Ground-Water Resources of Lee County, Texas

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EPORT 20

G.ROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF bEE COUNTY, TEXAS

MARCH 1966

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TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD

REPORT 20

GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF LEE COUNTY, TEXAS

BY Gerald L. Thompson, Geologist United States Geological Survey

Prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the

Texas Water Development Board

March 1966

TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD

Mills Cox, Chairman Robert B. Gilmore Milton T. Potts

Marvin Shurbet, Vice Chairman Groner A. Pitts W. E. Tinsley

Joe G. Moore, Jr., Executive Director

Authorization for use or reproduction of any material contained in this publication, i.e., not obtained from other sources, is freely granted without the necessity of securing permission therefor. The Board would appreciate acknowledgement of the source of original material so utilized.

Published and distributed by the

Texas Water Development Board Post Office Box 12386 Austin, Texas 78711

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ABSTRACT ...................?.?......?........?...?......?...?...?.??.?..

INTRODUCTION .' .....??.????..??...??..?.???????..?????..?..??..??.?..?.??.

Purpose and Scope of Investigation.

Location and Extent of Area ......?.....?..??.?.??.????...??.?.??.?.

Climate ..............?.........................................?...

Physiogl~aphy and Drainage.

Economic Development .??

Previou1, Investigations

We11-Nu1nbering System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ? . . . . . . . . . . . ? . . . . . . . . . . ?

Acknow1t~dgments? .

GEOLOGY ......?..??????...??.?..???.?.??.?.????.??????.?.???.....?.??????

Genera 1 Stratigraphy and Structure ????..?..?.??.???..?.???.?????.?.

Physical Characteristics and Water-Bearing Properties of the G201ogic Units ...?..?...??.?..?...?.....?...?...?.?

Tertiary System ..??.?.

Pa leocene Series

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Midway Group.

Eoce ne Ser ies

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Wilcox Group

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Simsboro Sand Member of the Rockdale Formation of Plummer (1933) .......?

Claiborne Group ...

Carrizo Sand

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Reklaw Formation ..??.?..?.....?.....???????..??

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Queen City Sand................................ Weches Greensand............................... Sparta Sand... ..............?...???... ..?.?.... Cook Mountain Formation........................ Ye gua Forma t ion ? . . . . . . ? . . . . . ? . . ? . . ? . . . ? . . . . . . . . Jackson Group....................................... Wellborn Sandstone............................. Te rt ia ry (?) a nd Qua te rna ry Sys terns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ? . . . . . . P1iocene(?), Pleistocene, and Recent Series.............. Surficial Deposits.................................. GROUND-WATER HYDROLOGy.... . ? . . . . ? . ? . ? . . . ? ? ? . . . ? . ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Source and Occurrence of Ground Water.............................. Recharge, Movement, and Discharge of Ground Water.................. Hydraulic Characteristics of the Aquifers.......................... Use and Development of Ground Water................................ Public Supply................................................. Irrigation.................................................... Rural Domestic and Livestock Needs............... .??.?.??...?.

Flowing We lIs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Well Construction............................................. Water-Level Changes in Wells....................................... QUALITY OF GROUND WATER. . . ? . . . ? . ? . ? . . . ? . . ? ? . . . . . . . . . . ? . . . . . . . . . . ? . . . . . . . Chemica 1 Qua 1i ty. . . . . . ? . ? . . ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Temperature.......................................... Quality of Ground Water Near Faults................................ Chemical Quality and Ground-Water Depth............................

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