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Publications

South Atlantic Water Science Center scientists have produced over 1,300 publications that are registered in the USGS Publications Warehouse, along with many others prior to their work at the USGS or in conjunction with other government agencies. Journal articles and conference proceedings are also available.

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Surface water supply of eastern and central North Carolina

None of the many factors that influence the economic growth of eastern and central North Carolina plays a more important role than water. Adequate water supply for municipal, rural domestic, industrial, and agricultural uses, is a basic need of any region.
Authors
Edward B. Rice

Water resources of the Yadkin-Pee Dee River basin, North Carolina

Sufficient water is available in the basin of the Yadkin and Pee Dee Rivers to meet present requirements and those for many years to come if water use increases at about the present rate. Data presented in this report show that the average annual streamflow from approximately 82 percent of the basin area during the 25-year period, 1929-53, was about 6,200 mgd, representing essentially the total av
Authors
Robert Eugene Fish, H. E. LeGrand, G. A. Billingsley

Water resources of the Neuse River Basin, North Carolina

No abstract available.
Authors
G. A. Billingsley, Robert Eugene Fish, R.G. Schipf

Floods in North Carolina, frequency and magnitude

Recorded annual flood stages and discharges at 144 gaging stations are listed.  Also included are maximum known flood stages and discharges, both at gaging stations and at miscellaneous sites.  Using the annual flood discharge at gaging stations a regional analysis of flood magnitudes and frequencies in the state was made.  Results of the analysis are (1) a composite annual flood frequency curve f
Authors
H. C. Riggs