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Logs of Wells and Test Holes, continued

T. 30 S. || T. 31 S. || T. 32 S. || T. 33 S. || T. 34 S. || T. 35 S.

31-3-8ccc--Sample log of test hole in SW cor. sec. 8, T. 31 S., R. 3 E., 58, feet north and 8 feet east of center of crossing; drilled April 28, 1944; depth to water, 52.96 feet; altitude of land surface, 1,256.5 feet.				Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Upper Pleistocene--Wisconsinan Stage
		Eolian deposits
			Silt, sandy, fine, dark brown	2	2
			Silt, light brown	6	8
			Silt, buff	5	13
			Silt, tan	11	24
	Lower Pleistocene--Yarmouthian and Kansan Stages
		Sappa and Grand Island Formations
			Silt, buff; contains fine sand	16	40
			Silt, buff	3	43
			Silt, buff; contains fine to medium sand and caliche	7	50
			Silt, buff; contains much fine to medium sand	10	60
			Sand, fine to medium, and buff silt	5	65
			Sand and gravel, fine to coarse; cemented in lower part	5	70
Permian--Middle Permian Series
	Sumner Group
		Wellington Formation
			Shale, light gray green	3	73

31-3-16cdd--Sample log of test hole in SE cor. SE SW sec. 16, T. 31 S., R. 3 E., on north road shoulder at 1/2-mile line; augered June 16, 1957; depth to water, 52.50 feet; altitude of land surface, 1,242.4 feet.				Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Upper Pleistocene--Wisconsinan Stage
		Eolian deposits
			Silt, brown	5	5
			Silt, clayey, light brown	5	10
			Silt, tan	15	25
	Lower Pleistocene--Yarmouthian and Kansan Stages
		Sappa and Grand Island Formations
			Silt, clayey, buff	20	45
			Silt, tan	10	55
			Sand, fine to medium, silty	5	60
Permian--Middle Permian Series
	Sumner Group
		Wellington Formation
			Shale, gray	1	61

31-3-16ddd--Sample log of test hole in SE cor. sec. 16, T. 31 S., R. 3 E., 20 feet north and 8 feet west of center of crossing; augered June 16, 1957; dry hole; altitude of land surface, 1,256.9 feet.				Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Upper Pleistocene--Wisconsinan Stage
		Eolian deposits
			Silt, black	5	5
			Silt, red brown	20	25
	Lower Pleistocene--Yarmouthian and Kansan Stages
		Sappa and Grand Island Formations
			Clay, buff	5	30
Permian--Middle Permian Series
	Sumner Group
		Wellington Formation
			Shale, gray	1	31

31-3-17cdd--Sample log of test hole in SE cor. SE SW sec. 17, T. 31 S., R. 3 E., on north road shoulder at 1/2-mile line; augered June 16, 1957; depth to water, 21.00 feet; altitude of land surface, 1,209.7 feet.				Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Upper Pleistocene--Sangamonian and Illinoisan Stages
		Loveland and Crete Formations
			Sand, fine, silty	5	5
			Silt, sandy, tan brown	5	10
			Silt, brown	5	15
			Sand, fine, silty and clayey	20	35
Permian--Middle Permian Series
	Sumner Group
		Wellington Formation
			Shale, gray	3	38

31-3-18cdd--Sample log of test hole in SE cor. SE SW sec. 18, T. 31 S., R. 3 E., on north road shoulder at h-mile line; augered June 15, 1957; depth to water, 40.00 feet; altitude of land surface, 1,214.7 feet.				Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Upper Pleistocene--Sangamonian and Illinoisan Stages
		Loveland and Crete Formations
			Silt, brown	5	5
			Sand, fine, silty	15	20
			Silt, brown, some fine sand	5	25
			Sand, fine, silty	15	40
			Sand, fine to coarse	3	43
Permian--Middle Permian Series
	Sumner Group
		Wellington Formation
			Shale, gray	1	44

31-3-18ddd--Sample log of test hole in SE cor. sec. 18, T. 31 S., R. 3 E., on west road shoulder, 30 feet north of center of crossing; augered June 15, 1957; altitude of land surface, 1,224.4 feet.				Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Upper Pleistocene--Sangamonian and Illinoisan Stages
		Loveland and Crete Formations
			Silt, very sandy, red brown	5	5
			Silt, sandy, brown	5	10
			Silt, tan	10	20
			Silt, sandy, tan	5	25
			Sand, fine to coarse	15	40
			Sand, fine to coarse, silty	5	45

31-3-21add--Sample log of test hole in SE cor. NE sec. 21, T. 31 S., R. 3 E., on west road shoulder at 12-mile line; augered June 16, 1957; depth to water, 49.50 feet; altitude of land surface, 1,235.4 feet.				Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Upper Pleistocene--Wisconsinan Stage
		Eolian deposits
			Silt, black	5	5
			Silt, red brown	5	10
			Clay, silty, tan	5	15
			Silt, tan	15	30
	Lower Pleistocene--Yarmouthian and Kansan Stages
		Sappa and Grand Island Formations
			Silt, buff	15	45
			Silt, tan	10	55
			Silt, brown, some fine sand	5	60
			Sand, fine to coarse	5	65
Permian--Middle Permian Series
	Sumner Group
		Wellington Formation
			Shale, gray	3	68

31-3-21bbb--Sample log of test hole in NW cor. sec. 21, T. 31 S., R. 3 E., 56 feet south and 28 feet east of center of crossing; drilled April 28, 1944; depth to water, 20.20 feet; altitude of land surface, 1,209.8 feet.				Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Upper Pleistocene--Sangamonian and Illinoisan Stages
		Loveland and Crete Formations
			Clay, gray to brown	1	1
			Silt, dark gray	6	7
			Silt, gray green; contains some medium sand	5	12
			Silt, clayey; contains some fine to medium sand	10	22
			Sand, fine to coarse	11	33
			Sand, fine to coarse, and some fine gravel	3.5	36.5
Permian--Middle Permian Series
	Sumner Group
		Wellington Formation
			Shale, gray to blue gray	2.5	39

31-3-21ddd--Sample log of test hole in SE cor. sec. 21, T. 31 S., R. 3 E., 20 feet north and 8 feet west of center of crossing; augered June 17, 1957; depth to water, 16.80 feet; altitude of land surface, 1,206.7 feet.				Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Upper Pleistocene--Sangamonian and Illinoisan Stages
		Loveland and Crete Formations
			Silt, brown	5	5
			Silt, tan	10	15
			Clay, sandy, tan	5	20
			Sand, fine	5	25
			Sand, fine to coarse	5	30
Permian--Middle Permian Series
	Sumner Group
		Wellington Formation
			Shale, gray	3	33

31-3-28add--Sample log of test hole in SE cor. NE sec. 28, T. 31 S., R. 3 E., on west road shoulder at 1/2-mile line; augered June 17, 1957; dry hole; altitude of land surface, 1,218.9 feet.				Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Upper Pleistocene--Sangamonian and Illinoisan Stages
		Loveland and Crete Formations
			Silt, brown; contains some fine sand	5	5
			Silt, brown	15	20
			Silt, sandy, tan	5	25
			Sand, fine	5	30
			Silt, sandy, fine, tan	5	35
			Sand, fine to coarse	5	40
Permian--Middle Permian Series
	Sumner Group
		Wellington Formation
			Shale, gray	3	43

31-3-28ddd--Sample log of test hole in SE cor. sec. 28, T. 31 S., R. 3 E., in NW cor. of intersection; augered June 17, 1957; dry hole; altitude of land surface, 1,218.8 feet.				Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Upper Pleistocene--Sangamonian and Illinoisan Stages
		Loveland and Crete Formations
			Silt, sandy, brown	10	10
			Silt, sandy, reddish brown	5	15
			Silt, brown	10	25
			Sand, fine to medium	10	35
			Sand, fine to coarse	5	40
Permian--Middle Permian Series
	Sumner Group
		Wellington Formation
			Shale, gray	3	43

31-3-29aaa--Sample log of test hole in NE cor. sec. 29, T. 31 S., R. 3 E., 30 feet south and 31 feet west of center of crossing; drilled April 27, 1944; depth to water, 31.80 feet; altitude of land surface, 1,208.1 feet.				Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Upper Pleistocene--Sangamonian and Illinoisan Stages
		Loveland and Crete Formations
			Silt, dark gray	3.5	3.5
			Silt, gray buff; contains some fine to medium sand	6.5	10
			Silt, buff; contains son-ie fine sand	3	13
			Silt, tan	13	26
			Silt and clay, light gray	5	31
			Sand, fine to coarse, and some fine to medium gravel	12	43
Permian--Middle Permian Series
	Sumner Group
		Wellington Formation
			Shale, light gray	4.5	47.5

31-3-29dcc--Sample log of test hole in SW cor. SE sec. 29, T. 31 S., R. 3 E., 50 feet east and 12 feet north of center of road at "2-mile line; drilled April 29, 1944; depth to water, 24.49 feet; altitude of land surface, 1,195.2 feet.				Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Upper Pleistocene--Sangamonian and Illinoisan Stages
		Loveland and Crete Formations
			Silt, dark gray to brown	2	2
			Silt, light brown	9	11
			Silt, tan buff	12	23
			Silt, buff; contains much fine to medium sand	8.5	31.5
			Sand, fine to coarse, and some fine to coarse gravel	9	40.5
Permian--Middle Permian Series
	Sumner Group
		Wellington Formation
			Shale, gray to blue gray	2.5	43

31-3-30ccc--Sample log of test hole in SW cor. sec. 30, T. 31 S., R. 3 E., 7 feet north of center of "T" road; drilled May 26, 1944; depth to water, 7.40 feet; altitude of land surface, 1,158.6 feet.				Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Upper Pleistocene--Wisconsinan Stage
		Terrace deposits
			Sand, medium to fine, silty, gray	4	4
			Sand, coarse to fine; contains some medium to fine gravel	6	10
			Sand, fine to coarse, grading downward to fine to coarse gravel	10	20
			Gravel, fine to coarse, and fine to coarse sand; some gray clay	10	30
			Gravel, fine to coarse	10	40
			Gravel, fine to medium, and fine to coarse sand	6.5	46.5
Permian--Middle Permian Series
	Sumner Group
		Wellington Formation
			Shale, gray, and hard white limestone	1.5	48

31-3-30dcc--Sample log of test hole in SW cor. SE sec. 30, T. 31 S., R. 3 E., 12 feet north and 69 feet east of center of "T" road; drilled May 26, 1944; depth to water, 3.00 feet; altitude of land surface, 1,157.2 feet.				Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Upper Pleistocene--Wisconsinan Stage
		Terrace deposits
			Silt, dark gray; contains some fine sand	6	6
			Silt, clayey, yellow gray to blue gray	2	8
			Sand, fine to medium, and some coarse gravel	12	20
			Gravel, fine to coarse, and fine to coarse sand	9	29
Permian--Middle Permian Series
	Sumner Group
		Wellington Formation
			Shale, light gray, and hard limestone	4	33

31-3-32bbb--Sample log of test hole in NW cor. sec. 32, T. 31 S., R. 3 E., 75 feet east of comer in south road ditch; augered Aug. 10, 1956; depth to water, 21.80 feet; altitude of land surface, 1,165.6 feet.				Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Upper Pleistocene--Wisconsinan Stage
		Terrace deposits
			Silt, sandy, brown	10	10
			Silt, black	13	23
			Silt, sandy, brown	2	25
			Sand, fine, silty	5	30
Permian--Middle Permian Series
	Sumner Group
		Wellington Formation
			Shale, gray	0.5	30.5

31-3-32ddc--Sample log of test hole in SW SE SE sec. 32, T. 31 S., R. 3 E., in drive on north side of road 0.8 mile east of corner; augered Aug. 10, 1956; depth to water, 14.40 feet; altitude of land surface, 1,166.9 feet.				Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Upper Pleistocene--Wisconsinan Stage
		Terrace deposits
			Silt, sandy, brown	5	5
			Sand, fine	10	15
			Sand, fine, silty	5	20
Permian--Middle Permian Series
	Sumner Group
		Wellington Formation
			Shale, gray	0.5	20.5

31-3-33abb--Sample log of test hole in NW cor. NE sec. 33, T. 31 S., R. 3 E., 108 feet east and 9 feet south of center of road at 12'-mile line; drilled May 2, 1944; depth to water, 6.52 feet; altitude of land surface, 1,180.2 feet.				Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Upper Pleistocene--Sangamonian and Illinoisan Stages
		Loveland and Crete Formations
			Silt, dark gray	1	1
			Silt, gray to brown; contains some fine sand	4	5
			Silt, buff; contains much fine sand	3	8
			Sand, medium to fine, and much buff silt	5	13
			Sand, fine to coarse	3.5	16.5
Permian--Middle Permian Series
	Sumner Group
		Wellington Formation
			Shale, light gray	3.5	20

31-3-33ddd--Sample log of test hole in SE cor. sec. 33, T. 31 S., R. 3 E., in NW cor. of intersection; augered June 17, 1957; depth to water, 23.30 feet; altitude of land surface, 1,204.3 feet.				Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Upper Pleistocene--Sangamonian and Illinoisan Stages
		Loveland and Crete Formations
			Silt, sandy, red brown	10	10
			Silt, brown	10	20
			Sand, fine, silty	5	25
			Sand, fine to coarse	5	30
Permian--Middle Permian Series
	Sumner Group
		Wellington Formation
			Shale, gray	3	33

31-3-35ccc--Sample log of test hole in SW cor. sec. 35, T. 31 S., R. 3 E., in NW cor. of intersection; augered June 17, 1957; dry hole; altitude of land surface, 1,211.0 feet.				Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Upper Pleistocene--Wisconsinan Stage
		Eolian deposits
			Silt, brown	5	5
			Silt, red	5	10
Permian--Middle Permian Series
	Sumner Group
		Wellington Formation
			Shale, gray	20	30

31-4-7ccc--Sample log of test hole in SW cor. sec. 7, T. 31 S., R. 4 E., 20 feet north and 10 feet east of center of crossing; augered June 14, 1957; depth to water, 17.40 feet; altitude of land surface, 1,113.8 feet.				Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Upper Pleistocene--Wisconsinan Stage
		Terrace deposits
			Silt, black	5	5
			Silt, brown	5	10
			Silt, brown; contains some fine to coarse sand and chert gravel	5	15
			Silt, clayey, brown	10	25
Permian--Lower Permian Series
	Chase Group
		Doyle Shale
			Shale, tan	10	35
			Shale, blue gray	5	40

31-4-7dcc--Sample log of test hole in SW SW SE sec. 7, T. 31 S., R. 4 E., on south road shoulder 25 feet east of drive to house; augered June 14, 1957; depth to water, 22.00 feet; altitude of land surface, 1,123.2 feet.				Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Upper Pleistocene--Wisconsinan Stage
		Terrace deposits
			Silt, sandy, red brown	5	5
			Silt, red brown	10	15
			Silt, sandy, fine, tan	5	20
			Gravel, coarse (chert), silty	4	24
Permian--Lower Permian Series
	Chase Group
		Doyle Shale
			Shale, gray	1	25

31-4-7ddd--Sample log of test hole in SE cor. sec. 7, T. 31 S., R. 4 E., 20 feet north and 10 feet west of center of crossing; augered June 14, 1957; depth to water, 32.00 feet; altitude of land surface, 1,133.5 feet.				Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Upper Pleistocene--Wisconsinan Stage
		Terrace deposits
			Silt, red brown	5	5
			Silt, tan	10	15
			Silt, sandy, fine to coarse, tan	15	30
			Gravel (chert), coarse, and fine silty sand	4	34

31-4-8cdd--Sample log of test hole in SE cor. SE SW sec. 8, T. 31 S., R. 4 E., on south road shoulder 50 feet west of highway; augered June 14, 1957; depth to water, 30.00 feet; altitude of land surface, 1,133.3 feet.				Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
Quaternary--Pleistocene
	Upper Pleistocene--Wisconsinan Stage
		Terrace deposits
			Silt, dark brown	5	5
			Clay, red brown	5	10
			Silt, clayey, tan	10	20
			Silt, sandy, brown	20	40
Permian--Lower Permian Series
	Chase Group
		Doyle Shale
			Shale, gray	2	42

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