Potentiometric surface of the Ozark aquifer in northern Arkansas, 2004
Scientific Investigations Report
2005-5208
By: T.P. Schrader
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Abstract
The Ozark aquifer in northern Arkansas comprises dolomites, limestones, sandstones, and shales of Late Cambrian to Middle Devonian age, and ranges in thickness from approximately 1,100 feet to more than 4,000 feet. Hydrologically, the aquifer is complex, characterized by discrete and discontinuous flow components with large variations in permeability.
The potentiometric-surface map, based on 59 well and 5 spring water-level measurements collected in 2004 in Arkansas and Missouri, indicates maximum water-level altitudes of about 1,188 feet in Benton County and minimum water-level altitudes of about 116 feet in Randolph County. Regionally, the flow within the aquifer is to the south and southeast in the eastern and central part of the study area and to the northwest and north in the western part of the study area. Comparing the 2004 potentiometric- surface map with a predevelopment potentiometricsurface map indicates general agreement between the two surfaces. Potentiometric-surface differences could be attributed to differences in pumping related to changing population from 1990 to 2000, change in source for public supplies, processes or water use outside the study area, or differences in data-collection or map-construction methods.
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Potentiometric surface of the Ozark aquifer in northern Arkansas, 2004 |
| Series title | Scientific Investigations Report |
| Series number | 2005-5208 |
| DOI | 10.3133/sir20055208 |
| Edition | Online only |
| Year Published | 2005 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Description | 16 p. |
| Online Only (Y/N) | Y |
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