Publications
Scientific reports, journal articles, or general interest publications by USGS scientists in the Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center are listed below. Publications span from 1898 to the present.
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Ground-water discharge from the Edwards and associated limestones, San Antonio area, Texas, 1964
No abstract available.
Authors
Paul Rettman
Chemical analyses of water from observation wells in the Edwards and associated limestones, San Antonio area, Texas, 1964
No abstract available.
Authors
Sergio Garza
Streamflow characteristics of the Brazos River basin, Texas
No abstract available.
Authors
W.H. Goines
Reconnaissance of the chemical quality of surface waters of the Sabine River Basin, Texas and Louisiana
The Sabine River basin has an abundant supply .of surface water of excellent quality. The basin area of 9,700 square miles receives an average of about 48 inches of rainfall per year, of which about 13 inches flows to the Gulf of Mexico.
Variations in the chemical quality of the surface waters in the Sabine River basin are caused principally by areal differences in geology and runoff; but industri
Authors
Leon S. Hughes, D.K. Leifeste
Preliminary report on investigation of salt springs and seeps in a portion of the Permian Basin in Texas
The Permian Basin (fig. 1) comprises a large area in the southern midcontinent region and includes major portions of Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Kansas. Within this basin brine springs and seeps discharge more than 20,000 tons per day of sodium chloride (common table salt). This brine contaminates many streams greatly impairing the utility of their waters. The water in some streams is of such
Authors
P. R. Stevens, W. F. Hardt
Freshwater inflow data for Corps of Engineers model study of Houston, Texas, ship channel
No abstract available.
Authors
R. E. Smith, E.G. Kaminski
Flood on Big Fossil Creek at Haltom City near Fort Worth, Texas, in 1962
The approximate area inundated near Fort Worth, Texas, by Big Fossil Creek, during the flood of September 7, 1962, is shown on a topographic map to record the flood hazard in graphic form. Big Fossil Creek, which drains an area of 74.7 square miles, flows generally southeastward along the northeast edge of Fort Worth through Richland Hills and Haltom City, into West Fork Trinity River. The flood o
Authors
John H. Montgomery, Frederick H. Ruggles, James Lee Patterson
Geology and ground-water resources of Uvalde County, Texas
The principal aquifer in Uvalde County is the Edwards and associated limestones of Cretaceous age. The aquifer underlies an extensive area in south-central Texas extending along the Balcones fault zone from Kinney County eastward to San Antonio, and thence northeastward to Hays County. The hydrologic unit making up the Edwards and associated limestones consists of the Comanche Peak limestone, the
Authors
F.A. Welder, R.D. Reeves
Ground-water resources of the lower Mesilla Valley, Texas and New Mexico
The lower Mesilla Valley extends southward from the vicinity of Anthony, Tex., to the gorge of the Rio Grande north of El Paso and westward from the Franklin Mountains to the east edge of La Mesa. The increase in the use of ground water for the public water supply of El Paso and for supplemental irrigation, when the surface-water allotments were inadequate, emphasized the need for an investigation
Authors
E. R. Leggat, M.E. Lowry, J. W. Hood
Chemical quality of surface waters in the Brazos River basin in Texas
The Brazos River basin, which makes up 15 percent of the land area of Texas, extends from the High Plains, where altitudes reach 4,200 feet and the average precipitation ranges from 15 to 20 inches a year, to the Gulf of Mexico where the annual rainfall is 45-^50 inches. Large reservoirs have been built in the Brazos River basin, but the use of the stored water has been limited because the salinit
Authors
Burdge Irelan, H.B. Mendieta
Hydrologic studies of small watersheds, Honey Creek basin, Collin and Grayson Counties, Texas, 1953-1959
This report presents the results of an investigation into the effects of floodwaterretarding structures in the 39 square miles of the Honey Creek basin above the stream-gaging station near McKinney, during the period October 1952 to September 1959. The number of such structures in the study area was increased from 2 to 12 during the investigation.
Data were collected which permit computation of ba
Authors
Clarence R. Gilbert, G.G. Commons, G. E. Koberg, F.W. Kennon
A summary of the occurrence and development of ground water in the southern High Plains of Texas
The Southern High Plains of Texas occupies an area of about 22,000 square miles in northwest Texas, extending from the Canadian River southward. about 250 miles and from the New Mexico line eastward an average distance of about 120 miles. The economy of the area is dependent largely upon irrigated agriculture, and in 1958 about 44,000 irrigation wells were in operation. The economy of the area is
Authors
J.G. Cronin, B. N. Myers