Statemap 2024PROJECT period: 07 01 2024 through 06 30 2025PURPOSE:the projects proposed by the mississippi geological survey include: project 1 continues work completed previously in west-central…

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (CFDA 15.810) provides $613,653.00 to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) to conduct geologic mapping and research projects across Mississippi. The key deliverables include:

1. Surficial geologic maps, cross-sections, and databases for the Redwood, Vicksburg East, and Vicksburg West quadrangles in Warren and Issaquena Counties.
2. Surficial and shallow subsurface geologic framework for the Bluff Lake quadrangle in Oktibbeha, Noxubee, and Winston Counties.
3. Composite surficial and shallow subsurface geologic framework for the Mississippi River Alluvial Plain.
4. Composite surficial and shallow subsurface geologic framework for the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

The project period runs from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025. The geologic mapping and associated data products are intended to support environmental consulting, hydrogeology, archaeology, agriculture, oil/gas, and sand/gravel industries, as well as state and local planning efforts in the covered counties.

Intended beneficiaries

Commercial customers include environmental consultants, hydrogeologists, archaeologists, the agricultural industry, the oil and gas industry, and the sand and gravel industry. The included counties will benefit from these geologic maps because of their usefulness in planning development while protecting natural resources.