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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Texas floods of 1938 and 1939
In January, June, and July 1938, and June 1939 parts of Texas experienced floods that exceeded previously recorded stages at many places and that were unusually high over reaches of several hundred miles on the streams of the State.
This report presents records of precipitation at several hundred places; 10 isohyetal maps; records of peak stages and discharges and of daily mean discharges during t
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Seth D. Breeding, Tate Dalrymple
Surface water resources of Iowa for the period October 1, 1940 to September 30, 1942
The State and Federal cooperative program for the systematic collection of stream-flow records in Iowa was initiated in L914, although a few records were obtained by special arrangements during an earlier period. Since the beginning of the cooperative program measurements of stage or discharge have been obtained at about 100 stations on Iowa streams and lakes for periods of various lengths. The lo
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Lawrence C. Crawford
Preliminary report on water storage capacity of unconsolidated deposits beneath the Lompoc Plain, Santa Barbara County, California
The Lompoc Plain is the central lowland of a topographic and structural basin that forms the western and lower part of the Santa Ynes Valley in Santa Barbara County, California. It extends inland about 11 miles from the coast and is 1 mile fto about 3 miles wide.
Authors
Joseph E. Upson
Cooperative stream measurement work in Utah: A part of Chapter 6 of Twenty-third biennial report of the State Engineer to the governor of Utah: 1940-1942
As early as 1888 the United States Geological Survey began measuring the discharge of the principal rivers of the Western States, with a view to making a continuous inventory of this resource and its utilization for the greatest public good. Until 1905 this work was done in cooperation with the State through the state engineer’s office. Stream-flow records are fundamental to the distribution of wa
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Ralf R. Woolley
Ground-water in the oil-field areas of Ellis and Russell Counties, Kansas
No abstract available.
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J.C. Frye, J.J. Brazil, H.A. Stoltenberg
Geology and ground-water resources of Hamilton and Kearny Counties, Kansas
No abstract available.
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Thad G. McLaughlin
Mill Race mica mine, Avery County, North Carolina
No abstract available.
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J.J. Page, V.C. Fryklund, J. C. Olson, W. R. Griffitts, J.R. Wolfe
W. W. Wiseman mine, Beaver Creek, Mitchell County, North Carolina
No abstract available.
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J.J. Page, J.J. Norton
Lyle Knob mica mines, Macon County, North Carolina
No abstract available.
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J. W. Parker, W.C. Stoll
Underground-water investigation in Utah: A part of Chapter 5 in Twenty-third biennial report of the State Engineer to the governor of Utah: 1940-1942
Systematic underground-water investigations have been in progress in the State of Utah since 1935 by the Federal Geological Survey in cooperation with the state engineer. The general plan and outline of these investigations, together with a summary of results accomplished to June 30, 1940, are given in the Twentieth, Twenty-first, and Twenty-second biennial reports of the state engineer to the gov
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P.E. Dennis
Ground-water supplies available for national defense industries in south-central Kansas
No abstract available.
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S. W. Lohman