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Geohydrology of the valley-fill aquifer in the Jamestown area, Chautauqua County, New York

Open-File Report 82-113
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr82113

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Abstract

This report is the sixth in a series of 11 map sets depicting geohydrologic conditions in selected aquifers in upstate New York. Geohydrologic data are compiled on six maps at 1:24,000 scale. Together, the maps provide a comprehensive overview of a major valley-fill aquifer in southeastern Chautauqua County. The maps include surficial geology, geologic sections, water-infiltration potential of soil zone, aquifer thickness, potentiometric-surface elevations and land use. The valley-fill deposits consist of alluvial silt and sand, glacial-outwash (sand and gravel), ice-contact sand and gravel, till, and lacustrine silt and clay. The sand and gravel beds have relatively high permeabilities whereas the till, silt and clay deposits have relatively low permeabilities. Water-table conditions prevail in u nconfined sand and gravel beds along the valley margin. Artesian conditions prevail in confined sand and gravel buried under silt and clay in the middle of the valley. Recharge occurs mainly along the margin of the valley, where the land surface is highly permeable and runoff from the hillsides is concentrated. The use of land overlying the aquifer is predominantly agricultural and residential with lesser amounts of commercial and industrial uses. (USGS)

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Geohydrology of the valley-fill aquifer in the Jamestown area, Chautauqua County, New York
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 82-113
DOI 10.3133/ofr82113
Year Published 1982
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Description 7 Plates: 34.32 × 29.14 inches or smaller
Country United States
State New York
County Chautauqua County
Other Geospatial Jamestown area
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