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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Importance of return flow as a component of water use
Understanding the relation between the hydrologjc cycle and water use is important for effective water-resources management. The hydrologic cycle is the natural pathway of water from evaporation to precipitation to infiltration or runoff and to storage from which evaporation can again occur. The science of water use is the study of human influences on the hydrologic cycle. Human activities affect
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L. C. Trotta, M.S. Horn
Update of flood-flow characteristics of Nancy Creek at Georgia Highway 400 extension near Atlanta, Georgia
No abstract available.
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T. C. Stamey
Hydrologic and water-quality data for streams and impoundments in the Coteau des Prairies-Upper Minnesota River basin, 1979-84
Water-quality and streamflow data were collected in the Coteau des Prairies region of southwestern Minnesota and eastern South Dakota from 1979- 84. Data were collected to (1) document the water-quality characteristics of streams and impoundments in the Coteau area, (2) predict the impact of proposed impoundments, (3) define the amount of dissolved and suspended material transported, and (4) deter
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C.J. Smith, G. A. Payne, L. H. Tornes
Storm-tide elevations produced by Hurricane Hugo along the South Carolina coast, September 21-22, 1989
No abstract available.
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R. E. Schuck-Kolben
Monthly mean discharge at and between selected streamflow-gaging stations along the Mississippi, Minnesota, and St. Croix rivers, 1932-87
Monthly mean discharges for the period of record are given for the streamflow-gaging stations along the upper Mississippi River from its headwaters to Prescott, Wisconsin, as well as for the first upstream streamflow-gaging station on the major tributaries of the Mississippi River, the Minnesota and St. Croix Rivers. Differences in the monthly mean discharge between selected upstream and downstrea
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M.E. Schoenberg, G.B. Mitton
Water resources data collected during water year 1988 at selected James River basin sites in North Dakota and South Dakota
Operation of the proposed Garrison Diversion Unit will supply water from the Missouri River in North Dakota to the upstream part of the James River basin. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation initiated a monitoring program in 1984 to aid in determining whether the potential impacts resulting from Garrison Diversion Unit operation will be compatible with the operational objectives of the three national w
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Steven K. Sando, Kevin Guttormson, T.A. Gleich
Large springs in the Valley and Ridge physiographic province of Pennsylvania
In the Valley and Ridge physiographic province of Pennsylvania, 137 springs have a single or median discharge value equal to or greater than 100 gallons per minute. Information for these large springs has been tabulated to summarize the data useful to the U.S. Geological Survey's Appalachian Valleys--Piedmont Regional Aquifer-System Analysis study. Among the springs measured or estimated to date (
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D. A. Saad, D. J. Hippe
Hydrologic and chemical data from selected wells and springs in southern Elmore County, including Mountain Home Air Force Base, southwestern Idaho, Fall 1989
Hydrologic and chemical data were collected during September through November 1989 from 90 wells and 6 springs in southern Elmore County, southwestern Idaho. These data were collected to characterize the chemical quality of water in major water-yielding zones in areas near Mountain Home and the Mountain Home Air Force Base. The data include well and spring locations, well-construction and water-le
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D. J. Parliman, H.W. Young
Hydrogeologic and water-quality data from well clusters near the wastewater-treatment plant, U.S. Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina
Hydrogeologic and ground-water quality data were collected near the wastewater-treatment plant and associated polishing lagoons at the Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina, in 1988. Between March and May 1988, two observation wells were installed upgradient and six wells were installed downgradient of the polishing lagoons and sampled for organic and inorganic U.S. Environmental
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L. C. Murray, C. C. Daniel
Statistical summaries of streamflow data in Oregon: Volume 1 — Monthly and annual streamflow, and flow-duration values
No abstract available.
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R. L. Moffatt, R. E. Wellman, J. M. Gordon
Evaluation of selected methods for determining streamflow during periods of ice effect
Seventeen methods for estimating ice-affected streamflow are evaluated for potential use for the U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging station network. The methods evaluated were identified by written responses from U.S. Geological Survey field offices and by a comprehensive literature search.
The methods selected and techniques used for applying the methods are described in the report. The met
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N.B. Melcher, J.F. Walker
Studies of geology and hydrology in the Basin and Range Province, Southwestern United States, for isolation of high-level radioactive waste - Characterization of the Bonneville region, Utah and Nevada
The Bonneville region of the Basin and Range province in westcentral Utah and adjacent Nevada includes several basins lying south of the Great Salt Lake Desert. Physiographically, the region consists of linear, north-trending mountain ranges separated by valleys, many of which are closed basins underlain by thick sequences of fill. Surface drainage of open basins and ground-water flow is to the Gr