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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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Hydrologic data for urban studies in the Austin metropolitan area, Texas, 1985

Hydrologic investigations of urban watersheds in Texas were begun by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1954. Studies are now in progress in Austin, and Houston. Studies have been completed in the Dallas, Fort Worth, and San Antonio areas. The Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Texas Department of Water Reources, began hydrologic studies in the Austin urban area in 1954. In cooperation with the
Authors
J.D. Gordon, D.L. Pate, M.E. Dorsey

Streamflow characteristics of the Colorado River Basin in Utah through September 1981

 This report summarizes discharge data and other streamflow characteristics developed from gag ing-station records collected through September 1981 at 337 stations in the Colorado River Basin in Utah. Data also are included for 14 stations in adjacent areas of the bordering states of Arizona, Colorado, and Wyoming (fig. 1). The study leading to this report was done in cooperation with the U.S. Bur
Authors
R.C. Christensen, E.B. Johnson, G. G. Plantz

Water resources activities, Georgia district, 1987

No abstract available. 
Authors
Carolyn A. Casteel, Mary D. Ballew

Water-resources activities of the U.S. Geological Survey in Texas— Fiscal years 1985–86

Water-resources activities in Texas include collecting of hydrologic data, performing interpretive studies, and conducting research. This report describes the activities of the Water Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey in Texas for fiscal years (October to September) 1985 to 1986.

Ground-water data for Georgia, 1986

Continuous water level records from 152 wells and water level measurements from an additional 750 wells in Georgia during 1986 provide the basic data for this report. Hydrographs for selected wells illustrate the effects that changes in recharge and discharge have had on the groundwater reservoirs in the State. Daily mean water levels are shown in hydrographs for 1986. Monthly mean water levels ar
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J.S. Clarke, S.A. Longsworth, C. N. Joiner, M.F. Peck, K.W. McFadden, B.J. Milby

Approximate water-level changes in wells completed in the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers, 1977-87 and 1986-87, and measured compaction, 1973-87, in the Houston-Galveston region, Texas

This report consists of: (1) four maps that present data on water level changes during 1977-87 and 1986-87 in the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers, and in the Houston-Galveston region, Texas, and (2) one set of graphs and one map that present data on land subsidence caused by compaction of sub-surface materials for 1973-87. (USGS)
Authors
James F. Williams, C. E. Ranzau, W. B. Lind

Texas ground-water quality

This report contains summary information on ground-water quality in one of the 50 States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, or the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands, Saipan, Guam, and American Samoa. The material is extracted from the manuscript of the 1986 National Water Summary, and with the exception of the illustrations, which will be reproduced in multi-color in the 1986 National Water
Authors
Jeffrey L. Strause

Water-resources report prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey, Texas District, 1973-1986

Since 1973, personnel of the Texas District, Water Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey have written and published approximately 300 reports concerning the water resources of Texas. These reports vary considerably in subject matter, complexity, format, desired audience, and publication outlet. Some of the reports have been published in different outlets of U.S. Geological Survey formal

Selected water-quality data for the Burley irrigation district, south-central Idaho, March-April, 1987

This map report presents selected March-April 1987, water quality data, principally dissolved nitrite plus nitrate as nitrogen, and depth-to-water measurements for 118 wells in the Burley Irrigation District, south-central Idaho. Nitrogen concentrations ranged from 0.37 to 30 mg/L; the median concentration was 8.0 mg/L. Nitrogen concentrations in 19 wells equaled or exceeded the U.S. Environmental
Authors
H.W. Young, D. J. Parliman, M.L. Jones

Preliminary surficial geology map of the Cheyenne urban area, Laramie County, Wyoming

The geologic map of the Cheyenne Urban Area shows the following elements: (1) artificial fill at miscellaneous sites; (2) artificial fill in areas of large residential developments constructed since 1945; (3) artificial fill in areas of extensive construction activity; (4) undifferentiated alluvium (holocene); (5) terrace alluvium (holocene); (6) alluvial fan deposits (holocene); (7) slope deposit
Authors
M. E. Cooley

Approximate altitude of water levels in wells in the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers in the Houston area, Texas, spring 1987

The purpose of this report, which was prepared in cooperation with the City of Houston and the Harris-Galveston Coastal Subsidence District, is to show the altitudes of water levels in wells in the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers in the Houston, Texas, metropolitan area.  The maps are based on water-level measurements in the Spring of 1987 in about 400 wells.
Authors
James Frank Williams, W. B. Lind, L. S. Coplin

Floods in central Texas, August 1-4, 1978

Catastrophic floods caused by record rainfall occurred in central Texas during August 1-4, 1978. Torrential rain initiated by the remnants of tropical storm Amelia fell over south-central Texas during August 1-3, and very intense rain due to the interaction between the cold front and maritime air mass fell over north-central Texas on August 3-4. Rainfall of more than 48 inches near Medina in south
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E.E. Schroeder, B.C. Massey, E.H. Chin