Water-budget studies of lower Mesilla Valley and El Paso Valley, El Paso County, Texas
W.R. Meyer, J.D. Gordon
1973, Open-File Report 73-185
The total inflow of water to the lower Mesilla Valley in 1970 was 390,510 acre-feet. Of this amount, 43,300 acre-feet was consumptively used by crops and phreatophytes and 4,700 acre-feet was lost by evaporation. Ground-water storage increased by 320 acre-feet, and 360,860 acrefeet left the valley as surface- and ground-water...
Artificial-recharge experiments and operations on the Southern High Plains of Texas and New Mexico
Richmond F. Brown, Donald C. Signor
1973, Water-Resources Investigations Report 73-10
Experiments using highly turbid water from playa lakes for injection into the Ogallala Formation have resulted in greatly decreased yield of the recharge wells, Recharge of ground or surface water of good quality has indicated, however, that injection through wells is an effective method of recharging the aquifer. Water that...
Geological Survey research 1973
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1973, Professional Paper 850
No abstract available....
Preliminary appraisal of ground-water conditions in the vicinity of Modesto, California
R. W. Page
1973, Open-File Report 73-218
Predicted effects of proposed navigation improvements on residence time and dissolved oxygen of the salt wedge in the Duwamish River estuary, King County, Washington
W.L. Haushild, J.D. Stoner
1973, Open-File Report 73-102
A model of the circulation and quality of water in the Duwamish River estuary has been sufficiently developed to allow prediction of the effects of a proposed widening and deepening of waterways on residence time and dissolved oxygen in the estuary's salt wedge. For a low river-discharge period in August...
Salt-water movement in the lower Withlacoochee River-Cross Florida Barge Canal Complex
Peter W. Bush
1973, Water-Resources Investigations Report 5-72
Construction of the west end of the Cross Florida Barge Canal changed the regimen of the lower Withlacoochee River. The investigation was made to determine how salt water from the Gulf of Mexico moves in the river-canal complex, and how the factors that control salt-water movement--tides and discharge--have changed since...
Artificial recharge in the Waterman Canyon-East Twin Creek area, San Bernardino County, California
J. W. Warner, J. A. Moreland
1973, Open-File Report 73-358
This is a study of the feasibility of recharging, in the Waterman Canyon-East Twin Creek area, imported water from northern California by way of the State Water Project beginning in 1972. The feasibility of recharging 30,000 acre-feet of water a year in the Waterman Canyon-East Twin Creek area will depend...
Regional specific yield of the Edwards and associated limestones in the San Antonio, Texas, area
R.W. Maclay, P.L. Rettman
1973, Open-File Report 73-172
No abstract available....
Proposed water resources and land-capability investigation, Arusha region, Tanzania
E.D. Gordon, J. F. O’Rourke
1973, Open-File Report 73-91
Water resources of the Nisqually Indian Reservation, Washington
D.A. Myers, J. E. Cummans
1973, Open-File Report 73-201
No abstract available. ...
Preliminary investigation of land subsidence in the Sacramento Valley, California
B. E. Lofgren, R. L. Ireland
1973, Open-File Report 74-1064
Although a number of agencies have made leveling surveys in Sacramento Valley and a valleywide network of first- and second-order control exists, few areas have sufficient control for determining whether land subsidence has occurred and if so, how much, within the time span of vertical control. Available data suggest that...
Water resources of the upper Neuse River basin, North Carolina
Arthur L. Putnam, K.L. Lindskov
1973, Water-Resources Investigations Report 73-12
Index to water-quality data available from the U.S. Geological Survey in machine-readable form to December 31, 1972-Central Region
C.R. Showen, O.O. Williams
1973, Water-Resources Investigations Report 73-23
Sediment transport by streams in the Upper Columbia River Basin, Washington, May 1969-June 1971
Leonard M. Nelson
1973, Water-Resources Investigations Report 73-39
This report presents the results of a reconnaissance evaluation of the fluvial-sediment transport by streams in the 28,000-square-mile upper Columbia River basin in eastern Washington. The basin ranges in altitude from about 340 to 9,000 feet, and receives annual precipitation ranging from more than 150 inches in the mountains to less...
Hydrologic and geologic considerations for solid-waste disposal in west-central Florida
Joseph W. Stewart, A. Dan Duerr
1973, Water-Resources Investigations Report 73-50
Dewatering of the Clayton Formation during construction of the Walter F George Lock and Dam, Fort Gaines, Clay County, Georgia
J. W. Stewart
1973, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2-73
Walter F. George Lock and Dam, the largest manmade structure in the South, extends over 2llz miles across the flood plain of the Chattahoochee River at Fort Gaines, Clay County, in southwest Georgia and in Henry County, in southeast Alabama. The multipurpose dam consists of two rolled-filled earth dikes, a...
Availability of water from limestone and dolomite aquifers in southwest Ohio and the relation of water quality to the regional flow system
Stanley Eugene Norris, Richard E. Fidler
1973, Water-Resources Investigations Report 73-17
The largest ground-water supplies from the 150 to 450-foot thick carbonate-rock aquifer in southwest Ohio are available in a 2,800 squaremile area on the crest and eastern flank of the Cincinnati arch. Well production in the high-yield area is mainly from the Newburg zone, a permeable stratum in the lower...
Sources of data for evaluation of selected geothermal areas in northern and central Nevada
F. H. Olmsted, P.A. Glancy, J. R. Harrill, F. E. Rush, A. S. Van Denburgh
1973, Water-Resources Investigations Report 73-44
No abstract available. ...
Evaporation from Lake Michie, North Carolina 1961-71
W.L. Yonts, G. L. Giese, E. F. Hubbard
1973, Water-Resources Investigations Report 73-38
The Geological Survey, in cooperation with the city of Durham, N. C., collected evaporation data at Lake Michie, Durham's 480-acre water-supply reservoir, for 10 consecutive years from September 1961 to September 1971. Wind speed, air temperature, and water temperature-collected continuously-were used in conjunction with water-budget data to calibrate the semi-empirical...
Geology and quality of water in the Modesto-Merced area, San Joaquin Valley, California, with a brief section on hydrology
R. W. Page, Gary O. Balding
1973, Water-Resources Investigations Report 73-6
The Modesto-Merced area includes about 1,800 square miles on the northeast side of the San Joaquin Valley. The physiographic units in the area are (1) Sierra Nevada, (2) dissected uplands, (3) low alluvial plains and fans, (4) river flood plains and channels, and (5) overflow lands.Geologic units consist of consolidated...
Floods of 1971 and 1972 on Glover Creek and Little River in southeastern Oklahoma
Wilbert O. Thomas, Robert K. Corley
1973, Water-Resources Investigations Report 73-5
Heavy rains of December 9-10, 1971, and Oct. 30-31, 1972, caused outstanding floods on Glover Creek and Little River in McCurtain County in southeastern Oklahoma. This report presents hydrologic data that document the extent of flooding, flood profiles, and frequency of flooding on reaches of both streams. The data presented...
Digest of the 1972 catalog of information on water data
F. H. Pauszek
1973, Water-Resources Investigations Report 73-63
No abstract available. ...
Test-observation well near Paterson, Washington : description and preliminary results
H. E. Pearson
1973, Water-Resources Investigations Report 73-9
No abstract available. ...
Reconnaissance of water quality in the vicinity of Sunniland Oil Field, Collier County, Florida, 1971-72
E.T. Wimberly
1973, Water-Resources Investigations Report 73-35
Oil exploration in Florida began around the turn of the century in Escambia County (Gunter, 1949). Many test wells were drilled from 1900 until Humble Oil and Refining Company developed Florida's first producing well (Gulf Coast Realties Corp. No. 1) in September 1943 at Sunniland. (See fig. 1.) The first...
Magnitude and frequency of floods in small drainage basins in Idaho
C.A. Thomas, W. A. Harenberg, J.M. Anderson
1973, Water-Resources Investigations Report 73-7
A method is presented in this report for determining magnitude and frequency of floods on streams with drainage areas between 0.5 and 200 square miles. The method relates basin characteristics, including drainage area, percentage of forest cover, percentage of water area, latitude, and longitude, with peak flow characteristics. Regression equations...
