Water Resources of Southeastern Florida - Plates
by Garald G. Parker, G.E. Ferguson, S.K. Love, and others
United State Department of the Interior
Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1255
United States Government Printing Office, Washington, 1955
Prepared in cooperation with the Florida Geological Survey, Dade County, cities of Miami and Miami Beach, and other agencies [South Florida Water Management District]
Special thanks go to Steve Krupa for initiating this effort and to Henry Newmon for scanning in the plates. Steve and Henry are with the South Florida Water Management District.
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| Plate 1. Map of southern Florida, showing locations of meteorological and stream-gaging stations. |

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| Plate 2. Maps of southern Florida, showing annual rainfall, 1932-46, in percent of normal. |

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| Plate 3. Graph, showing climatological data for southeastern Florida. |

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| Plate 4. Geologic map of southern Florida. |

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Plate 5. Index map (for plates below), showing location of geologic cross sections A -- --A', B -- B', C -- C', D -- D', E -- E', F -- F', G -- G', H -- G', I -- I', and J -- J', Dade County.
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| Plate 6. Geologic cross section A -- A', Dade County. |

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| Plate 7. Geologic cross section B -- B', Dade County. |

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| Plate 8. Geologic cross section C -- C', D -- --D', E -- E', G -- G', H -- G', and I -- I', Dade County. |

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| Plate 9. Geologic cross section F -- F' and J -- J', Dade County. |

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| Plate 10. Hypsometric map of southern Florida. |

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| Plate 11. Map of southeastern Florida showing directions of surficial drainage and trends of bar-and-swale topography. |

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| Plate 12. Topographic-ecologic map of southern Florida. |

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| Plate 13. Map, showing the Sliver Bluff Pleistocene shoreline and marine terrace, Dade County. |

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| Plate 14. Map of Everglades and Atlantic Coastal Ridge, showing canals and their levels and discharges in a drought period, March 30 to April 2, 1943. |

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| Plate 15. Map of area west of Hialeah, showing discharges and water levels in a wet period, June 29 to July 1, 1942. |

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| Plate 16. Map of area west of Hialeah, showing discharges and water levels in a dry period, April 24 -- 26, 1946. |

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| Plate 17. Map of Miami area, Florida showing isochlors for ground water in well at depths of 40 -- 60 feet and 80 -- 130 feet, January 1947. |

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| Plate 18. Chart, showing comparison of driller's logs and chloride logs with resistivity interpretations, Fort Lauderdale. |

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| Plate 19. Well index map of southern Florida. |

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| Plate 20. Well index map of southeastern Broward County. |

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| Plate 21. Well index map of Miami metropolitian area. |

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| Plate 22. Well index map of Miami well field area. |

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| Plate 23. Well index map of eastern Dade County. |

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| Plate 24. Well index map of southeastern Palm Beach County. |

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