Developing a state water plan: Ground-water conditions in Utah, spring of 1966
J. W. Hood, L. R. Herbert, R.G. Butler, R. W. Mower, A.H. Handy, R.M. Cordova, R.D. Feltis, L.J. Bjorklund, G.B. Robinson, G. W. Sandberg
1966, Cooperative Investigations Report 4
This report is the third in a series of annual reports that describe ground-water conditions in Utah. Reports in this series are prepared cooperatively by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Utah Water and Power Board and are designed to provide data to enable interested parties such as legislators, administrators,...
Hydrogeologic data in the Quinebaug River basin, Connecticut
Chester E. Thomas Jr., Allan D. Randall, Mendall P. Thomas
1966, Connecticut Water Resources Bulletin 9
This report presents hydrologic and geologic data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey during an investigation of water resources in the Quinebaug River basin of Connecticut in cooperation with the Connecticut Water Resources Commission. The Quinebaug River basin occupies about 425 square miles in the northeastern part of the State,...
Systems for monitoring and digitally recording water-quality parameters
George F. Smoot, James F. Blakey
1966, Report
Digital recording of water-quality parameters is a link in the automated data collection and processing system of the U.S. Geological Survey. The monitoring and digital recording systems adopted by the Geological Survey, while punching all measurements on a standard paper tape, provide a choice of compatible components to construct a...
Water resources data for New Mexico, water year 1965; Part 1. Surface water records
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1966, Water Data Report NM-65-1
The surface-water records for the 1965 water year for gaging stations, partial-record stations, and miscellaneous sites within the State of New Mexico are given in this report. For convenience there are also Included records for a few pertinent gaging stations in bordering States. The records were collected and computed by...
Monitoring wildlife for pesticide content
E. H. Dustman
1966, National Academy of Sciences NRC Publication 1402
In May 1963, the President's Science Advisory Committee issued a report entitled Use of Pesticides.17 the President already had requested the responsible federal agencies to implement the recommendations in the report. One of these recommendations was to provide for the development and coordination of a pesticide-monitoring program conducted on a continuing...
Summary of hydrologic and physical properties of rock and soil materials, as analyzed by the hydrologic laboratory of the U.S. Geological Survey, 1948-60
D. A. Morris, A.I. Johnson
1966, Report
The Hydrologic Laboratory was established in 1948 to serve as the central laboratory for the Ground Water Branch, Water Resources Division, of the U.S. Geological Survey. During the period it has been in existence, numerous samples of rock and soil materials have been analyzed. Analysis data on samples from 42...
Effects of the March 1964 Alaska earthquake on the hydrology of south-central Alaska
Roger M. Waller
1966, Professional Paper 544-A
The earthquake of March 27, 1964, greatly affected the hydrology of Alaska and many other parts of the world. Its far-reaching effects were recorded as water-level fluctuations in gages operated on water wells and streams. The close-in effects were even more striking, however; sediment-laden ground water erupted at the surface,...
Effects of the earthquake of March 27, 1964, in the Copper River Basin area, Alaska
Oscar J. Ferrians Jr.
1966, Professional Paper 543-E
The Copper River Basin area is in south-central Alaska and covers 17,800 square miles. It includes most of the Copper River Basin and parts of the surrounding Alaska Range and the Talkeetna, Chugach, and Wrangell Mountains. On March 27, 1964, shortly after 5:36 p.m. Alaska standard time, a great earthquake having...
Summary of hydrologic conditions of the Louisville area, Kentucky
Edwin Allen Bell
1966, Water Supply Paper 1819-C
Water problems and their solutions have been associated with the growth and development of the Louisville area for more than a century. Many hydrologic data that aided water users in the past can be applied to present water problems and will be helpful for solving many similar problems in the...
Magnitude and frequency of floods in the United States: Part 10. The Great Basin
E. Butler, J.K. Reid, V.K. Berwick
1966, Water Supply Paper 1684
The probable magnitude of floods of any recurrence interval between 1.1 and 50 years for any stream in the Great Basin can be determined by methods presented in this report.The Great Basin comprises nearly all of Nevada, western Utah, eastern California, and parts of Idaho, Oregon, and Wyoming. The physiography...
Ground-water resources of Sheridan County, Wyoming
Marlin E. Lowry, T. Ray Cummings
1966, Water Supply Paper 1807
Sheridan County is in the north-central part of Wyoming and is an area of about 2,500 square miles. The western part of the county is in the Bighorn Mountains, and the eastern part is in the Powder River structural basin. Principal streams are the Powder and Tongue Rivers, which are...
Preliminary flood-frequency relations for small streams in Kansas
T.J. Irza
1966, Open-File Report 66-67
Preliminary flood-frequency relations have been defined for small streams in Kansas for floods having recurrence intervals not greater than 10 years. The defined relations will be useful for the design of culverts and other hydraulic structures. The relations are expressed in terms of basin characteristics.Peakflow records at 95 sites in...
Reservoirs in the United States
R.O.R. Martin, Ronald L. Hanson
1966, Water Supply Paper 1838
This report summarizes the storage capacities and related data of reservoirs and controlled natural lakes for the contermimous United States, Alaska, Hawaii, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Data are given for all storage facilities having a usable capacity of 5,000 acre-feet or more and completed or under construction as...
Plant microfossils from the Lakota Formation
Robert H. Tschudy, Sharon D. Van Loenen
1966, Open-File Report 66-134
As a part of continuing studies to provide palynological data from critical sequences for comparative biostratigraphic studies, the microfossils found in a sample of "Pine Needle" coal have been examined and photographed. The assemblage is presented on one plate....
Magnitude and frequency of floods in the United States: Part 9. Colorado River Basin
James L. Patterson, William P. Somers
1966, Water Supply Paper 1683
This report outlines methods by which the magnitude and frequency of expected floods of any recurrence interval from 1.1 to 50 years can be determined at most points in the Colorado River basin.Composite frequency curves were drawn showing the relation of the mean annual flood to floods having recurrence intervals...
Recharge studies on the High Plains in northern Lea County, New Mexico
John S. Havens
1966, Water Supply Paper 1819-F
The area described in this report is that part of the southern High Plains principally within northern Lea County, N. Mex. ; it comprises about 1,400,000 acres. Hydrologic boundaries isolate the main aquifer of the area, the Ogallala Formation, from outside sources of natural recharge other than precipitation on the...
Water resources data for Minnesota, 1965; Part 1. Surface water records and Part 2. Water quality records
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1966, Water Data Report MN-65-1-2
The interior of the Earth, an elementary description
Eugene C. Robertson
1966, Circular 532
Evidence on the structure and composition of the earth's interior comes from (1) observations of surface rocks, (2) geophysical data from earthquakes, flow of heat from the interior, the magnetic field, and gravity, (3) laboratory experiments on surface rocks and minerals, and (4) comparison of the earth with other planets,...
Instructions for using the punch-card system for the storage retrieval of ground-water data
S.M. Lang, A.R. Leonard
1966, Open-File Report 66-76
Summer base-flow recession curves for Iowa streams
C.W. Saboe
1966, Open-File Report 66-120
Base-flow recession. curves for the summer months (June through September) were developed in this study for gaging stations on interior Iowa streams having five or more years of record. The tabulated data enables the user, starting with a known base flow at a gage, to estimate base flows for up...
Summary of alluvial channel data from flume experiments, 1956-61
H.P. Guy, D.B. Simons, E.V. Richardson
1966, Professional Paper 462-I
Analytical data on samples collected at Ambrosia Lake, New Mexico, 1958 through 1962
Harry Clifford Granger
1966, Open-File Report 66-52
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Mines and prospects, Idaho Springs district, Clear Creek and Gilpin counties, Colorado -- Descriptions and maps
Robert Hadley Moench, Avery Drake Jr.
1966, Open-File Report 66-87
The Idaho Springs mining district forms an important segment of the Front Range mineral belt, a northeast-trending zone of coextensive intrusive rocks and hydrothermal ore deposits of early Tertiary age. This belt, which is about 50 miles long, extends from the region just west of Boulder southwestward across the Front...
Little Sioux River Basin floods
Harlan H. Schwob
1966, Open-File Report 67-196
Highway engineers and many others use flood stages and discharges in the design of bridges and other structures or operations on the flood plain of a stream. These data are provided in the form of gaging-station and other flood records and as flood profiles. Flood-frequency data are used to compute...
The promise of precise borehole gravimetry in petroleum exploration and exploitation
Thane Hubert McCulloh
1966, Circular 531
This report provides comprehensive information on the geology, geohydrology, and mineral resources of Boone and Winnebago Counties for use in resource-based land-use planning and development. Data on the composition, thickness, and regional distribution of glacial drift and bedrock materials were used to construct maps of: geologic materials to a depth...
