Ground-water and drainage problems in the Whitney terrace area, Boise, Idaho
S. W. West
1955, Open-File Report 55-192
Ground-water levels in the Whitney terrace area, after many years of rise owing to downward percolation of water from irrigated land, became nearly stabilized by 1935. Strong seasonal water-level fluctuations of 8 to 10 feet, however, are common in the Boise Valley. In recent years, the Whitney terrace has been...
The effect of volcanic ash from Mt. Spurr on the chemical character of surface waters near Anchorage, Alaska
G.W. Whetstone
1955, Open-File Report 55-193
Ground-water resources and geology of the Gila Bend and Dendora areas, Maricopa County, Arizona
P.W. Johnson, J.M. Cahill
1955, Open-File Report 55-75
The contemplated construction of an earth-fill flood-control dam on the Gila River in the vicinity of Gila Bend, Ariz., required a preliminary evaluation of the effects of such a structure upon the water supply of the area. The proposed dam would temporarily impound teh occasional floods that constitute the only...
Ground-water conditions between Oracle and Oracle Junction, Pinal County, Arizona
L.A. Heindl
1955, Open-File Report 55-63
The development of the San Manuel copper prospect has greatly increased traffic along State Highway 77. Considerable interest in commercial possibilities along that road has resulted in a request by the Arizona State Land Department for information about the ground-water conditions between Oracle and Oracle Junction. This request came too...
Water supplies for irrigation in the Northeast
C.H. Hardison, O. M. Hackett
1955, Open-File Report 55-57
The subject of this paper as given on the program is "Water Supplies for Irrigation in the Northeast." Both surface-water and ground-water resources are discussed, although with somewhat differing approaches. First we discuss the use of streamflow data in estimating the surface-water supplies available for irrigation use. Then we treat...
Photogeologic map, Circle Cliffs-12 quadrangle, Garfield County, Utah
R.J. Hackman
1955, Open-File Report 55-54
Memorandum on geology and ground-water resources in the vicinity of Oracle, Pinal County, Arizona
L.A. Heindl
1955, Open-File Report 55-64
Interim report on results of test drilling in the Savannah area, Georgia and South Carolina
Stephen M. Herrick, Robert L. Wait
1955, Open-File Report 55-65
The purpose of this investigation which is being made in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Mines, Mining and Geology, Chatham County, and the City of Savannah, is to determine whether salt-water encroachment has occurred in the principal limestone aquifer in the Savannah area, and, if so, to delimit the...
Survival and spawning of gill-net-marked red salmon
Philip R. Nelson, Carl E. Abegglen
1955, Research Report 40
The investigations conducted on sea lampreys in aquariums were concerned with the duration of the parasitic phase of life, feeding, growth, and the interrelations between predator and host fish. Observations on lampreys reared from metamorphosis to maturity were made at the Fish and Wildlife Service Laboratory at Hammond Bay,...
Hydrology of Clay County, Nebraska, with special reference to recharge
C.F. Keech
1955, Open-File Report 55-79
Water levels in observation wells in Nebraska during 1954
C.F. Keech, R.L. Case
1955, Open-File Report 55-80
The observation well program, begun in 1934 in cooperation with the Conservation and Survey Division, University of Nebraska, was continued during 1954. The United States Geological Survey began a series of ground-water investigations in Nebraska during the fall of 1945, as part of the program for development of the Missouri...
Magnitude and frequency of summer floods in western New Mexico and eastern Arizona
F.W. Kennon
1955, Open-File Report 55-82
Numerous small reservoirs and occasional water-spreading structures are being built on the ephemeral streams draining the public and Indian lands of the Southwest as part of the Soil and Moisture Conservation Program of the Bureau of Land Management and Bureau of Indian Affairs. Economic design of these structures requires some...
Ground-water hydraulics - A summary of lectures presented by John G. Ferris at short courses conducted by the Ground Water Branch, part 1, Theory
D.B. Knowles
1955, Open-File Report 55-85
The objective of the Ground Water Branch is to evaluate the occurrence, availability, and quality of ground water. The science of ground-water hydrology is applied toward attaining that goal. Although many ground-water investigations are of a qualitative nature, quantitative studies are necessarily an integral component of the complete evaluation of...
Open-file Appendix: Tables on basic data on geology and ground water of the Inyokern Naval Ordinance Test Station and vicinity, California
Fred Kunkel, G.H. Chase, W.J. Hiltgen
1955, Open-File Report 55-86
Ground-water program in Alabama
P.E. LaMoreaux
1955, Open-File Report 55-87
Several recent years of drought have emphasized the importance of Alabama's ground-water supplies, a matter of concern to us all. So far we have been blessed in Alabama with ample ground-water, although a combination of increased use, waste, pollution, and drought has brought about critical local water shortages. These problems...
The Delta's ground-water supply and the effects of pumping
J.W. Lang
1955, Open-File Report 55-88
No abstract available. ...
Drawdown patterns for two-well systems as applied to straight-line-boundary conditions
S.M. Lang
1955, Open-File Report 55-89
Bibliography of technical reports, articles, and memoranda published or otherwise released by the Ground Water Branch during the calendar year 1954
M. S. Griffin
1955, Open-File Report 55-53
Detailed logs of 28 wildcat wells in Lee, Wise, Buchanan, Montgomery, and Dickenson Counties, Virginia
Mary Beth McFarlan, Eloise T. Jacobsen
1955, Open-File Report 55-72
The Clinchfield Coal Company No. 102 well was drilled in the western part of Buchanan County near the Dickinson County line. The well started in the Pennsylvanian Norton formation and originally stopped in the Big Stone Gap shale. It was later deepened during 1950 to a total depth of 5847...
Double Moutain Fork Brazos River between Lubbock and Buffalo Lakes, Texas
J.O. Joerns
1955, Open-File Report 55-73
The purpose of this investigation was to study quantity, quality, and possible sources of the low flow and spring inflow of the Double Mountain Fork of the Brazos River between the Lubbock sewage disposal plant, 3 miles southeast of Lubbock, and a County Road crossing about 15 miles downstream and...
Extending flood-frequency graphs by comparison with rainfall
W. B. Langbein
1955, Open-File Report 55-90
Flood discharge is the consequence of many contributing hydrologic events which may be presumed to occur fortuitously and independently, such that the probability of a given flood is the product of the probability of each independent contributing event. Of the many factors that lead to a flood, the two most...
Preliminary report on the ground-water resources of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area, North Carolina
H. E. LeGrand
1955, Open-File Report 55-92
Partial bibliography of land-surface subsidence
J. H. Green
1955, Open-File Report 55-52
Compilation of flood data in Arizona, 1862-1953
Winchell Smith, W. L. Heckler
1955, Open-File Report 55-170
New storage on Snake River for irrigation use above Milner, Idaho
Lynn Crandall
1955, Open-File Report 55-32
With Palisades reservoir in operation there will be many years when the available water supply on Snake River above Milner will be fully utilized by storage in the then existing reservoirs under their established priority rights. Surplus water spilling to waste in past years is shown by the record of...
