USGS-Authored Reports Available from the Pennsylvania Geological Survey (Archive)
USGS-authored reports available from the Pennsylvania Geological Survey
Previous reports authored by USGS staff, in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Geological Survey (PaGS), were published in the PaGS's Water Resources Reports series, 1933-2010.
The table below lists these and other selected reports from PaGS, and provides links to download zip files of the reports from PaGS.
| Pub # | Title | Authors | Year | Hyperlink |
| OFMI 21–02.0 | Geohydrologic and water-quality characterization of a fractured-bedrock test hole in an area of Marcellus shale gas development, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania | Risser, D. W., Williams, J. H., and Bierly, A. D. | 2021 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=3642801&DocName=OFMI21-0… |
| OFMI 15–24.0 | Geohydrologic and water-quality characterization of a fractured-bedrock test hole in an area of Marcellus shale gas development, Tioga County, Pennsylvania | Williams, J. H., Risser, D. W., and Dodge, C. H. | 2015 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751441&DocName=OFMI15-2… |
| OFMI 13–01.1 | Geohydrologic and water-quality characterization of a fractured-bedrock test hole in an area of Marcellus shale gas development, Bradford County, Pennsylvania | Risser, D. W., Williams, J. H., Hand, K. L., and others | 2013 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751415&DocName=OFMI13-0… |
| W 01 | Ground water in southwestern Pennsylvania | Piper, A. M. | 1933 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751872&DocName=W1_GW_SW… |
| W 02 | Ground water in southeastern Pennsylvania | Hall, G. M. | 1934 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751873&DocName=W2_GW_SE… |
| W 03 | Ground water in northwestern Pennsylvania | Leggette, R. M. | 1936 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751874&DocName=W3_GW_NW… |
| W 04 | Ground water in northeastern Pennsylvania | Lohman, S. W. | 1937 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751875&DocName=W4_GW_NE… |
| W 05 | Ground water in south-central Pennsylvania | Lohman, S. W. | 1938 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751876&DocName=W5_GW_SCPa |
| W 06 | Ground water in north-central Pennsylvania | Lohman, S. W. | 1939 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751877&DocName=W6_GW_NC… |
| W 07 | Ground-water resources of Pennsylvania | Lohman, S. W. | 1941 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751878&DocName=W7_GW_Pa |
| W 08 | Ground-water resources of the valley-fill deposits of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania | Adamson, J. H., Jr., Graham, J. B., and Klein, N. H. | 1949 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751879&DocName=W8_GWRes… |
| W 09 | Ground-water resources of Beaver County, Pennsylvania | Van Tuyl, D. W., and Klein, N. H. | 1951 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751880&DocName=W9_GWRes… |
| W 10 | Ground water for air conditioning at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Van Tuyl, D. W. | 1951 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751881&DocName=W10_GW_F… |
| W 11 | Ground water resources of Bucks County, Pennsylvania | Greenman, D. W. | 1955 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751882&DocName=W11_GWRe… |
| W 12 | Borehole geophysical methods for analyzing specific capacity of multiaquifer wells | Bennett, G. D., and Patten, E. P., Jr. | 1960 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751883&DocName=W12_Bore… |
| W 13 | Ground-water resources of the Coastal Plain area of southeastern Pennsylvania | Greenman, D. W., Rima, D. R., Lockwood, W. N., and Meisler, Harold | 1961 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751884&DocName=W13_GWRe… |
| W 14 | Geology and hydrology of the Stockton Formation in southeastern Pennsylvania | Rima, D. R., Meisler, Harold, and Longwill, Stanley | 1962 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751885&DocName=W14_Geo-… |
| W 15 | Geology and hydrology of the Neshannock quadrangle, Mercer and Lawrence Counties, Pennsylvania | Carswell, L. D., and Bennett, G. D. | 1963 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751886&DocName=W15_Geo-… |
| W 16 | Geology and hydrology of the Mercer quadrangle, Mercer, Lawrence, and Butler Counties, Pennsylvania | Poth, C. W. | 1963 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751887&DocName=W16_Geo-… |
| W 17 | Methods of flow measurement in well bores | Patten, E. P., Jr., and Bennett, G. D. | 1962 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751888&DocName=W17_FlowMeasMethods_WellBores |
| W 18 | Hydrogeology of the carbonate rocks of the Lebanon Valley, Pennsylvania | Meisler, Harold | 1963 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751889&DocName=W18_Hydr… |
| W 19 | Application of electrical and radioactive well logging to ground-water hydrology | Patten, E. P., Jr., and Bennett, G. D. | 1963 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751890&DocName=W19_Elec… |
| W 20 | The ground-water observation-well program in Pennsylvania | Poth, C. W. | 1972 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751891&DocName=W20_GWOb… |
| W 21 | Hydrology of the New Oxford Formation in Adams and York Counties, Pennsylvania | Wood, P. R., and Johnston, H. E. | 1964 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751892&DocName=W21_Hydr… |
| W 22 | Ground-water resources of the Brunswick Formation in Montgomery and Berks Counties, Pennsylvania | Longwill, S. M., and Wood, C. R. | 1965 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751893&DocName=W22_GWRe… |
| W 23 | Hydrology of the New Oxford Formation in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania | Johnston, H. E. | 1966 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751894&DocName=W23_Hydr… |
| W 24 | Geology and hydrology of the Martinsburg Formation in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania | Carswell, L. D., Hollowell, J. R., and Platt, L. B. | 1968 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751895&DocName=W24_Geo-… |
| W 25 | Hydrology of the metamorphic and igneous rocks of central Chester County, Pennsylvania | Poth, C. W. | 1968 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751896&DocName=W25_Hydr… |
| W 26 | Hydrogeology of the carbonate rocks of the Lancaster 15-minute quadrangle, southeastern Pennsylvania | Meisler, Harold, and Becher, A. E. | 1971 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751897&DocName=W26_Hydr… |
| W 27 | Ground-water resources of the Loysville and Mifflintown quadrangles in south-central Pennsylvania | Johnston, H. E. | 1970 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751898&DocName=W27_GWRe… |
| W 28 | Hydrology of the Pleistocene sediments in the Wyoming Valley, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania | Hollowell, J. R. | 1971 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751899&DocName=W28_Hydr… |
| W 29 | Ground-water resources of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania | Newport, T. G. | 1971 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751900&DocName=W29_GWRe… |
| W 30 | Hydrology of the Martinsburg Formation in Lehigh and Northampton Counties, Pennsylvania | Poth, C. W. | 1972 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751901&DocName=W30_Hydr… |
| W 31 | Water resources of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania | Wood, C. R., Flippo, H. N., Jr., Lescinsky, J. B., and Barker, J. L. | 1972 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751902&DocName=W31_WtrR… |
| W 32 | Summary ground-water resources of Clarion County, Pennsylvania | Newport, T. G. | 1973 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751903&DocName=W32_GWRe… |
| W 33 | Geology and ground-water resources of northern Mercer County, Pennsylvania | Schiner, G. R., and Kimmel, G. E. | 1976 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751904&DocName=W33_Geo-… |
| W 34 | Summary ground-water resources of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania | Poth, C. W. | 1973 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751905&DocName=W34_GWRe… |
| W 35 | Summary ground-water resources of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania | Gallaher, J. T. | 1973 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751906&DocName=W35_GWRe… |
| W 36 | Summary ground-water resources of Butler County, Pennsylvania | Poth, C. W. | 1973 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751907&DocName=W36_GWRe… |
| W 37 | Summary ground-water resources of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania | Newport, T. G. | 1973 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751908&DocName=W37_GWRe… |
| W 38 | Summary ground-water resources of Washington County, Pennsylvania | Newport, T. G. | 1973 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751909&DocName=W38_GWRe… |
| W 39 | Summary ground-water resources of Beaver County, Pennsylvania | Poth, C. W. | 1973 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751910&DocName=W39_GWRe… |
| W 40 | Summary ground-water resources of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania | Newport, T. G. | 1977 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751911&DocName=W40_GWRe… |
| W 41 | Ground-water resources of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania | Hollowell, J. R., and Koester, H. E. | 1975 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751912&DocName=W41_GWRe… |
| W 42 | Ground-water resources of central and southern York County, Pennsylvania | Lloyd, O. B., Jr., and Growitz, D. J. | 1977 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751913&DocName=W42_GWRe… |
| W 43 | Summary ground-water resources of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania | Poth, C. W. | 1977 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751914&DocName=W43_GWRe… |
| W 44 | Geology and groundwater resources of northern Berks County, Pennsylvania | Wood, C. R., and MacLachlan, D. B. | 1978 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751915&DocName=W44_Geo-… |
| W 46 | Geology and groundwater resources of western Crawford County, Pennsylvania | Schiner, G. R., and Gallaher, J. T. | 1979 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751917&DocName=W46_Geo-… |
| W 47 | Geology and groundwater resources of Monroe County, Pennsylvania | Carswell, L. D., and Lloyd, O. B., Jr. | 1979 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751918&DocName=W47_Geo-… |
| W 48 | Summary groundwater resources of Centre County, Pennsylvania | Wood, C. R. | 1980 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751919&DocName=W48_GWRe… |
| W 49 | Groundwater resources of the Gettysburg and Hammer Creek Formations, southeastern Pennsylvania | Wood, C. R. | 1980 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751920&DocName=W49_GWRe… |
| W 50 | Groundwater and geology of the Cumberland Valley, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania | Becher, A. E., and Root, S. I. | 1981 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751921&DocName=W50_GW-G… |
| W 51 | Groundwater resources of the Williamsport region, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania | Lloyd, O. B., Jr., and Carswell, L. D. | 1981 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751922&DocName=W51_GWRe… |
| W 53 | Groundwater resources in the Cumberland and contiguous valleys of Franklin County, Pennsylvania | Becher, A. E., and Taylor, L. E. | 1982 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751924&DocName=W53_GWRe… |
| W 61 | Groundwater resources of the Berwick-Bloomsburg-Danville area, east-central Pennsylvania | Williams, J. H., and Eckhardt, D. A. | 1987 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751932&DocName=W61_GWRe… |
| W 62 | Groundwater resources of Erie County, Pennsylvania | Richards, D. B., McCoy, H. J., and Gallaher, J. T. | 1987 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751933&DocName=W62_GWRe… |
| W 63 | Water resources and the effects of coal mining, Greene County, Pennsylvania | Stoner, J. D., Williams, D. R., Buckwalter, T. F., and others | 1987 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751934&DocName=W63_WtrR… |
| W 64 | Groundwater resources in and near the anthracite basins of Schuylkill and adjacent counties, Pennsylvania | Becher, A. E. | 1991 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751935&DocName=W64_GWRe… |
| W 65 | Groundwater resources of Pike County, Pennsylvania | Davis, D. K. | 1989 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751936&DocName=W65_GWRe… |
| W 66 | Groundwater resources of Delaware County, Pennsylvania | Balmer, W. T., and Davis, D. K. | 1996 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751937&DocName=W66_GWRe… |
| W 68 | Hydrogeology and groundwater quality of the glaciated valleys of Bradford, Tioga, and Potter Counties, Pennsylvania | Williams, J. H., Taylor, L. E., and Low, D. J. | 1998 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751939&DocName=W68_Hydr… |
| W 70 | Summary of groundwater-recharge estimates for Pennsylvania | Reese, S. O., and Risser, D. W. | 2010 | https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1751941&DocName=W70_GWRe… |