Water-discharge determinations for the tidal reach of the Willamette River from Ross Island Bridge to Mile 10.3, Portland, Oregon
G.R. Dempster, Gale A. Lutz
1968, Water Supply Paper 1586-H
Water-discharge, velocity, and slope variations for a 3.7-mile-Iong tidal reach of the Willamette River at Portland, Oreg., were defined from discharge measurements and river stage data collected between July 1962 and January 1965. Observed water discharge during tide-affected flows, during floods, and during backwater from the Columbia River and recorded...
Feasibility study for an airborne geophysical survey of the Republic of Liberia
Randolph Wilson Bromery
1968, Open-File Report 68-22
A feasibility study for an airborne geophysical survey of the Republic of Liberia indicates that airborne magnetometer and airborne scintillation detector surveys would be useful 1) in providing support for the current geologic mapping program, 2) as a guide in locating concentrations of economic minerals, and 3) delimiting the extent...
Determination of discharge during pulsating flow
T. H. Thompson
1968, Water Supply Paper 1869-D
Pulsating flow in an open channel is a manifestation of unstable-flow conditions in which a series of translatory waves of perceptible magnitude develops and moves rapidly downstream. Pulsating flow is a matter of concern in the design and operation of steep-gradient channels. If it should occur at high stages in...
Ground-water resources of the Acu Valley, Rio Grande Norte, Brazil
Harry G. Rodis, Jonas Maria. de Castro Araujo
1968, Water Supply Paper 1663-C
The Acu Valley is the lower part of the Rio Piranhas valley in the northwestern part of the State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. It begins where the Rio Piranhas leaves the crystalline Precambrian rocks to flow across the outcrop of sedimentary rocks. The area considered in this report...
Vertical mass transfer in open channel flow
Harvey E. Jobson
1968, Open-File Report 68-146
The vertical mass transfer coefficient and particle fall velocity were determined in an open channel shear flow. Three dispersants, dye, fine sand and medium sand, were used with each of three flow conditions. The dispersant was injected as a continuous line source across the channel and downstream concentration profiles were...
The effect of pumping large-discharge wells on the ground-water reservoir in southern Utah Valley, Utah County, Utah
R.M. Cordova, R. W. Mower
1967, Utah State Engineer Information Bulletin 18
An extensive aquifer test in southern Utah Valley, Utah County, Utah, was made during January-March 1967 by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Utah State Engineer. The purpose of the test was to obtain data about the hydraulic characteristics of the aquifer in the valley and to determine...
Water resources inventory of Connecticut Part 2: Shetucket River Basin
Mendall P. Thomas, Gene A. Bednar, Chester E. Thomas Jr., William E. Wilson
1967, Connecticut Water Resources Bulletin 11
The Shetucket River basin has a relatively abundant supply of water of generally good quality which is derived from precipitation that has fallen on the basin. Annual precipitation has ranged from about 30 inches to 75 inches and has averaged about 45 inches over a 35-year period. Approximately 20 inches...
Roughness characteristics of natural channels
Harry Hawthorne Barnes
1967, Water Supply Paper 1849
Color photographs and descriptive data are presented for 50 stream channels for which roughness coefficients have been determined. All hydraulic computations involving flow in open channels require an evaluation of the roughness characteristics of the channel. In the absence of a satisfactory quantitative procedure this evaluation remains chiefly an art....
General field and office procedures for indirect discharge measurements
M. A. Benson, Tate Dalrymple
1967, Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations 03-A1
The discharge of streams is usually measured by the current-meter method. During flood periods, however, it is frequently impossible or impractical to measure the discharges by this method when they occur. Consequently, many peak discharges must be determined after the passage of the flood by indirect methods, such as slope-area,...
Water resources of the Marquette Iron Range area, Michigan
Sulo Werner Wiitala, Thomas Gwyn Newport, Earl L. Skinner
1967, Water Supply Paper 1842
Large quantities of water are needed in the beneficiation and pelletizing processes by which the ore mined from low-grade iron-formations is upgraded into an excellent raw material for the iron and steel industry. Extensive reserves of low-grade iron-formation available for development herald an intensification of the demands upon the area's...
Evaluation of seepage from Chester Morse Lake and Masonry Pool, King County, Washington
F.T. Hidaka, Arthur Angus Garrett
1967, Water Supply Paper 1839-J
Hydrologic data collected in the Cedar and Snoqualmie River basins on the west slope of the Cascade Range have been analyzed to determine the amount of water lost by seepage from Chester Morse Lake and Masonry Pool and the. consequent gain by seepage to the Cedar and South Fork Snoqualmie...
Reconnaissance of the chemical quality of surface waters of the Neches River basin, Texas
Leon S. Hughes, Donald K. Leifeste
1967, Water Supply Paper 1839-A
The kinds and quantities of minerals dissolved in the surface water of the Neches River basin result from such environmental factors as geology, streamflow patterns and characteristics, and industrial influences. As a result of high rainfall in the basin, much of the readily soluble material has been leached from the...
Ground-water levels in observation wells in Oklahoma, 1965-66
D.L. Hart Jr.
1967, Open-File Report 67-285
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 records of water levels in selected observation wells on a systematic basis. These water-level records: (1) provide an index to available ground-water supplies;...
Hydrologic and chemical data for wells, springs, and streams in Nevada, TPS. 1-21 N., and Rs. 41-57 E
B.P. Robinson, William Thordarson, W. A. Beetam
1967, Open-File Report 67-190
Studies of published and unpublished geologic, hydrologic, and chemical-quality data for ground and surface water in central Nevada, Tps. 1 to 21 N. and Rs. 41 to 57 E., Mount Diablo base and meridian, reveal the following information: Rocks exposed in central Nevada are of sedimentary and igneous origin and...
Geology and petrology of the Greenville quadrangle, Piscataquis and Somerset Counties, Maine
Gilbert H. Espenshade, Eugene L. Boudette
1967, Bulletin 1241-F
In the Greenville quadrangle, west-central Maine, slate, siltstone, and sandstone (calcareous and noncalcareous) of probable Silurian to Early Devonian age are intruded by a large mafic pluton and two granitic stocks of probable Early Devonian age. Ages of the sedimentary rocks are based upon tentative correlations with fossiliferous beds in...
Water resources of the Western Oswego River basin, N.Y. -interim report
William J. Shampine, Leslie J. Crain, Richard C. Shipley, James B. Hood Jr.
1966, Open-File Report 66-122
This report contains a tabulation of data collection sites established by the U.S. Geological Survey in the Western Oswego River basin. Information on the types of data collected at each site is also provided. Statistical summaries are furnished for selected stream-gaging stations in the form of duration, flood frequency, and low-flow...
Hydrologic inventory of the Lompoc subarea, Santa Ynez River basin, Santa Barbara County, California, 1957-62
R. E. Evenson
1966, Open-File Report 66-42
Hydrologic data collected during the climatically near-average 6-year period of inventory 1957-62 provide the basis for making estimates of supply to and demand from the Lompoc subarea of the Santa Ynez River basin and changes in the quantity of water stored in the deposits of the basin. The hydrologic inventory...
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...
Special sediment investigations Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri, 1961-63
Cloyd H. Scott, Howard D. Stephens
1966, Water Supply Paper 1819-J
Four sets of comprehensive hydraulic and sediment data were obtained during 1961-63 for the Mississippi River at St. Louis at ranges of mean velocity from 3.3 to 5.6 feet per second, of mean depth from 22 to 37 feet, of width from 1,570 to 1,670 feet, of mean water-surface slope...
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...
Fluvial sediment and chemical quality of water in the Little Blue River basin, Nebraska and Kansas
J. C. Mundorff, K.M. Waddell
1966, Water Supply Paper 1819-H
The Little Blue River drains about 3,37)0 square miles in south-central Nebraska and north-central Kansas. The uppermost bedrock in the basin is limestone and shale of Permian age and sandstone, shale, and limestone of Cretaceous age. Bedrock is exposed in many places in the lower one-third of the basin but...
Salt-water encroachment in southern Nassau and southeastern Queens Counties, Long Island, New York
N.J. Lusczynski, Wolfgang V. Swarzenski
1966, Water Supply Paper 1613-F
Test drilling, extraction of water from cores, electric logging, water sampling, and water-level measurements from 1958 to 1961 provided a suitable basis for a substantial refinement in the definition of the positions, chloride concentrations, and rates of movement of salty water in the intermediate and deep deposits of southern Nassau...
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...
Fluvial sediment in the little Arkansas River basin, Kansas
C.D. Albert, G.J. Stramel
1966, Water Supply Paper 1798-B
Characteristics and transport of sediment in the Little Arkansas River basin in south-central Kansas were studied to determine if the water from the river could be used as a supplemental source for municipal supply or would provide adequate recharge to aquifers that are sources of municipal and agricultural water supplies....
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,...
