Publications
Scientific reports, journal articles, or general interest publications by USGS scientists in the Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center are listed below. Publications span from 1898 to the present.
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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
Authors
Penn Poore Livingston, Thomas W. Bridges
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.
Authors
John T. Lonsdale
Mineral-water supply of the Mineral Wells area, Texas
No abstract available.
Authors
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
Contributions to the hydrology of the United States, 1927
No abstract available.
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Nathan C. Grover
The floods in central Texas in September, 1921
Heavy rainfall over a large area in south-central Texas from September 8 to September 10, 1921, produced great floods which caused the loss of at least 224 lives and damage to property amounting to more than $10,000,000. The most destructive flood in Texas prior to 1921 occurred in December, 1913. That flood, which is described on pages 46-47, caused the loss of 177 lives and destroyed property va
Authors
Clarence E. Ellsworth
Ground water in Lasalle and McMullen Counties, Texas
No abstract available.
Authors
Alexander Deussen, R.B. Dole
Geology and underground waters of the southeastern part of the Texas Coastal Plain
No abstract available.
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Alexander Deussen
Geology and underground waters of the Wichita region, north-central Texas
No abstract available.
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Charles Henry Gordon
The geology and water resources of the western portion of the Panhandle of Texas
No abstract available.
Authors
Charles Newton Gould