Publications
These publications are written or co-authored by Central Midwest Water Science Center personnel in conjuction with their work at the USGS and other government agencies. They include USGS reports, journal articles, conference proceedings, and published abstracts that are available in the USGS Publications Warehouse.
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Little Sioux River Basin floods Little Sioux River Basin floods
Highway engineers and many others use flood stages and discharges in the design of bridges and other structures or operations on the flood plain of a stream. These data are provided in the form of gaging-station and other flood records and as flood profiles. Flood-frequency data are used to compute the 25- and 50-year recurrence interval discharges along the Little Sioux River from mile...
Authors
Harlan H. Schwob
Magnitude and frequency of Iowa floods, Part two Magnitude and frequency of Iowa floods, Part two
Flood records for regular and partial-record gaging stations are contained in the following pages. Each listing contains the station number and name, descriptive paragraphs pertaining to the station, and a listing of the flood peaks available through the 1965 water year. Peaks above a base as well as annual peaks are listed. These provide the data for a partial-duration flood-frequency...
Authors
Harlan H. Schwob
The water story in central Iowa The water story in central Iowa
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Authors
F. R. Twenter, R. W. Coble
The water story in Central Iowa The water story in Central Iowa
"The general welfare of the people of the state of Iowa requires that the water resources of the state be put to beneficial use to the fullest extent of which they are capable." This can be achieved only by a knowledge and understanding of the water resources - their use, their source, their quality, their availability, and the demands place upon them. To provide such knowledge and...
Authors
F. R. Twenter, R. W. Coble
The 1965 Mississippi River flood in Iowa The 1965 Mississippi River flood in Iowa
The great flood of 1965 on the Mississippi River, along the eastern border if the State, exceeded any flood known in 139 years. It cause damages probably in excess of ten millions of dollars in the State of Iowa. Studied now in progress will more thoroughly cover this and other phases of the flood. The underlying cause of the flood was an abnormally cold winter which prevented the...
Authors
Harlan H. Schwob, Richard E. Myers
Water resources of the English River, Old Mans Creek, and Clear Creek basins in Iowa Water resources of the English River, Old Mans Creek, and Clear Creek basins in Iowa
The surface and ground water resources of a 991 square mile area comprising the drainage basins of English River, Old Mans Creek and Clear Creek are presented. These basins lie to the west and southwest of Iowa City, Iowa, and all three streams are tributary to the Iowa River. The area is comprised of rolling uplands with relatively broad valleys and is devoted mainly to agriculture and...
Authors
H.H. Schwob