Water Resources and Use in Steuben County # # Miles. Fremont. Angola. Hamilton Hudson Ashley. River. 7Q2 Flow (MGD) Lake. George. Clear. Lake.

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1 I - Lagr ange teuben I- Lagr ange teuben ek alb I- Noble ekalb Noble ata ources: U.. Geological urvey and Indiana epartment of Natural Resources Withdrawal Location WELL INTAKE Water Resources and Use in teuben County ource: Esri, igitalglobe, GeoEye, i-cubed, UA, UG, AEX, Getmapping, Aerogrid, IGN, IGP, swisstopo, and the GI User Community Energy/Mining River Q Flow (MG) Industry < MG Misc. - MG Irrigation - MG Public upply - MG Rural Use Major s MG County City N Miles

2 Mitchell E. aniels, Jr., Governor epartment of Natural Resources ivision of Water Robert E. Carter, Jr., irector INR OW WRA - and - BEROCK AQUIFER YTEM OF TEUBEN COUNTY, INIANA R. E. R. E. County Road W R R County Road N Beaver am ite hallow and Wildlife Area County Road N Otter Otter ite County Road W R County Road N County Road County Road W Fawn River Warner County Road W County Road W ite R. E. R. E. Bass Bell Howard County Road W Chseboro Hogbac Jimmerson Jimmerson County Road N ilver County Road Beach now town R tate Par Fox Otter Little Otter Fox ite R Marsh R. E. R. E. R County Road E Marsh Pigeon ite ite County Road E County Road N County Road E Road Ray Road Ropchan Area Cedar Area County Road N Cedar County Road E County Road E R. E. R. E. County Road E County Road N County Road E R County Road N County Road E R. E. R. E. ite T. N. The occurrence of bedroc aquifers depends on the original composition of the geologic material and subsequent changes which influence the hydraulic properties. Postdepositional processes, which promote jointing, fracturing, and solution activity of exposed bedroc, generally increase the hydraulic conductivity (permeability) of the upper portion of bedroc aquifer systems. Because permeability in many places is greatest near the bedroc surface, bedroc units within the upper ft are commonly the most productive aquifers. The yield of a bedroc aquifer depends on its hydraulic characteristics and the nature of the overlying deposits. hale and glacial till act as aquitards, restricting recharge to underlying bedroc aquifers. However, fracturing and/or jointing may occur in aquitards, which can increase recharge to the underlying aquifers. In general, hydraulic properties of bedroc aquifers are highly variable. Most bedroc aquifers overlain by thic glacial deposits, such as in teuben County, are under confined conditions. In other words, the potentiometric surface (water level) in most wells completed in bedroc rises above the top of the water-bearing zone. The susceptibility of bedroc aquifer systems to surface contamination is largely dependent on the type and thicness of the overlying sediments. Because the bedroc aquifer systems have complex fracturing systems, once a contaminant has bn introduced into a bedroc aquifer system, it will be difficult to trac and remediate. Coldwater, Ellsworth, and Antrim hales Aquifer ystem One bedroc aquifer system is identified for teuben County; the evonian and Mississippian age Coldwater, Ellsworth, and Antrim hales. The shales subcrop throughout the entire county and thicen from south to north. Oil and gas drillers logs show that the shales attain a thicness of about ft in the southern part of the county and thicen to over ft in the north. These shales are commonly considered an aquitard; therefore, the system is an extremely limited ground-water resource. teuben County has a complex glacial history and was subjected to multiple glacial advances from the north, northeast, and east resulting in glacial sediment deposits completely covering the county. The unconsolidated sediments range in thicness from greater than ft northeast of to over ft in southwestern areas of the county. Major sand and gravel aquifers occur in these unconsolidated deposits overlying the bedroc. Because of the availability of the overlying unconsolidated resources, no water wells utilize the Coldwater, Ellsworth, and Antrim hales Aquifer ystem in teuben County. ince the permeability of shale materials is considered low and the overlying unconsolidated deposits are thic, this bedroc system is not very susceptible to contamination introduced at or near the surface. T. N. County Road W County Road County Road Golden Golden ite County Road W County Road E County Road County Road alem County Road W County Road County Road R Blac County Road E County Road R County Road E R County Road County Road W Little ite County Road W County Road County Road W County Road W teubenville County Road E Ball ite Ball ite County Road R. E. R. E. County Road R. E. R. E. T. N. T. N. T. N. T. N. R. E. R. E. R. E. R. E. R. E. R. E. tream County Road. Mile tate Road & U Highway Municipal Boundary. Kilometer tate Managed Property & River Map generated by cott H. ean, August INR, ivision of Water, Resource Assessment ection Map Use and isclaimer tatement We request that the following agency be acnowledged in products derived from this map: Indiana epartment of Natural Resources, ivision of Water. This map was compiled by staff of the Indiana epartment of Natural Resources, ivision of Water using data believed to be reasonably accurate. However, a degr of error is inherent in all maps. This product is distributed as is without warranties of any ind, either expressed or implied. This map is intended for use only at the published scale. This map was created from several existing shapefiles. Township and Range Lines of Indiana (line shapefile, ), Land urvey Lines of Indiana (polygon shapefile, ) and County Boundaries of Indiana (polygon shapefile, ), were all from the Indiana Geological urvey and based on a :, scale, except the Bedroc Geology of Indiana (polygon shapefile, ), which was at a :, scale. raft road shapefiles, ystem and ystem (line shapefiles, ), were from the Indiana epartment of Transportation and based on a :, scale. Populated Areas in Indiana (polygon shapefile, ) was from the U.. Census Bureau and based on a :, scale. treams (line shapefile, was from the for Advanced A pplications in GI at Purdue University. Managed Areas (polygon shapefile, various dates) was from INR. Bedroc Aquifer ystems of teuben County, Indiana by ivision of Water,

3 Mitchell E. aniels, Jr., Governor epartment of Natural Resources ivision of Water Robert E. Carter, Jr., irector INR OW WRA - and - UNCONOLIATE AQUIFER YTEM OF TEUBEN COUNTY, INIANA R. E. R. E. T. N. --RU County Road W --IR R R County Road N Beaver am ite hallow and Wildlife Area County Road N --P --IR --RU Otter Otter ite County Road W R --IR --IR --IR --IR County Road N County Road County Road County Road W Fawn River Warner County Road W alem County Road W ite County Road W R. E. R. E. Bass County Road --IN --IR --IN Bell Howard Hogbac County Road County Road W Chseboro County Road W --P --IR Jimmerson Jimmerson County Road N ilver County Road Golden Golden ite --IR Beach now --P --IR town R tate Par Road Ray Road County Road E R County Road W --MI Fox County Road W Otter Little Otter --MI Fox ite --MI --IR --P --P R --P --IN --IR County Road --IR --IN --P Marsh --IR R. E. R. E. R County Road E --IN --P Marsh Pigeon ite ite --IR Ropchan Area County Road E County Road N County Road E --IR --P County Road --IR Cedar Area R County Road N Cedar --IR --IR Blac --IR County Road E t. Joseph River County Road E --IR County Road E R. E. R. E. River County Road N County Road E County Road R County Road E R. E. R. E. ite County Road N County Road County Road E T. N. The following is a summary of the availability of ground water in teuben County and was derived from the Indiana epartment of Natural Resources publication Water Resource Availability in the t. Joseph River, Indiana, and the Indiana epartment of Natural Resources publication Water Resource Availability in the River, Indiana. The two reports describe the availability, distribution, quality, and use of ground and surface water in the t. Joseph River, and the River, and can be viewed and downloaded at Unconsolidated deposits of glacial sands and gravels are the principle source of ground water in teuben County. Two unconsolidated aquifer systems have bn mapped and defined on the basis of geologic environments and aquifer characteristics. ue to the availability of prolific unconsolidated aquifer systems and the extreme limitations of shale materials, the underlying bedroc is generally not used as an aquifer resource. Kendallville Aquifer ystem The Kendallville Aquifer ystem contains discontinuous sand and gravel outwash lenses that occur at various depths within a till and mixed drift complex. Individual sand and gravel aquifers within the system commonly range from to ft in thicness; but there is a general increase in outwash thicness northward where local accumulations approach ft. Large diameter, high-capacity wells in teuben County yield from to gallons per minute (gpm). The susceptibility of this aquifer system to surface contamination varies from low to moderate. usceptibility is low for much of the aquifer system overlain by clay-rich, protective Erie Lobe tills. However, the aquifer system in many parts of teuben County, where these tills are missing and permeable sediments occur at the surface, are significantly more susceptible to surface contamination than other parts of the system. Howe Outwash Aquifer ystem The Howe Outwash Aquifer ystem is located primarily in northwestern teuben County. The prevailing character of this aquifer system is moderately thic near surface sand and gravel deposits that overlie an altered till plain. The near surface outwash deposits are the most extensive granular deposits in this system and vary from to ft in thicness. Within the underlying till sequence, clay zones alternate with sand and gravel layers. These sand and gravel layers average to ft in thicness, although some localized lenses reach thicnesses of ft. Two or more sand and gravel deposits often occur at depth within the till sequence, but are only continuous locally. This is an area with good to excellent ground-water availability ( to gpm). The surficial deposits are highly susceptible to contamination and the dper sand and gravels are moderately so. --IR R County Road County Road W Little ite County Road W County Road --P County Road W teubenville t. Joseph River River County Road E Ball ite Ball --IR ite County Road R. E. R. E. County Road R. E. R. E. T. N. T. N. T. N. T. N. R. E. R. E. R. E. R. E. R. E. R. E. Registered ignificant Ground- Water Withdrawal Facility tream County Road. Mile Boundary tate Road & U Highway. Kilometer Municipal Boundary tate Managed Property & River Map generated by cott H. ean, August INR, ivision of Water, Resource Assessment ection Map Use and isclaimer tatement We request that the following agency be acnowledged in products derived from this map: Indiana epartment of Natural Resources, ivision of Water. This map was compiled by staff of the Indiana epartment of Natural Resources, ivision of Water using data believed to be reasonably accurate. However, a degr of error is inherent in all maps. This product is distributed as is without warranties of any ind, either expressed or implied. This map is intended for use only at the published scale. This map was created from several existing shapefiles. Township and Range Lines of Indiana (line shapefile, ), Land urvey Lines of Indiana (polygon shapefile, ), and County Boundaries of Indiana (polygon shapefile, ), were all from the Indiana Geological urvey and based on a :, scale. raft road shapefiles, ystem and ystem (line shapefiles, ), were from the Indiana epartment of Transportation and based on a :, scale. Populated Areas in Indiana (polygon shapefile, ) was from the U.. Census Bureau and based on a :, scale. treams (line shapefile, ) was from the for Advanced Applications in GI at Purdue University. Managed Areas (polygon shape file, various dates) was from INR. Unconsolidated Aquifer ystems coverage was from INR (Water Resource Availability in the t. Joseph River, Indiana,, and Water Resource Availability in the River, Indiana, ) and based on a :, scale. Unconsolidated Aquifer ystems of teuben County, Indiana by ivision of Water,

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