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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Geology and ground-water resources of Webster County, Iowa
Webster County, comprising an area of 718 square miles just northwest of the center of Iowa, had a population of 44,241 in 1950, with 25,115 in Fort Dodge, the principal city. Some 94.4 percent of the county is in farm land; corn is the principal crop and is used in the raising of hogs and cattle, an important oc cupation in this part of the country. Mineral products include gypsum, clay, coal, sa
Authors
William E. Hale
Sediment investigations of the Platte River near Overton, Nebraska
This report contains results of sediment-transport investigations on the Platte River near Overton,. Nebr. from January 1950 to September 1953. The basic data of suspended-sediment studies, results of bed-material analyses, and determinations of water-surface slopes from staff readings are given.
The data indicate that a reliable determination of suspended sediment, hence total load, is difficult
Authors
C.D. Albert, H.P. Guy
The natural channel of Brandywine Creek, Pennsylvania
This study of the channel of Brandy wine Creek, Pennsylvania, consists of three parts. The first is an analysis of the changes which take place in the width, depth, velocity, slope of the water surface, suspended load, and roughness factor with changing discharge below the bankfull stage at each of several widely separated cross sections of the channel. Expressed as functions of the discharge, it
Authors
M. G. Wolman
Quality of water of the Colorado River, 1925-40
The study of the quality of water of the Colorado River and its tributaries has been a continuing one since 1925. The data so obtained have been useful in the planning and construction of dams and reservoirs, the utilization of the water within the basin, and in planning the economy of areas outside of the basin, partially or wholly dependent on the diversion or importation of water from the Color
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Charles S. Howard
Reconnaissance of ground-water possibilities in the Juneau area, Alaska
A brief reconnaissance of the Juneau area, Alaska, was made to investigate the ground-water conditions. Particular reference was made to the availability of small water supplies to meet the standards of the Alaska Department of Health.
Authors
Roger Milton Waller
Electrical resistivity measurements in the Neillsville area, Wisconsin
Sixty-eight electrical depth profiles were completed in the vicinity of Neillsville, Wis. to obtain information on the water-bearing beds in the glacial moraine and consolidated sedimentary rocks in the area. No productive aquifers were found but the best areas for test drilling are described. The basic theory and interpretation procedures, together with a short description of field methods on ele
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H. Cecil Spicer, George J. Edwards
Water resources of the Indianapolis area, Indiana
Water used in the Indianapolis area comes from two sources: the White River and tributary streams and the underground reservoirs formed by the underlying glacial drift and limestone. Surface-water sources provide about 60 mgd (million gallons per day) for public supply and an additional 300 mgd is used by private industries and is returned directly to the streams. About 60 mgd is taken from ground
Authors
Claude Martin Roberts, L.E. Widman, P.N. Brown
Water rights in areas of ground-water mining
Ground-water mining, the progressive depletion of storage in a ground-water reservoir, has been going on for several years in some areas, chiefly in the Southwestern States. In some of these States a water right is based on ownership of land overlying the ground-water reservoir and does not depend upon putting the water to use; in some States a right is based upon priority of appropriation and use
Authors
Harold E. Thomas
Chemical quality of surface waters in Devils Lake basin, North Dakota
Devils Lake basin, a closed basin in northeastern North Dakota, covers about 3,900 square miles of land, the topography of which is morainal and of glacial origin. In this basin lies a chain of waterways, which begins with the Sweetwater group and extends successively through Mauvais Coulee, Devils Lake, East Bay Devils Lake, and East Devils Lake, to Stump Lake. In former years when lake levels we
Authors
Herbert Swenson, Bruce R. Colby
Geology and ground-water resources of Graham County, Kansas
No abstract available.
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G.C. Prescott
The ground-water resources of Westchester County, New York, part 1, records of wells and test holes
No abstract available.
Authors
E.S. Asselstine, I.G. Grossman