Geology and occurrence of ground water in Lyon County, Minnesota
Harry G. Rodis
1963, Water Supply Paper 1619-N
Lyon County is in southwestern Minnesota, mostly within the drainage basin of the Minnesota River. The basement rocks in the area consist largely of Precambrian granite and quartzite. These are overlain locally by flat-lying Upper Cretaceous strata composed of thick sections of soft dark-bluish-gray shale and some thin beds of...
Water resources of Red River Parish, Louisiana
Roy Newcome, Leland Vernon Page
1963, Water Supply Paper 1614
Red River Parish is on the eastern flank of the Sabine uplift in northwestern Louisiana. The 'area is underlain by lignitic clay and sand of Paleocene and Eocene age which dip to the east at the rate of about 30 feet per mile. The Red River is entrenched in these...
The hydrologic laboratory
A.I. Johnson
1963, Open-File Report 63-62
The knowledge of soil and rock testing, including the application of the test or analysis data to field problems, is still in its infancy. By learning more about the basic laws and principles of nature we can more accurately predict hydrologic phenomena of the future, as well as solve more...
Application of laboratory permeability data to test-hole logs
A.I. Johnson
1963, Open-File Report 63-58
Factors influencing the occurrence of floods in a humid region of diverse terrain
M. A. Benson
1963, Water Supply Paper 1580-B
This report describes relations between flood peaks and hydrologic factors in a humid region with limited climatic variation but a diversity of terrain. Statistical multiple-regression techniques have been applied to hydrologic data on New England. Many topographic and climatic factors have been evaluated. and their relations to flood peaks have...
Volcanic emanations
D. E. White, Gerald A. Waring
1963, Professional Paper 440-K
General summary of effects of the drought in the Southwest: Chapter H in Drought in the Southwest, 1942-56
H. E. Thomas
1963, Professional Paper 372-H
This final chapter of Prof. Paper 372 summarizes the results of a comprehensive study of drought in the Southwest, as reported in greater detail in chapters A-G. Chapter A presents some of the published and recorded conclusions concerning the basic meteorological factors that influence the patterns of precipitation in the...
Application of laboratory permeability data
A.I. Johnson
1963, Open-File Report 63-67
Some of the basic material contained in this report originally was prepared in 1952 as instructional handouts for ground-water short courses and for training of foreign participants. The material has been revised and expanded and is presented in the present form to make it more readily available to the field...
X-ray crystallographic data for minerals
R. A. Robie, P. M. Bethke, M.S. Toulmin, J.L. Edwards
1963, Open-File Report 63-115
Ground-water levels in observation wells in Oklahoma, 1956-1960
D.L. Hart Jr.
1963, Open-File Report 63-150
The investigation of the ground-water resources of Oklahoma by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Oklahoma Water Resources Board includes a continuing program to collect on a systematic basis records of water levels in selected observation wells. These water-level records: (1) provide an index to available ground-water supplies;...
Chemical composition of subsurface waters
D. E. White, J.D. Hem, G.S. Waring
1963, Professional Paper 440-F
Methods of collecting and interpreting ground-water data
1963, Water Supply Paper 1544-H
Because ground water is hidden from view, ancient man could only theorize as to its sources of replenishment and its behavior. His theories held sway until the latter part of the 17th century, which marked the first experimental work to determine the source and movement of ground water. Thus founded,...
Determination of beta activity in water
F. B. Barker, B.P. Robinson
1963, Water Supply Paper 1696-A
Many elements have one or more naturally radioactive isotopes, and several hundred other radionuclides have been produced artificially. Radioactive substances may be present in natural water as a result of geochemical processes or the release of radioactive waste and other nuclear debris to the environment. The Geological Survey has developed...
Surface water of Little River basin in southeastern Oklahoma (with a section on quality of water by R. P. Orth)
A.O. Westfall, Richard Philip Orth
1963, Open-File Report 63-151
This report summarizes basic hydrologic data of the surface water resources of Little River basin above the Oklahoma-Arkansas state line near Cerrogordo, Okla., and by analysis and interpretation, presents certain streamflow characteristics at specified points in the basin. Little River basin above the state line includes 2,269 square miles, of which...
Surface water of Muddy Boggy River basin in south-central Oklahoma
A.O. Westfall, T. Ray Cummings
1963, Open-File Report 63-148
This report summarizes basic hydrologic data of the surface water resources of Muddy Boggy River basin, and by analysis and interpretation, presents certain streamflow characteristics at specified points in the basin. Muddy Boggy River has a drainage area of 2,429 square miles. The climate is moist subhumid and the annual precipitation...
Some relations between streamflow characteristics and the environment in the Delaware River region
A. G. Hely, F. H. Olmsted
1963, Professional Paper 417-B
Streamflow characteristics are determined by a large number of factors of the meteorological and terrestrial environments. Because of lack of quantitative data to describe some of the factors and complex interrelations among them, complete analysis of the relations between streamflow and the various environmental factors is impossible. However, certain simplifying...
Gravity data collected in New York by the U.S. Geological Survey during June, 1963
Marvin Gene Simmons
1963, Open-File Report 63-120
Floods on White Rock Creek above White Rock Lake at Dallas, Texas
Clarence R. Gilbert
1963, Open-File Report 63-36
The White Rock Creek watershed within the city limits of Dallas , Texas, presents problems not unique in the rapid residential and industrial development encountered by many cities throughout the United States. The advantages of full development of the existing area within a city before expanding city boundaries, are related...
Electric analog of three-dimensional flow to wells and its application to unconfined aquifers
Robert W. Stallman
1963, Water Supply Paper 1536-H
Electric-analog design criteria are established from the differential equations of ground-water flow for analyzing pumping-test data. A convenient analog design was obtained by transforming the cylindrical equation of flow to a rectilinear form. The design criteria were applied in the construction of an electric analog, which was used for studying...
A field method for measurement of infiltration
A.I. Johnson
1963, Water Supply Paper 1544-F
The determination of infiltration--the downward entry of water into a soil (or sediment)--is receiving increasing attention in hydrologic studies because of the need for more quantitative data on all phases of the hydrologic cycle. A measure of infiltration, the infiltration rate, is usually determined in the field by flooding basins...
Magnitude and frequency of floods in the United States, part 13. Snake River basin
C.A. Thomas, H. C. Broom, J. E. Cummans
1963, Water Supply Paper 1688
The magnitude of a flood of any selected frequency up to 50 years for any site on any stream in the Snake River basin can be determined by methods outlined in this report, with some limitations. The methods are not applicable for regulated streams, for drainage basins smaller than 10...
Geology and hydrology of the Elk River, Minnesota, nuclear-reactor site
Ralph F. Norvitch, Robert Schneider, Richard G. Godfrey
1963, Bulletin 1133-C
The Elk River, Minn., nuclear-reactor site is on the east bluff of the Mississippi River about 35 miles northwest of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The area is underlain by about 70 to 180 feet of glacial drift, including at the top as much as 120 feet of outwash deposits (valley...
Hydrology of stock-water development on the public domain of western Utah
Charles T. Snyder
1963, Water Supply Paper 1475-N
A geologic and hydrologic reconnaissance was made on the public domain of western Utah to appraise the water resources of the area and to provide a basis for locating and developing sources of stock water. The study area includes the Bonneville, Pahvant, and Virgin Grazing Districts, in parts of Tooele,...
Effects of hydraulic and geologic factors on streamflow of the Yakima River Basin, Washington
Hallard B. Kinnison, Jack E. Sceva
1963, Water Supply Paper 1595
The Yakima River basin, in south-central Washington, is the largest single river system entirely within the confines of the State. Its waters are the most extensively utilized of all the rivers in Washington. The river heads high on the eastern slope of the Cascade Mountains, flows for 180 miles in a...
Preliminary interpretation of an aeromagnetic survey in north-central Iowa
John Richard Henderson, Walter S. White, Isidore Zietz
1963, Open-File Report 63-45
Publication of Lyons' gravity map of the United States in 1950 focused attention on a spectacular geophysical feature now generally referred to as the "midcontinent gravity high." This feature, the largest gravity maximum in North America, was discovered and later detailed by geophysicists at the University of Wisconsin (Woollard, 1943,...
