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R. 3 W. R. 2 W. R. 2 W. R. 1 W. T. 27 N. T. 26 N. T. 27 N. The occurrence of bedrock aquifers depends on the original composition of the rocks and

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subsequent changes which influence the hydraulic properties. Post-depositional

processes, which promote jointing, fracturing, and solution activity of exposed bedrock,

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C Patton C County Road 1100 N A. BURNETT R the overlying deposits. Shale and glacial till act as aquitards, restricting recharge to r

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e r s R which can increase recharge to the underlying aquifers. Hydraulic properties of the n d Z. CICOTT y 14 h a s bedrock aquifers are highly variable. County Road 1050 N 15 14 k D a 13 17 16 15 CHILDREN b 18 e Lockport a C i t OF Z. CICOTT W r c Three bedrock aquifer systems are identified for Carroll County. They are, from younger e h 16 R. 1 W. R. 1 E. e 17 k to older: the Borden Group of Mississippian age, the New Albany Shale of Devonian and

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The Borden Group in Carroll County is overlain by unconsolidated deposits with a

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C C C Rock T. 26 N. T. 26 N. County Road 700 N aquifer material. The Borden Group is often described as an aquitard and wells

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E 16 15 17 14 The New Albany Shale consists mostly of brownish-black carbon-rich shale, greenish- 18 17 08-00456-PS 14 16 15 16 ch 15 14 13 18 18 17 16 15 14 13 an Paint Creek 13 gray shale, and minor amounts of dolomite and dolomitic quartz sandstone. The New Br Camden n 08-02571-IR Albany Shale subcrops mostly in the southwestern portion of Carroll County. There are a so in limited number of reported wells completed in the system in this county. Typically b SR 218 o SR 218 domestic wells either produce from the overlying unconsolidated deposits or penetrate

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5 e as an aquitard, and yields of wells completed in it are typically quite limited. The wells 7 e Pittsburg

SR 18 08-02390-IN E 421 5 D utilizing the New Albany Shale Aquifer System in Carroll County have reported depths County Road 300 N ranging from 90 to 240 feet deep. The amount of rock penetrated in this system ranges 25 SR from 5 to 70 feet. The water wells completed in this system are generally capable of 25 B a 26 meeting the needs of the domestic user. The reported yields for the domestic wells range c 28 27 26 Delphi 29 h 29 28 from 2 to 10 gpm. The static water levels are reported to range from 20 to 65 feet below 27 26 25 30 e 27 26 25 30 29 28 27 30 28 lo r the land surface. R u n The permeability of shale materials is considered low. The New Albany Shale Aquifer County Road 200 N

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E SR 18 SR 18 Wells utilizing the Silurian and Devonian Carbonates Aquifer System in Carroll County

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W 13 18 17 Bringhurst This aquifer system has a low susceptibility to surface contamination due to thick clay i 15 16 17 16 l 14 13 18 l i 15 deposits over most of the county. However, the Silurian and Devonian Carbonate 18 a 17 16 15 m 14 14 Aquifer System is moderately to highly susceptible where overlain by sand and gravel Location Map a e k R Sug r Cre o ittle a L d and in places where clay aquitards are absent. Carrollton County Road 200 S County Road 200 S B

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This map was created from several existing shapefiles. Township and Range Lines of Map Use and Disclaimer Statement Indiana (line shapefile, 20020621), Land Survey Lines of Indiana (polygon shapefile, Bedrock Aquifer Systems of Carroll County, Indiana 20020621) and County Boundaries of Indiana (polygon shapefile, 20020621), were all We request that the following agency be acknowledged in products derived from the Indiana Geological Survey and based on a 1:24,000 scale, except the Bedrock from this map: Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water. Map generated by Scott H. Dean Geology of Indiana (polygon shapefile, 20020318), which was at a 1:500,000 scale. by Draft road shapefiles, System1 and System2 (line shapefiles, 2003), were from the IDNR, Division of Water, Resource Assessment Section This map was compiled by staff of the Indiana Department of Natural Robert A. Scott Indiana Department of Transportation and based on a 1:24,000 scale. Populated Areas in Resources, Division of Water using data believed to be reasonably accurate. Indiana 2000 (polygon shapefile, 20021000) was from the U.S. Census Bureau and based Division of Water, Resource Assessment Section However, a degree of error is inherent in all maps. This product is distributed on a 1:100,000 scale. Streams27 (line shapefile, 20000420 was from the Center for “as is” without warranties of any kind, either expressed or implied. This map Advanced Applications in GIS at Purdue University. Managed Areas 96 (polygon is intended for use only at the published scale. shapefile, various dates) was from IDNR. February 2009

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Map Use and Disclaimer Statement Potentiometric Surface Map of the Bedrock Aquifers of Carroll County, Indiana Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., Governor Department of Natural Resources Division of Water Robert E. Carter, Jr., Director Aquifer Systems Map 56-A UNCONSOLIDATED AQUIFER SYSTEMS OF CARROLL COUNTY, INDIANA

R. 3 W. R. 2 W. R. 2 W. R. 1 W. T. 27 N. T. 26 N. T. 27 N. Six unconsolidated aquifer systems have been mapped in Carroll County: the Till

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0 Veneer; the Tipton / Iroquois Till; the Tipton / Iroquois Till Subsystem; the Tipton /

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i y commonly gradational and individual aquifers may extend across aquifer system The Tipton / Iroquois Complex Aquifer System is characterized by unconsolidated

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o C C range from thin to thick and include single or multiple intratill sands and gravels. The County Road 1200 N The thickness of unconsolidated deposits in Carroll County is quite variable, due to aquifers are highly variable in depth and lateral extent and are typically confined by thick

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0 rn glacial material that has been deposited over an uneven bedrock surface. The thickness clay layers. The total unconsolidated thickness of the Tipton / Iroquois Complex Aquifer

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ipp Burnetts Creek, to the west-southwest at the Tippecanoe River in the county. This system is capable of meeting the needs of domestic and most high-capacity users in

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n n the county. Aquifer layers utilized in this system are generally 5 to 25 feet thick sands u

C C Regional estimates of aquifer susceptibility to contamination from the surface can differ and/or gravels. These sands and gravels are overlain by a till cap which is commonly 55 Patton R County Road 1100 N A. BURNETT a considerably from local reality. Variations within geologic environments can cause t r to 125 feet thick with thin intratill sand and gravel layers. Wells in this system are

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6 R d such as poorly constructed water wells, unplugged or improperly abandoned wells, and a commonly 15 to 70 gpm and static water levels are generally 15 to 65 feet below the

d Z. CICOTT k y 14 h a s e County Road 1050 N open excavations, can provide contaminant pathways that bypass the naturally protectiv e 15 14 D o a surface. There are three registered significant ground-water withdrawal facilities (8 13 C 17 16 15 CHILDREN b R a 18 r i Lockport clays. y OF Z. CICOTT W wells) in this system in Carroll County. High-capacity well yields up to 600 gpm are

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C P 18 l e H Till Veneer Aquifer System In northwestern Carroll County, this system overlies the Lafayette a W o

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In Carroll County, the Till Veneer Aquifer System consists of areas where the n

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W u C R producing from the upper aquifer range in depth from about 75 feet R ree S o k a 5 major streams, this system also includes thin alluvium and surficial sand and gravel

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C outwash deposits overlying shallow bedrock. The Till Veneer Aquifer System in Carroll

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33 34 w 35 k 35 d ree L d 31 o 36 ck C Wabash River and Tributaries Outwash Aquifer System T a a 33 o completed in unconsolidated materials. The system is commonly bypassed in favor of

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q C C below the surface. The majority of the wells have reported capacities of less than 10 C Rock T. 26 N. The Wabash River and Tributaries Outwash Aquifer System is mapped along a small T. 26 N. County Road 700 N u T. 25 N. gallons per minute (gpm). There are no registered significant ground-water withdrawal C

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p t in In Carroll County, the unconsolidated thickness of this aquifer system ranges from about w y a P o R Wabash River and Tributaries Outwash Aquifer Subsystem

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E started in this system utilize the underlying bedrock aquifer. Saturated aquifer materials 16 15 The Wabash River and Tributaries Outwash Aquifer Subsystem is mapped along Wildcat 17 14 18 17 18 14 include sand and/or gravel deposits that are commonly 5 to 15 feet thick and are Creek, portions of the Wabash River, Tippecanoe River, and Middle Fork Wildcat Creek 16 15 14 16 ch 15 14 13 18 17 16 15 13 an Paint Creek 13 Br generally overlain by 40 to 75 feet of till. Wells producing from the Tipton / Iroquois Till in Carroll County. The system is made up of thick, glacially derived outwash deposits. n Camden so Aquifer System are typically 50 to 95 feet deep. Domestic well capacities are commonly in b 15 to 50 gpm. Static water levels generally range from 15 to 40 feet below the surface. This subsystem is capable of meeting the needs of domestic users in the county. The few 08-03845-PS o SR 218 SR 218 R C There are no registered significant ground-water withdrawal facilities in this system in wells producing from the Wabash River and Tributaries Outwash Aquifer Subsystem are k o ree u Carroll County. r C n completed at depths ranging from 45 to 105 feet below surface with up to 25 feet of e t De y 22 23 continuous sand and gravel. In places, aquifer materials are capped by silt or sandy clay 08-03845-PS R

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r 3 R C contamination because intratill sand and gravel units are commonly overlain by thick water levels commonly 10 to 35 feet below surface. There is one registered significant

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Map Use and Disclaimer Statement This map was created from several existing shapefiles. Township and Range Lines of Indiana (line shapefile, 20020621), Land Survey Lines of Indiana (polygon shapefile, 20020621), Unconsolidated Aquifer Systems of Carroll County, Indiana We request that the following agency be acknowledged in products derived and County Boundaries of Indiana (polygon shapefile, 20020621), were all f rom the Indiana from this map: Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water. Geological Survey and based on a 1:24,000 scale. Draft road shapefiles, System1 and System2 (line shapefiles, 2003), were from the Indiana Department of Transportation and based on a 1:24,000 by Map generated by Scott H. Dean scale. Populated Areas in Indiana 2000 (pol ygon shapefile, 20021000) was from the U.S. Census IDNR, Division of Water, Resource Assessment Section This map was compiled by staff of the Indiana Department of Natural Robert A. Scott Resources, Division of Water using data believed to be reasonably accurate. Bureau and based on a 1:100,000 scale. Streams27 (line shapefile, 20000420) was from the Center However, a degree of error is inherent in all maps. This product is distributed for Advanced Applications in GIS at Purdue University. Managed Areas 96 (polygon shape file, Division of Water, Resource Assessment Section “as is” without warranties of any kind, either expressed or implied. This map various dates) was from IDNR. Unconsolidated aquifer systems coverage (Scott, 2009) was based is intended for use only at the published scale. on a 1:24,000 scale. February 2009

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