Iowa Stratigraphic Column
May 18, 2008

North American Stratigraphic Code

QUATERNARY

Holocene Series

DeForest

Camp Creek

Roberts Creek

Turton Submember

Mullenix Submember

Gunder

Hatcher Submember

Watkins Submember

Corrington

Flack

Woden

West Okoboji

Pleistocene Series

Wisconsinan Episode

Peoria

Silt Facies

Sand Facies

Dows

Pilot Knob

Lake Mills

Morgan

Alden

Noah Creek

Sheldon Creek

Roxana/Pisgah

Illinoian Episode

Loveland

Glasford

Kellerville

Pre-Illinoian

Wolf Creek

Hickory Hills

Aurora

Winthrop

Alburnett

A glacial tills

Lava Creek B Volcanic Ash

B glacial tills

Mesa Falls Volcanic Ash

Huckleberry Ridge Volcanic Ash

C glacial tills

TERTIARY

Salt & Pepper sands

CRETACEOUS

"Manson" Group

"upper Colorado" Group

Niobrara Formation

Fort Benton ("lower Colorado ") Group

Carlile Shale

Greenhorn Limestone

Graneros Shale

Dakota Formation

Woodbury Member

Nishnabotna Member

Windrow Formation

Ostrander Member

Iron Hill Member

JURASSIC

Fort Dodge Formation

PENNSYLVANIAN (subsystem of Carboniferous System)

Wabaunsee Group

Wood Siding Formation

Root Formation

French Creek Shale

Jim Creek Limestone

Friedrich Shale

Stotler Formation

Grandhaven Limestone

Dry Shale

Dover Limestone

Pillsbury Formation

Nyman Coal

Zeandale Formation

Maple Hill Limestone

Wamego Shale

Tarkio Limestone

Willard Shale

Emporia Formation

Elmont Limestone

Harveyville Shale

Reading Limestone

Auburn Shale

Bern Formation

Wakarusa Limestone

Soldier Creek Shale

Burlingame Limestone

Scranton Formation

Silver Lake Shale

Rulo Limestone

Cedar Vale Shale

Elmo Coal

Happy Hollow Limestone

White Cloud Shale

Howard Limestone

Utopia Limestone

Winzeler Shale

Church Limestone

Aarde Shale

Nodaway Coal

Severy Shale

Shawnee Group

Topeka Formation

Coal Creek Limestone

Holt Shale

DuBois Limestone

Turner Creek Shale

Sheldon Limestone

Jones Point Shale

Curzon Limestone

Iowa Point Shale

Hartford Limestone

Calhoun Shale

Deer Creek Formation

Ervine Creek Limestone

Burroak Shale

Haynies Limestone

Larsh Shale

Rock Bluff Limestone

Oskaloosa Shale

Ozawkie Limestone

Tecumseh Shale

Lecompton Formation

Avoca Limestone

King Hill Shale

Beil Limestone

Queen Hill Shale

Big Spring Limestone

Doniphan Shale

Spring Branch Limestone

Kanwaka Shale

Oread Formation

Kereford Limestone

Heumader Shale

Plattsmouth Limestone

Heebner Shale

Leavenworth Limestone

Snyderville Shale

Toronto Limestone

Douglas Group

Lawrence Formation

Cass Limestone

Shoemaker Limestone

Little Pawnee Shale

Haskell Limestone

Stranger Formation

Iatan Limestone

Weston Shale

Lansing Group

South Bend Limestone

Kitaki Limestone

Gretna Shale

Little Kaw Limestone

Rock Lake Shale

Stanton Formation

Stoner Limestone

Eudora Shale

Captain Creek Limestone

Vilas Shale

Plattsburg Formation

Spring Hill Limestone

Hickory Creek Shale

Merriam Limestone

Kansas City Group

Lane Shale

Wyandotte Formation

Argentine Limestone

Quindaro Shale

Liberty Memorial Shale

Iola Formation

Raytown Limestone

Muncie Creek Shale

Paola Limestone