Chemical composition of Texas surface waters, 1949
Burdge Irelan
1950, Open-File Report 50-78
This report is the fifth the a series of publications by the Texas Board of Water Engineers giving chemical analyses of the surface waters in the State of Texas. The samples for which data are given were collected between October 1, 1948 and September 30, 1949. During the water year...
Progress report: chemical character of surface waters in the Devils Lake Basin, North Dakota
Herbert A. Swenson
1950, Open-File Report 50-98
Devils Lake in northeastern North Dakota was at one time the most popular summer resort in the state. With decline in lake level the lake has become a shallow body pf vary saline water, which scenic value and recreational appeal completely destroyed. Under the Missouri River development program, it is...
Memorandum on ground-water conditions in the Huachipato-Talcahuano area near Concepcion, Chile
P.H. Jones
1950, Open-File Report 50-79
Ground-water conditions in Whisky Flat, Mineral County, Nevada
T.E. Eakin, T. W. Robinson
1950, Open-File Report 50-70
As a part of the State-wide cooperative program between the Office of the State Engineer of Nevada and the U.S. Geological Survey, the Ground Water Branch of the Geological Survey made a reconnaissance study of ground-water conditions in Whisky Flat, Mineral County, Nevada....
Water levels in observation wells in Santa Barbara County, California, in 1948
M.A. Warren
1950, Open-File Report 50-105
Additional water wells at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
Allen Sinnott
1950, Open-File Report 50-96
Gypsiferous deposits on Sheep Mountain, Alaska
Richard A. Eckhart
1950, Open-File Report 51-62
Gypsiferous deposits occur on the south side of Sheep fountain, 112 miles northeast of Anchorage via the Glenn Highway. Sheep Mountain is a high east trending, ridge, approximately 10 miles long and 3 miles wide. It is bordered on the west by Caribou Creek and on the east by Tahneta...
Progress report on the geology and ground-water hydrology of the Riverton Irrigation Project, Wyoming
D. A. Morris, W. H. Durum
1950, Open-File Report 50-85
Ground-water resources of the Mt. Savage area, Maryland
R. M. Overbeck
1950, Open-File Report 50-87
A law providing for the establishment of sanitary district in Allegany Count was passed by the Maryland State Legislature in 1949. In connection with the establishment of these district a commission, called the Allegany County Metropolitan Commission, was appointed on January 1, 1950. This commission is considering the construction of...
Water supply of the United States
Carl G. Paulsen
1950, Open-File Report 50-89
The front pages of the press throughout the country during the past several weeks have dramatized the critical water shortages in many parts of the Nation. The concerns that has grown in recent years over the future of our water supplies has been forcibly brought to the attention of the...
Memorandum on location of proposed well 15 miles north of Crown Point, McKinley County, New Mexico
H.A. Whitcomb, C.A. Repenning
1950, Open-File Report 50-10
Reconnaissance of Lake Chackachamna, Alaska
Arthur Johnson
1950, Open-File Report 50-112
The purpose of this brief investigation was to obtain general information on Lake Chackachamna and its water-power possibilities which would serve as a guide in planning and executing future studies. Field investigation consisted of a flight to the lake in a small float plane (see Plate I-B) by the writer...
Memorandum on results of well drilling at Kayenta, Navajo Indian Reservation, Navajo County, Arizona
L.C. Halpenny
1950, Open-File Report 50-3
Ground-water data collected in the Missouri River basin units in Kansas during 1949
Delmar W. Berry
1950, Open-File Report 50-55
Ground-water studies in the Missouri River Basin were begun by the United States Geological Survey during the fall of 1945 as a part of the program for development of the resources of the basin by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and other Federal Agencies. The studies of the ground-water resources...
Bibliography of publications relating to ground water in Connecticut
R.V. Cushman
1950, Open-File Report 50-67
The United States Geological Survey is currently investigating the ground-water resources of Connecticut in cooperation with the State Water Commission. As part of this cooperative project, in order to summarize the knowledge already gained about ground water in the State, a bibliography of reports dealing with ground water in Connecticut...
Supplementary report on surface-water and ground-water surveys, Nueces River Basin, Texas
W. L. Broadhurst, C.E. Ellsworth
1950, Open-File Report 50-62
A report on the ground-water and surface-water surveys of the Nueces River Basin was included in a report by the Bureau of Reclamation, entitled "Comprehensive plan for water-resources development of the Nueces River Basin project planning report number 5-14.04-3, February 1946"....
Memorandum on possibility of developing ground water for irrigation along Toc Chinlin Wash near Emmanuel Mission, Navajo Indian Reservation, Apache County, Arizona
H.A. Whitcomb, C.A. Repenning
1950, Open-File Report 50-109
On November 21, 1949, the writers accompanied Mr. Chester Wilson of the Navajo Service Water Supply Office to Emmanuel Mission, Arizona, to investigate the adequacy of ground-water supplies adequate for irrigation along Toc Chinlin Wash. The investigation was made as part of the ground-water studies of the Geological Survey on...
Mineral constituents in water and their significance
T.B. Dover
1950, Open-File Report 50-69
Pure water does not exist in nature. Because water is a powerful solvent, every drop of rain water carries dissolved or suspended material - dust, pollen, and smoke, as well as the atmospheric gases, oxygen, nitrogen and carbon dioxide. When rain falls, the water running over the rocks and percolating...
Collected logs of borings in San Francisco area, a continued compilation of boring data
Julius Schlocker
1950, Open-File Report 50-49
Aeromagnetic and geologic maps of quadrangles in the Adirondack area
A. F. Buddington, B. F. Leonard
1950, Open-File Report 50-114
Contour map showing altitude of bedrock surface in southern Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
J.B. Graham
1950, Open-File Report 50-73
Delivery of water in the Brazos River from Possum Kingdom Reservoir to Richmond, Texas during August and September, 1948
D. E. Havelka
1950, Open-File Report 50-76
Unusual drought conditions in the summer of 1948 led the irrigators in the lower Brazos River Valley to request releases from Possum Kingdom Reservoir primarily for the irrigation of rice.The purpose of this study is to determine the time of travel. The first release is identified as that passing the...
Withdrawal of ground water and pond water on Long Island from 1904 to 1949
Norbert J. Lusczynski
1950, Open-File Report 50-83
For more than 50 years the highly productive and readily replenishable water-bearing sands and gravels on Long Island -- capable of yielding an average of at least 1,000 million gallons a day -- and also some surface streams and ponds have been utilized on a large scale of public water...
Exploration of the Buckhorn Mica Pegmatite mine, Larimer County, Colorado
W. R. Thurston
1950, Open-File Report 50-22
Geology and oil shale resources of the eastern side of the Piceance Creek Basin, Rio Blanco and Garfield counties, Colorado
Donald Cave Duncan, Carl Belser
1950, Open-File Report 50-12