Low-level airplane flights planned to image geology over the Ozarks

GREENE COUNTY, Mo. — According to the United States Geological Survey, low-level airplanes will be flying over regions of Missouri, Kansas, and Arkansas to image geology.

The survey will take place for approximately eight months starting in early October.

The purpose of the survey is for a deeper understanding of the geology of the Ozark Plateau by imaging both surface and concealed geology.

USGS says flights will cover areas within the Missouri counties of Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Camden Cass, Cedar, Christian, Cole, Cooper, Crawford, Dade, Dallas, Dent, Douglas, Franklin, Gasconade, Greene, Henry, Hickory, Howell, Jackson, Jasper, Johnson, Laclede, Lawrence, Madison, Maries, McDonald, Miller, Moniteau, Morgan, Newton, Osage, Ozark, Pettis, Phelps, Polk, Pulaski, Shannon, St. Charles, St. Clair, Stone, Taney, Texas, Version, Warren Washington Webster, and Wright; Kansas counties of Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Cherokee, Franklin, Johnson, Labette, and Neosho; and Arkansas counties of Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, and Washington.

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