Report Title: Ground water in the alluvial deposits of the Washita River
between Clinton and Anadarko, Oklahoma
Report Number: OFR 63-41
Author: Don L. Hart, Jr.
Abstract
The Washita River alluvial deposits between Clinton and Anadarko
primarily are fine-grained sand and clay, and lesser amounts of
coarser-grained material. These deposits range in thickness from 0 to
120 feet and average about 64 feet. Well yields range from only a few
gallons per minute in some of the sandy clay beds to more than 240
gallons per minute (gpm) in sections where a higher percentage of
coarse material has been deposited. Test pumping indicates that wells
yielding 60 to 150 gpm could be developed in about 50 percent of the
valley and wells yielding more than 150 gpm in about 10 percent. The
higher yields generally occur along a relatively narrow buried channel
where the alluvial deposits are thicker and coarser than the
surrounding alluvium. This area is not discernible at the surface and
must be located by test drilling.
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