PIA-2000A (Cisco)

Illinois State Water Survey

Located in Piatt County, Illinois, this groundwater monitoring location is associated with a water well in the Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions).

Well Construction

Depth Description
0.0-298.5 ft 2.0 in diameter none casing
- ft none screen
Depth Lithology Description
0.0-3.0 ft unknown clay, black to dark gray, silty (topsoil)
3.0-14.0 ft unknown clay, yellow-brown to light grayish-brown, sandy, gravelly (till)
14.0-40.0 ft unknown clay, medium gray, gravelly, sandy, silty (till)
40.0-58.0 ft unknown clay, medium gray, perhaps faintly pink, sandy, silty, pebbly (till)
58.0-59.0 ft unknown sand, gray, coarse sand to fine gravel
59.0-64.0 ft unknown clay, medium gray, silty, sandy, pebbly (till)
64.0-66.0 ft unknown sand, gray, very fine to medium
66.0-82.0 ft unknown clay, gray; subsequently noted very dark brown silt in cuttings
82.0-89.0 ft unknown sand & gravel, gray, angular rock fragments of fine gravel mixed with sand
89.0-100.0 ft unknown clay, gray, sandy (till)
100.0-103.0 ft unknown sand, gray?
103.0-111.0 ft unknown clay, gray
111.0-124.0 ft unknown sand, gray; with clay streaks; added bentonite & water
124.0-127.0 ft unknown gravel; rig rattles through interval
127.0-176.0 ft unknown clay, medium to medium dark clay, sandy; firm drilling (till)
176.0-185.0 ft unknown sand, brownish-gray, very fine to medium; added EZ Mud polymer to mud to enhance sand dropping-out of suspension; quit drilling for the day (Mahomet)
185.0-296.0 ft unknown sand, gray, very fine to coarse, predominantly medium sand; black specks & quartz grains are frequent in samples

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