Evaluation of reservoir sites in North Carolina: Regional relations for estimating the reservoir capacity needed for a dependable water supply
F.E. Arteaga, E. F. Hubbard
1975, Water-Resources Investigations Report 74-46
Draft-storage-frequency relations, which show the storage required for a reservoir to furnish a specified withdrawal or draft are regionalized for four zones in the State, using the mean annual flow of the streams as an index. The differences between the zones primarily reflect differences in the variability of stream flow.To...
Water resources of the Toppenish Creek Basin, Yakima Indian Reservation, Washington
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1975, Water-Resources Investigations Report 74-42
The Yakima River, which flows along the eastern margin of the Yakima Indian Reservation, provides about 93 percent of the irrigation water for the eastern part of the Toppenish Creek basin--the major agricultural area in the basin . During 1972, the total surface water diverted from all streams and from...
Surface water supply of the United States, 1966-70, Part 2, South Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins, v. 3, Basins from Apalachicola River to Pearl River
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1975, Water Supply Paper 2106
Time-of-travel study: Lake Erie-Niagara River basins
Bernard Dunn
1975, Open-File Report 66-32
Time of travel was determined for 80.54 stream miles on Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Ellicott, Murder, and Tonawanda Creeks; Cazenovia Creek basin; and the Buffalo River. Two or three runs at different discharge rates were made in 13 subreaches on the 7 streams except for a subreach of Ellicott ·creek. In the Ellicott Creek subreach from...
Sediments, structural framework, petroleum potential, environmental conditions, and operational considerations of the United States South Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1975, Open-File Report 75-411
The area designated for possible oil and gas lease sale in Bureau of Land Management memorandum 3310 #43 (722) and referred to therein as part of the United States South Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) contains about 98,000 square kilometres of the continental margin seaward of the 3 mile offshore...
Data summary of June-July 1975 floods in eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota
K.L. Lindskov
1975, Open-File Report 75-565
Torrential rains during late June and early July 1975, combined with wet antecedent conditions, caused severe flooding, mainly along the lower reaches of the Sheyenne and Maple Rivers and their tributaries in North Dakota, and in the Buffalo and Wild Rice River basins in Minnesota. The Red River of the...
Heavy-mineral trends in the Beaufort Sea
Gretchen Luepke
1975, Open-File Report 75-667
Sediments of the Beaufort Sea, off the North Slope of Alaska contain a great variety of heavy minerals. These include garnet, chrome spinel, augite, pigeonite, diopside, hornblende, enstatite, hypersthene, epidote, clinozoisite, zoisite, apatite, tourmaline, chloritoid, sphene, zircon, and opaque minerals. Much rarer constituents are glaucophane, lamprobolite, rutile, kyanite, staurolite, and...
Assessment of geothermal resources of the United States, 1975
David L. Williams
Donald Edward White, editor(s)
1975, Circular 726
This assessment of geothermal resources of the United States consists of two major parts: (1) estimates of total heat in the ground to a depth of 10 km and (2) estimates of the part of this total heat that is recoverable with present technology, regardless of price. No attempt has...
Floods in east Baton Rouge Parish and adjacent areas, Louisiana, for the period 1953-74
Alfred S. Lowe
1975, Water-Resources Investigations Report 74-44
Flood damage resulting from development in flood plains in East Baton Rouge Parish, La., and adjacent areas has caused economic losses, making governmental officials and planners aware of the need for flood maps. Based on information in private and official files, flood maps have been prepared for 7 1/2-minute topographic...
Revision of the type Mankomen Formation (Pennsylvanian and Permian), Eagle Creek area, eastern Alaska Range, Alaska
Donald H. Richter, J. Thomas Dutro Jr.
1975, Bulletin 1395-B
No abstract available....
Sediment characteristics of streams in the eastern Piedmont and western Coastal Plain regions of North Carolina
Clyde E. Simmons
1975, Open-File Report 75-291
The sediment-transport characteristics of streams were determined in a 6,000-square-mile (15,500-square-kilometre) area of the Coastal Plain and Piedmont regions of eastern North Carolina during 1969-73. The study covered all or parts of 21 counties and included data for 28 sediment-sampling stations located in parts of 4 major river basins, the...
Water-quality data from oil and gas wells in part of the Permian Basin, southeastern New Mexico and western Texas
William L. Hiss
1975, Open-File Report 75-579
Approximately 8,000 chemical analyses of water produced from formations of several geologic ages in south eastern New Mexico and western Texas are tabulated by both geographic location and geologic formation.Empirical and mathematical relationships between (1) the dissolved solids and the measured and computed resistivity of water, the chloride-ion concentration and...
Summary of floods in the United States during 1969
J.K. Reid
1975, Water Supply Paper 2030
The most outstanding floods in the United States during 1969 are described in chronological order. The areas most seriously affected by flooding were: Central and southern California (January and February); the upper Midwestern States of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois (April); north-central Ohio (July); Mississippi, Alabama,...
Hydrology for land-use planning: The Hillside area, Anchorage, Alaska
Larry L. Dearborn, William W. Barnwell
1975, Open-File Report 75-105
Rapid residential growth of the Hillside area, Anchorage, Alaska, may cause depletion of aquifers and a change in quality of water resources as a result of extensive development of small-lot tracts. Ground-water yields are low and may be locally inadequate for single family requirements where wells produce from bedrock in...
Water resources of the Root River watershed, southeastern Minnesota
W.L. Broussard, D.F. Farrell, H. W. Anderson Jr., P.E. Felsheim
1975, Hydrologic Atlas 548
This Hydrologic Atlas is one of a series describing the 39 watersheds in Minnesota. The Root River watershed includes Houston, Winona, and parts of the surrounding counties. The 2 ,570 square miles in the watershed varies from gently rolling prairie in the west to an area of plateaus separated by...
Tectonic framework of petroliferous rocks in Alaska
Arthur Grantz, C.E. Kirschner
1975, Open-File Report 75-149
Alaska, comprising 3.6 X 106 sq km (about 28 percent) of the land, shelf, and upper continental slope of the United States, has been estimated by the U.S. Geological Survey (1974) to contain about 25 percent of the Nation's petroleum resources. Some 11 billion barrels of petroleum liquids and 31...
Flood-prone areas of Gadsden County, Florida
Roger P. Rumenik, C.A. Pascale, D.F. Tucker
1975, Water-Resources Investigations Report 75-31
Gadsden County is an area of 508 square miles in northwest Florida. The topography of the county is diverse and ranges in altitude from about 50 to 300 feet above mean sea level. Well drained steep hillsides and narrow ridgetops give way to broad, nearly level, poorly drained plateaus which...
Chemical and biological quality of water in part of the Everglades, southeastern Florida
Bradley G. Waller, James E. Earle
1975, Water-Resources Investigations Report 75-56
A comprehensive monitoring network was established in a part of the Everglades to evaluate the quality of water being delivered to Everglades National Park. Physical, chemical, and biological parameters were determined in surface water, bottom sediment, and bulk precipitation (rainfall and dry fallout).The geology of the area, bottom sediment, bulk...
Geologic map and coal resources of the White Butte East quadrangle, Hettinger County, North Dakota
Kenneth S. Soward
1975, Coal Map 70
No abstract available....
Surface water supply of the United States, 1966-70, Part 2, South Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins, v. 2, Basins from Ogeechee River to Carrabelle River
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1975, Water Supply Paper 2105
Geologic map and coal resources of the White Butte NE quadrangle, Stark and Hettinger Counties, North Dakota
Kenneth S. Soward
1975, Coal Map 72
The White Butte NE, NW, East, and West quadrangles, were mapped as part of the U.S. Geological Survey program of classifying Federal lands and to make a systemic study and evaluation of the coal resources. Economic resources in the White Butte quadrangles consist of coal, oil and gas, sodium chloride, limestone,...
Interim report on petroleum resource potential and geologic hazards in the outer continental shelf of the Gulf of Alaska Tertiary province
George Plafker, Terry R. Bruns, Robert A. Page
1975, Open-File Report 75-592
The potential for discovering large accumulations of petroleum on the Outer Continental Shelf of the Gulf of Alaska Tertiary Province cannot be evaluated with much confidence at present because of the inadequacies of the available offshore geological and geophysical data. The 22 deep test wells that have been drilled since...
The geologic story of Arches National Park
Stanley William Lohman
1975, Bulletin 1393
According to former Superintendent Bates Wilson (1956), Prof. Lawrence M. Gould, of the University of Michigan, was the first to recognize the geologic and scenic values of the Arches area in eastern Utah and to urge its creation as a national monument. Mrs. Faun McConkie Tanner told me that Professor...
Stream reconnaissance for nutrients and other water-quality parameters, Greater Pittsburgh Region, Pennsylvania
Robert M. Beall
1975, Water-Resources Investigations Report 50-74
Eighty-five stream sites in and near the six-county Greater Pittsburgh Region were sampled in mid-June 1971 in mid-October 1972. Data are reported for 89 sites because 4 substitute sites were sampled in the second period. Drainage areas of the basins sampled ranged from 4.1 to 19,5000 square miles (10.6 to...
Geologic framework of the Alaskan Continental Terrace in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas
Arthur Grantz, Mark L. Holmes, B. A. Kososki
1975, Open-File Report 75-124
Seismic, magnetic and gravity data indicate that the Chukchi and Beaufort epicontinental seas off northern Alaska overlie three sedimentary basins, or provinces, separated by structural highs of regional extent. The basins trend west to northwest and become increasingly marine from south to north. The Chukchi-Beaufort continental margin is similar to...
