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Geologic Map of the Highland West and Highland East 7.5-Minute Quadrangles, Grant and Iowa Counties, Wisconsin
The geologic map of the Highland West and Highland East 7.5-minute quadrangles includes 1:24,000-scale mapping of both surficial and bedrock geology. Highland was a long-lived and important sub-district of the Upper Mississippi lead-zinc mining area in the 19th and 20th centuries. Recent and renewed interest in the presence and distrubution of critical...-
Geologic Map of the Highland West and Highland East 7.5-Minute Quadrangles, Grant and Iowa Counties, Wisconsin
2024
Map: 46 in x 36 in, scale 1:24,000
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GIS Data for the Geologic Map of the Highland West and Highland East 7.5-Minute Quadrangles, Grant and Iowa Counties, Wisconsin [dataset 1]
2024
GIS Data: GeMS file geodatabase (.gdb file format), shapefiles (.shp file format)
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The Driftless Area: The extent of unglaciated and similar terrains in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, and Minnesota
The Driftless Area of southwestern Wisconsin and northwestern Illinois got its name from the lack of glacial sediment ("drift") covering the landscape. The surficial geology and topography of the Driftless Area are thus distinct from the surrounding region where multiple phases of glaciation left their mark. This pamphlet, a collaborative effort between...-
GIS data for the outline of the Driftless Area and similar terrains in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, and Minnesota
2023
GIS Data: Shapefiles (.shp file format)
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Page-sized and web-version maps of the Driftless Area and similar terrains in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, and Minnesota
2023
Map: Documents (.pdf file format), images (.tif file format)
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Assessing private well contamination in Grant, Iowa, and Lafayette counties: The southwest Wisconsin groundwater and geology study
The southwest Wisconsin groundwater and geology study (SWIGG) was a cooperative effort between Grant, Iowa, and Lafayette county governments, with scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Marshfield Clinic Research Institute, and WGNHS. Researchers tested water quality in hundreds of private water wells across the three... -
Elevation contours of the Precambrian surface of south-central Wisconsin
Elevation contour data and an accompanying report provide an updated interpretation of the elevation of the top of Precambrian bedrock in south-central Wisconsin. The elevation surface was developed from geologic and geophysical data, and provides new detail on the entrenched bedrock valleys that were incised into the north and south ranges of the Baraboo...-
Elevation contours of the Precambrian surface of south-central Wisconsin [dataset 1]
2022
GIS Data: File geodatabase (.gdb file format)
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Wisconsin Groundwater-Level Monitoring Network Improvements, 2018-2021
This report documents work completed as part of a grant from the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Groundwater Monitoring Network (NGWMN) program. It provides an overview of the Wisconsin Groundwater-Level Monitoring Network (WGLMN) and provides detailed description of well evaluation and repair activities, and drilling of new monitoring wells across the... -
Geochemistry and Mineralogy of the Wonewoc-Tunnel City Contact Interval Strata in Western Wisconsin
Results of regional study characterizing the elemental composition of rocks found at the Wonewoc-Tunnel City contact interval in west-central and southwest Wisconsin.-
Geochemistry and Mineralogy of the Wonewoc-Tunnel City Contact Interval Strata in Western Wisconsin [appendices]
2019
Data: Documents (.pdf file format), spreadsheets (.xlsx file format)
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Field Trip: Cambrian and Ordovician Stratigraphy of Southwestern Wisconsin
Field trip route and notes looking at Cambrian and Middle Ordovician rocks of southwestern Wisconsin. -
Wisconsin Groundwater-Level Monitoring Network Improvement
The Wisconsin Groundwater-Level Monitoring Network consists of 93 wells and 2 spring gaging stations. This report documents work performed on seven of the wells between August 1, 2016 and July 31, 2017, and appendices provide historical reference documents. -
Late Cenozoic Evolution of the Lower Wisconsin River Valley: Evidence for the Reversal of the River
Field trip guidebook describes the evidence suggesting that the Wisconsin River once flowed from west to east. (Prepared for the 2015 Geological Society of America North-Central Section Meeting.) -
Aggregate Resources of the Sinnipee Group in Eastern and Southern Wisconsin
Open-file report; contains unpublished data that has not yet been peer-reviewed. -
Variability of Nitrate Loading and Determination of Monitoring Frequency for a Shallow Sandy Aquifer, Arena, Wisconsin
Open-file report; contains unpublished data that has not yet been peer-reviewed.-
Variability of Nitrate Loading and Determination of Monitoring Frequency for a Shallow Sandy Aquifer, Arena, Wisconsin [appendix]
1998
Data: Plain text files (.txt file format)
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Discussion of the Phenomena of Local Glaciation in the Driftless Region
Open-file report; contains unpublished data that has not yet been peer-reviewed. -
Studies in the Driftless Region of Wisconsin
Open-file report; contains unpublished data that has not yet been peer-reviewed. -
Geology of Wisconsin - Outcrop Descriptions
These descriptions illustrate various geologic formations, features, and characteristics. Individual descriptions are one to ten pages long, and include a map with specific location, a description of geologic features, and a discussion of the geologic significance.-
Adams County: Upper Wisconsin Dells (T14N R6E Sec28)
Report: 3 p.
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Adams County: Friendship Mound (T17N R6E Sec5)
Report: 2 p.
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Adams County: Hamilton Mound (T20N R6E Sec36)
Report: 4 p.
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Ashland County: Mt. Whittelsey (T44N R2W Sec9A)
Report: 3 p.
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Ashland County: Mellen Gabbro (T45N R2W Sec30)
Report: 3 p.
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Ashland County: Mellen Granite (T45N R2W Sec31)
Report: 3 p.
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Ashland County: White River (T46N R4W Sec6)
Report: 2 p.
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Bayfield County: South Fish Creek (T47N R5W Sec20)
Report: 2 p.
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A Subsurface Study of the St. Peter Sandstone in Southern and Eastern Wisconsin
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Structure Contour Map of the Pre-St. Peter Sandstone Erosion Surface in Southern and Eastern Wisconsin [plate 1]
1985
Map: 39.7 in x 23.5 in, scale 1:750,000
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Paleogeologic Map of the Pre-St. Peter Sandstone Surface in Southern and Eastern Wisconsin & Thickness Map of the St. Peter Sandstone in Southern and Eastern Wisconsin [plate 2]
1985
Map: 39.4 in x 23.6 in, scale 1:750,000
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Pleistocene Geology of Southern Wisconsin
Field trip guide with special papers by R.F. Black, N.K. Bleuer, F.D. Hole, N.P. Lasca, and L.J. Maher, Jr., 1970, 175 p. -
A Voyageur's Guide to the Lower Wisconsin River
This booklet covers the Wisconsin River from Prairie du Sac to the Mississippi River. It is a traveler’s guide, with boating safety tips as well as an educational guide to the history and natural history of the river. -
Lithostratigraphy, Petrology, and Sedimentology of Late Cambrian--Early Ordovician Rocks near Madison, Wisconsin
Prepared for 8th Annual Meeting, Great Lakes Section, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists.