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Hindawi Publishing Corporation International Journal of Geophysics Volume 2009, Article ID 621528, 6 pages doi:10.1155/2009/621528 Research Article The Edgerton Structure: A Possible Meteorite Impact Feature in Eastern Kansas Daniel F. Merriam,1 Jianghai Xia,2 and John W. Harbaugh3 1 Univesity of Kansas, 1930 Constant Avenue, West Campus, Lawrence, KS 66047, USA 2 Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66047, USA 3 Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA Correspondence should be addressed to Daniel F. Merriam, dmerriam@ Received 18 March 2009; Accepted 18 October 2009 Recommended by Marek Grad Recognized meteorite impact features are relatively rare in the U.S. Midcontinent region, but recently with increased interest and research, the number has increased dramatically. We add another possibility to the growing list, the Edgerton structure in northwestern Miami County, Kansas. The feature is elliptical (∼5.5 × 6.5 km, slightly elongated east-west) with radial surface drainage. The feature was first observed on hillshade maps of digitized topography of 7.5 minute quadrangles. Subsequent magnetic profiles show a higher magnetic value in the center of the ellipse with higher values around the edges; this shape is characteristic of an impact feature. Depth to the anomalous body is estimated to be about 1 km, which puts it in the Precambrian crystalline basement under a cover of Paleozoic sediments. There are no deep boreholes in the vicinity and no seismic profiles are available. If it is an impact structure, it will be the second such feature documented in Kansas, the first being the Brenham meteorite crater at Haviland in Kiowa County in southwestern Kansas. It wou