SkyTEM helicopter crew. Photo: Ken Hall
Boone County hosted an event on March 8, 2025 at the Wings and Wheels Museum for the community to learn more about the geologic mapping they are conducting to better understand the water resources and supply of the county.
Guests were able to meet with representatives working on the project, hear community leaders and elected officials speak, and visit demonstration tables around the museum.
The event concluded outside the museum with a presentation from the helicopter crew and an aerial demonstration of how the equipment is flown across the landscape to collect important scientific data that will be translated into the three-dimensional geologic map of Boone County. This map will reveal a comprehensive picture of geologic materials like sand and gravel deposits, glacial tills, bedrock stratigraphy and hidden features like the buried Troy Bedrock Valley and its tributaries. The results of this study will provide high resolution, 3-dimenstional geologic maps and interactive online tools that will be available to the public. Even though it only took SkyTEM about a week to complete the aerial survey, it will take scientists about 2 ½ years to analyze the information and complete this study.
Read the full story in article 5 for this project HERE.
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