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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Water data for metropolitan areas: A summary of data from 222 areas in the United States
Expansion of metropolitan areas poses persistent problems in management of the hydrologic environment. Adequate hydrologic data are prerequisite to proper planning and engineering design of urban environments. Some such data are available and are tabulated for each Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area in the United States. Information for each area consists of (1) data on size and population, (2
Hydrology of Crater, East and Davis Lakes, Oregon; with section on Chemistry of the Lakes
Crater, East, and Davis Lakes are small bodies of fresh water that occupy topographically closed basins in Holocene volcanic terrane. Because the annual water supply exceeds annual evaporation, water must be lost by seepage from each lake. The seepage rates vary widely both in volume and in percentage of the total water supply. Crater Lake loses about 89 cfs (cubic feet per second), equivalent to
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Kenneth N. Phillips, A. S. Van Denburgh
Ground-water hydrology of the Sevier Desert, Utah
The Sevier Desert, as used in this report, comprises the main part of the Sevier Desert, the Tintic Valley, and the southeastern part of the Old River Bed. It covers an area of about 3,000 square miles and occupies a large basin in the eastern part of the Basin and Range physiographic province.Large alluvial fans extend from the mountain fronts into the basin where they interfinger with eolian and
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R. W. Mower, R.D. Feltis
Chemical quality of surface waters in Devils Lake basin North Dakota, 1952-60
Above-normal precipitation in 1954, 1956, and 1957 caused the water surface of Devils Lake to rise to an altitude of 1,419.3 feet, its highest in 40 years. Nearly all the water entering the lake flowed through Big Coulee, and about three-fourths of that inflow was at rates greater than 100 cubic feet per second. At these rates, the inflow contained less than 600 ppm (parts per million) dissolved s
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Hugh T. Mitten, C.H. Scott, Philip G. Rosene
Design and construction of a dual recharge system at Minot, North Dakota
In 1965, a ground-water recharge facility was constructed and placed in operation to forestall an impending water shortage at Minot, North Dakota. The facility is unique in that the rate of recharge to a buried sand and gravel aquifer is augmented by perforating an overlying bed of clay using hydraulic connectors (gravel-filled bored holes) in conjunction with an open-pit excavation. The connector
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Wayne A. Pettyjohn
Geology and hydrology of a proposed site for burial of solid radioactive waste southeast of Beatty, Nye County, Nevada
No abstract available.
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Alfred Clebsch
Hydrologic and climatologic data, 1967, Salt Lake County, Utah
An investigation of the water resources of Salt Lake County, Utah, was undertaken by the Water Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey in July 1963. This investigation is a cooperative project financed chiefly by equal contributions of the State of Utah and the Federal Government in accordance with an agreement between the Division of Water Rights, Utah Department of Natural Resources, an
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A. G. Hely, Reed W. Mower, C. A. Horr
Records of precipitation, aquifer head, and ground-water recharge to the Edwards and associated limestones, San Antonio area, Texas, 1967
No abstracts available.
Authors
Paul Rettman
Selected hydrologic data, San Pitch River drainage basin, Utah
The u.s. Geological Survey investigated the ground-water resources of the San Pitch River drainage basin during the period 1964- 67. The investigation was a cooperative project, financed equally by the Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water Rights, and the Federal Government, and was a part of an investigation of the groundwater resources of the entire Sevier River drainage system
Authors
G.B. Jr. Robinson
Ground-water discharge from the Edwards and associated limestones, San Antonio area, Texas, 1967
No abstracts available.
Authors
Paul Rettman
Chemical analyses of water from observation wells in the Edwards and associated limestones, San Antonio area, Texas, 1967
No abstract available.
Authors
Paul Rettman
Records of wells, water levels, and chemical quality of water in the lower Santiam River basin, middle Willamette Valley, Oregon
Basic water data on the lower Santiam River basin is preliminary to a comprehensive hydrologic study of this productive and intensely irrigated area where expanding population and industry increases the demand for water. Highest yielding wells are in shallow alluvial aquifers near the main streams; yields range from several hundred to more than a thousand gpm. Wells in lacustrine and older alluvia
Authors
Donald C. Helm