| Abstract: | This report evaluates the ground-water resources of about 1,000 square mile in the semiarid uplands suth of the Snake River between the Bruneau River and Salmon Falls Creek.
The outcropping rocks are the Idavada Volcanics of Pliocene age, and the Idaho Group of Pliocene and Pleistocene age, consisting of the Banbury Basalt of middle Pliocene age and the overlying predominantly sedimentary deposits of middle Pliocene through middle Pleistocene age. These rocks dip. gently northward. The volcanic rocks are the best aquifers, but the yield of water from the sedimentary deposits is adequate for domestic and stock use. About 6,000 acre-feet of water is withdrawn annually from the Idavada Volcanics by 9 irrigation wells to irrigate about 3,000 acres. Only a few tens of acre-feet of water is withdrawn from the other formations.
The regional dip of the rocks induces weak artesian conditions in the volcanic rocks and somewhat higher artesian head in the sedimentary rocks. Estimated depth to water ranges from less than 250 to more than 750 feet as shown in an accompanying map.
The eastern part of the area appears to be more favorable for the development of ground water for irrigation than the western part because of better aquifers at shallower depth. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 22804 |
| Citation Author: | Crosthwaite, E. G. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 59 p. ill., 4 folded maps ;27 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, Ground Water Branch, |
| Citation Series: | Open-File Report |
| Citation Series Code: | OFR |
| Citation Series Number: | 62-34 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Ground-water reconnaissance of the Sailor Creek area, Owyhee, Elmore, and Twin Falls Counties, Idaho; 1962; OFR; 62-34; Crosthwaite, E. G. |
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| Citation Year: | 1962 |
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| Text: | Ground-water reconnaissance of the Sailor Creek area, Owyhee, Elmore, and Twin Falls Counties, Idaho; 1962; OFR; 62-34; Crosthwaite, E. G. |
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| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1962/0034/report.pdf |
| URL (PLATE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1962/0034/plate-1.pdf |
| URL (PLATE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1962/0034/plate-2.pdf |
| URL (PLATE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1962/0034/plate-3.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, Ground Water Branch, |
