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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Ground-water resources of Kleberg County, Texas
Abundant supplies of fresh water are obtained from deep artesian wells In all parts of Kleberg County. The water is derived from a stratum of sand, 10 to 150 feet thick, which usually has been referred to the Goliad sand but possibly may be at the base of the LIssie formation. The top of the sand Is reached at depths of around 400 feet In the western part of the county, 600 to 700 feet In the loca
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Penn Poore Livingston, Thomas W. Bridges
Floods in the United States — Magnitude and frequency
From time immemorial floods have transformed beneficent river waters into a menace to humanity. Man's progress toward economic stability has been repeatedly halted or even thrown backward by the interruption of his efforts to make effective use of rivers and of valley lands. This handicap is not imposed by the destructiveness of large rivers alone, or of rivers in widely separated areas, for there
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Clarence S. Jarvis
Annotated bibliography and index of geology and water supply of the island of Oahu, Hawaii
No abstract available
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Norah D. Stearns
Ground water in part of southeastern Utah and southwestern Colorado
No abstract available.
Authors
Gerald A. Waring, Maxwell M. Knechtel
Water utilization in the Snake River Basin
The purpose of this report is to describe the present utilization of the water in the Snake River Basin with special reference to irrigation and power and to present essential facts concerning possible future utilization. No detailed plan of development is suggested. An attempt has been made, however, to discuss features that should be taken into account in the formulation of a definite plan of de
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William Glenn Hoyt, Herman Stabler
Geology and ground-water resources of Atascosa and Frio Counties, Texas
Atascosa and Frio Counties are in southwestern Texas and form a part of the Winter Garden district. The purpose of the investigation here recorded was to determine the source, quantity, and quality of the ground water used for irrigation and other purposes in the area.
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John T. Lonsdale
Geology and ground-water resources of the island of Oahu, Hawaii
Oahu, one of the islands of the Hawaiian group, lies in the Mid-Pacific 2,100 miles southwest of San Francisco. The principal city is Honolulu. The Koolau Range makes up the eastern part of the island, and the Waianae Range the western part. Both are extinct basaltic volcanoes deeply dissected by erosion. The Koolau Volcano was the later to become extinct. The Waianae Range is made up of three gro
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Harold T. Stearns, Knute N. Vaksvik
Stream measurement work: Appendix 4 in Nineteenth biennial report of the State Engineer to the governor of Utah: 1933-1934
Stream measurement work under the usual co-operative agreement between the U.S. Geological Survey and the State Engineer continued during the biennium for the purpose of determining the water resources of the State. This work in Utah is part of the general plan for a systematic determination of the water resources of the United States begun by the Geological Survey in 1888. Records of stream flow
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A.B. Purton
Mineral-water supply of the Mineral Wells area, Texas
No abstract available.
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Samuel Foster Turner
Artesian water in Somervell County, Texas
Somervell County is part of the Grand Prairie region of north-central Texas. An excellent supply of artesian water is available from the Trinity reservoir at no great depth. The first flowing well in Somervell County was drilled in 1880, and the first flowing well in Glen Rose, the county seat, was drilled in 1881. Since 1880 more than 500 wells have been constructed, probably more than half of th
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Albert George Fiedler
Stream measurement work: Chapter 8 in Eighteenth biennial report of the State Engineer to the governor of Utah: 1931-1932
General stream measurement work for the purpose of determining the water resources of the state has been continued during the biennium by the United States Geological Survey under the usual cooperative agreements with the State Engineer.This work in Utah is a part of the general plan for the systematic determination of the water resources of the United States begun by the geological Survey in 1888
Authors
A.B. Purton
Index of analyses of natural waters in the United States, 1926 to 1931
No abstract available.
Authors
W. D. Collins, C. S. Howard