Seventy-five million years ago a meteorite slammed into present-day Iowa. The rock was one and a half miles wide (2.4 km) and created a crater twenty-four miles (38.6 km) wide. The resulting upheaval resulted in the local geology being a mixture of water, surface rock, and deep crust.
This weird geography is creating present-day problems as the 1,600-some locals of Manson, Iowa are looking for a water source to drill a well to quench their thrust for water for personal, business, and agricultural use. Normally finding a location for a well in the Midwest would be pretty easy but no one knows where in the crater area one can find a large enough water source or milled-up rocks.
Interestingly, somewhere near the center of the crater is Iowa's only natural source of soft water.
This weird geography is creating present-day problems as the 1,600-some locals of Manson, Iowa are looking for a water source to drill a well to quench their thrust for water for personal, business, and agricultural use. Normally finding a location for a well in the Midwest would be pretty easy but no one knows where in the crater area one can find a large enough water source or milled-up rocks.
Interestingly, somewhere near the center of the crater is Iowa's only natural source of soft water.
1 comment:
Hard to imagine so close to 'home'.
South Dakota
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