POT ENT IOMET RIC SU RFACE MAP OF T HE BEDROCKAQU IFERS OF WHIT E COU NT Y, INDIANA

Map generated by Reub en Q. ArvinInd ia na Dep artm ent o f Natura l Reso urc es,Divisio n o f Water, Reso urc e Assessm ent Sectio n

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Mic ha el R. Penc e, Go verno rDep a rtm ent o f Natura l Reso urc esCa m ero n F. Clark, Directo rDivisio n o f Water Potentio m etric Surfa c e Ma p 49-B

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Pike Creek

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Spring CreekBig Pine Creek

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Slough Creek

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Park Rd

Evans Rd

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Bed fo rd Rd

Freeman Rd

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Cha lm ers Rd

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Springbo ro Rd

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Nelso n Rd

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Burnettsville Rd

West Shafer Dr

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CR 675 N

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Divisio n Rd

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Meridian Rd

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Divisio n Rd

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L use Rd

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T. 27 N.T. 26 N.

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Location Map

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Digital Elevation Model of White County, IN

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EXPLANATION

Strea m

L ine o f equa l elevatio n, in feet a b o ve m ea n sea levelPotentio m etric Co ntour interva l 10 feet

L a ke & River

No Aquifer Materia lo r L im ited Data

Basin Bound ary

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DNR Ma na ged L a nd s

Munic ip a l Bound ary

T his m a p has b een 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), are fro m the Ind ia na Geo lo gic a l Survey a nd b ased o n a 1:24,000 sc a le. Ro a d s (T IGER a nd INDOT ) (line sha p efile, 2005) is fro m the Ind ia na Dep artm ent o f T ra nsp o rtatio n a nd b ased o n a 1:24,000 sc a le. System 1 (line sha p efile, 2003) is fro m the Ind ia na Dep a rtm ent o f Tra nsp o rtatio n a nd b a sed o n a 1:24,000 sc a le. Inc o rp o rated Bound aries in Ind ia na (p o lygo n sha p efile, 20060501) is fro m the Gra p hics a nd Engineering Sectio n Ind ia na Dep artm ent o f T ra nsp o rtatio n. Hydro gra p hy, Strea m s (NHD) (line sha p efile, 20081218), Rivers (NHD) (p o lygo n sha p efile, 20081218), a nd L a kes (NHD) (p o lygo n sha p efile, 20081218) are fro 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. Basin b o und aries are m o d ified fro m the Watershed Bound ary Dataset (p o lygo n sha p efile, 2008) fro m the Natura l Resourc e Co nservatio n Servic e. Ma na ged L a nd s IDNR IN (p o lygo n sha p efile, 20100920) is 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. Digita l Elevatio n Mo d el im a ge is d erived fro m the Ind ia na Ortho/L iDAR Statewid e Co llectio n Pro gra m (2013). White Co unty Bedro c k No Aquifer Materia l or L im ited Data (p o lygo n sha p efile, Sc hm id t, 2015), a nd Potentio m etric Surfa c e Ma p o f the Bed ro c k Aquifers o f White County, Ind ia na (line sha p efile, Sc hm id t, 2015) are b ased o n a 1:24,000 sc a le.

White County is lo c ated in the no rthwest sectio n o f Ind ia na , a nd is b o und ed by the c o unties o f T ip p ec a no e, Bento n, Jasp er, Pulaski, Cass, a nd Carro ll. T he m a jo rity o f the c o unty is situated within the U p p er Wa b ash River Basin with two p o rtio ns o f the c o unty in the no rthwest c o rner lo c ated within the Ka nka kee River Basin a nd two p o rtio ns within the Mid d le Wa b ash River Basin lo c a ted in the south-southwest sectio n o f the c o unty.T he Potentio m etric Surfa c e Ma p (PSM) o f the b ed ro c k aquifers o f White County was m a p p ed by c o ntouring the elevatio ns o f 760 static water-levels rep o rted o n well rec o rds rec eived prim arily o ver a 50 year p erio d . T hese wells are c o m p leted in aquifers at vario us d ep ths, a nd typ ic a lly, und er c o nfined c o nd itio ns (b o und ed b y im p erm ea b le la yers a b o ve a nd b elo w the water bearing fo rm atio n). Ho wever, so m e wells were c o m p leted und er unc o nfined (no t b o und ed by im p erm ea b le la yers) settings.T he p o tentio m etric surfa c e is a m easure o f the p ressure o n water in a water bearing fo rm atio n. Water in a n unc o nfined aquifer 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, in c o ntrast to ground water in a c o nfined aquifer whic h is und er hydrostatic pressure a nd will rise in a well a b o ve the to p o f the water bearing fo rm atio n.

U niversa l T ra nsverse Merc ator (U T M) c o o rd ina tes for the water wells were either 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 water well rec o rd s. 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 ata were 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 ed ures were utilized to refine or rem o ve d ata where errors were rea d ily a p p a rent.Potentio m etric surfa c e elevatio ns ra nge fro m a high o f 720 feet m ea n sea level (m sl) in the west-c entra l sectio n o f the c o unty, to a lo w o f 590 feet m sl in the south-c entra l p o rtio n. Ground water flo w d irectio n within the m a jo rity o f the c o unty is genera lly to wards the T ip p ec a no e River a nd its m a jo r tributaries; ho wever, within the Ka nka kee River Basin, ground water flo w is to the no rthwest. Bed ro c k p o tentio m etric surfa c e elevatio n c o ntours ha ve no t b een extend ed through p o rtio ns o f the c o unty. T hese areas are la c king in d a ta a nd /or c o vered by m o re pro lific unc o nso lid ated d ep o sits that lim it the nec essity to c o m p lete wells in the b ed ro c k. T he c o unty PSM c a n b e used to d efine the regio na l ground water flo w p a th a nd to id entify signific a nt areas o f ground water rec harge a nd d isc harge. County PSM’s represent o vera ll regio na l c hara cteristics a nd are no t intend ed to b e a substitute for site-sp ec ific stud ies.

Static water-level m easurem ents in ind ivid ua l wells used to c o nstruct c o unty PSM’s are ind 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 in resp 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 area m a y d iffer due to lo c a l o r 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 n b 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 verlying to p o gra p hy a nd intersects the la nd surfa c e at m a jo r strea m s.

Potentiometric Surface Map of the Bedrock Aquifersof White County, Indiana

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Divisio n o f Water, Resourc e Assessm ent Sectio nFebruary 2015