GROUND WATER IN NORTH-CENTRAL TENNESSEE

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Ray Lyman Wilbnr, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY W. C. Mendenhall, Director Water-Supply Paper 640 GROUND WATER IN NORTH-CENTRAL TENNESSEE BY ARTHUR M. PIPER Prepared in cooperation with the TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1932 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. - - - Price 35 cents (paper cover)
CONTENTS Pager -Abstract.________________________________________________________ VH Introduction ______________________________-----_-_-_---____ 1 Purpose and scope of the investigation...________________________ 1 Location and extent of the area______________________.__________ l Previous geologic investigations.________________________________ 2 Acknowledgments. ____________________________________________ 3 Geography _______________________________________________________ 4 Transportation. ______________________________________________ 4 Natural resources and industries__________________-______-____-_ 4 Climate _..___ ___________________________________________ 5 General features-....___________________________________ 5 Temperature _____________________________________________ 5 Rainfall____________________________________________ 9> Surface features of central Tennessee._______________________________ 15 Physiographic districts.-_______________________________________ 15 General features._____ ____ ___________--.-__ 15 Highland Rim plateau__»______________________________ 1ft Nashville Basin_____________________________________ 18 Physiographic history________________________________________ 18 Cumberland cycle-_______-__________-_____-__----_--____-- 18 Highland Rim cycle__________-___________ ____________ 19 NashviHe Basin cycle____--___________________---___-_-_--- 20 General features.______-_-____________-___--_____-_-_- 20 High-terrace stage___________________________________ 21 Peneplain stage.______-_______________-__--__--__-_--- 21 Recent cycle____________________________________________ 22 Drainage system..-.-.....-..........-..--.-...--------^------ 23 Surf ace streams_________________________________________ 23 Underground drainage.________________-____-___--_-_-___-- 24 Stratigraphy _________________________________________________ 24 Sequence and general character of the rocks______________________ 24 Quaternary system___________________________-___---_-_-___-_- 30 Alluvium______________________-______ 30 Tertiary (?) system (Miocene?or Pliocene?)____ __------___--__ 30 High-terrace gravel______________________________________ 30 Cretaceous system.___________________________________________ 31 Upper Cretaceous series__________________________________ 31 Eutaw formation____________________________________ 31 Tuscaloosa formation._________________________________ 31 Carboniferous system________________________________________ 3$ Mississippian series______________________________________ 33; St. Louis limestone-__-_______-_----------------------- 33; Warsaw formation____________________________________ 34r Fort Payne formation.______________-__-----___-_-_--_ 35- New Providence shale-___-____-__________--------_---- 37 Ridgetop shale______________________________________ 38- HI
Page 1: PLEASE DO NOT DESTROY OB THROW AWAY
Page 5 and 6: OOHTBHTS V Ground water Continued.
Page 7 and 8: ABSTRACT This report describes brie
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Page 11 and 12: INTBODUCTION Q In addition to the w
Page 13 and 14: GEOGRAPHY O exist at several locali
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Page 21 and 22: GEOGRAPHY 13 In general there is so
Page 23 and 24: SURFACE FEATURES OF CENTRAL TENNESS
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SPEINGS 89 blank sample of water sh
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SPRINGS ' 91 formation, which are k
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SPBINGS 93 roof above its channel i
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SPKINGS bearing channel very close
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ARTESIAN CONDITIONS 97 may be expec
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GROUND "WATER IN NORTH-CENTRAL TENN
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QUALITY OF GROUND WATER 101 of diss
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QUALIFY OF GROUND WATER 103 north-c
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QUALITY OF GROUND WATER 105 nesium
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QUALITY OF GROUND WATER 107 Temains
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QUALITY OF GROUND WATEB 109 undesir
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DATA waters in north-central Tennes
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QUALITY OF GROUND WATER in north-ce
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in north-central Tennessee Continue
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QUALITY OF GROUND WATER 121 more th
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5 Leipers and Cat beys formations:
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CHEATHAM COUNTY 125 which are trave
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Typical wells in Cheatham County, T
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DAVIDSON COUNTY 133 have the same w
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Typical wells in Davidson County, T
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At 1400 Eighth Ave. N. At foundry,
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Typical springs in Davidson County,
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DICKBON COUNTY 141 the Highland Rim
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DICKSON COUNTY 148 mineral matter,
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Water-bearing beds Remarks Use of w
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Typical springs in Dickson County,
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HOUSTON COUNTY 149 superficial rela
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Typical wells in Houston County, Te
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GBOUND WATEB IN NOETH-CENTEAL TENNE
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HUMPHREYS COUNTY 155 and elsewhere
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HUMPHREYS COUNTY 157 prove inadequa
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Typical wells in Humphreys County,
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Typical springs in Humphreys County
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY 163 Driller's log
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY 165 and most of t
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Maximum consumption 1,200 gallons a
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EOBEETSON COUNTY 171 GROUND-WATER C
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Typical wells in Robertson County,
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Water turbid. Stock.. .. .........
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RUTHERFORD COUNTY 179 water table a
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RUTHERFORD COUNTY 181 and passing t
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RUTHERFORD COUNTY 183 tated as the
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STEWABT COUNTY 191 _ In addition to
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wash and weathered rocks in the low
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Approximate yield Openings Tempera-
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StJMNEB COUNTY 199 mately N. 70° E
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SOI hydrogen sulphide and contains
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SUMNEE COUNTY 208 Gallatin are know
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Do. hillside springs. derive water
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WILLIAMSON COUNTY Driller's log of
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WJfetlAMSON i&entf&nts, also in thf
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WILL1AMSON COUNTY 211 perennial spr
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COUNTT trated calcium bicarbonate w
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Typical wells in Williamson County,
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-130- Shale . use. beds found below
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Approximate yield Openings Remarks
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WILSON COUNTY 221 entire Middle and
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WILSON COUNTY 223 chemical characte
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WILSON COUNTY stitute the source of
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WIIJSON COUNTY 227 associated with
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WILSON COUNTY 229 pump is driven th
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* Water-bearing beds Remarks Use of
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Typical springs in Wilson County, T
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236 INDEX F Page Farrar, D. F., ana
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238 INDEX Page Sumner County, munic
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