SOURCES OF GEOLOGIC AND HYDROLOGIC ~ INFORMATION PERTINENTTO GROUND-WATER RESOURCESIN RHODE ISLAND by Elaine @. Todd Trench U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Open-File Report 93-464 Prepared in cooperation with the RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT Providence, Rhode Island 1995 SOURCES OF GEOLOGIC AND HYDROLOGIC ~ INFORMATION PERTINENTTO GROUND-WATER RESOURCESIN RHODE ISLAND by Elaine @. Todd Trench U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Open-File Report 93-464 Prepared in cooperation with the RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT Providence, Rhode Island 1995 U.S. DEPARTMENTOF THE INTERIOR BRUCE BABBITT,Secretary U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Gordon P. Eaton, Director For additional information, write to: Copies of this report can be purchased from: Subdistrict Chief U.S. Geological Survey Massachusetts-Rhode Island District Earth Science Information Center U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Reports Section 275 Promenade Street, Suite 150 Box 25286, MS 517 Providence, RI 02908 Denver Federal Center Denver, CO 80225 CONTENTS Abstract .............................................................................................................................................................................. 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................................ 2 Purpose and scope................................................................................................................................................... 2 Previous studies ...................................................................................................................................................... 2 Acknowledgments .................................................................................................................................................. 3 Rhode Island’s physical and hydrogeologic setting ........................................................................................................... 3 Sources of geologic and hydrologic information.. ............................................................................................................. 9 Sources of information presented in maps.............................................................................................................. 9 Sources of information presented in tables.. ........................................................................................................... 15 Selected references.. ........................................................................................................................................................... 23 Glossary.. ............................................................................................................................................................................ 25 FIGURES 1,2. Maps showing: 1. Major physical and cultural features of Rhode Island ...................................................................................... 4 2. Rhode Island’s major drainage basins, including basins shared with adjacent States .................................... 5 3,4. Block diagrams showing: 3. Generalized hydrologic cycle ........................................................................................................................... 6 4. Typical hydrogeologic setting in glaciated terrain ........................................................................................... 7 5-l 1. Maps of Rhode Island showing: 5. Distribution of ground-water reservoirs ........................................................................................................... 8 6. Major drainage-basin boundaries and town lines ............................................................................................. 12 7. Town lines and 7.5minute quadrangle boundaries .......................................................................................... 13 8. Major drainage-basin boundaries and 7.5minute quadrangle boundaries ....................................................... 14 9. Availability of surficial and bedrock geologic maps by quadrangle ................................................................ 16 10. Availability of ground-water studies for quadrangles ...................................................................................... 17 11. Availability of ground-water studies for drainage basins, subbasins, and special study areas ........................ 18 12. Map showing availability of ground-water studies for subbasins and special study areas in the Pawcatuck River Basin .............................................................................................. 19 TABLES 1. List of 7.5~minute topographic quadrangles covering Rhode Island, showing date of publication.. ...................... 9 2. List of Rhode Island cities and towns showing 7.5-minute quadrangles covering each municipality .................... 10 3. Types of geologic and hydrologic information for which sources are summarized in tables 4-40 for quadrangles in Rhode Island.. ............................................................................................................................. 20 4-40. Geologic and hydrologic information for Rhode Island quadrangles ..................................................................... 32 4. Ashaway Quadrangle ....................................................................................................................................... 33 5. Attleboro Quadrangle ....................................................................................................................................... 34 6. Blackstone Quadrangle.. ................................................................................................................................... 36 7. Block Island Quadrangle.. ................................................................................................................................ 38 8. Bristol Quadrangle ........................................................................................................................................... 39 9. Carolina Quadrangle.. ....................................................................................................................................... 41 10. Chepachet Quadrangle ..................................................................................................................................... 45 11. Clayville Quadrangle.. ...................................................................................................................................... 47 12. Coventry Center Quadrangle.. .......................................................................................................................... 48 13. Crompton Quadrangle ...................................................................................................................................... 50 14. East Greenwich Quadrangle.. ........................................................................................................................... 52 15. East Killingly Quadrangle.. .............................................................................................................................. 54 16. East Providence Quadrangle ............................................................................................................................ 55 17. Fall River Quadrangle ...................................................................................................................................... 57 Content iii TABLES--Continued 18. Franklin Quadrangle ......................................................................................................................................... 58 19. Georgiaville Quadrangle .................................................................................................................................. 60 20. Hope Valley Quadrangle .................................................................................................................................. 62 2 1. Kingston Quadrangle ........................................................................................................................................ 65 22. Mystic Quadrangle ........................................................................................................................................... 69 23. Narragansett Pier Quadrangle .......................................................................................................................... 69 24. Newport Quadrangle ........................................................................................................................................ 70 25. North Scituate Quadrangle ............................................................................................................................... 71 26. Oneco Quadrangle ............................................................................................................................................ 72 27. Oxford Quadrangle ........................................................................................................................................... 73 28. Pawtucket Quadrangle ...................................................................................................................................... 74 29. Providence Quadrangle ...................................................................................................................................