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...
Map of the Louisville area, Kentucky, showing contours on the bedrock surface
L. M. MacCary (compiler)
1955, Hydrologic Atlas 5
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...
Memorandum describing the geology and ground-water conditions in the vicinity of Simpsonville, Maryland
E. G. Otton
1955, Open-File Report 55-127
This memorandum summarizes briefly the result of a study of the ground-water conditions of a small area near Simpsonville, Maryland, underlain chiefly by the Guilford granite (granite-pegmatite) of early Paleozoic or late Precambrian age. The records. of 15 wells and 5 sprints are given, as are t he sample-study legs...
Effect of western drought on the water resources of Safford Valley, Arizona, 1940–1952
R.L. Cushman, L. C. Halpenny
1955, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union (36) 87-94
Records of precipitation, runoff in the Gila River, ground‐water withdrawals for irrigation, and changes in ground‐water level in Safford Valley, Arizona, provide a basis for noting the effect of wet and dry periods on the hydrologic cycle. An unusually wet period 1940–1941, was followed by a period of drought, l942–1952....
Average annual runoff and precipitation in the New England-New York area
C. E. Knox, T. J. Nordenson
1955, Hydrologic Atlas 7
No abstract available....
Tables of basic data to accompany report on geologic and hydrologic features of the San Bernardino area, California, with special reference to underflow across the San Jacinto fault
A. A. Garrett, L.C. Dutcher
1954, Open-File Report 54-93
This appendix presents a part of the basic data collected by the United States Geological Survey in cooperation with the San Bernardino County Flood Control District in the ground-water investigation of the San Bernardino area, California....
Water resources of the Grand Rapids area, Michigan
G.J. Stramel, C.O. Wisler, L.B. Laird
1954, Circular 323
The Grand Rapids area, Michigan, has three sources from which to obtain its water supply: Lake Michigan, the Grand River and its tributaries, and ground water. Each of the first two and possibly the third is capable of supplying the entire needs of the area.This area is now obtaining a...
Hydrology of the San Bernardino and eastern San Gabriel Mountains, California
Harold C. Troxell, and others
1954, Hydrologic Atlas 1
Hydrologic studies at Seabrook, New Jersey
Irwin Remson
1954, Open-File Report 54-253
Configuration of the water table in Nebraska
Raymond L. Schreurs
1954, Hydrologic Atlas 4
Records of wells, ground-water levels, and ground-water withdrawals in the lower Goose Creek Basin, Cassia County, Idaho
R. W. Mower
1954, Open-File Report 54-217
Investigations by the United States Geological Survey of Ground Water in the Southern border area of the Snake Rive Plain, south of the Snake River, a re concerned at the present time with delineation of the principal ground-water districts, the extent and location of existing ground-water developments, the possibilities for...
The flood control controversy: Big dams, little dams, and land management
Luna Bergere Leopold, Thomas Maddock Jr.
1954, Book
The purpose of this book is to investigate the facts regarding flood control, a subject that has given rise to extreme controversy in the United States in recent years. The question of flood control is obviously a vital one not only to the United States but to many other countries....
Chemical and physical quality examination
William Lamar
1953, Book chapter, Lake Erie pollution survey. Final report.
In a balanced study of water pollution or water utilization a thorough chemical and physical examination is essential. This provides a basis for evaluation of stream conditions, their effects and remedies. Such information is of value to the general public who are interested in clean water and in recreation, hunting,...
Hydrology of Lake Erie and tributaries
L. C. Crawford
1953, Book chapter, Lake Erie pollution survey. Final report
The drainage area of the Great Lakes is equal to nearly one-tenth of the entire area of the United States; 58 percent of this area lies within the United States. The information in Table 3 affords a ready comparison of the land and water areas involved in the United States...
Hydrologic characteristics of Lake Tarpon area, Florida
R.L. Taylor
1953, Open-File Report 53-255
Floods of May-July 1950 in southeastern Nebraska
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1953, Water Supply Paper 1137-D
Four floods occurred in southeast Nebraska during the period of May to July 1950. Two of these were the greatest known in the State if the size of the drainage areas is considered, and the other two were not so spectacular but were of notable size and of possible hydrologic...
Floods of November-December 1950 in the Central Valley basin, California
C. G. Paulsen
1953, Water Supply Paper 1137-F
The flood of November-December 1950 in the Central Valley basin was the greatest in most parts of the basin since the turn of the century and probably was exceeded in the lower San Joaquin River basin only by the historic flood of 1862. In respect to monetary loss, the 1950...
Water resources of the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, Minnesota
Charles Henry Prior, Robert Schneider, W. H. Durum
1953, Circular 274
The water supply of the Minneapolis-St. Paul area is adequate to satisfy present requirements and requirements for many years to come if the area continues to develop at about the present rate. The flow of -the Mississippi River at the Twin Cities is more than sufficient to meet the demands of...
Areas of principal ground-water investigations in the Arkansas, White, and Red River basins
Stanley William Lohman, V. M. Burtis
1953, Hydrologic Atlas 2
A geologic and hydrologic study of Shackham watershed, New York State
D.E. Outlaw
1953, Open-File Report 53-214
General availability of ground water and depth to water level in the Arkansas, White, and Red River basins
Stanley William Lohman, V. M. Burtis
1953, Hydrologic Atlas 3
No abstract available....
Geology and hydrology of the Kanopolis Unit in Ellsworth, McPherson, and Saline Counties, Kansas, with a section on The chemical quality of the water, by R.A. Krieger
W.D. Waterman, R. A. Krieger
1952, Open-File Report ND-27
The Lincoln hydrologic laboratory, Lincoln, Nebraska
A.I. Johnson
1952, Open-File Report 52-84
Geology and hydrology of dam sites on the island of St. Croix, Virgin Islands
R. R. Meyer
1952, Open-File Report 52-98
The Virgin Islands Corporation plans to build a series of small earth dams along some of the streams on the island of St. Croix, and field studies involving the selection and hydrology of possible sites was carried on by the Geological Survey during the months of August and September 1951....
