Publications
This list of Water Resources Mission Area publications includes both official USGS publications and journal articles authored by our scientists. A searchable database of all USGS publications can be accessed at the USGS Publications Warehouse.
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Numerical simulation of steady state three-dimensional groundwater flow near lakes
Numerical simulation of three-dimensional groundwater flow near lakes shows that the continuity of the boundary encompassing the local groundwater flow system associated with a lake is the key to understanding the interaction of a lake with the groundwater system. The continuity of the boundary can be determined by the presence of a stagnation zone coinciding with the side of the lake nearest the
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Thomas C. Winter
Developing a state water plan: Ground-water conditions in Utah, spring of 1978
This report is the fifteenth in a series of annual reports that describe ground-water conditions in Utah. Reports in this series, prepared cooperatively by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Utah Division of Water Resources, provide data to enable interested parties to keep abreast of changing ground-water conditions.This report, like the others (see References, p. 13), contains information on wel
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Joseph S. Gates, W.N. Jibson, L. R. Herbert, R. W. Mower, A. C. Razem, R.M. Cordova, V.L. Jensen, M. D. ReMillard, D. C. Emett, C.T. Sumison, P.A. Carroll, M.J. DeGrand, G. W. Sandberg
Geology and groundwater resources of northern Berks County, Pennsylvania
The area of investigation comprises approximately 540 square miles and lies entirely within the Great Valley section of the Valley and Ridge physiographic province. The Great Valley is underlain chiefly by carbon ate rocks in the south and by shale and graywacke in the north. Most of the carbonate rocks are included in two great nappes that differ appreciably in stratigraphic detail.
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Charles R. Wood, David B. MacLachlan
Hydrologic reconnaissance of the Fish Springs Flat area, Tooele, Juab, and Millard Counties, Utah
The Fish Springs Flat area includes about 590 square miles (1,530 square kilometers) in western Utah. Total annual precipitation on the area averages about 7 inches (180 millimeters) and totals about 232,000 acre-feet (286 cubic hectometers). Fish Springs Wash is the major drainage in the area; and, along with numerous smaller washes, it flows only in direct response to precipitation. Runoff from
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E.L. Bolke, C. T. Sumsion
Water resources of the northern Uinta Basin area, Utah and Colorado, with special emphasis on ground water supply
The northern Uinta Basin area covers about 5,200 square miles (13,470 square kilometers) in northeastern Utah and northwestern Colorado. Much of the lowlands are arid to semiarid, but the highest parts of the Uinta Mountains have a humid climate. During 1941-70, the average annual precipitation ranged from less than 8 inches (203 millimeters) in the lowest part of the area at the Green River to mo
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J. W. Hood, F.K. Fields
Ground-water resources of the Parowan-Cedar City drainage basin, Iron County, Utah
The Parowan-Cedar City drainage basin, Iron County, Utah, includes about 1,100 mi2 (square miles)(2,800 km2 [square kilometers])--520 mi2 (1,300 km2) in the Parowan basin and 580 mi2 (1,500 km2) in the Cedar City basin. Parowan and Cedar City Valleys are structural depressions formed by northeast-trending faults. Parowan Valley is essentially a closed basin, whereas Cedar City Valley is drained by
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L.J. Bjorklund, C.T. Sunsion, G. W. Sandberg
Ground-water conditions in the Navajo Sandstone in the central Virgin River basin, Utah
The central Virgin River basin, Utah, includes about 1,000 square miles (2,600 square kilometers) in the drainage basin of the Virgin River downstream from the Hurricane Cliffs. The Navajo Sandstone of Late Triassic(?) and Jurassic age crops out in 234 square miles (606 square kilometers) of the basin and underlies younger rocks in about 450 square miles (1,200 square kilometers) of the basin.
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R.M. Cordova
Hydrology of the Beaver Valley area, Beaver County, Utah, with emphasis on ground water
Beaver Valley includes 534 square miles in southwestern Utah, in the Basin and Range physiographic province. The project area consists of a valley plain underlain by unconsolidated to partly consolidated material. The valley plain is bounded by mountains that are composed of partly consolidated to consolidated rocks of Pennsylvanian through Tertiary age except for local thin unconsolidated surfici
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R. W. Mower
Hydrologic reconnaissance of the Dugway Valley-Government Creek area, West-Central Utah
The Dugway Valley-Government Creek area covers about 890 square miles (2,300 square kilometers) in west-central Utah. Total annual precipitation on the area averages about 380,000 acre-feet (470 cubic hectometers). Most streams are ephemeral except for a few in their upper reaches--all are ephemeral below the altitude of about 6,000 feet (1,830 meters). Surface-water development and use in the are
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Jerry C. Stephens, C. T. Sumsion
Erosion, sediment discharge, and channel morphology in the Upper Chattahoochee River basin, Georgia
Average annual rates of sheet erosion and sediment discharge were computed for several watersheds in the Upper Chattahoochee River basin in Georgia. Erosion yields ranged from about 900 to 6,000 tons per year per square mile in nine watersheds and were greatest where land use is largely agricultural or transitional. Suspended sediment yields from the same watershed ranged from about 300 to 800 ton
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Robert E. Faye, W.R. Carey, J. K. Stamer, R.L. Kleckner
Hydrologic data in Bear Creek Basin and western Jackson County, Oregon, 1976-77
To determine irrigation return flow impacts on Meyer Creek and Griffin Creek, 12 sites were sampled prior to and during the irrigation season. Thirty-three sets of samples, consisting of irrigation inflow and outflow samples on farms, were collected to determine if the use of irrigation water was improving or degrading the water quality. One hundred fifty visits were made to tributaries and Bear C
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Loren A. Wittenberg, Stuart W. McKenzie
Hydrologic data for urban studies in the Fort Worth, Texas, metropolitan area, 1976
No abstract available.
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R.M. Slade, J.M. Taylor