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Gary W. Levings

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USGS1982

Potentiometric-surface map of water in the Judith River Formation in the northern Great Plains area of Montana

The potentiometric surface of the Judith River Formation is mapped at a scale of 1:1,000,000. The map is one of a series produced as part of a regional study of aquifers of Cenozoic and Mesozoic age in the northern Great Plains of Montana. The contour interval is 200 feet. Water in the Judith River Formation occurs under water-table and artesian conditions. The direction of regional ground-water movement is from west to east. Water is discharged from the Judith River Formation to the Milk River from near Havre, Montana, to Malta and to the Missouri River south of the Bearpaw and Little Rocky Mountains. The average discharge from 236 wells is about 10 gallons per minute, and the specific capacity of 186 wells averages 0.66 gallon per minute per foot of drawdown.

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USGS1982

Potentiometric-surface map of water in the Fox Hills-Lower Hell Creek aquifer in the Northern Great Plains area of Montana

The potentiometric surface of water in the Upper Cretaceous Fox Hills-lower Hell Creek aquifer is shown on a base map at a scale of 1:1,000,000. The map is one of a series produced as part of regional study of aquifers of Cenozoic and Mesozoic age in the northern Great Plains of Montana. The contour interval is 100 feet. The map shows that the direction of regional ground-water movement is toward the northeast. Recharge occurs on the flanks of the Black Hills uplift, the Cedar Creek anticline, the southwest part of the Bull Mountains basin, and on the out-crop areas. Discharge from the aquifer occurs along a short reach of the Yellowstone River. The average discharge from 335 wells is about 16 gallons per minute and the specific capacity of 185 wells averages 0.49 gallon per minute per foot of drawdown. (USGS)

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USGS1982

Potentiometric-surface map of water in the Eagle Sandstone and equivalent units in the northern Great Plains area of Montana

The potentiometric surface of water in the Upper Cretaceous Eagle Sandstone and equivalent units (Virgelle Sandstone and Telegraph Creek Formation) is shown on a base map at a scale of 1:1,000,000. The map is one of a series of maps produced as part of a regional study of aquifers of Cenozoic and Mesozoic age in the northern Great plains of Montana. The contour interval is 200 feet. The map shows that the directions of regional ground-water movement is from west to east except in the extreme northwestern corner where the movement is from east to west. Water is discharged from the Eagle Sandstone to the Missouri River south of the Bearpaw Mountains. In the area north of the Bearpaw Mountains, depressurization from gas production may account for the decline in the potentiometric surface. The average discharge from 115 wells is about 23 gallons per minute and the specific capacity of 85 wells averages 1.4 gallons per minute per foot of drawdown.

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USGS1981

Selected drill-stem-test data from the Northern Great Plains area of Montana

Selected drill-stem-test data were collected for use in the hydrologic analysis of aquifers in the northern Great Plains area of Montana. To supplement existing data defining the potentiometric surface of various aquifers, shut-in pressures recorded during drill-stem tests of oil and gas test wells were used to calculate the altitude of the potentiometric surface. The transmissivity of the aquifers also was calculated if sufficient data existed. Records for 627 drill-stem tests from 523 wells are tabulated in this report. Data include well location, well name, formation tested, well epth, tested interval, date tested, test number, flow period, transmissivity, shut-in pressure, and altitude of water surface. Locations of the wells are shown on a map at a scale of 1:1,000,000. (USGS)

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USGS1981

Selected hydrogeologic data from the Northern Great Plains area of Montana

Selected hydrologic data have been used in a 4-year study of aquifers of Cenozoic and Mesozoic age in the northern Great Plains to define the hydrologic system and to generate hydrologic maps. Records of 6,754 wells and 188 springs are tabulated in the report. The well data include site location, county, date completed, depth of well, casing diameter, type of lift, use of water, principal aquifer, altitude of land surface, water level, discharge, specific capacity, specific conductance, and water temperature. The spring data include site location, county, use of water, principal aquifer, altitude of land surface, type of spring, discharge, date discharge measured, specific conductance, and water temperature. Locations of the wells and springs are shown on a map at a scale of 1:1,000,000. (USGS)

Open-File Report↗
USGS1980

Maps showing ground-water conditions in the upper Verde River area, Yavapai and Coconino counties, Arizona-1978

The upper Verde River area includes about 3,600 square miles in north-central Arizona. The area is underlain by a regional aquifer that consists of several formations. In places ground water also is present in the igneous rocks and basalt flows and in the alluvium along the channels and flood plains of the streams. Ground-water development has been slight; in 1978 about 8,000 acre-feet of ground water was withdrawn for domestic, public-supply, industrial, and irrigation uses. Information on the maps includes the principal geologic formation that furnishes water to wells and springs, depth to water, altitude of the water level, and chemical quality of the water. Scale 1:125,000. (USGS)

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