Central Midwest Water Science Center
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.
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...
Schwob, Harlan H.; Myers, Richard E. Water resources data for Iowa 1965, Part 1--Surface water records
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Water resources data for Iowa 1965, Part 2--Water quality records
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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...
Twenter, F.R.; Coble, R.W.
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...
Schwob, H.H. Water quality records in Iowa and Minnesota 1964
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Surface water records of Iowa 1964
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Cedar River basin floods
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Schwob, Harlan H. Surface water records of Iowa 1963
No abstract available
Surface water records of Iowa
No abstract available.
Geology and ground-water resources of Clayton County, Iowa
Clayton County includes 784 square miles in northeastern Iowa and in 1960 had a population of 21, 962. For the most part, the county is a dissected upland that is drained mainly by the southeastward flowing Turkey River and its principal tributary, the Volga River. The Turkey River empties into the Mississippi River, which flows...
Steinhilber, W.L.; Van Eck, O. J.; Feulner, A.J. Low-flow characteristics of Iowa streams
Study of the occurrence of low flow on interior Iowa streams and the Big Sioux River.
Schwob, Harlan H.