WATER RESOURCES, 389

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Yield per minute. |
Se ea ce 2 Geologic horizon |
| | obtained at | Use. and character of | Remarks.
Flow— | Pump— . surface. | water-beds.
gallons. gallons. } |
| |
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14 aS pear | flows. domestic. | Peedee formation; sand, ped has increased from } to 1}

| | — gallons.

_ Bea Pepto flows. | _ boiler and Peedee formation; light | Tapped 7 ft. below surface and flows
| | drinking. | yellow sand. 6 gals. per minute. Another hori-
| | zon at 85 ft.

> ee flows | domestic. Peedee formation. |:
| | | |
RRS |.....----.|. pitcher | domestic. Peedee formation. _| Flowed at first, but flow weakened
| | pump. | and is now-pumped.
Web zes see |_.........| suction | domestic. Peedee formation; sand | Another horizon at 40 ft.
| pump. | and gravel, |
14 | | flows. | drinking, ete. | Peedee — gray | Another horizon at 64 ft.
| sand. |
| flows. | domestic and | Peedee formation; sand. | See water assay No. 49, table 1,
| drinking. pp. 494, 495.
flows. | domestic. Peedee formation.
flows. domestic. Peedee formation; sand.
flows. domestic. Peedee A anne sand | Flow has decreased.
| : an vel.
We pete de | flows. | domestic. Peedee formation. Flow has decreased.
10 |nvnaeeoee= flows. domestic, Peedee a a shell |
Fe le +- flows. | domestic. |  Peedee formation.
| Aowe. domestic. Peedee formation; sand. | Flow has decreased.
{ } |
Data Seaew | flows. | domestic, Peedee formation; sand. | Another horizon at 100 ft,
SF loutst lets flows. domestic. Black Creek Pe Flows in pit 3 ft. below surface.
| sand,
flows. domestic. Black Creek formation? | Another horizon at 120 ft.
gasoline laundry. Peedee formation; sand.
pump.
steam | manufacture of| Peedee formation; sand.
pump. | ice.

 

 

 

the latter exists. All older formations are covered by thin, surficial
Pleistocene deposits consisting of sands, sandy loams, and clays be-
longing to the Wicomico, Chowan, and Pamlico formations. The
whole county is underlain beneath the Eocene and other Tertiary beds
by Cretaceous marine sands and clays of the Peedee (“Burches Ferry’’)
formation. These exist at depths perhaps not exceeding 100 feet in
the northwestern part of the county, but become deeper and deeper
below the surface toward the coast.

Water Resources—The inhabitants of the smaller villages of the
county and most of the farmers obtain their water supplies from shal-
low open and driven wells tapping the water-bearing sandy beds in the
lower portion of the Pleistocene deposits. These wells range from 6 to
24 feet in depth. The driven wells average a little deeper than the dug
wells. The water from some of the former is reported as ferruginous.
Tn the larger towns there are but few open wells. Driven and drilled
wells are by far the most ‘abundant. In James City, which is situated