Document 2501573

R 38 W
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WICHITA CO
-101°22'30"
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SURFICIAL GEOLOGY OF
KEARNY COUNTY, KANSAS
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U.S. highway
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State highway
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Unpaved landing strip
Airport
Elevation contours
(50-meter interval)
Elevation contours
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Depression contour
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Resource Development
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Hydrology and Topography
Transportation
Index shows the names and locations of the 30 USGS
7.5-min 1:24,000-scale quadrangles used in the digital
compilation of the Kearny County map. The geology
was mapped in the field using these topographic maps.
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Bear Creek Fault – This is the approximate
location of the fault; the source for its location
is: Gutentag, E. D., Lobmeyer, D. H., and
McGovern, H. E., 1972, Ground water in
Kearny County, southwestern Kansas: U.S.
Geological Survey, Hydrologic Investigations
Atlas HA-416, 2 sheets. The symbology
indicates that its identity or existence is
questionable, location concealed.
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Dakota Formation – Dakota Formation
exposures occur at the base of the south wall of
the Arkansas River valley in the western half of
the county. Deposits consist of gray to buff
irregularly bedded sandstone with varicolored
clay. This is the oldest formation cropping out
in the county, with an outcrop thickness of up to
30 ft.
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Graneros Shale – Graneros Shale is a grayblack, fissile, argillaceous Upper Cretaceous
shale. Outcrops are found directly north of the
Arkansas River valley in the western third of the
county, with a thickness up to 62 ft.
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Greenhorn Limestone is exposed directly north
of the Arkansas River valley in the western third
of the county. Greenhorn deposits consist of
calcareous shale with thin limestone beds and
bentonitic clay, and thin chalky limestone beds
separated by chalky shale. A characteristic fossil
clam, Inoceramus sp., is found throughout the
upper member. Outcrop thickness ranges up to
100 ft.
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Ogallala Formation – Ogallala sediments are
thought to be primarily Miocene and earliest
Pliocene in age and are composed of calcareous
gravel, sand, silt, and clay deposited by streams
transporting sediments eastward from the Rocky
Mountains. Ogallala outcrops commonly contain thick calcrete beds, regionally referred to as
“mortar beds.” The unit mapped as Ogallala in
Kearny County also includes early Pleistocene
and older alluvial deposits of the same Rocky
Mountain gravel and sand materials. Ogallala
outcrops occur along the north side of the
Arkansas River valley, and along the smaller
tributaries in the north and southwest parts of
the county. Most of the county is underlain by
the Ogallala, which ranges in thickness from a
few feet to about 400 ft (well-log data) in the
southeast part; surface exposures range up to
120 ft thick.
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Loess – Wind-deposited silt, with minor
amounts of clay and fine sand, comprises the
loess, which mantles the uplands north of the
Arkansas River valley and southwest of the sand
region. The loess is calcareous and a buff color,
and ranges in thickness up to 10 ft. The age of
the deposits in the county ranges from the late
Pleistocene to the late Holocene.
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origin of the sand is the Pleistocene and
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the south-central part of the county. The origin
of these features is usually attributed to wind
deflation, animal activity, dissolution, or some
combination of these processes. Age of the
features appears to range from at least the early
Holocene to the historic period. The basins
range in size from less than an acre to hundreds
of acres. Fill within these basins has an average
thickness of 6 ft and consists of redeposited silt
and fine sand from the loess. In the larger
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within the county occur along the Arkansas
River valley and major tributaries. Coarse
gravels dominate the deposits, with some sand,
silt, and clay. The Ogallala Formation is the
primary source of this material. The terrace
deposits date from the late Pleistocene to the
middle Holocene or later. Three terrace deposits
are found within the Arkansas River valley: Qt1
adjacent to the floodplain through the entire
length of the county; Qt2 primarily in the eastern
part of the valley and lower reaches of Mattox
Draw; and Qt3 adjacent to the south valley wall
in the eastern part of the county. The principal
terrace of the Arkansas River valley (Qt1) is up
to 54 ft thick. Depths of Qt2 deposits can be 273
ft or more, while Qt3 depths only reach 47 ft.
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Computer compilation and cartography by Jorgina A. Ross, Amy B. Carter, David L. Means, and Jason D. Hartman (2003)
Cartographic revisions by Christopher R. Bieker, John W. Dunham,
Darren J. Haag, Nathaniel E. Haas, Scott T. Klopfenstein, and R. Zane Price (2011)
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Holocene - Pleistocene Series
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QUATERNARY SYSTEM
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GENERALIZED GEOLOGY OF KANSAS
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Elevation contours are presented for general reference. They are generated from U.S. Geological Survey National Elevation Da taset (NED) digital
elevation models (DEM) with 1/3 arc-second resolution, which are in turn generated from high-resolution elevation data and other USGS DEMs. In
some places the contours may be more generalized than the base maps used for compilation of geologic outcrop patterns. Outcr op patterns on the map
will typically reflect topographic variation more accurately than the associated contour lines. Repeated fluctuation of an outcrop line across a contour
line should be interpreted as an indication that the mapped rock unit is maintaining a relatively constant elevation along a generalized contour.
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The geology was mapped in the field using USGS 7.5’ 1:24,000-scale topographic maps.
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Roads and highways shown on the base map as represented by data from the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) and other source s. U.S.
Department of Agriculture – Farm Services Agency (USDA-FSA) National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) imagery also was used to check road
locations.
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This map was produced using the ArcGIS system developed by ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.).
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Shaded relief is also based on a USGS digital elevation model (DEM) with 1/3 arc-second resolution. The 1/3 arc-second data, in ESRI GRID format,
were smoothed using a focal mean algorithm to minimize unwanted artifacts. The output DEM was then converted to a hillshade, a multidirectional
shaded-relief image using angles of illumination from 0°, 225°, 270°, and 315° azimuths, each 45° above the horizon, with a 4x vertical exaggeration.
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GRANT CO
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Johnson, W.C., [2003] 2011, Surficial geology of Kearny County, Kansas; Playa deposits and Arkansas River terrace deposits by W. C. Johnson and T.
L. Woodburn: Kansas Geological Survey, Map M-62 (Revised), scale 1:50,000.
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Suggested reference to this map:
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The Kansas Geological Survey does not guarantee this map to be free from errors or inaccuracies and disclaims any re sponsibility or liability for
interpretations made from the map or decisions based thereon.
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Kansas Geological Survey
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas 66047
ISBN# 1-58806-899-4
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LAMBERT CONFORMAL CONIC PROJECTION
WITH STANDARD PARALLELS AT 33° AND 45°
NORTH AMERICAN DATUM OF 1927
Last updated 5/9/2011