. Underground water resources of Iowa . large springs occuralong Lizard Creek near Fort Dodge. A mineral spring is utilized atKalo and many small springs may be found along the larger streams. CITY AND VILLAGE SUPPLIES. Dayton.—Dayton (population, 717) pumps its water by gasolineengine from a well about 688 feet deep and distributes it by gravitywith a pressure of 45 pounds. There are \\ miles of mains and 16fire hydrants; 400 persons use 10,000 gallons daily. The water ishard. The well (PI. XVI) has a diameter of 10 to 6 inches. The curbis 1,089 feet above sea level and the head 111 feet belo
. Underground water resources of Iowa . large springs occuralong Lizard Creek near Fort Dodge. A mineral spring is utilized atKalo and many small springs may be found along the larger streams. CITY AND VILLAGE SUPPLIES. Dayton.—Dayton (population, 717) pumps its water by gasolineengine from a well about 688 feet deep and distributes it by gravitywith a pressure of 45 pounds. There are \\ miles of mains and 16fire hydrants; 400 persons use 10,000 gallons daily. The water ishard. The well (PI. XVI) has a diameter of 10 to 6 inches. The curbis 1,089 feet above sea level and the head 111 feet below the curb. Thewater, which comes from 570 to 688 feet, is lowered 100 feet bypumping. The well was completed in 1895 by J. H. Shaw, of SiouxCity. Drillers log of well at Dayton. Soil and yellow clay Clay, blue Sana, white, and bowlder. Clay, blue, or shale Clay, yellow, or shale Clay, blue, or shale Coal Clay, blue, or shale Clay, black, or shale Clay, blue, or shale Limestone, brown Limestone, white Limestone, blue Limestone, white. 758 UNDERGEOUND WATER RESOURCES OP IOWA. Record of strata in tvell at Dayton {PL XVI, p. 672). Thick-ness. Depth. Quaternary (163 feet thick; top, 1,089 feet above sea level): Soil Clay, stiff, Ught gray, calcareous Till, blue; 3 samples Sand, coarse Till, blue Till, yellow, and fine gravel Till, blue; 3 samples Carboniferous:Pennsylvanian: Des Moines group (207 feet thick; top, 926 feet above sea level): Shale, di-ab, calcareous; 4 samples : Coal and coaly shale Shale, hard, drab Shale, dark reddish-brown, nearly black Shale, drab Shale, black; 4 samples (from 300 to 350 feet) Mississippian: St. Louis Umestoneand Osage group (155 feet thick; top, 719 feet abovesea level): Sandstone, light gray, fine grained; in chips Limestone, brown, and chert, drab; some chips of black shale from , light yellow-gray; brisk effervescence; in part oolitic, in part encrinital; 5 samples Kinderhook group (163 feet penetrated; top, 564 feet above se
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