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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An evaluation of the use of drillers' logs in lithologic studies of the Ogallala Formation of the southern high plains of Texas, progress report, 1970-71
Logs made by water-well drillers were analyzed in conjunction with test-hole drilling and geophysical logging to evaluate usefulness of the driller's log in delineating areas that would be suitable for artificial recharge of the Ogallala Formation. This preliminary study indicates that lack of detailed and accurate information in many drillers' logs prevents their use as a reliable source of litho
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C.A. Wilson, Joe T. Smith, G.L. Thompson, W.M. Sandeen
Compilation of hydrologic data, Little Elm Creek, Trinity River basin, Texas, 1968
The U.S. Soil Conservation Service is actively engaged in the installation of flood and soil erosion reducing measures in Texas under the authority of "The Flood Control Act ot 1936 and 1944" and ''Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act" (Public Law 566), as amended. In June 1968, the Soil Conservation Service estimated approximately 3,500 structures to be physically and economically feasib
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Water resources of part of Canyonlands National Park, southeastern Utah
Canyonlands National Park is in about the center of the Canyon Lands section of the Colorado Plateaus physiographic province in southeastern Utah. The part of the park discussed embraces an area of about 400 square miles comprising isolated mesas, precipitous canyons, and dissected broad benches near the confluence of the Green and Colorado Rivers, the only perennial streams in the area. The clima
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C. T. Sumsion, E.L. Bloke
Ground-water resources and geology of Cook County, Georgia
Aquifer-performance tests and aquifer studies indicate that the limestone beneath the city of Adel and probably most of Cook County contains potable water to a depth of only about 400 to 500 feet and that "deep" wells that tap these limestones obtain most of their water from a few thin, highly permeable zones rather than from the entire thickness of the rocks. Below about 500 feet the water is min
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Charles W. Sever
Annual compilation and analysis of hydrologic data for urban studies in the Bryan, Texas, metropolitan area, 1969
Hydrologic investigations of urban areas in Texas were begun by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1954. These studies are now in progress in Austin, Houston, Dallas, Dallas County, Fort Worth, San Antonio, and Bryan. Hydrologic investigations of urban areas in Texas were begun by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1954. These studies are now in progress in Austin, Houston, Dallas, Dallas County, Fort Worth
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W.D. Robbins
Annual compilation and analysis of hydrologic data for Pin Oak Creek, Trinity River basin, Texas, 1970
No abstract available.
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D.R. Myers, B.B. Hampton
Travel time for solutes, upper Sabine River basin, Texas, April 16-30, 1972
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Sabine River Compact Administration, conducted time-of-travel studies in the Sabine River Basin on April 16-30, 1972. One study was made on the main stem of the Sabine River in four reaches from Lake Tawakoni to Toledo Bend Reservoir, a distance of 219 miles. Two other studies were made on reaches of Lake Fork Creek and Big Sandy Creek. The purpo
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Willard B. Mills
Analysis of potential errors in real-time streamflow data and methods of data verification by digital computer
The magnitude, frequency, and types of errors inherent in real-time streamflow data are presented in part I. It was found that real-time data are generally less accurate than are historical data, primarily because real-time data are often used before errors can be detected and corrections applied.
Various methods of verifying real-time streamflow data are outlined in part II. Relatively large erro
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David J. Lystrom
Liquid-waste disposal at the Linfield disposal site, Dallas, Texas
No abstract available.
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E. R. Leggat, J.F. Blakey, B.C. Massey
Floods on Yahara River, Lake Kegonsa dam to county line, Dane County, Wisconsin
The State of Wisconsin, as a result of recent legislation, is establishing new, and upgrading old, minimum standards for flood-plain regulation. These standards require evaluations of the flood potential of many streams in Wisconsin.
This report provides an evaluation of flood potential for the Yahara River in the 13-mile low-water channel reach from the dam at the outlet of Lake Kegonsa downstrea
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Carl L. Lawrence, Barry K. Holmstrom
Annual compilation and analysis of hydrologic data for urban studies in the San Antonio, Texas metropolitan area, 1969
No abstract available.
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L. F. Land
Floods in Starkweather Creek basin, Madison, Wisconsin
The city of Madison is establishing standards for flood-plain zoning and land-use planning. The evaluation of flood potential is a necessary factor to be considered before such standards are established and put into effect. Purpose and scope. The purposes of this report are to determine the magnitude and water surface elevations of the regional (100-year) flood for both existing and future conditi
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Carl L. Lawrence, Barry K. Holmstrom