

Aug. 

Sept

26 

.21

17.98 

18.14

Oct. 

Nov.

25

16

18.46 

18.69

Dec. 31 18.69

SEDQWICK COUNTY

By S. W. Lohman, G. H. von Hein, and C. C. Williams

I/ 

The observation-well program in south-central Kansas , including

Sedgwick County, was continued in 1940 by the Federal and State Geological 

Surveys, in cooperation with the city of Wichita, the Division of Sanitation of the Kansas State Board of Health and the Division of Water Resources 

of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture.

In 1940 a preliminary report was published on the geology and groundwater resources of the "Equus Beds" area, including Harvey County, and a 

detailed report on the same area is in preparation. In September 1940, 

pumping was discontinued in the old well field of the Wichita Water 

Company at Wichita, and the new well field of the city of Wichita in 

Harvey County was put into operation.

At the beginning of 1940, 29 wells in Sedgwick County were under 

observation. During the year weekly observations were begun in well 840 

and monthly observations were begun in well 870 i At the end of the year 

31 wells were under observation, including 21 wells observed once a month, 

7 wells observed once a week, and 3 wells equipped with automatic waterstage recorders. A total of 754 wetted-tape measurements was made in 1940. 

JL/ See Water-Supply Papers 840, 845, and 886.
164 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE!, 1940

Mr. 0. H. von Hein made all measurements of water level and serviced the 

recorders. The well descriptions and water-level measurements given in 

this report were compiled by Charles C. Williams.

According to records of the United States Weather Bureau, the precipitation at Wichita in 1940 was 36.77 inches, which is 6.61 Inches above 

normal. In spite of the above-normal precipitation, the water levels in 

21 of the 29 wells not affected by pumping declined during the year by 

amounts ranging from 0.07 foot to 1.12 feet. The water levels in 8 of the 

wells, however, rose 0.08. foot to 1.12 feet during the year. The water 

level in well 26 rose 8.17 feet during the year because of the fact 

that pumping In an adjacent well field was discontinued after September 

1940. The water level in well 307 declined 2.18 feet during the year 

owing partly to pumping in a nearby,well field beginning in September 

1940.

During the period of record from 1937 or 1938 through 1940, the 

water levels In 23 of the 29 wells not affected by pumping declined 0.23 

foot to 2.57 feet, but the water levels in 6 wells rose 0.01 foot to 

1.24 feet.

The fluctuations of water level in observation wells In Sedgwick 

County are summarized in the following table.

Highest and lowest water levels for period of 

record in 51 wells in Sedgwick County

Highest recorded 

_ ,, water level, in _, Wel1 feet below Date 

measuring point

11

12

60

19

.01

.84

Oct.

Sept.

3,

25,

27-30.

26

28

307

800

802

804

805

806

807

808

809

810

811

812

813

814

815

15

17

12

18

4

2

6

16

22

21

14

11

7

11

17

16

14

.66

.24

,59

.76

.78

.69

.41

.89

.02

.04

.98

.82

.83

.57

.17

.64

.40

June

July

June

Aug.

Sept.

Aug.

Aug.

Sept.

Nov.

Nov.

Oct.

July

Sept.

Nov.

Dec.

Dec.

Sept.

28,

4,

15,

6,

16,

17,

6,

2,

2,

29,

1^

24,

5,

2,

1

Lowest recorded 

water level, in 

feet below 

measuring point

1939

26

1938

1938

1938

1940

1938

1940

1938

1938

1939

1939

1938

1938

1939

1938

1938

1938

1938

1939

61.

21.

26.

20,

15.

20.

7.

4.

8.

18.

24.

24.

18.

14.

9.

13.

18.

18.

15.

84

98

18

78

65

69

71

78

98

11

03

44

19

68

96

41

31

11

44

Date

J-uly 4b

Apr

9,

Jan

Peb

Apr

Apr

Nov

Dec

Dec

Nov

Dec

Aug

Dec

Aug

Nov

Nov

Nov

Dec

Dec

. 1, I

11. 1J

1938

.

.

,

,

.

,

,

,

.

,

,

,,'

.

,

*

.

29,

1,

1,

3,

2,

f'

1'

Of

3,

19,

3,

30,

22,

15,

1940

I'

3,

13,

1940

1938

> 8,

2,

1940

1938

1938

1940

1939

1939

1940

1940

1940

1938

1940

1940

1940

22,

1940

1940

20,
KANSAS 165

Highest and lowest water levels for period of record 

in 51 wells in Sedgwick County Continued.

Highest recorded 

_ ,, water level, in _. 

Wel1 feet below ****

measuring point

816

825

826

850

854

858

840

842

845

846

847

870

11.27

15.86

12.26

26.12

10.99

25.79

11.23

6.21

15.00

17,08

17.15

8.12

Aug. 18,

Apr. 50,

Sept. 7,

Sept, 9,

July 5,

Sept. 6,

May 24,

June 4,

Sept. 6,

Nov. 11,

Nov. 11,

July 5,

Lowest recorded 

water level, in 

feet below Date

measuring point

1959

1939

1938

1958

1959

1939

1940

1940

1940

1958

1958

1940

15.48

15.53

14.01

50.62

13.20

27.91

15.67

8.57

16.95

18.55

18.59

10.80

Apr.

Nov.

Nov.

Oct.

Oct.

Nov.

Nov.

Nov.

Apr.

Apr.

Apr.

Nov.

15,

5,

|:!' 22;

5, £' 3,

3,

1939

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

1940

Net changes in water level in 1940 and net changes In water level 

_____for period of record in 51 wells in Sedgwiek County_____

Well

Difference between

highest and lowest

water levels,

in feet

Net rise ( + ) 

or net decline {-) 

in feet, 1940

Net rise ( + ) or

net decline (-) in

feet, for period

of record

11

12

26

28

307

800

802

804

805

806

807

808

809

810

811

812

813

814

815

816

825

826

830

854

838

840

842

845

846

847

870

1.83

2.14

10.52

5.54

3.06

1.93

2.93

2.09

2.57

1.22

2.01

5.40

5.21

2.86

2.13

1.84

1.14

1.47

1.04

2.21

1.67

1.75

4.50

2.21

2.12

2.44

2.56

1.95

1.27

1.44

2.68

-0.44

- .40

a+8.17

+ .54

b-2.18

- .07

+ .68

+ 1.12

-1.12

- .47

- .75

- .41

- .55

+ .08

+ .12

- .36

- .41

- .60

- .36

- .97

- .67

- .54

- .74

- .57

-1.06

- .46

- .55

+ .58

+ .47

+ .14

- .38

+0.01

+ .26

a+3.57

+ .78

b-2.24

-1.61

-1.50

- .74

-2.57

- .25

- .74

+ .08

-1.93

-2.12

+1.24

-1.11

- .50

-1.28

- .73

-1.15

-1.19

-1.54

-4.52

-1.00

-1,49

- .92

- .62

+ .35

- .72

-1.2S

-1.42

11. J. H. Helm. SB cor. sec. 22, T. 26 S., R. 5 W,

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar. H 

MHIO

Water 

level

60.29 

60.54 

60.37

Date

Apr, 

May 

June

3

2

4

Water 

level

60.43 

60,55 

60.56

Date

July 

Aug. 

Sept.

V.

3

1 

6

Water 

level

60.55 

60,52 

60.43

Date

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec.

3 

5 

5

Water 

level 60. SB' 

60.68 

60.75

a Recovery resulting from cessation of pumping in nearby well field, 

b Drawdown resulting from pumping in nearby well field.
166 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

12. Dr. A. D. Updegraph. NWjSEj sec. 26, T. 25 S., R. 1 W. 

____Lowest daily nater level, in feet below measuring point, 1940______

Day Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

1 20.94 21.06 21.07 21.13 21.07 20.63 20.83 21.06 21.19 21.05 21.26 21.32

2 20.94 21.07 21.07 21.12 21.06 20.63 20.84 21.06 21.20 21.06 21.26 21.31

3 20.93 21.05 21.09 21.15 21.05 20.64 20.85 21.07 21.20 21.06 21.26 21.31

4 20.95 21.03 21.08 21.16 21.04 20.66 20.86 21.10 21.21 21.08 21.27 21.29

5 20.94 21.04 21.08 21.18 21.04 20.67 20.88 21.09 21.20 21.09 21.28 21.29

6 ..... 21.04 21.04 21.15 21.05 20.67 20.88 21.10 21.16 21.11 21.28 21.28

7 ..... 21.04 21.05 21.15 21.05 20.67 20.88 21.10 21.12 21.12 21.29 21.29

8 ..... 21.07 21.06 21.18 21.06 20.66 20.88 21.11 21.09 21.10 21.27 21.28

9 ..... 21.07 21.04 21.18 21.06 20.68 20.89 21.11 21.05 21.12 21.26 21.29

10 ..... 21.06 21.06 21.18 21.01 20.69 20.90 21.11 21.05 21.13 21.26 21.31

11 ..... 21.06 21.04 21.20 20.97 20.69 20.90 21.11 21.04 21.15 21,29 21.30

12 ..... 21.08 21.07 21.20 20.91 20.69 20.90 21.11 21.02 21.14 21.30 21.32

13 ..... 21.09 21.08 21.16 20.88 20.70 20.91 21.11 20.99 21.15 21.30 21.32

14 ..... 21.08 21.08 21.14 20.85 20.71 20.91 21.11 20.99 21.17 21.30 21.33

15 ..... 21.07 21.06 21.15 20.83 20.71 20.92 21.12 20.99 21.18 21.29 21.32

16 ..... 21.09 21.06 21.16 20.81 20.72 20.93 21.13 20.99 21.17 21.28 21.33

17 ..... 21.08 21.05 21.20 20.79 20.73 20.94 21.14 20.99 21.19 21.29 21.34

18 ..... 21.07 21.09 21.20 20.77 20.73 20.95 21.15 20.99 21.18 21.28 21.32

19 ..... 21.08 21.08 21.16 20.76 20.74 20.95 21.15 21.00 21.20 21.31 21.33

20 ..... 21.09 21.10 21.15 20.73 20.75 20.96 21.15 21.01 21.21 21.31 21.33

21 ..... 21.10 21.11 21.12 20.69 20.75 20.97 21.14 21.03 21.21 21.30 21.33

22 ..... 21.11 21.11 21.09 20.68 20.76 20.98 21.15 21.01 21.22 21.33 21.32

23 ..... 21.08 21.13 21.10 20.66 20.77 20.98 21.15 21.00 21.22 21.33 21.32

24 ..... ..... 21.13 21.10 20.63 20.78 20.99 21.15 21.03 21.22 21.33 21.*30

25 ..... ..... 21.13 21.08 20.63 20.78 20.99 21.15 21.05 21.23 21.32 21.32

26 21.04 21.05 21.11 21.08 20.63 20.79 21.00 21.15 21.04 21.24 21.33 21.34

27 21.02 21.09 21.09 21.Off 20.63 20.81 21.01 21.16 21.03 21.23 21.34 21.33

28 21.02 21.10 21.13 21.06 20.63 20.82 21.02 21.17 21.05 21.25 21.31 .....

29 21.04 21.09 21.13 21.06 20.63 20.83 21.03 21.18 21.06 21.26 21.29 .....

30 21.04 ..... 21.13 21.07 20.63 20.81 21.04 21.19 21.06 21.25 21.31 21.35

51 21.05 ..... 21.12 ..... 20.65 ..... 21.05 21.19 ..... 21.26 ..... 21.54

26. Wichita Water Co. SWj- sec. 18, T. 27 S., R. 1 W. 

____Lowest daily water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940_______

Day Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

1 24.19 26.10 24.88 24.74 23.69 21.56 23.00 25.60 22.44 16.35 16.45 16.16

2 24.59 26.03 24.86 24.72 23.67 21.57 23.02 25.61 21.23 16.33 16.45 16.13

3 24.84 25.96 24.84 24.72 23.66 81.73 22.64 25.63 20.42 16.34 16.44 16.13

4 24.96 25.83 24.79 24.84 23.69 22.08 22.64 24.88 19.76 16.42 16.48 16.13

5 25.05 25.79 24.70 24.88 23.69 22.36 21.53 24.38 19.08 16.44 16.50 16.13

6 25.08 25.70 24.70 24.83 23.68 22.46 22.02 24.32 18.54 16.46 16.48 16.13

7 25.00 25.66 24.70 24.83 23.71 22.30 22.06 24.18 18.22 16.46 16.40 16.14

8 24.98 25.63 24.63 24.48 23.72 22.20 21.89 24.16 17.92 16.41 16.34 16.12

9 25.20 25.58 24.60 24.52 23.58 22.16 21.83 24.01 17.72 16.44 16.30 16.15

10 25.32 25.54 24.60 24.59 23.56 21.30 21.96 23.99 17.52 16.46 16.30 16.17

11 25.40 25.50 24.26 24.62 23.46 21.40 22.28 23.89 17.28 16.46 16.36 16.15

12 25.45 25.29 24.38 24.63 23.28 20.90 22.46 23.63 16.95 16.45 16.38 16.17

13 ..... 25.27 ..... 24.65 22.27 20.04 22.49 23.86 16.78 16.46 16.40 16.18

14 ..... 25.24 ..... 24.65 22.27 20.08 22.59 23.97 16.72 16.51 16.42 16.22

15 ..... 25.19 24.66 24.63 22.25 20.38 22.71 23.97 16.70 16.50 16.40 16.22

16 ..... 25.15 24.66 24.59 22.32 20.52 22.96 23.92 16.67 16.48 16.36 16.29

17 ..... 25.12 24.64 24.60 22.38 20.80 23.11 23.86 16.65 16.50 16.35 16.30

18 ..... 25.11 24.30 24.46 22.37 21.34 23.49 23.86 16.63 16.48 16.30 16.26

19 ..... 24.90 24.48 24.46 21.92 21.17 23.80T 22.80 16.60 16.46-16.30 16.25

20 ..... 25.01 24.54 24.42 21.63 21.29 23.89 23.57 16.55 16.46 16.29 16.24

21 ..... 25.04 24.58 24.35 21.62 21.55 23.70 23.77 16.57 16.47 16.23 16.21

22 25.60 25.02 24.57 24.00 21.46 21.66 23.75 23.89 16.56 16.47 16.23 16.15

23 25.72 24.96 24.58 24.05 21.28 21.66 23.91 23.98 16.56 16.47 16.24 16.11

24 25.79 25.01 24.59 24.02 20.88 21.72 24.28 24.05 16.60 16.46 16.23 16.08

25 25.80 25.02 24.18 24.08 20.88 22.04 24.62 24.08 16.56 16.46 16.21 16.07

26 25.98 24.97 24.40 24.08 20.64 22.33 24.82 24.14 16.52 16.47 16.17 16.09

27 26.14 24.94 24.52 23.90 20.85 22.53 25.02 24.16 16.53 16.45 16.15 16.07

28 26.16 24.94 24.58 23.68 21.02 22.64 25.13 24.16 16.44 16.47 16..11 .....

29 26.18 24.92 24.58 23.55 21.26 22.80 25.20 24.14 16.42 16.49 16.10 .....

30 26.14 ..... 24.68 23.69 21.32 22.91 25.36 24.07 16.40 16.46 16.15 16.01

31 26.14 ..... 24.74 ..... 21.41 ..... 25.48 24.07 ..... 16.45 ..... 16.02
KANSAS 167

28. Ada M. Davis et al. NEiNW|NE£ sec. 1, T. 25 S., R. 1 W. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point,_1940

Date

Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar.

2

1 

11

Water

level

19.75 

19.70 

19.02

Date

Apr. 

May 

June

3 

2

4

Water

level

19.18 

18.69 

17.86

Date

July 

Aug. 

Sept.

2

1 

3

Water 

level

18.78 

19.73 

20.06

Date

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec.

3 

5 

3

Water

level

19.88 

19.83 

19.21

307. J. R. Clark. NWlNWjSWi sec. 

Lowest dally water level, in feet

1, T. 25 S., R. 2 W.

below measuring point, 1940

Day Jan< Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

1 13.10

2 13.10

3 13.08

4 13.11

5 13.11

6 .....

7 .....

8 .....

9 .....

10 .....

11 .....

12 .....

13 .....

14 .....

15 .....

16 .....

17 .....

18 .....

19 .....

20 .....

21 .....

22 .....

23 .....

24 .....

25 .....

26 13.24

27 .....

28 .....

29 13.24

30 13.25

31 13.24

13.27

13.28

13.25

13.21

13.23

13.24

13.23

13.28

13.28

13.26

13.24

13.28

13.28

13.27

13.26

13.29

13.28

13.27

13.30

13.31

13.31

13.33

13.29

13.19

13.21

13.19

13.18

13.13

13.17

13.19

13.20

13.19

13.17

13.20

13.21

13.20

13.21

13.20

13.25

13.26

13.27

13.25

13.24

13.23

13.27

13.27

13.27

13.28

13.29

13.31

13.33

13.32

13.29

13.26

13.30

13.32

13.31

13.31

13.31

13.30

13.35

13.38

13.40

13.37

13.33

13.36

13.36

13.38

13.41

13.41

13.36

13.34

13.33

13.35

13.37

13.34

13.25

13.23

13.21

13.18

13.22

13.22

13.20

13.21

13.20

13.17

13.15

13.15

13.15

13.13

13.11

13.10

13.13

13.14

13.15

13.16

13.14

13.10

13.10

13.09

13.09

13.12

13.13

13.12

13.10

13.05

12.98

12.90

12.88

12.88

12.88

12.86

12.87

12.87

12.88

12.88

12.89

12.89

12.89

12.90

12.90

12.90

12.94

12.96

12.97

12.97

12.98

13.00

12.99

12.76

12.66

12.62

12.60

12.59

12.60

12.62

12.61

12.61

12.62

12.63

12.63

12.67

12.67

12.67

12.68

12.73

12.79

12.80

12.81

12.83

12.84

12.86

12.88

12.88

12.89

12.91

12.93

12.95

12.96

12.99

13.02

13.02

13.03

13.05

13.06

13.08

13.11

13.13

13.14

13.16

13.17

13.18

13.19

13.21

13.23

13.24

13.27

13.29

13.30

13.32

13.33

13.35

13.36

13.37

13.39

13.39

13.39

13.39

13.38

13.38

13.38

13.40

13.42

13.45

13.44

13.44

13.45

13.46

13.46

13.47

13.47

13.49

13.51

13.51

13.52

13.53

13.54

13.55

13.57

13.59

13.60

13.66

13.68

13.69 

13.68 

13.65 

13.67 

13.67 

13.67 

13.76 

13.79 

13.77 

13-. 79 

15.80 

13.80 

13.80 

13.86 

13.89 

13.87 

13.90 

13.93 

13.95 

13.94 

13.98 

14.04 

14.10 

14.15

14.13

14.14

14.15

14.13

14.12

14.16

14.20

14.26

14.28

14.29

14.30

14.32

14.42

14.45

14.47

14.51

14.52

14.59

14.64

14.67

14.71

14.74

14.73

14.71

14.71

14.72

14.79

14.78

14.76

14.77

14.77

14.77

14.77

14.82

14.86

14.92

14.94

14.96

14.97

14.96

14.95

14.94

14.93

14.91

14.90

14.92

14.92

14.94

14.94

14.92

14.95

14.96

14.96

14.98

14.99

14.98

14.99

15.00

14.98

14.97

14.93

14.93

14.90

14.88.

14.91

14.92

14.92

14.92

14.96

14.97

14.98

14.99

14.99

15.03

15.05

15.07

15.11

15.15

15.16

15.15

15.14

15.15

15.15

15.15

15.17

15.17

15.16

15.16

15.17

15.18

15.20

15.19

15.25

15.28

800. City of Wichita. SW cor. sec. 33, T. 26 S., R. 1 E. 

Water level. In feet below measuring point. 1940

Date

Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar.

2 

2

11

Water 

level

20.30 

20.45 

20.58

Date

Apr. 

May 

June

3 

2 

4

Water 

level.

20.69 

20.62 

19.78

Date

July 

Aug. 

Sept.

2

1 

5

Water 

level

19.63 

19.86 

20.01

Date

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec.

3 

5 

3

Water

level

20.02 

20.27 

20.37

802. City of Wichita. NW cor. sec. 1, T. 27 S., R. 1 W. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan.

Mar.

Apr.

2

11

3

7.66

7.11

7.35

May

June

July

2

4

3

6.17

5.98

6.50

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

1

6

3

7.24

4.78

7.11

Nov.

Dec.

5

3

7.54

6.98

804. City of Wichita. SE cor. sec. 16, T. 26 S., R. 1 W. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

2

2

11

4.55

4.60

3.91

Apr.

May

June

3

2

4

4.06

3.24

3.14

July

Aug.

Sept.

3

1

6

3.43

4.46

3.44

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

3

5

3

3.85

4.18

3.43
168 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

805. City of Wichlta. NW cor. NEfc sec. 19, T. 26 3., R. 1 W.

1940

Date

Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar.

2

1 

11

Water 

level

7.86 

7.82 

7.43

Date

Apr. 

May

, June

3 

2 

4

Water 

level

7.70 

7.08 

7.20

Date

July 

Aug. 

Sept.

3

1 

6

Water 

level

7.75 

8.61 

7.18

Date

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec.

3 

5 

3

Water 

level

7.70 

7.99 

8.98

806.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

2

6

11

17.56

17.58

17.50

Apr.

May

June

3

2

4

17.64

17.38

17.11

July

Aug.

Sept.

3

1

6

17.30

17.72

17.86

Oct.

Nov.

Dee.

3

5

3

17.96

18.11

18.03

Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar.

807.

2 

6

11

City of Wichlta. 

Water level, In

23.28 

23.44 

23.34

Apr. 3 

May 2 

June 4

NW cor. see. 10, T. 26 S., R. 2 W. 

feet below measuring point 1940

23.38 

23.30 

22.82

July 3 

Aug. 1 

Sept . 6

22.93 

23.28 

23.65

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec.

3 

5 

3

23 

24 

24

.80 

.01 

.03

808. City of Wichlta. SW cor. NWfc sec. 18, T. 26 S., R. 2 W. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point. 1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

2

1

11

23.95

23.99

23.96

Apr.

May

June

3

2

4

24.02

23.93

23.75

July

Aug.

Sept.

31'

6

23.76

23.93

24.11

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

3

5

3

24.18

24.34

24.36

809.

Jan. 2 

Feb. 2 

Mar. 11

City of Wichlta. NW cor. se*s. 21, T. 26 S., R. 1 W. 

Water level,, in feet below measuring point, 1940

17.84 

18.04 

18.00

Apr. 3 18.15 

May 2 17.75 

June 4 16.70

July 2 16.68 

Aug. 1 17.31 

Sept. 5 17.72

Oet. 3 

Nov. 5 

Dec. 3

17.81 

18.18 

18.19

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

810.

26

2

9

16

23

1

8

15

22

29

5

12

19

City of Wlchita. 

Water level, in

14.40

14.40

14.42

14.39

14.30

14.24

14.18

14.21

14.28

14.36

14.42

14.44

14.13

Apr. 26

May 3

10

17

24

31

June 7

14

21

28

July 5

12

NE cor. SEfc sec. 35, 

feet below measuring

14.08

14.01

13.38

13.30

13.10

13.44

13.64

13.75

13.87

14.05

14.17

14.30

July 19

26

Aug. 2

9

16

23

30

Sept. 6

13 

20

27

Oct. 4

T. 85 S., R. 

point. 1940

14.40

14.50

14.61

14.66

14.65

14.64

14.68

13.68

13.83

14.09

14.20

14.30

Oct.

Nov.

Dee.

1 W.

11

18

25

1

8

15

22

29

6

18

20

SO

14.59

14.44

14.51

14.56

14.57

14.56

14.54

14.88

14.87

14. S3

14.87

14.32

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

811.

26

2

9

16

26

1

8

15

22

29

5

12

19

City, of Wichlta. 

Water level. In

9.83

9.84

9.84

9.77

9.70

9.66

9.67

9.70

9.72

9.71

9.77

9.79

9.62

Apr.

May

June

July

26

3

10

17

24

31

7

14

21

28

5

12

SE cor. sec. 33, T. 25 8., R. 1 W., 

feet below measuring point, 1940

9.61

9.56

9.34

9.35

9.20

9.20

9.24

9.26

9.28

9.34

9.43

9.51

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

19

26

2

9

16

23

30

. 6

13

20

27

4

9. 59

9.65

9.78

9.88

9. 88

9.88

9.84

9.32

9.34

9.45

9.58

9.61

Oet.

Nov.

Dec.

11

18

85

1

8

15

22

89

6

13

80

30

9.69

9.76

9.88

9.87

9.91

9.94

9.96

9.71

9.68

9.72

9.70

9.71
KANSAS 169

812.

Date

Jan. 26

Feb. 2

9

16

86

Mar. 1

8

15

22

29

Apr. 5

18

19

Water 

level

15.02

15.05

13.08

13.08

13.00

12.98

13.04

13.06

13.11

13.15

13.19

13.20

13.04

Date

Apr. 26

May 3

10

17

24

31

June 7

14

21

28

July 5

12

Water 

level

13.06

9.56

12.80

12.80

12.47

12.60

12.63

12.62

12.70

12.78

12.83

12.91

Date

July 19

26

Aug. 2

9

16

23

30

Sept. 6

13

20

27

Oct. 4

Water 

level

12.97

13.02

13.09

13.12

13.16

13.19

13.24

13.14

15.12

13.21

13.19

13.25

Date

Oct. 11

18

25

HOT. 1

8

15

22

29

Dec. 6

13

20

30

Water 

level

13.29

13.31

13.35

13.38

13.40

15.41

13.41

13.29

15.29

15.35

13.39

13.38

815, City of WlcMta. SWfcSWj sec. 24, T. 25 S., R. 1 W. 

Water level. In feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

2

2

11

17.89

17.96

17.99

Apr.

May

June

3

2

4

18.10

18.02

17.78

July

Aug.

Sept.

2

1

5

17.97

18.11

18.21

Oct.

Hov.

Dec.

3

5

3

18.17

18.31

18.30

814. City of Wiehita* SE cor. sec. 14, T, 25 S., R» 1 W. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

2

2

11

17.51

' 17.64

17.68

Apr.

May

June

3

2

4

17.81

17.80

17.47

July

Aug.

Sept.

2

1

5

17.59

17.79

17.92

Oct.

Hov.

Dec.

3

5

3

17.90

18.03

18.11

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

815.

26

2

9

16

26

1

8

15

22

29

5

12

19

City of Wl chita. 

Water level, in

15.05

15.08

15.07

15.10

15.07

15.05

15.09

15.12

15.14

15.15

15.17

15.18

15.18

Apr. 26

May 3

10

17

24

31

June 7

14

21

28

July 5

12

NE cor. sec. 17, T. 25 S., R. 1 W. 

feet below measuring point 1940

15.17

15.13

15.09

14.96

14.83

14.80

14.75

14.73

14.72

14.74

14.78

14.80

July 19

26

Aug. 2

9

16

23

50

Sept. 6

13

20

27

Oct. 4

14.85

14.89

14.94

14.99

15.03

15.07

15.08

15.10

15.11

15.15

15.16

15.19

Oct.

Hov.

Dec.

11

18

25

1

8

15

22

89

6

13

20

30

15.23

15.25

15.27

15.33

15.36

15.37

15.34

15.39

15.39

15.42

15.44

15.44

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

816.

26

2

9

16

26

1

8

15

22

29

5

12

19

01 ty of Wichita. 

Water level, in

12.44

12.48

12.52

12.54

12.47

12.43

12.48

12.47

12.55

12.55

12.62

12.62

12.53

Apr.

May

June

July

26

3

10

17

24

31

7

14

21

28

5

12

S¥ cor. sec. 7, T. 25 S., R. 1 W. 

feet below measuring point 1940

12.53

12.48

12.34

12.27

11.84

11.91

11.97

11.91

11.90

12.02

12.12

12.24

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

19

26

2

9

16

23

30

. 6

13

20

27

4

12.33

12.42

12.62

12.61

12.67

12.73

12.80

12.79

12.84

12.92

12.93

12.98

Oct.

Hov.

Dec.

11

18

25

1

8

15

22

29

6

13

20

30

13.07

13.09

13.13

13.19

13.20

13.22

13.25

15.25

15.27

13.35

13.37

13.41
170 WATER LEVELS AMD ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

825.

Date

Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar.

2

1 

11

Water 

level

14.72 

14.73 

14.33

Date

Apr. 

May 

June

3 

2 

4

Water 

level

14.31 

14.16 

14.01

Date

July 

Aug. 

Sept.

2

1 

5

Water 

level

14.46 

14.98 

15.26

Date

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec.

3 

5 

3

Water 

level

15.36 

15.53 

15.39

826. City of Wichita.

Jan. 29

Feb. 12

Mar. 6

18

25

Apr. 1

15

22

Hay 6

13

27

13.46

13.46

13.20

13.37

13.45

13.54

13.52

13.20

13.26

12.74

12.76

June 3

10

17

24

July 1

8

15

22

29

Aug. 5

12.97

13.04

13.14

13.27

13.43

13.50

13.65

13.71

13.82

13.91

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

12

19

26

. 5

9

16

23

30

7

14

13.80

13.83

13.95

13.54

13.49

13.63

13.76

13.81

13.89

13.93

Oct. 21

28

Nov. 4

11

19

Dec. 2

9

16

23

31

13.98

14.00

14.01

13.99

13.98

13.72

13.78

13.83

13.83

13.80

830. City of Wichita. SW cor. sec. 30, T. 25 S., R. 2 W. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

2

1

11

29.70

29.70

29.31

Apr.

May

June

3

2

4

29.51

29.34

28.99

July

Aug.

Sept.

3

1

6

29.40

30.23

30.39

Oct.

Hov.

Dec.

3

5

3

30.62

30.82

30.44

834. City of Wichita. SW cor. sec. 9, T. 25 S., R. 3 W.

1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

2

1

11

12.43

12.27

11.97

Apr.

TSay

June

3

2

4

12.19

11.96

11.79

July

Aug.

Sept.

3

1

6

12.15

12.78

13.01

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

3

b

3

13.20

13.19

12.80

838.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

2

6

11

26.79

26.90

26.86

Apr.

May

June

3

2

4

26.99

27.00

26.39

July

Aug.

Sept.

3

1

6

26.70

27.13

27.47

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

3

5

3

27.67

27.91

27.85

840. Owner of property, C. A. Bergerj owner of well, city of Wichita. 

NE cor. sec. 9, T. 25 S., R. 2 W. Drilled test well, total depth 233 feet, 

with one 1^-inch observation well extending to a depth of 61 feet. Measuring point, top of pipe, 5.9 feet above land surface, 6.12 feet above 

bench mark, 1,401.54 feet above sea level. Bench mark 26A, top of railroad 

spike In corner fence post, NW cor. sec. 10, T. 25 S., R. 2 W., 1,395.42 

feet above sea level.

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1938-40

Date

Sept. 26, 1938

Jan. 26, 1940

Feb. 2

9

16

Mar. 1

8

15

22

29

Apr. 5

12

19

26

May 3

10

17

Water 

level

12.42

12.88

12.92

12.84

12.76

12.38

12.33

. 12.33

12.33

12.36

12.45

12.45

12.21

12.08

12.06

11.99

12.03

Date

May 24, 1940

31

June 7

14

21

28

July 5

12

19

26

Aug. 2

9

16

23

30

Sept . 6

Water 

level

11.23

11.39

11.63

11,41

11.56

11.74

11.86

12.07

12.26

12.46

12.72

12.75

13.00

13.09

13.19

13.01

Date

Sept. 13, 1940

20

27

Oct. 4

11

18

25

Nov. 1

8

15

22

29

Dec. 6

13

20

30

Water 

level

13.06

13.24

13.30

13.32

13.40

13.44

13.51

13.55

13.60

13.63

13.67

13.47

13.35

13.37

13.41

13.34
KANSAS 171

842. City of Wichita. NW cor, sec. 16, T. 25 S., R. 2 W.

1940

Date

Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar.

2 

6 

11

Water 

level

7. 88

7.79 

7. OS

Date

Apr. 

May 

June

3 

2

4

Water 

level

7.17 

6.67 

6.21

Date

July 

Aug. 

Sept.

3 

1 

6

Water 

level

6.64 

7.63 

8.15

Date

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec.

3 

5 

3

Water 

level

8.38 

8.57 

8.17

845. City of Wichita. SWjSWj sec. 5, T. 27 S., R. 1

1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

2

1

11

16.80

16.78

16.62

Apr.

May

June

3

2

4

16.95

16.11

15.32

July

Aug.

Sept.

3

1

6

15.46

15.80

15.00

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

3

5

3

15.47

15.55

15.42

846, City of Wichita. SWjSBj sec. 6, T. 27 S., R. 1 B.

1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

2

1

11

18.27

18.33

17.98

Apr.

May

June

3

2

4

18.35

17.75

17.27

July

Aug.

Sept .

3

1

6

17.51

17.72

17.66

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

3

5

2

17.82

18.00

17.80

847.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

2

1

11

18.55

18.49

18.30

Apr.

May

June

3

2

4

18.59

18.18

17.42

July

Aug.

Sept.

3

1

6

17.72

18.12

18.10

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

3

5

3

18.36

18.57

18.41

870. W. Williams. NWjNEi sec. 18, T. 25 S., R. 2 W. Near feed lot 

200 feet south of section-line road and 115 feet west of driveway. Unused 

driven stock well, diameter 1^- inches, depth 19.0 feet. Measuring point, 

edge of hole in top of pump base, 2.5 feet above land surface. Top half 

of pitcher pump is missing.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1939-4C

Date

Mar. 

Apr. 

June 

July 

Aug. 

Sept. 

Oct.

31, 1939 

30 

4 

5 

1 

6 

3

Water 

level

8.93 

9.08 

9.82 

8.31 

9.45 

8.92 

9.62

Date

Nov. 

Dec. 

Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar. 

Apr. 

May

2, 1939 

5 

2, 1940 

6 

11 

3 

2

Water 

level

9.91 

9.95 

9.99 

9.94 

9.26 

9.41 

8.91

Date

June 

July 

Aug. 

Sept. 

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec.

4, 1940 

3 

1 

6 

3 

5 

3

Water 

level

8.66 

8.12 

10.10 

10.47 

10.68 

10.80 

10.37

SEWAHD COUNTY 

By Frank Byrne

An investigation of the geology and ground-water resources of 

Seward County, Kansas, was undertaken during the summer of 1940 by the 

Federal and the Kansas Geological Surveys in cooperation with the Division of Sanitation, Kansas State Board of Health, and the Division of 

Water Resources, Kansas State Board of Agriculture. The work was done 

by the writer Under the supervision of S. W. Lohman, Federal geologist 

in charge of ground-water investigations In Kansas. Chemical analyses 

of 20 samples of well water were made by R. H. Hess, chemist of the 

Division of Sanitation of the Kansas State Board of Health.
172 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAH PRESSURE, 1940

Seward is a sparsely populated county in the southwestern part of the 

State, and Is bordered on the south by the State of Oklahoma. It lies 

in the High Plains section of the Great Plains province. The plains 

surface Is trenched by the valley of the only Important stream In the 

county, the Oimarron River. Considerable parts of the gently undulating 

upland plain are obscured beneath the generally low and smoothly rounded 

Quaternary sand dunes. Immediately underlying the upland plain Is a thin 

series of unconsolldated sands and clays, presumably of Pleistocene and 

early Recant age, that thickfeoa markedly in the marginal areas of the 

Cimarron Valley. These deposits supply water to some of the wells immediately adjacent to the river In the northern half of the county. The 

gravels, sands, silts, clays, and mortar beds of the Ogallala, the next 

oldest formation, are well exposed only along the south side of the 

Cimarron Valley. The Ogallala supplies water to most of the upland wells. 

The oldest formation exposed in the county is the Laverne, which crops 

out along the Cimarron Valley just west of the eastern boundary of Seward 

County. The Lavei-ne is probably early Pliocene in age and comprises 

sandstone, shale, chalk, and limestone that underlie the Ogallala with 

an angular unconformity. The Dakota group, which is underlain by Permian 

redbeds, has been identified in some of the deeper wells and might supply 

water to a very few of the deepest water wells. Well 8 which is an experimental irrigation well drilled on the upland near Liberal in 1937, 

was abandoned in 1939. A second irrigation well was put down in 1940 on 

the floodplaln of the Cimarron River on the Harlow farm near the northern 

boundary of the county.

The water levels in 167 wells were measured at least once during the 

course of the investigation. Eleven of the wells were selected for 

monthly measurements of water level. All measurements after September 1 

were made by Richard B. Christy; the rest were made by the writer. A 

total of 56 measurements in the 11 wells was made during the year. The 

altitude of the measuring point for well 155 was determined instrumentally by Pierson C. Lyon. The field numbers of the wells are given in 

the following descriptions.
KANSAS 173

8. Liberal Deep Well Company. NWjNB}- sec. 32, T. 34 S., B. 33 W. 

Unused drilled irrigation well, diameter 15 inches, reported depth 350 

feet. Measuring point, top of air vent on pump base, south side, 0.4 

foot above land surface. Equipped with turbine pump, operated bynatural gas engine (not connected at present).

water level, in ree-c oeiow measuring

Date

Nov. 

Aug.

20, 

15, 

27

1937 

1940

Water 

level

124.02 

124.00

Date

Sept 

Oct.

.19, 1940 

£6

Water 

level

124.07 

123.50

joint, JL9O t «vj

Date

Nov. 

Dec.

13, 1940 

19

Water 

level

123.17 

122.75

15. R. E. Hitch. SBtSWJ sec. 21, T. 32 3., R. S3 W. Drilled 

domestic and stock well, diameter 5 inches, depth 53 feet. Measuring 

point, lowest point on top of galvanized-iron casing, west side, 1.3 feet 

above land surface. Equipped with windmill and lift pump. Water levels, 

in feet below measuring point, 1940: July 10, 18.02; Aug. 26, 18.20; 

Dec. 18, 17.46.

52. Federal Farm Mortgage. NWfcNWj sec. 22, T. 34 3., R. 32 W. 

Unused drilled well, diameter 5 inches, depth 213 feet* Measuring point, 

top of first pipe union above wooden clamp, northeast side, 1.2 feet 

above larid surface.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

July 22 

Aug. 26

208.97 

208.08

Sept. 19 

Oct. 26

208.14 

208,01 [

Nov. 13 

Dec. 12

208.23 

209.04

60; Lee Swan. NWjNBi sec. 21, T. 33 3., R. 33 W. Drilled domestic 

and stock well, diameter 5 inches, reported depth 202 feet. Measuring 

point, top of 5-inch galvanized-iron casing, west side, 0.2 foot above 

land surface. Equipped with windmill and lift pump. Water levels, in 

feet below measuring point, 1940: July 23, 182.40; Aug. 26, 182.40; 

Sept. 19, 182.48; Dec. 19, 182.55.

66. Federal Land Bank. NWiSWt sec. 35, T. 34 S., R. 31 W. Drilled 

domestic and stock well, diameter 5 inches, depth 221 feet. Measuring 

point, top of sheet metal cover, north-northeast side, 1.1 feet above 

land surface. Equipped with windmill and lift pump. Water levels, in 

feet below measuring point, 1940: July 24, 217.45; Aug. 26, 217.27; 

Sept. 19, 21fr>56; Nov. 13, 218.04.

106, Kansas City Life Insurance Oompany. SWfcSWfc sec. 8, T. 32 S., 

R. 34 W. Unused drilled well, diameter 5 inches, depth 212 feet. Measuring point, high point on top of galvanized-iron casing, west-southwest 

side, 0.9 foot above land surface.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Aug. 1 

26

209.04 

208.98

Sept. 18 

Oct. 26

209.07 

209.03

Nov. 13 

Dec. 18

209.16 

208.95

108. 0. D. Day.* NEjSEi sec. 6, T. 31 S., R. 34 W. Drilled domestic 

and stock well, diameter 5 inches, depth 114 feet. Measuring point, top 

of cover next to pipe, northwest side, 1.0 foot above land surface. 

Equipped with windmill and lift pump. Water levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940: Aug. 1, 111.33; Aug. 26, 111.12; Dec. 18, 111.74.

122. Mrs. Flora At we 11. NE^SE^ sec. 9, T. 33 S., R. 31 W. Unused 

drilled domestic and stock well, diameter 5 inches, depth 213 feet. Measuring point, top of 5-inch galvanized-iron casing, west side, 2.0 feet 

above land surface. Equipped with windmill and lift pump (not serviceable).

Water level, in feet below measuring point. 1940

Aug. 5 

26

205.63 

205'. 50

Sept. 19 

Oct. 26

205.49 

205.33

Nov. 13 

Dec. 19

205.49 

205.44

a Measured by S. L. Schoff, U. S. Geological Survey. 

418674 O - 41 - 12
174 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

155. Fred Oollingwood. SEjSBj sec, 11, T. 31 S., R. 31 W. Unused 

drilled domestic and stock well, diameter 5 Inches, depth 161 feet. 

Measuring point, low point In top of 5-lnch galvanized-Iron casing, north 

side, 0.4 foot above land surface, 2,805.8 feet above sea level. Bqulpped 

with windmill and lift pump.

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Aug. 14 

27

Water 

level

157.55 

157.61

Date

Sept. 19 

Oct. 26

Water 

level

157.60 

157.63

Date

Nov. 13 

Dec. 18

Water 

level

157.53 

157.48

159. Liberal Gas Company. NWjNE^ sec. 3, T. 35 S., R. 34 W. Unused drilled well to supply drilling water for gas well, diameter 12 

Inches, depth 162.5 feet. Measuring point, low point of notch In top of 

12-Inch wrought-lron casing, northwest side, 1.7 feet above land surface.

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1940

Aug. 15 

26

97.08 

97.10

Sept. 18 

Oct. 26

97.23 

97.21

Nov. 13 

Dec. 19

97.23 

97.25

165. Griffith and Baughman. SE&SWj sec. 14, T. 31 S., R. 33 W. 

Abandoned drilled well, diameter 5 Inches, depth 180 feet. Measuring 

point, top of 5-lnch wrought-lron casing, south side, 0.5 foot above 

land surface.

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1940

Aug. 17 

26

168.11 

168.01

Sept. 19 

Oct. 26

168.07 

168.03

Nov. 13 

Dec. 18

168.08 

168.28

STANTON COUNTY

By B. F. Latta j

The observation-well program In Stanton County, Kansas (see WaterSupply Paper 886), was continued In 1940 by the Federal Geological Survey 

and the Kansas Geological Survey In cooperation with the Division of Water 

Resources of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture and the Division of 

Sanitation of the Kansas State Board of Health. The program is under the 

supervision of S. W. Lohman, Federal geologist In charge of ground-water 

Investigations in Kansas. A report on the geology and ground-water resources of Stanton County was written during the early part of 1940 and 

will be published as a bulletin of the Kansas Geological Survey. .The 

field Investigation on which this report Is based was made during the 

summer of 1939. The altitudes of the measuring points for several of the 

observation wells were determined with an alidade and plane table by 

Delmar Branson and Everett Johnson during the winter of 1939-40 and are 

given In this report for the first time.
KANSAS 175

Monthly water-level measurements were discontinued in August 1940 in 

12 wells (4, 29, 35, 48, 54, 57, 62, 84, 117, 124, 128, 141) of the 17 

original observation wells, but in the future it is planned to measure 

the water levels in these 12 wells once or twice each year. At the end 

of 1940 water levels were being measured once a month in 5 wells (13, 47, 

68, 93, 146). A total of 139 water-level measurements was made in 1940, 

all of which were made by Richard B. Christy.

The precipitation in Stanton County in 1940, as recorded by the 

United States Weather Bureau, was 12.61 Inches, which is 4.46 inches 

below normal. The precipitation in 1940 was, however, the second 

heaviest since 1934 and was exceeded only in 1938. The annual deficiencies 

in precipitation from 1934 to 1940 ranged from 3 inches to 8.42 inches.

Of the total annual precipitation of 12.61 inches, 9.4 inches was received during the 5-month period from April through August. Although 

the water levels in 2 relatively shallow wells (13 and 146) declined 

during the first 5 months of the year, they began to rise in June in 

response to the recharge furnished by the rains in May. The water 

levels in the other 3 observation wells (47, 68, and 93) are deeper and 

the water levels in them did not respond to the rains.

The water levels in 4 of the 5 observation wells in Stanton County 

that were being measured at the close of the year were higher at the end 

of 1940 than at the beginning of 1940, and the water leVel was lower in 

1 well. In the 4 wells that showed net rises in water level, the rises 

ranged from 0.04 foot to 0.34 foot. ' Well 47 showed a net decline in 

water level of 0.02 foot. At the end of 1940 the water levels in 2 of 

the wells were higher than at the beginning of the record in July or 

August 1939, but the water levels in 2 other wells were lower and the 

water level in 1 well was unchanged. The difference between the highest 

and lowest recorded water levels in the 5 wells ranged from 0.1 foot to 

0.54 foot and the average was about 0.3 foot.

Of the 12 observation wells for which records are complete only to 

July 1940, the water levels in 8 wells were higher at the end of the 

period of record than at the beginning of record in July 1939, and the 

water levels in 4 wells were lower. In the 8 wells showing net rises 

in water level, the rises ranged from 0.06 foot to 0.64 foot, and the 

average net rise was about 0.28 foot.
176 WATER LEVELS AKD ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

In the 4 wells showing net declines In water level, the declines 

ranged from 0.06 foot to 0.33 foot, and the average net decline was 

about 0.14 foot. The difference between the highest and lowest recorded 

water levels In these 12 wells ranged from 0.12 foot to 0.9 foot, and 

the average difference was about 0.28 foot.

The following tables summarize the fluctuations of water level in 

observation wells in Stanton County.

Highest and lowest water levels for period of 

record in 5 wells in Stanton County

Well

13

47 

68 

93 

146

Highest recorded 

water level, in 

feet below 

measuring point

52.33

70.88 

137.49 

176.26 

46.67

Date

July 25, 

Sept. 18, 

Apr. 23, 

Dec. 18, 

July 18, 

July 17,

1939 

1940 

1940 

1940 

1940 

1940

Lowest recorded 

water level, in 

feet below 

measuring point

52.83

70*98 

138.03 

176.60 

46.80

Date

Apr. S3,

Nov. 12, 

Aug. 8, 

Oct. 9, 

Apr. 22, 

May 14, 

June 18,

1940

1940 

1939 

1939 

1940 

1940 

1940

Net changes in water level in 1940 and net changes in water level 

_________for period of record in 5 wells in Stanton County________

Well

Difference between

highest and lowest

water levels,

In feet

Net rise (+) 

or net decline (-) 

in feet, 1940

Net rise (+> or

net decline (-) in

feet, for period

of record

13

47

68

93

146

0,5

.1

.54

.34

.13

+ 0.1

- .02

+ .34

+ .07

+ .04

-0.22

- .03

+ .49

+ .09

.00

Highest and lowest water levels in 12 wells in Stanton County to July 1940

Highest recorded ' Lowest recorded

water level, in _ . water level, in

feet below Date feet below

measuring point measuring point

Well Date

4

29

35

48

54

57

62

84

117

124

128

141

55

100

178

78

102

150

139

60

63

138

182

152

.77

.38

.80

.25

.44

.01

.89

.43

.68

.70

.21

.80

July

July

Sept.

July

Aug.

Sept.

July

June

July

Aug.

£y

Dec.

Dec.

July

18,

24,

8,

IV,

f,8,

18,

IV,

*! 

8,

14,

16,

15,

17,

1940

1939

1939

1940

1939

1939

1940

1940

1940

1939

1940

1939

1939

1940

55.92

100

179

78

102

150

140

60

,45

.12

,38

.68

,91

.73

.77

63.95

138

182

153

.85

.48

.15

July

Aug.

Feb.

Oct.

July

July

Jan.

Aug.

July

Aug.

Oct.

Feb.

Sept

Feb.

25,

8,

21,

9»

18,

18,

5£'

8,

If,

8,

9,

20,

 8,

21,

1939

1939

1940

1939

1940

1940

1940

1939

1940

1939

1939

1940

1939

1940
KANSAS 177

Well

4

29

35

48

54

57

62

84

117

124

128

141

Difference between 

highest and lowest 

water levels,

in feet

0.15

.12

.32

.13

.24

.9

.16

.34

.27

.15

.27

.35

Net rise (+) or 

net decline (-) in 

feet, for period

of record

+0.15

- .1

+ .26

- .06

- .06

+ .54

+ .64

- .33

+ .06

+ .1

+ .23

+ .25

4. 0. L. Warner. SBiSBj sec. 17, T. 27 S., R. 39 W.

Water level, in feet belcfw measuring point, 1940

Date

Jan. 31 

Feb. 20

Water 

level

55.81 

55,81

Date

Mar. 15 

June 18

Water 

level

55.79 

55.79

Date

July 18

Water 

level

55.77

13. L. Y. Garrithers. NEtSBf sec. 

ing point 3,236.2 feet above sea level.

21, T. 27 S., R. 40 W. Measur1940

Bate

Jan. 31 

Feb. 20 

Mar. 15

Water 

level

52.65 

52.67 

52.72

Date

Apr. 23 

M*y 15

June 18

Hater 

level

52.83 

52.82 

52.82

Date

July 18 

Aug. 21 

Sept. 18

Water 

level

52.52 

52.52 

52.33

Date

Oct. 25

Nov. 12 

Dec. 18

Water 

level

52.39 

52.51 

52.55

29.

Jan 

Feb ;

point

Jan 

Feb .

31 

21

35. 

3,

31 

21

Water level,

100.43 

100.45

Mar. 15 

Apr. 22

In

H. S. Weir. Nl&SBJ 

542.9 feet above sea

Water level, In

178.84 

179.04

Mar. 15

Apr. 22

feet below measuring point.

100.44 

100.44

May 15 100.44 I 

June 17 100.44 |

f sec. 26, T. 27 S., R. 43 W. 

level.

feet below measuring point.

178.92 

178.99

May 15 178.94 1 

June 17 178.89 |

1940

July 17 100 .43

Measuring 

1940

July 17 178 .80

47. Southwestern College. NW£NB£ sec. 35, T. 28 S., R. 39 W. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan. 31 

Feb. 20 

Mar. 15

70.92 

70.91 

70.92

Apr. 23 

June 18 

July 18

70.88 

70.91 

70.89

Aug. 21 

Sept. 18 

Oct. 25

70.94 

70.94 

70.95

Nov. 

Dec.

12 

18

70.98 

70.94

48. J. Snyder. SBfcNEi sec. 13, T. 28 S., R. 40 W.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan. 

Feb.

31 

20

78.28 

78.30

Mar.

Apr.

15 

23

78.30 

78.30

May_ 

June

15 

18

78.27 

78.28

July 18 78.38

54. L. R. Smith. NWfNEf sec. 36, T. 28 S., R. 40 W. 

Water level. In feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan. 31 

Feb. 20

102.48 

102.53

Mar.

Apr.

15 

23

102.52 

102.52

May 14 

June 18

102.52 

102.49

July 18 102.68
178 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

57. J. Wilson. NW^NBi sec. 13, T. 28 S., R. 41 W.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Jan. 31 

Feb. 21

Water 

level

150.91 

150.30

Date

Mar. 15 

Apr. 23

Water 

level

150.17 

150.25

Date

May 15 

June 18

Water 

level

150.12 

150.06

Date

July 18

Water 

level

150.01

62. H. Beannan. SWfSWf sec. 29, T. 28 S., R. 41 W.

1940

Jan. 

Feb.

31 

21

140.26 

140.44

Mar. 

Apr.

15 

23

140.18 

140.18

May 

June

14 

17

140.30 

139.89

July 18 139.89

68. C. D. Wartman. SW^SWi sec. 29, T. 28 S., R. 42 W. 

point 3,544.6 feet above sea level.

1940

Measuring

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

31

21

15

137.83

137.90

137.83

Apr.

May

June

22

14

17

137

137

137

.73

.73

.64

July 17

Aug. 21

Sept . 18

137.60

137.59

137.59

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

25

12

18

137.53

137.71

137.49

84. J. C. Jones. NW|-SWi sec. 23, T. 29 S., R. 39 W. Measuring 

point 3,168.4 feet above sea level,

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan. 

Feb.

31 

20

60,66 

60.67

Mar. 

Apr.

15 

23

60.67 

60.66

May 

June

14 

18

60.72 

60.69

July 18 60.77

93. J. Plummer. Cent. NE£ sec. 11, T. 29 S., R. 41 W. Measuring 

point 3,349.7 feet above sea level.

1940

Jan.

Feb.

tear.

31

20

15

176,43

176.42

176.38

Apr.

May

June

23

15

18

176.36

176.31

176.37

July

Aug.

Sept.

18

21

18

176.26

176.28

176.29

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

25

12

18

176.27

176.47

176.36

117. Z. B. Nicholas. NBjNWi sec. 14, T. 30 S., R. 39 W. Measuring 

point 3,171.6 feet above sea level.

Jan.

Feb.

31 

20

63.92 

63.92

Mar. 

Apr.

15 

23

63.90 

63.90

May 

June

14 

18

63.68 

63.87

July 18 63.85

124. F. H. Staker. SEJSEJ sec. 3, T. 30 S., R. 40 W. Measuring 

point 3,283.9 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan. 

Feb.

31 

20

138.79 

138.76

Mar'. 

Apr.

15 

23

138.73 

138.78

May 

June

14 

18

138.79 

138.78

July 18 138.73

128. A. J. Doughty. SWiSEj sec. 8, T. 30 S., R. 41 W. Measuring 

point 3,406.8 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan.

Feb.

31 

20

182.23 

182.48

Mar. 

Apr.

15 

23

182.42 

182.47

May 

June

14 

18

182.36 

182.33

July 18 182.24

141. C. F. Wendf. SBfSWt sec. 2, T. 30 S., R. 43 W. Measuring 

point 3,644.2 feet above sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan. 31 

Feb. 21

152.84 

153.15

Mar. 15 

Apr. 22

153.04 

152.89

May 14 

June 18

153.09 

152.97

July 17 152.80

146. C. M. Harrlson. SWiSE| sec. 27, T. 30 S., R. 43 W. New measuring point beginning Oct. 25, 1940, top of casing at east side, level 

with land surface, 0.5 foot below old measuring point, 3,614.7 feet above 

sea level.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

31

21

15

46.77

46.79

46.78

Apr.

May

June

22

14

18

46.80

46.80

46.80

July

Aug.

Sept

17

21

.18

46.67

46.71

46.69

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

25

12

18

a 46. 26

46.25

46.23

a New measuring point.
MINNESOTA

CLAY COUNTY 

By A. C. Byers

Periodic measurements of the water levels in four wells In Minnesota 

were begun In July 1940 by the Federal Geological Survey In cooperation 

with the North Dakota Geological Survey and the City of Fargo, N. Dak. 

The purpose and scope of the Investigation Is described In the North Dakota 

section of this volume. The wells are all within 6 miles of Moorhead, Clay 

County, Minnesota. Observations were taken about once a week; a total of 

about 90 measurements, all by the wetted tape method, were made, by L. K. 

Wenzel, W. C. Rasmussen, Frank Taplin, and A. C. Byers.

The measurements are given in this report in feet above assumed 

datum planes. The datum for each well was computed from the average of 

the water levels on July 11, 1940 in wells 12, 28 and 67 in Cass County, 

North Dakota.

All the wells are drilled wells, and although no logs are available, 

it is probable that all end in the glacial till. All are artesian wells.

The water supply for the city of Moorhead is obtained from two 

artesian well fields of three wells each. The pumpage from these wells, 

together with the pumpage from three wells at the Fairmont Creamery and 

two small wells at the Moorhead Laundry, produce the chief withdrawals in 

the area. Small quantities of water are, of course, also withdrawn from 

numerous farm and domestic wells.

The records as yet are too meagre to allow interpretation. The 

water level in well 3 fluctuates irregularly due to the pumping of a nearby well to supply the clubhouse at the municipal golf course. The water 

level in the well shows a rising trend and for the period of record it had 

a net rise of 1.98 feet. On the other hand, the water level in well 5 

shows a downward trend and during the last half of 1940 had a net decline 

of 0.68 foot. The fluctuations of water level in well 7 are small and may 

be caused by the pumping of nearby farm wells. There was a net decline in 

water level in the well of 0.13 foot. The water level in well 8 rose 

sharply from July 19 to July 31, but then declined slowly and rather 

smoothly until November 23 when another sharp rise began. This rise was 

followed by a decline from December 7 to December 14 and on December 28 

the water level was 0.16 foot higher than on July 19.

179
180 WATER LEVELS AMD ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

3. City of Moornead. Nff±Sff* sec. 32, T. 140 H., R. 48 W. to well 

house at rear of municipal golf course clubhouse. Unused drilled well, 

diameter 3 inches, depth 131.0 feet below measuring point. Measuring 

point, top of concrete pump base, 1.4 feet above land surface and 133.57 

feet above assumed datum. Water level July 17, 1940, 37.84 feet below 

measuring point. Water level affected by pumping of nearby well.

Date

July 17 

19

24

31

Aug. 3

10

17

Water 

level

95.73 

95.57

97.04

95.71

96.47

95.74

96.78

Date

Aug. 24 

31

Sept. 7

14

21

28

Oct. 5

Water 

level

96.73 

97.05

97.13

97.09

96.24

94.78

97.18

Date

Oct. 12 

19

26

Nov. 2

9

16

Water 

level

96.48 

97.24

97.59

96.52

97.59

97.74

Date

Nov. 23 

30

Dec. 7

14

21

28

Water 

level

97.57 

97.90

97.17

97.74

96.39

97.71

5. Wm. Bailey. NEiNEi sec. 18, T. 139 H., R. 48 W. In rear of 

1203 8th St. So., Moorhead, Minn. Unused drilled well, diameter 3 inches, 

depth 132.8 feet below measuring point. Measuring point, top of casing, 

0.6 foot above land surface and 129.98 feet above assumed datum. Water 

level July 17, 1940, 34.25 feet below measuring point.

Water level, in feet above assumed datum. 1940

July 17

19

24

31

Aug. 3

10

17

95.73

96.70

96.62

96.60

95.54

95.46

95.38

Aug. 24

31

Sept. 7

14

21

28

Oct. 5

95.26

95.13

95.06

95.03

94.96

94.91

94.87

Oct. 12

19

26

Nov. 2

9

16

94.90

95.01

94.98

95.00

96.07

95.14

Nov. 23

SO

Dec. 7

14

21

28

95.25

95.15

95.13

95.13

95.07

95.05

7. Andrew Ounderson. SE^SEi sec. 23, T. 140 N., R. 48 W. Used 

drilled stock well, diameter 3 inches. Measuring point, top of casing, 

1*1 feet above land surface and 138.10 feet above assumed datum. Water 

level- July 19, 1940, 42.37 feet below measuring point. Equipped with 

lift pump and pump Jack. Used during thrashing season.

Water level, in feet above assumed datum, 1940

July 19 

04 

81

Aug. 3

96.73 

95.61 

96.46 

96.69

Aug. 10 

Oct. 19 

26 

Nov. 2

95.43 

95.27 

95.85 

95.56

Nov. 9

16 

23 

30

96.34 

95.70 

95.29 

95.60

Dec. 7 

14 

21 

28

95.51 

95.52 

95.59 

95.60

8. HWiSW^ aec. 4, T. 140 H., R. 48 W. Unused drilled well, diameter 

3 inches. Measuring point, top of casing, 0.9 foot above land surface and 

116.88 feet above assumed datum. Water level July 19, 1940, 21.15 feet 

below acftflurittg point. Equipped with windmill.

Water level, in feet above assumed datum. 1940

July 19 

24 

31 

Aug. 3 

10 

17 

24

96.73 

96.99 

96.22 

96.10 

96.00 

96.97 

96.99

Aug. 31 

Sept. 7 

14 

21 

28 

Oct. 6

96.00 

95.91 

95.87 

95.82 

95.80 

95.81

Oct. 12 

19 

26 

Nov. 2 

9 

16

95.78 

95.78 

95.78 

95.83 

95.81 

95.85

Nov. 23 

30 

Dec. 7 

14 

21 

28

95.73 

96.14 

96.26 

95.77 

95.84 

95.89
MISSOURI

ATCHISON COUKTY

TARKIO CREEK AREA

By V. 0. FIshel

The observation-veil program In the Tarklo Creek Area in Atchison 

County, Missouri (see Iowa-Missouri sections in Water-Supply Papers 777, 

817, 840, 845, and 886) was continued in 1940 by the Federal Geological 

Survey. At the beginning of 1940, 19 wells were under observation. Well 

37 was discontinued in July leaving 18 wells under observation at the end 

of the year. The descriptive text for the wells is included in the Iowa 

section of this volume. The measurements were made by W. M. Mulnix of the 

Geological Survey.

1. W. R. Marshal.

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Date

Mar. 18 

25 

Apr. 3 

8 

16

Water 

level

9.59 

9.13 

8.93 

10.34 

9.31

Date

Apr. 29 

May 6 

13 

20 

27

Water

level

10.82 

9.93 

9.65 

9.34 

10.06

Date

June 3 

10 

17 

24

Water 

level

9.91 

9.79 

9.79 

9.77

Date

July 1 

Oct. 24 

Nov. 27 

Dec. 30

Water 

level

9.70 

10.71 

10.61 

10.56

2. H. W. Klutas.

Water level, in feet above datum. 1940

Mar. 18 

25 

Apr. 3 

8 

16

11.80 

11.77 

11.55 

11.45 

11.40

Apr. 29 

May 6 

13 

20 

27

11.61 

11.67 

11. SB 

11.63 

11.60

June 3 

10 

17 

24 .

11.45 

11.31 

11.19 

11.08

July 1 

Oct. 24 

Nov. 27 

Dec. 30

10.98 

10.96 

10.39 

11.05

20.

Mar. 4 

18 

23 

Apr. 3

a

16

Water level,

14.45 

23.10 

22.86 

16.03 

15.31 

13.74

Apr. 29 

May 6 

13 

20 

27

in feet a

16.05 

13.72 

13.53 

14.07 

13.11

aove datum,

June 3 

10 

17 

24 

July I

1940

12.55 

13.07 

11.73 

11.75 

11,30

Aug. 29 

Sept. 25 

Oct. 24 

Nov. 27 

Dec. 30

13.32 

10.68 

9.33 

9.14 

11.23

21.

Water level, in feet above datum. 1940

r

Apr.

4 

18 

25 

3 

8 

16

9.88 

9.51 

9.43 

8.88 

9,32 

8.46

Apr. 

May

29 

6 

13 

20 

27

9.50 

9.58 

8.51 

8.96 

8.58

June 

July

5 

10 

17 

24 

- 1

8,40 

8,86 

8.15 

8.16 

8,16

Awg, 

Sept; 

06%, 

EOT, 

Pee,

29 

.25 

24 

27 

SO

, 10.14 

9.49 

8.79 

8.75 

8.13

181
182 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

22. J. A. McAllister.

Water level. In feet above datum, 1940

Date

Mar. 4 

18 

25 

Apr. 5 

8 

16

Water 

level

11.49 

12.22 

12.30

11.41 

11.24 

11.14

Date

Apr. 29 

May 6 

13 

20 

27

Water 

level

11.73 

11.39 

11.34 

11.71 

11.44

Date

June 3 

10 

17 

24

July 1

Water 

level

11.20 

10.98 

10.77 

10.73 

10.66

Date

Aug. 

Sept 

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec.

29 

.25 

24 

27 

30

Water

level

11.45 

10.40 

9.99 

9.82 

10.62

24.

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Mar.

Apr.

4

18

25

3

8

16

8.20

8.31

8.33

8.34

8.46

8.49

Apr.

May

29

6

13

20

27

8.95

9.01

9.01

9.28

9.39

June

July

3

10

17

24

1

9.37

9.38

9.44

9.51

9.58

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

29

.25

24

27

30

9.76

9.83

9.20

9.12

9.56

25. Edwin Rolf.

Water level, in feet abbve datum of well 1, 1940

Mar. 4

18

25

Apr. 3

8

16

31.07

32.44

32.38

31.96

31.84

31.69

Apr.

May

29

6

13

20

27

32.32

32.53

32.15

32.70

32.71

June 5

10

17

24

July 1

32.45

32.08

31.77

31.66

31.71

Aug. 29

Sept. 25

Oct. 24

Nov. 27

Dec. 30

32.41

32.24

30.15

30.08

30.14

26. Edwin Rolf. Well dry throughout 1940.

27. Edwin Rolf.

Water level, in feet above datum of well 1, 1940

Mar. 4

18

25

Apr. 3

8

16

29.16

30.34

30.53

30.26

30.21

29.74

Apr.

May

29

6

13

20

27

29.72

29.66

29.80

29.90

30.57

June 3

10

17

24

July 1

30.24

30.11

29.95

29.92

29.84

Aug. 29

Sept. 25

Oct. 24

Nov. 27

Dec. 30

30.62

29.81

28.99

28.90

29.13

28. Edwin Rolf.

Water level, in feet above datum of well 1, 1940

Mar. 4 

18 

25 

Apr. 3 

8 

16

47.80 

51.06 

51.30 

50.83 

50,54 

50.18

Apr.

May

29 

5 

13 

20 

27

50.11 

50.08 

52.13 

52.26 

52.97

June 3 

10 

17 

24 

July 1 

52.45 

52.07 

51.59 

51.19 

50.89

Aug. 29 

Sept. 25 

Oct. 24 

Nov. 27 

Dec. 30

51.47 

50.94 

49.70 

49.50 

48.33

29. Edwin Rolf.

Mar. 4 

18 

25 

Apr. 3 

8 

16

33.22 

33.28 

33.35 

33.16 

33.06 

32.94

Apr. 

May

29 

5

13 

20 

27

33.00 

33.12 

33.31 

33.36 

33.48

June 3 

10 

17 

24 

July 1

33.32 

33.01 

32.78 

32.57 

32.49

Aug. 89 

Sept. 25 

Oct. 24 

Nov. 27 

Dec. 30

34.46 

32.19 

31'. 56 

31.17 

32.05

30. W. P. Marshall.

Mar. 4

18

25

Apr. 3

8

16

16.95

18.07

18.05

17.07

17.08

16.68

Apr.

May

29

6

13

20

27

17.54

17.50

17.03

17.75

18.07

June 3

10

17

24

July 1

17.42

16.99

16.88

16.70

16.54

Aug. 29

Sept. 25

Oct. 24

Nov. 27

Dec. 30

20.45

17.54

16.84

16.69

15.67
MISSOURI 183

31. W. F. Marshall. 

Water level, in feet above datum of well 1, 1940

Date

Mar. 4 

18 

25 

Apr. 3 

8 

16

Water 

level

8.80 

9.03 

9.12 

9.13 

9.10 

9.10

Date

Apr. 29 

May 6 

13 

20 

27

Water 

level

9.13 

9.15 

9.26 

9.27 

9.51

Date

June 3 

10 

17 

24 

July 1

Water 

level

9.51 

9.45 

9.41 

9.40 

9.34

Date

Aug. 29 

Sept. 25 

Oct. 24 

Nov. 27 

Dec. 30

Water 

level

10.36 

10.44 

10.19 

10.21 

9.60

32. W. F. Marshall.

Water level, in feet above datum of well 1, 1940

Mar.

Apr.

4

18

25

3

8

3.72

4.50

4.55

2.28

2.15

Apr.

May

16

29

6

13

20

2.09

7.22

3.33

2.55

3.80

May

June

27

3

10

17

24

3.24

2.56

2.26

2.15

1.90

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Dec.

1

29

.25

24

30

1.59

6.99

3.82

3.07

3.42

33. W. F. Marshall. 

Water level. in feet above or below datum of well 1, 1940

Mar.

Apr.

4

18

25

3

8

16

1.11

-1.06

-1.43

-1.91

-1.92

-2.07

Apr.

May

29

6

1.3

20

27

-1.69

-1.92

-2.05

-1.90

-1.71

June

July

3

10

17

24

1

-2.02

-2.10

-2.12

-2.12

-2.15

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

29

.25

24

27

30

4-2.26

-1.31

-1.64

- .30

-1.42

34. W. F. Marshall.

WateMar.

Apr.

4 

18 

25 

3 

8 

16

6.13 

6.67 

6.82 

5.18 

5.63 

5.88

p level, in feet above datum of well 1, 1940

Apr. 

May

29 

6 

13 

20 

27

9.18 

6.66 

6.46 

6.72 

7.68

June 

July

3 

10 

17 

24

1

6.62 

5.99 

5.76 

5.50 

5.26

Aug. 

Sept 

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dee.

29 

.25

24 

27 

30

8.39 

6.40 

5.77 

5.73

7.17

35. W. F. Marshall.

Mar.

Apr.

4

18

25

3

8

16

53.26

54.91

55.00

52.96

53.90

52.98

Apr.

May

29

6

13

20

27

54.82

54.56

53.19

53.98

53.79

June

July

3

10

17

24

1

52.81

52.14

52.00

51.20

50.98

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

29

.25

24

27

30

51.77

49.89

49.45

49.42

50.82

36. George Rolf.

Mar.

Apr.

4

18

25

3

8

16

86.49

86.52

86.54

86.60

86.66

86.71

Apr.

May

29

6

13

20

27

86.78

86.70

86.86

86.92

87.00

June

July

3

10

17

24

1

87.06

87.13

87.15

87.21

87.27

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

NQV.

Dec.

29

.25

24

27

30

87.38

86.46

87.27

87.24

87.03

37.

Mar.

Apr.

4

18

25

3

S5.59

87.18

87.15

86.62

Apr.

May

 ,...£ , 

16

29

6

86.24

85.62

85.76

85.80

May

June

13

20

27

3

85.21

85.28

85.23

84.86

June

July

10

17

24

1

84.53

84.47

84.22

a 84.05

a Measurements discontinued.
NEBRASKA.

By L. K. Wenzel

The State-wide program of water-level measurements in wells was continued in 1940 by the Federal Geological Survey in cooperation with the 

Conservation and Survey Division of the University of Nebraska.

Measurements of water levels made in 445 observation wells are given 

on the follpwing pages. Included in this group are 50 wells in Hall and 

Merriok Counties that are being observed through informal cooperation with 

the Grand Island Water Department; 8 wells in Garden County that are being 

observed through informal cooperation with the Fish and Wildlife Service, 

United States Department of the Interior; and 46 wells in Keith and 

Lincoln Counties that are being observed through informal cooperation 

with the Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District. Measurements In 21 of the wells in Richardson County were made in 1940 in 

connection with a detailed Investigation of the geology and ground-Wfttep 

resources of that county by the Federal Geological Survey in cooperation 

with the Conservation and Survey Division of the University of Nebraska. 

Daily tape measurements, furnished by the Nebraska Department of Roads 

and Irrigation, are given for well 85 in Horrill County. A total of 

about 4,350 Individual measurements of water level, most of them made in 

1940, are given on the following pages.

The precipitation in Nebraska in 1940 was 17.35 inches, 5.13 inches 

below average, and as a result, the water levels in most of the observation wells declined in the year. The following table summarizes the

water-level fluctuations in key wells throughout the State:

\

Cumulative change in water levels, in feet, 

in selected observation wells in Nebraska, 1934-40

Northeast 

Southeast 

North- central 

South-central 

Northwest 

Southwest 

Entire State

1935

-0.31 

+ .66 

+ .10 

+ .27 

+ .46 

+ .04 

+ .£&

1936

-0.69 

- .20 

- .14 

- .16

+ .06 

+ .01 

- .22

1937

-0.25 

- .56 

- .50 

- .18 

- .22 

- .14 

- .34

1938

4-0.07 

- .25 

- .47 

- .18

4- .14

+ .03 

- .16

1939

-0.43 

- .76 

- .32 

- .16 

- .20 

- .14 

- .38

1940

-0.44 

-1.12 

- .64 

- .14 

- .38 

- .29 

- .56

The records from 1934 through 1939 are based on 167 wells; in 1940 

some of the wells went dry, were destroyed, or otherwise were rendered 

unfit for measurement and the -record for the year is based on 133 wells.

184
datum above feet In level, Water inches in Precipitation, 

H«H :

Q O 

I*

ir 7

I

381
186 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

The table shows that in 1940 the averages of the water levels in the observation wells declined in 5 sections of the state and rose in 1 section. 

There was an average net decline of 0.18 foot in the 133 wells. At the 

end of 1940, the averages of the water levels in all sections of the 

state were lower than at the end of 1934; in south-central Nebraska the 

average decline in the 6-year period was only 0.14 foot, but in southeast 

Nebraska it was 1.12 feet. For the entire state the average net decline 

in the 6 years was 0.56 foot. If it is assumed that the average net decline of 0.18 foot recorded in the 133 key wells in 1940 represents the 

average net fluctuation of the water table over the state and that the 

specific yield of the formations in which the water occurs in Nebraska 

averages 15 percent - that is, that each cubia foot of material will yield 

or store 0.15 cubic foot of water, then the records indicate a net decrease in ground-water storage in 1940 of about 1,300,000 acre-feet. On 

the same basis, the decrease in ground-water storage in the 6-year period 

ending with 1940 may be computed to be about 4,100,000 acre-feet. The 

precipitation in Nebraska during the 6-year period was about 24.4 inches 

below average - a deficiency equivalent to about 100,000,000 acre-feet of 

water. Since 1934 the decrease in ground-water storage has, therefore, 

been only slightly more than 4 percent of the deficiency In the precipitation.

During 1940, the water levels In 64 of the 133 key observation wells 

reached new low stages and the water levels in- 17 of the wells reached new 

high stages.

The accompanying Illustration shows the fluctuations of water level 

in well 265, in Buffalo County, and the average of the cumulative departures from normal precipitation at Grand Island and Kearney from 1931 

to 1940, inclusive. Well 265 Is an Irrigation well in the central Platte 

Valley about midway between Grand Island and Kearney. The fluctuations 

of water level in the well are typical of those in wells in the central 

part of the valley. The Illustration shows that there has been a general 

downward trend of the water level in the well during the 10-year period of 

record. The precipitation in the area has been below normal in each of 

the 10 years and It Is believed that this deficiency has been the chief 

cause of the lowering of the water level, although the pumping of wells
NEBRASKA 187

for Irrigation in the valley may have also contributed to the decline. 

The first 4 years of record are based on measurements made once a week or 

once a month but the last part of the record is based on measurements made 

only a few times a year. The seasonal fluctuations of water level during 

the last 6 years of record are, therefore, not as apparent as they are 

during the first 4 years. The water level in well 265 was 102.62 feet 

above datum (about 17 feet below the land surface) on October 29, 1930 

and 98.70 feet above datum on October 27, 1940. The net decline in water 

level in the 10 years thus was 3.92 feet. During this period the average 

of the precipitation at Grand Island and Kearney was about 68 inches below normal - nearly 3 year's normal precipitation.

I/ 

A report on ground-water conditions in the vicinity of Grand Island

was published during the year as Water-Supply Paper 836-E. Water levels 

in wells in the vicinity of Grand Island continued to decline in 1940, 

partly as a result of the expansion of the cone of depression caused by 

pumping in the area and partly as the result of deficient precipitation, 

which was 15.15 inches below normal. The normal annual precipitation at 

Grand Island is 27.06 inches. The average of the water levels in 41 wells 

in the vicinity of Grand Island was 98.28 feet above datum near the xend 

of 1940. At the end of 1935 the average of the water levels in the same 

wells was 101.95 feet above datum. An average decline in water levels of 

3.67 feet has thus occurred in the 5-year period. The water levels in 

most of the wells are affected by pumping for municipal, industrial, or 

irrigation supply, but the water levels in some of the wells are not so 

affected. In general, the water levels in the wells not affected by 

pumping had only small declines. All wells, however, showed declines in 

water level in the 5-year period; the smallest decline was 0.80 foot in 

well GI200, the largest decline was 8.36 feet in well GI228.

The observation wells, which are listed alphabetically by county and 

numerically within each county, have numbers that correspond to those 

given in Water-Supply Papers 817, 840, 845, and 886. This report gives 

complete descriptions for only those wells whose records appear for the 

first time. For most wells the water levels are expressed in feet above 

an assumed datum, which is 100 feet below the water level on January 1,

\J Wenzel, L. K., Local overdevelopment of ground-water supplies 

with special reference to conditions at Grand Island, Nebraska: TT. S. 

Geolog. Survey Water-Supply Paper 836-E, pp. 233-281, 1940.
188 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

1935. The height of the measuring point above datum for wells that have 

been established since January 1, 1935, has been interpolated from the 

average water level in a group of similar wells on a selected date. The 

water levels are directly comparable even though the measuring point has 

been changed, because the record is given as a height above a datum that 

has been referred to one or more bench marks near the well.

Adtnte County

193. No measurements made in 1940.

448. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 11, 97.41; Aug. 

1, 97.58; Nov. 13, 97.35.

Antelope County

111. No measurements made in 1940. Well dry, liar. 27.

202. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 27, 100.12; 

July 18, 99.19; Oct. 30, 99.43.

250.

Arthur County

Water level, in feet above datum. 1940

Date

Jan. 3 

Feb. 1 

28 

Mar. 27

Water 

level

a 99.31 

a 99.33 

a 99.00 

a 98.85

'Date

Apr. 5 

29 

Hay 23 

June 26

Water 

level

98.82 

a 98.85 

a 98.85 

a 98.77

Date

July 24 

Aug. 28 

Sept. 30 

Nov. 1

Water 

level

a 98.70 

a 98.61 

a 98.51 

a 98.47

Date

Nov. 7 

28 

Dec. 31

Water 

level

98.46 

a 98.45 

a 98.44

251. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940s Apr. 5, 99.57; July 

26, 98.06.

Banner County

238. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 6, 101.03; July 

28, 100.28; Nov. 8, 102.09.

354. Water level, in feet above datum, 1940; Apr. 6, 100.64.

Blalne County

210. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 2, 99v31; 

July 23, 98.03; Nov. 4, 98.46.

211. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 2, 100.30; July 

23, 99.97; Nov. 4, 99.23.

237. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 2, 98,87; July 

25. 98.58} Nov. 4. 98.82. _____________

a Measurement supplied through courtesy of 

Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District.
NEBRASKA 189

Blaine County Continued.

453. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940; Apr. 2, 99.96; July 

25, 98.76; Nov. 4, 99.50.

434. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 2, 99.51; July 

25, 98.98; Nov. 4, 99.11.

Boone County

200. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 25, 100.42; 

July 15, 100.26; Oct. 26, 99.45.

201. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 25, 100.26; 

July 15, 99.42; Oct. 26, 99.57.

207. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 25, 100.52; 

July 15, 100.35; Oct. 26, 99.93.

425. Water level, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 23, 101.98; 

July 15, dry; Oct. 26, dry.

426. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 23, 100.26; 

July 13, 100.02; Oct. 26, 99.73.

Box Butte County

Measurements discontinued in following wells: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 

10, 12, 13, 15, 16, and 17.

129. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 1, 99.60; July 

22, 99.59; Nov. 2, 99.55.

338. Water level, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 30, 99.94.

578. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 30, 99.74; July 

20, 98.11; Nov. 1, 99.05.

Boyd County

74. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 28, 100.06; July 

18, 98.87; Oct. 51, 98.64.

75. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 28, 99.89; July 

18, 98.58; Oct. 31, 97.75.

209. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 28, 100.82; July 

18, 99.47; Oct. 30, 98.72.

Brown County

243. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 29, 100.03; 

July 19, 98.52.

418674 O - 41 - 13
190 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Buffalo County

52. No measurements made In 1940.

232. Water levels, In feet above datura, 1940: Mar. 26, 101.11; 

July 16, 100.43.

262. Water level, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 25, 99.20

263. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 25, 100.32j 

July 15, 98.77; Oct. 27, 97.97.

264. Water level, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 25, 98.67.

265. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 25, 100.27; 

Oct. 27, 98.70.

267. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 25, 99.56; 

Oct. 27, 97.64.

268. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 25, 100.32; 

Oct. 27, 97.07.

269. Water level, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 25, 99.69.

270. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 25, 98.53; 

July 15, 97.65; Oct. 27, 99.33.

272. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 25, 98.73; 

July 15, 98.12; Oct. 27, 97.48.

273. No measurements made in 1940.

274. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 25, 101.72; 

July 15, 99.93.

278. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 25, 102.79; 

July 16, 101.79; Oct. 27, 100.18.

279. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940; Mar. 25, 99.67; 

July 16, 97.82; Oct. 27, 97.19.

Burt County

63. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 21, 98.99; 

July 11, 102.04; Oct. 23, 99.35.

64. Measuring point changed; altitude of new point not determined.

402. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 21, 97.52; 

July 11, 99.45; O c t. 23, 97.64.

Butler County

170. Water level, in feet above datum, 1940; Mar. 19, 96.65. 

Cass County

16. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940; Mar. 19, 98.04; 

July 5, 97.80; Oct. 15, 97.46.

17. Measurements discontinued.

18. Water level, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 20, 98.45.
NEBRASKA 191

Cedar County

65. Univ. of Nebr. NE^SWJ sec. 4, T. 28 N., R. 3 E., about 60 feet 

west of old well 65. Tftmsed bored well, diameter 1 inch, depth 20.5 feet. 

Measuring point, top of pipe, 0.8 foot above land surface and 111.21 feet 

above datum of old well 65. Water level July 12, 1940, 6.58 feet below 

measuring point. Water level, in feet above datum, 1940s July 12, 104.63j 

Oct. 25, 102.44.

66. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940; Mar. 22, 100.16j 

July 12, 99.52; Oct. 25, 99.36.

369. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 22, 101.00; 

July 12, 101.47; Oct. 25, 100.67.

Chase County

152. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940' Apr. 8, 98.63; 

July 29, 98.24; Nov. 11, 98.29.

153. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 8, 100.34; 

July 29, 99.82; Nov. 11, 99.95.

Cherry County

115. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 29, 98.29; 

July 19, 98.30; Oct. 31, 98.05.

116. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 29, 100.01; 

July 19, 98.94; Oct. 31, 98.54.

118. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 29, 98.41; 

July 19, 98.25; Oct. 31, 98.10.

256. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940s Mar. 29, 98.00; 

July 19, 97.98; Oct. 31, 97.47.

257. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 29, 99.62; 

July 19, 98.54; Oct. 31, 98.46.

312. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940- Apr. 2, 98.24; 

July 22, 97.54; Nov. 4, 98.28.

399. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 29, 100.57; 

July 19, 99.92; Oct. 31, 100.04.

431. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 29, 99.37; 

July 19, 98.64; Oct. 31, 98.61.

Cheyenne County

86. No measurements made in 1937.

87. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 6, 100.16; 

July 28, 100.36; Nov. 9, 100.49.

90. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 6, 99.65; 

July 28, 98.55; Nov. 9, 99.54.

91. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 6, 99.57; 

Nov. 9, 98.75.
192 WATER LEVELS AMD ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Cheyenne County Continued.

92. Water level, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 6, 100.55. 

444. Water level, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 6, 98.77

Clay County 

391. Measurements discontinued.

County

37. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940t Mar. 21, 101.11; 

Oct. 22, 99.33.

38. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940s Mar. 21, 101; 41; 

July 11, 101. 15j Oct. 22, 100.42.

332. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 21, 95.41; 

July 11, 98.96; Oct. 23, 97.01.

343. Water level, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 21, 101.98.

Cuming County

61. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 21, 99.04; 

July 11, 100.49j Oct. 23, 98.31.

69. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 21, 98.19; 

July 11, 98.70; Oct. 23, 97.82.

Ouster County

53. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 26, 100.13; 

July 16, 99.00; Oct. 28> 99.29.

195. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 26, 98.93; 

July 16, 98.48j Oct. 28, 98.19.

196. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 2, 98.63; 

July 23, 97.71; Nov. 4, 96.87.

219. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 3, 100.96; 

July 23, 99.41; Nov. 4, 99.75.

220. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 3, 100.34; 

July 23, 99.07.

325. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 26, 99.86; 

July 16, 99.20; Oct. 28, 98.47.

435. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 3, 99.65; 

July 23, 98.81; Nov. 4, 99.43.

436. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 3, 99.96; 

July 23, 99.08; Nov. 4, 99.21.

Dakota County

104. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 22, 98.84; 

July 12, 99.40.

453. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 22, 98.07; 

July 12, 100.27; Oct. 25, 100.15.
NEBRASKA 193

Daves County

123. Water levels, In feet aj>ove datum, 1940: Mar. 30, 101.25; 

July 20, 101.36; Nov. 1, 100.40.

315. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 30, 118.30; 

July 20, 119.98; Hov. 1, 118.73.

396. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 30, 100.35; 

July 20, 100.29; Hov. 1, 100.16.

Davaon County

99. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 3, 99.69; 

July 25, 98.89; Nov. 6, 99.32.

280. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: June 10, 101.29; 

Dec. 4, 99.S7.

283. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 3, 100.56; 

July 24, 98.48; Hov. 5, 99.50.

284. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 3, 100.76; 

July 24, 98.37; Hov. 5, 98.92.

285. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: July 24, 97.76; 

Hov. 5, 99.11.

286. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 3, 99.96; 

July 24, 98.30; Nov. 5, 98.66.

287. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 3, 99.58; 

July 24, 96.60; Hov. 5, 97.19.

288. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 3, 99.42; 

July 24, 96.00; Nov. 5, 97.38.

289. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 3, 99.62; 

July 24, 98.04; Hov. 5, 98.15.

290. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 3, 99.80; 

Nov. 5 , a/ 101.64.

291. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 3, 99.99; 

Hov. 5, a/ 100.96.

292. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 3, 100.05; 

July 24, 99.44; Hov. 5, a/ 99.04.

293. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: July 24, 98.13; 

Hov. 5, 98.03. . .

294. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 3, 100.58; 

July 24, 98.82; Nov. 15, 99.27.

295. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 3, 100.43; 

July 24, 99.25; Nov. 5, 99.55.

296. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: July 26, 98.88; 

Hov. 5, 99.21

297. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 3, 101.10; 

July 24, 100.11; Hov. 5, 100.97.

298. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 3, 101.20; 

July 24, 100.31; Hov. 5, 99;70.

&/ Water in nearby ditch.
194 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Dawson County Continued.

299. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 3, 100.60; 

July 24, 99.11j Nov. 5, 99.24.

300. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 3, 100.32; 

Nov. 5, 99.26.

301.

Water level. In feet above datum, 1940

Date

Jan.

Mar. 

Apr.

6 

29 

5 

3

Water 

level

a 99.62 

a 99.63 

a 99.78 

99.31

Date

Apr. 

May

July

4 

2 

29 

2

Water 

level

a 99.22 

a 9 9.. 00 

a 98.39 

a 97.58

Date

July

Aug. 

Sept.

24 

27 

29 

30

Water 

level

97.07 

a 97.00 

a 96.49 

a 96.28

Date

Nov. 

Dec.

2 

5 

29 

30

Water 

level

a 97.12 

97.87 

a 98.94 

a 98.91

302.

Water level, In feet above datum, 1940

Jan.

Mar.

Apr.

6

29

5

3

a 99.74

a 99.86

alOO.20

99.42

Apr.

May

July

4

2

29

2

a

a

a

a

99.38

99.17

98.50

97.81

July 24

27

Aug. 29

Sept. 30

97.28

a 97.22

a 96.69

a 96.55

Nov.

Dec.

2

5

29

30

a 97.18

97.54

a 99.07

a 99.19

303.

Water level, In feet above datum, 1940

Jan.

Mar.

Apr.

6

29

5

3

alOO.17

alOO.37

alOl.ll

100.07

Apr.

May

July

4

2

29

2

alOO.02

a 99.88

a 99.21

a 98.59

July 24

27

Aug. 29

Sept. 30

a

a

a

97.94

97.89

97.34

97.24

Nov.

Dec.

2

5

29

30

a 97.58

97.64

a 99.51

a 99.73

304.

Water level, In feet above datum, 1940

Jan.

Mar.

Apr.

6

29

5

3

alOO.38

alOO.57

alOO.81

100.15

Apr.

May

July

4

2

29

2

alOO.13

alOO.Ol

a 99.60

a 98.88

July 24

27

Aug. 29

Sept. 30

a

a

a

98.06

98.04

97.44

97.33

Nov.

Dec.

2

5

29

30

a 97.40

97.54

a 99.79

a 99.63

305.

Water level. In feet above datum, 1940

Jan.

Mar.

6

29

5

alOO.15

alOO.46

alOO.85

Apr.

July

3

4

2

100.46

alOO.43

a 98.81

Sept. 30

Nov. 2

a

a

97.95

97.94

Nov.

Dec.

29

30

a 98.59

a 99.14

306,

Water level, In feet above datum, 1940

Jan.

Mar.

Apr.

6

29

5

3

a 99.25

a 99.36

a 99.45

99.37

Apr.

May

July

4

2

29

2

a 99.37

a 99.13

a 99.93

a 97.70

July 24

27

Aug. 29

Sept. 30

a

a

a

93.71

95.11

96.91

95.39

Nov.

Dec.

2

5

29

30

a 94.06

95.74

a 97.11

a 97.43

308. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 3, 102.21; 

Nov. 5, 99.33.

309. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 3, 101.83; 

Nov. 6, 101.97.

310. Water level, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 3, 100.41.

311. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 3, 102.43; 

July 25, 102.25; Nov. 6, 102.57.

314. Water level, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 3, 100.74.

317. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 3, 101.16; 

July 24^, 100.04; Nov. 5, 100.21. ____________________________

a Measurement supplied through courtesy of Central Nebraska Public 

Power and Irrigation District.
NEBRASKA 195

318.

Dawson County Continued.

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Date

Jan. 29 

Mar. 4

Apr. 4 

May 2

Water 

level

alOO.41 

alOO.63 

alOO.61 

alOO.56

Date

May 29 

July 1 

24

Water 

level

alOO.13 

a 99.85 

99.54

Date

July 29 

Aug. 30 

Oct. 1

Water 

level

a 99.53 

a 99.20 

a 99.02

Date

Nov. 

Dec.

4 

5 

2

Water 

level

a 99.17 

99.17 

99.48

319. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 3, 100.82; 

July 24, 99.86; Nov. 5, 99.26.

Deuel County

94. Water level, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 6, 100.16.

130. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 6, 99.87; 

July 28, 100.16; Nov. 9, 100.39.

Dixon County

107. No measurements made in 1940.

333. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 22, 101.09; 

July 12, 102.32; Oct. 25, 100.92.

340. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940s Mar. 22, 98.49; 

July 12, 99.46; Nov. 7, dry.

Dodge County

29. Water level, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 20, 100.49.

31. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 20, 100.76; 

July 9, 102.96; Oct. 18, 100.79.

34. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 21, 100.69; 

July 10, 98.38; Oct. 22, 98.50.

35. Measurements discontinued.

401. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 20, 100.68; 

July 9, 101.32; Oct. 18, 98.75.

420. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 21, 101.07; 

July 10, 99.83j Oct. 22, 99.11.

Douglas County

24. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 20, 101.24; 

July 9, 100.21; Oct. 18, 99.74.

a Measurement supplied through courtesy of Central Nebraska Public 

Power and irrigation District.
196 WATER LEVELS Aim ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Dundy County

177. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 8, 99.44; 

July 30, 98.72; Nov. 11, 98.97.

361. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 8, 100.70; 

July 29, 99.89; Nov. 11, 100.39.

380. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 8, 100.09; 

July 29, 98.95; Nov. 11, 99.16.

381. Measurements discontinued.

445. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 8, 100.84; 

July 29, 100.24; Nov. 11, 100.06.

Pillmore County

174. Water level, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 11, 98.49.

191. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 11, 98.85; 

Aug. 2, 98.44; Nov. 14, 98.21.

192. No measurements made in 1940.

Franklin County

Measurements discontinued in the following wells: 10, 11, 14, and 15,

156. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 10, 99.98; 

Aug. 1, 99.19.

221. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 10, 98.96; 

Aug. 1, 98.72.

224. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 10, 100.08; 

Aug. 1, 99.61.

Frontier County

135. Water level, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 9, 99.08.

136. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 9, 99.59; 

July 30, 99.16.

Furnas County

145. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 9, 99.71; 

July 31, 99.13; Nov. 12, 99.11.

147. Water levels', in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 9, 99.55; 

July 31, 99.38; Nov. 12, 99.24.

148. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 9, 100.22; 

July 31, 9«.88; Nov. 12, 99.83.

149. Water level, in feet above datum, 1940: July 31, 99.33.

180. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 9, 99.28; 

July 31, 99.09; Nov. 12, 98.88.
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Purnaa County Continued.

387. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 9, 99.47; 

July 31, 99.29; Nov. 12, 99.08.

388. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 9, 99.52; 

July 31, 100.12; Nov. 12, 99.39.

395. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 9, 99.79; 

July 31, 99.29; Nov. 12, 99.18.

Gage County

199. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 12, 97.04; 

July 6, 96.73; Oct. 17, 96.28.

230. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 12, 99.66; 

Aug. 3, 101.23; Nov. 15, 101.34.

231. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 12, 99.49; 

Aug. 5, 99.40; Oct. 16, 99.40.

Garden County

3. Well dry throughout 1940.

4. Measurements supplied through courtesy of Pish and Wildlife 

Service, U. S. Dept. of the Interior.

Water level, in feet above sea level minus 5,000, 1940

Date

Mar. 5

15

22

28

Apr. 2

12

21

26

May 5

Water 

level

799.75

799.74

799.79

799.79

799.81

799.86

800.19

800.11

800.24

Date

May 9

18

28

June 6

13

20

27

July 5

11

Water 

level

799.92

799.59

799.37

799.51

799.29

799.04

798.99

798.91

798.77

Date

July 24

30

Aug. 8

15

25

50

Sept. 7

14

20

Water 

level

798.87

798.69

798.54

798.45

798.43

798.29

798.59

798.44

798.36

Date

Sept

Oct.

Dec.

.25

7

17

26

30

6

19

26

30

Water 

level

798.24

798.62

798.62

798.62

798.66

798.85

798.74

799.09

799.09

5. Creseent Lake Migratory Bird Refuge. Northwest of Smith Lake. 

Unused driven observation well, diameter if inches, depth 19 feet. Measuring point, top of pipe, 2.3 feet above land surface and 3,844.08 feet 

above sea level. Measurements supplied through courtesy of Fish and Wildlife Service, U. S. Dept. of the Interior.

Water level, In feet above sea level minus 5,800. 1955-40

Date

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

2, 1955

16

19, 1934

28

11

1

12

25

19

4

15

19

27

Water 

level

58.00

38.29

38.67

58.75

38.83

39.13

38.75

38.84

38.30

38.94

38.26

57.70

57.09

Date

June

July

Aug.

Sept

2, 1934

10

16

23

1

8

14

21

29

5

12

26

. 2

Water 

level

37.18

56.90

56.99

36.99

36.63

36.40

56.18

56.02

55.14

56.05

56.17

55.98

56.02

Date

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

. 8, 1934

23

30

7

14

21

27

11

18

26

17

28

4, 1935

Water 

level

56.03

36.18

56.15

36.40

38.00

38.24

36.71

56.70

56.71

56.99

37.18

56.93

37.59
198 'WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSTJHE, 1940

Garden County Continued.

5. Crescent Lake Migratory Bird Refuge Continued.

Date

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

July

Oct.

Nov.

Feb.

Mar.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

11, 1935

21

30

6

21

5

16

28

17

2

23

6

20

3

16

24

2

9

19

26

4

11

18

25

4

16

24

1

9

3

18

2, 1936

14

22

4

24

7

17

20

22

20

19

8, 1937

30

7

28

17

6

14

19

17

27

9

14

23

28

5

11

Water 

level

37.53

37.55

37.84

37.96

38.17

38.25

38.17

38.39

38.34

38.79

39.39

39.32

38.71

37.77

37.06

37.72

37.01

36.61

36.33

36.13

36.40

36.46

36.37

36.36

36.49

36.63

36.71

36.82

37.05

37.16

37.34

37.59

37.86

37.93

37.27

38.51 -

38.74

58.81

38.50

35.74

36.15

' 37.67

37.66

38.27

37.84

37.14

37.10

36.30

36.09

35.67

35.77

36.90

36.95

36.96

36.18

36.29

36.34

36.39

Date

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Mar.

Apr.

May

23, 193.7

3

10

17

24

31

7, 1938

13

20

28

4

11

18

26

3

11

18

25

2

11

18

25

2

11 

16

25

6

13

20

28

12

18

25

1

8

15

23

. 7

13

19

26

3

10

19

25

3

6

13

20

28

9, 1939

14

23

5

27

4

12

Water 

level

36.38

36.42

36.45

36.53

36.60

36.66

36.72

36.81

36.90

36.90

37.02

37.11

37.26

37.38

37.46

37.55

37.80

37.03

37.55

38.04

38.58

38.12

38.76

38.27

38.16

38.92

38.13

37.73

37.35

37.36

37.33

37.12

36.75

36.51

36.40

36.28

36.24

36.48

36.76

36.80

36.48

36.40

36.36

36.29

36.46

37.10

37.21

37.20

37.35

37.39

38.71

38.70

38.65

38.65

38.58

38.08

37.88

Date

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Dec*

29, 1939

11

26

12

20

28

12

21

30

6

14

22

29

6

18

28

10

17

30

14

22

6, 1940

15

22

27

2

13

20

30

4

11

18

28

7

14

21

27

6

12

24

31

9

16

21

30

6

14

20

26

8

17

26

30

6

19

28

31

Water 

level

37.78

37.74

38.38

36.34

36.08

35.96

35.74

35.56

35.53

35.53

35.52

35.83

35.84

36.08

- 36.10

36.13

36.29

36.48

36.58

36.67

36.68

38.08

37.94

37.94

37.91

37.88

38.03

38.21

38.34

37.96

37.53

37.42

36.93

37.11

36.68

36.18

36.10

35.98

35.85

35.52

35.37

35.22

35.10

35.08

35.25

35.25

35.30

35.44

35.53

35.53

35.59

35.68

35.68

36.08

36.12

36.23

36.23
NEBRASKA 199

Garden County Continued.

12. Crescent Lake Migratory Bird Refuge. Northwest corner of refuge. 

Unused driven observation well, diameter 1^ Inches, depth 10 feet* Measuring point, top of pipe, 0.8 foot above land surface and 3,851.77 feet above 

sea level. Measurements supplied through courtesy of Pish and Wildlife 

Service, U. S. Dept. of the Interior.

Water level, in feet above sea level minus 5.800 feet. 1954-40

Date

Aug. 5, 1934

12

26

Sept. 2

8

23

30

Oct. 7.

14

21

27

Nov. 11

18

26

Dec. 17

28

Jan. 4, 1935

11

21

30

Feb. 6

21

Mar. 5

16

28

Apr. 17

May 2

23

June 6

20

July 3

16

24

Aug. 2

'9

19

26

Sept. 4

11

18

25

Oct. 4

16

24

Nov. 1

19

Dec. 3

18

Jan. 2, 1936

12

22

Feb. 4

24

Mar. 7

17

Apr. 20

May 5

July 22

Oct. 20

Feb. 17, 1937

Mar. 30

Apr. 22

May 28

Water 

level

45.82

45.80

45.72

45.73

45.72

45.67

45.61

45.71

45.63

45.75

44.87

44.82

44.83

45.83

45 i,87

45.33

4S.92

45.90

45.85

45.98

46.01

45.95

46.09

46.07

46.06

46.36

46.77

47.27

47.57

47.64

47.33

47.07

47.72

47.32

47.00

46.74

46.58

46.59

46.55

46.39

46.36

46.35

46.36

46.32

46.30

46.35

46.33

46.34

46.45

46.48

46.47

46.38

46.41

46.52

46.56

46.77

46.83

45.58

45.19

45.46

45.66

45.77

45.57

Date

June 17, 1937

July 6

14

Aug. 19

Sept. 17

27

Oct. 8

14

23

28

Nov. 5

11

23

Dec. 3

10

17

24

31

Jan. 7, 1938

13

20

28

Feb. 4

11

18

26

Mar. 3

11

18

25

Apr. 2

11

18

25

May 2

11

16

23

June 6

13

20

28

July 12

18

25

Aug. 1

8

15

23

Sept. 7

13

19

28

Oct. 3

10

19

25

Nov. 30

Dec. 6

13

20

28

Mar. 9, 1939

Water 

level

45.49

45.20

45.10

44.78

44.85

44.65

44.51

44.51

44.68

44.70

44.72

44.82

44.83

44.79

44.69

44.69

44.72

44.74

44.76

44.68

44.80

44.82

44.81

44.80

44.89

44.87

44.90

44.92

44.99

44.97

45.11

45.13

45.34

45.39

45.99

45.95

45.92

46.10

46.00

46.11

45.99

46.00

46.05

45.97

45.79

45.77

45.64

45.52

45.52

45.31

45.34

45.29

45.24

45.19

45.15

45.09

45.46

43.15

45.12

45.17

45.32

45.21

45.65

Date

Mar. 14, 1939

23

Apr. 5

27

May 4

29

June 6

11

26

July 12

20

28

Aug. 12

21

30

Sept. 6

14

22

29

Oct. 6

18

28

Nov. 10

17

30

Dec. 14

21

Mar. 6, 1940

15

22

27

Apr. 2

13

20

30

May 4

11

18

28

June 7

14

21

27

July 6

12

24

31

Aug. 9

16

21

30

Sept. 6

14

20

26

Oct. 8

17

26

30

Dec. 7

19

28

31

Water 

level

45.77

45.79

45.91

45.99

45.99

45.96

46.23

46.03

45.77

45.47

45.30

45.17

44.91

44.91

44.80

44.75

44.62

44.67

44.59

44.67

44.87

44.85

44.77

44.77

44.79

44.82

44.82

45.17

45.17

45.29

45.37

45.37

45.32

45.35

45.39

45.41

45.41

45.27

45.12

45.08

44.97

44.87

44.79

44.79

44.67

44.57

44.47

44.47

44.41

44.45

44.27

44.27

44.27

44.29

44.27

44.32

44.32

44.47

44.52

44.67

44.72

44.72

44.79
200 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Garden County Continued.

17. Measurements supplied through courtesy of Fish and Wildlife 

Service, U. S. Dept. of the Interior.

Date

Mar. 6

15

22

27

Apr. 2

13

20

30

May 4

Water 

level

27.53

27.53

27.55

27.53

27.53

27.53

27.58

27.48

27.52

Date

May 11

17

28

June 7

14

21

27

July 6

12

Water 

level

27.35

27.27

27.08

27.15

26.98

26.87

26.80

26.73

26.67

Date

July 24

31

Aug. 9

16

21

30

Sept. 6

14

20

Water 

level

26.53

26.51

26.51

26.47

26.43

26.40

26.40

26.44

26.40

Date

Sept. 26

Oct. 8

17

26

30

Dec. 7

19

28

31

Water 

level

26.46

26.53

26.68

26.73

26.73

26.98

27.08

27.13

27.13

Ij9. Measurements supplied through courtesy of Fish and Wildlife 

Service, U. 3. Dept. of the Interior.

Water level. In feet above sea level ainus 5.800. 1940

Mar.

Apr.

May

6

15

22

27

2

13

20

30

4

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

.55

.66

.66

.75

.65

.76

.81

.94

.75

May 10

17

28

June 7

14

20

27

July 6

12

9.46

9.43

9.33

9.28

9.13

8.56

8.39

8.17

8.06

July

Aug.

Sept

24

31

9

16

21

30

. 6

14

20

7.71

7.73

7.75

7.66

7.67

7.78

7.78

7.89

7.91

Sept.

Oct.

Dec.

26

8

17

26

30

7

19

28

31

7.96

8.11

8.34

8.34

8.34

8.61

8.66

8.85

8.81

21. Measurements supplied through courtesy of Fish and Wildlife 

Service, IT. S. Dept. of the Interior.

Water level, In feet above sea level minus 5.700. 1940

Mar.

Apr.

May

6

15

22

27

2

13

20

30

4

91.94

92.09

92.12

92.15

92.19

92.23

92.41

92.34

92.39

May

June

July

10

16

28

7

13

21

27

6

12

92.39

92.34

92.21

92.19

92.01

91.73

91.57

91.45

91.34

July

Aug.

Sept

24

31

9

16

21

30

. 6

14

20

91.14

91.05

90.99

90.89

90.89

90.84

90.84

90.90

90.84

Sept

Oct.

Dec.

.26

8

17

26

30

7

19

28

31

90.87

91.11

91.13

91.19

91.29

91.36

91.45

91.56

91.59

25. Measurements supplied through courtesy of 

Service, U. S. Dept. of the Interior.

Rater level, in feet above sea level minus

Fish and Wildlife 

5,800, 1940

Mar. 5

15

22

28

Apr. 2

12

20

26

May 3

23.28

23.29

23.29

23.29

23.28

23.29

23.31

23.26

23.28

May 10

18

28

June 6

14

20

28

July 5

11

23.26

23.23

23.18

23.19

23.16

23.02

23.16

23.16

23.02

July 19

30

Aug. 8

15

21

30

Sept. 6

13

20

22.99

22.94

22.92

22.92

22.86

22.86

22.84

22.84

22.82

Sept

Oct.

Dec.

.26

8

14

24

30

7

19

28

31

22.79

22.77

22.74

22.79

22.84

23.16

23.14

23.26

23.29

27. Crescent Lake Migratory Bird Refuge. West of Island Lake. 

Unused driven observation well, diameter Ifc Inches. Measuring point, top 

of pipe, 2.5 feet above land surface and 3,800.69 feet above sea level. 

Measurements supplied through courtesy of Fish and Wildlife Service, 

U. S. Dept. of the Interior.
NEBRASEA. 201

Gai-den Cotmty Contlnued.

27. Crescent Lake Migratory Bird Refuge Continued.

Water level, in feet above sea level less 5.700. 1954-40

Date

Aug. 5, 1934

12

26

Sept. 2

8

23

30

Oct. 7

14

21

27

Nov. 11

18

26

Dec. 17

28

Jan. 4, 1935

11

21

30

Feb. 6

21

Mar. 5

16

28

Apr. 17

May 2

23

June 6

20

July 3

16

24

Aug. 2

9

19

26

Sept. 4

11

18

25

Oct. 4

16

25

Nov. 1

19

Dec. 3

18

Jan. 2, 1936

14

22

Feb. 4

24

Mar. 7

17

Apr. 20

May 5

July 22

Oct. 4

Nov. 18

Jan. 16, 1937

Feb. 15

Mar. 31

May 31

Water 

level

93.13

92.99

93.15

92.65

92.93

92.79

92.76

93.07

93.65

93.89

92.63

92.55

92.55

92.52

92.43

92.43

92.43

92.43

92.39

92.34

92.38

92.36

92.32

92.32

92.31

92.33

92.63

92.64

92.75

93.15

93.10

92.97

92.89

92.80

92.70

92.61

92.53

92.44

92.40

92.35

92.29

92.25

92.18

92.15

82,11

92.06

92.04

91.97

92.02

91.96

91.95

92.01

92.05

91.99

91.98

92.02

92.05

91.76

91.18

91.07

90.95

90.96

91.04

90.99

Date

June 18, 1937

July 7

Aug. 20

Sept. 18

28

Oct. 8

14

23

28

Nov. 5

11

23

Dec. 3

11

16

24

30

Jan. 6, 1938

13

20

29

Feb. 3

10

17

24

Mar. 3

10

17

24

Apr. 1

12

19

May 3

11

17

25

June 7

14

21

30

July 11

19

27

Aug. 2

10

18

24

Sept. 7

14

21

28

Oct. 3

12

18

26

Nov. 10

16

30

Dec. 5

13

19

27

Mar. 9, 1939

Water 

level

91.34

90,85

90.63

90.63

90.54

90.73

90.74

90.45

90.39

90.45

90.39

90.29

90.31

90.22

90.19

90.17

90.19

90.16

90.15

90.15

90.19

90.16

 90.16

90.19

90.16

90.19

90.19

90.24

90.19

90.19

90.21

90.29

90.67

90.74

90.59

90.74

91.81

91.85

91.86

91.89

92.16

91.16

90.99

90.95

90.87

90.81

90.74

90.65

90.63

90.69

90.39

90.59

90.56

90.53

90.49

90.47

90.45

90.39

90.42

90.40

90.41

90.56

90.66

 Date

Mar. 14, 1939

23

Apr. 3

26

May 4

12

28

June 7

12

26

July 11

20

30

Aug. 10

21

31

Sept. 6

15

22

30

Oct. 6

18

28

Nov. 13

18

Dec. 15

22

Mar. 5, 1940

13

23

27

Apr. 3

12

21

30

May 3

10

18

28

June 6

14

20

28

July 5

22

24

30

Aug. 8

15

23

30

Sept. 6

14

19

26

Oct. 7

17

26

30

Dec. 6

19

26

30

Water 

level

90.69

90.66

90.70

90.72

90.77

90.79

90.89

90.76

90.86

90.59

90.91

90.86

90.69

90.64

90.61

90.52

90.47

90.45

90.41

90.35

90.31

90.53?

90.24

90.19

90.19

90.15

90.19

90.22

90.30

90.28

90.26

90.28

90.28

90.28

90.28

90.34

90.30

90.22

90.18

90.32

90.24

90.18

90.14

90.12

90.04

89.98

90.00

89.84

89.88

89.68

89.70

89.70

89.68

89.68

89.64

90.68

90.72

90.78

90.78

90.88

90.90

90.96

91.08
202 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Garden County Continued.

Water level, In feet above datum, 1940

Date

Feb. 29 

Apr. 1 

5 

30

Water 

level

alOO.92 

alOO.75 

100.66 

alOO.85

Date

May 24 

June 27 

July 25

Water 

level

alOO.66 

a 99.96 

a 99.53

Date

July 26 

Aug. 29 

Oct. 1

Water 

level

99.65 

a 99.48 

a 99.78

Date

Oct. 31 

Nov. 7 

29

Water 

level

alOO.22 

100.32 

alOO.43

218. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 5, 99.37; July

26, 98.08; Nov. 7, 100.14.

326. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 5, 94.45; July

26, 93.56; Nov. 7, 94.01.

Garf leld County

55. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940s Mar. 

July 17, 104.38; Oct. 28, 105.49.

26, 103.98;

Goqper County

182. No measurements made in 1940.

183. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940s Apr. 

31, 100.39.

9, 100.57; July

307.

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Jan.

Mar.

Apr.

29

5

3

4

a 97.86

a 97.57

97.31

a 97.47

May

July

2

29

2

24

a

a

a

97.36

97.29

96.81

96.48

July 27

Aug. 29

Sept. 30

Nov. 2

a 96.38

a 95.82

a 95.58

a 95.36

Nov.

Dec.

5

29

30

95.33

a 95.46

a 95.38

447. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 

July 31, 103.44.

9, 101.78;

Grant County

215. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 2, 99.17; July 

22, 98.01; Nov. 4, 98.15.

216. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 2, 99.05; July 

22, 98.71; Nov. 4, 99.54.

Greeley County

206. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 27, 100.19j 

July 17, 98.94; Oct. 29, 99.97.

347. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 27, 98.65; 

July 17, 98.81; O c t. 29, 98.18.

423. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 27, 100.54; 

July 17, 99.30; Oct. 29, 99.40.

a Measurement supplied through courtesy of Central Nebraska Public 

Power and Irrigation District.
NEBRASKA 203

Hall County

244. Water level, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 23, 101.61.

245.

Date

Mar. 23 

Apr. 9

Water 

level

99.38 

a 99.12

Date

July 14 

Oct. 27

Water 

level

100.61 

98.58

Date

Nov. 2 

Dec. 24

Water 

level

a 98.80 

a 98.77

246. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 25, 99.66j 

Oct. 27, 98.74.

247. Water level, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 25, 98.32.

249. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 25, 98.36; 

July 14, 101.86; Oct. 27, 99.80.

258. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar, 25, 98.22} 

Oct. 27, 97.17. .

259. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 25, 100.47; 

July 15, 99.97; Oct. 27, 99.05.

260. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar, g§, 99.61; 

July 15, 99.32; Oct. 27, 98.92.

261. Water level, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 25, 99.00.

GI 202. Water level, in feet above datum, 1940s Dec. 24, j_/ 99.45.

GI 203. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940s Apr. 9, a/ 100.45; 

June 25, &/ 100.24; Sept. 24, &/ 99.70; Dec. 24, a/ 99.40.

GI 204. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 9, ja/ 99.57; 

June 25, a/ 99.45; Sept. 24, a/ 99.17; Dec. 24, a/ 98.82.

GI 206. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940i Apr. 9, a/ 99.86; 

June 25, a/ 99.55; Sept. 24, &/ 99.00; Dec. 24, a/ 99.10.

GI 207. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Feb. 27, a/ 98.20; 

June 1, a/ 97.85; July 27, a/ 97.30; Nov. 2., a/ 97.02.

GI 208. 

____________Water level, in feet above datum, 1940_______________

Feb. 27 a 99.30 

Apr. 9______a 99.00

June 1 a 98.80 | Nov. 2 a 97.62 

July 27______a 98.15

GI 209. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Feb. 27, a/ 101.20; 

Apr. 9, a/ 101.07; June 1, a/ 100.75; July 27, a/ dry.

GI 210.

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Feb. 

Apr.

27 

9

a 

a

98.55 

98.50

June 

July

1 

27

a 95.95 

(b)

Nov. 2 a 96.5

GI 211. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Feb. 27, a/ 98.62; 

Apr. 9, a/ 98.55; June 1, a/ 98.07; July 27, a/ dry.

GI 212.

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Feb. 27 

Apr. 9

a 98.85 

a 98.80

June 1 

July 27

a 98.05 

a 96.80

Nov. 2 a 97.20

GI 214. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Feb. 27, a/ 96.20; 

Apr. 9, &/ 96.05; June 1, a/ 95.30; July 27, a/ 94.30.

a Measurement supplied through courtesy of Grand Island Water

Department. 

b Well dry.
204 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Hall County Continued.

Apr.

GI 215. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Feb. 27, a/ 98.45; 

9, a/ 98.35j June 1, a/ 97.60.

01 216.

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Date

Feb. 27 

Apr. 9

Water 

level

a 98.52 

» a 98.42

Date

June 1 

July 27

Water 

level

a 98.02 

a 97.07

Date

Nov. 2 

*

Water 

level

a 96.72

01 217.

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Mar. 20 

Apr. 9

a 98.15 

a 97.75

June 25 

Sept. 24

a 97.15 

a 97.30

Dec. 24 a 97.10

01 218.

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Mar. 20 

Apr. 9

a 99.10 

a 99.10

June 25 

Sept. 24

a 98.77 

a 98.74

Dec. 24 a 98.10

GI 219.

Water level. In feet above datum, 1940

Feb. 20 

Apr. 9

al01.32 

al01.47

June 25 

Sept. 24

al01.62 

alOO.62

Dec. 24 alOO.92

01 220.

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Feb. 20 

Apr. 9

alOO.35 

alOO.28

June 25 

Sept. 24

alOO.07 

a 99.35

Dec. 24 a 99.35

Dec. 

June 

July 

June 

June 

June

01 221. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 20, a/ 97.85; 

24, a/ 97.45.

01 222. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940s Mar. 20, a/ 99.15; 

25, &/ 97.95; Sept. 24, a/ 98.15; Dec. 24, &/ 97.45.

01 223. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: June 1, a/ 98.82; 

.27, a/ 98.52; Nov. 2, a/ 97.97.

01 224. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940t Apr. 9, a/ 99.40; 

1, a/ 99.25; July 27, a/ 99.00.

01 225. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 9, a/ 100.05; 

25, a/ 99.81; Sept. 24, a/ 99.25; Dec. 24, a/ 98.95.

01 226. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940s Apr. 9, a/ 96.07; 

1, a/ 95.15; July 27, a/ 94.45; Nov. 2, &/ 94.50.

01 227.

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Feb. 27 

Apr. 9

a 98.57 

a 98.38

June 1 

July 27

a 98.02 

a 97.57

Nov. 2 a 97.10

Nov 

June

01 228. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: July 27, a/ 93.35; 

. 2, a/ 93.59.

01 229. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 9, a/ 99.32; 

1, a/ 99.02; July 27, a/ 98.62; Nov. 2, a/ 98.32.

01 230.

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Feb. 27 

Apr. 9

alOO.07 

alOO.04

June 1 

July 27

a 99.52 

a 99.12

Nov. 2 a 98.48

 A

ment.

a Measurement supplied through courtesy of Grand Island Water Depart-
NEBRASKA 205

Hall County Continued.

01 231. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940s Apr. 9, a/ 98.26} 

June 1, a/ 98.05; July 27, a/ 97.55} Nov. 2, a/ 97.1ft.

01 232. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940s Feb. 27, a/ 98.57} 

Apr. 9, &/ 98.47; June 1, a/ 97.89; July 27, a/ dry.

GI 233. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940s Apr. 9, a/ 99.35; 

June 1, a/ 98.55; July 27, a/ 98.10; Hov. 2, j/ 97.65.

01 234. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940s Feb. 27, _§/ 106.25} 

Apr. 9, &/ 100.55; June 1, &/ 99.35; July 27, &/ dry.

01 236.

Water level, in feet above datum. 1940

Date

Feb. 27 

Apr. 9

Water 

level

alOO.OO 

alOO.27

Date

June 1 

July 27

Water 

level

alfiOiOI 

a S9V?Q

Dft to

Nov. 8

Water 

level

a 98.43

01 237.

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Feb. 27 

Apr. 9

a 99.42 

a 99.37

June 1 

July 27

a 98.92 

a 98.07

Hov. 2 a 97.98

01 238.

Water level, in feet above datum. 1940

Feb. 

Apr.

27 

9

a 

a

99.40 

99.40

June

July

1 

27

a 98.30 

(b)

Nov. 2 a E».10

01 239. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940s Feb. 20, &/ 99.73} 

Apr. 9, 99.58; June 25, &/ 99.28; Sept. 24, */ 99.20.

01 240

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Feb. 20 

Apr. 9

alOO.83 

alOO.99

June 25 

Sept. 24

alOO.99 

alOO,E6

Dec. 24 a 99.93

01 241. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940s Feb. 20, a/ 99.87; 

Apr. 9, a/ 99.95; June 25, a/ 99.86; Sept. 24, a/ 99.05.

01 242. Water levels. In feet above datum, 1940s June 25, a/ 99.90} 

Sept. 24, a/ 99.40; Dec. 24, a/ 97.40.

GI 243. No measurements made In 1940. 

GI 244.

Water level, in feet above datum. 1940

Feb. 20 

Apr. 9

01 246.

Feb. 20 

Apr. 9

alOO.52 

alOO.62

June 25 

Sept. 24

Water level, in feet

alOO.62 

alOO.82

June 25 

Sept. 24

alOO.62 

a 99.91

Dec. 24

above datum. 1940

alOO.87 

alOO.27

Dec. 24

a 99.62

a 99.87

01 247. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940s Apr. 8, a/ 101.93} 

June 25, a/ 100.16; Sept. 24, a/ 100.23; Dec. 24, a/ 100.08.

GI 248

Water level, in feet above datum. 1940

Feb. 20 

Apr. 9

al01.20 

al01.70

June 25 

Sept. 24

alOl.SO 

alOO.67

Dec. 24 alOO.30

a Measurement supplied through courtesy of Grand Island 

Water Department, 

b Well dry.

418674 0-41-14 .
206 WATER LEVELS AMD ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

GI 249.

Hall County Continued.

,+' level, in feet above datunu 1940

Date

Feb. 20 

Apr. 9

Water 

level

al01.35 

al01.70

Date

June 25 

Sept. 24

Water 

level

alOl.'SS 

alOO.75

Date

Dec. 24

Water

level

alOO.60

01 250.

Water level, In feet above datum, 1940

Feb. 

Apr.

Mar. 

Apr.

Mar. 

Apr.

Feb. 

Apr.

Feb. 

Apr.

20 

9

GI 251.

20 

9

GI 252.

20 

9

GI 253.

20 

9

GI 254.

20 

9

al01.75 

a!02.05

June 25 

Sept. 24

Water level, In feet

a 99.05 

a 98.82

June 25 

Sept. 24

Water level, In feet

a 99.60 

a 98.34

June 25 

Sept. 24

Water level, In feet

a 98.55 

a 98.41

June 25 

Sept. 24

Water level, In feet

a 97.80 

a 97.75

June 25 

Sept. 24

al01.45 

alOO.34

Dec. 24

above datum, 1940

a 98.75 

a 98.40

Dec. 24

above datum, 1940

a 98.22 

a 98.07

Dec. 24

above datum, 1940

a 98.21 

a 97.85

Dec. 24

above datum, 1940

a 97.70 

a 97.50

Dec. 24

alOO.25

a 98.10

a 97.60

97.45

a 96.95

GI 255. No measurements made In 1940. 

Hamilton County

158. Measuring point destroyed.

159. Water level, In feet above datum, 1940s Apr. 11, 98.78.

160. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 11, 98.20; 

Aug. 2, 97.67.

173. Water level, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 11, 100.68.

330. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 11, 99.13; 

Nov. 14, 97.50.

Harlan County

155. Water level, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 10, 101.03.

222. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 10, 99.79; 

July 31, 100.05; Nov. 13, 101.68.

329. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 10, 99.56; 

July 31, 98.65; Nov. 13, 99.52.

389. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940s Apr. 10, 99.76; 

July 31, 99.70.

a Measurement supplied through courtesy of Grand Island 

Water Department.
NEBRASKA 207

Hayes County

141. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 9, 99.39; 

July 30, 99.26.

142. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 9, 100.97; 

July 30, 100.93.

446. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 8, 100.09; 

July 29, 100.53; Nov. 11, 99.92.

Hitchcock County

140. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 9, 98.79; 

July 30, 98.55.

178. Water levels. In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 8, 100.73; 

Nov. 11, 100.02.

362. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 8, 100.44; 

July 29, 100.80.

Holt County

112. Water lev&, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 28, 99.19.

113. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 28, 99.90; 

July 19, 99.11.

203« Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar, 27, 100.23; 

July 18, 99.11; Oct. 30, 99.38.

373. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 28, 101.07; 

July 19, 100.03; Oct. 31, 99.67.

374. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 28, 99.72; 

July 19, 98.55; Oct. 31, 98.14.

424. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 27, 100.66; 

July 18, 99.97; Oct. 30, 98.37.

428. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 27, 97.52; 

July 17, 97.67; Oct. 30, 97.38.

Hooker County

214; Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 2, 93.94; 

July 22, 93.75; Nov. 4, 93.48.

Howard County

46. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 27, 100.59; 

July 17, 99.95; Oct. 29, 99.41.

51. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 23, 98.50; 

July 14, 98.47; Oct. 26, 97.87.

59. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: July 17, 99.34; 

Oct. 29, 98.95.
606 WATER LEVELS ABD AKEESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

gevard County Continued.

98. Water levels. In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 26, 100.48; 

July 16, 99.01; Oct. 28, 97.91.

346. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940* Mar. 27, 101.77; 

July 17, 98.89; Oct. 29, 99.79.

Jefferson County

226. Water levels. In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 12, 100.04; 

Aug. 5, 99.94} Nov. 15, 100.69.

227. Water level, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 12, 100.04.

228. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 12, 98.38; 

Aug. 3, 99.31; Nov. IS, 99.42.

229. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 12, 99.26; 

Aug. 3, 99.01; Nov. 15, 99.52.

Johnson County

2. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 12, 98.81; 

July 6, 98.75; Oct. 17, 98.61.

3. Water level, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 12, 97.10.

Kearney County

181. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 10, 100.29; 

Aug. 1, 99.42; Nov. 13, 99.34.

266. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 25, 100.86; 

July 15, 100.02; Oct. 27, 99.34.

Keith County

93.

Water levels, in feet above datum. 1940

Date

Jan. 2 

31 

Mar. 5 

Apr. 2

Water 

level

alOO.74 

al01.04 

al01.36 

alOl.51

Date

May 27 

June *28 

July 26

Water 

level

alOl.28 

al01.46 

101.09

Date

' Aug. 30 

Sept. 27 

Oct. 30

Water 

level

alOO.74 

alOO.60 

alOO.57

Date

Nov. 6 

Dec. 2 

30

Water 

level

100.58 

100.64 

100.82

255. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940; Apr. 5, 99.01; 

July 26, 98.18; Nov. 7, 98.59.

348. Water level, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 4, 102.72.

349. Measurements discontinued.

350.

Water level, in feet above datum. 1940

May 27

June 28

July 26

alOO.46

alOO.44

99.16

Aug. 30

Sept. 27

a

a

.

99.77

99.59

Oct.

Nov.

30

17

a 99.56

99.47

Dec. 2

30

a 99.70

a 99.83

a Measurement supplied through courtesy of Central Nebraska 

Public Power and Irrigation District..
NEBRASKA 209

Keith County Continued.

351.

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Date

Apr. 4 

June 28 

July 26

Water

level

99.42 

a 99.42 

99.24

Date

Aug. 30 

Sept. 27

Water 

level

a 99.17 

a 99.07

Date

Oct. 30 

Nov. 7

Water

level

a 99.09 

99.37

Date

Dec. 2 

30

Water 

level

a 99.07 

a 99.10

352. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Jan. 3, a/ 99.78; 

Feb. 1, ja/ 100.16; Feb. 28, a/ 100.76; Mar. 27, a/ 100.87. Well destroyed; 

measurements discontinued.

355. Measurements discontinued.

356. Measurements discontinued.

357. Measurements discontinued.

358. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 6, 98.10; 

July 29, 98.05; Nov. 9, 97.98.

360. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 8, 100.01; 

July 29, 99.77.

N4. Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District. NEjNEj' 

sec. 20, T. 15 N., R. 38 W. Bored observation well, diameter 4 inches, 

depth 19 feet. Measuring point, top of casing, 3,303.19 feet above sea 

level. Measurements supplied through courtesy of Central Nebraska Public 

Power and Irrigation District.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1956-40

Date

June

July

Aue. **w*O*

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

24, 1936

26

30

3

7

16

30

13

28

14

1

16

4

30

4, 1937

3

2

1

4

2

8

Water 

level

17.70

17.30

17.70

17.70

17.70

17.50

17.80

17.20

17.79

17.74

17.81

17.82

17.81

17.85

17.89

17.93

17.96

17.98

18.32

18.03

18.05

Date

Aug.

Sept

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

May

June

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Apr.

May

4

. 8

2

2

30

31, 1938

28

31

4

31

30

30

.29

31

29

29

30, 1939

27

3

1

31

Water 

level

18.10

18.14

18.32

18.15

18.19

18.18

18.25

18.24

16.24

18.28

18 E8

18.32

18.35

18.38

18.40

18.43

18.45

18.46

18.48

18.50

18.52

Date

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Nov.

Dec.

29, 1939

31

30

29

28

29

3, 1940

1

28

27

29

23

26

24

28

30

1

28

31

Water 

level

18.53

18.37

18.60

18.50

18.50

19.30

(b)

18.82

18.70

18.71

18.73

18.75

18.76

18.83

18.82

18.87

18.86

18.88

18.90

N5. Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District. NWjsec. 16, T. 15 N., R. 38 W. Bored observation well, diameter 4 inches, 

depth 10 feet. Measuring point, top of casing, 3,345.48 feet above sea 

level. Measurements supplied through courtesy of Central Nebraska 

Public Power and Irrigation District.

a Measurement supplied through courtesy of Central Nebraska Public 

Power and Irrigation District, 

b Well dry.
eio WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Keith County Continued.

N5. Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District Continued. 

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1936-40

Date

June 24, 1936

26

30

July 3

7

16

30

Aug. 13

28

Sept. 14

Oct. 1

16

Nov. 4

30

Jan. 4, 1937

Feb. 3

Mar. 2

Apr. 1

May 4

June 2

Water 

level

7.60

7.60

7.60

7.70

7.70

7.90

7.80

7.80

7.94

7.94

7.84

7.80

7.78

7.82

7.82

7.87

7.91

7.95

7.99

8.02

Date

July 8

Aug. 4

Sept. 8

Nov. 2

Dec. 1

30

Jan. 31, 1938

Feb. 28

Mar. 31

May 4

31

June 30

Aug. 30

Sept. 29

Oct. 31

Nov. 29

Dec. 29

Jan. 30, 1939

Apr. 3

May 1

Water 

level

8.27

8.34

8.31

8.32

8.35

8.36

8.40

8.25

8.46

8.49

7.16

8.03

8.35

8.29

8.44

8.50

8.52

8.57

8.58

8.62

Date

May 31, 1939

June 29

July 31

Aug. 30

Sept. 29

Oct. 28

Nov. 29

Jan. 3, 1940

Feb. 1

28

Mar. 27

Apr. 29

May 23

June 26

July 24

Aug. 28

Sept. 30

Nov. 1

28

Dec. 31

Water 

level

8.63

8.68

8.95

9.12

9.00

9.60

(a)

(a)

9.48

9.09

9.12

9.15

9.18

9.23

9.42

9.61

9.56

9.50

9.52

9.55

N6. Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District. SEjsec. 4, T. 15 N., R. 38 W. Bored observation well, diameter 5 Inches, 

depth 8.2 feet. Measuring point, top of casing, 3,362.08 feet above sea 

level. Measurements supplied through courtesy of Central Nebraska Public 

Power and Irrigation District.

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1936-40

June 24, 1936

26

30

July 3

7

16

30

Aug. 13

28

Sept. 14

Oct. 1

16

Nov. 4

30

Jan. 4, 1937

Feb. 3

Mar. 2

Apr. 1

May 4

June 2

July 8

4.15

4.20

4.25

4.25

4.30

4.30

4.40

4^40

4.39

4.35

4.24

4.19

4.18

4.18

4.18

4.25

4.20

4.12

4.34

4.40

4.76

Aug. 4, 1937

Sept. 8

Nov. 2

Dec. 1

30

Jan. 31, 1938

Feb. 28

Mar. 31

May 4

31

June 30

Aug. 30

Sept. 29

Oct. 31

Nov. 29

Dec. 29

Jan. 30, 1939

Feb. 27

Apr. 3

May 1

4.28

3.39

4.62

4.64

4.66

4.70

4.73

4.73

4.40

(b)

1.78

3.62

3.85

4.28

4.44

4.59

4.67

4.75

4.30

4.69

May 31, 1939

June 29

July 31

Aug. 30

Sept. 29

Oct. 28

Nov. 29

Jan. 3, 1940

Feb. 1

28

Mar. 27

Apr. 29

May 23

June 26

July 24

Aug. 28

Sept. 30

Nov. 1

28

Dec. 31

4.68

4.93

5.24

5.29

5.17

5.17

5.16

5.22

5.24

5.25

5.28

5.30

5.30

4.86

5.44

5.44

5.68

5.59

5.59

5.57

N7. Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District. NW|- 

sec. 34, T. 16 N., R. 38 W. Bored observation well, diameter 4 Inches, 

depth 12 feet. Measuring point, top of casing, 3,392.34 feet above sea 

level. Measurements supplied through courtesy of Central Nebraska Public 

Power and Irrigation District.

Water level, In feet below measuring point, .1956-40

June

July

24, 1936

26

30

3

7

16

30

9.10

9.00

9.05

9.05

9.10

9.10

9.20

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

13, 1936

28

.14

1

16

4

30

9.10

9.25

9.37

9.44

9.47

9.48

9.54

Jan.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Nov.

4,

2

1

4

2

8

2,

1937

1937

9.51

9.50

9.56

9.58

9.63

9.83

9.91

a Dry.

b Well flooded.
NEBRASKA 211

N7.

Keith County Continued.

Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District -Continued. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1956-40

Date

Dec. 1, 1937

Jan. 31, 1938

Feb. 28

Mar. 31

May 4

31

June 30

Aug. 30

Sept. 29

Oct. 31

Nov. 29

Dec. 29

Water 

level

9.99

9.97

9.98

9.98

9.98

a 5.54

7.66

8.09

8.75

9.86

9.86

9.84

Date

Jan. 30, 1939

Feb. 27

Apr. 3

May 1

31

June 29

July 31

Aug. 30

Sept. 29

Oct. 28

Nov. 29

Jan. 3, 1940

Water 

level

9.88

9.92

9.90

9.86

9.92

9.95

10.05

10.14

10.23

10.30

10.35

10.40

Date

Feb. 1, 1940

28

Mar. 27

Apr. 29

May 23

June 26

July 24

Aug. 28

Sept. 30

Nov. 1

28

Dec. 31

Water 

level

10.53

10.55

10.57

10.60

10.63

10.62

10.72

10.83

10.88

10.87

10.89

10.89

N9. Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District. SEjNEj 

sec. 28, 16 N., R. 38 W. Bored observation well, diameter 5 inches, 

depth 19.8 feet. Measuring point, top of casing, 3,438.12 feet above sea 

level. Measurements supplied through courtesy of Central Nebraska Public 

Power and Irrigation District.

Water level, in feet below measuring point. 1956-40

Jan. 24, 1936

26

30

July 3

7

16

30

Aug. 13

28

Sept. 14

Oct. 1

16

Nov. 4

30

Mar. 2, 1937

Apr. 1

May 4

June 2

July 8

Aug. 4

12.80

12.80

12.90

12.90

13.00

13.10

13.30

13.30

13.35

13.30

13.34

13.30

13.23

13.15

12.86

12.78

12.89

13.00

13.32

13.55

Sept. 8, 1937

Nov. 3

Dec. 1

30

Jan. 31, 1938

Feb. 28

Mar. 31

May 4

31

June 30

Aug. 30

Sept. 29

Oct. 31

Nov. 29

Dec. 29

Jan. 30, 1939

Feb. 27

Apr. 3

May 1

31

13.59

13.38

13.32

13.22

13.15

13.11

13.10

13.09

13.02

13.03

13.49

13.36

13.40

13.32

13.26

13.18

13.15

13.09

13.10

13.30

June 29, 1939

July 31

Aug. 30

Sept. 29

Oct. 28

Nov. 29

Jan. 3, 1940

Feb. 1

28

Mar. 27

Apr. 29

May 23

June 26

July 24

Aug. 28

Sept. 30

Nov. 1

28 ' .

Dec. 31

13.61

14.02

14.15

14.08

13.94

13.85

13.72

13.70

13.62

13.60

13.59

13.76

14.08

14.42

14.46

14.39

14.23

14.11

14.00

Nil. Measurements supplied through courtesy of Central Nebraska 

Public Power and Irrigation District.

Date

Jan. 3 

Feb. 1 

28 

Mar. 27

Water 

level

15.98 

16.05 

16.07 

16.07

Date

Apr. 29 

May 23 

June 26

Water 

level

16.14 

16.20 

16.23

Date

July 24 

Aug. 28 

Sept. 30

Water 

level

16.30 

16.31 

16.35

Date

Nov. 1 

28 

Dec. 31

Water 

level

16.39 

16.38 

16.46

N18. Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District. SEj 

sec. 21, T. 15 N., R. 38 W. Bored and driven observation well, diameter 

l£ Inches, depth 37 feet. Measuring point, top of pipe, 3,228.30 feet 

above sea level. Measurements supplied through courtesy of Central 

Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District.

a Well flooded.
212 WATER LEVELS AMD ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Keith. County Continued.

N18. Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District-Continued. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1956-40

Date

July 3, 1936

7

16

30

Aug. 18

28

Sept. 14

Oct. 1

16

Nov. 4

30 

Jan. 4, 1937

Feb. , 3

Mar. 2

Apr. 1

May 4

June 2

July 8

Aug. 3

Sept. 7

Water 

level

32.45

32.40

32.50

32.50

32.50

32.35

32.30

32.46

32.48

32.54

32.54 

32.59

32.67

32.70

32.74

32.80

32.86

32.82

32.86

33.06

Date

Nov. 2, 1937

Dec. 1

30

Jan. 31, 1938

Feb. 28

Mar. 31

Hay 4

31

June 30

Aug. 3

Sept. 29 

Oct. 31

Nov. 29

Dec. 29

Jan. 30, 1939

Feb. 27

Apr. 3

May 1

31

Water 

level

33.10

33.14

33.09

33.14

33.18

33.39

33.58

33.30

33.48

33.44

33.40 

33.88

33.74

33.61

33.93

33.69

33.92

34.10

34.37

Date

June 29, 1939

July 31

Aug. 30

Sept. 29

Oct. 28

Nov. 29

Jan. 3, 1940

Feb. 1

28

Mar. 27

Apr. 29 

May 23

June 26

July 24

Aug. 28

Sept. 30

Nov. 1

28

Dec. 31

Water 

level

34.07

33.95

34.22

34.30

34.10

34.12

34.05

33.88

34.47

34.60

34.68 

34.71

34.77

34.84

34.96

35.02

35.07

35.09

34.87

N25. Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District. HWjf 

sec. 5, T. 15 N., R. 39 W. Bored observation well, diameter 4 Inches, 

depth 36.8 feet. Measuring point, top of casing, 3,408.33 feet above 

sea level. Measurements supplied through courtesy of Central Nebraska 

Public Power and Irrigation District.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1936-40

July 30, 1936

Aug. 13

28

Sept. 14

Oct. 1

16

Nov. 30

Dec. 31

Feb. 2, 1937

Mar. 2

Apr. 2

May 4

June 1

July 8

Aug. 4

Sept. 7

Nov. 3

Doc. 2

34.80

34.80

34.89

34.90

34.93

34.93

35.08

34.91

34.92

35.07

35.10

35.21

35.75

35.26

31.84

33.99

35.22

35.03

Dec. 31, 1937

Feb. 1, 1938

Mar. 1

Apr. 1

May 5

June 1

July 1

Aug. 31

Sept. 30

Nov. 1

30

Dec. 30

Jan. 30, 1939

Feb. 28

Apr. 4

May 2

June 1

30

35.13

35.22

35.23

35.15

27.66

a 23.70

26.72

32.84

33.82

35.44

35.50

35.55

35.57

35.39

35.66

35.70

35.71

35.75

Aug. 1, 1939

31

Sept. 30

Oct. 30

Dec. 1

Jan. 4, 1940

Feb. 2

29

Apr. 1

30

May 24

June 27

July 25

Aug. 29

Oct. 1

31

Nov. 29

35.80

35.87

35.85

36.88

35.95

35.94

35.97

36.98

36.02

36.04

36.02

36'. 09

36.12

36.16

36.19

36.23

36.24

N35. Measurements supplied through courtesy of Central Nebraska 

Public Power and Irrigation District.

Date

Feb. 27 

Apr. 1

Water 

level

7.17 

7.15

Date

Apr. 30 

May 24

. Water 

level

7.17 

7.01

Date

June 27 

July 25

Water 

level

7.17 

7.57

Date

Oct. 31

Water 

level

7.64

N37. Measurements supplied through courtesy of Central Nebraska 

Public Power and Irrigation District.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan.

Feb.

4

2

29

15.93

15.17

12.66

Apr.

May

1

30

24

10.74

10.65

11.59

June

July

Aug.

27

25

29

15.91

18.46

18.56

Oct.

Nov.

1

31

29

18.70

16.97

16.54

a Well flooded.
NEBRASKA 215

Keith County Continued.

N41. Central Nebraska Public Fewer and Irrigation District, 

sec. 24, T. 15 N., R. 39 W, Drilled observation well, diameter ijf 

depth 226 feet. Measuring point, top of pipe, 3,282.61 feet above 

level. Measurements supplied through courtesy of Central Nebraska 

Power and Irrigation District.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1936-40

inches,

sea

Public

Date

Oct. 1, 1936

16

Nov. 30

Jan. 4, 1937

Feb. 2

Mar. 2

Apr. 1

May 4

June 2

July 8

Aug. 4

Sept. 8

Nov. 2

Dec. 1

30

Feb. 1, 1938

Mar. 1

31

Water 

level

73.84

74.05

75.40

75.84

73.38

76.82

77.27

77.73

78.12

78.50

78.80

79.12

79.62

79.62

79.82

79.30

80.09

SO.gfl.

Date

May 4, 1938

31

June 30

Aug. 30

Sept. 30

Oct. 31

Nov. 29

Dec. 29

Jan. 30, 1939

Feb. 27

Apr. 3

May 1

31

June 29

July 31

Aug. 30

Sept. 29

Oct. 28

Water

level

80.32

80.54

80.64

81.24

81.28

81.35

81.40

81.62

81.68

81.85

81.95

82.05

82.12

82.20

82.29

82.35

82.44

82.52

Date

Nov. 29, 1939

Jan. 3, 1940

Feb. 1

28

Mar. 27

Apr. 29

May 23

June 26

July 14

Aug. 28

Sept. 30

Nov. 1

28

Dec. 31

Water 

level

82.61

82.68

82.74

82.80

82.85

82.87

82.86

82.86

82.88

82.99

82.95

83.02

83.13

83.18

N42. Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District. NEjsec. 28, T. 15 N., R. 38 W. Drilled observation well, diameter 2 inches, 

depth 261 feet. Measuring point, top of pipe, 3,262.28 feet above sea 

level. Measurements supplied through courtesy of Central Nebraska Public 

Power and Irrigation District.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1936-40

Oct. 16, 1936

Nov. 30

Jan, 4, 1937

Mar. 2

Apr. 1

May 4

June 2

July 8

Aug. 3

Sept. 7

Nov. 2

Dec. 1

30

Jan. 31, 1938

Feb. 28

Mar. 31

94.02

94.10

94.05

81.75

88.84

92.48

93.78

94.19

94.26

93.82

94.42

94.44

94.43

94.20

94.47

94.38

May 4, 1938

31

June 30

Aug. 30

Sept. 30

Oct. 31

Nov. 29

Dec. 29

Jan. 30, 1939

Feb. 27

Apr. 3

May 1

31

June 29

July 31

Aug. 30

94.50

94.52

94.56

94.59

94.57

94.61

94.60

94.67

94.64

94.68

94.70

94.71

94.72

94.74

94.80

94.80

Sept. 29, 1939

Oct. 28

Nov. 29

Jan. 3, 1940

Feb. 1

28

Mar. 27

Apr. 29

May 23

June 26

July 24

Aug. 28

Sept. 30

Nov. 1

' 28

94.82

94.88

94.91

94.94

94.95

95.00

95.03

95.05

95.08

95.10

95.04

95.18

95.23

95.26

95.27

310. Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District. SWj 

sec. 3, T. 14 N., R. 38 W. Drilled observation well, depth 48 feet. 

Measuring point, top of casing, 3,153.50 feet above sea level. Measurements supplied through courtesy of Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1936-40

June 16, 1936

17

18

19

22

26

30

July 3

7

21.00

21.20

21.30

21.20

21.30

21.35

21.40

21.50

21.50

Aug. 1, 1936

14

28

Sept. 15

Oct. 2

17

Nov. 6

30

Jan. 4, 1937

21.80

21.85

21.90

22.05

21.95

21.71

21.91

21.50

21.32

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

July

Aug.

Sept.

Nov.

Dec.

1, 1937

2

1

3

7

2

7

2

1

21.09

20.75

21.00

21.44

22.24

22.68

23.76

25.61

24.32
214 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Keith County Continued.

S10. Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation Distriet-Continued.

Date

Dee. 30, 1937

Jan. 31, 1938

Feb. 28

Mar. 31

May 4

31

June 30

Aug. 30

Sept. 29

Oct. 31

Nov. 29

Dee. 29

Water 

level

24.05

24.24

24.19

24.36

23.65

22.13

21.14

21.57 '

21.41

21.86

23.64

21.65

Date

Jan. 30, 1939

Feb. 27

Apr. 3

May 1

31

June 29

July 31

Aug. 30

Sept. 29

Oct. 28

Feb. 28, 1940

Mar. 27

Water 

level

21.19

21.10

21.24

21.42

21.70

21.85

22.28

22.55

22.33

22.00

23.38

23.58

Date

Apr. 29, 1940

June 26

July 24

Aug. 29

Sept. 30

Nov. 1

28

Dee. 31

Water 

level

22.88

21.35

21.91

22.09

22.50

22.68

21.94

21.95

316. Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District. SEjsec. 10, T. 14 N., R. 38 W. Drilled observation well, diameter 1^ inches, 

depth 240 feet. Measuring point, top of pipe, 3,363.63 feet above sea 

level. Measurements furnished through courtesy of Central Nebraska Public 

Power and Irrigation District.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1957-40

Feb. 1, 1937

Mar. 1

Apr. 2

May 3

June 1

July 7

Aug. 3

Sept. 8

Nov. 3

Dec. 1

30

Jan. 31, 1938

Feb. 28

Mar. 31

May 4

188.95

187.82

188.78

189.75

188.95

188.79

188.85

188.82

189.05

188.86

188.33

188.68

188.66

188.90

188.52

May 31, 1938

June 30

Aug. 30

Sept. 29

Oct. 31

. Nov. 29

Dec. 29

Jan. 30, 1939

Feb. 28

Apr. 3

May 1

31

June 29

July 31

Aug. 30

188.70

188.46

188.51

188.61

188.30

188.45

188.79

188.56

188.62

188.68

188.69

188.42

188.83

188.47

188.66

Sept. 29, 1939

Oct. 28

Nov. 29

Feb. 1, 1940

28

Mar. 27

Apr. 29

May 23

June 26

July 24

Aug. 28

Sept. 30

Nov. 1

28

Dec. 31

188.58

188.70

188.44

188.94

188.60

188.21

188.56

188.62

188.49

188.47

188.57

188.70

188.77

188.51

188.66

§18. Measurements supplied through courtesy of Central Nebraska 

Public Power and Irrigation District.

Water level, in feet below measuring jpoint, 1940

Date

Jan. 3 

Feb. 1 

28 

Mar. 27

Water 

level

162.70 

162.89 

162.74 

162.47

Date

Apr. 29 

May 23 

June 26

Water 

level

162.62 

162.89 

162.50

Date

July 24 

Aug. 28 

Oct. 1

Water 

level

162.67 

162.68 

162.59

Date

Nov. 1 

28 

Dec. 31

Water 

level

162.89 

162.51 

162.63

919. Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District. SWjNBj 

sec. 7, T. 14 N., R. 38 W. Drilled observation well, diameter l£ inches, 

depth 283 feet. Measuring point, top of pipe, 3,360.47 feet above sea 

level. Measurements supplied through courtesy of Central Nebraska Public 

Power and Irrigation District.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1936-40

Date

Dec. 31, 1936 

Feb. 1, 1937 

Mar. 1 

Apr. 2 

May 4 

June 2 

July 7

Water 

level

167.84 

167.97 

167.76 

167.50 

167.45 

167.89 

167.. 69

Date

Aug. 4, 1937 

Sept. 7 

Nov. 2 

Dec. 1 

30 

Jan. 31, 1938 

Feb. 28

Water 

level

167.67 

167.80 

168.05 

167.01 

167.56 

167.70 

166.85

Date

Mar. 31, 1938 

May 4 

31 

June 30 

Aug. 30 

Sept. 29 

Oct. 31

Water 

level

167.96 

1S7.78 

167.90 

167.74 

167.68 

167.76 

167.60
NEBRASKA 215

Keith County Continued.

319. Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District-Continued. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1956-40

Date

Nov. 29, 1938 

Dec. 29 

Jan. 30, 1939 

Feb. 27 

Apr. 3 

May 1 

31 

June 29 

July 31

Water 

level

167.74 

167.97 

167.82 

167.91 

167.78 

167.83 

167.80 

167.65 

167.80

Date

Aug. 30, 1939 

Sept. 29 

Oct. 28 

Nov. 29 

Jan. 3, 1940 

Feb. 1 

28 

Mar. 27 

Apr. 29

Water 

level

167.92 

167.86 

167.86 

167.80 

168.00 

168.05 

168.14 

167.74 

168.03

Date

May 23, 1940 

June 26 

July 24 

Aug. 29 

Sept. 30 

Nov. 1 

28 

Dec. 31

Water

level

167.98 

167.96 

167.88 

167.90 

167.93 

168.00 

167.78 

167.98

320. Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District. SW|SW|- 

sec. 2, T. 14 N., R. 39 W. Drilled observation well, depth 229 feet. 

Measuring point, top of pipe, 5,580.71 feet above sea level. Measurements supplied through courtesy of Central Nebraska Public Power and 

Irrigation District.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1957-40

Feb. 1, 1937

Mar. 1

Apr. 2

May 3

June 1

July 7

Aug. 3

Sept. 8

Nov. 3

Dec. 1

30

Jan. 31, 1938

Feb. 28

Mar. 31

May 4

June 1

183.35

183.05

183.72

183.23

183.25

183.04

183.22

183.12

183.02

183.10

182.47

183.05

182.84

183.22

182.90

183.10

July 1, 1938

Aug. 31

Sept. 30

Nov. 1

30

Dec. 30

Jan. 31, 1939

Feb. 28

Apr. 4

May 1

June 1

30

Aug. 1

31

Sept. 29

182.95

183.02

183.04

182.58

182.90

183.10

182.66

183.15

183.04

183.09

183.03

183.10

182.98

183.13

183.02

Oct. 30, 1939

Dec. 1

Jan. 3, 1940

Feb. 1

29

Apr. 1

29

May 24

June 27

July 25

Aug. 29

Oct. 1

31

Nov. 29

Dec. 31

183.29

182.90

183.08

183.32

183.08

183.07

183.05

182.99

182.99

182.92

183.36

182.95

183.24

182.98

183.50

S21. Measurements supplied through courtesy of Central Nebraska 

Public Power and Irrigation District.

Water level, in feet below measuring point. 1940

Date

Jan. 3 

Feb. 2 

29

Water 

level

105.40 

105.55 

105.46

Date

Apr. 1 

30 

May 24

Water 

level

105.44 

105.68 

105.37

Date

June 27 

July 25 

Aug. 29

Water 

level

105.61 

106.00 

105.68

Date

Oct. 1 

31 

Nov. 29

Water 

level

105.40 

105.57 

105.40

g22. Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District, 

sec. 51, T. 15 N., R. 39 W. Drilled observation well,,diameter Ij 

depth 217 feet. Measuring point, top of pipe, 3,520.56 feet above 

level. Measurrments supplied through courtesy of Central Nebraska 

Power and Irrigation District.

Water level,, in feet below measuring point, 1956-40

inches,

sea

Public

Date

Dec.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Nov.

31, 1936

1, 1937

1

2

3

1

7

3

8

3

Water 

level

107.21

107.65

107.50

107.06

107.58

107.41

107.40

107.47

107.57

107.35

Date

Dec.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

2, 1937

30

1, 1938

1

1

5

1

1

31

30

Water 

level

107.31

107.06

107.25

107.42

107.60

107.45

107.54

107.45

107.59

107.55

Date

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Apr.

May

June

Aug.

1, 1958

30

50

51, 1959

28

4

2

1

50

1

Water 

level

107.51

107.48

107.55

107.15

107.60

107.36

107.43

107.42

107.36

107.59
216 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Keith County Continued.

S22. Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District-Continued. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1956-40

Date

Aug. 31, 1939 

Sept. 30 

Oct. 30 

Dec. 1 

Jan. 4, 1940

Water 

level

107.49 

107.68 

107; 60 

107.76 

107.74

Date

Feb. 29, 1940 

Apr. 1 

30 

May 24 

June 2PT

Water 

level

107.63 

107.48 

107.91 

107.61 

107.80

Date

July 25, 1940 

Aug. 29 

Oct. 1 

31 

Nov. 29

Water 

level

107.69 

107.86 

107.70 

107.79 

107.62

S 23. Measurements supplied through courtesy of Central Nebraska 

Public Power and Irrigation District.

Date

Jan. 4 

Feb. 29 

Apr. 1

Water 

level

113.30 

113.23 

115.25

Date

Apr. 30 

Hay 24 

June 27

Water 

level

113.63 

113.40 

113.51

Date

July 25 

Aug. 29 

Oct. 1

Water 

level

113.49 

113.63 

113.50

Date

Oct. 31 

Nov. 29

Water 

level

113.58 

113.41

024. Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District. NWjsec. 20, T. 15 N., R. 40 W. Drilled observation well, diameter l£ inches, 

depth 144 feet. Measuring point, top of pipe, 3,391.72 feet above sea 

level. Measurements supplied through courtesy of Central Nebraska Public 

Power and Irrigation District.

Water level. in feet below measuring x>int. 1956-40

Date

Nov. 30, 1956

Dec. 51

Feb. 1, 1957

Mar. 1

Apr. 2 

MaV 5

June 1

July 7

Aug. 5

Sept. 8

Nov. 5

Dec. 2

51

Feb. 1, 1958

Mar. 1

Apr. 1

Water 

level

59.17

59.36

59.59

59.67

59.56 

59.87

59.56

58.79

58.42

58.50

58.82

58.72

58.95

58.89

58.95

59.70

Date

May 5, 1958

June 1

July 1

Aug. 51

Sept. 30 

Nov. 1

30

Dec. 50

Jan. 51, 1939

Feb. 28

Apr. 4

May 1

June 1

30

Aug. 1

Water 

level

59.30

59.14

58.83

58.65

58.83 

58.22

58.95

58.24

58.95

59.57

59.51

59.74

59.42

59.15

59.25

Date

Aug. 51, 1959

Sept. 50

Dec. 1

Jan. 4, 1940

Feb. 2 

29

Apr. 1

50

May 24

June 27

July 25

Aug. 29

Oct. 1

51

Nov. 29

Water 

level

59.52

59.85

59.48

59.42

59.48 

59.50

59.50

60.08

59.76

59.84

59.91

60.31

60.51

60.46

, 60.20

$26. Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District, 

sec. 5, T. 13 N., R. 38 W. Bored observation well, diameter 5 inches, 

depth 19 feet. Measuring point, top of casing, 3,199.68 feet above sea 

level. Measurements supplied through courtesy of Central Nebraska Public 

Power and Irrigation District.

Dec. 2,

Jan. 4,

Feb. 2

Mar. 4

Apr. 1

May 5

June 5

July 6

Aug. 2

Nov. 2

Dec. 5

31

Feb. 2,

Mar. 2

Apr. 2

May 6

Water level, in feet below measuring i

1936 i'e'.BS

1937 15.87

14.80

15.16

15.37

16.08

16.44

16.97

17.22

17.00

16.79

16.09

1938 15.97

14.90

16.12

15.72

June 1, 1938

July 2

Sept. 1

Oct. 3

Nov. 2

Dec. 1

31

Feb. 2, 1959

Mar. 1

Apr. 5

May 5

June 2

July 1

Sept. 1

30

14.78

15.60

17.14

15.40

15.90

15.95

15.55

14.92

14.55

14.56

14.81

15.70

16.40

17.28

17.53

joint, 1956-40

*Jov. 8, 1939

Dec. 2

Jan. 7, 1940

31

Mar. 5

Apr. 2

May 1

27

June 28

July 26

Aug. 30

Sept. 27

Oct. 30

Nov. 29

Dec. 50

16.99

16.87

16.10

16.12

15.90

15.91

16.19

16.47

16.67

17.59

17.05

17.40

17.14

16.82

16.59
NEBRASKA 217

Keith. County Continued,

S27. Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District. NBjNBj 

sec. 5, T. 13 N., R. 37 W. Bored observation well, diameter 5 inches, 

depth 17 feet. Measuring point, top of casing, 3,158.28 feet above sea 

level. Measurements furnished through courtesy of Oentral Nebraska Public 

Power and Irrigation District. ,__ __,_. , «., 

Date

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

Mav »y

June

July

Autt. **^o 

Nov.

Dec.

Feb. 

Mar.

Apr.

May

2, 1936

4, 1937

2

3

1

5

3

6

2

2

3

31

2, 1938 

2

2

6

Water 

level

13.66

13.37

12.78

12.40

12.87

13.44

13.58

13.77

13.72

13.62

13.44

13.19

13.16 

12.81

13.38

13.22

Date

June

July

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July 

Aug.

Sept.

2, 1938

2

1

3

4

1

31

2, 1939

1

5

4

3

6 

2

1

Water 

level

12.80

12.77

13.32

12.36

13.08

13.05

12.58

11.77

11.40

11.15

11.52

12.66

13.28 

14.65

13.62

Date

Oct.

Dec.

Jan.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct. 

Nov.

Dec.

4, 1939

4

5, 1940

31

5

2

1

27

28

26

30

.27

30 

29

30

Water 

level

14.00

13.93

13.73

13.44

13.05

13.10

13.60

13.80

13*84

13.89

14.06

14.17

13.97 

13.74

13.63

 .

931. Ellen Kelly. 3ffpR& sec. 4, T. 14 N., R. 39 W. Unused 

drilled well, diameter 8J inches, depth 200 feet. Measuring point, top 

of pipe. Measurements supplied through courtesy of Oentral Nebraska 

Public Power and Irrigation District.

Water level, in feet below measuring :>oint. 1937-40

May 3, 1937

June 2

Nov. 3

Dec. 2

30

Jan. 31, 1938

Feb. 28

Apr. 1

May 4

June 1

July 1

Aug. 31

Nov. 1

93.40

93.27

93.43

93.38

93.25

93.61

93.66

93.90

93.70

94.02

93.86

94.03

93.78

NOV. 30, 1938

Dec. 30

Jan. 31, 1939

Feb. 28

Apr. 4

May 2

June 1

29

Aug. 1

31

Sept. 30

Oct. 30

Dec. 1

94.05

94.30

93.99

94.36

94.32

94.46

94.32

94.50

94.52

94.65

94.82

94.82

94.68

Jan. 3, 1940

Feb. 2

29

Apr. 1

30

May 24

June 27

July 25

Aug. 29

Oct. 1

31

Nov. 29

94.79

95. PIT

94.B6

94.90

94.87

94.93

94.98

95.03

95.36

95.11

95.33

95.20

S32. Ellen Kelly. T. 14 N., R. 39 W. Abandoned stock well, depth 

80.5 feet. Measuring point, top of pipe. Measurements supplied through 

courtesy of Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1937^40

May '3, 1937

June 1

July 7

Aug. 3

Sept. 8

Nov. 3

Dec. 2

30

Jan. 31, 1938

Feb. 28

Apr. 1

May 4

June 1

July 1

58.57

58.58

58.59

58.66

58.69

58.70

58.73

58.63

58.70

58.69

58.73

58.67

58.80

58.76

Aug. 31, 1938

Sept. 30

Nov. 1

30

Dec. 30

Jan. 31, 1939

Feb. 28

Apr. 4

May 2

June 1

30

Aug. 1

31

Sept. 30

58.83

58.85

58.73

58.80

58.85

58.65

58.78

58.55

58.74

58.75

58.79

58.88

58.90

59.00

Oct. 30, 1939

Dec. 1

Jan. 3, 1940

Feb. 2

29

Apr. 1

30

May 24

June 27

July 25

Aug. 29

Oct. 1

31

Nov. 29

59.00

58.98

59.00

59.02

58.95

58.92

58.98

58.91

58.97

59.06

59.15

59.13

59.18

59.13
218 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Eelth County Continued.

S35. M. Robohm. NE^SE*- sec. 36, T. 14 N., R. 38 W. Abandoned 

drilled stock well, diameter 3 Inches. Measuring point, top of casing. 

Measurements supplied through courtesy of Central Nebraska Public Power 

and Irrigation District.

water level, in reet oeiow measuring

Date

Dec. 3, 1938 

29 

Jan. 30, 1939 

Feb. 27 

Apr. 7 

May 31 

June 29 

July 31

Water 

level

166.70 

167.15 

166.62 

166.92 

166.85 

166.55 

167.05 

166.70

Date

Aug. 30, 1939 

Sept. 29 

Oct. 31 

Nov. 29 

Jan. 5, 1940 

Feb. 3 

Mar. 1 

Apr . 29

Water 

level

166.88 

166.75 

167.26 

166.83 

167.10 

166.98 

167.10 

166.89

aoini;, j.yoo-4U

Date

May 23, 1940 

June 26 

July 24 

Aug. 28 

Sept. 30 

Nov. 1 

28

Water 

level

167.90 

166.95 

166.87 

166.99 

167.25 

167.17 

167.12

Keyapaha County

76. Measurements discontinued.

375. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 29, 101.01; 

July 19, 99.07; Oct. 31, 98.92.

Kimball County

88. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 6, 99.83; 

July 28, 99.41; Nov. 9, 99.43.

89. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 6, 100.17; 

July 28, 100.08; Nov. 9, 100.11.

i

327. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 6, 99.10; 

July 28, 99.71; Nov. 9, 98.77.

344. No measurements made In 1940. 

394. Measurements discontinued.

Enox County

67. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 22, 100.27; 

July 12, 99.33; Oct. 25, dry.

71. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 28, 99.86; 

July 18, 98.95; Oct. 30, 98.66.

335. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 28, 98.87; 

July 18, 97.69; Oc t. 30, 96.96.

336. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 28, 101.56; 

July 18, 100.08; Oct. 30, 99.94.

370. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 22, 99.32; 

July 12, 99.22; Oct. 25, 97.27.

429. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 28, 99.17; 

July 18, 97.96; Oct. 30, 97.65.
NEBRASKA 219

Lancaster County

1. Water level, in feet above datum, 1940: July 6, 98.16.

13. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 19, 98.46; 

July 8,-98.22; Oct. 16, 97.89.

14. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 19, 99.77; 

July 5, 98.79; Oct. 15, 97.91.

366. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 13,101.76; 

July 8, 101.41; Oct. 17, 101.31.

367. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 19, 101.46; 

Aug. 5, 100.94.

Lincoln County

131. Water level, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 6, 101.06.

133. No measurements made In 14340.

134. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 9, 100.81; 

July 30, 100.68.

143. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 9, 101.14; 

July 30, 300.99.

144. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 9, 99.76; 

July 30, 99.71.

241. 

_________Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Date

Mar. 2 

Apr. 3 

May 1 

29

Water 

level

alOO.61 

100.08 

alOO.19 

a 99.49

Date

July 2 

25 

27

Water 

level

a 99.29 

98.81 

a 98.90

Date

Aug. 20 

Sept. 30 

Nov. 2

Water 

level

a 98.46 

a 98.74 

a 99.32

Date

NOV. 6 

30 

Dec. 31

Water 

level

a 99.33 

a 99.42 

a 99.53

242.

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Mar.

Apr.

2

2

4

al01.14

al01.43

101.45

May

-

July

1

28

1

al01.55

alOO.82

alOO.62

July

Aug.

25

29

29

100.33

alOO.67

99.46

Oct.

Nov.

1

4

6

30

alOO.ll

alOl.02

100.91

101.41

252. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 4, 99.38; 

July 25, 99.21; Nov. 6, 99.08.

253. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 4, 99.68; 

July 25, 98.52; Nov. 6, 99.49.

383. Water level, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 4, 103.33.

384. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 4, 100.61; 

July 25, 99.65; Nov. 6, 100.58.

385. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 9, 99.61; 

July 30, 99.49.

a Measurement supplied through courtesy of Central Nebraska Public 

Power and Irrigation District.
220 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Lincoln County Continued.

405.

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Date

Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar.

Apr.

2 

3 

1 

2

Water 

level

a 99.45 

a 99.73 

alOO.08 

a 99.73

Date

Apr. 4 

May 1 

27 

June 28

Water 

level

99.60 

a 99.99 

alOO.56 

a 99.65

Date

July 26 

Aug. 30 

Sept. 27

Water 

level

99.12 

a 98.55 

a 98.96

Date

Oct. 30 

Nov. 6 

Dec. 2

Water 

level

a 99.42 

99.50

(717 » OO

406. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 4, 99.82;

July 26, 99.34; Nov. 6, 99.39.

E26. Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District, 

sec. 27, T. 14 N., R. 33 W. Bored observation well, diameter 2 inches, 

depth 16 feet. Measuring point, top of casing, 0.5 foot above land 

surface. Measurements supplied through courtesy of Central Nebraska Public 

Power and Irrigation District.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1958-40

Date

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

1, 1938

3

4

3

31

4, 1939

1

7

3

2

Water 

level

9.78

9.62

10.18

10.41

10.53

10.35

10.25

10.10

10.10

9.94

Date

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

6, 1939

2

1

4

6

4

2, 1940

3

5

2

Water 

level

9.97

10.40

10.44

10.66

10.91

11.11

11.17

11.14

10.87

' 10.91

Date

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Dec.

4, 1940

27

28

26

30

27

30

2

30

Water 

level

11.12

10.65

10.39

10.53

10.96

10.78

11.01

11.19

11.27

E27. Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District. 

sec. 29, T. 14 N.,. R. 33 W. Bore.d observation well, diameter 2 inches, 

depth 16 feet. Measuring point, top of casing. Measurements supplied 

through courtesy of Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1938-40

Sept. 1, 1938

Oct. 3

Nov. 4

Dec. 5

31

Feb. 4, 1939

Mar. 1

Apr. 7

May 3

June 2

10.76

10.00

10.23

10.27

10.35

10.22

10.22

9.93

9.93

9.96

July 6, 1939

Aug. 2

Sept. 1

Oct. 4

Nov. 6

Dec. 4

Jan. 2, 1940

31

Mar. 5

Apr. 2

9.94

10.74

10.41

10.36

10.54

10.58

10.68

10.69

10.60

10.59

May 4, 1940

27

June 28

July 26

Aug* 50

Sept. 27

Oct. 30

Dec. 2

30

10.76

10.02

10.10

10.80

11.51

11.38

10.94

10.77

10.77

E38. Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District. 

sec. 32, T. 13 N., R. 34 W. Bored observation well, diameter 2 feet, 

depth 18 feet. Measuring point, top of casing, 0.8 foot above land surface. Measurments supplied through courtesy of Central Nebraska Public 

Power and Irrigation District.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1938-40

Oct. 3, 1938

Nov. 4

Dec. 3

31

Feb. 5, 1939

Mar. 1

Apr. 7

May 3

June 3

July 6

12.80

12.85

12.78

12.75

12.40

12.27

11.96

12.19

12.64

12.82

Aug. 2, 1939

Sept. 1

Oct. 4

Nov. 6

Dec. 4

Jan. 2, 1940

31

Mar. 5

Apr. 2

13.35

13.59

13.80

13.68

13.63

13.40

13.25

13.03

12.95

May 4, 1940

27

June 28

July 26

Aug. 30

Sept. 27

Oct. 30

Dec. 2

30

13.09

13.23

13.40

13.72

13.96

14.17

14.11

13.81

13.58

a Measurement supplied through courtesy of Central Nebraska 

Public Power and Irrigation District.
NEBRASKA 221

Lincoln County Continued.

J3-1. Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District. 

sec. 35, T. 12 N., R. 27 W. Bored observation well, diameter 2 inches, 

depth 45 feet. Measuring point, top of casing. Measurements supplied 

through courtesy of Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District.

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1938-40

Date

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

12, 1938

. 1

1

1

2

3, 1939

3

2

6

5

Water 

level

34.08

33.91

34.03

34.74

35.47

36.12

36.21

37.12

37.73

38.20

Date

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

5, 1939

5

3

5

2

1

4

5, 1940

30

Water 

level

38.52

38.74

38.97

39.12

39.26

39.30

39.13

39.02

38.97

Date

Mar.

Apr.

May

July

Aug.

Oct.

Nov.

2, 1940

3

3

28

1

29

30

1

4

Water 

level

38.61

37.68

37.20

37.04

36.73

36.65

36.66

36.58

36.58

JS-2. Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District. NW$-NWj 

sec. 35, T. 12 N., R. 27 W. Bored observation well, diameter 2 feet, 

depth 32 feet. Measuring point, top of casing. Measurements supplied 

through courtesy of Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District. 

 Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1958-40

Aug. 12, 1938

Sept. 1

Oct. 1

Nov. 1

Dec. 2

Jan. 3, 1939

Feb. 3

Mar. 2

Apr. 6

May 5

22.65

22.70

22.58

23.15

23.73

24.34

24.45

25.06

25.69

26.00

June 5 , 1939

July 5

Aug. 3

Sept. 5

Oct. 2

Nov. 1

Dec. 4

Jan. 5, 1940

30

Mar. 2

26.33

26.55

26.76

26.97

27.16

27.26

27.09

26.91

26.82

26.64

Apr. 3, 1940

May 3

28

July 1

29

Aug. 30

Oct. 1

Nov. 4

Dec. 2

25.78

25.03

24.88

24.56

24.58

24.75

24.70

24.62

24.29

J3-3. Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District, 

sec. 35, T. 12 N., R. 27 W. Bored observation well, diameter 2 inches^ 

depth 44 feet. Measuring point, top of casing. Measurements supplied 

through courtesy of Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District, 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1958-40

Aug. 12, 1938

Sept. 1

Oct. 1

Nov. 1

Dec. 2

Jan. 4, 1939

Feb. 3

Mar. 2

Apr. 6

May 5

32.11

32.44

31.72

30.92

32.22

32.58

32.73

32.95

32.95

33.06

June 5, 1939

July 5

Aug. 3

Sept. 5

Oct. 2

Nov. 1

Dec. 6

Jan. 6, 1940

30

Mar. 2

33.26

33.33

33.81

33.96

34.06

33.90

33.50

33.34

33.19

32.82

Apr. 5, 1940

May 3

28

July 1

29

Aug. 30

Oct. 1

Nov. 4

Dec. 2

32.67

31.75

32.82

31.69

32.36

32.16

31.89

31.64

31.32

JS-4. Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District, 

sec. 35, T. 12 N., R. 27 W. Bored observation well, diameter 2 Inches 

depth 35 feet. Measuring point, top of pipe. Measurements supplied 

through courtesy of Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District, 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1958-40

Aug. 12, 1938

Sept. 1

Oct. 1

Nov. 1

Dec. 2

Jan. 4, 1939

Feb. 3

Mar. 2

Apr. 6

May 5

21.90

22.17

21.36

20.64

21.76

22.15

22.24

22.42

22.35

22.50

June 5, 1939

July 5

Aug. 3

Sept. 5

Oct. 2

Nov. 1

Dec. 6

Jan. 6, 1940

30

Mar. 2

22.80

22.72

23.37

23.50

23.60

23.42

22.93

22.75

22.63.

22.30

Apr. 5, 1940

May 3

28

July 1

29

Aug. 30

Oct. 1

Nov. 4

Dec. 2

22.02

21.25

22.16

21.10

21.76

21.74

21.48

21.20

20.85

418674 0-41-15
222 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Lincoln County Continued.

U12. Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District.

see. 13, T. 13 N., R. 30 W. Bored observation well, diameter 

4 inches, depth 24 feet. Measuring point, top of casing, 2,785.54 feet 

above sea level. Measurements supplied through courtesy of Central 

Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1956-40

Date

Aug.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Nov.

Dec.

15, 1936

28

2

21

3

4

2

2, 1937

2

3

3

5

3

6

2

1

3

Water 

level

17.00

17.69

17.85

17.75

17.55

17.54

17.29

16.94

16.68

16.46

15.72

15.49

16.41

17.08

17.88

17.74

17.26

Date

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

1, 1938

2

2

2

6

2

2

1

3

3

1

3, 1939

2

2

6

4

3

Water 

level

16.96

16.67

16.37

15.55

15.07

14.82

15.50

16.95

16.00

16.07

15.43

14.95

14.43

14.15

13.80

13.86

14.47

Date

July

Oct.

Nov.

Dee.

Jan.

Mar.

Apr.

May

July

Aug.

Oct.

Nov.

5, 1939

2

1

4

5, 1940

30

2

2

1

28

1

29

29

1

4

30

Water 

level

17.13

17,86

17.00

16.44

16.07

15.72

15.17

14.64

14.41

15.02

15.43

17.08

17.26

' 16.97

16.39

15.95

U14. Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District. NWjNWj 

sec. 20, T. 13 N., R. 29 W. Bored observation well, diameter 4 inches, 

depth 18 feet. Measuring point, top of easing, 2,771.31 feet above sea 

level. Measurements supplied through courtesy of Central Nebraska Public 

Power and Irrigation District.

Water level, in feet below measuring point. 1936-40

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

Nov.

Dec.

15, 1936

28

15

2

21

3

4

2

2, 1937

2

3

3

5

3

6

2

1

3

12.10

12.25

12.50

12.39

12.20

11.90

11.95

11.56

11.29

11.32

10.80

10.38

10.28

11.18

11.55

11.91

11.95

11.50

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

1, 1938

2

2

2

6

2

2

1

3

3

2

3, 1939

2

2

6

4

3

5

11.21

10.94

10.70

10.18

9.80

9.53

10.15

11.37

10.46

10.36

10.22

9.70

9.44

9.26

9.20

9.81

10.02

10.45

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dee.

Jan.

Mar.

Apr.

May

July

Aug.

Oct.

Nov.

3, 1939

. 5

2

1

4

5, 1940

30

2

2

1

28

1

29

29

1

4

30

11.45

11.70

11.66

11.45

10.97

10.76

10.62

10,06

9.32

9.61

10.24

9.46

10.97

11.33

11.28

10.93

10.49

TT21. A. E. Wheeler. NWjNEj sec. 35, T. 13 N., R. 29 W. Abandoned 

drilled domestic and stock well, diameter 5 Inches, depth about 36 feet. 

Measuring point, top of easing, 1.0 foot above land surface. Measurements 

supplied through courtesy of Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1938-40

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

3, 1938

2

3, 1939

3

2

6

4

3

5

15.19

14.90

14.80

14.73

14.46

14.39

14.33

14.87

15.09

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Mar.

Apr.

3, 1939

5

2

1

4

5, 1940

30

2

2

15.50

15.25

14.94

14.90

14.87

14.92

14.82

14.59

14.39

.May

July

Aug.

Oct.

Nov.

1, 1940

28

1

29

29

1

4

30

14.08

14.62

14.74

15.20

15.60

15.61

 15.20

14.78
NEBRASKA. 223

Lincoln County Continued.

TJ22. Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District. 

sec. 31, T. 13 N., R. 28 W. Bored observation well, diameter 2 Inches, 

depth 20 feet. Measuring point, top of casing, 0.9 foot above land surface. Measurements supplied through courtesy of Central Nebraska Public 

Power and Irrigation District.

Date

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

3, 1938

2

3, 1939

3

2

6

4

3

5

Water 

level

10.90

10.82

10.72

10.58

10.45

10.19

10.30

10.71

10.97

Date

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Mar.

Apr.

3, 1939

. 5

2

1

4

5, 1940

30

2

3

Water 

level

11.74

11.08

10.20

10.40

10.42

10.48

10.49

10.36

10.16

Date

May

July

Aug.

Oct.

Nov.

1, 1940

28

1

29

29

1

4

30

Water 

level

9.60

9.96

10.07

11.00

11.53

11.44

10.94

10.58

U32. Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District. NEjNW|- 

sec. 15, T. 12 N., R. 28 W. Bored observation well, diameter 2 inches, 

depth 22.5 feet. Measuring point, top of casing, 0.9 foot above land 

surface. Measurements supplied through courtesy of Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District.

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1938-40

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

3, 1938

2

3, 1959

5

2

6

4

5

5

16.43

16.16

16.07

16.17

15.55

15.57

15.88

16.60

16.60

Aug. 5, 1959

Sept. 5

Oct. 2

Nov. 1

Dec. 4

Jan. 5, 1940

50

Mar. 2

Apr. 5

16.62

17.27

17.65

17.44

16.93

16.84

16.54

16.50

16.79

May 1, 1940

28

July 1

29

Aug. 50

Oct. 1

Nov. 4

Dec. 2

16.78

17.04

17.50

17.32

17.74

17.75

16.84

16.78

U33. Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District.

sec. 14, T. 12 N., R. 28 W. ' Bored observation well, diameter 2 

inches, depth 46 feet. Measuring point, top of casing, 1.0 foot above 

land surface. Measurements supplied through courtesy of Central Nebraska 

Public Power and Irrigation District.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1958-40

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

3, 1958

2

3, 1959

3

2

6

4

5

5

57.82

57.20

57.65

57.55

57.54

37.18

37.22

37.50

37.65

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Mar.

Apr.

3, 1959

5

2

1

4

5, 1940

30

2

5

57.80

38.04

38.50

58.33

38.23

38.15

58.08

57.95

57.95

May

July

Aug.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

1, 1940

28

1

29

50

1

4

2

57.95

38.08

38.11

38.25

58.57

38.43

38.12

57.95

U34. Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District. SEjSEj 

sec. 20, T. 12 N., R. 27 W. Bored observation well, diameter 2 inches, 

depth 31 feet. Measuring point, top of casing. Measurements supplied 

through courtesy of Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District. 

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1958-40

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

5, 1938

2

3, 1959

3

2

6

4

5

5

17.52

16.52

17.10

17.35

16.84

16.95

17.24

17.77

17.78

Aug. 3, 1939

Sept. 5

Oct. 2

Nov. 1

Dec. 4

Jan. 5, 1940

50

Mar. 2

Apr. 5

17.71

18.35

18.57

18.55

18.29

18.35

18.40

18.15

18.58

May 1, 1940

28

July 1

29

Aug. 50

Oct. 1

Nov. 4

Dec. 2

18.54

18.64

18.71

18.63

18.91

18.98

18.43

18.44
224 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Lincoln County Continued.'

U35. Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District, 

sec. 28, T. 12 N., R. 27 W. Bored observation well, diameter 2. inches, 

depth 18 feet. Measuring point, top of casing, 1.0 foot above land surface. Measurements supplied through courtesy of Central Nebraska Public 

Power and Irrigation District.

Water level, in feet below measuring point. 1938-40

Date

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

3, 1938

2

3, 1939

3

2

6

4

5

5

Water 

level

9.15

9.21

9.33

9.36

9.32

9.48

9.72

10.17

10.34

Date

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Mar.

Apr.

3, 1939

. 5

2

1

4

5, 1940

30

2

3

Water 

level

10.80

11.22

11.53

11.65

11.44

11.43

11.41

11.38

11.32

Date

May

July

Aug.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

1, 1940

28

1

29

30

1

4

2

Water 

level

11.17

11.26

10.83

10.73

11.45

11.57

11.08

10.89

U38. Dr. Schneider. SW^SE^ sec. 26, T. 12 N., R. 27 W. Drilled 

irrigation well. Measuring point, top of casing, 0.1 foot above land surface. Equipped with turbine pump. Measurements supplied through 

courtesy of Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District. 

Water level, in feet below measuring ])oint. 1938-40

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

3, 1938

2

4, 1939

3

2

6

5

5

5

11.53

12.09

12.41

12.43

12.59

12.64

12.78

13.26

13.28

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Mar.

Apr.

3, 1939

. 5

2

1

6

6, 1940

30

2

5

(a)

14.02

14.17

13.96

13.63

13.44

13.32

13.05

12.75

May

July

Aug.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

3, 1940

28

1

29

30

1

4

2

(a)

12.60

12.10

(a)

12.59

12.34

12.14

11.82

TJ40. Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District. NW|-NW|- 

sec. 16, T. 11 N., R. 26 W. Bored observation well, diameter 2 inches, 

depth 35 feet. Measuring point, top of casing. Measurements supplied 

through courtesy of Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point. 1958-40

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

3, 1938

2

4, 1939

3

2

6

5

5

5

21.30

21.14

21.49

21.76

21.94

22.12

21.60

21.36

21.04

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Jan.

Mar.

Apr.

3, 1939

. 5

2

1

6, 1940

30

2

5

21.03

21.55

22.12

21.12

21.26

21.52

21.85

22.10

May

July

Aug.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

3, 1940

28

1

29

30

1

4

2

21.38

21.15

21.25

21.34

21.45

21.91

21.50

21.29

TT42. Sheldon. SUfcSWj sec. 15, T. 11 N., R. 26 W. Drilled irrigation well, diameter 10 inches. Measuring point, top of I beam, which is 

0.6 foot below top of casing. Equipped with centrifugal pump. Measurements supplied through courtesy of Central Nebraska Public Power and 

Irrigation District.

Water level, in feet below measuring point/ 1938-40

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

3, 1938

2

4, 1939

3

2

6

5

5

5

18.84

19.57

20.44

20.83

21.12

21.13

20.35

18.96

18.14

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Mar.

Apr.

3, 1939

5

2

1

6

6, 1940

30

4

5

(a)

20.72

22.18

19.55

19.20

20.15

20.62

21.13

(a)

May

July

Aug.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

3, 1940

28

1

29

30

1

4

2

18.70

18.65

19.22

(a)

20.81

21.53

19.36

19.45

a Pimping
NEBRASKA 225

Lincoln County Continued.

U43. SEJ-SE& sec. 22, T. 11 N., R. 26 W. Abandoned stock well. 

Measurements supplied through, courtesy of Central Nebraska Public Power 

and Irrigation District.

Water level, in feet below measuring point. 1938-40

Date

Nov.

Dec.

Jan*

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

3, 1938

2

4, 1939

3

2

6

5

5

5

Water

level

41.95

41.43

41.38

41.50

41.64

41*89

41.70

41.56

41.50

Date

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Mar.

Apr.

3, 1939

. 5

2

1

6

6, 1940

30

4

5

Water

level

41.76

42.10

42.44

42.24

41.54

41.36

41.50

41.71

42.00

Date

May

July

Aug.

Pet.

Nov.

Dec.

3, 1940

28

1

29

30

1

4

2

Water 

level

41.90

41.56

41.40

41.60

41.74

41.87

41.70

41.53

U50. Dr. Schneider. SW^SBj sec. 26, T. 12 N.. R. 27 W. 300 feet 

weat of well TJ38. Abandoned drilled irrigation well, diameter 8 inches. 

Measuring point, top of casing. Measurements supplied through courtesy 

of Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1938-40

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

3, 1938

2

4, 1939

3

2

6

5

5

5

10.85

11.40

11.77

11.85

12.00

12.05

12.25

12.65

12.70

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Mar.

Apr.

3, 1939

. 5

2

1

6

6, 1940

30

2

5

13.20

13.40

13.32

13.54

13.14

12.92

12.82

12.57

12.20

May

July

Aug.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

3, 1940

28

1

29

30

1

4

2

11.73

11.96

11.52

11.76

12.03

11.95

11.55

11.22

Logan County

404. Water level, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 2, 99.15; 

Nov. 4, 98.54.

Loup County

234. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 26, 98.89; 

July 16, 98.55.

345. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 26, 100.41; 

July 16, 99.27} Oct. 28, 99.81.

422. Water level, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 26, 100.02; 

July 16, 102.57; Oct. 28, 105.22.

McPherson County

254. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 4, 99.66; 

July 25, 99.56; Nov. 6, 99.38.

Madison County

108. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 27, 100.02; 

July 18, 99.34; Oct. 30, 99.98.
226 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Madison County Continued.

109. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: July 18, 98.80; 

Oct. 30, 99.81.

110. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 23. 99.89; 

July 13, 100.26; Oct. 26, 99.51.

334. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: July 13, 106.93; 

Oct. 26, 99.81.

Merrlck County

42. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 23, 101.52; 

July 13, 100.85; Oct. 26, 99.71.

48. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 23, 100.09; 

July 14, 99.11; Oct. 26, 98.33.

49. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940; Mar. 23, 100.02; 

July 14, 99.80; Oct. 26, 99.72.

50. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 23, 100.04; 

July 14, 99.56; Oct. 26, 99.72.

01200. Measurements supplied through courtesy of Grand Island Water 

Department.

Water level. In feet above datum, 1940

Date

Feb. 20 

Apr. 9

Water 

level

101.60 

101.85

Date

June 25 

Sept. 24

Water 

level

102.04 

101.90

Date

Dec. 24

Water 

level

101.15

£1201. Measurements supplied through courtesy of Grand Island 

Water Department,

Water level, In feet above datum. 1940

Feb. 20 

Apr. 9

103.37 

102.09

June 25 

Sept. 24

101.49 

101.07

Dec. 24 100.22

Morrill County

84. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: 

July 26, 100.70; Nov. 7, 100.78.

Apr. 5, 100,85;

85. Measurements supplied through courtesy of Nebraska Department 

of Roads and Irrigation.

Water level, In feet above datum, 1940

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

Jan.

100.00

100.00

100.00

100.00

100.00

99.99

99.99

99.99

100.00

100.02

100.03

100.06

100.08

100.10

-100.12

Feb.

100.15

100.16

100.18

100.18

100.21

100.25

100.26

100.27

100.27

100.26

100.25

100.27

100.27

100.26

100.23

Mar.

100.20

100.31

100.33

100.34

100.33

100.30

100.28

100.26

100.22

100.20

100.17

100.14

100.12

100.11

100.14

Apr.

99.99

99.96

99.95

99.93

99.93

99.92

99.92

99.93

99.93

99.91

99.92

99.95

99.96

99.95

99.93

Hay

100.07

100.07

100.03 .

99.99

99.95

99.91

99.88

99.85

99.83

99.81

99.78

99.75

99.73

99.70

99.68

June

99.40

99.34

99.28

99.32

99.43

99.48

99.53

99.56

99.58

99.61

99.60

99.67

99.53

99.48

99.50
NEBRASKA 227

Morrill County Continued.

85. Continued.

Water level, In feet above datum, 1940

Day

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10 -

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Jan.

100.13

100.13

100.10

100.08

100.02

99.99

99.98

99.98

99.98

99.97

99.99

99.98

99.98

100.00

100.08

100.12

July

99.22

99.27

99.28

99.26

99.23

99.20

99.17

99.15

99.12

99.10

99.09

99.08

99.07

99.11

99.14

99.15

99.15

99.13

99.09

99.07

99.06

99.04

99.02

99.01

99.01

98.97

98.96

98.94

98.94

98.93

98.92

Feb.

100.20

100.18

100.19

100.16

100.15

100.13

100.13

100.10

100.09

100.09

100.08

100.08

100.10

100.13

Water level,

Aug.

98.92

98.91

98.89

98.88

98.86

98.85

98.84

98.82

98.82

98.81

98.80

98.78

98.78

98.77

98.75

98.73

98.73

98.73

98.74

98.73

98.73

98.78

99.79

99.80

98.82

98.82

98.83

98.82

98.82

98.82

98.82

Mar.

100.15

100.11

100.10

100.08

100.07

100.05

100.03

100.02

100.00

100.00

99.98

99.98

100.02

100.03

100.02

100.00

In feet

Sept.

98.82

98.81

98.82

98.81

98.86

98.87

98.86

98.86

98.89

98.93

98.96

98.97

98.99

99.01

99.03

99.06

.99.08

99.09

99.12

99.31

99.40

99.44

99.48

99.53

99.59

99.63

99.65

99.66

99.68

99.71

Apr.

99.95

100.06

100.11

100.10

100.07

100.05

100.02

99.99

99.97

99.94

99.92

99.90

99.93

99.98

100.04

above datum,

Oct.

99.82

99.87

99.91

99.92

99.93

99.98

100.03

100.05

100.03

100.03

100.02

100.02

100.02

100.00

100.02

100.00

100.00

99.99

99.98

99.98

99.98

99.97

99.96

99.95

99.95

99.96

99.95

99.94

99.94

99.93

99.93

May

99.66

99.64

99.62

99.61

99.59

99.57

99.56

99.55

99.55

99.55

99.54

99.49

99.48

99.46

99.44

99.43

1940

Nov.

99.93

99.94

99.94

99.93

99.93

99.94

99.94

99.95

99.94

99.95

99.95

99.95

99.99

100.04

100.07

100.11

100.12

100.14

100.14

100.12

100.10

100.10

100.10

100.09

100.09

100.09

100.10

100.06

June

99.49

99.47

99.45

99.43

99.42

99.39

99.37

99.37

99.36

99.34

99.32

99.29

99.26

99.24

QQ yy . *y\ & j.

Dec.

100.06

100.05

100.07

100.04

100.06

100.04

100.05

100.06

100.04

100.05

100.03

100.02

100.01

100.01

100.01

99.98

99.99

99.99

99.99

100.02

100.03

100.04

100.04

100.05

100.06

100.07

100.08

100.08

100.08

100.08

100.06

97. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: 

July 26, 99.06j Nov. 7, 99.11.

Apr. 5, 99.67;

Nance County

43. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 23, 101.19; 

July 13, 100.57; Oct. 26, 100.29.

44. No measurements made In 1940.
S28 WATER LEVELS AMD ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Nance Goxmty Continued.

45. No measurements made in 1940.

371. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 23, 98.55; 

July 13, 98.53; Oct. 26, 98.41.

Nemaha County

11. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 13, 99.01; 

July 6, 98.25; Oct. 17, 101.50.

Nuckolls County

6. Measurements discontinued.

7. Measurements discontinued.

164. Water level, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 12, 99.04.

165. Water levels, in feet above datjum, 1940: Apr. 12, 95.01; 

Aug. 3, 95.94; Nov. 15, 95.92.

393k Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 11, 98.64; 

Aug. 2, 98.44.

407. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 12, 99.15; 

Aug. 3, 99.39; Nov. 15, 98.93.

Otoe County

8. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: July 6, 99.29; 

Oct. 17, 100.04.

9. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 13, 99.82; 

July 6, 98.52; Oct. 17, 98.77.

10. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 13, 97.67; 

July 6, 97.31; Oct. 17, 97.11.

Pawnee County

4. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 12, 102.79; 

July 4, 102.03; Oct. 17, 99.96.

Perkins County

151. Water levels, in feet above dattan, 1940: Apr. 8, 101.94} 

July 29, 101.65.

364. Measurements discontinued.

Phelps County

157. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 10, 98.97; 

Aug. 1, 97.79.

184. Measurements discontinued.
NEBRASKA. 289

Phelps County Continued.

275. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940; Mar. 25, 100.37; 

July 16, 99.62j Oct. 27, 98.50.

276. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 25, 99.33; 

Oct. 27, 98.52.

277. Water level, in feet above datum, 1940: Har. 25, 100.44. 

Pierce County

68. Measurements discontinued.

70. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 28, 100,55; 

July 18, 99.43; Oct. 30, 98.55.

Platte County

39. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 21, 101.89; 

July 11, 102.62; Oct. 23, 102.00.

40. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 21, 100.79; 

July 11, 100.81.

41. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 21, 100.22; 

Oct. 23, 99.34.

339. Measurements discontinued.

342. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 21, 99.44; 

Oct. 23, 97.65.

368. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 21, 102.31; 

July 11, 104.98; Oct. 23, dry.

Redwlllow County

137. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 9, 99.96; 

Nov. 12, 99.83.

139. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 8, 99.40; 

July 30, 98.66; Nov. 12, 98.61.

150.- Measurements discontinued.

179. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 8, 99.59; 

July 30, 99.29.

328. Measurements discontinued.

Richardson County

1. Fred Metzner. SE£SB£ sec. 29, T. IN., R. 17 E. Unused dug 

domestic well, diameter 30 inches, depth 52.4 feet. Measuring point, 

wooden platform, vest edge of hole where plank is missing, 0.5 foot above 

land surface and 146.08 feet above datum. Equipped with force pump and 

windmill, both out of repair. Water level Aug. 19, 1940, 47.36 feet 

below measuring point.
230 WATER LEVELS AMD ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Richardson County Continued.

1. Fred Metzner Continued.

Water level, In feet above datum, 1940

Date

July 17 

22 

29 

Aug. 5

Water 

level

98.96 

98.91 

98.91 

98.81

Date

Aug. 13 

19 

27 

Sept. 3

Water 

level

98.81 

98.72 

99.11 

99.76

Date

Sept. 9 

16 

23 

30

Water 

level

99.18 

98.91 

99.07 

98.64

Date

Oct. 7 

15 

21 

' 29

Water 

level

98.59 

98.53 

98.52 

98.48

2. Approximately center of sec. 16, T. IN., R. 16 E. Unused drilled 

well, diameter 10 Inches, depth 39.5 feet. Measuring point, northeast 

edge of^ steel casing, 2 feet above land surface and 113.61 feet above 

assumed datum. Water level Aug. 19, 1940, 14.89 feet below measuring polnt4 

Water level, In feet above datum, 1940

July 17

22

29

Aug. 5

98.79

98.65

98.60

98.53

Aug. 13

19

27

Sept. 3

98.81

98.72

99.39

99.87

Sept. 9

16

23

30

100.05

99.98

99.72

99.35

Oct. 7

15

21

29

99.16

98.85

98.91

98.66

3. Clarence Schatz. SE£SE£ sec. 36, T. 2 N., R. 15 E. Unused 

drilled domestic well, diameter 15 Inches, depth 34 feet. Measuring point, 

east edge of pump base, 2 feet above land surface and 128.54 feet above 

assumed datum. Equipped with force pump. Water level Aug. 19, 1940, 

29.82 feet below measuring point.

Water level, In feet above datum, 1940

July 17

22

29

Aug. 5

98.82

98.82

98.79

- 98.75

Aug. 13

19

28

Sept. 3

98.74

98.72

98.71

98.69

Sept. 9

16

23

30

98.68

98.71

98.83

98.72

Oct. 7

15

21

29

98.65

98.63

98.60

98.61

4. Mrs. Delia Goolsley. SE^SEf- sec. 10, T. 3 N., R. 16 E. Unused 

drilled domestic well, diameter 6 (?) Inches, depth 31.6 feet. Measuring 

point, east side of north half of pump base, 0.5 foot above land surface 

and 113.21 feet above assumed datum. Equipped with force pump. Water 

level Aug. 19, 1940, 14.49 feet below measuring point. 

Water level, In feet above datum, 1940

July 17 

22 

29 

Aug. 5

98.45 

98.04 

97.61 

97.52

Aug. 13 

19 

28 

Sept. 3

99.02 

98.72 

99.43 

98.66

Sept. 9 

16 

23 

30

99.38 

98.70 

98.95 

99.00

Oct. 7 

15 

21 

29

97.35 

97.07 

96.91 

96.77

5.

Water levels. In feet above datum, 1940

Apr. 13 

July 6 

Aug. 19 

27

101.28 

100.00 

99.50 

99.59

Sept. 3 

9 

16

99.43 

99.85 

100.27

Sept. 23 

30 

Oct. 7

100.45 

99.82 

99.64

Oct. 15 

21 

29

99.53 

99.52 

98.53

6. Will Yoesel. NE|-SW| sec. 3, T. IN., R. 17 E. Used stock well, 

diameter 4 (?) Inches, depth 100+ feet. Measuring point, north side of 

pump base, 1 foot above land surface and 168.50 feet above assumed datum. 

Equipped with force pump and windmill. Water level Aug. 19, 1940, 69.78 

feet below measuring point.

Water level, In feet above datum, 1940

July 18 

22

a 80.95

99.31

Aug. 5

13

99.23 

97.78

Aug. 19 98.72 Aug. 28 99.05

7. University of Nebraska. Old well caved In and was not measured 

In 1939. New well put down about 850 feet southwest of site of old, In 

NWjNWj sec. 16, T. IN., R. 17 E. Driven well, diameter 1 Inch, depth 40 

feet. Measuring point, top of pipe, 1.7 feet above land surface and 119.65 

feet above assumed datum. Water level Aug. 19, 1940, 19.97 feet below 

measuring point.

a Pumped recently
NEBRASKA 231

Richardson County Continued.

7. University of Nebraska Continued.

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Date

June 3 

July 6 

22 

29 

Aug. 5

Water 

level

100.14 

99.36 

100.48 

100.09 

99.75

Date

Aug. 13 

19 

27 

Sept. 3

Water 

level

99.85 

99.68 

100.81 

101.81

Date

Sept. 9 

16 

23 

30

Water 

level

101.40 

101.03 

100.85 

100.33

Date

Oct. 7 

15 

21 

29

Water 

level

100.05 

99.73 

99.63 

99.53

8. P. W. Burgett. SEjSEf- sec. 19 (May be $w£SW£ sec. 20) T. IN., 

R. 14 E. Unused domestic and stock well, diameter 4 inches, depth 46 feet. 

Measuring point, west side of pump base, 0.5 foot above land surface and 

134.05 feet above assumed datum. Equipped with force pump and windmill. 

Water level Aug. 19, 1940, 35.33 feet below measuring point. 

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

July 19

22

24

Aug. 5

99.02

99.00

98.92

98.83

Aug. 13

19

26

Sept. 3

98.82

98.72

98.82

99.00

Sept. 9

16

23

30

99.23

99.07

98.96

98.72

Oct. 7

15

21

29

98.67

98.58

98.65

98.58

9. Powle Realty Company. SWjSE|- sec. 19, T. IN., R. 16 E. Dug 

stock well, diameter about 48 inches, depth 16 feet. Measuring point 

north edge of concrete curb, 1 foot above land surface and 107.34 feet 

above assumed datum. Preparations made for equipping well with siphon. 

Water level Aug. 19, 1940, 8.62 feet below measuring point. 

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

July 19 

22 

29 

Aug. 5

98.65 

98.68 

98.65 

98.64

Aug. 13 

19 

26 

Sept. 3

98.84 

98.72 

98.64 

98.67

Sept. 9 

16 

23 

30

98.49 

98.48 

98.35 

98.27

Oct. 7 

15 

21 

a 29

98.16 

98.33 

98.21 

93.53

10. Ben Stalder. NW£NW| sec. 27, T. IN., R. 15 E. Unused drilled 

domestic well, diameter 12 inches, depth 23 feet. Measuring-point, west 

side top of casing, 0.5 foot above land surface and 118.37 feet above 

assumed datum. Equipped with force pump. Water level Aug. 19, 1940, 19.65 

feet below measuring point.

Water level, in feet above datum. 1940

July 19 

22 

29 

Aug. 5

100.11 

99.88 

99.34 

98.84

Aug. 13 

19 

26 

Sept. 3

98.82 

98.72 

98.80 

101.45

Sept. 9 

16 

23 

30

102.46 

102.00 

101.45 

101.04

Oct. 7 

15 

21 

29

100.78 

100.50 

100.56 

100.39

11. George Riden. NE^-SEJ sec, 32, T. IN., R. 15 E. Unused drilled 

well, diameter 4 inches, depth 74 feet. Measuring point, west side top 

of casing, 0.7 foot above land surface and 158.41 feet above assumed datum. 

Water level Aug. 19, 1940, 59.69 feet below measuring point. 

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

July 19

22

29

Aug. 5

98.93

98.84

98.81

98.73

Aug.

Sept

13

19

26

. 3

98.81

98.72

99.06

98.82

Sept. 9

16

23

30

99.01

99.19

99.24

99.08

Oct. 7

15

21

29

99.03

98.89

98.92

98.83

12. E. J. Ahearn. NE^NWj- sec. 24, T. 3 N., R. 15 E. Dug stock well, 

diameter 15 inches, depth 31.3 feet. Measuring point, north side top of 

tile casing, 1.4 feet above land surface and 111.31 feet above assumed 

datum. Equipped with force pump. Water level Aug. 19, 1940, 12.59 feet 

below measuring point.

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

July 25 

29 

Aug. 5 

13

99.18 

99.09 

b 98.85 

99.06

Aug. 19 

28 

Sept. 3 

9

98.72 

99.09 

98.84 

98.93

Sept. 16 

23 

30 

Oct. 7

' 99.09 

99.28 

98.87 

99.09

Oct. 15 

21 

29

99.02 

98.71 

98.82

Siphon operating continuously

Pump installed; small amounts pumped hereafter.
232 WATER LEVELS AMD ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Richardson County Continued.

13. Warren Gergens. SE£SE£ sec. 23, T. 3 N., R. 13 E. Unused 

drilled domestic and stock well, diameter 6 Inches, depth 14.5 feet. 

Measuring point, north side top of galvanized casing, 0.5 foot above land 

surface and 108,-97 feet above assumed datum. Equipped with force pump. 

Water level, Aug. 19, 1940, 10.25 feet below measuring point. 

Water level. In feet above datum, 1940

Date

July 25 

29 

Aug. 5 

13

Water 

level

99.10 

99.02 

98.93 

98.92

Date

Aug. 19 

27 

Sept. 3 

9

Water 

level

98.72 

100.92 

99.19 

98.97

Date

Sept. 16 

23 

30 

Oct. 7

Water 

level

98.78 

98.81 

98.66 

98.55

Date

Oct. 15 

21 

29

Water 

level

98.37 

98.29 

98.30

14. L. Helneman. NW£SE£ sec. 16, T. 2 N., R. 15 E. Unused dug 

domestic well, diameter 12 Inches, depth 34.5 feet. Measuring point, east 

side pump base, 1 foot above land surface and 122.72 feet above assumed 

.datum. Equipped with force pump. Water level Aug. 19, 1940, 24.00 feet 

below measuring point.

Water level. In feet above datum. 1940

July 25 

29 

Aug. 5 

13

98.92 

98.85 

98.78 

98.76

Aug. 19 

27 

Sept. 9 

16

98.72 

99.32 

99.32 

99.12

Sept. 23 

30 

Oct. 7

99.12 

98.89 

98.71

Oct. 15 

21 

29

98.62 

98.63 

98.56

15. Mrs. Marthe Rammers. NWjNWj- sec. 29, T. 3 N., R. 17 E. Unused 

drilled domestic and stock well, diameter 6 Inches, depth 27.5 feet. 

Measuring point, east side of hole in wooden platform under pump base, 

0.2 foot above land surface and 124.39 feet above assumed datum. Equipped 

with force pump. Water level Aug. 19, 1940, 25.67 feet below measuring 

point.

Water level, In feet above datum, 1940

July 18 

22 

29 

Aug. 6

98.75 

98.67 

98.69 

98.67

Aug. 13 

19 

28 

Sept. 3

98.73 

98.72 

98.65 

98.66

Sept. 9 

16 

23 

30

98.67 

98.64 

98.45 

98.55

Oct. 7 

15 

21 

29

98.57 

98.56 

98.55 

98.58

408.

Water level, In feet above datum, 1940

Apr. 13 

July 6 

Aug. 13

100.52 

98.99 

98.21

Aug. 19 

Sept. 9 

 16

98.06 

101.59 

101.18

Sept. 23 

30 

Oct. 7

100.62 

100.08 

99.70

Oct. 15 

21 

29

99.27 

99.08 

98.76

410. University of Nebraska. SEiSWj sec. 4, T. 2 N., R. 13 E. 

Bored well, diameter 3 Inches, depth 18.8 feet. Measuring point, painted 

arrow on south side top of casing, 2.55 feet above land surface and 112.60 

feet above assumed datum. Water level Aug. 19, 1940, 13.88 feet below 

measuring point.

Water level. In feet above datum. 1936-40

Date

Oct. 12,

Mar. 18,

June 2

Aug. 3

Oct. 6

July 6,

Oct. 10

May 27,

Nov. 14

1936

1937

1938

1939

Water 

level

101.96

100.96

101.30

100.16

99.64

99.82

99.70

100.42

99.16

Date

Apr.

July

Aug.

Sept

12, 1940

6

22

29

5

13

19

27

. 3

Water 

level

100.06

100.23

99.52

99.27

99.03

98.86

98.72

101.94

103.80

Date

Sept

Oct.

. 9, 1940

16

23

30

7

15

21

29

Water 

level

103.82

102.01

101.30

100.71

100.38

99.98

99.90

99.72
NEBRASKA 233

Rlcnardson County Continued.

416.

Water level, In feet above datum, 1940

Bate

Apr. 13 

July 6 

Aug. 13 

19

Water 

level

101.47 

98.81 

98.89 

98.67

Date

Aug. 27 

Sept. 3 

9 

16

Water 

level

al!2.85 

106.58 

101.20 

100.78

Bate

Sept. 23 

30 

Oct. 7

Water 

level

100.39 

100.19 

99.96

Date

Oct. 15 

21 

29

Water 

level

99.49 

98.86 

98.51

417. University of Nebraska. KW^NWj sec. 19, T. 1 N., R. 16 E. 

Bored well, diameter 3 Inches, depth 14.3 feet. Measuring point, south 

side top of casing, 1.8 feet above land surface and 110.60 feet above 

assumed datum. Water level Aug. 19, 1940, 11.88 feet below measuring 

point.

Water level. In feet above datum. 1936-40

Bate

Oct. 13, 1936 

Mar.. 18, 1937 

May 11, 1940 

Aug. 5 

13

Water 

level

102.98 

102.44 

100.42 

98.97 

98.84

Date

Aug. 19, 1940 

Sept. 9 

16 

23 

30

Water 

level

98.72 

104.35 

102.44 

101.34 

100.87

Date

Oct. 7, 1940 

15 

21 

29

Water 

level

100.60 

100.31 

JLOO.,20 

99.94

418. Old well partly caved. New well bored 3 or 4 feet north of old 

on June 6, 1940. Measuring point, top of pipe, 2 feet above land surface, 

117.40 feet above assumed datura, 1.45 feet above measuring point of old 

well.

Water level. In feet above datum. 1940

Bate

June 4 

July 6 

29

Aug. 5

Water 

level

98.74 

99.70 

99.45 

101.48

Bate

Aug. 13 

19 

28 

Sept. 3

Water 

level

100.42 

100.46 

bl08.07 

102.37

Date

Sept. 9 

16 

23 

30

Water 

level

100.91 

100.09 

99.97 

99.90

Bate

Oct. 7 

15 

21 

29

Water 

level

99.86 

99.80 

99.83 

100.03

419.

Water level. In feet above datum. 1940

Apr. 13

July 6

22

29

Aug. 5

99.22

98.69

97.97

97.62

97.56

Aug. 13

19

28

Sept. 3

97.58

97.43

101.39

100.04

Sept. 9

16

23

30

101.04

99.46

99.00

98.70

Oct. 7

15

21

29

98.53

98.32

98.31

98.16

Rock County

117. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 29, 101.37; 

July 19, 100.31j Oct. 31, 100.07.

198. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: July 19, 99.71; 

Oct. 31, 99.86.

Saline County

194. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 12, 102.70; 

Aug. 5, 101.21; Oct. 16, 99.23.

341. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 12, 96.98; 

Aug. 5, 96.84; Oct. 16, 96.71.

a Surface water from roadside ditch drained Into well on night 

of August 26.

b Nemaha River, flowing nearby, In flood.
234 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Sarpy County

26. Replaced by new well.

27. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 20, 101.92; 

July 9, 100.85; Oct. 18, 100.05.

323. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 20, 95.99; 

July 9, 95.95; Oct. 18, 92.86.

Saunders County

19. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 19, 100.31; 

July 5, 100.11; Oct. 15, 99.52.

21. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 19, 100.08; 

July 5, 100.78; Oct. 15, 99.80.

22. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 19, 104.81; 

July 5, 99.13; Oct. 15, 97.07.

331. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 19, 100.15; 

July 5, 98.11; Oct. 15, 94.54.

Scotts Bluff County

Measurements discontinued on following wells: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7A, 

7B, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 

29, 31, 32, 43, 50, 76, 166, 196, 259, 310, 353, 398, and 437.

240. Water level, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 5, 97.11.

438.. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 5, 100.09; 

July 27, 102.24; Nov. 8, 100.74.

439. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 5, 100.23; 

July 27, 100.87; Nov. 8, 100.97.

440. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 5, 100.22; 

July 27, 99.92; Nov. 8, 99.77.

441. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 5, 100.15; 

July 27, 101.92; Nov. 8, 100.83.

442. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940j Apr. 5, 100.58; 

July 27, 102.25; Nov. 8, 100.50.

Seward County

171. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 12, 99.96; 

Oct. 16, 98.63.

172. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 12, 100.64; 

Aug. 5, 99.61; Oct. 16, 99.97.
NEBRASKA 235

Sheridan County

82. Replaced by new well.

120. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: July 20, 99.12; 

Nov. 1, 98.89.

217. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 2, 98.56; 

July 22, 97.64; Nov. 4, 97.38.

376. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940; Mar. 29, 100.59; 

July 20, 99.10; Nov. 1, 99.14.

379. Water levels, in feet above datum-, 1940: Apr. 2, 99.87; 

July 22, 98.58; Nov. 4, 99.26.

432. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 29, 101.69; 

July 20, 99.76; Nov. 1, 99.58.

Sherman County

58. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 26, 100.87; 

July 16, 99.75; Oct. 28, 100.56.

Sioux County

1. Measurements discontinued.

2. .Measurements discontinued.

81. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 30, 99.55; 

July 20, 99.50; Nov. 1, 99.64.

125. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 30, 98.81; 

July 20, a/ 97.90.

239. Measurements discontinued.

377. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 30, 100.82; 

July 20, 100.11; Nov. 1, 100.62;

Stanton County

208. Water level, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 23, 99.75.

421. Water level, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 23, 100.95; 

July 12, 101.57.

Thayer County

166. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 12, 99.43; 

Aug. 3, 99.36; Nov. 15, 99.37.

187. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 11, 99.04; 

Aug. 2, 98.76; Nov. 14, 98.20.

452. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940; Apr. 11, 97.71; 

Aug. 2, 98.80; Nov. 14, 96.67.

a Recently pumped.
236 WATER LEVELS AMD ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Thomas County

212. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 2, 99.92; 

July 23, 99.52; Nov. 4, 99.78.

213. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940; Apr. 2, 100.10; 

July 23, 99.66; Nov. 4, 100.00.

Thurston County

60. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: July 12, 101.20; 

Oct. 25, 98.80.

102. Well dry Mar. 22, 1940.

103. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 22, 98.81; 

July 12, dry.

Valley County

54. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 26, 102.29; 

July 16, 101.44; Oct. 28, 101.97.

56. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 26, 101.49; 

July 17, 102.79; Oct. 29, 102.91.

57. Water level, In feet above datum, 1940s July 17, 104.82. 

Washington County

32. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 20, 103.20; 

July 9, 102.16; Oct. 18, 100.08.

33. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 20, 98.05; 

July 9, 97.70; Oct. 18, 97.35.

Wayne County

100. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 23, 99.21; 

July 12, 99.87; Oct. 26, 99.13.

Webster County

Measurements discontinued in the following wells: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 

12, and 13.

161. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 11, 98.24; 

Aug. 1, 98.02; Nov. 13, 98.64.

162. No measurements made in 1940.

163. Water level, in feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 10, 99.71
NEBRASKA 837

Wheeler County

204. Water levels, in feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 27, 100.39; 

July 18, 99.18; Oct. 30, 98.95.

205. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Mar. 27, 99.85; 

July 17, 98.72; Oct. 29, 99.55.

York County

167. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 11, 99.58; 

Aug. 2, 99.19.

225. Water levels, In feet above datum, 1940: Apr. 11, 100.49; 

Aug. 2, 99.93.

418674 0-41-16
NORTH DAKOTA

STATE-WIDE PROJECT 

By W. C. Rasmussen

!/

The program of water-level measurements In wells In North Dakota 

was continued in 1940 by the Federal Geological Survey in cooperation 

with the North Dakota Geological Survey. No wells were dropped from the 

program and 96 new wells were added. At the end of the year water levels 

in 176 wells were under observation.

Water levels in 64 of the wells were measured weekly by 58 local 

observers employed for the project. Water levels in 20 wells were 

measured weekly and the water levels in 12 wells were measured occasionally through the courtesy of city, State, and Federal agencies. The remaining 80 wells were measured once, twice or a few times, but all were 

established for semi-annual measurement In the future. About 4,000 Individual measurements of water level were made In 1940. Six automatic 

water-stage recorders were operated on wells during the year.

A ground-water Investigation of the area In the vicinity of Fargo was 

begun In 1940 by the Federal Survey In cooperation with the North Dakota 

Geological Survey and the city of Fargo. A discussion of this project Is 

given on subsequent pages under the heading of Cass County, A reconnaissance of possible well-Irrigation areas In several^counties and a detailed 

ground-water survey of the area south of Oakes, Dickey County, were made 

during the year by the Federal Geological Survey in cooperation with the 

State Geological Survey. A Work Projects Administration Survey of the 

wells in 52 of the 53 counties of the State was completed, and the tables 

and summary data made available to the public in the North Dakota Geological Survey Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.

The following table gives average monthly water levels from September 

1937 to December 1940, based on the records of 10 to 42 wells scattered 

over the State. In general, the average water levels In corresponding 

months during subsequent years show decreases In average water levels from 

previous years. The average water level was 100.05 "feet above the datum 

planes In December 1937, 99.54 feet in December 1938, 99.31 feet in December 1939, and 98.92 feet in December 1940. Becords for 25 wells were 

used to compute average water levels for 1940. Water levels In 5 of the

JL/ See Geological Survey Water-Supply Papers 840, 845 and 886.

238
NORTH DAKOTA 239

wells stood higher at the end of the year than at the beginning; in 20 

wells they stood lower. The precipitation in North Dakota in 1959 as 

reported by the United States Weather Bureau was 5 percent above normal. 

Records have not been collected for a sufficient period to make detailed 

interpretation possible.

Average monthly water levels, in feet above assumed datum planes, 

in observation wells in North Dakota, 1957-40

Year

1957

1958 

1939 

1940

Year

1957

1938 

1939 

1940

Jan.

99.97 

99.49 

99.24

July

99.99 

99.89 

99.34

Feb.

99.95 

99.58 

99.14

Aug.

99.61 

99.62 

99.24

Mar.

100.12 

99.38 

99.15

Sept,

100.50

99.59 

99.41 

99.07

Apr.

100.41 

99.95 

99.16

Oct.

100.19

99.44 

99.57 

98.96

May

100.68 

99.98 

99.45

Nov.

100.15

99.51 

99.54 

98.95

June

100.35 

100.07 

99.52

Dec.

100.05

99.54 

99.31 

98.92

Records for 176 observation wells are included in this report. The 

wells are listed alphabetically by county name and numerically within 

each county. Observation wells have been established in every county in 

the State and periodic measurements are being made of wells in every 

county except Grand Porks, where two previous observation wells have gone 

dry. Complete descriptions are given for only those wells whose descriptions are not included in Water-Supply Papers 840, 845, or 886. Except 

where otherwise noted, the water level in each well is expressed in feet 

above an assumed datum 100 feet below the water level in that well on 

January 1, 1958, or nearest date of measurement. The height of the 

measuring point above the datum for wells that have been established since 

January 1, 1938, has been interpolated on a later date from the average 

water level in a group of selected wells. The depth to water level below 

the measuring point for any measurement may be computed by subtracting 

the height of the water level above the datum from the altitude of the 

measuring point. Water levels for any one well are directly comparable, 

even though the measuring point may be changed, because the record is 

given in height above a datum that has been referred to one or more 

bench marks near the well.
240 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Adams County

1. Mrs. Halvorsen. SWfcSWi sec. 14, T. 130 N., R. 97 W. Drilled 

domestic well, diameter 4 inches, depth 77 feet. Measuring point, hole 

in pump base at east side, 2.0 feet above land surface. Water level, in 

feet below measuring point, 1940; Nov. 18, 53.50.

Barnes County

97. H. H. Wilkins. NWjSWi sec. 5, T. 138 N., R. 57 W. 

Water level, in feet above datum. 1940

Date

Jan. 6

13

20

27

Feb. 3

10

17

24

Mar. 2

9

16

23

30

Apr. 6

Water 

level

99.31

99.35

99.33

99.29

99.36

99.43

99.15

99.22

99.24

99.28

99.33

99.18

99.26

99.24

Date

Apr. 13

20

27

May 4

11

18

25

June 1

5

8

15

22

29

Water 

level

99.29

99.16

99.25

99.25

99.21

99.19

99.21

99.18

99.12

99.14

99.15

99.11

99.02

Date

July

Aug.

Sept

6

13

20

27

3

10

17

24

31

. 7

14

21

28

Water 

level

99.14

99.13

99.04

99.04

99.01

99.00

99.01

99.11

98.89

98.79

98.91

98.89

98.80

Date

Oct. 5

12

19

26

Nov. 2

9

16

23

30

Dec. 7

14

21

28

Water 

level

98.89

98.86

98.88

98.86

98.87

98.85

98.91

98.69

98.74

98.73

98.78

98.77

98.79

98. H. H. Wilkins. NWjSWi sec. 5, T. 138 N., R. 57 W. 

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Jan. 6

13

20

27

Feb. 3

10

17

24

Mar. 2

9

16

23

30

Apr. 6

103.21

102.90

103.48

103.02

103.09

103.20

103.15

103.19

103.28

103.30

103.33

103.29

103.38

103.78

Apr. 13

20

27

May 4

11

18

25

June 1

5

8

15

22

29

103.51

103.46

103.44

103.45

103.37

103.45

103.46

103.41

103.42

103.41

103.40

103.35

103.32

July 6

.13

20

27

Aug. 3

10

17

24

31

Sept. 7

14

21

28

103.30

103.28

103.31

103.31

103.33

103.34

103*32

103.27

103.19

103.15

103.12

103'. 19

103.06

Oct. 5

12

 19

26

Nov. 2

9

16

23

30

Dec. 7

14

21

28

103.12

103.08

103,09

103.02

103.03

103.01

102.97

102.92

102.90

102.90

102.81

102.79

102.76

Bens on County

111. H. Biltingsrud. NEjSEj seo. 36, T. 156 N., R. 69 W. Bored 

well, diameter 36 inches, depth 29.0 feet. Measuring point, hole in platform on south side of pump base, 0.3 foot above land surface. Bench mark, 

established May 16, 1940, chiseled cross in pink granite erratic in southeast corner of granary foundation, 30 feet north of well, and 0.57 foot 

below measuring point. Well pumped occasionally for water for tractors. 

Water levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940j May 16, S0.70j Nov. 3, 

20.72.

Billings County

o. 32, T. 140 N., R. 100 W. 

, 1.10 feet above old measur88. Roosevelt National Park. SWfSEt seo. New measuring point, top of new well platform,

ing point, 127.77 feet above datum, and 1.4 feet above surface. New 

measuring point established Oct. 18, 1939, but It was assumed only 1.00 

foot higher than old measuring point so subsequent measurements in 1939, 

listed In Water-Supply Paper 886, are 0.10 foot too low. 

Water level, In feet above datum, 1940

Jan. 6

13

20

27

99.78

99.78

99.78

99.77

Apr.

May

13

20

27

4

99.74 '

99.74

99.81

99.77

July 7

14

20

27

99.88

99.86

99.85

99.85

Oct. 5

12

19

26

99.65

99.65

99.65

99.65
NORTH DAKOTA 241

Billings County Continued.

88. Roosevelt National Park.--Continued-.

Water level, In feet above datum, 1940

Date

Feb. 3

10

17

24

Mar. 2

9

16

23

30

Apr. 6

Water 

level

99.76

99.76

99.76

99.75

99.74

99.73

99.73

99.73

99.73

99.74

Date

May 11

18

25

29

June 1

8

15

22

29

Water 

level

99.89

99.92

99.92

99.94

100.00

99.93

99.92

99.92

99.88

Date

Aug. 4

10

17

24

31

Sept. 7

14

21

28

Water 

level

99.77

99.76

99.75

99.73

99.72

99.69

99.68

99.67

99.66

Date

Nov. 2

9

16

23

30

Dec. 7

14

21

28

Water 

level

99.65

99.65

99,65

99.65

99,65

99.65

99.63

99.63

99.62

60.

Bottlneau County

Federal Land Bank. SEiNBi sec. 23, T. 160 N., R. 

Water level. In feet above datum, 1940

76 W.

Jan. 6

13

20

27

Feb. 3

10

17

24

Mar. 2

9

16

23

30

Apr. 6

99.72

99.72

99.71

99.71

99.71

99.70

99.70

99.70

99,69

99.69

99.68

99.68

99.67

99.67

Apr. 13

20

27

May 4

11

16

18

25

June 1

8

15

22

29

99.67

99.67

99.67

99.66

99.66

99.68

99.66

99.65

99.65

99,65

99,65

99.65

99.65

July 6

13

20

27

Aug. 3

10

19

24

31

Sept. 7

14

21

28

99.66

99.66

99.66

99.66

99.65

99.65

99.65

99.65

99.65

99,65

99,64

99.64

99.64

Oct. 5

12

19

26

Nov. 2

9

16

23

30

Dec. 7

14

21

28

99.64

99,65

99.65

99.65

99,65

99,63

99,63

99,62

99,62

99.61

99.61

99.61

99.60

112. Prank Churchill. SE&SEi sec. 25, T. 161 N., R. 78 W. Unused 

bored well, diameter 18 Inches, depth 60 feet. Measuring point, arrow on 

well platform, 1.0 foot above land surface. Water levels, In feet below 

measuring point, 1940: May 17, 24.21; Nov. 11, 24.07.

Bowman County

83. City of Bowman. Nl&SWi sec. 11, T. 131 N., R. 102 W. Plre 

dug well, diameter 16 feet, depth 49.1 feet. Measuring point, top of 

curb at manhole, about 1 foot above land surface. Bench marks same as 

for well 84. Water level June 17, 1938, 26.58 feet below measuring point.

Water level, In feet above datum, 1938-40

Date

June 17, 1938 

Aug. 13 

20 

27 

Sept. 3

Water 

level

96.92 

97.90 

99.73 

99.57 

99.62

Date

Sept. 10, 

17 

May 20, 

27 

June 3

1938 

1939

Water 

level

99.67 

99,65 

99.75 

99.84 

99.83

Date

June 10, 

17 

24 

July 1 

May 29,

1939 

1940

Water 

level

100.17 

101.74 

101.66 

101.67 

101.82
242 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Bowman County Continued.

84. City of Bowman. NEiSWfc sec. 11, T. 131 K., R. 102 W. Unused 

bored well, diameter 8 Inches, depth 68.5 feet. Measuring point, top of 

casing, 1.2 feet above land surface, and 124.09 feet above datum. Bench 

mark 1, nail In washer, 1.9 feet above land surface, on west side of 

telephone pole, which is on east side of alley 66 feet south- southeast of 

north pumphouse, 165 feet east-southeast of well 84 and 125. 20 feet above 

datum. Bench mark 2, nail in washer, 1.0 foot above land surface on west 

side of telephone pole on east side of alley, 126 feet south of bench 

mark 1, 42 feet northeast of northeast corner of south pumphouse, and 

129.73 feet above datum. Bench mark 3, chiseled cross on east corner of 

northeast concrete base for stand pipe, 91 feet west of bench mark 2 and 

135.28 feet above datum. Well 84 is influenced by the occasional pumping 

of well 83, In north pumphouse for fire protection. Water level, June 17, 

1938, 24.42 feet below measuring point. Observer, George Larsen, Bowman.

Water level, in feet above datum. 1958-40

Date

June 17, 1938

18

25

July 2

9

16

23

30

Aug. 13

20

27

Sept. 3

10

17

May 20, 1939

27

June 3

10

17

24

July 1

Feb. 17, 1940

Water

level

99.67

99.85

99.82

99.85

100.39

99.94

100.90

100*91

99.83

100.36

100.36

100.38

100.38

100.38

101.40

100.58

100*57

100.58

101.77

101.75

101.77

101.34

Date

Feb. 24,

Mar. 2

9

16

23

30

Apr. 6

13

20

27

May 11

18

25

29

June 1

8

15

22

29

July 6

13

Water

level

1940 101.36

101.33

101.33

101.32

101.35

101.41

101.61

101.63

101.59

101.63

101.69

101.72

101.76

101.88

101.77

a 101.26

101.76

101.77

101.84

101.87

a 101.26

Date

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct..

Nov.

Dec.

20, 1940

27

3

10

17

24

31

. 7

14

21

28

5

12

19

26

2

9

16

23

30

7

Water 

level

101.59

101.55

101.51

101.59

101.60

102.17

102.09

102.17

102.09

100.63

101.63

101.67

101.84

101.93

101.01

101.21

101.35

101.46

101.42

101.44

101.43

85. City of Bowman. NEjSWfc sec. 11, T. 131 N., R. 102 W. Unused 

drilled well, diameter 8 inches, reported depth 500 feet. Measuring 

point, top of casing, in pumphouse level with floor, 9.5 feet below land 

surface and 126.80 feet above datum. Bench marks same as for well 84, 

Well 85 is 20 feet west of « deep 1,000 foot well that Is pumped for city 

supply. Water level, June 17, 1938, 26.61 feet below measuring point. 

Observer, George Larsen, Bowman.

Water level, in feet above datum, 1938-40

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

May

June

17, 1938

18

25

2

9

16

23

30

20 13 '

27

3

10

17

20, 1939

27

3

100.19

100.19

100.14

100.30

100.42

100.72

100.69

100.80

100.63

100.53

100.70

100 .-69

100.70

99.85

101-52

101.52

101.51

June

July

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

10, 1939

17

24

1

17, 1940

24

2

9

16

23

30

6

13

20

27

11

18

101.54

101.71

101.71

101.72

101.40

101.47

101.48

101.47 .

101.43

101.42

101.62

101.64

101.72

101.69

101.67

101.58

101.62

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept

25, 1940

29

1

8

15

22

29

6

13

20

27

3

10

17

24

31

. 7

101.66

101.66

101.64

101.59

101.62

101.62

101.66

101.02

101.42

101.41

100.94

100.92

101.02

101.00

101.11

101.17

101.15

a Well 83 recently pumped.
NORTH DAKOTA 243

Bowman County Continued.

85. City of Bowman. Continued.

Water level, In feet above datum^ 1938-40

Date

Sept. 14, 1940 

21 

28 

Oct. 5 

12

Water 

level

101.17 

101.16 

101.12 

101.07 

101.20

Date

Oct. 19, 1940 

26 

Nov. 2 

9

Water 

level

101.21 

101.21 

101.23 

101.19

Date

Nov. 16, 1940 

23 

30 

Dec. 7

Water 

level

101.33 

101.24 

101.22 

101.23

Burke County

66. Mrs. P. H. Peterson. sec. 5, T. 162 N., R. 89 W.

Water level. In feet above datum, 1940

Date

Jan, 6

13

20

27

Feb. 3

10

17

24

Mar. 2

9

16

23

30

Water 

level

100.09

100.08

100.08

100.12

100.11

100.13

100.13

100.12

100.13

100.17

100.17

100.17

100.21

Date

Apr. 6

13

20

27

May 4

11

18

23

25

June 1

8

15

22

Water 

level

100.23

100.27

100.26

100.28

100.24

100.42

100.63

100.62

100.62

100.56

100.56

100.56

100.49

Date

June 29

July 6

13

20

27

Aug. 3

10

17

24

Sept. 7

14

21

28

Water 

level

100.41

100.34

100.30

100.28

100.34

100.41

100.37

100.38

100.36

100.25

100.23

100.20

100.17

Date

Oct. 5

. 12

19

26

Nov. 2

9

16

23

30

Dec. 7

14

21

28

Water 

level

100.17

100.13

100.13

100.12

100.13

100.20

100.13

100.13

100.13

100.09

100.15

100.16

100.17

115. Pish and Wildlife Service, U. S. Dept. of the Interior. SE£SW|- 

sec. 21, T. 160 N., R. 91 W. Unused Jetted well, diameter 2 Inches, depth 

90 feet. Measuring point, top of casing, 1.9 feet above land surface, 

about 2,360 feet above mean sea level and 158.48 feet above datum. Bench 

mark, cross on limestone boulder 18 feet north of well, and 157.24 feet 

above datum. Water level, May 22, 1940, 58.76 feet below measuring point. 

Observer, Eric B. Lawson, custodian, Lostwood Migratory Bird Refuge.

Water level, In feet above datum, 1940

May

June

July

22

25

15

22

29

6

13

99.72

. 99.85

99.86

99.94

99.84

99.83 '

99.86

July

Aug.

Sept.

27

3

10

17

24

14

99.81

99.71

99.70

99.74

99.74

99.78

Sept

Oct.

.21

28

5

12

19

26

99.69

99.69

99.66

99.63

99.63

99.61

Nov.

Dec.

2

16

23

30

14

28

 99.60

99.58

99.51

99.55

99.65

99.69

116. Pish and Wildlife Service, IT. S. Dept. of the Interior. 

sec. 4, T. 159 N., R. 91 W. Unused Jetted well, diameter 2 Inches, depth 

200 feet. Measuring point, top of casing, 1.8 feet above land surface, 

about 2,305 feet above sea level, and 178.87 feet above datum. Bench mark, 

cross In granite boulder, 33 feet south of well and 177.30 feet above 

datum. Water level, May 22, 1940, 79.15 feet below measuring point. 

Observer, Eric B. Lawson, custodian, Lostwood Migratory Bird Refuge. 

Water level, In feet above datum, 1940

May

June

July

22

25

15

22

29

6

13

99.72

99.88

99.85

99.77

99.72

99.67

99.64

July

Aug.

Sept.

27

3

10

17

24

14

99.60

99.74

99.58

99.51

99.48

99.41

Sept

Oct.

.21

28

5

12

19

26

99.38

99.37

99.37

99.38

99.35

99.35

Nov.

Dec.

2

16

23

30

14

28

99.24

99.33

99.21

99.23

99.26

99.38
244 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Burlelgh County

1. Celia DeLong. SWiSWfc sec. 25, T. 141 N., R. 80 W. Used domestic 

well, 36 inches square, depth 18.8 feet. Measuring point, bored hole in 

wood platform at painted arrow, 0.2 foot above land surface. Water level, 

in feet below measuring point, 1940; Nov. 21, 15.92.

Cass County

Fargo area

By A. C. Byers

In June 1940 the city of Pargo, the North Dakota Geological Survey 

and the Federal Geological Survey began a cooperative Investigation of an 

area comprising about 50 square miles in the vicinity of Fargo for the 

purpose of determining the supply of ground water available to the city. 

As a part of the investigation 17 wells were selected for periodic observation and the water levels in them were measured at least once a week from 

July through December. Included in the group of observation wells are 

Cass County wells 12, 28, 57, 58, and 67, in which measurements of water 

level have been made since 1937 as a part of the State-wide program of 

observation wells in North Dakota. Automatic water-stage recorders were 

in operation on 5 of the observation wells at the end of 1940; a total of 

about 800 individual measurements of water level were made in the wells 

during the year*

The Fargo area lies entirely within the Red River Valley, a physiographic division the area and boundaries of which correspond approximately 

to those of the ancient glacial Lake Agassiz. A deposit of fine silt containing streaks of sand extends from the land surface to a depth of about 

100 feet. Below the silt wells encounter in succession glacial drift, 

Cretaceous formations, and Pre-Cambrlan granite. The formations underlying the silt are known in the area only from well logs, and the character, 

distribution, and thickness are not well established.

Only very meager supplies of water, or none at all, are obtained by 

wells from the lake silt. A few wells in the area derive sufficient water 

for domestic purposes from streaks of sand in the silt, but most wells 

are drilled through the silt to the underlying glacial drift. The drift 

consists chiefly of clay and silt, but in places it contains sand, gravel 

and boulders. Wells that tap the sand and gravel generally yield considerable water, but those that draw chiefly from the till yield only very 

small supplies. Much of the sand and gravel apparently occurs in pockets
NORTH DAKOTA 245

in the drift that are only indirectly connected. The city well at Fargo 

apparently taps a pocket of sand and gravel and wells at Moorhead, Minn., 

and at West Fargo, N. Dak., may also tap such pockets or they may obtain 

water from more extensive deposits of sand and gravel in buried valleys.

The water in the silt is believed to be unconfined, but the water 

in the drift is under artesian pressure and rises in wells to within 20 

to 40 feet of the land surface. All the observation wells, except wells 

45, 109, and 122, definitely tap artesian water in the glacial drift. 

Wells 43, 109, and 122 are relatively shallow and do not penetrate through 

the lake silt. They obtain water from thin streaks of fine sand in the 

silt. Well 122 is probably a water-table well, well 109 is probably 

artesian; the character of well 43 is doubtful, but it is probably a 

water-table well.

The water levels in most of the observation wells have not been observed for a sufficient period to permit interpretation. The water levels 

in wells 12, 28, 57, 58, and 67, however, have been measured periodically 

since late in 1937 and show that the artesian head, at least in the vicinities of the wells, has declined considerably since measurements were 

begun. At the end of 1940, the water levels in wells 12 and 28 were 10.09 

feet and 9.99 feet lower and the water level in well 67 was 2.51 feet 

lower than in 1937. The water levels in wells 12 and 28 are directly 

affected by the pumping of the well that is used to augment the municipal 

supply of Fargo, but well 67 is not so affected and the water level in it 

is believed to represent more truly the regional artesian head of the area. 

The water level in well 58 is affected by the pumping of well 57 for 

stockyard use and at the end of 1940 the water level in well 58 was 

15.25 feet lower than in 1937. In 1940, the water levels in wells 12, 

28, and 67 declined 0.62 foot, 0.60 foot, and 0.52 foot respectively, 

and the water level in well 58 de.clined 6.09 feet.

In the following tables all water levels are reported in feet above 

assumed datum planes. The datum for each well previously included in the 

State-wide program was established by arbitrarily assigning an elevation 

of 100 feet to the last water-level measurement of 1937 or the first 

water-level measurement of 1938. For the new wells in the Fargo area, 

all wells except 43, 109, 122, 124, and 127, have been given an assumed
246 WATER I£VELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

datum by computing the average elevation of the water levels in wells 12, 

28, and 67 on July 11, 1940, and assigning that stage to the first reading of each new well. The water levels in wells 124 and 12V, which were 

established later in the year and which are affected by the seasonal 

pumping of well 14, were assigned the same elevation as well 28 on the 

date the water level was first measured. The water levels in wells 43, 

109, and 122, were assigned a datum computed from the stage of the water 

level In well 8.

1. H. Benson. SWjNEi sec. 12, T. 139 N., R. 49 W. In north 

section of double garage at 201 Sixteenth St. So., Fargo, N. Dak. Unused 

.drilled well, diameter 4 inches, depth 175 feet below land surface. 

'JTeasurlng point, top of casing, 0.72 foot above .land surface and 122.52 

feet above datum. Water level, July 3, 1940, 26.46 feet below measuring 

point. Equipped with lift pump.

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Date

July 3

8

9

10

11

12

13

15

17

18

20

Water 

level

96.06

96.25

95.62

95.71

95.73

95.68

95.74

95.75

95.91

95.81

95.61

Date

July 22

24

26

29

31

Aug. 3

10

17

24

31

Sept. 7

Water 

level

95.47

95.41

95.50

95.49

95.52

94.74

94.22

94.27

94.26

94.27

94.14

Date

Sept. 9

10

11

12

13

14

21

28

Oct. 5

12

19

Water 

level

94.14

94.55

94.62

94.67

94.67

94.68

94.55

94.56

94.62

94.62

94.69

Date

Oct. 26

Nov. 2

9

16

23

30

Dec. 7

14

21

28

Water

level

94.74

94.86

95.15

95.02

95.04

95.11

95.17

95.16

95.22

95.33

3. The Pierce Co. SWiSTI^ sec. 6, T. 139 N., R. 48 W. In basement 

storage room, 1019 First Ave. No., Fargo, N. Dak. Unused drilled well, 

diameter 6 inches, depth 404 feet below land surface. Measuring point, 

top edge of coupling on top of casing, about 5 feet below land surface 

and 118.79 feet above datum. Automatic water-stage recorder installed 

Sept, 26, 1940. Water level affected by pumping of well 14. Water level, 

July 3, 1940, 23.01 feet below measuring point.

Lowest daily water level, in feet above datum, 1940 

(from recorder charts)

July

Aug.

3

B

9

10

11

12

13

15

16

17

18

20

22

24

26

29

31

3

10

17

24

a 95.78

a 95.75

a 95.74

a 95.74

ab 05.73

a 95.70

a 95.69

a 95.62

a 95.51

a 95.45

a 95.38

a 95.12

a 94.85

a 94.58

a 94.30

a 93.97

a 93.74

a 93.44

a 92.75

a 92.12

a 91.90

Aug. 31

Sept. 7

14

16

17

18

19

20

21

25

26

27

28

29

30

Oct. 1

2

3

4

5

6

a 91.19

a 90.76

a 90.39

ac 90.30

a 90.26

a 90.23

a 90.23

a 90.20

a 90.24

a 90.52

a 90.55

90.64

90.74

90,81

90.86

90.95

91.04

91.13

91.23

91.35

91.38

Oct. 7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

91.42

91.49

91.55

91.63

91.68

91.76

91.79

91.85

91.90

91.97

92.03

92.07

92.15

92.21

92.26

92.32

92.37

92.40

92.44

92.49

92.52

Oct. 28

29

30

31

Nov. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

12

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

92.58

92.65

92.69

92.71

92.77

92.82

92.87

92.90

92.94

92.94

92.96

92.99

93.04

a 93.20

a 93.31

93.32

93.33

93.37

93.39

93.40

93.44

a Tape measurement.

b Pumping of well 14 begun.

c Pumping of well 14 stopped Sept. 15.
NORTH DAKOTA 247

Cass County Continued.

3. The Pierce Co. Continued.

Lowest daily water level, In feet above datum, 1940 

(from recorder charts)

Date

Nov. 23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

Dec. 1

2

Water 

level

93.44

93.44

93.45

93.49

93.53

93.55

93.60

93.64

93.65

93.65

Date

Dec. 3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

Water 

level

93.65

93.68

93.74

93.76

93.82

93.82

93.83

93.86

93.85

93.84

Date

Dec. 13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

Water

level

93.82

93.82

93.83

93.87

93.91

93.91

93.94

93.98

93.99

94.02

Date

Dec. 23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Water 

level

94.03

94.08

94.14

94.17

94.17

94.19

94.21

94.21

94.21

4. City of Fargo. SWjNEj sec. 7, T. 139 N., R. 48 W. In Island 

Park. Unused drilled well, diameter 10 Inches, depth 228 feet below 

measuring point. Measuring point, top edge of coupling on top of casing, 

2.8 feet above land surface and 135.60 feet above datum. Automatic water 

stage recorder Installed Aug. 2, 1940. Water level, July 3, 1940, 39.48 

feet below measuring point. Water level affected by changes In atmospheric 

pressure.

Day

1

2

3 

4

5

6

7

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13

14

15

16

17 

18 

19

20

21

22 

23

24 

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Lowest

July

a 96.12 '

a 95.91 

a 95.78 

a 95.70 

a 95.73 

a 95.65 

a 95.70

a 95.68

a 95.67

a 95.74 

a 95.80

a 95.66

a 95.54

a 95.42

a 95.26

a 95.19

a 95.15

daily wat^r 

(from

Aug.

95.09 

95.06

95.05

95.05

95.08

95.04 

95.01 

94.92 

94.89 

94.85

QA OO

94.79

a 94.77 

94.77 

94 78

94.83 

94.86

94.85 

94.91

94.91 

94 99

95.02 

95.04

95.06

95.10 

95.11

95.10

level, in 

recorder

Sept.

95.12

95.14

95.11 

95.10

95.09

95.08

95.03

95.02 

95.03 

95.02 

95.03 

95.04 

95.06

95.04

95.05

95.07

95.10 

95.10 

95.06

95.01

QA QQ

94.99 

95.01

94.95

QA QA.

94.97 

95.02

95.00

94.98 

94.99

feet above datum, 

charts)

Oct.

95.02

95v04

95.07 

95.12

95.11

95.09

95.09

95.10

95.12 

95.12 

95.13 

95.14 

95.14

95.15

95.15

95.17

95.15 

95.16 

95.20

95.21 

95.20

95.22

95.21

95.22 

95.23

95.22 

95.23

95.26

95.27 

95.27

95.27

1940

Nov.

95.30

95.30

95.30 

95.31

95.28

95.27

95.27

95.28 

95.30 

95.32 

95.33 

95.28 

95.25

95.25

95.28

95.37

95.37 

95.36 

95.34

95.33 

95.36

95.31 

95.31

95.30 

95.31

95.34

95.33

95.34

95.38 

95.37

Dec.

95.36

95.34

95.34 

95.40

95.39

95.43

95.42

 95.43 

95.42 

95.40 

95.37 

95.32

a 95.32

95.33

95.33

95.33 

95.35

95.39

95.37 

95.38

95.38 

95-. 40

95.44 

95.42

95.40 

95.40

95.34

95.45 

95.43

. 95.43

a Tape measurement,
248 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Cass County Continued.

6. Gardner Hotel. SBfcSWi sec. 6, T. 139 N.. R. 48 W. In basement 

of hotel building at First Ave. No. and Roberts St., Fargo, N. Dak. 

Bored and drilled well, diameter 18 Inches and 6 Indies, depth 388 feet 

below land surface. Measuring point, edge of 2 by 12-Inch plank over well, 

117,01 feet above datum. Automatic water-stage recorder Installed 

Sept., 28. 1940. Water level affected by pumping well 14, Water level, 

July 5, 1940, 21,27 feet below measuring point.

Lowest dally water level, In feet above datum, 1940 

(from recorder charts)

Date

July 5

8

9

11

12

13

15

18

20

22

24

26

29

31

Aug. 3

10

17

24

31

Sept. 7

14

18

19

20

21

28

29

30

Water 

level

a 95.74

a 95,74

a 95.75

ab 95.73

a 95.73

a 95.71

a 95.71

a 95.68

a 95.61

a 95.56

a 95*46

a 95.36

a 95.34

a 95.22

a 95.39

a 94.82

« 93.85

a 93.37

a 92.83

a 92.30

a 91.86

ac 91.62

a 91.61

a 91.55

a 91.49

a 91.38

91.38

91.37

Date

Oct. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

Water 

level

91.37

91.37

91.38

91.44

91.45

91.45

91.46

91.48

91.50

91.53

91.55

91.57

91.61

91.64

91.67

91.70

91.73

91.76

91.79

91.81

91.85

91.91

91.95

91.99

92.03

92.06

92.12

Date

Oct. 28

29

30

31

Nov. 1

2

3

4

5

9

10

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

Dec. 1

Water 

level

9g,16.

98,20

92.24

92.28

92.31

92.36

92.39

92.42

92.47

a 92.65

92.66

a 92.86

92.87

92.90

92.94

92.97

93.00

93.03

93.06

93.09

93.12

93.15

93.17

93.20

93.23

93.26

93.28

Date

Dec. 2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

Water 

level

95,30

93.90

93,35

93,38

9S.40

93.44

* 93.46

93.49

93,52

93.53

93.55

93.57

93.58

93.61

93.63

93.65

93.67

93.69

93.72

93.73

93.77

93.78

93.80

93.83

93.84

93.86

93.88

6. Merchants National Bank & Trust Co. NEjSWi sec. 12, T. 139 N., 

R. 49 W. Behind barn at 801 Seventeenth St. So., Fargo, N. Dak. Used 

drilled domestic well, diameter 8 Inches, depth 141.9 feet below measuring 

point. Measuring point, top of concrete plug, 1.8 feet above land surface 

and 133.94 feet above datum. Water level July 8, 1940, 40.52 feet below 

measuring point. Equipped with lift pump.

Water level, In feet above datum, 1940

July 8

9

10

11

12

13

15

17

18

20

22

d 93.42

d 95.14

96.67

d 95.73

d 94.84

d 92.83

d 94.69

99.82

d 95.18

d 92.17

94.70

July 24

26

29

31

Aug. 3

10

17

24

31

Sept . 7

d 94.44

96.28

d 93.21

92.70

92.78

94.96

94.02

d 95.58

96.77

d 93.69

Sept. 14

21

24

25

26

27

28

Oct. 5

12

19

94.39

91.48

95.20

97.25

94.71

93.53

92.49

93.33

93.99

91.37

Oct.

Nov.

Dee.

26

2

9

16

23

30

7

14

21

28

95.18

99.19

96.62

d 86.26

91.21

99.64

d 94.93

d 97.54

d 91.47

95.74

a Tape measurement.

c Pumping well 14 stopped Sept,

b Pumping of well 14 begun. 

15. d Recently pumped.
NORTH DAKOTA £49

Gas s County Continued.

8. Arthur D. South Estate. 

Observer, Ardelle M. South.

sec. -14, T. 140 N., R. 68 W.

Water level, In feet above datum. 1940

Date

Jan. 6

18

20

27

Feb. 3

10

17

24

Mar. 2

10

16

23

30

Water 

level

98.96

98.99'

98.95

98.92

98.92

98.92

98.90

98.92

98.88

98.85

98.92

98.93

98.93

Date

Apr. 6

13

21

27

May 4

11

18

25

June 1

6

8

15

22

Water 

level

98.92

98.92

98.92

98.95

98.94

98.94

98.98

98.98

98.96

98.98

99.01

99.01

99.01

Date

June 29

July 6

13

20

27

Aug. 3

10

17

24

31

Sept. 7

14

21

Water 

level

99.01

99.01

98.99

9.9.08

99.10

99.15

99.17

99.18

99.24

99.28

99.21

99.19

99.18

Date

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

.28

5

12

19

26

2

9

16

23

30

7

14

21

Water 

level

99.19

99.19

99.19

99.19

99.19

99.21

99.21

99.56

99.56

99.57

99.52

99.52

99.52

10. Arthur D. South Estate. 

Observer, Ardelle M. South.

sec. 14, T. 140 N., R. 52 W.

later level, In feet above datum. 1940

Jan. 6

13

20

27

Feb. 3

10

17,

24

Mar. 2

10

16

23

30

98.72

98.72

98.72

98.71

98.73

98.72

98.75

98.73

98.74

98.73

98.76

98.78

98.81

Apr. 6

13

21

27

May 4

11

18

25

June 1

6

8

15

22

98.87

98.87

98.89

98.99

98.97

98.97

99.0],

98.99

99.02

98.98

98.99

98.89

98*87

June 29

July 6

18

20

27

Aug. 3

10

17

24

31

Sept. 7

14

21

98.82

. 98.74

98.38

98.39

98.39

98.44

98.46

98.46

98.45

98.45

98.38

98.34

98.24

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

.28

5

12

19

26

2

9

16

23

30

7

14

21

98.19

98.17

98.06

98.12

98.13

98.13

98.16

98.58

98.58

98.69

98.57

98.57

98.57

12. City of Fargo. sec. 1, T. 139 N., R. 49 W.

Water level, ia. feet above datum, 1940

Day Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

1 .....

2 .....

3 .....

4 .....

5 .....

6 90.97

7 .....

8 .....

9 .....

10 .....

11 .....

12 .....

13 91,34

14 .....

15 .....

16 .....

17 .....

18 .....

19 .....

20 92.61

21 .....

22 .....

23 .....

24 .....

92.90

93.10

... 94.60 .., 68.33

67.84

67.58

94.33

93.97

92.52

93.30

94

94.07

... ..... 94

,'.'. 94.*68 94

... ..... 94

... ..... 94

.38 .....a94

... ..... 90

... ..... 86

93.51

92.61

94.53

94.12

94.65 81 

..... 80

. 78 

. 77 

. 76 

. 76

92.82

93.58

94.71 73 

..... 72 

..... 72

... 67.10 

,68 66.69 

... 66.45 

.62 66.22 

.62 65.54 

.63 65.19 

,58 ..... 

,62 64.68 

.50 64.13 

... 63.90 

,91 63.64 

.15 63.35 

,49 63.11 

.09 ..... 

.20 62.72 

.23 62.50 

... 62.37 

.97 62.04 

.78 62.63 

,17 61.71

60.04

59.89

59.73

59.53

59.44

58'.99 

58.88 

58.75 

58.63 

58.52 

58.40

(b) 

58.10 

62.36 

65.15 

67.43 

69.01 

70.36

72! 74 

73.67

78*38 

78.87 

79.35 

79.82 

80.17

5.22

80.85 ..... 

81.16 ..... 

81.52 86.99 

81.79 ..... 

32.09 ..... 

82.36 .....

89.00

82.88 ..... 

83.12 ..... 

83.38 87.66 

83.56 ..... 

83.81 ..... 

84.00 .....

89.27

84.38 ..... 

84.57 ..... 

84.71 88.09 

84.88 .....

89.64

a Pumping of veil 14 begun, 

b Pumping of well 14 stopped.
250 WATER LEVELS AKD ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Cass County Continued.

12. City of Fargo. Continued.

_____________Water level, in feet above datum, 1940_______________ 

Day Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

25 .....

26 .....

27 91,93

28 .....

..... 94.56 ..... 71.43 ..... 74.50 85.04

..... ..... ..... 70.90 61.41 75.32 85.19

94.22 ..... ..... 70.40 61.20 76.07 .....

..... ..... ..... ..... 61.02 76.68 85.52 89.97

29 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 94.68 69.46 60.90 .....

30 ..... ..... 93.88 ..... ..... ..... 69.03 60.71 77.83

31 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 68.61 60.52 .....

88.59

14. City of Fargo. NW£SW£ sec. 1, T. 139 N., R. 49 W. Pumped for 

city supply. No measurements made in 1940.

17. David Bossart. NEiNEi sec. 2, T. 139 N., R. 49 W. In rear of 

1014 Twenty-seventh St. No., Fargo, N. Dak. Used drilled domestic well, 

diameter 3 inches, depth 140 feet below land surface. Measuring point, 

top of casing 0.7 foot above land surface and 125.90 feet above datum. 

Water level July 8, 1940, 30.29 feet below measuring point. Water level 

affected by pumping of well 14. Equipped with lift pump. 

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Date

July 8 

9 

11 

12 

15 

16

Water 

level

95.61 

91.83 

a 95.73 

92.11 

84.15 

80.23

Date

July 17 

18 

20 

Sept. 28 

Oct. 5 

12

Water 

level

87.41 

a 78.23 

77.69 

79.22 

82.20 

83.25

Date

Oct. 19 

26 

Nov. 2 

9 

16 

23

Water 

level

82.95 

84.63 

87.15 

87.92 

89.14 

88.68

Date

Nov. 30 

Dec. 7 

14 

21 

28

Water 

level

86.75 

88.71 

88.00 

88.74 

92,06

28. City of Fargo. NW£SW£ sec. 1, T. 139 N., R. 49 

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

W.

Day Jan. Feb. Marv. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

1 .....

2 .....

3 .....

4 .....

5 .....

6 90.94

7 .....

8 .....

92.22

93.11

94.63 68.32

67.90

67.62

94.37

..... ..... 94.00 ..... ..... 94.71

10 .....

11 .....

12 .....

13 91.36

14 .....

15 .....

16 .....

17 .....

18 .....

19 .....

20 91.63

21 .....

 22 .....

23 .....

24 .....

25 .....

26 .....

27 91.94

28 .....

29 .....

30 .....

31 .....

92.53

93.31

94.41

94.11

94.72 95.61 

..... 95.62 

..... 95.64 

.....1395.61 

..... 90.66 

..... 86.57

94.69

93.52

92.61

94.56

94.16

81.87

80.22

78.50

77.12

76.24

76.25

92.83

93.60

94.59

94.26

94.72 74.02 

..... 72.79 

..... 72.21 

..... 71.44 

..... 70.94 

..... 70.41

93.90

94.70 69.49 

..... 69.00 

..... 68.65

67.09

66.67

66.51

66.19

65.64

65.17

64,11

63.82

63.59

63.31

63.10

62 '.7i 

62.49 

62.36 

62.01 

62.08 

61.56

Ql'.ZB 

61.18 

61.03 

60.87 

60.66 

60.48

60.01

59.90

59.80

59.55

59.37

58^99 

58.86 

58.74 

58.62 

58.48 

58.37

(e) 

58.12 

62.37 

65.13 

67.43 

69.01 

70.35

73.65

74.49

75,32

76.10

76.72

78.39 ..... 

78.88 86.21 

79.37 ..... 

79.84 ..... 

80.15 .....

86184 '.',*.!". 

81.17 ..... 

81.52 87.01 

81.80 ..... 

82.10 ..... 

82.35 .....

89.01

82.89 ..... 

83.12 ..... 

83.39 87.67 

83.55 ..... 

83.81 ..... 

84.00 ....

89.29

84.37 ..... 89.65

84.57 ..... .....

84.71 88.08 .....

84.89 ..... .....

85.05 ..... .....

85.19 ..... .....

90.01

77.84 ..... 88.64 .....

a Recently pumped.

c Pumping of well 14 stopped.

b Pumping of well 14 begun.
NOME DAKOTA 251

Cass County Continued.

29, Arthur D. South Estate. 

Observer, Ardelle H. South.

sec. 14, T. 140 N., R. 52 W.

Water level, In feet above datum, 1940

Date

Jan, 6

13

20

27

Feb. 3

10

17

24

Mar. 2

10

16

23

30

Water 

level

100.29

100.73

100.17

100.16

99.64

100.00

99.97

100.09

99.73

100.26

100.00

99.89

100.69

Date

Apr. 6

13

21

27

May 4

11

18

25

June 1

6

8

15

22

Water 

level

101.00

98.96

100.75

100.73

99.85

100.93

100.65

99.81

100.84

100.87

100.67

101.00

100.90

Date

June 29

July 6

13

20

27

Aug. 3

10

17

24

31

Sept. 7

14

21

Water 

level

100.92

99.20

99.89

98.97

100.14

100.56

100.45

100.37

100.32

100.12

100.16

100.03

98.13

Date

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec*

.28

5

12

19

26

2

9

16

23

30

7

14

21

Water 

level

99.44

98.69

99.34

99.01

99.23

99.00

99.19

98.71

98.67

99.71

99.83

99.77

99.82

45. North Dakota State College. NEiSWi sec. 35, T. 140 N., R. 49 W. 

Itaused bored well, diameter 36 inches, depth 70.3 feet below measuring 

point. Measuring point, top of 2 by 12-inch board cover, 1.0 foot above 

land surface and 107.87 feet above datum. Water level, July 16, 1940, 

8.85 feet below measuring point. Equipped with windmill.

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

July 16

18

22

24

26

29

31

Aug. 3

99.02

99.13

99.04

99.00

98.95

98.86

98.81

98.91

Aug.

Sept

10

17

24

31

. 7

14

21

99.36

99.26

99.21

99.18

99.07

98.98

98.98

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

.28

5

12

19

26

2

9

98.99

98.94

98.93

99.00

99.04

99.21

99.27

Nov. 16

23

30

Dec. 7

14

21

28

99.52

99.69

99.87

99.94

99.97

100.00

100.06

56. Union Stockyards. No measurements made in 1940.

57. Iftilon Stockyards. NWjNB| sec. 6, T. 139 N., R. 49 W. -New

measuring point, bottom edge of pump base at north side, 17.5 feet below

land surface and 106.63 feet above datum.

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

July 17

19

24

27

31

Aug. 3

10

a

a

a

a

88.53

79.67

88.10

81.42

81.16

81.26

81.91

Aug.

Sept

17

24

31

. 7

14

21

28

89.17

89.65

88.68

a 80.17

a 79.71

87.10

a 77.95

Oct.

Nov.

5

12

19

26

2

9

16

a

a

a

85.16

76.45

82.63

75.83

83.22

81.45

76.21

Nov. 23

30

Dec. 7

14

21

28

83.48

84.07

83.83

83,14

84.11

a 77.18

58. Union Stockyards. SE^NEj- sec. 6, T. 139 N., R 49 W. Automatic 

water-stage recorder installed Sept. 26, 1940. Water levels affected by 

pumping of well 57.

Lowest dally water level, in feet above datum, 1940 

(from recorder charts)

Jan. 1

8

July 13

17

19

24

27

31

Aug. 3

10

17

24

b 90.84

b 91.25

b 89.25

b 88.85

b 89.23

b 88.50

b 88.32

b 89.70

b 89.55

b 90.19

b 89.18

b 89.81

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

31

, 7

14

21

27

28

29

30

1

2

3

4

b 88.73

b 88.59

b 88.26

b SB. 25

85.32

85.02

85.76

84.81

84.49

84.45

84.49

84.47

Oct. 5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

84.52

85.22

84.70

84.25

84.04

83.75

83.27

83,77

84.51

83.91

83.65

83.62

Oct. 17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

83.22

83.13

83.31

83.99

83.39

82.90

82.93

82.96

82.76

82.93

83.93

83.29

a Pump operating in well. b Tape measurement!
252 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Caaa County Continued. 

58. Union Stockyards, Continued.

Lowest daily water level, in feet above datum, 1940 

(from recorder charts)

Date

Oct. 29

SO

31

Nov. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

Water 

level

83.01

82.84

82.87

82.84

82.85

83.57

82.97

82.72

82.71

82.41

82.39

82.82

83.49

83.31

Date

Nov. 12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

Water 

level

83.22

83.13

82.82

82.67

82.53

83.34

82.82

82.47

82.59

83.61

83.05

82.88

83.75

83.17

Date

Nov. 26

27

28

29

30

Dec. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Water 

level

82.94

83.17

83.20

83.01

83.10

83.69

83.05

82.81

82.70

82.49

82.59

82.71

84.05

83.55

Date

Dec. 10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

28

29

Water 

level

83.37

83.80

83.18

83.30

83.46

83.54

83.28

82.97

83.00

83.05

82.99

a 84,75

85.02

67. City of Fargo. NWfcNBfc sec. 18, T. 139 N., R. 48 W. Measuring 

point to June 29, 1940, top of casing, 10.24 feet above land surface and 

14O.25 feet above datum; after June 29, 1940, top of casing flush with 

land surface and 130.21 feet above datum. Automatic water-stage recorder 

installed Aug. 5, 1940. Water level, July 7, 1940, 32.47 feet below 

measuring point.

Lowest daily water level, in feet above datum. 1940 

"{from recorder charts)

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Jan. liar. Apr. June July

..... 898.16 ..... ..... ..

* » »< # CL«/o JLo t 

..... ..... ..... ..... a97

..... ..... ..... ..... a97

..... ..... ..... ..... a97

..... ..... ..... ..... a97

..... ..... ..... ..... a97

..... ..... ..... . .... a97

..... ..... ..... ..... a97

..... ..... ..... ..... a97

..... ..... ..... ..... a97

..... ..... ..... ..... a97

..... ..... ..... ..... a97

..... ..... ..... ..... a97

a98.06 ..... a98.26 ..... a97

..... ..... ..... a97V91 a97

..... a98.41 ..... ..... ..

..... ..... ..... ..... a97

 * *

 

.74

.71

.67

.70

.66

.66

.82

.77

.68

.65

.60

.52

.50

.51

...

.49

Aug.

, ,

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

 * 

.43

.41

.36

.35

.28

.25

.23

.21

.21

.20

.13

.12

.10

.10

.11

.08

.06

.05

.10

.11

.11

.10

.10

.10

.09

.06

Sept.

97

97

97

97

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

 

.06

.04

.01

.00

.96

.95

.90

.89

.90

,88

.89

.90

.86

.86

.86

.86

,83

.83

.79

.75

.71

.71

.74

.69

.68

.72

.78

.72

.71

.72

...

Oct.

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

96

97

97

97

97

97

97

.75

.77

.80

.87

.81

.79

.83

.82

.85

.84

.86

.86

.86

.90

.90

.92

.91

.94

.97

.96

.96

.97

.97

.98

.99

.00

.00

.04

.08

.08

.08

Nov.

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

97

 

.13

.13

.13

.16

.12

.12

.13

.15

.19

.23

.25

.21

.18

.18

.24

.29

.27

.27

.23

.23

.27

.22

,22

.22

.22

.27

.26

.27

.33

.30

...

Dec.

97.29

97.28

97.28

97.36

97.36

97.40

97.39

97.40

97.39

97.36

97.35

97.30

97.30

97.34

97.37

97.37

97.37

97.41

97.45

97.43

97.45

.....

 « . » *

97.50

97.45

97.43

97.43

97.49

97.47

97.46

97.45

a Tape measurement.
NORTH DAKOTA 855

Cass County Continued.

73. Sam Chessley. NEfcSBt dec. 24, T. 139 N., R. 49 W. Used drilled 

domestic well, diameter 3 Inches. Measuring point, top of casing at north 

side, 0.5 foot above land surface and 128.52 feet above datum, water 

level, July 23, 1940, 32.79 feet below measuring point. Equipped with 

windmill.

Water level. In feet above datum, 1940

Date

July 23 

Sept. 21 

28 

Oct. 5

Water 

level

95.73 

94.88 

94.86 

94.87

Date

Oct. 12 

19 

26 

Nov. 2

Water 

level

94.82 

94.87 

94.94 

95.01

Date

Nov. 9 

16 

23 

30

Water 

level

95.13 

95.14 

95.04 

95.16

Date

Dec. 7 

14 

21 

28

Water 

level

95.14 

95.18 

95*28 

95.23

109. Blmer Sukat. NE&fflft sec. 8. I. 139 N,. R. 49 W. Unused drilled, 

well, diameter 3& Inches, depth 86.6 feet below measuring point. Measuring 

point, top of casing, 0.7 foot above land surface and 130.15 feet above 

datum. Water level, July 27, 1940, 31.05 feet below measuring point. 

Equipped with lift pump. v

Hater level, In feet above datum, 1940

July 27

31

Aug. 3

10

17

24

31

99.10

100.15

102.71

102.78

101.29

101.39

101.98

Sept. 7

14

21

24

25

26

27

102.91

103.48

103.51

103.28

103.30

103.45

103.30

Sept. 28

Oct. 5

12

19

26

Nov. 2

9

103.25

94.75

96.75

96.20

97.93

97.85

99.29

Nov.

Dec.

16

23

30

7

14

21

28

98.45

97.91

97.61

97.34

97.31

97.24

97.18

122. Leonard Hobbs. NBiNBj sec. 2, T. 139 N., R. 49 V. Unused dug 

well, diameter 42 Inches, depth 21.8 feet below measuring point. Measuring point, top of 2 by 8-inch plank at west side, 0.5 foot above land 

surface and 116.70 feet above datum. Water level, July 31, 1940, 17.56 

feet below measuring point. Equipped with lift pump.

Water level. In feet above datum, 1940

July

Aug.

31

4

10

17

24

31

99.14

99.51

99.86

99.80

99.66

99.62

Sept

Oct.

. 7

14

21

28

5

12

99.51

99.40

99.30

99.23

99.20

99.16

Oct.

Nov.

19

26

2

9

16

23

99.18

99.18

99.29

99.34

99.50

99.45

Nov.

Dec.

30

7

14

21

28

99.47

99.43

99.30

99.36

99.37

124. H. R. Kollman. SE^NE^ sec. 2, T. 139 N., R. 49 W. In rear of 

2723 Seventh Ave. No., Fargo, N. Dak. Unused drilled well, diameter 5& 

Inches, depth 117.4 feet below measuring point. Measuring point, top of 

casing, 2 feet above land surface and 120.42 feet above datum. Water 

level, Oct. 8, 1940, 38.62 feet below measuring point. Water levels 

affected by pumping of well 14.

Water level. In feet above datum, 1940

Oct. 8

12

19

26

81.80

82.30

83.15

83.83

Nov. 2

9

16

84.45

84.89

85.35

Nov. 23

30

Dec. 7

85.66

86.09

86.46

Dec. 14

21

28

86.71

86.94

87.39

127. City of Pargo. NWfcSBi sec. 2, T. 139 N., R. 49 W. Unused 

drilled observation well, diameter 1-| Inches, depth 156.2 feet below

measuring point. Measuring point, top edge of coupling on top of casing, 

1.3 feet above land surface and 110.26 feet above datum. Water level, 

30, 1940, 24.39 feet below measuring point.

Water level. In feet above datum,

Oct.

1940

Oct.

Nov.

30

2

9

85.87

86.20

88.59

Nov. 16

23

30

90.86

91.07

91.90

Dec. 7

14

91.22

91.10

Dec. 21

28

91.09

91.09

418674 O - 41 - 17
254 WATER LEVELS AHD ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Cavalier County

43. City of Langdon. SBfcSWi sec. 14, T. 161 N., R. 60 W. 

Water level, In feet above datum, 1940

Date

Jan. 6

15

20

27

Feb. 5

10

17

24

Mar. 2

9

16

25

50

Apr. 6

Water 

level

105.00

104.98

105.04

105.14

105.15

105.27

105.25

105.02

105.06

105.15

105.10

105.14

105.19

105.25

Date

Apr. 13

20

27

May 4

11

15

18

25

June 1

8

15

22

29

Water 

level

104.29

105.50

105.65

105.69

105.73

105.77

105.77

105*81

105.89

105.94

105.98

106.04

106.08

Date

July 6

13

20

27

Aug. 5

10

17

24

51

Sept. 7

14

21

28

Water 

level

106.15

106.19

106.25

106.29

106.55

106.57

106.59

106.48

106.50

106.52

106.56

106.60

106.64

Date

Oct. 5

12

19

26

Nov. 2

9

16

25

50

Dec. 7

14

21

28

Water 

level

106.73

106.77

106.81

106.83

106.87

106.91

106.98

106.98

106.98

107.02

107.02

107.10

107.06

44. City of Langdon. SWiSBfc sec. 14, T. 161 K., R. 

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

60 W.

Jan. 6

15

20

27

Feb. 5

10

17

24

Mar. 2

9

16

25

50

Apr. 6

112.91

112.75

112.68

112.75

112.68

112.85

111.70

111.75

111.40

111.08

110.41

109 .85

110.25

110.22

Apr. 15

20

27

May 4

11

15

18

25

June 1

8

15

22

29

110.08

119.41

122.00

150.06

125.75

152.55

129.00

150.02

127.29

128.62

128.58

128.59

128.29

July 6

15

20

27

Aug. 5

10

17

24

51

Sept. 7

14

21

28

128.12

127.91

127.87

127.12

127.75

127.91

127.79

127.75

127.77

127.70

127.66

127.50

127.56

Oct. 5

12

19

26

Nov. 2

9

16

23

50

Dec. 7

14

21

28

127.96

127.54

127.64

127.68

127.83

127..87

127.98

127.91

128.00

128.12

128.02

128.12

128.00

45. City of Langdon. SH^NEt sec. 25, T. 161 N., R. 

Water level, in feet above datum. 1940

60 W.

Jan. 6

15

20

27

Feb. 5

10

17

24

Mar. 2

9

16

25

50

Apr. 6

127.27

127.11

126.92

126.82

126.69

126.59

126.44

126.29

126.19

126.05

125.77

125.56

125.46

125.44

Apr. 15

20

27

May 4

11

15

18

25

June 1

8

15

22

29

125.56

134.15

136.84

136.65

136.50

150.90

156.59

156.40

156.15

136.02

135.81

135.56

155.34

July 6

15

20

27

Aug. 3

10

17

24

51

Sept. 7

14

21

28

135.75

155.29

152.88

132.29

135.90

125.00

127.92

128.54

127.54

126.42

125.34

124,32

124.65

Oct. 5

12

19

26

Nov. 2

9

16

23

50

Dec. 7

14

21

28

125.55

130.52

132.54

152.21

152.11

131.94

151.84

131.65

151.48

151.52

131.17

131.00

150.88

46. 

R. 60 Til.

Cavalier County Pair Association. HB|-SEj sec. 14, T. 161 H. 

Water level, in feet above datum,. 1940

Jan . 6

13

20

27

Feb. 5

10

17

24

Mar. 2

9

16

25

50

Apr. 6

98.46

98.42

98.27

98.25

98.06

97.98

97.75

97.62

97.52

97.42

97.33

97.14

97.10

97.02

Apr. 15

20

27

May 4

11

15

18

25

June 1

8

15

22

29

96.96

96.87

96.98

97.56

98.27

98.41

98.67

98.96

99.29

99.50

99.71

99.85

99.79

July 6

15

20

27

Aug. 5

10

17

24

51

Sept. 7

14

21

28

99.90

95.10

102.96

99.98

100.52

100.58

100.55

100.25

99.98

99.85

99.58

99.15

99.17

Oct. 5

12

19

26

Nov. 2

9

16

25

50

Dec. 7

14

21

28

99.12

98.71

98.77

98.85

98.81

98.75

98.75

98.51

98.60

98.42

98.25

98.19

98.10
NORTH DAKOTA 255

Dickey County

72A. State of North Dakota. NEfc sec. 56, T. 131 N., R. 64 W.

i 

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Date

Jan. 6

13

20

27

Feb. 3

10

17

24

Mar. 2

9

16

23

30

Apr. 5

Water 

level

99.86

99.82

99.82

99.86

99.88

99.88

99.86

99.84

99.84

99.88

99.90

99.86

100.02

99.98

Date

Apr. 13

20

27

May 4

11

18

25

June 1

3

8

15

22

29

Water 

level

100.01

100.00

100.04

100.02

100.01

100.00

99.96

99.87

99.87

99.90

99.82

99.73

99.80

Date

July 6

13

20

27

Aug. 3

10

17

24

31

Sept. 7

14

21

28

Water 

level

99.75

99.82

99.75

99.71

99.73

99.73

99.72

99.72

99.71

99.71

99.78

99.69

99.65

Date

Oct. 5

12

19

26

Nov. 2

9

16

23

30

Dec. 7

14

21

28

Water 

level

99.65

99.67

99.68

99.71

99.68

99.69

99.70

99.69

99.67

99.71

99.69

99.69

99.73

92. S. A. Reko. NEjNW£ sec. 27, T. 131 N., R. 60 

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Jan. 6

13

20

27

Feb. 3

10

17

24

Mar. 2

9

16

23

30

Apr. 6

99.66

99.67

99.66

99.66

99.66

99.70

99.62

99.62

99.64

99.61

99.70

99.53

99.83

99.66

Apr. 13

20

27

May 4

11

18

25

June 1

2

9

16

23

30

99.62 .

99.64

99.72

99.70

99.66

99.62

99.62

99.64

99.61

99.60

99.56

99.58

99.56

July 7

14

21

28

Aug. 4

11

18

25

Sept. 1

8

15

22

29

99.47

99.49

99.37

99.41

99.37

99.35

99.31

99.35

99.31

99.26

99.29

99.25

99.24

Oct. 6

13

20

27

Hov. 3

10

17

24

Dec, 1

10

15

22

29

99.25

99,24

99.26

99.28

99.26

99.26

99.31

99.25

99.25

99.33

99.26

99.30

99.35

93. D. 0. Botts. NW£NW£ sec. 7. T. 129 N., R. 59 H. Used domestic 

drilled well, diameter 4 inches and If inches, depth 97 feet. Measuring 

point, top of 1^-inch pipe, 2.5 feet above land surface. Water level, in 

feet below measuring point, 1940: Aug. 21, 2.53.

95. Standard Oil Co. NBiNBj sec. 29, T. 131 N., R. 59 W. Used 

domestic driven well, diameter if inches, depth 22.0 feet. Measuring 

point, joint in pitcher pump, 3.8 feet above land surface. Water level, 

in feet below measuring point, 1940; Aug. 22, 20.07.

98. Albert M. Schmit. NEjNEi sec. 20, T. 131 N., R. 59 V. Used 

domestic driven well, diameter if inches, depth 38.0 feet. Measuring 

point, top of casing, in basement, about 7 feet below land surface. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940: Aug. 23, 21.92.

99. Eugene E. Baton. NWiNWfc sec. 27, T. 131 N., R. 59 W. Used 

garden driven well, diameter if inches, depth 14.0 feet. Measuring point, 

top of casing in pit, 4.8 feet below land surface. Water level, in feet 

below measuring point, 1940; Aug. 30, 6.81.

100. Paul Roney. SEtNEt sec. 21, T. 131 N., R. 59 W. Unused driven 

well, diameter,l£ inches, depth 25.9 feet. Measuring point, top of casing, 

3.2 feet above land surface. Water level, in feet below measuring point, 

1940; Aug. 31, 22.58.
256 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Dickey County Continued.

101. D. C. Botts. NBjKWi sec. 7, T. 189 N., R. 59 W. Used domestic 

driven well, diameter 1-J- inches, depth 17.9 feet. Measuring point, Joint 

In pitcher pump, 1.0 foot above land surface and 113.38 feet above datum. 

Bench mark 1, nail In washer in southwest corner of frame house about 30 

feet north-northwest of well and 117.34 feet above datum. Bench mark 2, 

nail In washer in northeast corner of barn, about 30 feet southwest of 

well and 117.34 feet above datum. Water level Sept. 2, 1940, 14.05 feet 

below measuring point. Observer, Elna E. Holmstrom, Ludden.

Water level, In feet above datum, 1940

Date

Sept. 2 

7 

14 

21 

28

Water 

level

99.33 

99.36 

99.46 

99.49 

99.52

Date

Oct. 5 

12 

19 

26 

Nov. 2

Water 

level

99.55 

99.56 

99.57 

99.58 

99.59

Date

Nov. 9 

16 

23 

30

Water 

level

99.60 

99.60 

99.58 

99.59

Date

Dec. 7 

14 

21 

28

Water 

level

99.67 

99.61 

99.61 

99.62

102. State of North Dakota. SBjSBi sec. 16, T. 131 N., R. 59 W. 

Used farm well, diameter 18 inches, depth 36.8 feet. Measuring point, 

flange on north side of manhole, which is at land surface. Water level, 

in feet below measuring point, 1940: Sept. 4, 25.75.

103. Floyd Ferguson. WfcSWi sec. 27, T. 131 N., R. 59 W. Used 

domestic driven well, diameter 1$ inches, depth 16.2 feet. Measuring point, 

Joint In pitcher pump, 3.4 feet above land surface. Water level, in feet 

below measuring point, 1940: Sept. 6, 12.64.

105. H. 0. Martin, administrator. Sf$Nff£ sec. 9, T. 130 N., R. 59 W. 

Used garden driven well, diameter 1-J- Inches, depth 17.4 feet. Measuring 

point, Joint In pitcher pump, 2.9 feet above land surface. Water level, 

in feet below measuring point, 1940: Sept. 12, 14.17.

106. Frank Elliott. NEjNWi sec. 28, T. 131 N., R. 59 W. Used stock 

driven well, diameter 1-J- inches, depth 22.6 feet. Measuring point, top 

of pitcher pump, 3.1 feet above land surface. Water level, In feet below 

measuring point, 1940: Sept. 14, 14.85.

111. Johnny Hoffsomer. SWiSffc sec. 20, T. 130 N., R. 59 W. Used 

domestic driven well, diameter ij inches, depth 14.5 feet. Measuring 

point, top of pitcher pump, 2.4 feet above land surface. Water level, in 

feet below measuring point, 1940: Sept. 19, 13.24.

113. Union Central. Nff£Nff£ sec. 30 T. 130 N., R. 59 W. Used stock 

dug well, diameter 48 inches, depth 16.2 feet. Measuring point, copper 

nail on east side of well, 1.1 feet above land surface. Water level, in 

feet below measuring point, 1940; Sept. 24, 14.30.

115. Heine Boiling. SW£SW£ sec. 21, T. 130 N,, R. 59 W. Used stock 

driven well, diameter 1$ Inches, depth 14.3 feet. Measuring point, top 

of pitcher pump, north point, 2.5 feet above land surface. Water levels, 

in feet below measuring point, 1940; Oct. 2, 11.50} Oct. 17, 11.50.

117. E. P. Wilson. NW£NB£ sec. 22, T. 130 N., R. 59 W. Used stock 

driven well, diameter 1-J- Inches, depth 21.5 feet. Measuring point, joint 

In pitcher pump, 2.4 feet above land surface. Water Level, In .feet below 

measuring point, 1940:. Oot. 23, 12.20.

127. City of Oakes. NB}NW£ sec. 28, T. 131 N., R. 59 W. Used for 

park drinking fountain. Driven well, diameter l£ Inches, depth 26.5 feet. 

Measuring point, top of casing, 1.5 feet above land surface and 109.06 

feet above datum. Water level June 21, 1940, 9.37 feet below measuring 

point. Observer, George Wilhelm, Oakes.
NORTH DAKOTA 267

Dickey County Continued.

127. City of Oakes. Continued.

Water level, In feet above datum, 1940

Date

June 21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

July 6

13

Hater 

level

99.69

100.18

100.18

100.61

100.24

99.64

99.60

99.55

99.49

99.55

Date

July 18

20

27

Aug. 3

10

17

24

30

31

Sept. 7

Water 

level

99.47

99.53

99.53

99.53

99.46

99.64

99.59

99.46

99.64

99.66

Date

Sept. 12

13

15

19

21

28

Oct. 5

12

19

26

Water 

level

99.49

99.52

99.51

99.50

99.65

99.64

99.64

99.64

99.64

99.49

Date

Nov. 2

9

16

23

30

Dec. 7

14

21

28

Water 

level

99.48

99.48

99.49

99.49

99.49

99.49

99.94

99.87

100.29

128. City of Oakes. NBjNWj- sec. 28, T. 131 N., R. 59 W. Used for 

park drinking fountain. Driven well, diameter ij- inches, depth 24.2 feet. 

Measuring point, top of casing, 1.5 feet above land surface and 111,66 

feet above datum. Water level June 21, 1940, 11.97 feet below measuring 

point. Observer, George Wilhelm, Oakes.

Water level, in feet above datum. 1940

June 21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

July 6

13

99.69

99 ..59

99.59

99.69

99.58

99.80

99.67

99.66

99.64

99.60

July 18

20

27

Aug. 3

10

17

24

29

31

Sept. 7

99.57

99.59

99.59

99.59

99.51

99.50

99.49

99.62

99.50

99.77

Sept. 12

13

15

19

21

28

Oct. 5

12

19

26

99.47

99.49

99.47

99.49

99.76

99.85

99.75

99.75

99.74

99.47

Nov. 2

9

16

23

30

Dec. 7

14

21

28

99.45

99.45

99.46

99.46

99.46

99.46

99.46

99.45

99.48

129. A. M. Dahlbeck. SlfcNWfc sec. 21, T. 131 N., R. 59 W. Used 

domestic driven well, diameter l£ inches, depth 17 feet. Measuring point, 

top of pipe, 6 feet below land surface. Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940: July 17, 14.51.

130. Anton Kliment. S?£SW£ sec. 2. T. 130 N., R. 59 W. Used domestic 

driven well, diameter l£ Inches, depth 20.9 feet. Measuring point, joint 

in pitcher pump, 5.2 feet above land surface. Water level, in feet below 

measuring point, 1940: July 17, 16.72.

131. Corrigan. NW£SB^ sec. 17, T. 130 N., R. 59 W. Used domestic 

driven well, diameter l£ inches, depth 17.8 feet. Measuring point, joint 

in pitcher pump, 4.0 feet above land surface. Water level, in feet below 

measuring point, 1940: July 17, 15.19.

132. E. J. Johnson. NWjNWi sec. 26, T. 130 N., R. 59 W. Used 

domestic driven well, diameter 1$ inches, depth 17.5 feet. Measuring point, 

joint of pitcher pump, 4.5 feet above land surface. Water level, in feet 

below measuring point, 1940: July 18, 10.66.

sec. 32, T. 130 N. t 

inches,

R. 59 W. Used 

Measuring 

Water level,

133. J. C. Petersen.

domestic driven well, diameter 1$ inches, depth 14.9 feet, 

point, joint in pitcher pump, 2.6 feet above land surface, 

in feet below measuring point, 1940: July 18, 10.80

134. A. F. Eankel. Nff£NE$ sec. 9 T. 129 N., R. 59 W. Used domestic 

driven well, diameter l£ inches, depth 17.0 feet. Measuring point, joint 

in pitcher pump, 2.5 feet above land surface. Water level, in feet below 

measuring point, 1940: July 18, 9.79.
258 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Dickey County Continued*

135. V. S. Doyen. SV&3W£ sec. 24, T. 129 N., R. 60 W. Used domestic 

driven well, diameter l£ inches, depth 19.0 feet. Measuring point, joint 

in pitcher pump, about 2 feet above land surface and 117.06 feet above 

datum. Bench mark 1, nail in washer in tree, 25 feet southwest of well 

and 119.72 feet above datum. Bench mark 2, nail in washer in northwest 

corner of frame house, 45 feet south-southwest of well and 119.72 feet 

above datum. Water level July 18, 1940, 17.55 feet below measuring point. 

Observer, V. S. Doyen, Ludden.

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Date

July 18 

Aug. 31 

Sept. 7 

14

Water 

level

99.51 

99.35 

99.47 

99.43

Date

Sept. 21 

28 

Oct. 19

Water 

level

99.46 

99.46 

99.39

Date

Oct. 26 

Nov. 2 

Dec. 7

Water 

level

99.39 

99.38 

99.35

Date

Dec. 14 

21 

28

Water 

level

98.88 

99.36 

99.37

170. Axel Daniels. SW£SB£ sec. 34, T. 129 N., R. 60 W. Used domestic jetted well, diameter S' inches, depth 118 feet. Flowing well. Measuring point, end of pipe discharging into trough, about 2 feet above land 

surface. Flow, in gallons a minute, 1940; Aug. 12, 11.5.

171. Stoldenben. NE£SB£ sec. 27., T. 129 N.. R. 60 W. Used domestic and stock, jetted well, diameter 2 Inches to l£ Inches, depth 85 to 

100 feet. Flowing well. Measuring point, spigot, about 1.5 feet above 

land surface. Flow, in gallons a minute, 1940: Aug. 12, 2.8.

68. J. M. Johnson.

Divide County

sec. 22, T. 163 N., R. 97 W.

Water level, in feet above datum. 1940

Jan. '147

21

28

Feb. 4

11

18

25

Mar. 3

10

17

24

99.61

99.54

99.52

99.50

99.44

99.41

99.39

99.29

99.23

99.21

99.19

99.17

Mar. 31

Apr. 7

14

21

28

Hay 5

12

19

23

26

June 2

9

99,11

99.07

99.14

99.13

99.09

99.07

99.23

99.20

99.24

99.21

99.25

99,26

June 10

23

30

July 7

14

21

28

Aug. 4

11

18

25

99.28

99.22|

99.09

99.17

99.21

99,19

99.21

99.19

99.17

99,12

99.12

i

Sept. 1

8

16

22

29

Oct. 6

13

20

27

Nov. 15

17

99.10

99.04

98.98

98.98

98.96

99.00

99,00

98.98

(a!

98.86

(a)

69. J. M. Johnson. SB£SW£ sec. 22, T. 163 N., R. 97 W. 

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Jan. 7

14

21

28

Feb. 4

11

18

25

Mar. 3

10

17

24

31

Apr. 7

99.67

99.69

99.67

99.66

99.44

99.60

99.59

99.57

99.52

99.50

99.49

99.47

99.31

99.46

Apr. 14

21

28

May 5

12

19

23

26

June 2

9

16

23

30

99.44

99.44

99.43

99.42

99.43

99.48

99,48

99.49

99.49

99.50

99,52

99,48

99.44

July 7

14

21

28

Aug. 4

11

18

25

Sept. 1

8

15

22

29

99.42

99.34

99.32

99.53

99.30

99,27

99.23

99.21

99.18

99.15

99.10

99.07

99.04

Oct. 6

13

20

27

Nov. 5

10

17

24

Dec. 1

8

15

22

29

99.00

98.96

98.92

98.93

98.92

98.89

98.89

98.86

98.84

98.83

98.81

98.80

98.78

a Dry.
NORTH DAKOTA 259

Divide County Continued.

70. J. M. Johnson. SEfcSW^ sec. 22, T. 163 N., R. 67 W. 

Water level. In feet above datum, 1940

Date

Jan. 7

14

21

28

Feb. 4

11

18

25

Mar. 3

10

17

24

31

Apr. 7

Water 

level

98.90

98.88

98.85

98.82

98.62

98.48

98.63

98.64

98.67

98,68

98.69

98.70

98.57

98.45

Date

Apr. 14

21

28

May 5

12

19

23

26

June 2

9

16

23

30

Water 

level

98.43

98.49

98.41

98.45

97.50

98.04

98.25

98.28

98.64

98.68

98.68

98.80

98.80

Date

July 7

14

21

28

Aug. 4

11

18

25

Sept. 1

8

15

22

29

Water 

level

98.75

98.75

98.74

98.70

98.63

98.30

98.39

98.43

98.33

98.32

98.27

98.24

98.18

Date

Oct. 6

13

20

27

Nov. 3

10

17

24

Dec. 1

8

15

22

29

Water 

level

98.25

98.24

98.23

98.02

97.97

97.95

97.90

97.87

97.84

97.82

97.81

97.79

97.76

117. A. U. Anderson, overseer. NB^NBi sec. 34, T. 163 N., R. 10Q 

Unused farm bored well, diameter 22 inches, depth 23 feet. Measuring 

point, top of curb at east side, 1,4 feet above land surface. Water 

levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940: May 24, 17.40} Nov. 14, 

18.10.

Dunn County

89. Knute Haugen, NWjNW£ sec. 8, T. 145 N., R. 91 W. 

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Jan. 6

13

20

27

Feb. 3

10

17

24

Mar. 2

9

16

23

30

Apr. 6

99.24

98.87

98.82

99.32

99.31

99.44

99.09

99.27

98.89

99.22

99.43

98.88

99.61

99.49

Apr. 13

21

27

May 4

11

18

25

28

June 1

8

15

22

29

99.62

99.69

99.77

99.75

99.62

99.70

99.60

99.64

99.80

99.72

99.62

99.73

99.57

July 6

13

20

27

Aug. 3

10

17

24

31

Sept. 7

14

21

28

99.66

99.58

99.. 55

99.58

99.52

99.58

98.90

99.10

98.80

98.90

99.13

98.9-7

98.92

Oct. 5

12

19

26

Nov. 2

9

16

23

30

Dec. 7

14

21

28

98.77

99.19

99 .67

99.35

99.03

99.27

99.41

99.18

99.22

98.97

98.96

98.93

99.19

Eddy County

17. L. S. Rude. SEjNWj sec. 9, T. 150 N., R. 66 W. 

in feet below measuring point, 1940: Aug. 9, 10.86.

18. Stockyards. NWjSW^ sec. 9, T. 150 N., R. 66 VI. 

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Water level,

Jan. 6

13

20

27

Feb. 3

10

17

24

Mar. 2

9

16

23

30

Apr. 6

99.18

99.18

99.16

99.16

99.15

99.11

99.11

99.10

99.10

99.07

99.12

99.27

99.31

99.34

Apr. 13

20

22

27

May 4

11

18

25

June 1

8

15

22

29

99.58

99.76

99.93

99.79

99.96

100.01

100.16

99.93

100.06

100.06

100.23

100.23

100.16

July 6

13

20

27

Aug. 3

10

17

23

31

Sept. 7

14

21

28

100.27

100.29

100.26

100.31

100.50

100.55

100.53

100.53

100.53

100.53

100.53

100.51

100.49

Oct. 5

12

19

26

Nov. 2

9

16

23

30

Dec. 7

14

21

28

100.51

100.53

100.50

100.50

100.49

100.45

100.44

100.40

100.39

100.41

100.35

100.34

100.32
260 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAH PRESSURE, 1940

Eddy County Continued.

19. Gilbert Olson. SEfcNWi sec. 9, T. 150 N.L R. 66 If. 

In feet below measuring point, 1940; Aug. 9, 15.61.

Water level, 

80. Knute Egger. SB&NWi sec. 9, T. 150 N., R. 66 W Water level,

In feet below measuring point, 1940: Aug. 9, 80.55.

21. Elmer Moe. NBfcHWi sec. 9, T. 150 N., R. 66 W. Water level, In 

feet below measuring point, 1940: Aug. 9, 21.93.

22. John R. Warslng. (Formerly Carl Ports.) SEjNWj sec. 9, T. 150 N. 

R. 66 W. Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1940: Aug. 9, 15.93.

154. Pfau Estate. NEfcSEi sec. 28, T. 148,H., R. 67 W. Drilled flowIng well, diameter 5 Inches, depth 42.5 feet. Measuring point, hole In 

casing, about 2.5 feet above land surface. Unreduced flow, In gallons a 

minute, 1940: July 29, 7.7f Nov. 22, 6.0.

Foster County

125. J. W. lampler. NWiNBfc see. 22, T. 145 N., R. 66 W. Unused 

bored well, diameter 30 Inches, depth 2 6 feet. Measuring point, arrow 

at hole in wood platform, 2.1 feet above land surface. Water levels, In 

feet below measuring point, 1940: July 4, 16.92; Aug. 9, 16.74} NOT. 22, 

17.66.

Golden Valley County

1. Mrs. Tangen. SBfcSBi sec. 2, T. 139 N., R. 106 W. Used drilled 

farm well, diameter 5 Inches., reported depth 170 feet, measured depth 100 

feet. Measuring point, notch in casing top. north-northwest point, 1.1 

feet above land surface. Equipped with windmill. Water level, in feet 

below measuring point, 1940: Nov. 19, 84.96.

Grant County

121. R. 0. Ozbun. NBiNBi see. 10, T. 134 N., R. 85 W. Unused bored 

farm well, diameter 36 inches, depth 35 feet. Measuring point, hole in 

platform at pump base at painted arrow, 2.0 feet above land surface. 

Water levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940: May 31, 23.63; Nov. 17, 

23.66. - '

Griggs County

1. Griffith Loan and Investment Company. SWjHWj sec. 20, T. 144 N., 

R. 59 W. Unused drilled well, diameter 5 inches, depth 51.9 feet. Measuring point, top of casing at north side, 0.9 feet above land surface. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940: Nov. 29, 27.72.

Hettinger County

82. L. F. Everhart. NWj sec. 5, T. 133 N., R. 93 W. Observer, 

Virden Parsons, Mott.

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Date

May 30 

June 1 

15 

22

Water 

level

100.29 

100.29 

100.32 

100.16

Date

June 29 

July 7 

13 

Nov. 17

Water 

level

100.13 

100.04 

100.01 

99.77

Date

Nov. 23 

30 

Dec. 7

Water 

level

99.77 

99.77 

99.77

Date

Dec. 14 

21 

28

Water 

level

99.77 

99.76 

99.77

Eidder County

50. Herman Petersen. SW£3W£ sec. 9, T. 138 N., R. 73 W. 

Water level, in feet above datum. 1940

Jan. 6

13

27

Feb. 3

10

17

24

Mar, 2

11

99.79

99.81

99.79

99.81

99.89

99.84

99.83

99.87

99.87

Mar.

Apr.

May

23

30

6

13

20

23

4

11

99.83

99.83

100.00

100.00

99.98

100.00

100.20

100.00

May 18

25

June 1

8

15

22

29

July 6

100.29

100.20

100. 2'0

100.22

100.12

100.16

100.06

100.00

July 13

27

Aug. 3

10

Nov. '22

24

Dec. 1

8

99.97

99.87

99.83

99.77

99.58

99.58

99.53

99.63
NORTH DAKOTA 861

KIdder CQunty--Continued.

147. Phllllp Mlttelelder. Center of 3fc sec. 27, T. 139 N., R. 71 W. 

Used domestic dug well, diameter 37 Inches, depth 10 feet. Measuring 

point, top of well platform at north edge, 2.9 feet above land surface. 

Water levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940: July 25, 9.81; Nov. 22, 

9.61.

148. Ghas. Woessner. NB£SW| sec. 10, T. 139 N., R. 72 W. Used 

domestic bored well, diameter 6 inches, depth 24.5 feet. Measuring point, 

top of casing, 0.5 foot above land surface. Water levels, in feet below 

measuring point, 1940t July 25, 18.90; July 22, 18.98.

149. Village of Tappen. SWiNWfc sec. 10, T. 139 N., R. 71 W. Used 

dug fire protection well, diameter 96 inches, depth 15 feet. Measuring 

point, chiseled cross on west side of manhole, 0.1 foot above land surface 

and ill. 67 feet above datum. Bench mark 1, nail in washer in telephone 

post, 18 feet northeast of well, south side, and 113.81 feet above datum. 

Bench mark 2, nail in washer 68 feet west-northwest of well in a telephone 

pole at southeast side, 111.21 feet above datum. Water level 12.20 feet 

below measuring point, July 25, 1940. Observer, John Wieland.

Water level, in feet above datum. 1940

Date

July 25 

29 

Aug. 3 

10 

17 

24

Water 

level

99.47 

99.44 

99.45 

99.46 

99.46 

99.45

Date

Aug. 31 

Sept. 7 

14 

21 

28

Water 

level

99.35 

99.35 

99.35 

99.34 

99.32

Date

Oct. 5 

12 

19 

26 

Nov. 9

Water 

level

99.36 

99.34 

99.30 

99,32 

99.27

Date

Nov. 23 

30 

Dec. 7 

21 

28

Water 

level

99.25 

99.25 

99.25 

99.26 

99.24

150. Ramon Grimm. SWtNWt sec. 14, T. 142 N., R. 70 W. Used bored 

garage well, diameter 5 inches, depth 47 feet. Measuring point, top of 

casing at west side, 2.3 feet below land surface. Water levels, in feet 

below measuring point, 1940: July 26, 39.25; Nov. 22, 39.47.

151. Mrs. Fagereng. sec. 23, T. 142 N., R. 70 W. Used

soc ore we, meer nces o nces. easurng pon, p 

of concrete curb, south side, 0.5 foot above land surface. Water levels, 

in feet below measuring point, 1940: July 26, 23.93; Nov. 22, 21.76.

152. Northern Pacific Railway. SW^NBi sec. 12, T. 142 N., R. 71 W. 

Unused drilled well, diameter 5 inches, depth 44.5 feet. Measuring point, 

top of casing at west side, 0.2 foot above land surface. Water levels, 

in feet below measuring point, 1940: July 3, 37.98; July 26, 38.09; 

Nov. 22, 38.15.

166. Chris Werre. SW^SV^ sec. 3, T. 139 N., R. 71 W. Used domestic 

well, diameter Ij inches, depth 20.5 feet. Measuring point, joint in 

pitcher pump, 2.0 feet above land surface. Water levels, In feet below 

measuring point, 1940: July 25, 17.98; Nov. 22, 18.08.

LaMoure County

1. Town of Blgeley. SEiNW^ sec. 3, T. 133 N., R. 64 W. Unused 

drilled well, diameter 6 inches, depth 92 feet. Measuring point, basement 

floor level, edge of flange, about 9 feet below land surface and 116.67 

feet above datum. Water level Nov. 26, 1940, 17.63 feet below measuring 

point. Observer, W. J. Nordley, Edgeley.

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Date

Nov. 26 

30

Water 

level

99.04 

98.84

Date

Dec. 7 

14

Water 

level

99.96 

98.69

Date

Dec. 21 

28

Water 

level

99.09 

99.96
262 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

LaMoure County Continued.

2A. Mrs. Fldela Davis. SWjSBfc sec. 24, T. 134 N., R. 64 W. 

with automatic water-stage recorder.

Water level, in feet above datum, 1939-40 

__________(from recorder charts)

Equipped

Date

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

9, 1939

17

24

SO

5, 1940

6.

9

IS

20

27

30

3

10

18

24

2

10

18

23

Water 

level

101.39

101.09

101.33

101.38

101.02

100.98

101.27

101.12

101.10

101.18

101.38

101.47

101.30

101.09

101.57

101.37

101.30

101.62

101.52

Date

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

1, 1940

8

16

3

13

21

27

2

3

11

15

23

30

7 

14

21

28

5

13

Water 

level

1(91.40

101.76

101.76

101.72

102.32

102.00

102.10

102.06

101.97

101.67

102.41

101.77

101.93

102.29

101.78

101.61

101.85

101.90

101.82

Date

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

21, 1940

24

. 1

9

18

26

3

10

15

26

4

10

18

25

2

11

23

30

Water 

level

102.00

101.66

101.90

101.35

101.29

101.79

101.41

102.26

101.52

100.95

101.87

101.59

101.39

101.63

101.44

101.97

102.06

101.41

Logan County

142. H. A. McNutt. NWfcSBfc sec. 18, T. 135 N., R. 72 W. Used 

domestic driven well, diameter l£ inches, depth 15 feet. Measuring 

point, top of pipe in basement, 4.2 feet below the surface. Water levels, 

In feet below measuring point, 1940; July 22, 6.76; Nov. 22, 7.06.

143. Oscar Prance. W&SWj sec. 17, V. 135 N., R. 72 W. Used garden 

driven well, diameter 2 inches, depth 32 feet. Measuring point, top of 

6- Inch casing in pit, 5.0 feet below land surface. Water levels, in feet 

below measuring point, 1940: July 22, 14.15; Nov. 23, 14.15.

144. Pete Draeger. SWjNWj sec. 21, T. 135 N., R. 72 W. Unused dug 

well, 43 inches square, depth 12.9 feet. Measuring point, hole in center 

of well platform, 1.8 feet above land surface. Water levels, in feet 

below measuring point, 1940: July 22, 11.41; Nov. 23, 11.89.

145. I. Hildenbrand. SWjSWj sec. 22, T. 133 N., R. 71 W. Used dug 

farm well, 31 inches square, depth 11 feet. Measuring point, crack in 

well platform, 1.0 foot above land surface. Water levels, In feet below 

measuring point, 1940: July 22, 10.50; Nov. 23, 10.17.

146. George Dummland. NW£NW£ sec. 27, T. 135 N., R. 72 W. Unused 

bored well, diameter 24 inches, depth 39 feet. Measuring point, top of 

curb at southwest corner, 0.5 foot above land surface. Water levels, in 

feet below measuring point, 1940: July 23, 32.70; Nov. 23, 33.33.

McHenry County

1. Joe Keller. SljHWi sec. 32, T. 154 N., R. 78 W. In kitchen of 

house. Used domestic driven well, diameter lj inches, dep^h 30 feet. 

Measuring point, joint In pitcher pump, 5.3 feet above land surface. 

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1940: Nov. 10, 28.21.

101. Denbigh Forest Experiment Station well 1. United States Forest 

Service. SW cor. SWjNWi sec. 36, T. 156 N., R. 78 W.

Water level, in feet above datum. 1940

Apr. 

May

20 

8

99 

99

.55 

.43

May 17 

20

99 

99

.63 

.70

May 

June

31 

18

99 

99

.89 

.83
NORTH DAKOTA 263

McHenry County--Continued.

102. Denbigh Forest Experiment Station well 2. United States 

Forest Service. NW cor. SW^NW£ sec. 36, T. 156 N., R. 78 W.

Water level , in feet above datum. 1940

Date

Apr. 20 

May 8

Water 

level

99.57 

99.56

Date

May 17

20

Water 

leve.l

99.89 

99.91

Date

May 31

June 18

Water 

level

100.07 

99*96

103. Denbigh Forest Experiment Station veil 3, United States Forest 

Service. NE cor. SWfcNWfc sec. 36, T. 156 N., R. 78 W.

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Apr. 20 

May 8

99.56 

99.38

May 17 

20

99.66 

99.74

May 31

June 18

99.95 

99.87

104. Denbigh Forest Experiment Station well 4. United States Forest 

Service. SB cor. SlfcNWi sec. 36, T. 156 N., R. 78 W.

Water level, in feet above datum. 1940

Apr. 20 

May 8

105. 

Service.

Apr. 20 

May 8

(a) 

(a)

May 17

20

(a) 

(a)

May 31 

June 18

Denbigh Forest Experiment S.tation well 5. United 

SE cor. SEiSEi sec. 36, T. 156 N., R. 78 W.

Water. level, in feet above datum, 1940

, 99.54 

99.32

May 17

20

99.38 

99.57

May 31

June 18

b 99.83 

99.77

States Forest

99.66 

99.56

106. Denbigh Forest Experiment Station well point 1. United States 

Forest Service. SW cor. NWfcSWj sec. 36, T. 156 N., R. 78 W.

' Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Apr. 20 

May 8

99.54 

99.60

. May 17 

20

99.65 

99.60

May 31 

June 18

99.80 

99.87

113. llns. M. Notbohm. SWfcSEj sec. 1, T. 151 N., R. 77 W. Unused 

dug well, 36 inches square, depth 22.5 feet. Measuring point, southwest 

corner of platform at top of curb, 1.07 feet above land surface. Water 

levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940; May 19, 15.55; July 30, 

15.56} Nov. 10, 15.91.

156. Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Sault Saint Marie Railway. 

sec. 6, T. 152 N., R. 79 W. Used railway dug well, diameter 120 inches, 

depth 22.8 feet. Measuring point, flange of manhole at south side, on 

railway grade 2 feet above land surface. Water levels, in feet below 

measuring point, 1940: July 31, 20.48; Nov. 10, 22,86; Dec. 7, 22.79.

157. Federal Land Bank. SEiSE* sec. 9, T. 153 N., R. 78 W. Used 

dug farm well diameter 30 inches, depth 26.8 feet. Measuring point, top 

of culvert at southeast corner, 1.5 feet above land surface. Water 

levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940: July 30, 25.36; Nov. 10, 

25.34.

158. Cities Service Co. NEjNEi sec. 8, T. 155 N., R. 79 W. Used 

bored domestic well, diameter 12 inches, depth 9.1 feet. Measuring point, 

flange of casing, in basement, 5 feet below land surface. Water levels, 

in feet below measuring point, 1940: Aug. 1, 4.63; Nov. 11, 5.52.

159. Harold H. Sullwold. NWjSEi sec. 33, T. 156 N., R. 79 W. Unused bored well, diameter 12 inches, depth 38.2 feet. Measuring point, 

top of tile curb, 1.6 feet above land surface. Water levels, in feet 

below measuring point, 1940; Aug. 1, 14.19; Nov. 11, 14.62.

160. U. S. Forest Service. SEfcSWfc sec. 31, T. 157 N., R. 75 W. 

Used domestic dug well, diameter 12 inches, depth 10 feet. Measuring 

point, flange of manhole at north point, about 3 feet above land surface. 

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940: Aug. 1, 8.08.

a Dry. b Well deepened.
264 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

McHenry County Continued.

161. Village of Towner. SWjNWj sec. 11, 1. 156 N., R. 76 E. Used 

municipal dug well, diameter 180 Inches, depth 17.3 feet. Measuring 

point, flange of manhole, 1.0 foot above land surface. Water levels, In 

feet below measuring point, 1940: Aug. 1, 14.19; Nov. 10, 13.07.

162. Walter Arneson. fffltSEf see. 3, T. 158 N., R. 78 W. Used bored 

farm well, diameter 18 Inches, depth 56.5 fftet. Measuring point, top of 

curb, north point, 1.5 feet above land surface. Water level, In feet below 

measuring point, 1940: Aug. 2, 42.43.

Mclntosh County

93. Prelda Porrest. SEjSWj sec. 7, T. 130 N., R. 69 W. Well erroneously given In NB^SWi sec. 7 In preceding reports.

Water level, In feet above datum, 1940

Date

Jan. 6

13

20

27

Feb. 3

10

17

24

Mar. 2

9

16

23

30

Apr. 6

Water 

level

97.51

96.73

97.30

97.76

96.80

96.71

97.83

97.46

96.83

96.80

97.21

96.55

96.58

96.57

Date

Apr. 13

20

27

May 4

11

18

25

June 1

2

8

15

22

29

Water 

level

106.78

106.42

106.01

105.15

103.84

98.90

98.92

101.42

101.62

97.71

97.64

97.13

98.59

Date

July

Aug.

Sept

6

13

20

27

3

10

17

24

31

. 7

14

21

28

Water 

level

97.81

92.65

90.96

92.03

91.76

91.67

91.03

91.03

89.08

91.03

91.05

91.46

92.11

Date

Oct. 5

12

19

26

Nov. 2

9

16

23

30

Dee. 7

14

21

28

Water 

level

91.28

94.61

96.53

96.96

95.28

91.51

92.94

92.32

94.76

94.77

95.38

95.84

96.29

94. Prelda Porrest. 

eously given In NEiSWj see.

see. 7, T. 130 N., R. 69 

In previous reports.

Well erronWater level, In feet above datum, 1940

Jan. 6

13

20

27

Peb. 3

10

17

24

Mar. 2

9

16

23

30

Apr. 6

98.22

98.30

98.29

98.11

98.13

98.30

97.90

98.09

98.05

98.03

98.11

97.88

97.88

97.86

Apr. 13

20

27

May 4

11

18

25

June 1

2

8

15

22

29

96.90

97.86

97.72

99.07

99.82

104.61

104.31

100.13

100.30

100.24

100.38

99.20

99.72

July 6

13

20

27

Aug. 3

10

17

24

31

Sept. 7

14

21

28

100.25

98.65

96.91

93.07

94.07

94.09

92.88

92.07

92.81

88.78

88.80

87.02

90.26

Oct. 5

12

19

26

Nov. 2

9

16

23

30

Dee. 7

14

21

28

86.95

96.27

96.77

96.85

91.93

96.61

94.77

95.95

96.53

96.57

96.80

97.00

96.99

136. State of North Dakota. SEjNW£ sec. 36, T. 132 N., R. 71 W. 

Used stock driven well, diameter l£ Inches, depth,10 feet. Measuring 

point, top of well platform,. 2 Inches north of pump base, 1.5 feet above 

land surface. Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1940: Nov. 23, 

7.57.

137. Federal Land Bank. SEjNBi see. 24, T. 132 N., R. 71 W. Used 

stock driven well, diameter 1$ Inches, depth 14 feet. Measuring point, 

northwest corner of well platform, 0.9 foot above land surface. Water 

levels, In feet below measuring point, 1940: July 20, 11.43; Nov. 23, 

11.91.
NORTH DAKOTA 265

Mclntosh County Continued.

138. C. Hiller. NEjNEt sec. 32, T. 132 N., R. 70 W. Used farm 

bored well, diameter 24 inches, reported depth 65 feet. Measuring potnt, 

top of well platform, 1.7 feet above land surface. Water levels, in feet 

below measuring point, 1940: July 20, 15.68; Nov. 23, 17.18.

139. Dan Nigisch. NEjSB^ sec. 28, T. 132 N., R. 71 W. Used bored 

farm well, diameter 31 inches, depth 23 feet. Measuring point, top of 

concrete casing, east side, 0.8 foot above land surface. Water levels, 

in feet below measuring point, 1940: July 20, 20.98j Nov. 23, 18.79.

140. Jacob Grosnanz. NW^NW^ sec. 29, T. 131 N., R. 70 W. Used 

domestic bored well, diameter 24 inches, depth 45 feet. Measuring point, 

top of well platform, 0.5 foot above land surface. Water levels, in feet 

below measuring point, 1940: July 20, 26.84; Nov. 25, 2&.44.

141. Town of Wishek. NEjNWt aec. 15, T. 152 N., R. 71 W. Infrequently used park dug well, diameter 72 inches, depth 27 feet. Measuring 

point, cross on southeast side of concrete curb, 0.5 foot above land surface and 122.49 feet above datum. Water level July 20, 1940, 22.99 feet 

below measuring point. Bench mark 1, head of nail in washer 2 feet above 

ground on north side of a tree 40 feet southeast of well, in grove, and 

123-.45 feet above datum. Bench mark 2, nail in washer 1.9 feet above 

ground on east side of ash tree 50 feet northwest of the well, and 124.26 

feet above datum. Water level influenced by pumping of large swimming 

pool well, about 100 yards west. Observer, Jacob Bentz, Wishek.

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Date

July 20 

27 

Aug. 5 

10 

17 

24

Water 

level

99.50 

100.41 

100.45 

100.48 

100.32 

100.48

Date

Aug. 31 

Sept. 7 

14 

21 

28 

Oct. 5

Water 

level

100.41 

100.41 

100.42 

100.48 

100.41 

100.55

Date

Oct. 12 

19 

26 

Nov. 2 

9 

15

Water 

level

100.55 

100.56 

100.52 

100,32 

100.50 

100.52

Date

Nov. 25 

50 

Dec. 7 

14 

21 

28

Water 

level

100.28 

100.28 

100.28 

100.29 

100.24 

100.26

McKenzie County

81. Chas. E. Fleck. SWjSWj sec. 12, T. 150 N., R. 100 W. 

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Jan. 6

15

20

27

Feb. 5

10

17

24

Mar. 2

9

16

25

50

100.26

100.12

100.26

100.27

100.25

100.28

100.06

100.04

100.14

100.00

100.22

100.02

100.03

Apr. 6

13

20

27

May 4

11

18

25

28

June 1

8

15

22

100.15

100.23

100.16

100.24

100.02

100.34

100.09

100.08

100.10

100.05

100.27

100.08

100.04

June 29

July 6

15

20

27

Aug. 5

11

18

25

Sept . 1

7

14

21

100.11

100.00

100.21

100.05

100.16

100.04

99.92

99.93

100.09

99.98

99.86

100.08

99.97

Oct. 7

12

19

26

Nov. 2

9

16

23

50

Dec. 7

14

21

28

100.08

99.89

100.00

99.98

100.06

100.12

100.11

99.95

99.95

100.04

100.12

100.12

99.88

119. Federal Land Bank. NEjNWi- sec. 8, T 145 N., R. 98 W. Unused 

bored well, diameter 24 inches, depth 104 feet. Measuring point, top of 

curb at southeast corner flush with land surface. Water levels, in feet, 

below measuring point, 1940; May 28, 97.28; Nov. 15, 97.55.
266 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

McLean County

27. State of North Dakota. SWiHWi sec. 15, T. 149 N., R. 84 W. 

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Date

Jan. 1

6

13

20

27

Feb. 3

10

17

24

Mar. 2

9

16

24

30

Water 

level

100.10

100.06

100.02

99.93

100.02

100.02

100.06

100.10

100.06

100.00

100.06

100.06

99.89

99.93

Date

Apr. 6

13

21

27

May 4

11

18

25

25

June 1

8

15

22

29

Water 

level

99.96

99.96

99.94

99.98

99.96

99.95

99.93

a 99.96

b 99.89

99.87

99.89

. 99.82

99.93

99.81

Date

July

Aug.

Sept

6

13

20

27

3

10

17

24

. 1

7

14

21

28

Water 

level

99.85

99.85

99.85

99.89

99.85

99.85

99.77

99.85

99.89

99.77

99.85

99.85

99.68

Date

Oct. 5

12

19

26

Nov. 2

9 -

16

23

30

Dec. 7

14

21

28

Water 

level

99.77

99.79

99.77

99.79

99.. 81

99.81

99.77

99.77

99.77

99.81

99.79

99.81

99.81

Mercer County

118. Malchel Bros. SE^NEi sec. 22, T. 144 N., R. 85 W. Unused 

bored well, diameter 18 Inches, depth 44 feet. Measuring point, arrow, 

top of curbing at north side, 0.8 foot above land surface. Water levels, 

In feet below measuring point, 1940: May 27, 27.59} Nov. 15, 27.70.

Morton County

49. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service. 

NWjNWj sec. 4, T. 138 N., R. 81 W.

Water level, In feet above datum, 3,940

Jan. 6

13

Mar. 10

17

24

Apr. 6

13

21

27

May 4

11

97.10

97.00

96.32

96.29

96.21

96.65

97.36

98.06

98.48

99.40

100.00

May 18

26

31

June 1

8

22

July 1

8

13

27

100.54

100.96

101.24

101.25

101.50

101.35

101.21

101.10

101.00

100.65

Aug. 3

17

24

Sept. 8

16

23

29

Oct. 6

12

19

100.42

100.00

99.88

99.21

99.17

99.02

98.88

98.77

98.71

98.63

Oct. 26

Nov. 4

9

16

23

30

Dec. 7

14

21

28

98.54

98.42

98.36

98.27

98.11

98.04

97.96

97.90

97.81

97.71

90.

Mountrall County

Emll Molter. NBiNBi sec. 6, T. 152 

Water level, In feet above

N., R. 89 W. 

datum, 1940

Jan. 6

13

20

27

Feb. 3

10

17

24

Mar. 2

9

16

23

30

100.00

100.00

99.98

99.98

100.00

100.03

99.99

99.97

100.00

100.00

100.00

99.97

99.98

Apr. 6

13

20

27

May 5

11

18

25

June 1

8

15

22

29

99.98

99.97

99.98

99.97

99.97

99.94

99.96

99.95

99.92

99.97

99.91

99.93

99.89

July 6

13

20

27

Aug. 3

10

18

24

Sept. 1

8

15

21

29

99.86

99.86

99.85

.99.85

99.82

99.81

99.78

99.79

99.79

99.78

99.76

99.76

99.73

Oct. 6

12

 19

26

Nov. 2

9

16

23

30

Dec. 7

14

21

28

99.73

99.72

99.72

99.71

99.71

99.72

99.70

99.69

99.68

99.69

99.68

99.68

99.68

a Measurement made In morning. b Measurement made In afternoon.
NORTH DAKOTA 267

Nelson County

47. State of North Dakota. NWjHWj sec. 4, T. 152 N., R. 59 W. 

Water levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940: Aug. 3, 19.98; 

Nov. 7, 18.76.

Oliver County

1. Otis Tye. NE^NWj- sec. 10, T. 141 N., R. 82 W. Used dug farm 

well, diameter 48 inches, depth 20.7 feet. Measuring point, nail and 

washer at north corner of well, 0.4 foot above land surface. Water 

level, in feet below measuring point, 1940: Nov. 16, 17.90.

Pembina County

41. George Harris. NW£HW£ sec. 27, T. 163 N., R. 51 W. 

water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Date

Jan. 1

8

15

22

29

Feb. 5

12

19.

26

Mar. 4

11

19

25

Water 

level

97.20

97.11

97.04

96.98

96.91

96.83

96.75

96.67

96.58

96.50

96.43

96.33

96.26

Date

Apr. 1

8

16

22

29

May 6

13

20

27

June 3

10

17

25

»?ater

level

96.17

96.23

96.00

95.92

95.87

95.92

96.18

96.26

96.40

96.55

96.71

96.68

96.69

Date

July

Aug.

Sept

1

8

15

22

29

5

12

19

. 2

9

14

21

28

Water

level

96.70

96.67

96.57

96.49

96.38

96.25

96.16

96.03

95.88

95.69

95.61

95.49

95.46

Date

Oct. 5

12

19

26

Nov. 2

10

17

23

Dec. 1

7

14

22

31

Water

level

95.33

95.19

95.11

95.03

94.96

94.90

94.83

94.77

94.75

94.67

94.63

94.59

94.48

42. C. A. Thompson. SEjSWj sec. 3, T. 163 N., R. 56 W. 

water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Jan. 6

13

20

27

Feb. 3

10

17

24

Mar. 2

9

16

23

30

99.09

99.09

99.09

99.09

99.09

99.07

99.07

99.07

99.07

99.07

99.07

99.07

99.07

Apr. 6

13

22

27

May 4

11

13

18

25

June 1

15

22

29

99.07

99.07

99.07

99.06

99.05

99.02

99.02

99.02

99.02

99.02

98.98

98.98

98.94

July

Aug.

Sept

6

13

20

27

3

10

17

24

31

. 7

21

28

98.94

98.94

98.94

98.94

98.94

99.02

99.02

99.02

99.05

99.06

99.06

99.06

Oct. 5

19

26

Nov. 2

9

16

23

30

Dec. 7

14

21

28

99.06

99.06

99.06

99.06

99.06

99.06

99.06

99.05

99.05

99.05

99.05

99.05

» Pierce County

1. Eric Harmmel. NEiNW|- sec. 10, T. 156 N., R. 72 W. Unused dug 

well, 33 inches square, depth 28.6 feet. Measuring point, west corner of 

curbing, 1.1 feet above land surface. Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940: Nov. 8, 27.50.

Ramsey County

48. Mrs. Bonnie Boland. NE$- sec. 14, T. 153 N., R. 65 W. 

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Jan.

Feb.

6.

13

20

27

3

99.11

99.11

99.11

99.09

99.08

Feb.

Mar.

10

17

24

2

9

99.26

99.55

99.06

99.11

99.14

Mar.

Apr.

16

23

30

6

13

99.16

99.11

99.19

99.17

99.17

Apr.

May

20

22

27

4

11

99.16

99.13

99.16

99.20

99.25
268 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Ramsey County Continued.

48. Mrs. Bonnie Boland. Continued.

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Date

May 18

25

June 1

8

15

22

29

July 6

13

Water 

level

99.28

99.24

99.25

99.22

99.18

99.16

99.11

99.05

99.01

Date

July 20

27

Aug. 3

10

17

24

51

Sept. 7

Water 

level

99.05

99.02

99.05

99.02

99.05

99.01

99.05

99.01

Date

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

.14

21

28

5

12

19

26

2

Water 

level

99.01

98.97

98.97

98.98

98.97

99.00

99.01

99.05

Date

'Nov. 9

16

23

30

Dec. 7

14

21

28

Water 

level

99.05

99.05

99.05

99.06

99.06

99.05

99.05

99.05

Ransom County

1. Melfird Skramstad. NW£NE| sec. 3, T. 136 N., R. 56 W. Used 

stock bored well, diameter 24 inches, depth 51.9 feet. Measuring point, 

nail and washer at top of curb, east point, 0.7 foot above land surface. 

Water level, in feet below datum, 1940: Nov. 28, 26.54.

Renville County

26. Minnesota Trust Company. NBjNBi sec. 20, T. 161 N., R. 

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

85 W.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

6

15

20

27

5

10

17

24

2

9

16

16 a

17

18

19

90.30

90.51

90.32

90.29

90.56

90.22

90.21

90.20

90.20

90.19

90.21

146.80

91.89

90.58

90.50

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

20

21

22

25

30

6

13

20

27

4

11

18

25

1

8

90.25

90.19

90.14

90.10

90.09

90.19

90.24

90.26

90.27

90.28

90.29

90.55

90.55

90.37

90.38

June

July

Aug.

Sept

15

22

29

6

13

20

27

3

10

17

24

51

. 7

14

21

90.58

90.22

90.27

90.17

90.15

90.12

90.25

90.14

90.12

90.09

89,98

90.10

89.99

90.00

89.98

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

.30

5

12

19

26

2

9

16

23

50

7

14

21

28

89.97

90.08

90.00

89.97

90.05

90.00

89.99

89.95

89.97

89.95

90.06

89.97

90.03

90.08

75. Fish and Wildlife Service. NW^NWfc sec. 31, T. 158 N., R. 84 W. 

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Jan. 6

13

20

27

Feb. 3

10

17

24

Mar. 2

9

23

Apr. 6

105,98

105.92

105.96

105.96

b!05.96

b!05.96

b!05.96

b!05.96

b!05.96

b!05.96

b!05.96

b!05.96

Apr. 13

20

27

May 4

11

20

25

June 1

8

15

22

29

b!05.96

106.42

107.42

106.37

106.38

106.54

106.35

106.06

105.67

105.58

105.42

105.29

July 6

13

20

27

Aug. 24

31

Sept. 7

14

21

28

Oct. 5

12

104.90

104.96

104.75

104.12

103.25

103.62

103.00

102.75

102.71

102.46

102.46

102.33

Oct. 19

26

Nov. 2

9

16

23

30

Dec. 7

14

21

28

102.25

102.25

102.21

b!02.21

b!02.21

b!02.21

b!02.21

b!02.21

b!02.21

b!02.21

b!02.21

167. Town of Mohall. SEiSW^ sec. 15, T. 161 N., R. 84 W. Unused 

grilled well, diameter 4 inches, depth 550 feet. Measuring point, top of 

casing at east side, 1.0 foot above land surface. Water levels, in feet 

below measuring point, 1940: July 19, 24.54; Nov. 13, 24.57.

168. J. Dighton Taylor. NW£NBj sec. 24, T. 161 N., R. 84 W. Used 

domestic dug well, diameter 48 inches, depth 15.2 feet. Measuring point, 

top of top brick in curb, northeast point at pencil mark flush with land 

surface. Water levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940: July 19, 

11.04; Nov. 15, 11.84._________________________________________

a After filling well with 10 gallons of water, b Top of ice.
NORTH DAKOTA 269

Renville County Continued.

169. Fred Paris. SB^SWj sec. 13, T. 

well, diameter 18 inches, depth 13.2 feet, 

inside, east side, at land surface, 

point, 1940: July 19, 11.64; Nov.

161 N., R. 84 IK. Unused bored 

Measuring point, top of curb, 

Water levels, in feet below measuring 

13, 11.24.

Richland County

2. Ira Madden. NE^SEj sec. 12, T. 132 N., R. 49 W. 

Water level, in feet above datum. 1940

Bate

Jan. 6

13

20

27

Feb. 5

10

17

24

Mar. 2

9

16

23

50

Water 

level

100.80

100.80

100.80

100.79

100.79

100.79

100.79

100.79

100.67

100.79

100.79

100.79

100.79

Date

Apr. 6

13

20

27

May 4

13

18

25

June 1

5

8

15

24

Water 

level

100.79

100.81

100.81

100.81

100.81

100.81

100.92

100.92

100.92

100.91

100.92

100.91

100.91

Date

June 29

July 6

13

20

27

Aug. 3

11

19

24

31

Sept. 7

16

21

Water 

level

100.91

100.90

100.90

100.88

100.88

100.87

100.87

100.87

100.87

100.87

100.81

100.81

100.79

Date

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

.28

5

12

19

26

2

9

18

23

30

7

14

28

Water 

level

100.79

100.80

100.80

100.80

100.73

100.73

100.73

100.73

100.69

100.69

100.71

100.69

100.69

5. John Liljemark. SU^-SBj sec. 23, T. 133 N., R. 52 W. 

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Jan. 6

13

21

27

Feb. 3

11

17

24

Mar. 2

9

16

23

30

Apr. 6

100.19

100.06

99.92

99.80

99.74

99.67

99.66

99.65

99.59

99.63

99.74

99.80

99.79

100.46

Apr. 13

20

27

May 4

11

18

25

June 1

5

8

15

22

29

100.29

101.34

101.79

102.92

102,57

103.75

103.23

102.48

102.46

102.15

101.67

101.20

101.08

July 6

13

20

27

Aug. 3

10

17

24

31

Sept. 7

14

21

28

100.71

100.55

100.32

100.12

100.12

99.96

99.77

99.79

100.07

99.75

99.67

99.58

99.58

Oct. 5

12

19

26

Nov. 4

9

17

23

30

Dec. 7

14

21

28

99.43

99.46

99.58

99.62

100.04

100.05

100.24

100.29

100.33

100.29

100.29

100.15

100.23

Rolette County

164. Owner's number 5. Town of Rolla. NB£ sec. 17, T. 162 N., R. 69 W. 

Unused drilled well, diameter 8 inches, depth 103 feet. Measuring point, 

top of concrete curb at north side, about 1 foot above land surface. Water 

levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940: July 17, 8.31; Nov. 8, 8.55.

165. Owner's number 4. Town of Rolla. NE^ sec. 17, T. 162 N., 

R. 69 W. Used municipal dug well, diameter 240 inches, depth 35.2 feet. 

Measuring point, west side of manhole curbing, about 2 feet above land 

surface. Water levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940: July 17, 

34.60; Nov. 8, 35.56.

Sargent County

1. Nick Klinkheimer. SW^SWi sec. 25, T. 131 N., R. 58 W. . Unused 

bored well, diameter 24 inches, depth 30.0 feet. Measuring point, painted 

arrow on north side of well curb, 1.0 foot above land surface. Water level, 

in feet below measuring point, 1940: Nov. 27, 28.82.

418674 O - 41 - 18
270 WATER LEVELS AMD ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Sargent County Continued.

2. Nick Klinkheiraer. SW£s»i sec. 25, T. 131 N., R. 58 W. Housed 

driven well, diameter 2^ Inches, depth 33.5 feet. Measuring point, rim 

of bent pipe at south side 1.3 feet above land surface. Water level, in 

feet below measuring point, 1940: Nov. 27, 29.80.

116. Reko Realty. NBtNWj sec. 19, T. 130 N., R. 58 W. Used domestic driven well, diameter ij inches, depth 16.3 feet. Measuring point, 

top of pipe, 3.1 feet above land surface. Water level, in feet below 

measuring point, 1940: Oct. 3, 11.85.

95.

Sheridan County

Bank of North Dakota. NW^NWi sec. 28, T. 145 N., R. 75 W. 

Water level, in feet above datum. 1940

Date

Jan. 6

13

20

27

Feb. 3

10

17

24

Mar. 2

9

16

23

30

Water 

level

99.55

99.59

99.63

99.60

99.58

99.56

99.47

99.53

99.50

99.49

99.53

99.50

99.59

Date

Apr. 6

13

22

23

May 11

18

25

June 1

10

15

22

29

July 7

Water 

level

99.57

99.58

99.54

99.55

99.80

99.90

99.80

99.80

99.80

99.91

99.92

99.69

99.69

Date

July 13

20

27

Aug. 4

11

18

26

Sept. 7

14

21

28

Oct. 5

12

Water

level

99.66

99.67

99.67

99.68

99.67

99.67

99.66

99.51

99.39

99.33

99.31

99.29

99.29

Date

Oct. 19

26

Nov. 2

9

16

21

23

30

Dec. 7

14

21

27

Water 

level

99.29

99.18

99.30

99.32

99.31

99.30

99.32

99.31

99.32

99.32

99.32

99.31

Sioux County

1. Mrs. Looking-out. SW£ sec. 7, T. 130 N., R. 79 W. In town of 

Port Yates. Used domestic bored well, diameter 24 Inches, depth 20.2 feet. 

Measuring point, top of iron casing, north point, 0.3 foot above land surface. Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940: Nov. 17, 13.96.

Slope County

1. Arthur Nesseth. SEiNEj sec. 14, T. 134 N., R. 100 W. Used farm 

bored well, diameter 24 inches, depth 66.5 feet. Measuring point, top of 

curb at north side, painted mark, 0.6 foot above land surface. Water 

level, in feet below measuring point, 1940: Nov. 19, 18.55.

Stark County

120. Roland & Geo. Punk. NEiNWj sec. 2, T. 139 N., R. 91 W. Used 

stock dug well, diameter 42 inches, depth 17 feet. Measuring point, arrow 

on north side, 1.85 feet above land surface. Water levels, in feet below 

measuring point, 1940: May 30, 5.74; Nov. 20, 6.45.

Steele County

1. Mrs. Snortland. NEiNEj sec..15, T. 148 N., R. 57 W. Used stock 

bored well, diameter 24 inches, depth 53.8 feet. Measuring point, top of 

curb, north side at painted arrow, 1.8 feet above land surface. Water 

level, in feet below measuring point, 1940: Nov. 29, 21.38.

Stutsman County

124. Union Central Life. SWiSWj sec. 53,, T. 7 N;, R. 64 W. Unused 

drilled well, diameter 4.5 inches, depth 195 feet. Measuring point, top 

of pump, about 3 feet above land surface. Water levels, in feet below 

measuring point, 1940: June 3, 52.98; July 3, 53.04; Aug. 9, 53.58; 

Nov. 26, 53.73.
NORTH DAKOTA 271

Toimer County

59. Bank of North Dakota. NBjNWj- sec. 28, T. 160 N., R. 66 W. 

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Date

Jan. 6

13

20

27

Feb. 3

10

17

24

Mar. 2

 9

17

23

30

Apr. 6

Water 

level

100.82

100.84

100.85

100.88

100.92

100.94

100.94

100.94

100.98

101.05

101.10

101.13

101.18

101.22

Date

Apr. 13

20

27

May 4

11

15

18

25

June 6

10

15

22

29

Water 

level

101.31

101.29

101.33

101.38

101.41

101.46

101.48

101.46

99.77

99.80

99.77

99.80

99.81

Date

July

Aug.

Sept.

6

13

20

27

3

10

17

24

31

7

14

21

28

Water 

level

99.81

99.81

100.02

100.05

100.15

100.14

100.13

100.13

100.09

100.06

100.05

100.05

100.04

Date

Oct. 5

12

19

26

Nov. 2

9

16

23

30

Dec. 7

14

21

28

Water 

level

100.07

100.13

100.14

100.22

100.23

100.30

100.42

100.47

100.64

100.67

100.72

100.74

100.76

Traill County

15. A. C. Skyberg. SBjSWi sec. 24, T. 146 N., R. 51 W. 

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Jan. 6

13

20

27

Feb. 3

10

17

24

Mar. 2

9

16

23

30

Apr. 6

99.58

99.58

99.58

99.58

99.57

99.56

99.56

99.56

99.56

99.55

99.54

99.54

99.53

99.51

Apr. 13

20

27

May 4

11

18

25

June 1

6

8

15

22

29

99.52

99.54

99.58

99.62

99.74 '

99.64

99.65

99,66

99.71

99.68

99.68

99.70

99.72

July 6

13

20

27

Aug. 3

10

17

24

31

Sept. 7

14 .

21

28

99.75

99.77

99.77

99.77

99.77

99.75

99.76

99.76

99.79

99.79

99.79

99.79

99.79

Oct. 5

12

19

26

Nov. 2

9

16

23

30

Dec. 7

14

21

28

99.77

99.77

99.77

99.75

99.72

99.72

99.81

99.71

99.71

99.70

99.70

99.68

99.66

31. City of Hatton. SW^NEi sec. 18, T. 148 N., R. 53 W. 

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Apr. 7

13

20

27

May 4

11

18

26

June 1

97.35

97.04

95.66

94.01

94.21

94.68

94.64

94.64

93.83

June 7

8

15

22

July 1

6

13

21

27

94.58

94.63

93.51

93.04

92.71

90.95

90.94

90.48

90.43

Aug. 3

11

17

24

31

Sept. 7

14

21

29

91.59

92.04

92.41

93.14

93.51

93.36

94.08

91.93

91.25

Oct. 6

13

20

27

Nov. 2

9

16

23

91.27

91.18

93.30

93.26

93.85

94.50

94.60

94.80

32. City of Hatton. SBjNBi sec. 18, T. 148 N., R. 53 W. 

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Apr. 7

13

20

27

May 4

11

18

25

June 1

94.42

94.50

94.17

95.75

96.40

96,63

96.92

97.17

96.73

June 7

8

15

22

July 1

6

13

21

28

97.11

97.06

96.76

96.72

95.44

94.43

93.49

91.29

91.19

Aug. 3

11

17

24

31.

Sept. 7

14

21

29

91.75

91.67

92.91

93.39

93.91

93.22

93.52

91.94

91.94

Oct. 6

13

20

27

Nov. 2

9

16

23

92.44

92.78

93.34

93.63

94.01

94.10

94.73

94.87
272 WATER LEVELS AMD ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Traill County Continued.

33. City of Hatton. NBfcNBfc sec. 18, T. 148 N., R. 53 W. 

Water level, in feet above datum. 1940

Date

Mar. 16

23

30

Apr. 7

13

20

27

May 4

11

18

Water 

level

98.14

98.21

97.96

98.25

98.29

98.46

98.73

99.00

100.15

100.11

Date

May 25

June 1

7

8

15

22

July 1

6

13

21

Water 

level

99.12

99.09

99.41

99.42

99.25

99.12

98.94

98.33

97.96

97.75

Date

July 27

Aug. 3

11

17

24

31

Sept. 7

14

21

Water 

level

97.81

97.97

97.80

97.80

98.17

98.20

97.77

97.67

97.79

Date

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

.29

6

13

20

27

2

9

16

23

Water 

level

97.62

97.81

97.31

97.82

97.97

98.12

98.12

97.98

97.89

34. City of Hatton. NW^NBfc sec. 18, T. 148 N., R. 53 If. 

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Mar.

Apr.

May

16

23

30

7

13

20

27

4

11

18

96.15

96.11

96.07

96.34

96.72

96.74

96.98

97.00

97.30

97.37

May

June

July

25

1

7

8

15

22

1

6

13

21

97.86

97.30

97.86

98.24

97.37

97.05

96.56

96.00

95.95

96.54

July

Aug.

Sept

27

3

11

17

24

31

. 7

14

21

95.70

95.77

95.70

95.44

95.54

95.66

95.19

94.37

95.08

Sept

Oct.

Nov.

.29

6

13

20

27

2

9

16

23

95.23

95.29

95.22

95.18

95.37

95.45

95.52

95.72

95.67

Walsh County

38. Henry Dipple. SWjSB| sec. 16, T. 157 N., R. 51 W. 

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

6

13

20

27

3

10

17

24

2

9

16

23

30

99.57

99.25

99.26

99.26

99.27

99.42

99.43

99.43

99.44

99.59

99.50

99.49

99.48

Apr. 6

13

20

27

May 4

13

18

25

June 1

8

15

22

29

99.43

99.44

99.43

99.79

98.78

98.62

98.57

99.87

100.42

100.44

100.00

99.88

99.85

July

Aug.

Sept.

6

13

20

27

3

10

17

24

31

7

14

21

28

99.82

,99.86

99.91

99.62

99.64

100.03

100.04

100.03

100.03

100.11

99.79

99.69

99.62

Oct. 5

12

19

26

Nov. 2

9

16

23

30

Dec. 7

14

21

28

99.61

99.60

99.53

99.49

99.51

99.51

99.95

99.75

99.71

99.79

99.85

99.65

99.78

39. Henry Dipple. SWjSEi sec. 16, T. 157 N., R. 51 H. 

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Jan. 6

13

20

27

Feb. 3

10

17

24

Mar. 2

9

16

23

30

Apr. 6

100.18

100.77

100.94

100.55

99.87

99.67

99.68

99.79

99.67

99.75

99.69

99.68

99.55

99.42

Apr. 13

20

27

May 4

11

13

18

25

June 1

8

15

22

29

99.35

99.45

100.41

100.40

100.74

101.20

102.24

102.93

104.50

102.73

102.50

102.31

102.07

July 6

13

20

27

Aug. 3

10

17

24

31

Sept. 7

14

21

28

102.09

101.05

101.33

100.91

100.91

100.51

100.14

99.95

99.89

99.85

99.49

99.67

99.70

Oct. 5

12

19

25

Nov. 2

9

16

23

30

Dec. 7

14

21

28

99.89

99.71

98.42

98.28

98.17

98.16

98.38

98.16

98.28

98.44

98.39

98.38

98.33
NORTH DAKOTA 273

Walsh County Continued.

40. Henry Dlpple. SW£SE| sec. 16, T'. 157 N., R. 51 W. 

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Date

Jan. 6

13

20

27

Feb. 3

10

17

24

liar. 2

9

16

23

30

Apr. 6

Water

level

101.56

alOO.17

alOO.17

alOO.17

alOO.17

alOO.17

alOO.17

alOO.17

alOO.17

alOO.17

alOO.17

alOO.17

alOO.17

alOO.17

Date

Apr. 13

20

27

May 4

11

13

18

25

June 1

8

15

22

29

Water

level

b!06.5

b!06.5

100.96

99.55

99.95

100.02

100.09

100.71

100.77

101.00

101.11

100.50

100.27

Date

July

Aug.

Sept.

6

13

20

27

3

10

17

24

31

7

14

21

28

Water 

level

100.28

99.72

100.08

100*10

99.93

100.36

100.20

100.18

100.18

100.33

100.85

100.10

100*04

Date

Oct. 5

12

19

25

Nov. 2

9

16

23

30

Dec. 7

14

21

28

Water 

level

100.29

100.19

99.38

99.34

100.10

100.06

99.80

99.34

99.33

99.09

99.09

99.09

99.09

96. C. D. Lewis. SW^SWj sec. 17, T. 157 N., R. 66 W. 

Water level, In feet above datum, 1940

Jan. 6

13

20

27

Feb. 3

10

17

24

Mar. 2

9

16

23

30

Apr. 6

98,99

99.01

99.04

99.05

99.08

99.10

99.10

99.12

99.13

99.13

99.15

99.16

99.16

99.21

Apr. 13

20

27

May 4

11

13

18

25

June 1

8

15

22

29

99.23

99.40

99.49

99.58

99.67

99.64

99.79

99.71

99.97

100.05

100.02

99.88

99.78

July 6

13

20

27

Aug. 3

10

17

24

31

Sept. 7

14

21

28

99.57

99.40

99.37

99.23

99.21

99.06

98.98

98.89

98.82

98.74

98.64

98.56

98.48

Oct. 5

12

19

26

Sept. 2

9

16

23

30

Dec. 7

14

21

28

98.47

98.51

98.57

98.62

98.69

98.73

98.76

98.79

98.83

98.86

98.89

98.91

98.96

H.

25. 

84 W.

Ward County

Rural Rehabilitation Corporation. 

Observer, Harra II. Carell, Burlington

Water level, In feet above datum, 1940

sec. 2, T. 155 N.,

May

June

19

25

1

101.12

101.12

100.98

June 8

15

100.98

100.81

Dec. 7

14

100.81

100.62

Dec. 21

28

100.71

100.73

53. Chas. O'Nelll. SW£SE| sec. 30, T. 160 N., R. 88 W.

1940

Jan. 6

13

20

27

Feb. 3

 10

17

24

Mar. 2

8

16

23

30

Apr. 6

91.62

91.74

89,60

87.49

88.60

86.67

86.85

86.83

85.85

85.75

85.45

97.83

98.83

98.76

Apr. 13

20

27

May 4

11

18

21

25

June 1

8

15

22

29

101.33

101.51

101.75

101.68

101.64

101.60

102.41

102.67

101.74

101.91

101.83

102.00

100.50

July 6

13

20

27

Aug. 3

10

17

24

31

Sept. 7

14

21

28

99.49

99.97

98.83

97.51

97.68

98.56

98.33

97.51

97.62

97.66

98.93

96.33

98.01

Oct. 5

12

19

26

Nov. 2

9

16

23

30

Dec. 7

14

21

28

96.33

96.60

94.45

93.64

93.51

92.74

94.33

95.60

95.78

95.93

95.80

97.58

97.51

a Top of Ice. b Filled with snow-melt water.
274 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Ward County- Continued.

71. Pish and Wildlife Service. SBiSWj sec. 5, T. 157 N., R. 

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

84 W.

Date

Jan. 6

13

20

27

Feb. 3

10

17

24

liar. 2

9

23

Apr. 6

Water

level

101.25

101.21

101.00

100.89

101.04

100.66

100.62

100.54

100.58

100.46

100.29

100.62

Date

Apr. 13

20

27

Hay 4

11

20

25

June 1

8

15

22

29

Water 

level

100.71

100.79

100.87

 101.00

101.04

100.21

101.08

100.96

100.71

100.54

100.46

100.37

Date

July 6

13

20

27

Aug. 24

31

Sept. 7

14

21

28

Oct. 5

12

Water

level

100.37

100.37

100.37

100.35

100.46

100.42

100.42

100.37

100.42

100.46

100.46

100.37

Date

Oct. 19

26

Nov. 2

9

16

23

30

Dec. 7

14

21

28

Water

level

100.37

100.33

100.21

100.16

100.16

100.16

100.16

100.12

100.12

99.96

99.92

73. Pish and Wildlife Service. NEiNEi sec. 21, T. 157 N., R. 84 W. 

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

6

13

20

27

3

10

17

24

2

9

23

6

101.75

101.79

101.87

101.96

101.96

102.00

102.04

102.08

102.00

102,00

102.00

102.00

Apr.

May

June

13

20

27

4

11

20

25i

8

15

22

29

101.87

102.29

102.50

102.71

102.87

102.92

102.75

102.50

102,37

102.08

102.00

100.96

July

Aug.

Sept

Oct.

6

13

20

27

24

31

. 7

14

21

28

5

12

101

101

101

101

101

101

101

101

101

101

101

101

.25

.87

.50

.42

.83

.63

.58

.54

.25

.21

.17

.54

Oct. 19

26

Nov. 2

9

16

23

30

Dec. 7

14

21

28

101.63

100.83

101.75

101.75

101.75

101.75

101.71

101.71

101.67

100.83

100.83

74. Pish and Wildlife Service. NE$SWi sec. 21, T. 157 N., S. 84 W. 

Water level, in feet below datum, 1940

Jan. 6

13

20

27

Feb. 3

10

17

24

Mar. 2

9

23

Apr. 6

101.64

101.66

101.69

101.77

101.77

101.85

101.85

101.85

101.89

102.02

102.02

102.19

Apr. 13

20

27

May 4

11

20

27

June 1

8

15

22

29

102.27

102.33

102.48

102.60

102.69

102.81

102.77

102.27

102.44

102.06

101.94

102.02

July 6

13

20

27

Aug. 24

31

Sept. 7

14

21

28

Oct. 5

12

102.02

101.77

101.39

101.06

101.06

101.06

101.06

101.02

100.98

100.98

101.06

101.10

Oct. 19

26

Nov. 2

9

16

23

30

Dec. 7

14

21

28

101.19

101.35

101.35

101.39

101.39

101.44

101.69

101.69

101.77

101.77

101.85

114. Pish and Wildlife Service. SWiNEfc sec. 32, T. 160 N., R. 88 W. 

Unused dug well, diameter 37 inches, depth 15.0 feet. Measuring point, 

cross on brick at east side, flush with land surface. 

feet below measuring point, 1940: May 21, 8.14; Nov.

Water levels, in 

12,^10.03.

Wells County

23. City of Harvey. SBfSWj sec. 21, T. 150 N., R. 72 W. 

Water level, in feet below datum, 1940

Jan. 7

14

27

Feb. 4

11

18

23

98.53

98.28

97.87

97.62

97.28

97.03

96.78

Mar. 4

10

17

24

Apr. 7

14

21

96.53

96.27

96.12

95.87

96.03

96.62

99.62

Apr. 22

28

May 5

12

19

26

June 2

100.12

102.78

104.28

105.14

105.91

106.01

105.87

June 9

16

30

July 7

14

21

28

106.20

105.60

104.89

104.20

103.87

103.95

103.91
NORTH DAKOTA 275

Wells County Continued.

23. City of Harvey. Continued.

Water level, in feet below datum, 1940

Date

Aug. 3 

4 

10 

17 

24 

Sept. 1

Water 

level

103.53 

103.74 

103.39 

103.16 

102.95 

102.83

Date

Sept. 8 

15 

22 

29 

Oct. 1 

8

Water 

level

102.66 

102.53 

102.33 

108.12 

102.91 

101.60

Date

Oct. 15 

22 

29 

Nov. 3 

10 

17

Water 

level

101.38 

101.33 

101.29 

101.13 

101.01 

-100.87

Date

Nov. 21 

Dec. 1 

8 

15 

22 

29

Ulater 

level

100.78 

100.53 

100.34 

99.95 

99.62 

99.37

24. City of Harvey. NE|NWfc sec. 28, T. 150 N., R. 72 W. 

Water level, In feet above datum, 1940

Jan. 7

14

27

Feb. 4

11

18

23

Mar. 4

10

17

24

Apr. 7

14

100.02

99.60

99.02

98.81

98.44

98.19

97.94

97.69

97.44

97.56

97.35

97.27

97.95

Apr. 21

22

28

May 5

12

19

26

June 2

9

16

30

July 7

14

100.77

103.85

101.34

105,60

106.48

107.58

107.64

107.27

107.52

106.98

107.15

105.48

105.19

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

21

28

3

4

10

17

24

1

8

15

22

29

1

105.23

105.15

104.81

105.06

104.69

109.41

104.19

104.06

103.96

103.81

103.60

103.48

103.25

Oct. 8

15

22

29

Nov. 3

10

17

24

Dec. 1

8

15

22

29

102.98

102.73

102.62

102.58

102.48

102.31

102.15

102.06

101.85

100.52

100.31

101.02

100.81

153. Hayden Jones. NEjNEj sec. 23, T. 147 N., R. 70 W. Used stock 

dug well, diameter 48 Inches, depth 9.4 feet. Measuring point, crack between central planks In platform, 1 foot above land surface. Water level, 

In feet below measuring point, 1940: July 26, 7.87.

Williams County

77. Hans 0. Lottestad. NE£SEj sec. 24, T. 159 N., R. 103 W. 

eously listed In NE^SWj sec. 24 In previous report.

Water level. In feet above datum. 1940

BrronJan.

Feb.

Mar.

6

13

20

27

3

10

17

24

2

9

16

23

50

89.22

88.80

88.38

88.38

87.47

86.97

87.07

87.18

86.88

86.53

88.77

85.70

83.05

Apr. 6

13

20

27

May 4

11

18

24

25

June 1

15

22

29

83.49

82.80

84.57

89.59

93.02

94.52

95. 26

94.81

95.18

94.55

94.04

93.97

93.49

July

Aug.

Sept

6

13

20

27

3

10

17

24

31

. 7

14

21

28

93.34

91.80

89.42

83.69

82.99

83.59

84.41

82.84

83.80

83.42

83.74

83.23

83.80

Oct. 5

12

26

Nov. 2

9

16

23

30

Dec. 7

14

21

28

83.09

82.84

86.72

84.18

85.59

83.14

83.10

82.73

82.77

82.86

83.68

82.57

78. Hans 0. Lottestad. NEjSEj sec. 24, T. 159 N., R. 103 If. Erroneously listed In NE^SWj sec. 24 In previous reports.

Water level, In feet above datum, 1940

Jan. 6

13

20

27

Feb. 3

10

17

24

Mar. 2

83.99

84.38

84.17

84.88

83.38

82.69

83.30

83.12

82.97

Mar. 9

16

25

30

Apr. &

13

20

.27

May 4

82.76

82.65

82.71

83.18

83.57

83.80

87.17

89.17

91.00

May 11

18

24

25

June 1

15

22

29

July 6

89.76

91.45

90.50

91.86

88.97

88. "23

86.55

85.17

82.46

July 13

20

27

Aug. 3

10

17

24

31

Sept. 7

81.80

81.08

82.65

81.17

80.26

79.05

77.59

78.57

78.32
276 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Williams County Continued.

78. Hana 0. Lottestad. Continued,

Water level. In feet above datum. 1940

Date

Sept. 14 

21 

28 

Oct. 5

Water 

level

78.05 

77.80 

78.48 

79.34

Date

Oct. 12 

26 

Nov. 2 

9

Water 

level

77.46 

80.23 

80.98 

78.31

Date

Nov. 16 

23 

30 

Dec. 7

Water 

level

78.66 

78.47 

75.91 

75.86

Date

Dec. 14 

21 

28

Water 

level

75.13 

75.42 

72.20

79. Mrs. Gus B. Swanson. SWjSWj sec. 29, T. 157 N., R. 96 W, 

Water level. In feet above datum, 1940

Jan. 6

13

20

27

Feb. 3

10

17

24

Mar. 2

9

16

23

30

Apr. 6

75.28

75.72

79.71

78.70

80.28

84.55

83.05

83.28

83.30

81.59

82.78

81.51

82.28

82.59

Apr. 13

20

27

May 4

11

18

25

25

June 1

S

15

22

29

82.64

76.93

74.32

68.72

74.28

82.18

a 81.16

b 81.54

82.99

87.82

86.84

88.09

85.97

July 6

13

20

27

Aug. 3

10

17

24

31

Sept. 7

14

2128 '

90.55

79.64

71.47

74.86

72.72

71.95

70.88

72.51

78.34

78.66

76.14

74.38

76.20

Oct. 5

12

19

26

Nov. 2

9

16

23

30

Dec. 7

14

21

28

76.55

77.91

78.05

76.84

76.05

75.51

75.49

77.91

77.72

77.76

81.45

80.38

81.36

a Measurement made at 7:00 a.m. b Measurement made at 10;00 a.m.
SOUTH DAKOTA

CITY OF HDROH 

By T. W. Robinson

The measuring of water-levels In gage hole 1, and the recording of 

pumpage from city well field near Huron, both of which were begun In 1934, 

were continued by the city In 1940. Records of water levels and pompage 

from 1934 through 1939 were given in Water-Supply Papers 817, 840, 845, 

and 886. The water levels and pumpage data for the Huron well field given 

In this report are Interpolated from a graph furnished by H. M. Fierce, 

city engineer.

The well field furnished nearly half the 303 million gallons of water 

needed for the supply of Huron in 1940; about 147 million gallons was 

supplied from the well field and about 156 million gallons from the James 

River. The James River supply was used from June 22 to October 30. The 

water level in gage hole 1 at the end of 1940 was 2.3 feet higher than on 

December 31, 1939, 2.0 feet higher than on December 31, 1938, 1.1 feet 

lower than on December 25, 1937, 3*6 feet lower than on December 21, 1936 

and 4.1 feet lower than on December 31, 1935.

Gage hole 1.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, and pumpage from 

city wells, In millions of gallons a month. 1940

Date

Feb. 11

25

Mar. 10

31

Apr. 21

MBIT %

19

22

July 6

20

Water 

level.

26.1

26.3

25.8

25.6

26.8

27.4

28.8

31.2

 31.3

38.2

22.2

19.8

Month

January

February

April

May

Pumpage

17.2

1 A a

15.6

16.8

28.0

a 20.4

(a)

Date

17

31

Sept. 14

28

Oct. 13

on

Nov. 16

SO

Dec. 14

28

31

Water 

level

in *

17.3

16.4

15.6

15.8

15.6

15.6

23.8

24.6

25.6

25.9

24.3

Month

November

December

Pumpage

(a)

(a)

0.9

16.8

16.6

a City water supply pumped from James River June 22 to October 30.

277
278 WATER LEVELS AMD ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA 

By T. W. Robinson

The cooperative observation-well program in southeastern South Dakota 

(See Water-Supply Paper 886) was continued in 1940 by the Federal Geological 

Survey in cooperation with the South Dakota Geological Survey. , Measurements 

of water level were made once a month in 56 wells and twice a year in 4 

wells. A total of about 550 Individual measurements were made in 1940. 

Measurements were discontinued on three wells, and seven new observation 

wells were added during the year.

A comparison of the average water levels in a group of 13 wells, which 

were first measured in August 1936, with the average water levels in the 

same wells, 9 of which were measured in August and 4 in October, 1940, shows 

an average rise in water level of 0.51 foot. A comparison of average water 

levels in a group of 24 wells shows an average rise in water level of 0.39 

foot between December 1939 and December 1040. '

The drought in the fall of 1939 continued on through January 1940. 

The precipitation in .southeastern South Dakota was below normal in January, 

about normal in February, but in March, April and June it was decidedly above 

normal. In June some damage to livestock and property was caused by flash 

floods in small drainage areas. The precipitation in May and September was 

considerably below normal, somewhat below normal in July, August and 

September, and above normal in October, November and December.

The records for the observation wells are listed alphabetically by 

county name on the following pages. All water level measurements are expressed in feet below the measuring points. Measurements of water level 

were made by the Federal Geological Survey in June, July and August, and by 

the State Geological Survey at other times in the year. During June three 

of the old observation wells, which were in danger of caving, were recased 

in order to preserve them for future measurements. Water-level measurement a 

were started in June on 7 new wells, 3 of which were bored for the purpose.

Beadle County

11. No measurements made in 1940.

12. No measurements made in 1940.

13. No measurements made in 1940.
SOUTH DAKOTA 279

Beadle County Continued.

14. No measurements made in 1940.

15. Ho measurements made in 1940.

Bon Homme County

SEi SWi sec. 14, T. 94 N., R. 58 W. Wood casing 

a to settle between Mar. 20 and Apr. 26, 1940.

?. T. V. Dugovio,

and measuring point began ., _-_. ___...._

Settling continued and casing later showed evidence of collapsing. Well 

reoased to original depth with S-lnoh galvanized iron downspout pipe June 

11, 1940 in order to preserve continuity of observations. Beginning June 

11, 1940, measuring point, top of 3-lnoh galvanized iron casing, about 

1.5 feet above position of original measuring point, prior to settling. 

Bench mark, top of 3/8-inch iron rod driven* in ground, 5.45 feet east of 

well, 0.27 foot below top of 3-inoh casing and 0.05 foot below land surface.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Jan. 24 

Feb. 21 

Mar. 20

Water 

level

23.95 

24.12 

24.33

Date

Apr. 26 

May 17 

June 11

Water 

level

a 24.61 

b 24.65 

o 24.50

Date

July 14 

Aug. 14 

Sept. 30

Water 

level

24.31 

24.24 

24.54

Date

Nov. 4 

Dec. 31

 

Water 

level

24.66 

25.05

8. Jake Berndt.

Water level, in feet below measuring point,, 1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

24

21

20

12.09

13.00

13.15

Apr.

May

Jane

26

17

11

7.80

8.42

8.13

July

Aug.

Sept

14

14

.30

8.74

9.98

11.18

HNOV.

Dec.

4

31

11.68

10.36

9. SEi SEi 8®c. 31, T. 96 N., R. 60 W. Wood casing and well platform 

showed evidence of collapse in spring of 1940. Well reoased to a depth of 

11 feet with 3-inoh galvanized iron downspout pipe June 11, 1940, in order 

to preserve continuity of observations. Beginning June 11, 1940, measuring 

point, top of 3-Inch galvanized iron casing at painted arrow, same altitude 

as previous measuring point. Bench mark, painted orange cross on granite 

boulder, 5 feet southwest of well, and 1.00 foot below top of 3-lnoh casing.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Feb. 21

Mar. 20

Apr. 26

10.47

9.87

5.64

May 17

June 11

July 14

5.99

d 7.45

9.54

Aug. 14

Sept. SO

10.82

Dry

Hov.

Dec.

4

.31

Dry

Dry

34. Joseph Krejci.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

24

21

20

15.27

16.11

14.42

'Apr.

May

June

26

17

11

10.10

9.27

10.27

July

Aug.

Sept.

14

14

30

12.69

13.12

15.05

Nov.

Dec.

4

31

15.13

13.65

Brcokings County ,

18a. NEi NEi sec. 12, T. 109 N., R. 53 W. Water levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940: May 15, 7.26; Oct. 25, 9.33.

Clay County

Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar.

38.

23 

19 

19

Ed. Yusten. 

Water level

8.69 

8.81 

7.51

Apr. 

May 

June

, in

24 

17 

12

feet

6 

6 

5

below measuring

.09 

.19 

.31

July 13 

Aug. 14 

Sept. 27

point, 1940

6.48 

7.59 

8.67

Nov. 

Dec.

26 

31

8.90 

8.17

a Measuring point settled approximately 1 foot since March 20. 

b Measuring point settled approximately 1.4 feet since March 20. 

o Mew measuring point, approximately 1.5 feet below measuring 

point used on March 20.

d New measuring point.
280 WATER LEVELS AND AKEESIAH PRESSURE, 1940

Clay County Continued.

45. University of South Dakota. BE* SB* sec. 13, T. 92 H., H. 52 W. 

Drilled observation well, diameter 4 Inches, depth 18 feet. Measuring 

pSSt/top of 2 by 4-lncn horizontal guard rail over well, 0.5 foot above 

surface.

Date

Mar. 21 

Apr. 26 

May 20

Water 

level

8.87 

7.88 

10.65

Date

June 13 

July 13

Water 

level

8.46 

10.29

Date

Aug. 14 

Sept. 27

Water 

level

11.67 

13.08

Date

Hov. 4 

Dec. 31

Water 

level

15.42 

11.59

47.

R. 52 W. 

12.1 feet 

surface.

United States Geological Survey. NWi SWi sec. 23, T. 95 H., 

Bored and driven observation well, diameter li Inches, depth 

. Measuring point, top of li-inoh pipe, 0.4 foot above land

Water level

June 

July

12 

13

8.61 

8.51

Aug. 

S«P*

14 

.27

8.79 

9.09

Oct. 26 9.17 Dec. 31 9.22

48. United States Geological Survey. On farm owned by Prank Powell, 

1.3 miles south of Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad depot at 

Vermillion, T. 92 N., R. 52 W. Bored and driven observation well, diameter 

li inches, depth 21.1 feet. Measuring point, top of It-inch pipe, 1.1 feet 

above land surface.

Water level 1940

June 

July

13 

13

17.60 

17.47

Aug. 

Sept

14 

.27

17.83 

18.12

Oct. 26 18.27 Dec. 31 18.37

49. L. A. Steele. SBi see. 26, T. 93 N., R. 53 W. Unused driven

domestic well, diameter li inches, depth 32.2 feet. Measuring point, top 

of lower valve seat, 2.5 feet above land surface. Water levels, in feet 

below measuring point. 1940: June 13, 12.85} July 14. 13.61} Aug. 14, 

14.36, Sept. 30, well destroyed; measurements discontinued,

Hutchinson County

35. Herman Srause.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan. 24 

Feb. 21 

Mar. 20

16.88 

17.07 

16.60

Apr. 26 

May 17 

June 11

14.08 

10.89 

10.70

July 14 

Aug. 14 

Sept. 30

11.32 

14.11 

16.71

Nov. 4 

Dec. 31

18.13 

17,72

36.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

24

21

20

7.23

7.01

6.53

Apr.

May

June

26

17

11

5.14

5.31

5.62

July

Aug.

Se.pt

14

14

.30

6.49

7.21

8.63

Hov.

Dec.

4

31

7.94

6.99

37.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan. 24 

Feb. 21 

Mar. 20

16.20 

15.88 

15.68

,Apr. 26 

May 17 

June 11

14.01 

13.64 

11.04

July 14 

Aug. 14 

Sept. 30

11.67 

12.71 

13.86

Nov. 4 

Dec. 31

14.39 

13.90

46. Christ. Hamisch. Hli HWi sec. 11, T. 97 N., R. 56 W. Unused 

dug well, diameter 21 inches, depth 25.5 feet. Measuring point, top of tile 

casing, 0.3 foot above land surface.

Water level, in feet below measuring point. 1940

June 

July

11 

14

15.57 

14.81

Aug. 

Sept

14 

.30

14.91 

15.14

Nov. 4 15.26 Dec. 31 15.58
SOOTH DAKOTA 281

Klngsbury County

17. Water levels, In feet below measuring point, 1940: 

Oct. 26, 8.56.

May 16, 6.87)

Lincoln County

26. Water levels, In feet below measuring point. 1940i Jan. 28, 

10.08; Feb. 19, 10.20; Har. 19, 7.59j Apr. 24, 9.90. Way 14, well filled; 

measurements discontinued.

27.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Jan. 23 

Feb. 19 

Mar. 19

Water 

level

22.32 

24.18

21.56

Date

Apr. 24 

May 14

June 10

Water 

level

19.23 

17.61 

14.87

Date

July 13 

Aug. IS 

Sept. 27

Water 

level

14.20 

14.37 

19.49

Date

Oct. 24 

Dec. 30

Water 

level

26.96

22.00

28.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

23

19

19

20.92

20.55

20.39

Apr.

May

June

24

14

10

20.62

20.44

20.47

July

Aug.

Sept.

13

13

27

20.05

19.89

19.96

Oct.

Dec.

24

30

19.96

20.08

29.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

23

19

19

6.84

7.62

6.27

Apr.

May

June

24

14

10

1.29

2.28

2.24

July

Aug.

Sept.

13

13

27

6.31

6.89

6.86

Oct.

Dee.

24

30

7.23

7.48

44. United States Geological Survey. On right-of-way of IT. S. Highway 

77. HEt SE£ sec. 20, T, 96 H., R. 60 W. Bored observation well, diameter 

3 inches, depth 14.4 feet. Measuring point, top of 3-Inch galvanized iron 

casing, 0.6 foot above land surface. Replaces well 26.

Water level. In feet below measuring point, 1940

June 10 

July 13

a 8.44 

6.78

Aug. 

Sept

13 

.27

6.87 

7.50

Oct. 24 b 7.96 Dec. 30 5.63

21.

Hlnneh&ha County

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan. 23 

Feb. 19 

Mar. 19

11.87 

12.00 

11.76

Apr. 24 

May 16 

June 10

11.41 

10.79 

10.41

July '13 

Aug. 16 

Sept. 27

9.76 

9.74 

10.21

Oct. 26 ' 

Dec. 30

10.55 

11.04

SO.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

23

19

19

6.95

8.99

8.83

Apr.

May

June

24

15

10

7.27

7.10

7.35

July

Aug.

Sept

13

16

.27

7.98

8.67

8.87

Oct.

Dec.

24

30

9.06

8.94

31.

Water level, In feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

23

19

19

8.66

8.76

8.52

Apr.

May

June

24

16

10

6.35

6.82

7.42

July

Aug.

Sept,

13

15

27

7.75

8.22

8.38

Oct.

Dee.

24

30

8.44

8.26

a Water level may not have entirely recovered from boring operation, 

b Hew measuring point, top of 3-Inch galvanized casing cut off 0.24 

foot below former top of casing.
282 WATER LEVELS AMD ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Moody County

19. Water levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940: May 15, 

37.77; Oct. 24, 39.49.

20. Water levels, in feet below measuring point, 1940i May 15, 

4.70} Got. 24, 6.54.

TUrner County

4. Beginning Jan. 24, 1940, measuring point is top of 2-inch board 

cover, 0.14 foot above former measuring point. 

Water level.

Date

Jan. 24 

Feb. 21 

Mar. 20

Water 

level

a 13.19 

13.46 

13.34

Date

Apr. 26 

May 17 

June 12

Water 

level

11.98 

10.43 

9.02

Date

July 14 

Aug. 14 

Sept. 30

Water 

level

8.68 

9.84 

11.04

Date

Nov. 4 

Deo. 31

Water 

level

11.10 

10.50

22,

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

23

19

19

9.62

9.77

8.30

Apr.

May

June

24

16

10

8.00

7.87

6.99

July 13

Aug. 15

Sept. 27

b 6.70

7.98

8.49

Oct.

Dec.

26

30

a. 85

8.79

32.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

23

19

19

40.28

40.28

40.08

Apr.

May

June

24

16

10

40.16

40.05

40.14

July

Aug.

Sept,

13

15

27

40.20

40.46

40.64

Oct.

Dec.

26

30

40.67

40.57

39.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

23

19

19

5.73

5.71

5.59

Apr.

May

June

24

16

10

5.57

5.56

5.58

July

Aug.

Sept.

13

14

27

5.57

5.58

5.69

Oct.

Dee.

26

30

5.62

5.58

40.

Water level, in feet below measuring point. 1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

23

19

19

25.03

25.06

26.60

Apr.

May

June

24

17

12

26,78

o 28.51

26.41

July

Aug.

Sept.

13

14

27

24.72

26.46

26J47

Oct.

Deo.

26

31

27.36

25.38

41.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

23

19

19

17.91

18.46

19.28

Apr.

May

June

24

16

10

18.40

16.12

15.54

July

Aug.

Sept

13

15

.27

15.15

15.51

16.26

Oct.

Deo.

26

30

16.78

16.62

42.

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

23

19

19

11.69

11.70

11.57

Apr.

May

June

24

16

10

11.17

10.67

10.67

July 13

Aug. 15

Sept. 27 d

11.04

11.49

U.77

Oct.

Dec.

26

30

11.88

'11.62

a New measuring point.

b Recent high water in stream channel 40 feet south.

o Windmill pumping.

d Pumped 150 gallons just before measurement.
SOUTH DAKOTA 283

5.

Union County

Water level. In feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Jan. 23 

Feb. 19 

Mar. 19

6. 

24.

Water 

level

14.30 

16.24 

16.46

Date

Apr. 24 

May 14 

June 10

Water 

level

16.52 

14.37 

a 13.64

Date

July 13 

Aug. 13 

Sept. 27

Water 

level

a 12.09 

a 11.66 

12.54

Date

Oct. 24 

Dec. 30

Water 

level

12.99 

14.09

Mike Manning. Measurements discontinued.

Water level, in feet below

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

2S

19

19

18.60

18.94

18.91

Apr.

May

June

24

14

10

18.84

18.75

18.97

July

Aug.

Sept

13

13

.27

19.29

19.32

19.64

Oct.

Dec.

24

SO

19.60

19.46

26.

Water level

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

23

19

19

(b)

23.00

c 22.63

Apr.

May

June

24

14

10 d

13.00

19.31

7.90

July 13

Aug. 13

Sept. 27

16.19

14.77

21.61

Oct.

Dec.

24

30

22.33

10.63

1.

Yankton County

Water level, in feet below measuring point, 1940

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

24

21

20

15.74

15.74

15.74

Apr.

May

June

26

17

11

15.63

15.49

15.37

July

Aug.

Sept.

14

14

SO

16.20

15.44

15.82

Nov.

Dec.

4

31

15.88

16.94

2B. Low water level revealed a it-inch drive point in bottom of well. 

Total effective depth of well is 14.0 feet instead of 10.4 feet reported 

in Water-Supply Paper 886.

Water level, in feet below measuring point. 1940

Jan. 24 

Feb. 21 

Mar. 20

(e) 

9.94 

7.95

Apr. 26 

May 17 

June 11

6.93 

7.67 

7.66

July 14 

Aug. 14 

Sept. SO

8.69 

10.24 

(f)

Nov. 4 

Deo. 31

11. 63 

10.83

3. Well gradually filling up from hill wash and cavings. Well recased 

to a depth of 18.4 feet with S-inoh galvanized iron downspout pipe June 12, 

1940, in order to preserve continuity of observations. Beginning June 12, 

1940 measuring point, top of S-inoh galvanized iron casing at painted arrow, 

altitude same as previous measuring point. Bench mark, top of 3/4-lnch 

pipe driven flush with land surface, 6 feet west of well.

Water level, in feet below measuring point. 1940

Feb. 21 

Mar. 20 

Apr. 26

g 10.02 

9.02 

7.32

May 17 

June 11 

July 14

6.71 

h 6.09 

6.53

Aug. 14 

Sept. 30

8.15 

9.84

Nov. 4 

Dec. 31

10.20 

10.30

35.

1940

Jan. 24 

Feb. 21 

Mar. 20

23.09 

23.87 

23.97

Apr. 26 

May 17 

June 11

23.06 

20.88 

17.60

July 14 

Aug. 14 

Sept. 30

IB. 03 

17.52 

19.64

Nov. 4 

Dec. 31

19.33 

20.35

- _ led 75 to 100 feet east of well. 

b Insufficient water for measurement, 

c Surface water may have entered well, 

d Surface water entered well.

e Insufficient water for measurement in dug portion of well, 

f Dry.

g To top of ice. 

h New measuring point.
284 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Yankton County Continued.

46. Oswald Estate, SW£ Iff£ see. 7. T. 96 N.. R. 66 W. Unused stock 

well, diaaeter 27 Inches. deflth 33.7 feet. Measuring point, top of 2-Inch 

vertical wood casing, 1.1 feet above land surface.

Water level. In feet below measuring point, 1940

Date

Jane 11 

July 14

Water 

level

14.74 

16.16

Date

Aug. 14 

Sept. 50

Water 

level

16.83 

18.49

Date

NOT, 4

Water 

level

19.49

Date

Dec. 31

Water 

level

18.69
WISCONSIN

LA. CROSSE, MONROE AMD VERNON COOTTIES 

COON CREEK AREA 

By V. C. Pishel

The observation-well program in the Coon Creek area,^/ in Wisconsin, 

was resumed in March 1940. Water level measurements were made once a 

month in 10 wells by Prank J. Pencl. A total of about 100 individual 

measurements were made in 1940.

The trend of the water levels and the accumulative departure from 

normal precipitation at La Crosse, Wis.,are shown in the accompanying 

illustration. The low precipitation during the first half of 1934 produced 

only very little recharge to the underground reservoirs, and although the 

precipitation for the year was above normal, the water levels on January 1, 

1936,were at a low stage. The water levels declined further to February 

7, at which time they reached the lowest average stage for the period of 

record. The water levels, responding to recharge from spring rains in 1935, 

rose an average of 2.05 feet by May 2. The water levels declined 1.18 feet 

by August 1 and then rose 1.38 feet by August 8. From August 8, 1935,to 

March 5, 1936, the water levels declined 1.68 feet, but during March they 

rose 1.5 feet. Owing to light rainfall during the summer of 1936, the 

water levels declined an average of about 1.6 feet from April 1 to September 

1. They changed very little during the rest of 1936.

The water levels had only a small net average rise from January 1 to 

March 5, 1937. Heavy precipitation during March then caused the water levels 

to rise an average of 1.49 feet. The water levels declined with practically 

no interruption from April 1 to the end of the year.

Water levels were generally higher during 1938 than during the preceding 

4 years. They fluctuated only slightly during January but rose an average 

of nearly 1 foot in February. Prom March through August the water levels 

fluctuated through a very small range, but heavy rains in September resulted 

in an average rise of about 1.9 feet. Water levels on September 16 stood 

at a higher stage than at any other tine during the period of record. They 

declined about 1 foot in the last part of September and an additional 0.9 

foot by December 31.

I/ See Water-Supply Papers 777, 817, 840, 845, and 886. 

418674 0-41-19 285
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in,incheB precipitation, 

of hei^it Average 

feet in levels, water 

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WISCONSIN 287

Water levels had only minor fluctuations In January and. February 1930, 

but In March they rose an average of about 0.9 foot. They declined an 

average of 0.3 foot by April 13 and then rose 0.4 foot by April 22, on 

which date they reached the highest average stage of the year. They declined an average of 1.3 feet by September 29, which was the date of the 

last measurements made In 1939. They were 0.17 foot lower on March 11, 

1940, when measurements were resumed, than on September 29, 1939. They 

rose 0.96 foot by April 1, declined 0.79 foot by June 1, rose 0.-S1 foot by 

August 3 and then declined 0.50 foot by November 1. A rise of 0.2 foot 

occurred during November and December. On December 31, 1940,the water 

levels were at practically the same stage as on January 1, 1940, and were 

about 0.6 foot higher than on January 1, 1935.

Average water levels, in feet above datum, in 

10 observation wells. 1940

Date

Mar. 

Apr. 

May

11 

1 

1

Water 

level

10.63 

11.48 

10.86

Date

June 

July 

Aug.

1 

1 

3

Water 

level

10.69 

10.73 

10.90

Date

Sept. 

Oct.

3-4 

3

Water 

level

10.78 

10.62

Date

Nov. 

Dec.

1-2 

4

Water 

level

10.40 

10.62

La Crosse County 

1. Measurements discontinued.

2.

Monroe County

Joe Anderson.

Water level, in feet above datum. 1940

Mar. 11 

Apr. 1 

May 1

11.97 

13.31 

13.79

June 1 

July 1 

Aug. 3

12.92 

13.93 

13.62

Sept. 4 

Oct. 3

12.59 

11.64

Nov. 2 

Dec. 4

10.94 

12.64

10. Dennis Shea.

Water level, in feet above datum. 1940

Mar. 11

Apr. 1 

May 1

10.27 

10.43 

10.24

June 1 

July 1 

Aug. 3

10.04 

10.04 

10.12

Sept. 4 

Oct. 3

10.93 

12.16

Nov. 2 

Dec. 4

10.13 

10.30

11. John Sullivan.

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Mar.

Apr.

May

11

1

1

9.60

9.95

9.70

June

July

Aug.

1

1

3

9.03

9.81

10.01

Sept

Oct.

-

.4

3

9.89

9.48

Nov.

Dee.

2

4

9.56

8.76

12. Melvin Olson.

Water level, in feet above datum, 1940

Mar. 11 

Apr. 1 

May 1

10.60 

10.71 

10.60

June 1 

July 1 

Aug. 3

10.70 

10.61 

10.76

Sept. 4 

Oct. 3

10.61 

10.64

Nov. 2 

Dec. 4

10.64 

10.36
288 WATER LEVELS AND ARTESIAN PRESSURE, 1940

Monroe County Continued.

13. Walter Parks.

Date

Mar. 11 

Apr. 1 

May 1

Water 

level

9.10 

10.64 

9.13

Date

June 1 

July 1 

Aug. 3

Water 

level

10.11 

9.13 

10.41

Date

Sept. 4 

Oct. 3

Water 

level

9.31 

6.91

Date

Nov. 2 

Dec. 4

Water 

level

9.85 

9.38

Vernon County

Anton Bekkum.

Mar. {£ 111 1

10.11 

11.88 

9.85

June 

July 

L Aug.

1 

1 

R

10.17 

10.09 

10.19

Sept 

Oct.

.4

3

10.16 

9.90

Nov. 

Dec.

2

4

(a) 

(a)

4. Albert Storbakken.

Water level 1940

Mar. 11

Apr. 1

May 1

12.21

14.90

13.85

June 1

July 1

Aug. 3

12.71

12.67

12.91

Sept. 4

Oct. 3

12.87

12.61

Nov.

Dec.

2

4

12.62

12.83

5. Measurements dlsooatlnued.

6. Measurements discontinued.

7. Measurements diseontlnued.

8. Chris Stylen.

Water level. In feet above datum, 1940

Mar. 11 

Apr. 1 

May 1

10.77 

11.02 

11.13

June 1 

July 1 

Aug. 2

10.82 

10.65 

10.60

Sept. 3 

Oct. 3

10.68 

10.69

Nov. 1 

Dec. 4

10.59 

10.76

9. F. Lenser.

Water level, In feet above datum. 1940

Mar. 11

Apr. 1 

May 1

11.32 

11.99 

11.46

June 1 

July 1 

Aug. 2

11.21 

11.02 

10.96

Sept .3 

Oct. 3

10.88 

11.13

Nov. 1 

Dec. 4

10,67 

11.13

14. Chris Benrud.

Water, level, In feet above datum. 1940

Mar.

Apr.

May

11

1

1

9.46

9.94

9.43

June'

July

Aug.

1

1

S

9.15

9.45

9.61

Sept

Oct.

.4

3

9.34

9.24

Nov.

Dec.

2

4

9.31

9.42

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