North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics

Database Report:

Site Name: Army City; Site Number: _____; County: Riley; State: KS; Country: USA; Ownership: U.S. Army; Landform: Low Rolling Hills;

Date of Site: AD 1917; Period Type: Historic; Culture: Euroamerican; Site Type: Military Base; Site Size: 92,400 sq m;

Survey Type: Magnetic Gradiometry;

Instrument: Geoscan Research FM-36; Sampling Interval: 1 x 1 m; Prospecting Depth: 1-1.5 m; Area Surveyed: 5,600 sq m; Date of Survey: 1996 and 1997; Land Cover Type: Prairie; Ground Truthing: Yes;

Graphics/Imagery: None

Survey Type: Electrical Resistivity/Resistance;

Instrument: Geoscan Research RM-15; Sampling Interval: 0.5 m x 1 m; Prospecting Depth: 0.5 m, 1 m; Area Surveyed: 3,600 sq m; Date of Survey: 1996 and 1997; Land Cover Type: Prairie; Ground Truthing: Yes;

Graphics/Imagery:

Resistivity map of Army City;

Resistivity map of the Hippodrome Complex;

Resistivity map of a portion of the Southwestern Commercial District;

Resistivity map of the east-central portion of Army City;

Survey Type: Ground Penetrating Radar;

Instrument: _____; Sampling Interval: _____; Prospecting Depth: _____; Area Surveyed: _____; Date of Survey: 1996 and 1997; Land Cover Type: Prairie; Ground Truthing: Yes;

Graphics/Imagery: None

 

Project Name: Army City, KS;

Reference: Hargrave, M.L., L.E. Somers, T.K. Larson, R. Shields, and J. Dendy. (In Preparation). The Role of Resisitivity Survey in Historic Site Assessment and Management: An Example from Fort Riley, Kansas. U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign. Illinois.

Survey by: Lewis E. Somers, Geoscan Research (USA), 1038 East Fourth Ave. Durango, CO 81301 Phone: (970) 375-1880 Fax: (970) 375-1880 E-Mail: somers@Frontier.net

Survey for: U.S. Army;

Report Location: U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, 2902 Newmark Drive, Champain, IL, USA, 61822-1076; Report Type: CRM Report;

Abstract/Summary