Summary of floods in the United States during 1961
J.O. Rostvedt
1965, Water Supply Paper 1810
This report describes the most outstanding floods in the United States during 1961. The most damaging floods during the year were those caused by snowmelt in March and April in the upper Mississippi River basin and those accompanying Hurricane Carla in September.Hurricane Carla traveled northward along the east edge of...
Sex ratios and sexual dimorphism among recently transformed sea lampreys, Petromyzon marinus Linnaeus
Vernon C. Applegate, M.L.H. Thomas
1965, Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada (22) 695-711
The sex, length, and weight were determined of nearly all recently transformed sea lampreys migrating downstream in the Carp Lake River, Michigan, in the fall, winter, and spring of 1960-61. Similar data were collected from samples of an earlier run in the Carp Lake River and of runs in three...
Hydrology of the Little Plover River basin, Portage County, Wisconsin, and the effects of water resource development
Edwin P. Weeks, Donald W. Erickson, Charles Lee Roy Holt Jr.
1965, Water Supply Paper 1811
The Little Plover River basin is in the sand-plain area of central Wisconsin. The basin and the surrounding sand-plain area provide a good fish and wildlife habitat and is a popular locale for sport fishing. Good yields may be obtained in the area from irrigated crops, and the irrigated acreage...
Summary of floods in the United States during 1959
E. L. Hendricks
1964, Water Supply Paper 1750-B
This report describes the most outstanding floods that occurred in the United States during 1959.The floods of January-February in Ohio and adjacent States were the most outstanding floods of the year 1959 with respect to area affected, number of streams having maximum discharge of record, rare occurrence of peaks, and...
Preliminary results of hydrogeologic investigations in the valley of the Humboldt River near Winnemucca, Nevada
Philip M. Cohen
1964, Water Supply Paper 1754
Most of the ground water of economic importance and nearly all the ground water closely associated with the flow o# the Humboldt River in the. 40-mile reach near Winnemucca, Nev., are in unconsolidated sedimentary deposits. These deposits range in age from Pliocene to Recent and range in character from coarse...
Geology and ground-water conditions in the Wilmington-Reading area, Massachusetts
John Augustus Baker, H.G. Healy, O. M. Hackett
1964, Water Supply Paper 1694
The Wilmington-Reading area, as defined for this report, contains the headwaters of the Ipswich River in northeastern Massachusetts. Since World War II the growth of communities in this area and the change in character of some of them from rural to suburban have created new water problems and intensified old...
Water resources of the Hartford-New Britain area, Connecticut
Robert Vittum Cushman, D. Tanski, M. P. Thomas
1964, Water Supply Paper 1499-H
The Hartford-New Britain area includes the metropolitan areas of Hartford and New Britain and parts of several adjoining towns. Water used in the area is withdrawn from the principal streams and aquifers at an average rate of 463.5 mgd (million gallons per day). Sufficient water is available from these sources...
Amazon River investigations, reconnaissance measurements of July 1963
Roy Edwin Oltman, H. O’R. Sternberg, F.C. Ames, L.C. Davis
1964, Circular 486
The first measurements of the flow of the Amazon River were made in July 1963 as a joint project of the University of Brazil, the Brazilian Navy, and the U.S. Geological Survey. The discharge of the Amazon River at Obidos was 7,640,000 cfs at an annual flood stage somewhat lower...
Surface water records of New Mexico, water year 1963
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1963, Water Data Report NM-63
The surface-water records for the 1963 water year for gaging stations, partial-record stations, and miscellaneous sites within the State of New Mexico are given in this report. For convenience there are also included. records for a few pertinent gaging stations in bordering States. The records were collected and computed by...
Hydraulic geometry of a small tidal estuary
Robert M. Myrick, Luna Bergere Leopold
1963, Professional Paper 422-B
A tidal channel in a marsh bordering the Potomac River near Alexandria, Va., was mapped, and current-meter measurements of discharge were made at various locations and at various stages in the tidal cycle. These measurements allowed analysis of the change of width, depth, and velocity with discharge at various cross...
Magnitude and frequency of floods in the United States, part 13. Snake River basin
C.A. Thomas, H. C. Broom, J. E. Cummans
1963, Water Supply Paper 1688
The magnitude of a flood of any selected frequency up to 50 years for any site on any stream in the Snake River basin can be determined by methods outlined in this report, with some limitations. The methods are not applicable for regulated streams, for drainage basins smaller than 10...
Water resources of Red River Parish, Louisiana
Roy Newcome, Leland Vernon Page
1963, Water Supply Paper 1614
Red River Parish is on the eastern flank of the Sabine uplift in northwestern Louisiana. The 'area is underlain by lignitic clay and sand of Paleocene and Eocene age which dip to the east at the rate of about 30 feet per mile. The Red River is entrenched in these...
Late Pleistocene glacial drainage in the Devils Lake Region, North Dakota
Saul Aronow
1963, GSA Bulletin (74) 859-874
The Devils Lake region of northeastern North Dakota is covered with glacial drift deposited by the Leeds lobe of the Mankato Substage of the Wisconsin Stage of the Pleistocene and is underlain by Pierre Shale of Cretaceous age. Associated with the Sheyenne River, which flows through the southern part of...
Surface water records of New Mexico, water year 1962
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1962, Water Data Report NM-62
The surface-water records for the 1962 water year for gaging stations, partial-record stations, and miscellaneous sites within the State of New Mexico are given in this report. For convenience there are also included records for a few pertinent gaging stations in bordering States. The records were collected and computed by...
Quaternary geology of the Bellevue area in Blaine and Camas Counties, Idaho
Dwight Lyman Schmidt
1962, Open-File Report 62-120
The Bellevue area covers about 350 square miles of a foothill belt between the Rocky Mountains to the north and the Snake River plains to the south. Complexly deformed impure quartzites and limestones of the Mississippian Milligen and Pennsylvanian-Permian Wood River formations were intruded by large bodies of quartz...
Floods at Mount Clemens, Michigan
S.W. Wiitala, Arlington D. Ash
1962, Hydrologic Atlas 59
The approximate areas inundated during the flood of April 5-6, 1947, by Clinton River, North Branch and Middle Branch of Clinton River, and Harrington Drain, in Clinton Township, Macomb County, Mich., are shown on a topographic map base to record the flood hazard in graphical form. The flood of April...
Floods of December 1961 in Mississippi and adjoining states
James D. Shell
1962, Circular 465
Widespread floods occurred over parts of Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama after heavy rains during December 18, 1961. A series of low-pressure systems produced as much as 19 inches of rainfall in some areas. Heavy rainfall, 7 to 11 inches, on December 10 resulted in outstanding floods on small streams in...
Sediment discharge during floods in eastern Nebraska
J. C. Mundorff
1962, Circular 470
Runoff resulting from rapid melting of a deep snow cover over much of eastern Nebraska resulted in exceptionally high stream stages and in severe flooding on many streams in eastern Nebraska during the latter part of March and the early part of April in 1960. Suspended-sediment concentrations and discharges for...
Water resources of the Utica-Rome area, New York
Henry N. Halberg, O. P. Hunt, F. H. Pauszek
1962, Water Supply Paper 1499-C
The Utica-Rome area is along the Mohawk River and New York State Erie (Barge) Canal about midway between Lake Ontario and Albany. It encompasses about 390 square miles centered around the industrial cities of Utica and Rome. The Mohawk River, its tributary West Canada Creek, and a system of reservoirs...
Surface Water Records of California, 1961; Volume 1: Colorado River Basin, Southern Great Basin and Pacific Slope Basins excluding Central Valley
1961, Water Data Report CA-61-1
The surface-water records for the 1961 water year for gaging stations, partial-record stations, and miscellaneous sites within the State of California are given in this report. For convenience there are also included records for a few pertinent gaging stations in bordering States. The records were collected and computed by the...
Surface water records of New Mexico, water year 1961
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1961, Water Data Report NM-61
The surface-water records for the 1961 water year for gaging stations, partial-record stations, and miscellaneous sites within the State of New Mexico are given in this report. For convenience there are also included for a few pertinent gaging stations in bordering States. The records were collected and computed by the...
Floods of January-February 1959 in Indiana
Malcolm D. Hale, Richard Earl Hoggatt
1961, Circular 440
The floods of January-February 1959 in Indiana exceeded those previously known on many streams in the southeastern portion of the State in January and on several streams in the Wabash Valley during February. At least 3 lives were lost, more than 2,000 people were evacuated, and dozens of bridges were...
Time of travel of water in the Ohio River, Pittsburgh to Cincinnati
Robert E. Steacy
1961, Circular 439
This report presents a procedure for estimating the time of travel of water in the Ohio River from Pittsburgh, Pa., to Cincinnati, Ohio, under various river stage conditions. This information is primarily for use by civil defense officials and by others concerned with problems involving travel time of river water....
Time of travel of water in the Potomac River, Cumberland to Washington
James K. Searcy, Luther C. Davis
1961, Circular 438
This report introduces a graphical procedure for estimating the time required for water to travel down the Potomac River in the reach extending from Cumberland, Md., to Washington, D.C. The time of travel varies with the flow of the river; so the stage of the river at the lower end...
Late quaternary history of the snake river in the American Falls region, Idaho
Donald E. Trimble, Wilfred James Carr
1961, Bulletin of the Geological Society of America (72) 1739-1748
While mapping the American Falls region, we found evidence that contributes to the middle Pleistocene to Recent history of the Snake River, and indirectly to the history of overflow of Lake Bonneville. Middle Pleistocene to recent rocks in the valley are mainly lacustrine and fluvial silts and clays, with some...
