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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Water resources data for Texas, water year 1972; Part 2. Water quality records Water resources data for Texas, water year 1972; Part 2. Water quality records
Water resources data for the 1972 water year for Texas include records of data for the chemical and physical characteristics of surface water. The records were collected by the Water Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey under the direction of I.D. Yost, district chief. These data represent that portion of the National Water Data System collected by the U.S. Geological Survey...
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Water Resources Division U.S. Geological Survey
Annual compilation and analysis of hydrologic data for urban studies in the Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area, 1971 Annual compilation and analysis of hydrologic data for urban studies in the Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area, 1971
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Texas Water Development Board, began hydrologic studies in the Austin urban area in 1954. The objectives of this project are as follows: 1. To determine the effects of progressive urbanization on infiltration, rates of peak discharge, and rainfall-runoff relations in the Waller Creek watershed. 2. To provide rainfall-and-runoff data...
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F.H. Tovar
Effects of ground-water development on the proposed Palmetto Bend Dam and Reservoir in southeast Texas Effects of ground-water development on the proposed Palmetto Bend Dam and Reservoir in southeast Texas
Ground water continues to discharge into the Navidad and Lavaca Rivers by seepage outflow even though large amounts of ground water are pumped for irrigation. Although a reduction in streamflow probably has occurred, a complete loss of the low flow of the streams by infiltration to a lowered water table seems remote. The large ground-waterwithdrawals will continue to cause land-surface...
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E. T. Baker, C.R. Follett
Analog-model studies of the effects of recharge wells along the Houston Ship Channel on potentiometric surfaces of the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers, Houston, Texas Analog-model studies of the effects of recharge wells along the Houston Ship Channel on potentiometric surfaces of the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers, Houston, Texas
Because of increasing concern about the continuing decline of water levels in the Houston area, an electric analog model was used to determine the effects on the potentiometric surfaces resulting from recharging water through wells along the Houston Ship Channel into the two major aquifers, the Chicot and Evangeline. The model conditions simulated for this study are too complex to be...
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D. G. Jorgensen
Flood stages and discharges for small streams in Texas Flood stages and discharges for small streams in Texas
No abstract available.
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E.E. Schroeder
Time of travel of solutes, field observations of water quality, and suspended-sediment data for stream reaches in the Trinity River Basin, Texas, July 31 to August 14, 1972 Time of travel of solutes, field observations of water quality, and suspended-sediment data for stream reaches in the Trinity River Basin, Texas, July 31 to August 14, 1972
No abstract available.
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R.H. Ollman
Water-budget studies of lower Mesilla Valley and El Paso Valley, El Paso County, Texas Water-budget studies of lower Mesilla Valley and El Paso Valley, El Paso County, Texas
The total inflow of water to the lower Mesilla Valley in 1970 was 390,510 acre-feet. Of this amount, 43,300 acre-feet was consumptively used by crops and phreatophytes and 4,700 acre-feet was lost by evaporation. Ground-water storage increased by 320 acre-feet, and 360,860 acrefeet left the valley as surface- and ground-water outflow. Ground-water recharge was approximately 26,170 acre...
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W.R. Meyer, J.D. Gordon
Artificial-recharge experiments and operations on the Southern High Plains of Texas and New Mexico Artificial-recharge experiments and operations on the Southern High Plains of Texas and New Mexico
Experiments using highly turbid water from playa lakes for injection into the Ogallala Formation have resulted in greatly decreased yield of the recharge wells, Recharge of ground or surface water of good quality has indicated, however, that injection through wells is an effective method of recharging the aquifer. Water that is slightly turbid can be successfully injected for a period of...
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Richmond F. Brown, Donald C. Signor
Preliminary report on land-surface subsidence in the area of Burnett, Scott, and Crystal Bays near Baytown, Texas Preliminary report on land-surface subsidence in the area of Burnett, Scott, and Crystal Bays near Baytown, Texas
Removal of water, oil, and gas from the subsurface in Harris County has caused declines in fluid pressures which in turn have resulted in subsidence of the land surface. One critical area of subsidence is in the area of Burnett, Scott, and Crystal Bays near Baytown. Much of this area is now subject to inundation by high tides. Production of oil and gas from the Goose Creek Field at the...
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R.K. Gabrysch
Regional specific yield of the Edwards and associated limestones in the San Antonio, Texas, area Regional specific yield of the Edwards and associated limestones in the San Antonio, Texas, area
No abstract available.
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R.W. Maclay, P.L. Rettman
Effects of Urbanization on Floods in the Houston, Texas Metropolitan Area Effects of Urbanization on Floods in the Houston, Texas Metropolitan Area
Rainfall and runoff data from drainage basins in the Houston metropolitan area and a 60-year rainfall record for the National Weather Service station, Houston-City, were used to simulate 60 annual flood peaks at 26 sites. Selected frequency characteristics, based on these simulated annual peaks, are related to drainage area and percentage of impervious area. These relations, which may be...
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Steven L. Johnson, Douglas M. Sayre