Floods of September 6, 1960, in eastern Puerto Rico
Harry Hawthorne Barnes, Dean Butler Bogart
1961, Circular 451
The floods of September 6, 1960, were the greatest known on many streams in eastern Puerto Rico. There were 117 lives lost, 30 persons missing, and 136 injured. Total damage was estimated in excess of $7 million. Several thousand persons were forced from their homes by the floods as 484,...
Occurrence of minor elements in water
W. H. Durum, Joseph Haffty
1961, Circular 445
Three basic studies, using spectrographic methods, have been used to establish the occurrence of minor elements in natural waters. One study, of oceanborne chemicals in principal rivers, has established a method for the quantitative analysis of many minor elements. Strontium, barium, lithium, rubidium, chromium, nickel, copper, lead, boron, titanium, molybdenum,...
Floods of February-March 1961 in the southeastern states
Harry Hawthorne Barnes, William Philip Somers
1961, Circular 452
Widespread, prolonged, disastrous floods struck parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida following heavy rains Feb. 17-26, 1961. Three distinct low-pressure systems recurred in essentially the same area. Precipitation totaled more than 18 inches in some areas. Multiple floods of small streams became superimposed in the large rivers to...
Preliminary estimate of water used in southeast river basins, 1960
Kenneth Allen MacKichan, John Craig Kammerer
1961, Circular 449
The estimated withdrawal use of water in the Southeast River Basins during 1960 was about 3,900 mgd exclusive of water used to develop waterpower and exclusive of water used by the Savannah River Plant of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. This estimated use amounts to 770 gallons per capita per...
Surges in natural stream channels
S. E. Rantz
1961, Water Supply Paper 1369-C
Quantity and quality of surface waters of Alaska, 1959
J. V. B. Wells, S. K. Love
1961, Water Supply Paper 1640
Annotated bibliography of water-use data, 1960
Lois E. Randall
1961, Circular 455
Energy losses, associated with abrupt enlargements in pipes; with special reference to the influence of boundary roughness
Carl E. Kindsavter
1961, Water Supply Paper 1369-B
Microtime measurements in aquifer tests on open-hole artesian wells
Granville G. Wyrick, Edwin O. Floyd
1961, Water Supply Paper 1545-A
Surface water supply of the United States, 1960, Part 9, Colorado River basin
E. L. Hendricks
1961, Water Supply Paper 1713
Time of travel of water in the Ohio River, Pittsburgh to Cincinnati
Robert E. Steacy
1961, Circular 439
This report presents a procedure for estimating the time of travel of water in the Ohio River from Pittsburgh, Pa., to Cincinnati, Ohio, under various river stage conditions. This information is primarily for use by civil defense officials and by others concerned with problems involving travel time of river water....
Surface water supply of the United States, 1960, Part 12, Pacific slope basins in Washington and upper Columbia River basin
E. L. Hendricks
1961, Water Supply Paper 1716
Urban growth and the water regimen
John Savini, J.C. Kammerer
1961, Water Supply Paper 1591-A
The continuing growth and concentration of population and industry in urban and suburban areas in recent decades has caused a complex merging of social, economic, and physical problems, The interrelationships of man and his use and development of the land and water resources is a particularly significant aspect of urbanization,...
Surface water supply of the United States, 1960, Part 3-B, Cumberland and Tennessee River basins
E. L. Hendricks
1961, Water Supply Paper 1706
Availability of ground water in Lyon County, Minnesota
Harry G. Rodis
1961, Circular 444
Lyon County is in southwestern Minnesota, about 150 miles southwest of Minneapolis and St. Paul The basement rocks in the area consist of granite and quartzite of Precambrian age. These materials are in turn overlain by shale and sandstone of Cretaceous age, glacial drift of Pleistocene age, and alluvium of...
Floods of January-February 1959 in Indiana
Malcolm D. Hale, Richard Earl Hoggatt
1961, Circular 440
The floods of January-February 1959 in Indiana exceeded those previously known on many streams in the southeastern portion of the State in January and on several streams in the Wabash Valley during February. At least 3 lives were lost, more than 2,000 people were evacuated, and dozens of bridges were...
Progress in the application of landform analysis in studies of semiarid erosion
Stanley Alfred Schumm, R. F. Hadley
1961, Circular 437
The analysis of topographic and hydrologic data gathered during studies of erosion in semiarid areas of Western United States show the following relation: (a) Mean annual sediment yield from small drainage basins is related to a ratio of basin relief to length; (b) mean annual runoff from small drainage basins...
Short papers in the geologic and hydrologic sciences, articles 147-292
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1961, Professional Paper 424-C
The scientific and economic results of work by the United States Geological Survey during the fiscal year 1961, the 12 months ending June 30, 1961, is being summarized in four volumes. This volume includes 146 short papers on subjects in the fields of geology, hydrology, and related sciences, prepared by...
Short papers in the geologic and hydrologic sciences, articles 293-435
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1961, Professional Paper 424-D
The scientific and economic results of work by the United States Geological Survey during the fiscal year 1961, the 12 months ending June 30, 1961, are summarized in 4 volumes. This volume includes 143 short papers on subjects in the fields of geology, hydrology, and related sciences, prepared by members...
Time of travel of water in the Potomac River, Cumberland to Washington
James K. Searcy, Luther C. Davis
1961, Circular 438
This report introduces a graphical procedure for estimating the time required for water to travel down the Potomac River in the reach extending from Cumberland, Md., to Washington, D.C. The time of travel varies with the flow of the river; so the stage of the river at the lower end...
Filter-press method of extracting water samples for chloride analysis
Norbert J. Lusczynski
1961, Water Supply Paper 1544-A
Ground water and the law
H. E. Thomas
1961, Circular 446
Ground-water potentialities in the Crescent Valley, Eureka and Lander Counties, Nevada
Christie Paul Zones
1961, Water Supply Paper 1581
The Crescent Valley is an intermontane basin in Eureka and Lander Counties, just south of the Humboldt River in north-central Nevada. The valley floor, with an area of about 150 square miles, has a shape that more nearly resembles a Y than a crescent, although the valley apparently was named...
Reports and maps of the Geological Survey released only in the open files, 1960
Betsy A. Weld, Erwin S. Asselstine, Arthur Johnson
1961, Circular 448
Reconnaissance engineering geology for selection of highway route from Talkeetna to McGrath, Alaska
Florence R. Weber
1961, Open-File Report 61-169
