Effects of drought in central and south Texas
Professional Paper
372-C
By: H. E. Thomas
Links
- Document: Report (5.28 MB pdf)
- Plates:
- Plate 1 (1.47 MB pdf) Fluctuations in quantity and quality of water at the possum kingdom reservoir, Texas
- Plate 2 (4.72 MB pdf) Hydrographs for the Austin area, 1933-57
- Plate 3 (1.35 MB pdf) Fluctuations in runoff from the Edwards Plateau, 1933-57
- Plate 4 (2.00 MB pdf) Hydrographs of wells in the Balcones fault-zone aquifer, 1931-58
- Related Works:
- Chapter H: General summary of effects of the drought in the Southwest
- Chapter A: The meteorologic phenomenon of drought in the Southwest
- Chapter B: General effects of drought on water resources of the Southwest
- Chapter D: Effects of drought in the Rio Grande basin
- Chapter E: Effects of drought in basins of interior drainage
- Chapter F: Effects of drought in the Colorado River basin
- Chapter G: Effects of drought along Pacific Coast in California
- NGMDB Index Page: National Geologic Map Database Index Page (html)
- Download citation as: RIS | Dublin Core
Abstract
The effects of drought upon ground-water storage and discharge, and upon streamflow, vary tremendously in the central third of Texas (the area from the Panhandle to the Gulf of Mexico). Extremes are represented by (a) the Llano Estacado, where the drought had negligible effect upon ground-water resources, which are being progressively depleted by pumping for irrigation; and (b) the Balcones fault-zone aquifer west of San Antonio, whose storage and natural discharge declined substantially during the drought, but increased even more rapidly during succeeding years of more abundant precipitation.
Study Area
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Effects of drought in central and south Texas |
| Series title | Professional Paper |
| Series number | 372 |
| Chapter | C |
| DOI | 10.3133/pp372C |
| Year Published | 1963 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office |
| Publisher location | Washington, D.C. |
| Contributing office(s) | Texas Water Science Center |
| Description | Report: iii, 31 p.; 4 Plates: 20.00 x 29.00 inches or smaller |
| Larger Work Type | Report |
| Larger Work Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Larger Work Title | Drought in the Southwest, 1942-56 (Professional Paper 372) |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
| Google Analytic Metrics | Metrics page |