Logarithmic nomograph for water-analysis data
R.C. Vorhis
1955, Open-File Report 55-185
The effect of volcanic ash from Mt. Spurr on the chemical character of surface waters near Anchorage, Alaska
G.W. Whetstone
1955, Open-File Report 55-193
Ground-water and drainage problems in the Whitney terrace area, Boise, Idaho
S. W. West
1955, Open-File Report 55-192
Ground-water levels in the Whitney terrace area, after many years of rise owing to downward percolation of water from irrigated land, became nearly stabilized by 1935. Strong seasonal water-level fluctuations of 8 to 10 feet, however, are common in the Boise Valley. In recent years, the Whitney terrace has been...
A summary of the artesian-water resources in the Savannah area, Georgia, and an outline of additional studies needed
M.A. Warren
1955, Open-File Report 55-189
Water supplies at certain U. S. Naval Air Stations in the Caribbean region, with special reference to ground water and quarry prospects in eastern Puerto Rico, July 30, 1941
Gerald A. Waring
1955, Open-File Report 55-188
Ground water and the law - some selected annotated references
Robert C. Vorhis
1955, Open-File Report 55-184
The strictly "legal" literature of ground-water use and control -except for a few essays in certain of the law reviews- is quite limited. A larger and more pointful source of information and analysis is the legal-scientific writings of the geologists, hydrologists, meteorologists, engineers and others. When new statutes are to...
Floods of April-June 1953, Sabine River basin, Texas and Louisiana, and Neches River basin, Texas
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1955, Open-File Report 55-183
No abstract available....
Water levels in observation wells in part of Montana, 1946-1953
F. A. Swenson
1955, Open-File Report 55-180
Ground-water investigations were made by the Ground Water Branch, U. S. Geological Survey, from 1946 to 1954, inclusive, in several parts of Montana. These studies were made as part of the program of the Department of the Interior for development of the Missouri River Basin. Thus, the areas selected for...
The outlook for ground-water resources in Texas
R.W. Sundstrom
1955, Open-File Report 55-178
The future of ground-water supplies in Texas presents a problem that is very important to the economy of Texas and to the well-being of almost every citizen of the state. It is of particular importance to more than 580 municipalities using ground water as the sole source of water supply;...
A search for aquifers of sand and gravel by electrical-resistivity methods in north-central New Castle County, Delaware
H. Cecil Spicer, Richard A. McCullough, Frederick K. Mack
1955, Open-File Report 55-174
A search for aquifers in an area immediately north of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal in New Castle, Del., has been made by an electrical resistivity study. The search located 32 sites that may be underlain by sand and gravel. The thicker deposits are significant with respect to the occurrence...
Progress report on studies of artificial recharge in the Grand Prairie region, Arkansas
R. T. Sniegocki
1955, Open-File Report 55-171
Compilation of flood data in Arizona, 1862-1953
Winchell Smith, W. L. Heckler
1955, Open-File Report 55-170
Records of wells and water-level fluctuations in the Aberdeen-Springfield area, Bingham and Power counties, Idaho in 1954
Harold G. Sisco
1955, Open-File Report 55-165
This report contains records of observation wells and water-level fluctuations for the calendar year 1954 in the Aberdeen-Springfield area, Bingham and Power Counties, Idaho. Systematic observations in the Aberdeen-Springfield area were begun by the Geological Survey in 1952. Each year a progress report is issued and this report is number 3...
Summary of geology and ground-water conditions in the vicinity of Tappahannock, Essex County, Virginia
Allen Sinnott
1955, Open-File Report 55-164
This memorandum has been prepared in response to a recent inquiry from the city officials of Tappahannock, Essex County, Va., regarding the availability of ground water in the Tappahannock area. The memorandum was prepared as part of the ground-water studies of the Geological Survey in cooperation with the Virginia Division...
Ground-water-supply possibilities in parts of Bear Lake and Caribou Counties, Idaho
R. C. Scott
1955, Open-File Report 55-162
Ground-water possibilities in parts of Bear Lake and Caribou counties, Idaho, were studied briefly, with special reference to the vicinities of Dingle and Montpelier and to the availability of ground water for expected industrial developments. The work was part of the ground-water investigations by the Geological Survey in cooperation with...
Phreatophytes-Indicators and consumers of ground water in the West
T. W. Robinson
1955, Open-File Report 55-152
Floods in North Carolina, frequency and magnitude
H. C. Riggs
1955, Open-File Report 55-151
Recorded annual flood stages and discharges at 144 gaging stations are listed. Also included are maximum known flood stages and discharges, both at gaging stations and at miscellaneous sites. Using the annual flood discharge at gaging stations a regional analysis of flood magnitudes and frequencies in the state was made....
Surface-water hydrology of coastal basins in northern California
S. E. Rantz
1955, Open-File Report 55-143
Floods of April 1955 in southwestern Alabama
L.B. Peirce, C. H. Tate
1955, Open-File Report 55-138
Our national water resources
C. G. Paulsen
1955, Open-File Report 55-136
Cooperative and other activities of the Water Resources Division of the U. S. Geological Survey
C. G. Paulsen
1955, Open-File Report 55-135
Survival and spawning of gill-net-marked red salmon
Philip R. Nelson, Carl E. Abegglen
1955, Research Report 40
The investigations conducted on sea lampreys in aquariums were concerned with the duration of the parasitic phase of life, feeding, growth, and the interrelations between predator and host fish. Observations on lampreys reared from metamorphosis to maturity were made at the Fish and Wildlife Service Laboratory at Hammond Bay,...
Objective synoymy catalog of the Cambrian fossils of the world (as recorded through 1954)
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1955, Open-File Report 55-129
Basic data of the 1946-47 study of the ground-water resources of Brevard County, Florida
Robert M. Neill
1955, Open-File Report 55-120
A reconnaissance investigation of the ground-water resources of Brevard County was made in 1946-47 by the United States Geological Survey in cooperation with the Florida Geological Survey. The following tables of well records and illustrations were compiled from data collected during that investigation....
List of reports pertaining to ground water, and ground-water investigations currently in progress in the State of Washington
M.J. Mundorff
1955, Open-File Report 55-118