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Ground-water hydrology and glacial geology of the Kalamazoo area, Michigan Ground-water hydrology and glacial geology of the Kalamazoo area, Michigan

The Kalamazoo report area includes about 150 square miles of Kalamazoo County, Mich. The area is principally one of industry and commerce, although agriculture also is of considerable importance. It has a moderate and humid climate and lies within the Lake Michigan “snow belt”. Precipitation averages about 35 inches per year. Snowfall averages about 55 inches. The surface features of the...
Authors
Morris Deutsch, K.E. Vanlier, P.R. Giroux

Floods of May 1959 in the Au Gres and Rifle River basins, Michigan Floods of May 1959 in the Au Gres and Rifle River basins, Michigan

The floods of May 1959 in the Au Gres and Rifle River basins, Michigan, resulted from heavy rainfall during the night of May 19-20. Peak unit discharges for small drainage areas (less than about 15 square miles) were the highest ever measured in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, and for very small areas (about one square mile) were of the same order of magnitude as those for the record...
Authors
L.E. Stoimenoff

Geology of the Lake Mary quadrangle, Iron County, Michigan Geology of the Lake Mary quadrangle, Iron County, Michigan

The Lake Mary quadrangle is in eastern Iron County, in the west part of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The quadrangle is underlain by Lower and Middle Precambrian rocks, formerly designated Archean and Algonkian rocks, and is extensively covered by Pleistocene glacial deposits. A few Upper Precambrian (Keweenawan) diabase dikes and two remnants of sandstone and dolomite of early...
Authors
Richard W. Bayley

Water resources of the Grand Rapids area, Michigan Water resources of the Grand Rapids area, Michigan

The Grand Rapids area, Michigan, has three sources from which to obtain its water supply: Lake Michigan, the Grand River and its tributaries, and ground water. Each of the first two and possibly the third is capable of supplying the entire needs of the area. This area is now obtaining a part of its supply from each of these sources. Of the average use of 50 mgd (million gallons per day)...
Authors
G.J. Stramel, C.O. Wisler, L.B. Laird

Ground water resources of southeastern Oakland County, Michigan Ground water resources of southeastern Oakland County, Michigan

The area covered by this report comprises a square which measures three townships on a side and enclose 318 square miles in southeastern Oakland County. The investigation of the ground-water resources of this area was made by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Detroit Metropolitan Area Regional Planning Commission, the Michigan Department of Conservation, and the Michigan...
Authors
J.G. Ferris, E.M. Burt, G.J. Stramel, E. G. Crosthwaite

Water resources of the Detroit area, Michigan Water resources of the Detroit area, Michigan

The water used for all purposes in the Detroit area is obtained from three sources: Lake St. Clair and the Detroit River, their tributary streams and inland lakes, and ground water. During 1950 Lake St. Clair and the Detroit River provided 2,896 million gallons per day (mgd), or 98.3 percent of the total usage of 2,949 mgd. Tributary streams and inland lakes supplied about 10 mgd, or 0.3...
Authors
Chester Owen Wisler, G.J. Stramel, Leslie Bostwick Laird
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