ILLUSTRATIONS Figure Page 1. Map of Florida showing location of Escambia and Santa Rosa counties 5 2. Graph of rainfall at Pensacola, Fla., and Brewton, Ala., showing monthly averages, maximums and minimums, and yearly rainfall for the period 1926-61 ___ 7 3. Map of Florida showing the well-numbering system 8 4. Geologic sequence in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties, as shown by representative log of oil test well near Pensacola 10 5. Map of Escambia and Santa Rosa counties showing locations of selected wells from which information was obtained and the water supplies that can be developed from wells in the sand-and-gravel aquifer __ 10 6. Geologic section across Escambia and Santa Rosa counties showing aqui- fers and aquicludes along section A-A' in figure 11 _12 7. Geologic section along the Gulf Coast from Mobile Bay to the Choctaw- hatchee River showing aquifers and aquicludes 14 8. Geologic section showing faces changes and zones of relative permeabil- ity and impermeability in the upper part of the sand-and-gravel aquifer along the Perdido River, Escambia County ____ ______ 15 9. Map of Escambia and Santa Rosa counties showing contours on top of the lower limestone of the Floridan aquifer 18 10. Map of Escambia and Santa Rosa counties showing contours on top of the Miocene clay units -_ --- 20 11. Map of Escambia and Santa Rosa counties showing contours on top of the Bucatunna Clay Member of Byram Formation __ 22 12. Approximate average annual runoff, in inches, from areas within Escam- bia and Santa Rosa counties __----- 26 13. Runoff in inches for 1961, a year of high runoff, and for 1956, a year of low runoff, from areas within Escambia and Santa Rosa counties --- 27 14. Basin map of Perdido, Escambia, Blackwater, and Yellow rivers _--- 28 15. Graph showing periods and types of surface-water records in and near Escambia and Santa Rosa counties ___ __- 29 16. Map of Escambia and Santa Rosa counties showing surface drainage and data-collection points _-- ---------- 30 17. Flow-duration curves for 5 streams in Escambia County 31 18. Flow-duration curves for 5 streams in Santa Rosa County -- 32 19. Channel-bottom profile for lower Perdido River ------- ---- 33 20. Regional flood frequency curves for the Perdido, Escambia, Blackwater, and Yellow rivers _- ---- 35 21. Low-flow frequency curves for Perdido River at Barrineau Park, 1941-61 __ 36 22. Graph of the minimum, average, and maximum monthly discharge of the Perdido River at Barrineau Park, 1941-61 37 23. Channel-bottom profile for lower Escambia River 41 24. Channel-bottom profile of Pine Barren Creek ----- --42 25. Discharge available without storage, Pine Barren Creek near Barth, 1952-61 _____ 43 26. Mass-flow curve for Pine Barren Creek near Barth, 1952-58 44