Water-resources investigations in the United States
C. G. Paulsen
1950, Open-File Report 50-90
Geology and ground-water hydrology of the Lake Hefner area in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
P.E. Dennis
1950, Open-File Report 50-68
Ground-water conditions in the Rincon and Mesilla Valleys and adjacent areas in New Mexico
C.S. Conover
1950, Open-File Report 50-66
Some aspects of the water supply in the South Coastal Basin, California
H.C. Troxell, J. F. Poland
1950, Open-File Report 50-102
Water-supply investigations of the Buell Park-Sawmill area, Navajo Indian Reservation, Apache County, Arizona
H.A. Whitcomb, L.C. Halpenny, J.D. Hem
1950, Open-File Report 50-107
Geologic interpretation of seismic data for various locations in Harvard and Topsfield, Masachusetts
James E. May, Daniel Linehan
1950, Open-File Report 50-46
The piezometric surface of the Lloyd sand member of the Raritan formation, Long Island, New York, in 1947
M.L. Brashears Jr.
1950, Open-File Report 50-58
Ground water in the vicinity of Healy and Homer, Alaska
D.J. Cedarstrom, Clyde Wahrhaftig, F.F. Barnes
1950, Open-File Report 50-64
Water-supply investigation of Sanastee area, Navajo Indian Reservation, San Juan County, New Mexico
L.C. Halpenny, J. W. Harshbarger, J.D. Hem
1950, Open-File Report 50-75
Geology of the Limestone Hills, Broadwater County, Montana
Edward Thompson Ruppel
1950, Open-File Report 50-14
The Limestone Hills, a natural topographic unit having an area of about 16 square miles, are situated a few miles west and southwest of Townsend, Broadwater County, Montana. They are composed of pre-Cambrian, Paleozoic, and Mesozoic sedimentary rocks i...
Salinity of ground water at sampling wells located in southeastern Nassau County, Long Island, New York
Norbert J. Lusczynski
1950, Open-File Report 50-82
In 1939, a special program for the systematic collection of chloride data in southeastern Nassau County was inaugurated in which three agencies participated. The Nassau County Department of Public Works constructed the sampling wells, the Ground Water Branch of the U.S. Geological Survey began to collect at period intervals water...
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...
Piezometric levels from 1948 through 1950 for wells screened in the Lloyd sand member of the Raritan formation on Long Island, New York
Norbert J. Lusczynski
1950, Open-File Report 50-84
Since 1932, the United States Geological Survey, in cooperation with the New York Water Power and Control Commission, the Nassau County Department of Public Works, the Suffolk County Board of Supervisors, and later also with the Suffolk County Water Authority, has been making both general and detailed studied dealing with...
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...
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...
Chloride content of water from wells screened in the Lloyd sand member of the Raritan formation on Long Island, New York
C.M. Roberts
1950, Open-File Report 50-93
Since 1932 the United States Geological Survey, in cooperation with the New York Power and Control Commission, the Nassau County Department of Public Works, the Suffolk County Board of Supervisors, and later also the Suffolk County Water Authority, has been making general and specific studies dealing with the occurrence, movement,...
Water resources of the United States
Albert N. Sayre
1950, Open-File Report 50-95
The concerns that has grown gradually in recent years over the future of our water supplies has been forcefully dramatized by the water shortage that New York City is now experiencing. This shortage is not the first that has affected an American community and it is not the most serious....
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...
Five preliminary aeromagnetic maps of Pottsville and vicinity, Mullan and vicinity, Wallace and vicinity, Smelterville and vicinity, and Kellogg and vicinity, all in the Coeur d'Alene mining district, Idaho
William J. Dempsey
1950, Open-File Report 50-8
Second progress report on the cooperative investigation of springs and stream flow in the Tecolote Tunnel area of Santa Barbara County, California
Harold C. Troxell, C.E. Burgess
1950, Open-File Report 50-101
This report represents the second of a series of progress reports giving the results of discharge measurements made at more than 100 locations in the Santa Ynez Mountains from the Refugio Canyon on the west to the San Marcos Pass and Painted Cave area on the east. The flow in...
Memorandum on pumping test at Ambridge, Pennsylvania
D. W. Van Tuyl
1950, Open-File Report 50-103
By arrangment with Mr. J. Z. Columbia, Superintendent of the Ambridge Water Works, the United States Geological Survey conducted a "pumping test" in the Ambridge well field on November 10, 1949. As used in this report, "pumping test" means pumping a well at a fixed rate to determine the hydrologic...
Geology of a part of the Virginia City and Eldridge quadrangles, Montana; A summary report
Roger W. Swanson
1950, Open-File Report 51-4
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...
Map showing status of geologic mapping and investigations in Massachusetts and Rhode Island under cooperative programs
Louis W. Currier
1950, Open-File Report 50-21