Records of selected artesian wells in South Dakota
R. W. Davis
1957, Open-File Report 57-32
Irrigation in northeastern Mississippi
J.W. Lang, E. H. Boswell
1957, Open-File Report 57-63
The phenomenal increase in the use of water for agriculture, industry, and public water supply in the past few years has been an important factor in bringing about the current accelerated inventory and appraisal of the water resources of Mississippi. As a result of severe droughts during the past several...
Water levels in observation wells in Nebraska during 1956
C.F. Keech
1957, Open-File Report 57-61
The Objective of the observation-well program in Nebraska is to provide an evaluation of the status of the ground-water supplies. Many uses tor water-level data are known but not all potential uses can be foreseen. Among the important uses are the following: (1) To indicate the status of ground water in storage or in transit...
Interim report on the ground-water resources of the McMullen Valley area, Maricopa, Yavapai, and Yuma Counties, Arizona
William Kam
1957, Open-File Report 57-59
Geology and ground-water hydrology of the Oahe unit, James River division, South Dakota: Appendixes A, B, C, and E
J.R. Jones, and others
1957, Open-File Report 57-58
Delivery of water from Belton Reservoir to the Brazos River gaging station at Richmond, Texas, by way of the Leon, Little, and Brazos River channels, 1956
D.E. Havelka, E.M. Parten
1957, Open-File Report 57-53
Beginning November 1, 1956 and ending December 14, 1956, the Corps of Engineers, in cooperation with the Brazos River Authority released 73,000 acre-feet of water (as measured at the gaging station on Leon river near Belton) from the Belton Reservoir for industrial use in the vicinity of Freeport, Tex. (see...
Correlative estimates of discharge of Lackawaxen River and Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania
J.L. Molloy
1957, Open-File Report 57-75
Feasibility of recharging basalt aquifers in the Walla Walla area, Washington
Donald H. Hart
1957, Open-File Report 57-51
This report presents the results of a study made as a part of the cooperative investigation of the ground-water resources of Washington being made by the U. S. Geological Survey and the State Department of Conservation, Division of Water Resources. It describes the factors affecting the feasibility of artificially recharging...
Results of pumping test, city well four, Pullman, Washington
Bruce L. Foxworty
1957, Open-File Report 57-45
The Geological Survey, on July 10, 1957, was requested by the Washington State Department of Conservation to participate in a pumping test to be made by the city of Pullman on their city well 4, scheduled to begin July 15, 1957. The area was visited on July 11 by Mr....
Water quality: a factor in Arkansas River development
T.B. Dover
1957, Open-File Report 57-40
One of the first requisites for intelligent planning of the utilization and control of water and for the administration of laws relating to its use, is data on the quantity, quality, and mode of occurrence of water supplies. The collections, evaluation, interpretation, and publication of such data constitute the primary...
Reconnaissance investigation of ground-water supply for Dora Belle Campground, Shaver Lake, California
G. H. Davis
1957, Open-File Report 57-31
At the request of the United States Forest Service, the Ground Water Branch of the United Stated Geological Survey made a reconnaissance of the geologic features and water resources of the Dora Belle Campground in Sierra National Forest on the shore of Shaver Lake, Fresno County, California. Basically, the water-supply problem...
Tennessee section of 1956 annual water-level report
J.H. Criner Jr.
1957, Open-File Report 57-29
Construction and use of special drawdown scales for use in prediction of water-level changes throughout heavily pumped areas
C.S. Conover, H.O. Reeder
1957, Open-File Report 57-24
Problem and Proposed Method of Solution Frequently the Theis nonequilibrium formula is use din the quantitative analyses that are part of many-ground-water investigations. The computations associated therewith may become quite involved and tedious, especially when dealing with predictions of the decline of water levels throughout large areas in which there are...
Occurrence of ground water near Ana Springs, Summer Lake Basin, Lake County, Oregon
S. G. Brown
1957, Open-File Report 57-17
Ana Springs are near the north end of Summer Lake Basin, a closed fault-block basin in Lake County Oregon. The water of the springs rises by artesian pressure from lava-rock aquifers through about 150 feet of overlying thinly bedded lake deposits to discharge at the bottom of an impounding reservoir,...
The Geological Survey sediment program in California
E. Brown
1957, Open-File Report 57-16
The activities of the Water Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey in the State of California arise from the responsibility place on this agency by Congress for the determination and appraisal of the nation's water resources. The stream-sediment programs of the division are designed to carry out this broad...
Memorandum on the hydrology of the Johnson Creek area, Dover-Madbury, New Hampshire
Edward Bradley
1957, Open-File Report 57-14
Ground-water conditions in the Johnson Creek area (Dover-Madbury, N.H.) are described on pages 23-26 in "Preliminary report on the ground-water resources of part of the seacoast region of New Hampshire," by Edward Bradley, U.S. Geological Survey open-file report, 1955. A copy of those pages is attached as an appendix to...
Ground-water conditions in the Aberdeen-Columbus area, Mississippi
E. H. Boswell, J.W. Lang
1957, Open-File Report 57-13
No abstract available. ...
Correlative estimates of discharge for three sites in the upper Lewis River Basin, Washington
G. L. Bodhaine
1957, Open-File Report 57-12
In response to increased interest in the power possibilities of tributary streams in the headwater of Lewis River stream-gaging stations were reestablished in 1955 at three sites in the upper Lewis River basin, Washington. The one year of recent record now available and the four years of record obtained during...
Uranium and radium in ground waters of the Llano Estacado, Texas and New Mexico
F. B. Barker, R. C. Scott
1957, Open-File Report 57-6
The adsorption of radioactive substances on waterborne and consolidated materials
F. B. Barker
1957, Open-File Report 57-5
Discussion on mechanics of ripple formation by Dr. H. K. Liu
M.L. Albertson, B.V. Richardson, D.B. Simons
1957, Open-File Report 57-2
Reconnaissance of the water resources of the Lonesome Valley area, Yavapai County, Arizona
Donald G. Metzger
1957, Open-File Report 57-68
In accordance with a request from its cooperating agency, the Arizona State Land Department, the U.S. Geological Survey has made a brief reconnaissance of the water resources of the Lonesome Valley area, Yavapai County, Ariz., to determine the probable hydrologic effects of a proposed dam on Lynx Creek. The construction...
Texas floods of September and October 1955
D.L. Milliken, W.H. Goines
1957, Open-File Report 57-74
This report on the floods of September and and October 1955 in the Nueces, Brazos, and Pecos River basins, Texas, was prepared in the Texas District Office, Surface Water Branch, under the direction of Trigg Twichell, District Engineer.Records of discharge were collected and compiled in cooperation with the Texas State...
Preliminary map of the Precambrian geology of the Iron Mountain quadrangle, Dickinson County, Michigan, and Marinette County, Wisconsin
Richard W. Bayley
1957, Open-File Report 57-8
The application, technique, and theory of Gish-Rooney instruments, methods, and interpretation in electrical resistivity measurements
H. Cecil Spicer
1957, Open-File Report 58-99
The foundations of electrical prospecting were laid by Fox (1830) and Barus (1882). The former discovered that electrical currents and potentials were developed by certain ore deposits in Cornwall, England. Fox made measurements of these potentials and determined the resistivities of the minerals and surrounding rocks also. The latter, invented...