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POT ENT IOMET RIC SU RFACE MAP OF T HE BEDROCK AQU IFERS OF MORGAN COU NT Y, INDIANA

Potentiometric Surface Map of the Bedrock Aquifers of Morgan County, Indiana

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Divisio n o f Water, Resourc e Assessm ent Sectio n

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T his m a p was created fro m severa l existing sha p efiles. T o wnship a nd Ra nge L ines o f Ind ia na (line sha p efile, 20020621), L a nd Survey L ines o f Ind ia na(p o lygo n sha p efile, 20020621), a nd County Bound aries o f Ind ia na (p o lygo n sha p efile, 20020621), were a ll fro m the Ind ia na Geo lo gic a l Survey a nd b asedo n a 1:24,000 sc a le. Dra ft ro a d sha p efiles, System 1 a nd System 2 (line sha p efiles, 2003), were fro m the Ind ia na Dep artm ent o f T ra nsp o rtatio n a nd b ased o na 1:24,000 sc a le. Po p ulated Areas in Ind ia na 2000 (p o lygo n sha p efile, 20021000) was fro m the U .S. Census Bureau a nd b ased o n a 1:100,000 sc a le.Hydro gra p hy, Strea m s (NHD) (line sha p efile, 20081218), Rivers (NHD) (p o lygo n sha p efile, 20081218), L a kes (NHD) (p o lygo n sha p efile, 20081218) wasfro m the U .S. Geo lo gic a l Survey a nd the U .S. Enviro nm enta l Protectio n Agenc y a nd b ased o n a 1:24,000 sc a le. Ma na ged L a nd s IDNR IN (p o lygo nsha p efile, 20100920) was fro m the Ind ia na Dep a rtm ent o f Natura l Resourc es a nd b ased o n a 1:24,000 sc a le. County Hillsha d e im a ge was fro m the U .S.Geo lo gic a l Survey Natio na l Elevatio n Dataset (raster im a ge, 20100324). Morga n County Bedro c k No Aquifer Materia l or L im ited Data (p o lygo nsha p efile, U nterreiner, 2016) a nd Potentio m etric Surfa c e Ma p o f the Bedro c k Aquifers o f Morga n County, Ind ia na (line sha p efile, U nterreiner, 2016) areb a sed o n a 1:24,000 sc a le.

Morga n County, Ind ia na is lo c ated in the c entra l p art o f the state a nd is b o und ed by the c o unties o f Hend ric ks, Mario n, Jo hnso n,Bro wn, Mo nro e, Owen, a nd Putna m to the no rth, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest a nd no rthwest, resp ectively. T hec o unty lies within the White a nd West Fork White River Basin.T he p o tentio m etric surfa c e is a m easure o f the pressure o n water in a n aquifer, or water bearing fo rm atio n. Ground water und erc o nfined c o nd itio ns (b o und ed by im p erm ea b le la yers a b o ve a nd b elo w the water bearing fo rm atio n) is und er hydraulic pressurea nd will rise in a well a b o ve the to p o f the aquifer. T he ground water level in a n unc o nfined aquifer (not b o und ed by im p erm ea b lela yers) is at atm o sp heric pressure a nd will no t rise in a well a b o ve the to p o f the aquifer form atio n. T he p o tentio m etric surfa c e inm o st wells c o m p leted in b ed ro c k within the c o unty rises a b o ve the to p o f the b ed ro c k aquifer due to the c o nfining nature o f thesystem .Static water-level m easurem ents o bta ined fro m ind ivid ua l wells used to c o nstruct a c o unty Potentio m etric Surfa c e Ma p (PSM) areind ic ative o f the water-level at the tim e o f well c o m p letio n. T he ground water level within a n aquifer c o nsta ntly fluctuates inresp o nse to ra infa ll, eva p o tra nsp iratio n, ground water m o vem ent a nd pum p a ge. T herefo re, m easured static water-levels in a n aream a y d iffer b ec ause o f lo c a l or seaso na l variatio ns. Bec ause fluctuatio ns in ground water are typ ic a lly sm a ll, static water-levels c a nb e used to c o nstruct a genera lized PSM. As a genera l rule, but c erta inly no t a lwa ys, ground water flo w a p p ro xim ates the o verlyingto p o gra p hy a nd intersects the la nd surfa c e at m a jo r strea m s. T he b edro c k aquifers in Morga n County are so m ewhat o f a nexc ep tio n b ec ause the b ed ro c k is im p erm ea b le in p la c es. T he U .S. Geo lo gic a l Survey in a stud y o f the sa nd a nd gra vel aquifera lo ng the White River, stated the b ed ro c k is im p erm ea b le a nd neither c o ntributes water in c o nta ct with the sa nd a nd gra vel aquiferno r rec eives water fro m it (Ba iley a nd Im brigio tta, WRI 82-4016).T he p o tentio m etric surfa c e m a p o f the b edro c k aquifers o f Morga n County was m a p p ed by c o ntouring the elevatio ns o f o ver 1200static water levels rep o rted o n well rec o rds rec eived prim arily o ver a 50-year p erio d . U niversa l T ra nsverse Merc ator (U T M)c o o rd inates for the water wells were p hysic a lly o bta ined in the field , d eterm ined through a d d ress geo c o d ing, or rep o rted o n waterwell rec o rds. T he lo c atio n o f the m a jo rity o f the water well rec o rds used to m a ke the PSM were field verified . Elevatio n d atawere o bta ined fro m a d igita l elevatio n m o d el. Qua lity c o ntro l/qua lity assura nc e pro c edures were utilized to refine or rem o ve d atawhere errors were rea d ily a p p arent.Bedro c k aquifer p o tentio m etric surfa c e elevatio ns ra nge fro m a high o f 907 feet m ea n sea level (m sl) in no rth-c entra l Morga nCounty near Gasburg, to a lo w o f 519 feet m sl in the c entra l p o rtio n o f the c o unty. Ground water flo w d irectio n within the m a jo rityo f the c o unty is genera lly to wards the White River or its m a jo r lo c a l tributaries. Ho wever, in the no rthwestern p o rtio n o f thec o unty, ground water flo w d irectio n is genera lly westward o ff o f a to p o gra p hic high to ward Mill Creek. Portio ns o f Morga nCounty were no t m a p p ed d ue to a genera l la c k o f water well d ata a nd /or lim ited water bearing d ep o sits. T hese areas are genera llyc o nsid ered to ha ve lim ited aquifer resourc es lea ving it d ifficult to represent a c c urate PSM elevatio ns (see Aquifer System s Ma p70-B; Bedro c k Aquifer System s o f Morga n County, Ind ia na; Ma ier 2010).T he c o unty PSM c a n b e used to d efine the regio na l ground water flo w p ath a nd to id entify signific a nt areas o f ground waterrec ha rge a nd d isc harge. County PSM’s represent o vera ll regio na l c hara c teristics a nd are no t intend ed to b e a substitute for site-sp ec ific stud ies.

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Location Map

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Hillshade Map of Morgan County, Indiana

Mic ha el R. Penc e, Go verno rDep artm ent o f Natura l Resourc esCa m ero n F. Clark, Director