GROUND WATER IN NORTH-CENTRAL TENNESSEE

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Typical wells in Wilson County, Tenn.-
[All drilled wells]
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Water-bearing beds
Remark
Use of water
Temperature
(°F.)
Yield
(gallons
a minute)
Method of lift
Water
level
above
or
below
surface
(feet)
Depth below
surface
(feet)
No. on
Plate 4
Geologic horizon
Character of
material
Two wells. Reported drawdown 19 feet pumping
60 gallons a minute for about 4 hours.
Consumption about 18,000 gallons a day.
Formerly pumped as much as 26 gallons a minute
for community use.
60 each.
Electric force pumps. .
-40±.
Ridley (?) limestone.
Below 200
347
59
See
notes.
3i*
Bucket and windlass-
-45
-12
Lebanon (?) limestone.
Pierce (?) limestone.
Bedding-plane
crevice.
Domestic, stock-
Two wells, both dry holes, in Hermitage formation
and Bigby (?) limestone.
Miscellaneous wells of Statesville community.
Near bottom,
do..
None __ _
Near bottom.
152__. __ .
75.. ...
"348
349
350
351
Very saline water, unfit for any use.
A second well 180 feet deep encountered salt
water.
Stock
57
58
-19...
-55
Lebanon (?) limestone.
..--do..... .--.
do
"352
"353
0 See analysis, pp. 116-117.