Digital hydraulic conductivity values of the Vamoosa-Ada aquifer in east-central Oklahoma

The Vamoosa-Ada aquifer is defined in a ground-water report as consisting principally of the rocks of the Late Pennsylvanian-age Vamoosa Formation and overlying Ada Group. The Vamoosa-Ada aquifer consists of a complex sequence of fine- to very fine-grained sandstone, siltstone, shale, and conglomerate interbedded with very thin limestones. The water-yielding capabilities of the aquifer are generally controlled by lateral and vertical distribution of the sandstone beds and their physical characteristics.

The Vamoosa-Ada aquifer is unconfined where it outcrops in about an 1,700-square-mile area. The hydraulic conductivity of the Vamoosa-Ada aquifer was computed as 3 feet per day in a ground-water report. Most of the hydraulic conductivity polygons were extracted from published digital geology data sets.

The lines in the digital geology data sets were scanned or digitized from maps published at a scale of 1:250,000 and represent geologic contacts. Some of the lines in the data set were interpolated in areas where the Vamoosa-Ada aquifer is overlain by alluvial and terrace deposits near streams and rivers.