Updated 13-Sep-2005

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Ponds and bovines with time in the Midland and Allen SE Quadrangles, Kansas (preliminary).

Distribution of pre-1940 ponds in Kansas (from Moore, R.C., 1940. Ground-water resources of Kansas, KGS Bulletin 27, p. 55).

Distribution maps for US ponds, with the densities derived from different data sources plotted along an E-W transect (see also the references and the slide show linked from the index page).

Distribution maps for US ponds, with the densities compared to water balance along an E-W transect (see also the references and the slide show linked from the index page).

Maps of 6 local areas, comparing the water body density retrieved from different data sources (see also Smith et al 2002).

 

Aerial Photography

Midland Quadrangle - Kansas:
Historic Aerial Photography Archive (1941-2002)

Midland Quadrangle historic pond inventory - newly digitized ponds overlaid on aerial photography for a 6 square mile area in the Midland Quadrangle:
1941 | 1954 | 1966 | 1976 | 1991 | 2002

Multispectral aerial photography as a pond characterization tools:
Composite photo, Douglas Co., Kansas
Individual ponds of various types

Intermittent natural ponds (playas) in western and central Kansas