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Tertiary stratigraphy of South Carolina

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Authors
C. Wythe Cooke, F. Stearns MacNeil

Geology and ground-water resources of Comal County, Texas

The purpose of this report on the geology and ground-water resources of Comal County in central Texas is to determine the sources of the waters that supply Comal Springs, the largest springs in the Southwest, and other springs and wells. Comal County has an area of about 559 square miles and in 1950 had a population of 16,325. Comal Springs discharge within the city limits of New Braunfels, the co
Authors
William Owsley George, Seth D. Breeding, Warren W. Hastings

Flood of August 1-6, 1950, at Wichita Falls, Texas

Floods occurred on streams in the vicinity of Wichita Falls, Tex., during the period Aug. 1-6, 1950, as a result of heavy rains falling immediately southwest of the city on August 1, 1950. Serious flooding occurred along Holliday Creek in the city, necessitating the evacuation of about five hundred families from the low areas; however, no loss of life was reported. The total direct damage to resid
Authors
Ivan Dale Yost

Public water supplies in western Texas

This report gives a summarized description of the public water supplies in a region comprising 81 counties of western Texas and lying generally west of the hundredth meridian. It is the fourth and last of this series of reports concerning the public water supplies of the State. It gives the available data for each of 142 communities, as follows: The population of the community; the name of the off
Authors
W. L. Broadhurst, R.W. Sundstrom, D. E. Weaver

Delivery of water in the Brazos River from Possum Kingdom Reservoir to Richmond, Texas during August and September, 1948

Unusual drought conditions in the summer of 1948 led the irrigators in the lower Brazos River Valley to request releases from Possum Kingdom Reservoir primarily for the irrigation of rice.The purpose of this study is to determine the time of travel. The first release is identified as that passing the Palo Pinto gage, 20 miles downstream from the reservoir, from August 9 to 16, 1948; the second rel
Authors
D. E. Havelka

Ground-water resources of Atascosa County, Texas

Atascosa County, Tex., is underlain by water-bearing sands of Tertiary age that furnish water for domestic and stock supplies throughout the county, for the public supply of all except one of the towns and cities in the county, for irrigation in several localities, for drilling oil wells in the central and southern parts of the county, for washing glass sand in the northern part of the county, and
Authors
Raymond W. Sundstrom, C.R. Follett