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Hydrogeologic Units, Contour Maps, and Cross Sections of the Boone and Roubidoux Aquifers, Northeastern Oklahoma, 2020

Scientific Investigations Map 3452
Prepared in cooperation with Oklahoma Water Resources Board and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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https://doi.org/10.3133/sim3452

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Abstract

The Boone and Roubidoux aquifers (or their equivalents) are the main sources of fresh groundwater in northeastern Oklahoma. Projected total water demand of both surface water and groundwater in northeastern Oklahoma is expected to increase approximately 56 percent from 2010 to 2060. This report provides an overview of the hydrogeology of northeastern Oklahoma, with an emphasis on the hydrogeologic units composing and surrounding the Boone and Roubidoux aquifers (the Western Interior Plains confining unit, the Boone aquifer, the Ozark confining unit, and the Roubidoux aquifer). This report also provides the hydrogeologic framework for an ongoing (as of 2020) hydrologic investigation to aid the Oklahoma Water Resources Board in determining the maximum annual yields of the Boone and Roubidoux aquifers. As a first step of this ongoing hydrologic investigation, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Oklahoma Water Resources Board and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, developed hydrogeologic-unit maps, contour maps for the bases of the four hydrogeologic units, and generalized cross sections to further characterize the hydrogeologic framework of the Boone and Roubidoux aquifers. The contour maps illustrate the altitudes of the bases of each hydrogeologic unit. The altitude of the base of the Western Interior Plains confining unit ranged from 1,316 to −6,437 feet (ft) relative to North American Vertical Datum of 1988. The altitude of the base of the Boone aquifer ranged from 1,327 to −6,681 ft. The altitude of the base of the Ozark confining unit ranged from 1,275 to −6,720 ft. The altitude of the base of the Roubidoux aquifer ranged from 403 to −9,488 ft.

Suggested Citation

Russell, C.A., and Stivers, J.W., 2020, Hydrogeologic units, contour maps, and cross sections of the Boone and Roubidoux aquifers, northeastern Oklahoma, 2020: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3452, 2 sheets, http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sim3452.

ISSN: 2329-132X (online)

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Table of Contents

  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Methods
  • Description of Hydrogeologic Units
  • Cross Sections
  • Contour Maps
  • References Cited
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Hydrogeologic units, contour maps, and cross sections of the Boone and Roubidoux aquifers, northeastern Oklahoma, 2020
Series title Scientific Investigations Map
Series number 3452
DOI 10.3133/sim3452
Year Published 2020
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Oklahoma Water Science Center
Description 2 Sheets: 36.00 x 45.00 inches; Data Releases
Country United States
State Oklahoma
Other Geospatial Boone Aquifer, Roubidoux Aquifer
Scale 583000
Online Only (Y/N) Y
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