Basic Hydrologic Data of the Hualapai, Sacramento, and Big Sandy Valleys Mohave County, Arizona by J
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WATER-RESOURCES REPORT NUMBER TWENTY-SIX ARIZONA STATE LAND DEPARTMENT OBED M. LASSEN, COMMISSIONER BASIC HYDROLOGIC DATA OF THE HUALAPAI, SACRAMENTO, AND BIG SANDY VALLEYS MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA BY J. B. GILLESPIE C. B. BENTLEY AND WILLIAM KAM ~. ~ .. ,,,,;;'.::~}j; I, , 1 ,: l' t-tt: : I I .," rk .. , l' ,.! I , HI ,',' .. ~~~- "(.".. ~,, q~;. PREPARED BY THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PHOENIX, ARIZONA UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR MARCH 1966 CONTENTS Page Page Introduction ............................. 1 Use of tables and maps--Continued Acknowledgments ....... : ................ 2 Tables 6, 7, and 8 ................... 4 Use of tables and maps ................... 2 Tables 9 and 10 ..................... 4 Tables 1, 2, and 3 ................... 2 Tables 4 and 5 ...................... 2 Illustrations 4 ILLUSTRA TIONS Page Page Figure 1. Map showing area of report ..... 1 Figure 4. Map of Big Sandy Valley showing 2. Sk et c h showing well-numbering the location 0 f selected well s and springs and w ate r-level system in Arizona ........... 3 contours. '" ................. 7 3. Map of Hualapai and Sacramento 5. Hydrographs of water levels in se- Valleys showing the location of lected wells in Hualapai Valley .. 9 6. Hydrographs of water levels in se- selected wells and springs and lected well s in Sac ram e n t 0 water-level contours ......... 5 Valley ..................... , . 10 TABLES Page Page Table 1. Records of selected wells in the Table 6. Selected drillers I logs of wells in Hualapai Valley, including the the Hualapai Valley, Mohave Hackberry area, Mohave County, County, Ariz ................ 29 12 Ariz ........................ 7. Selected drillers I logs of wells in 2. Records of selected wells in the the Sacramento Valley, Mohave Sacramento Valley, including the Kingman area, Mohave County, County, Ariz ................ 35 Ariz ........................ 16 8. Selected drillers I logs of wells in 3. Records of selected wells in the the Big Sandy Valley, Mohave Big Sandy Valley, Mohave Coun- County, Ariz ................ 37 ty, Ariz .................... 20 9. Chemical analyses of ground water .4. Records of selected springs in the Hualapai Valley, including the in the Hualapai Valley, Mohave Hackberry area, Mohave County, County, Ariz: ............... 39 Ariz ........................ 24 5. Records of selected springs in the 10. Chemical analyses of ground water Sacramento Valley, including the Kingman area, Mohave County, in the Sacramento Valley, Mo- Ariz ............. " ......... 26 have County, Ariz ........... 39 iii BASIC HYDROLOGIC DATA OF THE HUALAPAI, SACRAMENTO, AND BIG SANDY VALLEYS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA By J. B. Gillespie, C. B. Bentley, and William Kam Introduction Hualapai and Sacramento Valleys. A similar coop- In July 1964 the U. S. Geological Survey in erative study has been in progress in the Big Sandy cooperation with the Arizona State Land Department, Valley since 1959. The study areas (fig. 1) consist Obed M. Lassen, Commissioner, began an investi- of broad sediment-filled valleys surrounded by moun- gation of the geology and water resources of the tains. Hualapai Valley includes aoout 975 square UJ ~ :t: 36° N 01 <t I I_- I (.,) I ( I Flagstaff I • \ <t I ,-1 -.J I ;---+__ 1 ___ _ I I I u M A I p N A L I I - ----- --- - - - -- ~1--- Tucson 114° P M A • 32° ~~----------~~~---------------r----+-----------432° ,-----1 COCHISE 50 100 MILES ° ANT A I I I I I I I I 112° Douglas C R U Z I 110° 1. Hualapai Valley 2. Sacramento VallE(y 3. Big Sandy Valley Figure 1. - - Area of report. 1 2 miles, Sacramento Valley about 770 square miles, man, Mohave County Area Development Council, were and Big Sandy Valley about 1, 200 square miles. instrumental in initiating the proj ect. The report is a summary of the basic hydro logic data for the three valleys. The purpose of the Use of Tables and Maps report is to make available selected well records, drillers' logs, and quality -of- water information, Included in the report are records of water which will be useful in developing the water resourc es wells, records of springs, drillers' logs that de of the area. Most of the data for the Hualapai and scribe the materials encountered during the drilling Sacramento Valleys have been collected since July of the wells, chemical analyses of water, well-loca 1964, although water levels in several wells have tion maps, water-table contour maps, and hydro been measured since the middle 1940's. The data graphs of the water levels in wells. The well and for Big Sandy Valley were collected chiefly from spring locations are in order by township, range, 1960 to 1962. The well and spring data were obtained and section according to the well-numbering system from land owners, water records of the Bureau of used in Arizona (fig. 2). Land Management, well-registration forms submit ted to the Arizona State Land Department, well Tables 1, 2, and 3. --Tables 1, 2, and 3 in drilling companies, and by personnel of the U. S. clude some information for most of the wells in the Geological Survey. area. The land-surface altitude at wells, for the most part, was determined with an aneroid altimeter Acknowledgments or was estimated from Army Map Service topo Many well owners and operators have been graphic maps. Well yields were reported by the cooperative in furnishing information. In addition, owner or were measured or estimated by personnel the cooperation of the following individuals and firms of the Survey. The water level shown is the one is gratefully acknowledged: the officials and employ most recently measured or reported for that well. ees of the city of Kingman and Mohave County; sev eral water companies serving the area; personnel Tables 4 and 5.--Tables 4 and 5 include data of the Duval Corp. Mineral Park mine; J. N. Mc for most of the springs in the Hualapai and Sacra Dougal, Mohave County Agricultural Agent; T. E. mento Valleys. The land-surface altitude at springs Dingman, Bureau of Land Management; C. C. Sweetin, was estimated from Army Map Service topographic County Sanitarian; and the well drillers who have maps and is probably accurate to within 100 feet. been active in the area. R. E. Morrow, State Sena Yields were reported by the owner or were esti tor from Mohave County, and W. W. Welsh, Chair- mated by personnel of the Survey. 3 , 11.6 W. , • , , RIW T ., ~ Z a" . , it: '" T <r" w • > B i< A !"'W >- , ...J en" , a \ Z T " , "...J \ • Ci GILA AND SALT RIVER BASE LINE i C 0 Well f8-4-2lI9coo R.2 W , 3 • • ,~ 7 8 , IO~ J2 18 15 13 4 "Y " N ,",,:..-to " " 23 " 30 29 '8 " ,. 25 31 32 33 34 35 3. The well numbers used by the Geological Survey in Arizor,& are in accordance with the Bureau of Land Management's system of land subdivision. The land survey in Arizona is based on the Gila and Salt River meridian and base line, whichdividetheState into four quadrants. These quadrants are designated counterclockwise by the capital letters A B, C, and D. All land north and east of the point of origin is in A quad rant, that north and west in B quadrant, that south and west in C quad rant, and that south and east in D quadrant. The first digit of a well number indicates the township, the second the range, and the third the section in which the well is situated. The lowercase letters a, b, c, and d after the section number indicate the well location within the section. The first letter denotes a. particular 160-acre tract, the second the 40- acre tract, and the tnird the lO-acre tract. These letters also are as signed in a counterclockwise direction, beginning in the northeast quarter. If the location is known within the lO-acre tract, three lowercase letters are shown in the well number. In the example shown, well number (B-4-2)19caa designates the well as being in the NEtNEtSWt sec. 19, T. 4 N., R. 2 W. Where there is more than one well within a lO-acre tract, consecutive nurnbers beginning with 1 are added as suffixes. Figure 2. --Well-numbering system in Arizona. 4 Tables 6, 7, and 8. - - Tables 6, 7, and 8 in Illustrations. -- Figures 3 and 4 show the lo clude drillers I logs that are considered representa cation of wells and springs in Hualapai, Sacramento, tive or otherwise of special significance. The dril1- and Big Sandy Valleys; the figures also show con ers I terminology has been retained and is repro tours of the altitude of the water levels, in feet duced as originally submitted in logs to the Arizona above mean sea level, for spring 1965 in the Huala State Land Department or the Geological Survey. pai and Sacramento Valleys (fig. 3) and for spring Table 6 also contains lithologic logs of two Kerr 1960 in the Big Sandy Valley (fig. 4). Figures 5 and McGee Industries, Inc., test holes. 6 are hydro graphs of the water level in wells in and Tables 9 and 10. -- Tables 9 and 10 contain near the Kingman and Hackberry well fields--the laboratory analyses of water from representative or only areas where heavy pumping has occurred in the key wells in Hualapai and Sacramento Valleys. last several years. - -- - - - - ... - - ::\"onn' R. 20 W. R. 19 W. R.IB W. R.17 W. 11.:1°00' R. 15 W;.. ____-,- __~R.::. .::.'4~W;::.-------.::.R::..::.":....::W.:....:: ____ 36000' T. 30.. N T. 29 N. EXPLANATION T. 28 D N. ALLUVIAL AREA EIl[] HARD-ROCK AREA -1800- WATER-LEVEL CONTOUR; DASHED WHERE APPROXIMATE (CONTOUR INTERVAL 100 FEET: DATUM IS MEAN SEA LEVEL) T. 27 WELL• N. if SPRING BOUNDARY OF VALLEY T.