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Geohydrology of the valley-fill aquifer in the Corning area, Steuben County, New York

Open-File Report 82-85
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr8285

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Abstract

This report is the seventh in a series of 11 map sets depicting geohydrologic conditions in selected aquifers in upstate New York. Geohydrologic data are compiled on six maps at 1:24,000 scale. Together, the maps provide a comprehensive overview of a major valley-fill aquifer in southeastern Steuben County. The maps include surficial geology, geologic sections, water-infiltration potential of soil zone, aquifer thickness, potentiometric-surface elevations, and land use. The valley-fill deposits consist of alluvial silt, sand, and gravel, glacial-outwash (sand and gravel), till, and lacustrine silt and clay. The sand and gravel beds have relatively high permeabilities, whereas the till and silt deposits have relatively low permeabilities. Water-table conditions prevail in unconfined sand and gravel along the valley margin. Artesian conditions are found locally in sand and gravel confined under silt and clay in the middle of the valley. Recharge occurs nearly everywhere on the valley floor, but principally along the margin of the valley, where highly permeable land surface conditions exist, and runoff from the hillsides is concentrated. The use of land overlying the aquifer is a mixture of residential, commercial, agricultural, and industrial uses.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Geohydrology of the valley-fill aquifer in the Corning area, Steuben County, New York
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 82-85
DOI 10.3133/ofr8285
Year Published 1982
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Description 6 Plates: 40.44 × 30.18 inches or smaller
Country United States
State New York
County Steuben County
Other Geospatial Corning area
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