Publications
This list of Upper Midwest Water Science Center publications spans from 1899 to present. It includes both official USGS publications and journal articles authored by our scientists. To access the full, searchable catalog of USGS publications, please visit the USGS Publications Warehouse.
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Water resources of Wisconsin — Upper Wisconsin River basin
Runoff is the water in a river or stream that results from precipitation falling on the drainage basin. It is the net discharge into the stream from surface-water and ground-water sources with losses occurring from evapotranspiration and other consumptive uses. Runoff can be expressed by a variety of numerical values, but average depth of water over the drainage basin, in inches per year, probably
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Edward L. Oakes, R. D. Cotter
Water resources of basins for minor streams draining into St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair, Detroit River, and Lake Erie, southeastern Michigan
This hydrologic atlas represents a part of a comprehensive study of the water resources of southeastern Michigan. Its purpose is the provide information on (1) the physical features of basins for minor streams draining into St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair, Detroit River, and Lake Erie, (2) the characteristics of streamflow, (3) the quality of surface water and ground water, and (4) the availabilit
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F. R. Twenter, R. L. Knutilla, T. Ray Cummings
Summary of floods in the United States during 1969
The most outstanding floods in the United States during 1969 are described in chronological order. The areas most seriously affected by flooding were: Central and southern California (January and February); the upper Midwestern States of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois (April); north-central Ohio (July); Mississippi, Alabama, and Virginia (Hurricane Camille in
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J.K. Reid
The National Stream Quality Accounting Network (NASQAN) - Some questions and answers
One of the major new efforts of the U.S. Geological Survey is the National Stream Quality Accounting Network (NASQAN). This circular is intended to answer some of the frequently asked questions concerning concepts used in establishing NASQAN, its purposes, design, value, and future plans.
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John F. Ficke, Richard O. Hawkinson
Flow characteristics of the Lower Wisconsin River
The flow of water throughout the year and the stream gradient are necessary considerations in evaluating the recreational potential of the lower Wisconsin River. This flow is regulated in part by the dam at Prairie du Sac and influenced considerably by the 47 storage reservoirs and power dams above Lake Wisconsin. The river's gradient and flow characteristics can be illustrated by a river profile
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J. H. Green
Data summary of June-July 1975 floods in eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota
Torrential rains during late June and early July 1975, combined with wet antecedent conditions, caused severe flooding, mainly along the lower reaches of the Sheyenne and Maple Rivers and their tributaries in North Dakota, and in the Buffalo and Wild Rice River basins in Minnesota. The Red River of the North from the Fargo-Moorhead area to the Halstad, Minnesota area was also severely flooded. Bec
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K.L. Lindskov
An approximation of sediment yields from watersheds in Minnesota
No abstract available.
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C. R. Collier
Hydrology and trout populations of cold-water rivers of Michigan and Wisconsin
Statistical multiple-regression analyses showed significant relationships between trout populations and hydrologic parameters. Parameters showing the higher levels of significance were temperature, hardness of water, percentage of gravel bottom, percentage of bottom vegetation, variability of streamflow, and discharge per unit drainage area. Trout populations increase with lower levels of annual m
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G. E. Hendrickson, R. L. Knutilla
Bedrock geologic map of the Greenwood quadrangle, Marquette County, Michigan
The Marquette Iron Range is presently ( 1973) the second largest iron mining district in the United States. Commercial iron deposits, now mostly concentrating-grade ore, are in the Negaunee Iron-formation, which is part of a thick sequence of metasedimentary rocks of Precambrian X age. These rocks are preserved in the west-trending Marquette synclinorium, and are flanked to the north and south by
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William F. Cannon