Water resources of the Crow River watershed, south-central Minnesota
Gerald F. Lindholm, D.F. Farrell, John O. Helgesen
1974, Hydrologic Atlas 528
The Crow River watershed, an area of about 2,760 square miles, is covered entirely by glacial deposits. A topographically high, east-west-trending end moraine divides most of the watershed into two drainage areas of approximately equal size. The North Fork Crow River drains a mixture of glacial outwash and till deposits,...
Water resources of the lower St. Croix river watershed, east-central Minnesota
Gerald F. Lindholm, J. O. Helgesen, W.L. Broussard, D.F. Farrell
1974, Hydrologic Atlas 490
The lower St. Croix River watershed is an elongate area of about 930 square miles bounded on the east by the St. Croix River. The St. Croix River forms the Minnesota-Wisconsin boundary along the eastern side of the watershed. Additional drainage to the St. Croix River includes areas of about 2,500...
Water resources of the Snake River watershed, east-central Minnesota
Gerald F. Lindholm, J. O. Helgesen, W.L. Broussard, D.W. Ericson
1974, Hydrologic Atlas 488
Glacial drift overlies sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks in the Snake River watershed. The Snake River, which drains an area of about 1,030 square miles, originates in an extensive area of peat bogs in the northern part of the watershed. It flows southward across gently rolling glacial terrain in which the...
Water resources of the Rum River Watershed, east-central Minnesota
Donald W. Ericson, Gerald F. Lindholm, John O. Helgesen
1974, Hydrologic Atlas 509
The Rum River, a tributary of the Mississippi River, drains an elongate area of about 1,550 square miles. The source of the Rum River is Mille Lacs Lake. Much of the northern half of the watershed is forested, and there are large areas of swampland. Population is most concentrated in...
Base and thickness of the Post-Eocene continental deposits in the Sacramento Valley, California
R. W. Page
1974, Water-Resources Investigations Report 73-45
The Sacramento Valley, which forms most of the northern one-third of the Central Valley, is a broad structural trough. The study area comprises the valley floor and some of the foothills of the Sierra Nevada and the Coast Ranges, a total area of about 6,000 square miles.Beneath most places in...
Quality of surface waters of the United States, 1970, Part 2, South Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1974, Water Supply Paper 2152
Mathematical model of San Juan Valley ground-water basin, San Benito County, California
Robert E. Faye
1974, Water-Resources Investigations Report 73-58
A mathematical model study of the San Juan Valley ground-water basin in San Benito County, Calif., has quantitatively described the ground-water hydrology of the basin under past, present, and future conditions of development. An analysis of conditions in the basin prior to large-scale ground-water development indicates that net recharge equaled...
Influence of recharge basins on the hydrology of Nassau and Suffolk Counties, Long Island, New York
G.E. Seaburn, D. A. Aronson
1974, Water Supply Paper 2031
An investigation of recharge basins on Long Island was made by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Nassau County Department of Public Works, Suffolk County Department of Environmental Control, and Suffolk County Water Authority. The major objectives of the study were...
Geology and ore deposits of the Rico District, Colorado
Edwin Thor McKnight
1974, Professional Paper 723
The Rico district is in the Dolores River valley at the east end of Dolores County in southwestern Colorado. Mining has been actively carried on in the district since 1879. In the early days, silver was the chief product and was mined largely from Newman Hill southeast of the town...
Geology and ground water for land-use planning in the Eagle River-Chugiak area, Alaska
Chester Zenone, Henry R. Schmoll, Ernest Dobrovolny
1974, Open-File Report 74-57
The Eagle River — Chugiak area is a rapidly growing residential part of the Greater Anchorage Area Borough, south-central Alaska. High-density, urban development in some parts of the area may be restricted because of the nature of the surficial geologic materials and their hydrologic characteristics. This report assembles all information...
Hard iron ore at the Cliffs Shaft Mines, Ishpeming, Michigan
Jacob Eugene Gair
1974, Open-File Report 74-227
At the Cliffs Shaft Mines, for many years the premiere hard iron ore mine of Michigan, bodies of ore typically are localized in the upper part of the Negaunee iron-formation, close beneath Goodrich Quartzite in the axial part of the Marquette synclinorium. Individual ore bodies may be as much as...
Preliminary geologic map of the east half of the Winston-Salem Quadrangle, North Carolina-Virginia-Tennessee
G.H. Espenshade, D.W. Rankin, K.W. Shaw, R. B. Neuman
1974, Open-File Report 74-1030
No abstract available. ...
Water resources of the Blue Earth River watershed, south-central Minnesota
H.W. Anderson, D.F. Farrell, W.L. Broussard
1974, Hydrologic Atlas 525
The Blue Earth River Watershed in Minnesota includes 3,106 square miles of land surface, which varies from fairly flat to gently rolling. The drainage extends south to include an additional 450 square miles in Iowa. The western, southern, and eastern boundaries are end moraines formed by Pleistocene glaciers. Major streams...
Selenium, fluorine, and arsenic in surficial materials of the conterminous United States
Hansford T. Shacklette, Josephine G. Boerngen, John R. Keith
1974, Circular 692
Concentrations of selenium, fluorine, and arsenic in 912, 911, and 910 samples, respectively, of soils and other regoliths from sites approximately 50 miles (80 km) apart throughout the United States are represented on maps by symbols showing five ranges of values. Histograms of the concentrations of these elements are also...
Water availability in central Wisconsin — An area of near-surface crystalline rock
Edwin Allen Bell, Marvin G. Sherrill
1974, Water Supply Paper 2022
Available ground water in much of central Wisconsin is limited to discharge through wells of low yield. Aquifers that yield small amounts of water to wells include fractured crystalline rock at or near surface in the eastern part of the area, sandstone overlying crystalline rock in the southern and western...
Water resources of the Lower Minnesota River Watershed, south-central Minnesota
H.W. Anderson, D.F. Farrell, W.L. Broussard
1974, Hydrologic Atlas 526
The lower Minnesota River watershed, an area of 2,005 square miles, is fairly flat west of the Minnesota River, but rises to a hilly ridge along the east side of the watershed. Most of the area is covered by ground moraine cut deeply by the Minnesota River and less deeply...
Mineral resources of proposed additions to the Salmon-Trinity Alps Primitive Area, California
Preston E. Hotz, Robert C. Greene, Terry J. Close, Robert K. Evans
1974, Open-File Report 74-71
A mineral survey of four areas totalling 80 square miles, not included during the 1968-70 examination of the proposed Salmon-Trinity Alps Wilderness, was made by the U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Bureau of Mines in 1973. Geological Survey personnel mapped the geology and collected stream-sediment and rock samples for spectrographic...
Water resources of the Cannon River watershed, southeastern Minnesota
H. W. Anderson Jr., D.F. Farrell, W.L. Broussard, P.E. Felsheim
1974, Hydrologic Atlas 522
The 1,462 square miles of land surface in the Cannon River watershed varies considerably from areas of low hills and plains to areas dominated by streams deeply incised into bedrock. Much of the south-central part of the area consists of a till plain that ranges in altitude from 1,100 to...
Quality of surface waters of the United States, 1969, Part 2, South Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1974, Water Supply Paper 2142
An assessment of areal and temporal variations in streamflow quality using selected data from the National Stream Quality Accounting Network
Timothy Doak Steele, Edward J. Gilroy, Richard O. Hawkinson
1974, Open-File Report 74-217
Streamflow chemical-quality data and stream-temperature data at 88 stations throughout the United States and Puerto Rico were analyzed to develop and to evaluate methodologies for the general assessment of the variation of the Nation's streamflow-quality conditions in space and over time. The spatial variation is described by the use of...
Geologic map and sections of the Holy Cross quadrangle, Eagle, Lake, Pitkin, and Summit Counties, Colorado
Ogden Tweto, Theodore R. Brandt
1974, IMAP 830
This map was first published as a printed edition in 1974. The geologic data have now been captured digitally and are presented here along with images of the printed map sheets. The map encompasses the area of four 7.5-minute quadrangles between 39º15' and 39º 30'N and 106º15' and 106º30'W in...
Systematics, environment, and biogeography of some Late Cambrian and Early Ordovician trilobites from eastern New York State
Michael E. Taylor, Robert B. Halley
1974, Professional Paper 834
Seawater intrusion, ground-water pumpage, ground-water yield, and artificial recharge of the Pajaro Valley area, Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties, California
K. S. Muir
1974, Water-Resources Investigations Report 74-9
The Pajaro Valley area, California, covering about 120 square miles (310 km2), extends from the southern part of Santa Cruz County to several miles south of the county line into Monterey County. It borders the Pacific Ocean on the west and the Santa Cruz Mountains on the east. The city...
Aeromagnetic map of eastern half of the Chandalar quadrangle, northeastern Alaska
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1974, Open-File Report 74-1103
No abstract available....
Erosion and sediment yields in mountain watersheds of the Transverse Ranges Ventura and Los Angeles Counties, California; analysis of rates and processes
Kevin M. Scott, Rhea P. Williams
1974, Water-Resources Investigations Report 73-47
Major-storm and long-term erosion rates in mountain watersheds of the western Transverse Ranges of Ventura County are estimated to range from low values that will not require the construction of catchments or channel-stabilization structures to values as high as those recorded anywhere for comparable bedrock erodibilities.A major reason for this...
