Hydrology of area 22, Eastern Coal Province, Alabama

Abstract

The Eastern Coal Province is divided into 24 hydrologic reporting areas. Area 22 is located near the southern end of the Eastern Coal Province, in the Mobile and Tennessee River basins. It includes part of the Plateau and the northern edge of the Warrior coal fields in Alabama, and covers an area of 2,495 square miles. This report is designed to be useful to mine owners and operators and consulting engineers by presenting information about existing hydrologic conditions and identifying sources of hydrologic information. General hydrologic information is presented in a brief text with illustrations on a single water-resources related topic. The area is underlain by the Cretaceous Tuscaloosa Group (Gordo and Coker Formations), Pennsylvanian Pottsville Formation, and pre-Pennsylyanian rocks. The Pottsville Formation, containing the coal beds, underlies about 85 percent of the Area, including all of the central part. Pre-Pennsylvanian rocks are exposed in two valleys along the eastern side of the Area and the Tuscaloosa Group overlies the Pottsville Formation and the pre-Pennsylvanian rocks along the western side.