Geology and water resources of the Bitterroot Valley, southwestern Montana, with a section on chemical quality of water
R. G. McMurtrey, Richard L. Konizeski, M. V. Johnson, John H. Bartells, H. A. Swenson
1972, Water Supply Paper 1889
The Bitterroot Valley is a Late Cretaceous structural basin that was partly filled at its deepest point by more than 1,640 feet of Tertiary sediments. These sediments grade valleyward from coarse colluvial deposits along the edges of the valley to fine-grained deposits and then to coarse channel deposits of the...
Ground-water in the Teresina-Campo Maior area, Piaui, Brazil
Harry G. Rodis, Edison F. Suszczynski
1972, Water Supply Paper 1663-G
The Teresina-Campo Maior area lies in a presently developing farming and grazing region near the margin of drought-prone northeast Brazil where irrigated farming offers the best potential for economic development. The area comprises 9,700 square kilometers largely of catinga-covered tabular uplands which are drained by the perennial Rio Parnatba. The...
Availability of ground water for irrigation from glacial outwash in the Perham area, Otter Tail County, Minnesota
Harold O. Reeder
1972, Water Supply Paper 2003
The Perham study area includes about 350 square miles of surficial deposits of glacial outwash in the central part of Otter Tail County in west-central Minnesota. The aquifer characteristics have a wide range, as follows: Transmissivity values range from nearly 0 along the perimeter of the area to more than...
Water for cranberry culture in the Cranmoor area of central Wisconsin
Louis J. Hamilton
1972, Water Supply Paper 1999-I
The Cranmoor area of central Wisconsin is the principal cranberry producing area of the State. Cranberries are grown in only about 2.5 square miles of an 80-square-mile marsh and swamp in the Cranberry Creek basin. Cranberry growers have built reservoirs and ditches throughout 25 square miles of marsh for better...
Ground-water levels in the United States, 1966-70, northwestern states
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1972, Water Supply Paper 1980
No abstract available....
Geohydrology of the lower Verdigris River valley between Muskogee and Catoosa, Oklahoma
H.H. Tanaka
1972, Water Supply Paper 1999-A
Alluvium is the principal aquifer along the Verdigris River between Muskogee and Catoosa, Okla. Yields of 1 to 10 gallons of water per minute, adequate for most domestic and stock uses, are available in almost all areas underlain by alluvium. In places where the proportion of gravel to fine material...
Hydrology and effects of conservation structures, Willow Creek basin, Valley County, Montana, 1954-68
Donald G. Frickel
1972, Water Supply Paper 1532-G
Summary of floods in the United States during 1967
J.O. Rostvedt
1972, Water Supply Paper 1880-C
This report describes the most outstanding floods in the United States during 1967. The two most destructive floods occurred in August in east-central Alaska and in September and October in southern Texas. In east-central Alaska, heavy rain on August 8-17 produced record-breaking floods near Fairbanks. Peak discharges on some streams...
Model hydrographs
W. D. Mitchell
1972, Water Supply Paper 2005
Model hydrographs are composed of pairs of dimensionless ratios, arrayed in tabular form, which, when modified by the appropriate values of rainfall exceed and by the time and areal characteristics of the drainage basin, satisfactorily represent the flood hydrograph for the basin. Model bydrographs are developed from a dimensionless translation...
Fluvial sediment in Hocking River subwatershed 1 (North Branch Hunters Run), Ohio
R.F. Flint
1972, Water Supply Paper 1798-I
From May 1956 to May 1962, Hocking River subwatershed 1 of Upper Hocking River Pilot Watershed had an average annual sediment yield from its contributing area of 0.94 square mile of 1,195 tons per square mile. Annual suspended-sediment yield at the outlet, expressed in tons per acre-foot of outflow, decreased...
Summary of floods in the United States during 1968
J.O. Rostvedt
1972, Water Supply Paper 1970-B
Runoff characteristics of California streams
S. E. Rantz
1972, Water Supply Paper 2009-A
California streams exhibit a wide range of runoff characteristics that are related to the climatologic, topographic, and geologic characteristics of the basins they drain. The annual volume of runoff of a stream, expressed in inches, may be large or small, and daily discharge rates may be highly variable or relatively...
Effect of aging on aluminum hydroxide complexes in dilute aqueous solutions
Ross Wilbert Smith, John David Hem
1972, Water Supply Paper 1827-D
Aqueous aluminum solutions containing 4?10 -5 mole/liter aluminum and a constant total ionic strength of 10 -2, but with varying ratios of hydroxide to aluminum (OH:Al), were prepared. Progress of these solutions toward equilibrium conditions over aging periods of as much as 2 years was studied by determining the composition...
Water for a rapidly growing urban community — Oakland County, Michigan
F. R. Twenter, R. L. Knutilla
1972, Water Supply Paper 2000
Oakland County, an area of 899 square miles, is in southeastern Michigan. The southern part of the county is overlapped by the suburbs of the city of Detroit. In 1970, about 850,000 people were living in the county and using about 100 million gallons of water a day. More than...
Physical, chemical, and biological aspects of the Duwamish River Estuary, King County, Washington, 1963-67
John F. Santos, J.D. Stoner
1972, Water Supply Paper 1873-C
This report describes the significant results to 1967 of a comprehensive study that began in 1963 to evaluate what changes take place in an estuary as the loads .of raw and partially treated industrial and municipal wastes are replaced by effluent from a secondary treatment plant. The study area is...
Electric analog studies of flow to wells in the Punjab aquifer of West Pakistan
Maurice John Mundorff, G.D. Bennett, Masood Ahmad
1972, Water Supply Paper 1608-N
A series of experiments was performed with a steady-state electric analog simulating a cylindrical segment of the aquifer underlying the plains of the Punjab region of West Pakistan. In most of the experiments recharge was assumed to be from the surface, within a specified radius of influence, and distributed uniformly...
Definitions of selected ground-water terms, revisions and conceptual refinements
Stanley William Lohman
1972, Water Supply Paper 1988
For many years there has been a need for redefinition or more precise definition of certain ground-water terms used in publications by members of the U.S . Geological Survey. Another problem has been the expression of the coefficient of permeability (herein redefined as hydraulic conductivity) and the coefficient of transmissibility...
Glossary of selected terms useful in studies of the mechanics of aquifer systems and land subsidence due to fluid withdrawal
J. F. Poland, B. E. Lofgren, Francis S. Riley
1972, Water Supply Paper 2025
Floods of August 1967 in east-central Alaska
Joseph M. Childers, James P. Meckel, Gary S. Anderson
1972, Water Supply Paper 1880-A
East-central Alaska had record floods near Fairbanks following extensive rains of August 8-20, 1967. Precipitation during this period totaled as much as 10 inches, which is close to the average annual precipitation for this area. The most extensive flooding occurred in the White Mountains northeast of Fairbanks and along the...
Factors contributing to unusually low runoff during the period 1962-68 in the Concho River Basin, Texas
Stanley P. Sauer
1972, Water Supply Paper 1999-L
To determine the reasons for the unusually low runoff in the Concho River basin during the period 1962-68, the physical developments and climatic changes in the basin were identified and related to changes in the regimen of streamflow. Land use, brush infestation, and land-treatment practices have not caused significant changes in...
Hydrologic interpretations based on infrared imagery of Long Island, New York
Edward J. Pluhowski
1972, Water Supply Paper 2009-B
Six remote-sensing flights over Long Island's north and south shores were made during the period July 13, 1967, to February 25, 1970. Infrared imagery in the 8- to 14-micrometer range was obtained; results varied from poor to excellent in quality. The ability of the RS 7 and Reconofax IV imagers...
Evaluation of yields of wells in consolidated rocks, Virginia to Maine
Dagfin John Cederstrom
1972, Water Supply Paper 2021
In the North Atlantic region, Virginia to Maine, yields of industrial and municipal wells are the most reliable indicators of the water-yielding potential of consolidated rocks. Generally, such wells represent efforts to develop a maximum supply of water, they are 350 to 500 feet deep, and they utilize 60 to...
Quality of the ground water in basalt of the Columbia River group, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho
Reuben Clair Newcomb
1972, Water Supply Paper 1999-N
The ground water within the 50,000-square-mile area of the layered basalt of the Columbia River Group is a generally uniform bicarbonate water having calcium and sodium in nearly equal amounts as the principal cations. water contains a relatively large amount of silica. The 525 chemical analyses indicate that the prevalent...
Chemical quality of water in the Walnut River basin, south-central Kansas
Robert B. Leonard
1972, Water Supply Paper 1982
Improper disposal of oil-field brine and other wastes has adversely affected the naturally diverse chemical quality of much of the water in the Walnut River basin, south-central Kansas. The basin is an area of about 2,000 square miles in the shape of a rough triangle with its apex toward the...
Origin of mineralized water in Precambrian rocks of the Upper Paraiba Basin, Paraiba, Brazil
Stuart L. Schoff
1972, Water Supply Paper 1663-H
