Publications - WGNHS

Wisconsin Groundwater-Level Monitoring Network Improvements, 2022-2024

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...
- WOFR2025-03
  
  Wisconsin Groundwater-Level Monitoring Network Improvements, 2022-2024
  
  Bremmer, S.E.; Chase, P.M.;
  
  2025
  
  Report: 168 p.
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...
- ES057
  
  The Driftless Area: The extent of unglaciated and similar terrains in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, and Minnesota
  
  Carson, E.C.; Curry, B.B.; Kerr, P.J.; Lusardi, B.A.;
  
  2023
  
  Report: 4 p.
- ZIP ES057-gis
  
  GIS data for the outline of the Driftless Area and similar terrains in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, and Minnesota
  
  Carson, E.C.; Curry, B.B.; Kerr, P.J.; Lusardi, B.A.;
  
  2023
  
  GIS Data: Shapefiles (.shp file format)
- ZIP ES057-map
  
  Page-sized and web-version maps of the Driftless Area and similar terrains in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, and Minnesota
  
  Carson, E.C.; Curry, B.B.; Kerr, P.J.; Lusardi, B.A.;
  
  2023
  
  Map: Documents (.pdf file format), images (.tif file format)
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.
- WOFR2019-01
  
  Geochemistry and Mineralogy of the Wonewoc-Tunnel City Contact Interval Strata in Western Wisconsin
  
  Zambito, J.J., IV; Haas, L.D.; Parsen, M.J.; McLaughlin, P.I.;
  
  2019
  
  Report: 28 p.
- ZIP WOFR2019-01-appendices
  
  Geochemistry and Mineralogy of the Wonewoc-Tunnel City Contact Interval Strata in Western Wisconsin [appendices]
  
  Zambito, J.J., IV; Haas, L.D.; Parsen, M.J.; McLaughlin, P.I.;
  
  2019
  
  Data: Documents (.pdf file format), spreadsheets (.xlsx file format)
Discussion of the Phenomena of Local Glaciation in the Driftless Region

Open-file report; contains unpublished data that has not yet been peer-reviewed.
- WOFR1916-02
  
  Discussion of the Phenomena of Local Glaciation in the Driftless Region
  
  Squier, G.H.;
  
  1916
  
  Report: 15 p.
Studies in the Driftless Region of Wisconsin

Open-file report; contains unpublished data that has not yet been peer-reviewed.
- WOFR1905-01
  
  Studies in the Driftless Region of Wisconsin
  
  Squier, G.H.;
  
  1905
  
  Report: 19 p.
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.
- OUT-AD01
  
  Adams County: Upper Wisconsin Dells (T14N R6E Sec28)
  
  Attig, J.W.; Clayton, Lee;
  
  Report: 3 p.
- OUT-AD02
  
  Adams County: Friendship Mound (T17N R6E Sec5)
  
  Ostrom, M.E.;
  
  Report: 2 p.
- OUT-AD03
  
  Adams County: Hamilton Mound (T20N R6E Sec36)
  
  Brown, B.A.; Greenberg, J.K.;
  
  Report: 4 p.
- OUT-ALLCD
  
  Geology of Wisconsin - Outcrop Descriptions
  
  Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey;
  
  1978
  
  Report: 406 p.
- OUT-AS01
  
  Ashland County: Mt. Whittelsey (T44N R2W Sec9A)
  
  LaBerge, G.L.;
  
  Report: 3 p.
- OUT-AS02
  
  Ashland County: Mellen Gabbro (T45N R2W Sec30)
  
  LaBerge, G.L.;
  
  Report: 3 p.
- OUT-AS03
  
  Ashland County: Mellen Granite (T45N R2W Sec31)
  
  LaBerge, G.L.;
  
  Report: 3 p.
- OUT-AS04
  
  Ashland County: White River (T46N R4W Sec6)
  
  Ostrom, M.E.;
  
  Report: 2 p.
- OUT-BA01
  
  Bayfield County: South Fish Creek (T47N R5W Sec20)
  
  Ostrom, M.E.;
  
  Report: 2 p.
- OUT-BA02
  
  Bayfield County: Grand View Quarry--Bad River Dolomite (T44N R5W Sec22)
  
  LaBerge, G.L.;
  
  1978
  
  Report: 3 p.
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Depth to Bedrock of Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
- M122
  
  Depth to Bedrock Map of Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
  
  Johnson, D.M.;
  
  1993
  
  Map: 25 in x 19.9 in, scale 1:100,000
Generalized Water-Table Elevation of Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
- M119
  
  Generalized Water-Table Elevation Map of Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
  
  Muldoon, M.A.;
  
  1992
  
  Map: 24.5 in x 25 in, scale 1:100,000
Soil-Attenuation-Potential Map of Pepin County, Wisconsin
- M109
  
  Soil-Attenuation-Potential Map of Pepin County, Wisconsin
  
  Cates, K.J.; Madison, F.W.;
  
  1990
  
  Map: 24.8 in x 21 in
Bedrock Geology of Wisconsin, West-Central Sheet

Types of bedrock, formation names, major faults, and time period of formation.
- M104
  
  Bedrock Geology of Wisconsin, West-Central Sheet
  
  Brown, B.A.;
  
  1988
  
  Map: 28 in x 37 in, scale 1:250,000
- ZIP M104-dataset01
  
  Bedrock Geology of Wisconsin, West-Central Sheet [GIS data]
  
  Brown, B.A.;
  
  1988
  
  GIS Data: GeMS file geodatabase (.gdb file format)
Total Magnetic Intensity Map of Northern Wisconsin
- M085
  
  Total Magnetic Intensity Map of Northern Wisconsin
  
  Karl, J.H.;
  
  1986
  
  Map: 55.8 in x 37.7 in, scale 1:250,000
The Availability of Ground Water for Irrigation in the Rice Lake-Eau Claire Area, Wisconsin
- IC31
  
  The Availability of Ground Water for Irrigation in the Rice Lake-Eau Claire Area, Wisconsin
  
  Bell, E.A.; Hindall, S.M.;
  
  1975
  
  Report: 65 p.
Field Trip Guidebook for Cambrian-Ordovician Geology of Western Wisconsin

With special papers: Lithologic Cycles in Lower Paleozoic Rocks of Western Wisconsin, M.E. Ostrom; and Lithostratigraphy of the Prairie du Chien Group, R.A. Davis, Jr.
- IC11
  
  Field Trip Guidebook for Cambrian-Ordovician Geology of Western Wisconsin
  
  Ostrom, M.E.; Davis, R.A., Jr.;
  
  1970
  
  Report: 131 p.
Cambrian Stratigraphy in Western Wisconsin

Notes accompanying a 1966 conference field trip covering geology between Chippewa Falls and Trempealeau and between Elroy and Portage. Routes shown.
- IC07
  
  Cambrian Stratigraphy in Western Wisconsin
  
  Ostrom, M.E.;
  
  1966
  
  Report: 79 p.
Atlas of the Geological Survey of Wisconsin

Collection of most of the plates accompanying Chamberlin's four-volume Geology of Wisconsin: Survey of 1873-1879.
- G-atlas-plate01
  
  Atlas of the Geological Survey of Wisconsin: General Geological Map of Wisconsin [plate 1]
  
  Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey;
  
  1882
  
  Map: 25.5 in x 30.3 in, scale 1 in = 15 miles
- G-atlas-plate02
  
  Atlas of the Geological Survey of Wisconsin: General Map of Quaternary Formations [plate 2]
  
  Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey;
  
  1882
  
  Map: 28.2 in x 32.4 in
- G-atlas-plate02A
  
  Atlas of the Geological Survey of Wisconsin: General Map of Native Vegetation [plate 2A]
  
  Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey;
  
  1882
  
  Map: 28.2 in x 32.4 in
- G-atlas-plate02B
  
  Atlas of the Geological Survey of Wisconsin: General Map of Soils [plate 2B]
  
  Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey;
  
  1882
  
  Map: 28.2 in x 32.5 in
- G-atlas-plate02C
  
  Atlas of the Geological Survey of Wisconsin: Map of Rainfall and Temperature [plate 2C]
  
  Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey;
  
  1882
  
  Map: 27.7 in x 32.5 in
- G-atlas-plate03
  
  Atlas of the Geological Survey of Wisconsin: Maps of Subsoils and Native Vegetation of Eastern Wisconsin [plate 3]
  
  Chamberlin, T.C.;
  
  1877
  
  Map: 27.82 in x 32.17 in, scale 1 in = 12 miles
- G-atlas-plate04
  
  Atlas of the Geological Survey of Wisconsin: Maps of Topography and Quaternary Formations of Eastern Wisconsin [plate 4]
  
  Chamberlin, T.C.;
  
  1877
  
  Map: 27.83 in x 32.06 in, scale 1 in = 12 miles
- G-atlas-plate05
  
  Atlas of the Geological Survey of Wisconsin: Geology and Topography of the Lead Region [plate 5]
  
  Strong, M.;
  
  1877
  
  Map: 27.68 in x 32.18 in
- G-atlas-plate06
  
  Atlas of the Geological Survey of Wisconsin: Geology and Topography of the Lead Region [plate 6]
  
  Strong, M.;
  
  1877
  
  Map: 23.98 in x 28.94 in
- G-atlas-plate08
  
  Atlas of the Geological Survey of Wisconsin: Geology and Topography of the Lead Region [plate 8]
  
  Strong, M.;
  
  1877
  
  Map: 24.03 in x 28.38 in
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Pleistocene History of West-Central Wisconsin

Special Paper: Uranium-Series Dating of Calcite Cemented Sands and Gravels in Minnesota and Wisconsin, by Richard S. Lively, 1984, 76 p. Prepared for the 31st Annual Midwest Friends of the Pleistocene Field Conference, River Falls, Wisconsin.
- FTGB11
  
  Pleistocene History of West-Central Wisconsin
  
  Baker, R.W.; Lively, R.S.;
  
  1984
  
  Report: 76 p.
The Soils of Northern Wisconsin
- B055-1921
  
  Soil Survey of Northern Wisconsin
  
  Whitson, A.R.; Dunnewald, T.J.; Thompson, C.;
  
  1921
  
  Report: 45 p.
- B055-1921-map01
  
  General Map of the Soils of Northern Wisconsin
  
  Whitson, A.R.; Thompson, C.; Dunnewald, T.J.;
  
  1921
  
  Map: 34.3 in x 21.2 in, scale 1:380,160
Reconnoissance [sic] Soil Survey of Part of North Western Wisconsin
- B023-1914
  
  Reconnoissance [sic] Soil Survey of Part of North Western Wisconsin (2nd edition)
  
  Weidman, S.; Hall, E.B.; Musbach, F.L.;
  
  1911
  
  Report: 102 p.
- B023-1914-plate01
  
  Soil Map of South Part of North Western Wisconsin: Reconnoissance [sic] Survey of Eau Claire, Chippewa, Dunn, Pepin, Pierce, St. Croix, Polk, Barron and Rusk Counties [plate 1]
  
  Weidman, S.; Hall, E.B.; Musbach, F.L.;
  
  1911
  
  Map: 23.8 in x 22.4 in, scale 1 in = 3 miles

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