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Logs of wells and test holes

On the following pages the logs of 94 test holes and wells in Reno County are given. Of the logs, 49 are of test holes drilled by the State Geological Survey; the other logs are of test holes and wells drilled by private drillers. Unless otherwise stated on the log, the test holes were drilled by the State Geological Survey. Samples from these test holes were collected in the field and studied in the office. The samples from the test holes drilled by Claude Price were collected in the field by C. K. Bayne and studied in the office by O. S. Fent, C. C. Williams, and James B. Cooper.

21-9-36dd—Sample log of test hole in the SE cor. sec. 36, T. 21 S., R. 9 W.; drilled July 1946. Surface altitude, 1,655.1 feet.

Quaternary—Pleistocene			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Dune sand
		Sand, fine, and dark-gray silt	3	3
		Sand, medium to fine, and buff silt	1.5	4.5
	Terrace deposits
		Silt, calcareous, light gray; contains much coarse to fine sand and nodular caliche	1.5	6
		Sand, coarse to fine; contains some fine to medium gravel	22	28
		Gravel, fine to medium, and sand	17.5	45.5
	Blanco formation
		Silt, calcareous, buff; contains some nodular caliche	24.5	70
		Sand, coarse to fine, and fine to medium gravel; contains much buff silt	8	78
Permian—Leonardian
	Harper sandstone
		Shale, dark red	2	80

22-4-12dd—Drillers log of well at the SE cor. sec. 12, T. 22 S., R. 4 W.; drilled by Wichita Pump and Supply Company for the City of Buhler, 1938.

Quaternary—Pleistocene			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Meade formation
		Silt, brown	8	8
		Clay, gray	22	30
		Clay, sandy, brown	17	47
		Clay, gray, and fine sand	6	53
		Sand, coarse to medium	11	64
		Gravel and sand	1	65
		Sand, coarse	6	71
		Sand, medium to coarse	26	97

22-4-13aa—Drillers log of test hole at the NE cor. sec. 13, T. 22 S., R. 4 W.; drilled by the Wichita Pump and Supply Company for the City of Buhler, 1938.

Quaternary—Pleistocene			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Meade formation
		Silt	8	8
		Clay	5	13
		Clay, sandy	2	15
		Clay	23	38
		Clay, hard	2	40
		Clay, and fine sand	10	50
		Sand, fine	7	57
		Sand, fine to medium	7	64
		Gravel	1	65
		Clay, sandy, blue	10	75
		Clay, sandy, gray	14	89

22-4-20abb—Drillers log of test hole in the NW NW NE sec. 20, T. 22 S., R. 4 W.; drilled by Layne-Western Company for the City of Buhler, 1927. Surface altitude, 1,465.5 feet.

Quaternary—Pleistocene			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Alluvium
		Silt	5	5
		Clay, jointed	10	15
		Clay	25	40
		Clay, sandy	3	43
		Clay	3	46
Permian—Leonardian
	Ninnescah shale
		Shale	1	47

22-4-20ada—Drillers log of well in the NE SE NE sec. 20, T. 22 S., R. 4 W.; drilled by Layne-Westem Company for the City of Buhler, 1927. Surface altitude, 1,461.8 feet.

Quaternary—Pleistocene			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Alluvium
		Soil	5	5
		Clay	7	12
		Sand, fine, brown	3	15
		Clay	21	36
		Sand, fine	16	52
		Clay, on shale	54	106

22-4-20dda—Drillers log of test hole in the NE SE SE sec. 20, T. 22 S., R. 4 W.; drilled by Layne-Westem Company for the City of Buhler, 1927. Surface altitude, 1,459.6 feet.

Quaternary—Pleistocene			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Alluvium
		Silt	3	3
		Clay, sandy	7	10
		Sand, fine, brown	5	15
		Clay, sandy	25	40
		Sand, fine	6	46
		Clay, sandy	11	57
		Sand, fine	8	65
		Clay, red	25	90
		Clay, sandy	8	98
		Sand, on rock	2	100

22-4-21bb—Drillers log of test hole in the NW cor. sec. 21, T. 22 S., R. 4 W.; drilled by Layne-Western Company for the City of Buhler, 1927. Surface altitude, 1,466.5 feet.

Quaternary—Pleistocene			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Alluvium
		Silt and clay	39	39
		Clay and gravel	2	41
Permian—Leonardian
	Ninnescah shale
		Shale	1	42

22-5-3dd—Sample log of test hole in the SE SE sec. 3, T. 22 S., R. 5 W.; drilled 1949. Surface altitude, 1,480.0 feet.

Quaternary—Pleistocene			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill	1	1
	Alluvium
		Clay, gray to brown, sandy	1	2
		Sand, fine	6	8
		Clay, gray green	1	9
		Clay, gray, some caliche	3	12
		Sand, fine, some gray clay	17	29
		Clay, dark gray	6	35
		Clay, blue gray	2	37
		Sand, fine, some tan clay	18	55
		Clay, blue gray, shells, some Permian rubble	3	58
		Clay, gray green, shells	2	60
		Sand, fine, clay streaks	7	67
Permian—Leonardian
	Ninnescah shale
		Shale, blue gray, soft	1	68

22-5-5dd—Sample log of test hole in the SE SE sec. 5, T. 22 S., R. 5 W.; drilled 1949. Surface altitude, 1,535.6 feet.

Quaternary—Pleistocene			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Road fill	2	2
	Dune sand
		Sand, fine, clay streaks, tan to brown	7	9
		Clay, tan	4	13
		Clay, buff	5	18
		Silt, tan, some caliche and sand, fine	10	28
	Sanborn formation
		Clay, tan, sandy, caliche	7	35
		Clay, tan, much caliche	2	37
		Silt, tan, some clay, tan	6	43
		Clay, tan	2.5	45.5
		Clay, buff, much caliche	9.5	55
		Permian-derived gravel, some quartz gravel and tan clay	2	57
Permian—Leonardian
	Ninnescah shale
		Shale, red	1.5	58.5

22-5-9aa—Sample log of test hole in the NE NE sec. 9, T. 22 S., R. 5 W.; drilled 1949. Surface altitude, 1,502.5 feet.

Quaternary—Pleistocene			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
		Soil, sandy, fine	2.5	2.5
	Dune sand
		Sand, medium to fine, and clay, yellow brown	2.5	5
		Sand, fine	5.5	10.5
		Silt, green, sandy, fine	2.5	13
	Alluvium
		Silt, tan, sandy, fine	2	15
		Sand, fine	13	28
		Sand, fine, much Permian-derived gravel, medium to coarse. Caliche and shells	6	34
		Clay, tan, much Permian rubble, caliche and shells	9	43
		Clay, tan, some caliche	7	50
		Clay, gray, much Permian rubble	2	52
Permian—Leonardian
	Ninnescah shale
		Shale, red, weathered at top	4	56

22-5-19ab—Sample log of test hole in the NW cor. NE sec. 19, T. 22 S., R. 5 W.; drilled by Claude Price for the City of Hutchinson, November 1945. Surface altitude, 1,643.8 feet.

Quaternary—Pleistocene			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Dune sand
		Sand, fine to medium, and brown silt	2	2
		Sand, fine to medium	12	14
		Sand, fine to medium, and clay, buff; contains some very fine sand	14	28
		Sand, medium to very fine, and buff clay	10	38
		Clay and silt, gray to brown, containing fine sand	28	66
		Sand, medium to fine	26	92
	Meade formation
		Clay, gray to brown; contains some caliche at base	24	116
Permian—Leonardian
	Ninnescah shale
		Shale, red	1	117

22-5-28da—Sample log of test hole in the NE SE sec. 28, T. 22 S., R. 5 W.; drilled by Claude Price for the City of Hutchinson, Novernber 1945. Surface altitude, 1,616.4 feet.

Quaternary—Pleistocene			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Dune sand
		Sand, medium to fine	29	29
		Sand, medium to very fine, containing buff silt and clay	5	34
		Sand, medium to fine, and tan silt and clay	31	65
		Sand, fine to medium, and gray clay; contains some sand, very fine	20	85
		Sand, medium to fine; grains stained red brown	31	116
		Clay, gray	2	118
Permian—Leonardian
	Ninnescah shale
		Shale, red	2	120

22-5-30cb—Sample log of test hole in the NW cor. SW sec. 30, T. 22 S., R. 5 W.; drilled by Claude Price for the City of Hutchinson, October 1945. Surface altitude, 1,544.9 feet.

Quaternary—Pleistocene			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Meade formation
		Soil, very sandy	3	3
		Clay, gray to tan; contains some fine to medium sand	8	11
		Gravel, coarse to fine; contains some coarse to medium sand	9	20
		Gravel, medium to coarse, and fine gravel	3	28
		Gravel, fine to coarse; contains coarse sand	4	32
		Gravel, coarse to fine; contains some coarse sand	2	34
Permian—Leonardian
	Ninnescah shale
		Shale, gray green and brick red	1	35

22-5-30dc—Sample log of test hole in the SW cor. SE sec. 30, T. 22 S., R. 5 W.; drilled by Claude Price for the City of Hutchinson, October 1945. Surface altitude, 1,540.5 feet.

Quaternary—Pleistocene			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Meade formation
		Soil, very sandy, brown	3	3
		Sand, fine to medium, and gray clay	5	8
		Clay, gray	4	12
		Gravel, fine to coarse, and coarse sand	6	18
		Sand, coarse to medium, and fine to medium gravel	7	25
		Gravel, fine to medium, and coarse to medium sand	6	31
		Gravel, fine to medium, and coarse to fine sand; poorly sorted	3	34
Permian—Leonardian
	Ninnescah shale
		Shale, brick red	1	35

22-5-31da—Sample log of test hole in the NE cor. SE sec. 31, T. 22 S., R. 5 W.; drilled by Claude Price for the City of Hutchinson, October 1945. Surface altitude, 1,536.7 feet.

Quaternary—Pleistocene			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Meade formation
		Soil, very sandy	3	3
		Silt and clay; contains fine to medium sand	3	11
		Sand, medium to fine; contains some gravel and silt; very poorly sorted	3	14
		Gravel, fine to medium, and coarse to fine sand	6	20
		Gravel, coarse to fine; contains some coarse to medium sand	14	34
Permian—Leonardian
	Ninnescah shale
		Shale, red	1	35

22-5-32dd—Sample log of test hole in the SE cor. sec. 32, T. 22 S., R. 5 W.; drilled by Claude Price for the City of Hutchinson, October 1945. Surface altitude, 1,533.7 feet.

Quaternary—Pleistocene			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Meade formation
		Soil, very sandy, brown	4	4
		Clay and silt, gray to tan; contains fine sand	4	8
		Clay and silt, gray to blue gray; contains thin layer of fine sand	8	16
		Gravel, fine to medium, and coarse sand	15	31
Permian—Leonardian
	Ninnescah shale
		Shale, gray green and brick red	2	33

22-6-15ccb—Sample log of test hole in the NW cor. SW SW sec. 15, T. 22 S., R. 6 W.; drilled by Claude Price for the City of Hutchinson, October 1945. Surface altitude, 1,566.1 feet.

Quaternary—Pleistocene			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Terrace deposits
		Sand, fine to medium	5	5
		Sand, coarse to fine, and fine to medium gravel	7	12
		Gravel, coarse to fine; contains some very coarse materials; very permeable	36	48
Permian—Leonardian
	Ninnescah shale
		Shale, brick red	2	50

22-6-15cd—Sample log of test hole in the SE cor. SW sec. 15, T. 22 S., R. 6 W.; drilled by Claude Price for the City of Hutchinson, October 1945. Surface altitude, 1,564.0 feet.

Quaternary—Pleistocene			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Terrace deposits
		Sand, fine to medium; contains very fine sand and tan silt	8	8
		Clay and silt, brown to gray	4	12
		Sand, medium to coarse	8	20
		Gravel, fine to medium, and coarse sand	24	44
Permian—Leonardian
	Ninnescah shale
		Shale, green gray	1	45

22-6-17ad—Sample log of test hole in the SE NE sec. 17, T. 22 S., R. 6 W.; drilled by Claude Price for the City of Hutchinson, October 1945. Surface altitude, 1,569.1 feet.

Quaternary—Pleistocene			Thickness, feet	Depth, feet
	Dune sand
		Soil, dark brown; composed of sandy silt	4	4
	Terrace deposits
		Silt and clay, gray to tan; contains some fine sand	3	7
		Gravel, coarse to fine; contains coarse sand	5	12
		Sand, medium to coarse, and fine gravel	6	18
		Gravel, coarse to fine; contains some coarse sand	20	38
		Gravel, medium to fine; contains coarse gravel and coarse sand	18	56
		Gravel, fine to medium, and coarse sand	10	66
Permian—Leonardian
	Ninnescah shale
		Shale, brick red	1	67

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