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Water levels in observation wells in Kentucky: 1935 through 1976

Douglas V. Whitesides·John Michael Kernodle·David W. Leist
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This report presents hydrographs showing water levels in observation wells in Kentucky from 1935 through 1976.The water levels in these wells are measured as part of the national observation well network and in cooperation with the University of Kentucky, Kentucky Geological Survey. The hydrographs which appear in this report are arranged by the five physiographic regions in Kentucky, alphabetically by county, and in ascending order of latitude. The hydrographs are uniform in stage scale (vertical).Two time scales (horizontal) are used. One time scale (1935-1978) is used for the hydrographs in Jefferson County; the other, (1948-1978) is used for all hydrographs in the remainder of the State. Water levels depicted on the hydrographs are shown in feet below land surface, except in Jefferson County which are shown as altitude, in feet. The water level in feet below land surface may be obtained for the wells in Jefferson County by subtracting the water-level altitude plotted on the hydrograph from the datum given in the station description. Factors for converting English units to International System Units (SI) are included. The collection and tabulation of ground-water levels and aquifer data are used to determine short-term changes and long-range trends in water-level fluctuations which reflect the changes in storage within ground-water reservoirs. These changes and trends can be readily seen on the hydrographs. Hydrographs of observation wells where measurements were discontinued prior to 1960 are not included, but appear in previously published reports (Whitesides, D. V., and Nichols, E. S., 1961a and 1961b). A list of selected references of published reports containing interpretive data on ground-water resources in Kentucky is included in this report. The five physiographic regions of Kentucky are shown in Fig. 1. The locations and figure numbers of observation wells in each physiographic region is shown in Figs . 2, 115, 131, 143 and 179. Locations of Jefferson County observation wells with figure numbers are shown in Fig. 3.

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Douglas V. Whitesides, John Michael Kernodle, David W. Leist. 1978. Water levels in observation wells in Kentucky: 1935 through 1976. https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr78129

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