The lower Ordovician gastropod Ceratopea
E. L. Yochelson, Josiah Bridge
1957, Professional Paper 294-H
Miocene arthropods from the Mojave Desert, California
A. R. Palmer
1957, Professional Paper 294-G
Bikini and nearby atolls, Marshall Islands; chemical erosion of beach rock and exposed reef rock
Roger Revelle, Kenneth Orris Emery
1957, Professional Paper 260-T
Geologic sections of the Ahtanum Valley, Yakima County, Washington
B. L. Foxworthy
1957, Open-File Report 57-44
Tennessee section of 1956 annual water-level report
J.H. Criner Jr.
1957, Open-File Report 57-29
Photogeologic map of the Hurricane Cliffs-2 NE quadrangle, Mohave County, Arizona
C. H. Marshall
1957, IMAP 252
Feasibility of recharging basalt aquifers in the Walla Walla area, Washington
Donald H. Hart
1957, Open-File Report 57-51
This report presents the results of a study made as a part of the cooperative investigation of the ground-water resources of Washington being made by the U. S. Geological Survey and the State Department of Conservation, Division of Water Resources. It describes the factors affecting the feasibility of artificially recharging...
Reconnaissance of the water resources of the Lonesome Valley area, Yavapai County, Arizona
Donald G. Metzger
1957, Open-File Report 57-68
In accordance with a request from its cooperating agency, the Arizona State Land Department, the U.S. Geological Survey has made a brief reconnaissance of the water resources of the Lonesome Valley area, Yavapai County, Ariz., to determine the probable hydrologic effects of a proposed dam on Lynx Creek. The construction...
Irrigation in northeastern Mississippi
J.W. Lang, E. H. Boswell
1957, Open-File Report 57-63
The phenomenal increase in the use of water for agriculture, industry, and public water supply in the past few years has been an important factor in bringing about the current accelerated inventory and appraisal of the water resources of Mississippi. As a result of severe droughts during the past several...
Results of pumping test, city well four, Pullman, Washington
Bruce L. Foxworty
1957, Open-File Report 57-45
The Geological Survey, on July 10, 1957, was requested by the Washington State Department of Conservation to participate in a pumping test to be made by the city of Pullman on their city well 4, scheduled to begin July 15, 1957. The area was visited on July 11 by Mr....
Photogeologic map of the Johnson NE quadrangle, Kane County, Utah
R.J. Hackman
1957, IMAP 245
Reconnaissance investigation of ground-water supply for Dora Belle Campground, Shaver Lake, California
G. H. Davis
1957, Open-File Report 57-31
At the request of the United States Forest Service, the Ground Water Branch of the United Stated Geological Survey made a reconnaissance of the geologic features and water resources of the Dora Belle Campground in Sierra National Forest on the shore of Shaver Lake, Fresno County, California. Basically, the water-supply problem...
Photogeologic map of the Navajo Mountain-8 quadrangle, San Juan County, Utah
A. B. Olson
1957, IMAP 221
Water levels in observation wells in Nebraska during 1956
C.F. Keech
1957, Open-File Report 57-61
The Objective of the observation-well program in Nebraska is to provide an evaluation of the status of the ground-water supplies. Many uses tor water-level data are known but not all potential uses can be foreseen. Among the important uses are the following: (1) To indicate the status of ground water in storage or in transit...
Interim report on the ground-water resources of the McMullen Valley area, Maricopa, Yavapai, and Yuma Counties, Arizona
William Kam
1957, Open-File Report 57-59
Records of selected artesian wells in South Dakota
R. W. Davis
1957, Open-File Report 57-32
Geology and ground-water hydrology of the Oahe unit, James River division, South Dakota: Appendixes A, B, C, and E
J.R. Jones, and others
1957, Open-File Report 57-58
Water quality: a factor in Arkansas River development
T.B. Dover
1957, Open-File Report 57-40
One of the first requisites for intelligent planning of the utilization and control of water and for the administration of laws relating to its use, is data on the quantity, quality, and mode of occurrence of water supplies. The collections, evaluation, interpretation, and publication of such data constitute the primary...
Delivery of water from Belton Reservoir to the Brazos River gaging station at Richmond, Texas, by way of the Leon, Little, and Brazos River channels, 1956
D.E. Havelka, E.M. Parten
1957, Open-File Report 57-53
Beginning November 1, 1956 and ending December 14, 1956, the Corps of Engineers, in cooperation with the Brazos River Authority released 73,000 acre-feet of water (as measured at the gaging station on Leon river near Belton) from the Belton Reservoir for industrial use in the vicinity of Freeport, Tex. (see...
Water resources of the Yadkin-Pee Dee River basin, North Carolina
Robert Eugene Fish, H. E. LeGrand, G. A. Billingsley
1957, Water Supply Paper 1415
Sufficient water is available in the basin of the Yadkin and Pee Dee Rivers to meet present requirements and those for many years to come if water use increases at about the present rate. Data presented in this report show that the average annual streamflow from approximately 82 percent of...
Ground-water geology of the Bruneau–Grand View area, Owyhee County, Idaho
Robert Thomas Littleton, E. G. Crosthwaite
1957, Water Supply Paper 1460-D
The Bruneau-Grand View area is part of an artesian basin in northern Owyhee County, Idaho. The area described in this report comprises about 600 square miles, largely of undeveloped public domain, much of which is open, or may be opened, for desert-entry filing. Many irrigation-entry applications to the Federal Government...
Floods in 1956 in the Esquatzel Coulee area in Washington
D.G. Anderson, G. L. Bodhaine
1957, Open-File Report 57-3
Flame photometric determination of strontium in water
Marvin W. Skougstad
1957, Open-File Report 57-102
Preliminary search of reported methods of Sr analysis revealed several investigations which have been made for the determination of Sr with the flame photometer, both at relatively low concentrations (0 to 50 ppm Sr) and at higher concentrations. Generally the procedures described involved measurement of Sr emission at either 460.7...
Interregional management of ground and surface water
H. E. Thomas
1957, Open-File Report 57-110
I feel that there is not a large gap between what we have and what we need for "management" of the people who must give their assent to any program for management of water resources. We need a "generalist" approach in addition to our specialist approach, to achieve a synthesis...
Ground-water conditions in the Mendota-Huron area, Fresno and Kings Counties, California
G. H. Davis, J. F. Poland
1957, Water Supply Paper 1360-G
No abstract available....