Publications
All of our publications are accessible through the USGS Publication Warehouse. Publications by scientists of the Oregon Water Science Center are listed below.
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Geology and ground water of the Molalla-Salem slope area, northern Willamette Valley, Oregon
No abstract available.
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E. R. Hampton
Floods on selected reaches of Elk Creek, Douglas County, Oregon
No abstract available.
Authors
E. A. Oster
Availability and quality of ground water in the Medford area, Jackson County, Oregon
No abstract available.
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J. H. Robison
Hydrology of basalt aquifers in the Hermiston-Ordnance area, Umatilla and Morrow Counties, Oregon
No abstract available.
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J. H. Robison
Appraisal of streamflow in Tualatin River basin, Washington County, Oregon
This report describes the within-year time distribution of streamflow; the magnitude and frequency of annual minimum, mean, and maximum flows; and the within-year storage required to sustain selected flows in the Tualatin River basin. The report does not include an appraisal of instantaneous peak discharges in the basin.
Data were derived by statistical methods and are adequate for general water-
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C. H. Swift
Streamflow, sediment-transport, and water-temperature characteristics of the three small watersheds in the Alsea River basin, Oregon
Data collected during the prelogging period 1959-65 indicate an average annual runoff for Needle Branch and Deer and Flynn Creeks of 74.2, 75.1, and 77.7 inches, respectively. The measured precipitation at Flynn Creek of 92.9 inches was 5 inches less than at either Needle Branch or Deer Creek. Unit flood runoff during the prelogging period was found to be lowest on Flynn Creek and highest on Needl
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David Dell Harris, Robert Charles Williams
Floods of December 1964 and January 1965 in the Far Western States; Part 1 Description
The floods of December 1964 and January 1965 in the Far Western States were extreme; in many areas, the greatest in the history of recorded streamflow and substantially greater than those of December 1955. An unusually large area--Oregon, most of Idaho, northern California, southern Washington, and small areas in western and northern Nevada--was involved. It exceeded the area flooded in 1955. Outs
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A. O. Waananen, D.D. Harris, R.C. Williams
Analysis of current-meter data at Columbia River gaging stations, Washington and Oregon
The U.S. Geological Survey developed equipment to measure stream velocity simultaneously with 10 current meters arranged in a vertical and to measure velocity closer to the streambed than attainable with conventional equipment.
With the 10 current meters, synchronous velocities were recorded for a period of 66 minutes at 10 different depths in one vertical of one gaging-station cross section.
Authors
John Savini, G. L. Bodhaine
The acoustic streamflow-measuring system on the Columbia River at The Dalles, Oregon
Records of discharge on the Columbia River at The Dalles, Oreg., are vital to the management of the complex water-development projects in the Columbia River basin. Accurate discharge figures are needed for consistent day-to-day management and are required to meet treaty obligations with Canada.
Because dams have been erected that completely control watersurface elevations at nearly all points in t
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Winchell Smith, Larry L. Hubbard, Antonius Laenen
Hydrology and geochemistry of Abert, Summer, and Goose Lakes, and other closed-basin lakes in south-central Oregon
No abstract available.
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Kenneth N. Phillips, A. S. Van Denburgh
Selected ground-water data in the eugene-springfield area, southern Willamette Valley, oregon
No abstract available.
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F. J. Frank, Nyra A. Johnson
Ground-water resources of the Clatsop Plains sand-dune area, Clatsop County, Oregon
Although the average annual precipitation of the Clatsop Plains is 78.5 inches, the area is not without problems of water supply. The Clatsop Plains area ix underlain by Tertiary bedrock of low permeability that stores and yields small quantities of ground water, which may be of poor chemical quality. This Tertiary bedrock furnishes only minor ground-water discharge to maintain the base flow of st
Authors
F. J. Frank