Discharge ratings for streams at submerged section controls
William Stewart Eisenlohr
1964, Water Supply Paper 1779-L
Geology and ground-water resources of Uvalde County, Texas
F.A. Welder, R.D. Reeves
1964, Water Supply Paper 1584
The principal aquifer in Uvalde County is the Edwards and associated limestones of Cretaceous age. The aquifer underlies an extensive area in south-central Texas extending along the Balcones fault zone from Kinney County eastward to San Antonio, and thence northeastward to Hays County. The hydrologic unit making up the Edwards...
Geology and ground-water resources of Richardson County, Nebraska
Philip A. Emery
1964, Water Supply Paper 1779-W
Richardson County is in the extreme southeast corner of Nebraska. It has an area of 545 square miles, and in 1960 it had a population of 13,903. The county is in the physiographic region referred to as the Dissected Loess-covered Till Prairies. Major drainage consists of the Big Nemaha River,...
Discharge characteristics of embankment-shaped weirs
Carl E. Kindsvater
1964, Water Supply Paper 1617-A
An embankment-shaped weir is an embankment overtopped by flood waters. Among the engineering problems frequently resulting from. this occurrence is the need to compute the peak discharge from postflood yield observations. The research described in this. report was concerned with the theoretical and experimental bases for the computation procedure. The...
Sediment transported by Georgia streams
Vance C. Kennedy
1964, Water Supply Paper 1668
A reconnaissance investigation of the sediment transported by selected Georgia streams during the period December 1957 to June 1959 was made to provide a general understanding of the physical quality of stream water in Georgia and to supply facts needed in planning more detailed work. The investigation was made by...
Ground-water resources of Mirage Flats, Nebraska
Charles Franklin Keech
1964, Water Supply Paper 1779-BB
Ground-water conditions in the proposed waterfowl refuge area near Chapman, Nebraska
Charles Franklin Keech, Philip G. Rosene
1964, Water Supply Paper 1779-E
No abstract available....
Geology and ground-water resources of McMullen Valley, Maricopa, Yavapai, and Yuma Counties, Arizona
William Kam
1964, Water Supply Paper 1665
Ground-water conditions in the Green Bay area, Wisconsin, 1950-60
Doyle B. Knowles
1964, Water Supply Paper 1669-J
The Green Bay area, which includes parts of Brown, Outagamie, and Shawano Counties, has an area of about 525 square miles in eastern Wisconsin at the south end of Green Bay. In 1960, it had a population estimated at 124,000; Green Bay, the largest city in the area, had a...
Water resources of the Green Bay area, Wisconsin
Doyle Blewer Knowles, F. C. Dreher, George Walter Whetstone
1964, Water Supply Paper 1499-G
The Green Bay area comprises an area of about 525 square miles in eastern Wisconsin at the south end of Green Bay. It includes the western three-fourths of Brown County and the eastern one-ninth of Outagamie County. In 1960, the population of the area was estimated at 124,000. The most prominent...
Summary of developed and potential waterpower of the United States and other countries of the world, 1955-62
Loyd L. Young
1964, Circular 483
Estimates of potential waterpower and historical data on waterpower developments in various parts of the world are assembled in this report. Salient characteristics of the period studied, 1955-62, include increased use of the underground powerhouse, multiple -purpose developments, and use of storage (including pumped storage) to increase the value of...
Hydrogeologic reconnaissance of Poro Point and vicinity, Luzon Island, Philippines
George Frank Worts
1964, Water Supply Paper 1608-E
In 1961 a reconnaissance of the geology and ground-water hydrology of Poro Point, on the west coast of Luzon Island, Philippines, was made on behalf of the U.S. Department of the Navy. Poro Point, which marks the northern end of Lingayen Gulf, is about half a mile wide and projects...
The Water Supply of El Morro National Monument
Samuel Wilson West, Helene Louise Baldwin
1964, Water Supply Paper 1766
In the land of enchantment, between Gallup and Grants, N. Mex., near the Zuni Mountains, a huge sandstone bluff rises abruptly 200 feet above the plain. The Spaniards called it 'El Morro,' which means 'the headland' or 'bluff.' Around it are other mesas and canyons and stands of pinon and...
Compilation of records of surface waters of the United States, October 1950 to September 1960, part 11. Pacific slope basins in California
E. L. Hendricks
1964, Water Supply Paper 1735
No abstract available....
A magnetic anomaly of possible economic significance in southeastern Minnesota
Isidore Zietz
1964, Circular 489
An aeromagnetic survey in southeastern Minnesota by the U. S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the State of Minnesota has revealed a high-amplitude, linear, and narrow magnetic feature that suggests a possible source of Precambrian iron-formation of economic value. For the past few years the U. S. Geological Survey has...
Sedimentation in three small forested drainage basins in the Alsea River basin, Oregon
R.C. Williams
1964, Circular 490
A multidiscipline investigation to determine the effects of logging on the ecology of three small forested tributary basins is a part of an overall study of the Alsea River basin in the Coast Range of Oregon. The investigation of these small basins will be to (1) establish pre-logging conditions, (2)...
Geology and water resources of the Bluewater Springs area, Carbon County, Montana
Everett Alfred Zimmerman
1964, Water Supply Paper 1779-J
Growing importance of urban geology
John T. McGill
1964, Circular 487
Ground water east of Jackson Lake, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
Laurence J. McGreevy, Ellis D. Gordon
1964, Circular 494
The project area, which lies east of and adjacent to Jackson Lake is on the downthrown eastern block of the Teton fault, a normal fault that trends northward along the west edge of Jackson Lake. Rocks of pre-Cretaceous age are deeply buried beneath this area. Sedimentary rocks of Cretaceous age...
Ground-water research of the U.S. Geological Survey
Charles L. McGuinness
1964, Circular 492
No abstract available....
Stream gaging control structure for the Rio Grande Conveyance Channel near Bernardo New Mexico
D.D. Harris, E.V. Richardson
1964, Water Supply Paper 1369-E
Geology and ground-water features of the Edison-Maricopa area, Kern County, California
Perry Rowley Wood, R. H. Dale
1964, Water Supply Paper 1656
No abstract available....
Reports and maps of the Geological Survey released only in the open files, 1963
Betsy A. Weld, Margaret S. Griffin, George W. Brett
1964, Circular 488
Floods of January-February 1957 in southeastern Kentucky and adjacent areas
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1964, Water Supply Paper 1652-A
Heavy rains over an extensive area on January 27-February 2, caused extreme flooding in southeastern Kentucky and adjacent areas in West Virginia, Virginia, and Tennessee. Total rainfall for the storm period ranged from 6-9 inches over most of the report area and was 12? inches at the eastern end of...
Mercury - Its occurrence and economic trends
Edgar H. Bailey, Roscoe M. Smith
1964, Circular 496
In 1963 the domestic production of primary mercury was less than one-fourth of the domestic consumption, largely because a series of years of declining price led to the closing of most of the domestic mines. During 1963 and 1964 the U.S. price, which usually responds to world price, increased from...