Publications
This list of Upper Midwest Water Science Center publications spans from 1899 to present. It includes both official USGS publications and journal articles authored by our scientists. To access the full, searchable catalog of USGS publications, please visit the USGS Publications Warehouse.
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Water resources of the Rainy Lake watershed, northeastern Minnesota Water resources of the Rainy Lake watershed, northeastern Minnesota
The watershed includes 1,481 lakes that are 10 acres (4 square hectometers) or larger (Minnesota Division of Waters, Soils, and Minerals, 1968). The area of these lakes total about 435,000 acres (176,000 hm2) or 15 percent of the watershed. Most of the lakes are smaller than 250 acres (101 hm2) (graph); data pertaining to selected large lakes are given in the table below. More than 60...
Authors
Donald W. Ericson, Gerald F. Lindholm, John O. Helgesen
Bedrock geology map of Walworth County, Wisconsin Bedrock geology map of Walworth County, Wisconsin
No abstract available.
Authors
Ronald G. Borman
Bedrock topography map of Walworth County, Wisconsin Bedrock topography map of Walworth County, Wisconsin
No abstract available.
Authors
Ronald G. Borman
Water-table map of Walworth County, Wisconsin, 1973 Water-table map of Walworth County, Wisconsin, 1973
No abstract available.
Authors
Ronald G. Borman
Hydrology of lakes in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Metropolitan Area: A summary of available dat Hydrology of lakes in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Metropolitan Area: A summary of available dat
Data were collected and summarized on the hydrology and hydrogeology of 949 lakes, 10 acres (4 hectares) or larger, in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area, Minnesota. Eight tables totaling over 100 pages present data on location, depth, area, lake level, ecological and game-management classification, inflowing and outflowing streams, soils, bedrock type, water added to or take...
Authors
Mark S. McBride
Probable maximum flood at Lake Chippewa near Winter, Wisconsin Probable maximum flood at Lake Chippewa near Winter, Wisconsin
The probable maximum flood was computed for Lake Chippewa, Wisconsin, and routed through the lake to determine maximum lake stage. The peak discharge of the probable maximum flood at Lake Chippewa was computed to be about 75,000 cubic feet per second, primarily caused by rainfall on the lake. A secondary peak of about 41,000 cubic feet per second was due to streamflow entering Lake...
Authors
William R. Krug
An appraisal of ground water for irrigation in the Appleton area, west-central Minnesota An appraisal of ground water for irrigation in the Appleton area, west-central Minnesota
Supplemental irrigation of well-drained sandy soils has prompted an evaluation of ground water in the Appleton area. Glacial drift aquifers are the largest source of ground water. The surficial outwash sand and gravel is the most readily available and the most areally extensive drift aquifer, and it underlies much of the sandy soil area. Saturated thickness of the outwash is more than 80...
Authors
Steven P. Larson
Finite difference model for aquifer simulation in two dimensions with results of numerical experiments Finite difference model for aquifer simulation in two dimensions with results of numerical experiments
The model will simulate ground-water flow in an artesian aquifer, a water-table aquifer, or a combined artesian and water-table aquifer. The aquifer may be heterogeneous and anisotropic and have irregular boundaries. The source term in the flow equation may include well discharge, constant recharge, leakage from confining beds in which the effects of storage are considered, and...
Authors
Peter C. Trescott, George Francis Pinder, S. P. Larson
Artificial recharge through a well in fissured carbonate rock, west St. Paul, Minnesota Artificial recharge through a well in fissured carbonate rock, west St. Paul, Minnesota
The Prairie du Chien Group was injected with 2,754,000 gallons (368,200 cubic feet), or 10,430 cubic metres, of municipally treated water at about 100 gallons per minute (13.4 cubic feet per minute), or 6.3 litres per second, for 20 days. The injection-pipe system was designed to utilize pipe friction rather than a remote-controlled valve in the well to maintain positive pressure and...
Authors
Harold O. Reeder, Warren W. Wood, G. G. Ehrlich, Ren Jen Sun
Regional flood limits of upper Yahara River in Dane County, Wisconsin Regional flood limits of upper Yahara River in Dane County, Wisconsin
The purpose of this report is to provide information on the extent, depth, frequency of flooding that will affect the lands adjacent to the upper Yahara River in Dane County, Wis.
Authors
Carl L. Lawrence
Measurement and prediction of sediment yields in Wisconsin streams Measurement and prediction of sediment yields in Wisconsin streams
Sediment data of some form have been collected by the U.S. Geological Survey at 118 stream-gaging sites throughout Wisconsin, beginning in 1935. The average concentration of suspended sediment for Wisconsin streams is low in comparison with that of many streams in the United States—110 milligrams per litre for Wisconsin, as compared with 600 milligrams per litre for 50 percent of the...
Authors
S. M. Hindall