Floods occurred on streams in the vicinity of Wichita Falls, Tex., during the period Aug. 1-6, 1950, as a result of heavy rains falling immediately southwest of the city on August 1, 1950. Serious flooding occurred along Holliday Creek in the city, necessitating the evacuation of about five hundred families from the low areas; however, no loss of life was reported. The total direct damage to residential and industrial property was estimated by-Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, to be $291,500. No estimate was available, but crop and soil losses in the rural areas were probably very high.
\nThe purpose of this report is to present certain rainfall and runoff data in the flood area in greater detail than is usually found in regular Water-Supply Papers. The report contains a summary of peak discharges at six points, and d~tailed records of discharge during the flood period at five points in the vicinity of Wichita Falls. The report also contains a discussion of rainfall associated with the flood and a description of the general features of the flood.
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\nAll samples were analyzed, both in the field by comparing the radioactivity of each sample to the radioactivity of a stranded measured with a simple scaling modification of a portable counter, and in the Geological Survey’s Trace Elements Section Washington Laboratory. Differences between both types of analyses were negligible. The maximum equivalent uranium content of the most radioactive rocks thus analyzed was 0.008 percent. A 1,400-square-mile abnormally radioactive province in southwestern Maine was outlined.
\nThe outcrop data obtained from car traversing are evaluated statistically. Cumulative frequency distribution curves are drawn to show the distribution of outcrops at various levels of radioactivity, and straight-line extensions are made to show to maximum probable grade for various rock types and areas in Maine. A maximum grade of 0.055 percent equivalent uranium is thus predicted for the entire state. This prediction necessarily is a broad generalization because large areas of Main are inaccessible for car traversing. A concept of evaluation of an area for possible mineral deposits is proposed on the basis of lithology, and observed and indicated ranges in grade.
","language":"English","publisher":"U.S. Geological Survey","doi":"10.3133/tei68","collaboration":"Prepared by the Geological Survey for the United States Atomic Energy Commission","usgsCitation":"Nelson, J.M., and Narten, P., 1951, Reconnaissance of radioactive rocks of Maine: U.S. Geological Survey Trace Elements Investigations 68, Report: 43 p.; 1 Plate: 15.49 x 23.65 inches, https://doi.org/10.3133/tei68.","productDescription":"Report: 43 p.; 1 Plate: 15.49 x 23.65 inches","numberOfPages":"43","costCenters":[],"links":[{"id":186158,"rank":0,"type":{"id":24,"text":"Thumbnail"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/tei/068/report-thumb.jpg"},{"id":90575,"rank":300,"type":{"id":11,"text":"Document"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/tei/068/report.pdf","linkFileType":{"id":1,"text":"pdf"}},{"id":285585,"type":{"id":17,"text":"Plate"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/tei/0068/figure-1.pdf"}],"country":"United States","state":"Maine","geographicExtents":"{ \"type\": \"FeatureCollection\", \"features\": [ { \"type\": \"Feature\", \"properties\": {}, \"geometry\": { \"type\": \"Polygon\", \"coordinates\": [ [ [ -71.0,43.0 ], [ -71.0,47.0 ], [ -67.0,47.0 ], [ -67.0,43.0 ], [ -71.0,43.0 ] ] ] } } ] }","noUsgsAuthors":false,"publicationStatus":"PW","scienceBaseUri":"4f4e4a68e4b07f02db63afe5","contributors":{"authors":[{"text":"Nelson, John M.","contributorId":83578,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Nelson","given":"John","email":"","middleInitial":"M.","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":283756,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":1},{"text":"Narten, Perry F.","contributorId":59780,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Narten","given":"Perry F.","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":283755,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":2}]}} ,{"id":1065,"text":"wsp1106 - 1951 - Public water supplies in western Texas","interactions":[],"lastModifiedDate":"2016-08-22T10:37:12","indexId":"wsp1106","displayToPublicDate":"1994-01-01T00:00:00","publicationYear":"1951","noYear":false,"publicationType":{"id":18,"text":"Report"},"publicationSubtype":{"id":5,"text":"USGS Numbered Series"},"seriesTitle":{"id":341,"text":"Water Supply Paper","code":"WSP","active":false,"publicationSubtype":{"id":5}},"seriesNumber":"1106","title":"Public water supplies in western Texas","docAbstract":"This report gives a summarized description of the public water supplies in a region comprising 81 counties of western Texas and lying generally west of the hundredth meridian. It is the fourth and last of this series of reports concerning the public water supplies of the State. It gives the available data for each of 142 communities, as follows: The population of the community; the name of the official from whom the information was obtained; the ownership of the waterworks, whether private or municipal; the source of supply, whether ground water or surface water; the amount of water consumed; the facilities for storage; the number of customers served; the character of the chemical and sanitary treatment of the water, if any; and the chemical analyses of the water. Where ground water is used the following also are given. Records of wells, including drillers' logs; character of the pumping equipment; and yield of the wells and water-level records where they are available. Of the 142 public supplies, 133 are obtained from ground water, 5 from surface water, and 4 from a combination of both. The total amount of water . used for public supply in the region averages about 78,000,000 gallons a day. Of this about 61,000,000 gallons a day is ground water and about 17,000,000 gallons a day is surface water. The ground-water resources of the region from which public water supplies are drawn are in rocks that range in age from Permian to Quaternary. The Ogallala formation of Tertiary age (Pliocene), which covers about 35,000 square miles of the High Plains in Texas, is the most important ground-water reservoir in the region. The formation furnishes water for 78 public supplies and for irrigating about 1,000,000 acres of land. The amount of water used for irrigating amounted to about 1,000,000 acre-feet in 1948. The Trinity and Fredericksburg groups of Lower Cretaceous age supply ground water in the western part of the Edwards Plateau, which constitutes an area of more than 22,000 square miles. These formations furnish small to large supplies to 20 municipalities. Sands of the Dockum group of Triassic refurnish meager to moderate supplies of water for 10 municipalities in areas east of the southern part of the High Plains and in the northern Pecos Valley in Texas. Local alluvial, bolson, or volcanic deposits furnish ground water in small to large amounts in scattered localities in the remainder of the region. The Permian rocks are of little importance as a source of ground water for public supply, owing to the highly mineralized water in them. The results of the chemical analyses of 206 samples of water obtained from the public supplies of the region are given in this report. The analyses are reported in parts per million and in equivalents per million for those ions entering into ionic balance. Of the samples analyzed 57 percent contained silica in excess of 20 parts per million; about 9 percent contained iron in excess of 0.3 part per million; 78 percent had hardness in excess of 200 parts per million; about 18 percent contained sulfate in excess of 250 parts per million; 10 percent contained chloride in excess of 250 parts per million; 3 percent contained nitrate in excess of 20 parts per million; 37 percent contained fluoride in excess of 2 parts per million; and 12 percent contained dissolved solids in excess of 1,000 parts per million.
","language":"English","publisher":"U.S. Government Printing Office","publisherLocation":"Washington, D.C.","doi":"10.3133/wsp1106","usgsCitation":"Broadhurst, W., Sundstrom, R., and Weaver, D.E., 1951, Public water supplies in western Texas: U.S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 1106, viii, 168 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/wsp1106.","productDescription":"viii, 168 p.","onlineOnly":"N","additionalOnlineFiles":"N","costCenters":[{"id":583,"text":"Texas Water Science Center","active":true,"usgs":true}],"links":[{"id":25744,"rank":300,"type":{"id":11,"text":"Document"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/wsp/1106/report.pdf","linkFileType":{"id":1,"text":"pdf"}},{"id":138103,"rank":0,"type":{"id":24,"text":"Thumbnail"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/wsp/1106/report-thumb.jpg"}],"noUsgsAuthors":false,"publicationStatus":"PW","scienceBaseUri":"4f4e499ee4b07f02db5bc90a","contributors":{"authors":[{"text":"Broadhurst, W. L.","contributorId":55414,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Broadhurst","given":"W. L.","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":143119,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":1},{"text":"Sundstrom, R.W.","contributorId":103657,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Sundstrom","given":"R.W.","email":"","affiliations":[{"id":595,"text":"U.S. Geological Survey","active":false,"usgs":true}],"preferred":false,"id":143120,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":2},{"text":"Weaver, D. E.","contributorId":51718,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Weaver","given":"D.","email":"","middleInitial":"E.","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":143118,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":3}]}} ,{"id":70210452,"text":"70210452 - 1951 - Stratigraphy and structure of the southern foothills section between the Etivluk and Kiligwa Rivers","interactions":[],"lastModifiedDate":"2022-05-26T19:52:01.460821","indexId":"70210452","displayToPublicDate":"1951-05-01T13:06:16","publicationYear":"1951","noYear":false,"publicationType":{"id":18,"text":"Report"},"publicationSubtype":{"id":6,"text":"USGS Unnumbered Series"},"seriesTitle":{"id":5963,"text":"Geological Investigations, Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, Alaska","active":false,"publicationSubtype":{"id":6}},"seriesNumber":"43","title":"Stratigraphy and structure of the southern foothills section between the Etivluk and Kiligwa Rivers","docAbstract":"The part of the Southern Foothill section, Arctic foothills province, that lies beteween the Etivluk and Kiligwa Rivers was investigated by Navy Oil Unit party 6 during the 1950 field season, A belt about 16 miles wide and 60 miles long (approximately 800 square miles) was mapped in considerable detail (see index map, pl. 1). The mapped area is in the west-central part of the Arctic Foothills province, wholly within the boundaries of Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4. Major drainage consists of the middle reaches of the Etivluk, Ipnavik, Kuna, and Kiligwa Rivers.
Principal objectives of the party, using previous geologic studies in. the Okpikruak-Kiruktagiak Rivers area 1/ ao an initial working base, were stratigraphic and structural studies of the outcrops in the interstream areas. In view of the former interest in possible Lisburne limestone plays, the Lisburne Ridge west of the Etivluk River and the northward nosing of the Triassic complex between the Ipnavik and Kuna Rivers were designated as areas for particular emphasis.
The party included six men: two geologists; two field assistants, a cook, and a weasel mechanic. Three weasels were available for transportation; two of which were maintained in operating condition for daily field use.
As many exposures as were pertinent or accessible were examined. Vertical photographs were used for plotting data and for areal control; relative vertical control was established with altimeters, The effective working radius from base camp as increased from 8 miles to 20 miles by making frequent 2- or 3-day spike trips.
This report has been prepared as a contribution to the development of southeastern Bucks County, Pa. It summarizes available information on the water resources of this 90-square mile area and evaluates current supplies. Future development of the area may change both the available quantity and the quality of the water supply. The effective development of the area demands a continuing knowledge of the water used and the potential quantity and quality of water available from both underground and surface sources. The area is strategically important to a great industrial section of the Bast. Its eastern boundary is a 26-mile segment of the Delaware River along the extreme southeastern border of Bucks County, Pa. (fig. 1). The present.population of the area is about 40,000, including 24,800 in Bristol Borough and Township and 6,770 in Morrisville. The area is traversed by both the Pennsylvania and the Reading Railroads and also by U.S. Highways 1 and 13. These are main transportation routes connecting the great market outlets of Philadelphia and New York. The Delaware River'is navigable from Morrisville to the sea. The area is only a short distance upstream from the Port of Philadelphia, which ranks second only to New York as the most important seaport in the United States. The area is mostly flat, open land 10 to 60 feet above mean sea level. It contains several large Industries, concentrated chiefly in the Bristol area (pi. 1). There are also scattered industries in the Morrisville, Langhorne, and Bensalem areas. However, Bucks County retains some of the characteristics of a farming region. Truck farming and gardening are still carried on to a considerable extent. Along Delaware River below Morrisville the mining of sand and gravel is an Important industry. The facts summarized in this report have been accumulated over a period of 25 years or more by Federal, State, and local agencies in connection with Investigations for other purposes. Most of the data used in this report have been obtained by the United States Geological Survey in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters, the Pennsylvania Department of Internal Affairs, the Pennsylvania Department of Commerce, and State Planning Board, the City of Philadelphia, the Corps of Engineers, and the Interstate Commission on the Delaware River Basin. This report was prepared in the Water Resources Division of the U.S.Geological Survey by Jack B. Qraham, District Geologist; John W. Mangan, District Engineer; and Walter F. White, Jr., District Chemist, under the general direction of C. G. Paulsen, Chief Hydraulic Engineer.
","language":"English","publisher":"U.S. Geological Survey","doi":"10.3133/cir104","usgsCitation":"Graham, J., Mangan, J., and White, W.F., 1951, Water resources of southeastern Bucks County, Pennsylvania: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 104, Report: i, 21 p.; 1 Plate: 19.85 x 11.88 inches, https://doi.org/10.3133/cir104.","productDescription":"Report: i, 21 p.; 1 Plate: 19.85 x 11.88 inches","costCenters":[{"id":532,"text":"Pennsylvania Water Science Center","active":true,"usgs":true}],"links":[{"id":420173,"rank":4,"type":{"id":36,"text":"NGMDB Index Page"},"url":"https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_23934.htm","linkFileType":{"id":5,"text":"html"}},{"id":30938,"rank":3,"type":{"id":17,"text":"Plate"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1951/0104/plate-1.pdf","linkFileType":{"id":1,"text":"pdf"}},{"id":117886,"rank":1,"type":{"id":24,"text":"Thumbnail"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1951/0104/report-thumb.jpg"},{"id":30939,"rank":2,"type":{"id":11,"text":"Document"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1951/0104/report.pdf","linkFileType":{"id":1,"text":"pdf"}}],"country":"United States","state":"Pennsylvania","county":"Bucks County","geographicExtents":"{\n \"type\": \"FeatureCollection\",\n \"features\": [\n {\n \"type\": \"Feature\",\n \"properties\": {},\n \"geometry\": {\n \"coordinates\": [\n [\n [\n -74.667,\n 40.25\n ],\n [\n -75,\n 40.25\n ],\n [\n -75,\n 40.05\n ],\n [\n -74.667,\n 40.05\n ],\n [\n -74.667,\n 40.25\n ]\n ]\n ],\n \"type\": \"Polygon\"\n }\n }\n ]\n}","noUsgsAuthors":false,"publicationStatus":"PW","scienceBaseUri":"4f4e4a14e4b07f02db602ee0","contributors":{"authors":[{"text":"Graham, Jack B.","contributorId":15182,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Graham","given":"Jack B.","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":147735,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":1},{"text":"Mangan, John W.","contributorId":26677,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Mangan","given":"John W.","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":147736,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":2},{"text":"White, Walter F.","contributorId":52159,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"White","given":"Walter","email":"","middleInitial":"F.","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":147737,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":3}]}} ,{"id":71254,"text":"tei188 - 1951 - Stratigraphic sections of the Phosphoria formation in Idaho, 1947-48, Part III","interactions":[],"lastModifiedDate":"2014-06-04T14:59:36","indexId":"tei188","displayToPublicDate":"1951-01-01T11:18:00","publicationYear":"1951","noYear":false,"publicationType":{"id":18,"text":"Report"},"publicationSubtype":{"id":5,"text":"USGS Numbered Series"},"seriesTitle":{"id":337,"text":"Trace Elements Investigations","code":"TEI","active":false,"publicationSubtype":{"id":5}},"seriesNumber":"188","title":"Stratigraphic sections of the Phosphoria formation in Idaho, 1947-48, Part III","docAbstract":".The U.S. Geological Survey has measured and sampled the Phosphoria formation at many localities in Idaho and other western states. These data will not be fully synthesized and analyzed for several years but segments of the data, accompanied by little or no interpretation, are published as preliminary reports as they are assembled. This report, which contains abstracts of many of the sections in southeastern Idaho (fig. 1), is one of this series and is the third report of data gathered in Idaho during 1947 and 1948. The field and laboratory procedures adopted in these investigations are described rather fully in a companion report (McKelvey and others, 1953).
\nMany people have taken part in this investigation, which was organized and supervised by V. E. McKelvey. D. A. Bostwick, R. M. Campbell, R. A. Gulbrandsen, R. A. Harris, R. L. Parker, R. A. Smart, J. E. Smedley, R. H. Thurston, and R. G. Waring participated in the description of strata and collection of samples referred to in this report. D. B. Dimick, Jack George, W. S. Hunziker, J. E. Jones, H. A. Larsen, and T. K. Rigby assisted in the preparation of trenches and collection, crushing, and splitting of samples in the field. The laboratory preparation of samples for chemical analysis was done in Denver, Colo., under the direction of W. P. Huleatt.
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\nThe Newark area is underlain by formations of Recent, Pleistocene and Triassic age, and the geology and hydrologic properties of these formations are discussed. Attention is called to the important influence of a buried valley in the rock floor beneath the Newark area on the yield of wells located within it. Data on the fluctuation of the water levels and the variation in pumpage are presented, and their significance discussed. The results of a pumping test made during the investigation were inconclusive. The beneficial results of artificially recharging the aquifers in one part of the area are described.
\nThe intrusion of salt water into certain parts of the ground-water body is described and graphically portrayed by a map showing the chloride concentration of the ground water in various parts of the City. Insofar as available data permit, the chemical quality of the ground water is discussed and records are given of the ground-water temperatures in various parts of the City.
\nThere has been marked lowering of the water table in the eastern part of the area, accompanied by salt water intrusion, indicating that the safe yield of the formations in this part of Newark has probably been exceeded. It is recommended that the study of the ground-water resources of this area be continued, and that artificial recharging of the aquifers be increased over as wide an area as possible.
","language":"English","publisher":"New Jersey Deptartment of Conservation and Economic Development, Division of Water Policy and Supply","collaboration":"Prepared in cooperation with the United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey","usgsCitation":"Herpers, H., and Barksdale, H.C., 1951, Preliminary report on the geology and ground-water supply of the Newark, New Jersey, area: Special Report (New Jersey Division of Water Policy and Supply) 10, 52 p.","productDescription":"52 p.","numberOfPages":"53","additionalOnlineFiles":"N","costCenters":[],"links":[{"id":282811,"type":{"id":24,"text":"Thumbnail"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/thumbnails/70094973.jpg"},{"id":284824,"type":{"id":11,"text":"Document"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/unnumbered/70094973/report.pdf"}],"country":"United States","state":"New Jersey","city":"Newark","geographicExtents":"{ \"type\": \"FeatureCollection\", \"features\": [ { \"type\": \"Feature\", \"properties\": {}, \"geometry\": { \"type\": \"Polygon\", \"coordinates\": [ [ [ -74.251324,40.673903 ], [ -74.251324,40.788139 ], [ -74.112787,40.788139 ], [ -74.112787,40.673903 ], [ -74.251324,40.673903 ] ] ] } } ] }","noUsgsAuthors":false,"publicationStatus":"PW","scienceBaseUri":"53559529e4b0120853e8c156","contributors":{"authors":[{"text":"Herpers, Henry","contributorId":8378,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Herpers","given":"Henry","email":"","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":491013,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":1},{"text":"Barksdale, Henry C.","contributorId":11463,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Barksdale","given":"Henry","email":"","middleInitial":"C.","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":491014,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":2}]}} ,{"id":70011171,"text":"70011171 - 1951 - Geochemical field method for determination of nickel in plants","interactions":[],"lastModifiedDate":"2012-03-12T17:18:31","indexId":"70011171","displayToPublicDate":"1951-01-01T00:00:00","publicationYear":"1951","noYear":false,"publicationType":{"id":2,"text":"Article"},"publicationSubtype":{"id":10,"text":"Journal Article"},"seriesTitle":{"id":761,"text":"Analytical Chemistry","active":true,"publicationSubtype":{"id":10}},"title":"Geochemical field method for determination of nickel in plants","docAbstract":"The use of biogeochemical data in prospecting for nickel emphasizes the need for a simple, moderately accurate field method for the determination of nickel in plants. In order to follow leads provided by plants of unusual nickel content without loss of time, the plants should be analyzed and the results given to the field geologist promptly. The method reported in this paper was developed to meet this need. Speed is acquired by elimination of the customary drying and controlled ashing; the fresh vegetation is ashed in an open dish over a gasoline stove. The ash is put into solution with hydrochloric acid and the solution buffered. A chromograph is used to make a confined spot with an aliquot of the ash solution on dimethylglyoxime reagent paper. As little as 0.025% nickel in plant ash can be determined. With a simple modification, 0.003% can be detected. Data are given comparing the results obtained by an accepted laboratory procedure. Results by the field method are within 30% of the laboratory values. The field method for nickel in plants meets the requirements of biogeochemical prospecting with respect to accuracy, simplicity, speed, and ease of performance in the field. With experience, an analyst can make 30 determinations in an 8-hour work day in the field.","largerWorkType":{"id":2,"text":"Article"},"largerWorkTitle":"Analytical Chemistry","largerWorkSubtype":{"id":10,"text":"Journal Article"},"language":"English","issn":"00032700","usgsCitation":"Reichen, L., 1951, Geochemical field method for determination of nickel in plants: Analytical Chemistry, v. 23, no. 5, p. 727-729.","startPage":"727","endPage":"729","numberOfPages":"3","costCenters":[],"links":[{"id":221154,"rank":0,"type":{"id":24,"text":"Thumbnail"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg"}],"volume":"23","issue":"5","noUsgsAuthors":false,"publicationStatus":"PW","scienceBaseUri":"505a163ee4b0c8380cd550e0","contributors":{"authors":[{"text":"Reichen, L.E.","contributorId":58389,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Reichen","given":"L.E.","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":360452,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":1}]}} ,{"id":70191232,"text":"70191232 - 1951 - Conservation: Where we stand: Review of Water, land, and people","interactions":[],"lastModifiedDate":"2017-10-01T14:11:08","indexId":"70191232","displayToPublicDate":"1951-01-01T00:00:00","publicationYear":"1951","noYear":false,"publicationType":{"id":2,"text":"Article"},"publicationSubtype":{"id":10,"text":"Journal Article"},"seriesTitle":{"id":5506,"text":"The Living Wilderness","active":false,"publicationSubtype":{"id":10}},"title":"Conservation: Where we stand: Review of Water, land, and people","docAbstract":"A distinguished conservationist, just returned from more than a year in those Pacific islands held in trust by the United States, reports that representatives of the government there are nearly completely concerned with the maintenance of an administrative organization. Actual advances in matters of land use, of maintaining the material and mental welfare of the native population, and the preservation of the most interesting remnants of untouched habitat, are just never made.
Any such oversimplification is, of course, subject to error in detail, but it nevertheless stands as a touchstone to where we stand in conservation. In much more guarded phrases, and with considerable supporting data, Bernard Frank and Anthony Netboy say much the same thing about governmental conservation in the United States in their recently published Water, Land, and People.
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Knopf, 1950.","noUsgsAuthors":false,"publicationStatus":"PW","scienceBaseUri":"59d1fe97e4b05fe04cc23528","contributors":{"authors":[{"text":"Leopold, Luna Bergere","contributorId":93884,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Leopold","given":"Luna","email":"","middleInitial":"Bergere","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":711642,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":1}]}} ,{"id":72118,"text":"tem240 - 1950 - Summary review of analytical data pertaining to uranium content or radioactivity of domestic shales","interactions":[],"lastModifiedDate":"2014-07-23T09:39:09","indexId":"tem240","displayToPublicDate":"2013-07-23T09:37:00","publicationYear":"1950","noYear":false,"publicationType":{"id":18,"text":"Report"},"publicationSubtype":{"id":5,"text":"USGS Numbered Series"},"seriesTitle":{"id":338,"text":"Trace Elements Memorandum","code":"TEM","active":false,"publicationSubtype":{"id":5}},"seriesNumber":"240","title":"Summary review of analytical data pertaining to uranium content or radioactivity of domestic shales","docAbstract":"No abstract available.","language":"English","publisher":"U.S. Geological Survey","publisherLocation":"Washington, D.C.","doi":"10.3133/tem240","collaboration":"Submitted to U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Raw Materials Operations.","usgsCitation":"Narten, P.F., Crawford, J., and Butler, A.P., 1950, Summary review of analytical data pertaining to uranium content or radioactivity of domestic shales: U.S. Geological Survey Trace Elements Memorandum 240, 13 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/tem240.","productDescription":"13 p.","costCenters":[],"links":[{"id":290751,"type":{"id":24,"text":"Thumbnail"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/thumbnails/usgs_thumb.jpg"}],"noUsgsAuthors":false,"publicationStatus":"PW","scienceBaseUri":"57ffd84ae4b0824b2d1781a2","contributors":{"authors":[{"text":"Narten, Perry Foote","contributorId":61348,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Narten","given":"Perry","email":"","middleInitial":"Foote","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":285135,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":1},{"text":"Crawford, J.E.","contributorId":43679,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Crawford","given":"J.E.","email":"","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":285134,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":2},{"text":"Butler, Arthur Pierce Jr.","contributorId":88826,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Butler","given":"Arthur","suffix":"Jr.","email":"","middleInitial":"Pierce","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":285136,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":3}]}} ,{"id":5220677,"text":"5220677 - 1950 - Rodent repellency","interactions":[],"lastModifiedDate":"2012-02-02T00:15:09","indexId":"5220677","displayToPublicDate":"2010-06-16T12:18:18","publicationYear":"1950","noYear":false,"publicationType":{"id":2,"text":"Article"},"publicationSubtype":{"id":10,"text":"Journal Article"},"seriesTitle":{"id":2771,"text":"Modern Packaging","active":true,"publicationSubtype":{"id":10}},"title":"Rodent repellency","docAbstract":"In the course of studies involving more than 2,500 chemical repellents, it has been found that certain groups of- compounds containing nitrogen or sulfur are repellent to rats under the , test conditions and it appears probable that some of these compounds might be used for the protection of packaged goods against rodent attacks. Additional tests to determine optimum methods of application will be necessary before final evaluation of these compounds will be possible and extensive field trials will be required to establish the degree of protection which may be afforded by the use of these materials. Pending such final evaluation, it may be assumed that the results,to date offer a means of selecting the most promising types of'materials for further trial....On the basis of the test data, it appears that some amine derivative, such as a salt of some organic, acid, or a complex with trinitrobenzene or with a metallic salt of a dialkyl dithiocarbamic acid might offer promise of protection of packaging materials against rodent attacks....Protection might be obtained through the use of certain 'physical deterrents' such as plastics, waxes or drying oils.","largerWorkType":{"id":2,"text":"Article"},"largerWorkTitle":"Modern Packaging","largerWorkSubtype":{"id":10,"text":"Journal Article"},"language":"English","usgsCitation":"DeWitt, J., Welch, J., and Bellack, E., 1950, Rodent repellency: Modern Packaging, v. 23, no. 9, p. 123-126.","productDescription":"123-126","startPage":"123","endPage":"126","numberOfPages":"4","costCenters":[{"id":531,"text":"Patuxent Wildlife Research Center","active":true,"usgs":true}],"links":[{"id":196285,"rank":0,"type":{"id":24,"text":"Thumbnail"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg"}],"volume":"23","issue":"9","noUsgsAuthors":false,"publicationStatus":"PW","scienceBaseUri":"4f4e4a0be4b07f02db5fbd8c","contributors":{"authors":[{"text":"DeWitt, J.B.","contributorId":89080,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"DeWitt","given":"J.B.","email":"","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":332213,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":1},{"text":"Welch, J.F.","contributorId":21241,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Welch","given":"J.F.","email":"","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":332211,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":2},{"text":"Bellack, E.","contributorId":78831,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Bellack","given":"E.","email":"","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":332212,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":3}]}} ,{"id":50910,"text":"ofr5042 - 1950 - Geologic interpretations of seismic data: Braintree-Weymouth by-pass stations 29-56, Liberty Street grade separation in Braintree, Massachusetts","interactions":[],"lastModifiedDate":"2014-05-15T06:18:12","indexId":"ofr5042","displayToPublicDate":"1994-01-01T07:00:00","publicationYear":"1950","noYear":false,"publicationType":{"id":18,"text":"Report"},"publicationSubtype":{"id":5,"text":"USGS Numbered Series"},"seriesTitle":{"id":330,"text":"Open-File Report","code":"OFR","onlineIssn":"2331-1258","printIssn":"0196-1497","active":true,"publicationSubtype":{"id":5}},"seriesNumber":"50-42","title":"Geologic interpretations of seismic data: Braintree-Weymouth by-pass stations 29-56, Liberty Street grade separation in Braintree, Massachusetts","docAbstract":"At the request of the Massachusetts Department of Public Works, seismic and geologic studies were made for the projected Braintree-Weymouth By-Pass grade separation at Liberty Street in Braintree, Massachusetts. The work was performed in order to furnish data that would aid the engineers in preparing estimates of the quantity of bedrock to be excavated for this project. The study represents part of a cooperative program of the Massachusetts Department of Public Works and the United States Geological Survey. 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The Oahe irrigation project is planned to supply water to 750,000 to 1,500,000 acres of the most suitable land within the area.
\nThe studies that have been undertaken in the Oahe area by the Ground Water Division of the U. S. Geological Survey form a part of the investigations which are being carried on by several bureaus of the Department of the Interior and other government agencies for the conservation, control and utilization of the water resources of the Missouri River Basin.
\nThe field studies on which the present report is based were made during May 1947 through November 1948 and cover about 1,890 square miles in the southern part of the Oahe area. Data were collected on the character of the surficial geological deposits, and on the occurrence, movement, quantity, and quality of the groundwater supplies.
\nThe report describes the several water-bearing formations and presents nine typical logs of deep artesian wells. The records of fluctuation of the water table in 168 wells in or near the Oahe area are listed. Tabulated inventory of 3,257 wells and springs includes information on the observation wells and on all other wells that were noted within the area examined.
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\nThe two methods of computation were examined as to accuracy and time savings. This was done by selecting observation stations from the special measurements to arrive at a synthetic measurement with the usual number of observations. This normal measurement was then computed by both the mean-section and mid-section method of computation for a comparison of results in discharge. A record was kept of the time consumed for computing and checking measurements so that any time savings in either method could be found. Much of the computation work was done in four of the district offices, with a variety in personnel as to grade and to experience in the use of the two methods.
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\nThis report gives a summarized description of the public water supplies in 42 counties of southern Texas, extending from the Rio Grande northward to the northern boundaries of Kinney, Uvalde, Bandera, Kendall, and Hays Counties and eastward to the eastern boundaries of Caldwell, Gonzales, DeWitt, Victoria, and Calhoun Counties. It gives the available data as follows for each of the 114 communities: Population of the community; name of the official from whom the information was obtained; ownership of water works, whether private or municipal; source of supply, whether ground or surface water; the amount of water consumed; the facilities for storage; the number of customers served; the character of the chemical and sanitary treatment, if any; and chemical analyses of the water. Where ground water is used, the following information also is given: Records of wells, including drillers' logs; character of the pumping equipment; yield of the wells and records of water levels, where they are available.
","language":"English","publisher":"U.S. Government Printing Office","publisherLocation":"Washington, D.C.","doi":"10.3133/wsp1070","usgsCitation":"Broadhurst, W., Sundstrom, R., and Rowley, J., 1950, Public water supplies in southern Texas: U.S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 1070, vi, 114 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/wsp1070.","productDescription":"vi, 114 p.","onlineOnly":"N","additionalOnlineFiles":"N","costCenters":[{"id":583,"text":"Texas Water Science Center","active":true,"usgs":true}],"links":[{"id":138102,"rank":0,"type":{"id":24,"text":"Thumbnail"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/wsp/1070/report-thumb.jpg"},{"id":25743,"rank":300,"type":{"id":11,"text":"Document"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/wsp/1070/report.pdf","linkFileType":{"id":1,"text":"pdf"}}],"noUsgsAuthors":false,"publicationStatus":"PW","scienceBaseUri":"4f4e4ac8e4b07f02db67bc22","contributors":{"authors":[{"text":"Broadhurst, W. L.","contributorId":55414,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Broadhurst","given":"W. L.","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":143116,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":1},{"text":"Sundstrom, R.W.","contributorId":103657,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Sundstrom","given":"R.W.","email":"","affiliations":[{"id":595,"text":"U.S. Geological Survey","active":false,"usgs":true}],"preferred":false,"id":143117,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":2},{"text":"Rowley, J.H.","contributorId":54968,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Rowley","given":"J.H.","email":"","affiliations":[],"preferred":false,"id":143115,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":3}]}} ,{"id":4188,"text":"cir94 - 1950 - Coal resources of the United States, A progress report, November 1, 1950","interactions":[],"lastModifiedDate":"2018-03-14T14:10:40","indexId":"cir94","displayToPublicDate":"1994-01-01T00:00:00","publicationYear":"1950","noYear":false,"publicationType":{"id":18,"text":"Report"},"publicationSubtype":{"id":5,"text":"USGS Numbered Series"},"seriesTitle":{"id":307,"text":"Circular","code":"CIR","onlineIssn":"2330-5703","printIssn":"1067-084X","active":true,"publicationSubtype":{"id":5}},"seriesNumber":"94","title":"Coal resources of the United States, A progress report, November 1, 1950","docAbstract":"Interest in the quantity and quality of the coal reserves of the United States has increased greatly since the end of World War II, principally because of the growing realization that the ultimate reserves of petroleum and natural gas, although largely undefined, still. have finite limits. With the greatly increased use of petroleum and natural gas, it has become further apparent that the reserves of these two fuels, whatever their ultimate limits may prove to be, are being consumed at a rate far surpassing that anticipated a few years ago. At some time in the future, therefore, the contribution of coal to the total production of energy in this country must inevitably be enlarged to include some of the needs now served by petroleum and natural gas.
Although coal-bearing rocks cover 14 percent of the total area of the United States (fig. 1) and contain enormous reserves, it is equally apparent that reserves of coal also have limits. In the extensively mined sections in the East it is already increasingly difficult to locate new areas containing thick beds of high-rank and high-quality coal to replace areas that have been mined out. Furthermore, a considerable part of the total reserves of the United States consists of coal of lignite and subbituminous ranks and coal contained in thin beds that can be mined only with great difficulty and expense. At the present time, therefore, the depletion of reserves of high-rank and high-quality coal, particularly the Eastern coal that is suitable for the manufacture of metallurgical coke, is a more serious problem than the percentage depletion of the total coal reserves.
Recognizing the need for more detailed estimates of coal reserves than those that have been available in the past, the U. S. Geological Survey is now preparing a reappraisal of the coal reserves of the United States in which primary emphasis is placed on the amounts of coal in separate categories according to rank,thickness of coal, and thickness of overburden. Many of the state geological surveys in coal-producing areas are also preparing new appraisals of coal reserves. The increasing volume of geologic data available on the occurrence of coal and the detailed and careful methods now employed in calculating reserves should ultimately provide a more reliable estimate for the coal reserves of the United States than has been obtainable previously, although much additional work remains to be done.
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