Memorandum on the availability of ground water at the Flemington, West Virginia, High School
Year: 1949
Type: report
Abstract: At the request of the Superintendent of Schools of Taylor County, a brief investigation of the availability of ground water has been made in the vicinity of the Flemington High School, W. Va.Approximately a day and a half was devoted to the collection of data on March 29 and 30, 1949, and the following brief memorandum was written subsequently.Location and Geologic Situation The village of Flemington, with a population of about 1,000, is near the southwestern corner of Taylor County, W. Va.The village site covers an area of about 1 square mile along both sides of the valley of Simpson Creek in the southern part of the Fairmont quadrangle.The high school is on the northern side of the valley, near the western edge of the village.It is approximately at longitude 80°08' W. and at latitude 39°16' N., on a topographic nose immediately northwest of the junction of Berry Run with Simpson Creek.The village is on the axis of a gentle northeastward-trending syncline which crosses the westward-trending valley at an angle of about 45°.Along this synclinal axis the rocks lie nearly fiat, but to the northwest and southeast they rise at a rate of about 75 to 100 feet per mile.
DOI: 10.3133/ofr4975
Author: R.L. Griggs
Language: English
Subfield: Water Science and Technology
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W404290731