Opea-File Map Se aes 99-03
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 OPEN-FILE MAP SERIES 99-03 1 POT.
 ' ."''.f GEOMORPHOLOGY, SPRINGS, AND KARST FEATURES FOR THE WESTERN PORTION
 ic. "" 1"aOF THE USGS PERRY 30 X 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, NORTHERN FLORIDA Zaltr S
 Miclhael W Sole Waltel Schnldt
 Secretary 2008 State Geologist and Director
 FLORIDA BY
 es sia DAVID T PAUL, P G # 2509, RICHARD C GREEN, P G, DAVID J WAGNER
 CLINTON KROMHOUT, P G, AND THOMAS M SCOTT, P G



 Figure 1 Geomorphology, modified from Scott (in preparation), Springs, and Karst features, LEGEND
 shown with 15 Meter Digital Elevation Model (DEM)
 Ocala Karst District
 400R 8 E83Perr Karst / San Pedro Bay
 3 Elevation Range (MSL) The Peny KarstiSan Pedro Bay complex extends region ally flor Madison Cotamiy southwam d to the Gulf of Mexico m
 S5 FTD(35M) Dxte Comait (Figure 3) The Perly Kait is the transition zone between the Wroodvillle Kast Plat l to the west and Si
 t P- t M) Pedro Bay on the east Elevations range fliom less thul 5 feet (15 meters) to m excess of 100 feet (30 5 meters) above
 SMSL The elevattaon m San Pedio Bay are generally lughel thi ain the Perly Kars a ia or the Branford Kast Plain
 T... / 40 FT (12 2 M) Elevations dechne to the south toward the Gulf Coast The Peny Kaist aea is poorly to moderately dialled will San
 I (; P ' Pedio Bay is ext reielypoorly drai ed Copeland (2005) provides at excellent discussion of the San Pedro Bay, its oliin
 aid surioundllg aleas The Peny Karst/Sal Pedro Bay complex occupies the central-eastern portion of the stud area VTWithi the mnap taea,
 elevaton-s of the Pelly Kmst San Pedro Bay range from 40 feet (12 2 meters) to ovel 100 feet (30 5 meters) above nlean sea level (MSL) The
 SSuwannee Lunestone under hes the Pelly Katst San Pedro Bay m t s ata iea the San Pedio Bay, a clay layer up to five feet (1 5 meters) tlutck
 overhes the hlmestole, plovxldug COlnfmement to the Floldan aqifer system (FAS) (Copeland, 1982) Pho-Pleistocene sedunents covel the entire
 area, amid the unt is poorly to veey poorly drained Recharge to the FAS is low to moderate m San Pedro Bay, while recharge to the FAS may be
 ..... ... .. t t..modeate to ighalori tha e ttansition floma San Pedro Bay to the Peny KaFst

 Woodville Karst Plain
 SEleva ton R nge (M L) The ooddvlle Kanst Plai extends fiolm Wakilla and Leon Couties southward to thei Talo -Dixle Couity hile (Figure
 .S .3) Elevattvosin gen eral, Iage fiom sea level to approximately 50 feet (15 2 meters) above MSL A uniber of nvels
 65 FT (19 8 M) md steamns 1haverse the Woodville Kast Plainu cludrng the St Marks, Aucilla, Wtacssa, and Ecofina Rivens Rehefis
 very low ovel tle entire area aid drarrnage is pool, lesultlng in vast swamps An inplerssive durle field hes i the south-
 ~~ FT(0M) ce tial polti l of the study area, with dule crest elevate ons exceed n 65 feet (198 motels) above MSL The Lower
 S= Ohgocene S uwannee L stone uldelles the kast plain n Taylo aid Jeffer noColutiles The Lower Miocene St Marks
 I Foharmnatlnt occuis m oone snall atea along the cenital west edge ofthe map area inthe headwaters of the Wacissa River (OFMS 99-01) Spiatgs,
 S1" swallets andnve nses commnaonl occur mthis aea (Scott et al 2004)

 Tifton Upland District
 SMadison Hills
 / / "_ ....._ -/ -- -E-- I.-l aevaton Range (MSL) The Madison Hlls extend fiol the east n ertd of the Tallaassee Hills ma centtal Jefterson Coiuty eastward to eastern
 /'  .Madison Cotlty on the west side of tihe W dltlacoochee Rivel A sniall area of orthwestev l HmaultonCotuityls occupied
 S205 F T (62 5 ) iby the Madison Hills wiech i sepaltated fiol the mat body of ths zoone by the Wlthlacoocihee Rvel Valley (Figure 3)
 e The elevation of the Madrson Hills is generally lowel than the Tallahassee Hills, with lll tops often below 200 feet (61
 40 FT (12 2 M) meters) above MSL In the i ud area, ele vati ns lge f n 40 feet (12 2 motels) to slightly more that 200 feet (61 0
 S' letems) above MSL The valleys are bload and poorly d&med The Mlccai skee Fornation fonllns ite lgl areas w lle
 -5 the- Hawthomn Giotp sediments tdelhe the lower porthirs of the landscape Kaist features occn more conuinoldy ii the Madisi Hills than im the
 S. Talla hassee Hills The Lower Oh gocene S wanee Lmuesta e delhes the Hawthora Group inthe Madison Hills
 TallahasseeHills
 SElevatton Range (MSL) The Tallahassee Hills extend fion the Apalaclucola Bluffs and Ravines m Gadsden and Liberty Counies to eastern
 1 23T ( M) Jeffelson Coulty Elevaons of lll tops a mge to moe th an 300 feet (91 4 etels) above MSL The lowest elevations are
 250PT f1 0Fapproximately 50 feet (152 meters) above MSL along the Cody Scarp, wnich fonas the boundary between the
 Tallahassee Hills and the TWoodvlle tKanst Plain Well diamied valleys have local lehef often exceed 150 feet (45 7
 ,a. ,:40 FT (122 M) meters) above MSL h general, the lall top elevatois d e fi ea io st ast ad northto south Tbls aea is generally
 l ",-. ," I tiwell dtraned with swamrupy conditions existing ir the lower elevations Wltlun the sttdy area, the Tallahassee Hills are
 developed on the Hawthoin Gioup aid Miccosukee Fonnation sihcaclasttc sediments Kalst featties are present wtltui tles zone where the
 "c -t f ""carbonates of the St Marks Fonnation and Sma nmtee Lnnestone ale near the surface

 o -CodyScarp
 SThe Cody Sca p is beel desenbed as the most persistent topogamplic break m the State" (Piur and Verlon, 1964) Wante (1970) lnterpieted the
 Sscalp as beig a colbmlation of fluvial aid kast eloslon aid shorehne develop neit The scarp is a inultaphasic scale inthat it may have intlally been
 S'a sea-level scarp but subsequently was lgily modified, at least inl part, by kalstificationi ad sluficial erosion It is unned fol Cody in Jeffe son
 S- G-et tvi-i- i's .I Coturty which is just west of the map alea Upchinch (2007) describes the Cody Scarp as "a classic example of a karst escarpmient with numerous
 poles, nialas, snkldoles, silankg streams, siphons, spnrgs, ad other karst feattu-es along its length The difference between a karst escalpment
 and any other topographic scarp is that the toe of the scarp is charactenzed by luuestone ol dolostme that is dissolved by the surface water and
 glotuldwatel as the scalp retreats (Upchurch, 2007) The scarp is very well developed near Waclssa where it appeals to be pnnanly a sea-level scalp
 S'. anid sepalates the Tallahlassee Hills flom the Woodvlle Karst Plarn Further east, where the scap fonus the bouldaly between the Madtson Hills aid
 Sti tlhe subdivisions of the Ocala Kalst Distnct, it becomes less distinctive as mtore karstificatit anid stufacial erosion have altered it lherne the Cody
 S...I.. .Scap occurs between the Tallalassee Hills and the Woodville Kaist Plamu, the toe of the scap is at approximately 50 feet (15 2 meters) ad tdie clest
 S-I ,,- I I' e.is at 125 feet (38 1 netels) above MSL In the easten portion of the map area, the scalp is fairly mdistilct with the toe at apploxuiately 75 feet (22 9
 r meterss) andthe crest at mole than 125 feet (38 1 meters) above MSL

 S" See Opei -File Repot 92for efereieCes t mdfi rther discsson
 ADJOI ING MAPs Legend for Figurel

 S1 2 3 - Comlty Botdar~dr 2 Photo Location Callout
 4 15 - Cody Scap GeneraihzedTiace Karst Features
8430 03E.45R7E 18 83.302 -9 MILs 6 7 8 River ol Stream
 84023 MI3S 0artS0 F11st Magunitude Spn

 1 Baaibndie Lake or Pond Secoid, Thnd, ol Forth
 Scale = 1 115,000 2 Valdosta 0( S m d
 3 Okefenokee Swamip Swamp or Marsh Magnitude Spring
 Protection FDEP Albels HARN North Amielican Dantu 1983 (NAD83) UTM plid convergence OTallahasee S p or MarsSw t
 10 15 20 NH (GN) and 1979 magnetic 5 Lake City Closed Topogiaphic
 declnation (MN) 6 Caanabelle Deplessions (CTDs) Sllkhole
 at c~tertof nap 7 Cross City
 a10 15 20 25 30 Iat Diagram is approxnnate 8 Gainesville H 5 Mrnute Quadrangle MSL = Mean Sea Level


Figure 2 Geomorphic Districts (modified from Scott, 2005)


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SELECTED PHOTOGRAPHS


Photo 1 View south froim Cody Scal
 along Comity Road 259
 Locatedat T01 S, R04 E, S 31
 Photo by Richald C Gleen
 Date taken 4/23/2008


Photo 2 Exposue of Mlccosukee Fonnation at
 intersection along Comity Road 259
 Locatedat T 01 N, R 04 E, S 32
 Photo by Richard C Green
 Date taken 7/30/2008


Photo 3 Exposme ofTorreya Fonnation
 (Hawthomn Group) i borlow pit
 Locatedat T01 N, R06E, S 21
 Photo by Richard C Green
 Date taken 2/26/2008


Photo 4 Suwainee Lnmestone exposed in Cow Creek
 (dry), ~2 miles west ofAucilla Rivel
 Locatedat T 03S, R 04E, S 20
 Photo by Clinton Kiomhout
 Date taken 2/7/2008


 Photo 5 David Wagner and David Paul examine expose
of Suwvaiee Limestone ii wallet -0 3 mi east ofAucilla River
 Locatedat T 03 S, R04E, S 27
 Photo by Clinton Kromnhout
 Date taken 12/?/2008


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Figure 3 Geomorphic Provinces (modified from Scott, 2005)


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 Richald Greean o David Paul
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 Floida Geological Survey
 903 W Tennessee Street
 Tallahassee, FL 32304-7716
 850/488-9380

TOns map was created using FDEP databases and data obtained
fiom the Florida Geological Survey It was completed August
31. 2008. by the Florida Department of Envonimental
Protection, Florida Geological Survey Geological
Investigations Section This doctunent was plepaed for the
presentation of the geologic information shown and is not
intended to replace site-specific or use-specific investigations
The Florida Geological Strvey does not guarantee thus
doctunenlt to be free fiom enors or inaccuracies and disclanis
any responsibility or liability foix applopnate change of scale,
niterpretations, oi decisions based thereon Coopenatively
funded by the Florida Geological Stuvey and the U S
Geological Survey, National Coopeaative Geologic Mappin
Piogiam., undea USGS assistance award number
07HQPA0003 The views and conclusions in this document
ale those of the authtis and should not be iterpieted as
necessallly representtn the official poelees, elthli expressed
aor nplied, of the U S Goverenment


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ISSN (1934-1830)


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