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100.9-101.0 Fort Hays exposed in long low roadcut. Note slump structure on left and channel-
like structures near south end of cut.
102.4 Loess exposed in low roadcut on left.
102.7-102.8 Much-fractured Fort Hays exposed in roadcut on left.
103.0-103.1 Much-fractured Fort Hays exposed in roadcut on left.
103.5-103.6 Much-fractured Fort Hays exposed in roadcut on right. Note channel-like struc-
ture near center of cut.
103.7-103.8 Fort Hays exposed in roadcut. Note small fault at south end of cut on left
side of highway.
103.9-104.2 Much-fractured Fort Hays exposed in roadcuts.
105.1 Interstate Highway 70 overpass.
105.9 City limit of Hays, Kansas. End of log for first day. Proceed to Oakley,
Kansas for overnight stop.
EXPLANATION
Figure 13.- Map showing route of second day of trip. Geology modified from Geologic Map of
Kansas, 1964.
Road Log for November 8, 1965
0.0 Junction of U.S. 40 and U.S. 83, Oakley, Kansas. Proceed westward on U.S. 40.
For next 27 miles, route crosses loess-veneered upland surface of High Plains.
8.3 Entering Monument, Kansas.
15.9 Entering Page City, Kansas.
17.8 Junction: Kansas Highway 25 turns south. Proceed straight on U.S. 40.
18.4-18.6 Loess exposed in roadcut on left.
21.1 Entering Winona, Kansas.
23.5-23.6 Loess exposed in roadcut on left.
25.1-25.4 Loess exposed in roadcut on right.
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