GROUND WATER IN NORTH-CENTRAL TENNESSEE

Approximate yield
Openings
Remarks
Temperature
(°F.)
Use
Variability
Date of
measurement
(1927)
No. on
Plate 4
Gallons a
minute
Character
Number
So-called sulphur spring.
Perennial spring.
Remnant of high-level solution channel system.
Perennial spring.
Reported minimum yield 10 gallons a minute.
Aug. 18.
Very
small
270
Less
than 1
25
10
17
20
No
flow
noted.
15
10
&A
&H
19
47
26
M
Joint and bedding-plane creVices.
1
358
59
.... do
Aug. 17.
Large solution channel along
joints.
Joint and bedding-plane channel.
Concealed; probably solution
channel.
X
1
"359
361
59
58
Formerly medicinal.
Domestic, stock ...
Stock.... _ . __ .
Domestic, stock ...
.....do ........
.....do ..... ...
..... do..
do
Aug. 15.
... .do
1
1
362
364
Reported minimum yield about 5 gallons a minute.
Small springs on hillside near by at altitude of 700 to
740 feet are fed from the same channel system.
Noted yield is total for 3 openings. Minimum yield
57
62
Swimming pool...
Stock. -.---.. _ ..
Probably seasonal .....
Aug. 13.
Aug. 16.
Aug. 17.
Sink hole leading to solution
channel.
1
1
1
366
370
374
about 15 gallons a minute.
Minimum yield about 10 gallons a minute.
59
58
.....do..... . ...... .
do
.....do....... .......
.do ... ... ... .
Joint and bedding-plane crevices.
.....do..... .. - ....
Joint and bedding-plane channel.
Joint and bedding-plane crevices.
. .do.
Joint and bedding-plane crevices,
do
3
3
1
379
380
381
Minimum yield about 8^4 gallons a minute.
Do.
Minimum yield about 19 gallons a minute.
Noted yield is total for 4 openings; principal opening
yields 28 gallons a minute.
Minimum yield about 26 gallons a minute.
60
60
57
.....do.... .........
.-do-. ........
-...do ...... ...
.....do - ...... .... ...
.....do ..... .....
do .....
3
1
4
382
383
384
59
69
.....do... .......
Formerly medicinal.
.....do. ............
So-called sulphur spring.
Aug. 16.
2
3
38S
395
» See analysis, pp. 116-117.
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CO