WATER RESOURCES of the JOPLIN AREA, MO. Creek lust above

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Water Resources Report 24
WATER RESOURCES of the JOPLIN AREA, MO.
TOURIST POTENTIAL of the Joplin area is well Illustrated by this view from "Impiration Pofnt" on Shoal
Creek lust above Grand Falls.
AN INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, eastof Joplin, Mo.• utilizeswater from wells and springs In thearea.
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Water Resources Report 24
WATER RESOURCES
of the
JOPLIN AREA, MISSOURI
By G. L. Feder. John Skelton
H. G. Jefferv. and E. J. Harvey
WATER RESOURCES DIVISION, U. S. G. S.
Anthony HOlnyk, OfstnolChle1
PREPARED fN COOPERATION WITH
MISSOURI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND WATER RESOURCES
W. C. Hayes. State Geologist & Director
March 1969 Rolla. Mo.
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DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND WATER RESOURCES
William C. Hayes,~ Ph. D., State Geologist and Director
Wallace 8. Howe~ Ph. D., Assistant State Geologist
STRATIGRAPHY PUBLICATIONSAND INFORMATION
Larry D. Fellows, Ph. D., ChiefStratigraphy ~JerryD. Vineyard, M. A., Chief,
Thomas L. Thompson, Ph. D., Geologist Publications& Information
Ira R. Satterfield, M. S., Geologist E. BarbaraTryon, B.S., Geology Editor
MaryMcCracken, B. S., Geologist Larry N. Stout,AssistantGeology Editor
Richard E. Wagner, E. M., Geologist Kittie L. Hale, Clerk Typist III
BonnieL. Happel, Librarian
GRAPHICS Dorothy E. Reynolds, ClerkTypist 11
Judith A. Schiffner,ClerkTypist II
Douglas R. Stark, Chief Draftsman
James L. Matlock, Draftsman
ADMINISTRATION AND MAINTENANCE GROUND WATER
Charlotte L. Sands, AdministrativeSecretary Dale L. Fuller. B. S., Chief,Ground Water
Edith E. Hensley, AccountantClerk III ~Aobert D. Knight, B. S.,Geologist
Marjorie P. Richards, Stenographer II Donald E. Miller, M. S., Geologist
Linda B. Kelley, ClerkTypist I Albert E. Koch, Clerk III
EverettWalker, Superintendent, Bldgs. & Grnds. Glenda M. Otis.Stenographer II
WilbertP. Malone, MaintenanceMan II
WalterC. Bruss, Custodial Worker II
RobertJ. Fryer, Custodial Worker I ECONOMICGEOLOGY
SUBSURFACE GEOLOGY JamesA. Martin, M. S.• Chief, EconomicGeology
Heyward M. Wharton, M. A.• Geologist
Kenneth H. Anderson, B. A.,Chief,Subsurface CharlesE. Robertson, M.A., Geologist
Jack S. Wells, B. S., Geologist Eva B. Klsvarsanyi, M.S., Geologist
Joseph L.Thacker,Jr.• B. S., Geologist Ardel W. Rueff, B. A.,Geologist
ArthurW. Hebrank, B. S.,Geologist Marilyn L.Willenburg, ClerkTypist II
Henry M. Groves, B. S., Geologist
Leigh Bryson,ClerkTypist II
Golda L. Roberts, ClerkTypist II
Woodrow E.Sands, LaboratorySupervisor
Ira F. Bowen, LaboriiltoryTechnician ENGINEERING GEOLOGY
JerryA. Plake, LaboratoryAssistant
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JamesH. Williams, M. A.• Chief
ANALYTICALCHEMISTRY EngineeringGeology
~Edwin E. Lutzen, M. A., Geologist
Mabel E. Phillips, B. S.• Chemist ThomasJ. Dean, B.S.• Geologist
Yu·hsia Yeh, M.S., Chemist Christine L.Jacobs, Stenographer II
-CertifiedProfessional GeologinbytheAmerican InstituteofProfessionalGeologists.
Conter1ts
CONTENTS
Page
ABSTRACT , , 1
INTRODUCTION 3
Purpose and scope 3
Location and extent of study area 3
CooperatIon and acknowledgments • 3
Well numbering system • . • • 3
THE HYDROLOGIC ENVIRONMENT 6
Climate, • • 6
Droughts 6
Flood flows 6
PATTERNS OF TOPOGRAPHY AND DRAINAGE 6
Surface features. , 6
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GEOLOGIC SETIING •
Stratigraphy '
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Structure ' . •
Mineralization. '0
SOURCES OF WATER 11
Ground water 12
Cambrian and OrdOYteian formations - the deep aquifers • 12
Hvdrologk characteristics 12
Quantity available, ., _ , _ , . 12
Quality of water . , • • . , . . , • 16
Mississippian fannations - the shallow aquifer Z2
Hydrologic characteristics Z2
Quantitv available _ 2.
Wells and springs 26
Mines 30
Quality of water 30
Surface wStll1. , , , 34
Varlability of flow . 34
Duration of flow 3B
Flood flows 38
Magnitude and frequency of floods, 38
LowfloWl ....• " _.,_ 44
Low-flow freQuency _ • . _ _ _ 44
Seasonal venus annual frequency curve 44
Seepage runs. • ' , _ , _ . • 44
Base-flow recession CUl'\'ft _ • • • _ _ 54
Storage requirements to augment low flows. 54
Development of areal draft,storage CUIVilS • 56
Partial-record stations and ungaged sites with 7~ay ~ of zero. • 56
Application of Meal draft-storage curves to ungaged sites 56
Reseryoir k)sses • • • • 56
Evaporation loss. • . 56
Reservoir sedimentation 58
WATER RESOURCESOF THE JOPLIN AREA, MO.
CONTENTS (Continued)
Seepage losses 56
Limitations of data. 56
Quality of surface water. 56
Shoal Creek 60
Spring River . 60
Center Creek . 60
Turkey Creek. 63
POTENTIAL AND CONSEQUENCES OF DEVELOPMENT 63
Deep aquifers. . . 64
Shallow aquifers. . 64
Wells and springs 64
Mines .... 64
Streams. . . . . 66
Quantity available 66
Quality of water 67
Floods . 67
CONCLUSIONS 66
SELECTED REFERENCES 69
APPENDIXES
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Appendix I Well data from selected wells in formations of Cambrian and Ordovician
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Appendix II A method for estimating the 'depth a well must be drilled to penetrate
the deep aquifer . . . . _ . . 72
Appendix III Chemical analyses of waters from the Joplin area, Mo.. 73
Appendix IV Location, type of streamflow information, and other pertinent data for all
gaging stations in the Joplin area, Missouri . . . . . . . _ . 82
Appendix V Hypothetical problem illustrating use of f100d·frequency equations . 91
Appendix VI Hypothetical problems illustrating procedure for estimating low-flow
characteristics and storage requirements at ungaged sites 92
Appendix VII Definition of terms and conversion of units. . . _ . 95
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Illustrations
ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE FIGURE
2 GeologicmapshowingSpring Riverbasin
4 2 Principal partofTri·Statezinc-lead districtshowing mined areas
5 3 Genenl LandOfficeSurveySystem and method ofsubdividingsections
9 4 Comparisonof unalteredgeologicsectionof Mississippianrockswith oneaffected
bysolutionand mineralization
11 5 Structural contourmapof thetopoftheOrdovicianSystem
13 6 Mapshowinggeneraldistributionofspecificcapacitiesofwellsindeepaquifers.
15 7 Variations inchemicalcharacterofwater from deepaquifer'S
'8 8 Generalizeddistribution ofdissolved-soltdscontentofwater indeepaquifers
19 9 Chemical characterofwaterfrom wells inshallow anddeepaquifersand amixture
23 10 Distribution ofbrecciaareas
24 11 Cross-sectionofOronogo-Duenweg miningbelt from HydePark mineshaftto
OronogoCircle Lake
25 12 Hydrographsofminew~ter-levelfluctuations,streamflow in CenterCreek, and
daily precipitation atJoplinairport
27 13 Cross-section ofshallow aquifer showingartesianandwater-tableconditions
28 14 Watertablemapofshallowaquifer
29 15 Hydrographsof effectsofastorm onwater level in theMont Bmineshaftand
theflow ofCenterCreek
31 16 Graph of yearlydeparturefrom meanannual precipitation (1930to 1966)
35 17 Variations in chemical characterofwaterfrom shallow aquiferwells
36 '8 Variationsin chemicalcharacterofwater from springs
37 19 Variationsand chemical characterofwaterfrom mineshaftsandopen pit lakes
39 20 Hydrograph ofannual mean flow ofSpring Rivershowingvariabilityof streamflow
45 21 Relativebase-f1owand flood-flow characteristicsofstreams
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PAGE FIGURE
22 Graphical solutionsof:
46 A 1.2 'year flood-frequency equation
47 6 2.33 'vearflood-frequency equation
46 C 5 -yearflood-frequency equation
49 o '0 ·yearflood-frequency equation
50 E 25 -yearflood-frequency equation
51 F 50 'Vearflood-frequency equation
52 23 Low·flow frequency curvesforShoal Creek
53 24 Discharge measurements inSpring River, Shoal Creekand CenterCreek basins
55 25 Base-flow recessioncurves for Shoal Creekand for Sprirlg River
57 26 Storage requirements for selecteddraft rates toradroughtof20'year recurrence
interval
61 27 Relationofcationsand anionsto total concentration Inmost ofSpring River basin
65 28 Comparison of specificconductanceofwater in Shoal Creek. Center Creek, and
Spring River
INSIDE BACK COVER
PLATE
Mapshowing hydrologicdatacollection sites
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Tables
TABLES
PAGE TABLE
1 Generalized sectionofgeologicformations
11 Maximum. minimum, and medianvaluesofconstituenudissolved inwater homdeep
aquifen
20 3 Sourceand significanceofdissolved mineral constituentsand propertiesof Wilter
4 Pumpageand useof minewater
33 5 Maltimum. minimum. and medianvaluesof constituentsdissolved inwater from rocks
In theshallOW'aquifer
38 6 Equations for determiningmagnitudeand frequency offloods
" 1 Low-flow frequency and draft·storage-frequencvdataatcontinuous-tecord and low>
flow partial-recordstations
56 8 Constantstoragerequirements for partial-record stationsand ungaged siteswith 1-day
~ ofzero
59 9 Averageannual sedimentattumulation in McDaniel lakeand Grisham reservoir
62 '0 SummaryofQuantityandQuality of availableSl,lpplies
63 11 Averagedally useof waterby municipalitiesand Industries
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