Discussion of “Annual floods and the partial duration flood series”
Ven Te Chow, W. B. Langbein
1950, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union (31) 393-941
The writer is interested in finding from this paper a similar idea which he had in mind when engaging in a statistical study of hydrologic data, a part of the Highway Drainage Research Project being carried out in the Department of Civil Engineering, the University of Illinois. However, a complete...
Geologic interpretations of seismic data Route 128 (Northern Circumferential Highway) cut, and Hopkins Street grade separation stations 1-18 in Wakefield, Mass.
James E. May, Daniel Lineham
1950, Open-File Report 50-43-A
The completion of a segment of the Northern Circumferential Highway, Route 126, in Wakefield, Mass., requires an underpass bridge at Hopkins Street, Station 5+50. The plan of the project shows approximately 1800 feet if approach cuts between stations 1 and 18. In October 1945 a preliminary seismic study was made...
Geologic interpretation of seismic data projected Northern Circumferential Highway, Route 128 Cut, Stations 87-94 in Waltham, Mass.
James E. Maynard, Daniel Linehan
1949, Open-File Report 49-44-B
No abstract available....
Geologic interpretation of seismic data projected Northern Circumferential Highway, Route 128 Cut, Stations 69-77 in Waltham, Mass.
James E. Maynard, Daniel Linehan
1949, Open-File Report 49-44-A
No abstract available....
Geologic interpretation of seismic data, Waltham Northern Circumferential Highway (Route 128), Grade Separation Routes 128 and 117, Stations 58 to 62
James E. Maynard, Daniel Linehan
1949, Open-File Report 49-42-A
No abstract available....
Geologic interpretation of seismic data, Lexington Northern Circumferential Highway (Route 128), Boston and Maine Railroad Underpass Stations 179-185
James E. Maynard, Daniel Linehan
1949, Open-File Report 49-41-F
No abstract available....
Ground water available in the Davenport area, Oklahoma
Stuart L. Schoff
1948, Open-File Report 48-83
This memorandum describes the ground-water resources in the vicinity of Davenport, Lincoln County, Oklahoma. It is based on a one-day trip to Davenport made by the writer on February 11, 1948, to obtain information in addition to that in the ground-water files in Norman on the availability of ground water...
Texas floods of 1940
Seth D. Breeding
1948, Water Supply Paper 1046
Floods occurred in Texas during, June, July, and November 1940 that exceeded known stages on many small streams and at a few places on the larger streams. Stages at several stream-gaging stations exceeded the maximum known at those places since the collection of daily records began. A storm, haying its...
Geology applied to modern highways
Leo Maddalena
1948, Open-File Report 48-17-D
"Geology applied to modern highways", by Leo Maddalena, is a study of the contribution of geologic work to the construction of a heavy-duty highway through rugged terrain in the Apennine Mountains of Italy....
Geologic features of dam sites in the Nehalem, Rogue, and Willamette River basins, Oregon, 1935-37
A. M. Piper
1947, Open-File Report 47-12
The present report comprises brief descriptions of geologic features at 19 potential dam sites in the Nehalem, Rogue, and Willamette River basins in western Oregon. The topography of these site and of the corresponding reservoir site was mapped in 1934-36 under an allocation of funds, by the Public Works...
Trace elements reconnaissance along highways in the Tanana and upper Copper River valleys, Alaska
Helmuth Wedow Jr., John J. Matzko
1947, Trace Elements Investigations 38
Minor floods of 1938 in the North Atlantic States
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1947, Water Supply Paper 966
Five noteworthy floods occurred during 1938 in the North Atlantic States. The first flood was in January, the others were in June, July, August, and September. The floods of January, June, and August were relatively local events in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York, respectively. The floods of July and...
Profiles showing geology along highways in the vicinity of Tuscaloosa, Alabama
D. H. Eargle
1947, Oil and Gas Investigation Chart 31
Preliminary report on the general geology and engineering geology of Noonan quadrangle, North Dakota
R. C. Townsend
1947, Report
The Noonan quadrangle is in northwestern North Dakota adjacent to the Dominion of Canada and approximately 35 miles east of Montana. The small coal-mining, farm, and railroad town of Noonan is located near the eastern edge of this sparsely populated area. The east-west State Highway 5 bisects the quadrangle.Cultural development...
Water utilization in the White River Basin
R.O. Helland
1946, Open-File Report 46-37
This report presents briefly the results of an investigation of the water and power resources of the White river made in 1943 primarily for the purpose of classification of lands adjacent to the stream that have been withdrawn for power purposes. About three days were spent by the writer in...
Geology and ground-water resources of Cedar City and Parowan Valleys, Iron County, Utah
H. E. Thomas, G.H. Taylor
1946, Water Supply Paper 993
Cedar City Valley and Parowan Valley are situated in the eastern part of Iron County, in southwestern Utah. Both valleys are traversed by United States Highway 91, which skirts the west base of the High Plateaus of Utah. The sparse population of the valleys is chiefly dependent upon agricultural products...
Geology and ground-water resources of the island of Hawaii
Harold T. Stearns, Gordon A. Macdonald
1946, Bulletin 9
Hawaii, the largest island in the Hawaiian group, is 93 miles long, 76 miles wide, and covers 4,030 square miles. Mauna Loa Volcano is 13,680 feet high and Mauna Kea is 13,784 feet high. Plate 1 shows the geology, wells, springs, and water-development tunnels. Plate 2 is a map and...
Geology and coal resources of the eastern part of the lower Matanuska Valley coal field, Alaska
F.F. Barnes, F.M. Byers Jr.
1945, Open-File Report 45-102
The lower Matanuska Valley coal field is in south-central Alaska near the head of Cook Inlet, about 60 miles by railroad northeast of Anchorage (fig. 1). It occupies an area roughly 7 miles long and 1 1/2 miles wide that trends northeastward parallel to the front of the Talkeetna Mountains...
Geology and ground-water resources of the Big Spring area, Texas
Penn Poore Livingston, Robert R. Bennett
1944, Water Supply Paper 913
This report gives the principal results of an investigation of ground water in the Big Spring area, Texas. Big Spring, the county seat of Howard County, has an estimated population of about 16,000. It is situated on the Texas & Pacific Ry. and United States Highway No. 80 in western...
Appendix F—Ground‐water studies in Central America
A.N. Sayre
1944, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union (25) 724-725
In June, 1943, the United States Geological Survey assigned two ground‐water geologists, A. N. SAYRE and G. C. TAYLOR, Jr., to study water‐supply problems in Central America for the Coordinator of Inter‐American Affairs and to make recommendations for remedial measures to provide water for cities and towns, especially along the...
General geology and ground-water resources of the island of Maui, Hawaii
Harold T. Stearns, Gordon Andrew Macdonald
1942, Bulletin 7
Maui, the second largest island in the Hawaiian group, is 48 miles long, 26 miles wide, and covers 728 square miles. The principal town is Wailuku. Sugar cane and pineapples are the principal crops. Water is used chiefly for irrigating cane. The purpose of the investigation was to study the...
Geologic map and guide of the island of Oahu, Hawaii
Harold T. Stearns
1939, Bulletin 2
This bulletin, although designated Bulletin 2, is actually the fourth of a series published by the Division of Hydrography of the Territory of Hawaii. All four of the bulletins thus far published relate to the geology and ground-water resources of the island of Oahu.1 Together they present the results obtained...
The floods of March 1936, part 2, Hudson River to Susquehanna River region
Nathan C. Grover
1937, Water Supply Paper 799
During the period March 9-22, 1936, there occurred in close succession over the northeastern United States, from the James and upper Ohio River Basins in Virginia and Pennsylvania to the river basins of Maine, two extraordinarily heavy storms, in which the precipitation was almost entirely in the form of rain....
The floods of March 1936, Part 3, Potomac, James, and upper Ohio Rivers
Nathan C. Grover, Stephen Lichtblau
1937, Water Supply Paper 800
During the period March 9-22, 1936, there occurred in close succession over the northeastern United States, from the James and upper Ohio River Basins in Virginia and Pennsylvania to the river basins of Maine, two extraordinarily heavy storms, in which the precipitation was almost entirely in the form of rain....
The floods of March 1936, part 1, New England rivers
Nathan Clifford Grover
1937, Water Supply Paper 798
During the period March 9-22, 1936, there occurred in close succession over the northeastern United States, from the James and upper Ohio River Basins in Virginia and Pennsylvania to the river basins of Maine, two extraordinarily heavy storms, in which the precipitation was almost entirely in the form of rain....
