Ground-water resources of the Az Zawiyah area, Tripolitania, United Kingdom of Libya
William Ogilbee, R.C. Vorhis, Hadi Ali Tarhuni
1963, Open-File Report 63-105
Geology and ground-water resources of Winkler County, Texas
Sergio Garza, John B. Wesselman
1963, Water Supply Paper 1582
Winkler County, in west Texas, is adjacent to the southeast corner of New Mexico. Most of the county lies in the Pecos Valley; the remainder, in the northeastern part of the county, is part of the Llano Estacado, or the High Plains. Its principal industries are those related to the...
Reconnaissance geology and hydrology on the Nett Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota
R.F. Norvitch
1963, Open-File Report 63-104
The Nett Lake Indian Reservation is in northern Minnesota, about 210 miles north of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The village of Nett Lake (population about 300) is the only community on the reservation. This report is the result of an investigation made to provide a central water source for the...
Chemical character of streams in the Delaware River basin
Peter W. Anderson, Leo T. McCarthy Jr.
1963, Open-File Report 63-2
The water chemistry of streams in the Delaware River basin falls into eight general groups, when mapped according to the prevalent dissolved-solids content and the predominant ions normally found in the water. The approximate regions representing each of these iso-chemical quality groups are shown on the accompanying base map of the drainage basin....
Water and the Minnesota Iron Range
R. F. Brown, R. D. Cotter
1963, Open-File Report 63-11
No abstract available....
An appraisal of the possibilities of artificial recharge to ground-water supplies in part of the Roswell basin, New Mexico
W.S. Motts, R.L. Cushman
1963, Open-File Report 63-102
Records of selected wells and springs, chemical analyses of ground water, water-level measurements of selected wells, selected drillers' logs of wells, and logs of test holes, Central Sevier Valley, Sanpete, Sevier, and Piute Counties, Utah
C.H. Carpenter, R.A. Young
1963, Open-File Report 63-14
No abstract available....
Geology and ground-water features of Point Arguello Naval Missile Facility, Santa Barbara County, California
R. E. Evenson, G.A. Miller
1963, Water Supply Paper 1619-F
Water resources in the vicinity of muncipalities on the East-Central Mesabi Iron Range, northeastern Minnesota
R. D. Cotter, H. L. Young, L. R. Petri, C. H. Prior
1963, Open-File Report 63-21
Water resources in the vicinity of municipalities on the West-Central Mesabi Iron Range, northeastern Minnesota
R. D. Cotter, H. L. Young, L. R. Petri, C. H. Prior
1963, Open-File Report 63-23
Effects of drought in central and south Texas
H. E. Thomas
1963, Professional Paper 372-C
The effects of drought upon ground-water storage and discharge, and upon streamflow, vary tremendously in the central third of Texas (the area from the Panhandle to the Gulf of Mexico). Extremes are represented by (a) the Llano Estacado, where the drought had negligible effect upon ground-water resources, which are being...
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...
New advances in water-resources research
W.W. Hastings
1963, Open-File Report 63-43
Ground-water exploration in Al Marj area, Cyrenaica, United Kingdom of Libya
T.G. Newport, Yousef Haddor
1963, Water Supply Paper 1757-A
The present report, based largely on fieldwork during 1959-61, describes the results of reconnaissance hydrogeologic studies and exploratory drilling to evaluate the general water-bearing properties of the rocks and the availability of groundwater supplies for irrigation, stock, and village uses in Al Marj area. These studies and the drilling were...
Development of a hand portable rainfall-simulator infiltrometer
I.S. McQueen
1963, Circular 482
Comparisons of relative infiltration of summer thundershowers into undisturbed and treated western dry lands are necessary for guidance of future treatment practices. A system designed for measuring infiltration of simulated rainfall into small plots of undisturbed soil that can be hand-carried to sites inaccessible to vehicles has been developed. Disturbance...
Water resources in the vicinity of municipalities on the Western Mesabi Iron Range, northeastern Minnesota
R. D. Cotter, H. L. Young, L. R. Petri, C. H. Prior
1963, Open-File Report 63-24
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...
Water in the Dakota and Purgatoire Formations in Otero County and the southern part of Crowley County, Colorado
William G. Weist
1963, Water Supply Paper 1669-P
The hardness of available shallow ground water in Otero County and in the southern part of Crowley County generally exceeds 1,000 parts per million, and the water requires treatment for most uses. To obtain a supply of softer water, wells have been drilled into the Dakota Sandstone and the Cheyenne...
Refraction seismic studies in the Miami River, Whitewater River, and Mill Creek valleys, Hamilton and Butler Counties, Ohio
Joel S. Watkins
1963, Open-File Report 63-133
Between September 17 and November 9, 1962, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with Ohio Division of Water, Miami Conservancy District, and c,ty of Cincinnati, Ohio, co.,:ducted a refraction seismic study in Hamilton and Butler Counties, southwest Ohio. The area lies between Hamilton, Ohio, and the Ohio River and includes...
Ground-water resources of the Alma area, Michigan
Kenneth E. Vanlier
1963, Water Supply Paper 1619-E
The Alma area consists of 30 square miles in the northwestern part of Gratiot County, Mich. It is an area of slight relief gently rolling hills and level plains and is an important agricultural center in the State.The Saginaw formation, which forms the bedrock surface in part of the area,...
Geology and water resources of the Santa Fe area, New Mexico
Zane Spiegel, Brewster Baldwin
1963, Water Supply Paper 1525
No abstract available....
Water-resources data for Alachua, Bradford, Clay, and Union Counties, Florida
W.E. Clark, R.H. Musgrove, C.G. Menke, J.W. Cagle Jr.
1963, Open-File Report 63-17
Geology, hydrology, and water supply of Edwards Air Force Base, Kern County, California
Lee Carlton Dutcher, G.F. Warts Jr.
1963, Open-File Report 63-146
Edwards Air Force Base occupies the northern part of Antelope Valley, California. As a result of large-scale and increasing agricultural pumping in the valley, the net draft has exceeded the perennial supply since about 1930 and was about 170,000 acre-feet in 1951--at least three times the estimated yield. As a...
Ground-water conditions in northern Lea County, New Mexico
Sidney R. Ash
1963, Hydrologic Atlas 62
Preliminary report on the geology and hydrology of Mortandad Canyon near Los Alamos, New Mexico, with reference to disposal of liquid low-level radioactive waste
E.H. Baltz, J.H. Abrahams Jr., W.D. Purtyman
1963, Open-File Report 63-6
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission and the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, selected the upper part of Mortandad Canyon near Los Alamos, New Mexico for a site for disposal of treated liquid low-level radioactive waste. This report summarizes the part of a study of...