Hillshade Map of Miami County, Indiana

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Perrysburg

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Eel River Game Management

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Mills Ditch

Copper Creek

Sugar Creek

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Ma p generated by Jo el D. Sa nd erso nIDNR, Divisio n o f Water, Reso urc e Assessm ent Sectio n

Divisio n o f Water Potentio m etric Surfa c e Ma p 28-AMic ha el R. Penc e, Go verno r

Dep a rtm ent o f Natura l Reso urc esCa m ero n F. Clark, Directo r

POT ENT IOMET RIC SU RFACE MAP OF T HE U NCONSOL IDAT EDAQU IFERS OF MIAMI COU NT Y, INDIANA

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Location Map

Mia m i County, Ind ia na is lo c ated in the no rth-c entra l sectio n o f the state a nd lies within the U p p er Wa b ash River Basin.T he Potentio m etric Surfa c e Ma p (PSM) o f the unc o nso lid ated aquifers o f Mia m i County was m a p p ed by c o ntouring the elevatio ns o f a p p ro xim a tely 860 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 by 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 pressure 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 water bearing fo rm atio n, in c o ntrast to 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 b earing fo rm atio n.T he m a p p ed p o tentio m etric surfa c e c o ntours prim arily utilize d ata fo r wells 100 feet or less in d ep th. If the sha llo w d ata was sp arse or una va ila b le in a n area, d eep er wells were used to c o m p lem ent the m a p p ing. T here are p o rtio ns o f c entra l a nd southern Mia m i County where unc o nso lid ated well d ata is la c king a nd /or c o nsists o f thin or unpro d uctive d ep o sits, therefo re, the p o tentio m etric surfa c e elevatio n c o ntours ha ve no t b een extend ed through these areas.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 or seaso na l variatio ns. Bec a use 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.U niversa l T ra nsverse Merc ator (U T M) c o o rd inates 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 rds; ho wever, the 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 arent.U nc o nso lid a ted p o tentio m etric surfa c e elevatio ns in Mia m i County ra nge fro m a high o f 840 feet m ea n sea level (m sl) in the no rth-c entra l sectio n o f the c o unty, to a lo w o f 630 feet m sl in the west-c entra l p o rtio n a lo ng the Wa b ash River. Ground water flo w d irectio n is genera lly to ward the Wa b ash River a nd its tributaries.T he c o unty PSM c a n b e used to d efine the regio na l ground water flo w p ath 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.

T his m a p was 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), were a ll 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. Dra ft ro a d sha p efiles, System 1 a nd System 2 (line sha p efiles, 2003), were 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. Po p ulated Areas in Ind ia na 2000 (p o lygo n sha p efile, 20021000) was fro m the U .S. Census Bureau a nd b ased o n a 1:100,000 sc a le. Hydro gra p hy, Strea m s (NHD) (line sha p efile, 20081218), Rivers (NHD) (p o lygo n sha p efile, 20081218), L a kes (NHD) (p o lygo n sha p efile, 20081218) was 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. Ma na ged L a nd s IDNR IN (p o lygo n sha p efile, 20100920) was fro m the Ind ia na Dep artm 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 (2011). U nc o nso lid ated No Aquifer Materia l a nd L im ited Data (p o lygo n sha p efile, Gro ve 2013) a nd Potentio m etric Surfa c e Ma p o f the U nc o nso lid a ted Aquifers o f Mia m i County, Ind ia na (line sha p efile, Gro ve, 2013) were b ased o n a 1:24,000 sc a le.

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EXPLANATION

County Ro a dStrea m

State Ma na ged Pro p erty

Munic ip a l Bound ary

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

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L a ke & River

No Aquifer Materia l or L im ited Data

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Potentiometric Surface Map of the Unconsolidated Aquifers of Miami County, Indiana

b yGlenn E. Gro ve

Divisio n o f Water, Reso urc e Assessm ent Sectio n

June 2013