Surface water resources of Iowa for the period October 1, 1940 to September 30, 1942
Lawrence C. Crawford
1944, Water Supply Bulletin 2
The State and Federal cooperative program for the systematic collection of stream-flow records in Iowa was initiated in L914, although a few records were obtained by special arrangements during an earlier period. Since the beginning of the cooperative program measurements of stage or discharge have been obtained at about 100...
The influence of grain‐selection on the meaning of quartz‐diagrams
Robert E. Fellows
1944, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union (25) 653-659
The most important factor which would reduce confusion in fabric analyses is the expanded use of partial diagrams. The purpose of this paper is to stress the significance of partial diagrams in a consideration of some confusing aspects of petrofabrics.Any statistical study results in the accumulation of a mass of...
Differences in basin‐characteristics as reflected by precipitation‐runoff relations in San Bernardino and Eastern San Gabriel Mountain drainages
H.M. Stafford, H.C. Troxell
1944, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union (25) 21-35
In interpretation and use of basic hydrological data as basis for planning any public works for conservation or control of water, there is great need for a careful and thorough analysis of the precipitation‐runoff relations. Moreover, when such relations may have been worked out for one particular basin, experience has...
Surface water supply of the United States, 1941, Part VIII, Western Gulf of Mexico basins
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1943, Water Supply Paper 928
Th!s volume is one of a series of 14 reports presenting results or measurements of stage and flow made on streams, lakes, and reservoirs in the United States during the water year ending September 30, 1941. The work was begun !n 1888 in connection with special studies relating to irrigation....
Occurrence of manganese in eastern Aroostook County, Maine
Walter S. White
1943, Bulletin 940-E
Manganiferous rocks are found in two areas in eastern Aroostook County, Maine, one west and northwest of Presque Isle and the other south of Houlton. The manganiferous deposits are sedimentary lenses, up to 150 feet thick and half a mile long, in middle Silurian argilllte. The rocks of both areas...
A frequency‐method of evaluating ground‐water levels
Lyman C. Huff
1943, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union (24) 573-580
Water‐levels in wells, which are utilized by the hydrologist as a measure of ground‐water storage, customarily are measured in terms of distance below a convenient measuring point and expressed with reference to a fixed datum. Datum‐planes or surfaces of several types have been used—each serving some particular purpose advantageously. These...
Appendix C—Report on research in the field of ground water being conducted by oil companies
N.A. Rose
1943, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union (24) 420-421
In view of the shortness of time since the appointment of the writer to the Committee on Ground Water this report is confined to the technology and problems in the Gulf Coast Oil Province. Of course, many of the methods and practices would apply to most parts of the country...
The age, growth, and bathymetric distribution of Reighard's chub, Leucichthys reighardi koelz, in Lake Michigan
1943, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (72) 108-135
Reighard's chub has come to be one of the most important species of the group since the serious decline in abundance of the larger representatives of the genus Leucichthys in Lake Michigan. An understanding of the biology of as many species of chubs as possible is essential if further...
Eastern Siberia terrain intelligence
U.S. Geological Survey Military Geology Branch
1942, Report
The following folio of terrain intelligence maps, charts and explanatory tables represent an attempt to bring together available data on natural physical conditions such as will affect military operations in Eastern Siberia. The area covered is the easternmost section of the U.S.S.R.; that is the area east of the Yenisei...
Possibilities of obtaining an additional water supply near Hingham, Massachusetts
M.L. Brashears Jr.
1942, Open-File Report 50-57
In February 1942 the War Production Board requested the U.S. Geological Survey to furnish information on the possibilities of obtaining additional water supply near the shore at Hingham, Mass. It was estimated that 300,000 to 500,000 gallons a day was needed. On February 25 and 26, 1942, a brief field study...
Summaries of yearly and flood flow relating to Iowa streams 1873-1940
Lawrence C. Crawford
1942, Water Supply Bulletin 1
As a result of the need for basic data and the lack of a current and convenient summary concerning the surface-water resources of Iowa, a synoptic inventory has been prepared as a part of the present State-wide program which is made possible by State and Federal cooperative action. These hydrologic...
Geologic structure and occurrence of gas in part of southwestern New York. Part 1, Structure and gas possibilities of the Oriskany sandstone in Steuben, Yates, and parts of the adjacent counties
W. H. Bradley, J. F. Pepper
1941, Bulletin 899-A
The area covered by this report is in southwestern New York and includes a little more than 3,000 square miles in Steuben and Yates counties and parts of the six adjacent counties. This area has been mapped to determine the structural attitude of the exposed rocks, so as to aid...
Subsurface geology and oil and gas resources of Osage County, Oklahoma. Part 8, Parts of township 20 north, ranges 9 and 10 east, and township 21 north, ranges 8 and 9 east and all of township 21 north, range 10 east
C. T. Kirk, W. R. Dillard, Otto Leatherock, H. D. Jenkins
1941, Bulletin 900-H
The area whose subsurface geology and oil and gas resources are described in this report lies along the southern border of Osage County, Okla., and includes parts of T. 20 N., Rs. 9 and 10 E., and of T. 21 N., Rs. 8 and 9 E., and all of T....
Coefficients of storage and transmissibility obtained from pumping tests in the Houston District, Texas
C. E. Jacob
1941, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union (22) 744-756
An investigation of the ground‐water supply of the Houston District, in Texas, has been in progress since December, 1930, under the general direction of O. E. Meinzer, Geologist‐in‐Charge of the Division of Ground Water of the Geological Survey. The Houston District, as the term is used here, comprises all of...
Geologic structure and occurrence of gas in part of southwestern New York
Wilmot H. Bradley, James F. Pepper, G. B. Richardson
1941, Bulletin 899
The area covered by this report is in southwestern New York and includes a little more than 3,000 square miles in Steuben and Yates counties and parts of the six adjacent counties. This area has been mapped to determine the structural attitude of the exposed rocks, so as to aid...
Natural water loss in selected drainage basins
Gordon R. Williams
1940, Water Supply Paper 846
Determinations of areal rainfall, run-off, and water loss, comprising largely evaporation from land surfaces and transpiration by vegetation, are essential in indicating the hydrologic characteristics of river basins. This report is primarily a statistical study that presents the results of computations of annual water loss, or annual rainfall minus annual...
Maximum discharges at stream-measurement stations through December 31, 1937, with a supplement including additions and changes through September 30, 1938
Gordon R. Williams, Lawrence C. Crawford, William Stewart Eisenlohr Jr.
1940, Water Supply Paper 847
This report is a compilation of the highest known discharges at most gaging stations in the United States and at several places on boundary streams in Canada and Mexico. In the design and operation of a variety of engineering works on rivers, such as dams, spillways, bridges, dikes, and floodways,...
Stratigraphic measurements in parallel folds
J.B. Mertie Jr.
1940, Geological Society of America Bulletin (51) 1107-1134
Folded rocks having bedding surfaces which are approximately parallel are said to lie in parallel folds. Utilizing the principle of evolutes and involutes, the author offers a more precise definition of parallel folds and points out inconsistencies in other concepts. With the idea of classifying parallel folds and possibly of...
Ground‐water problems in Ohio, with special reference to the industrial area of Cincinnati in Butler and Hamilton counties
F.H. Klaer Jr.
1940, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union (21) 1126-1131
The importance of ground‐water as a natural resource to be used for water‐supply and industrial purposes is often overlooked by the general public. A recent survey conducted by the Engineering News‐Record [see 1 of “References” at end of paper], based on data obtained from State Sanitary engineers, shows that 9,100...
Subsurface geology and oil and gas resources of Osage County, Oklahoma. Part 2, Townships 22 and 23 north, ranges 8 and 9 east
C. T. Kirk, H. D. Jenkins, Otto Leatherock, W. R. Dillard, L. E. Kennedy, N. W. Bass
1939, Bulletin 900-B
This report on the subsurface geology of Osage County, Okla., describes the structural features, the character of the oil- and gas-producing beds, and the localities where additional oil and gas may be found. It embodies a part of the results of a subsurface geologic investigation of the Osage Indian Reservation,...
Floods in the Canadian and Pecos River basins of New Mexico, May and June 1937
Tate Dalrymple
1939, Water Supply Paper 842
In May and June floods occurred in the Canadian and Pecos River Basins of New Mexico that were unusually high and in many places were record breaking. The floods were caused by heavy rains that occurred over the eastern part of the State from May 23 to June 4 in...
Geologic map and guide of the island of Oahu, Hawaii
Harold T. Stearns
1939, Bulletin 2
This bulletin, although designated Bulletin 2, is actually the fourth of a series published by the Division of Hydrography of the Territory of Hawaii. All four of the bulletins thus far published relate to the geology and ground-water resources of the island of Oahu.1 Together they present the results obtained...
The age, growth, and feeding habits of the whitefish Coregonus clupeaformis (Mitchell), of Lake Champlain
John Van Oosten, Hilary J. Deason
1939, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (68) 152-162
This study is based on 120 whitefish collected in northern Lake Champlain (Missisquoi Bay) in 1930 and on 175 whitefish taken in southern Lake Champlain in 1931. Since the whitefish population had not been exploited commercially after 1912 in United States waters and after 1915 in Canadian waters, its study...
Inventory of unpublished hydrologic data
William T. Holland, Clarence S. Jarvis
1938, Water Supply Paper 837
Floods of Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, January-February 1937, with a section on the Flood deposits of the Ohio River, January-February 1937
Nathan Clifford Grover, George Rogers Mansfield
1938, Water Supply Paper 838
In January and February 1937 the Ohio and mid-Mississippi Rivers experienced floods which, over reaches many hundreds of miles in length, exceeded all previously recorded stages. When measured by the loss of life and property, extent of damage, and general disruption of human activities, these floods constituted a major catastrophe. The...
