Publications
This list of Water Resources Mission Area publications includes both official USGS publications and journal articles authored by our scientists. A searchable database of all USGS publications can be accessed at the USGS Publications Warehouse.
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Chemical quality of surface waters in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania has an abundant supply of surface water of good quality. The average rainfall over the 45,300 square miles in the State is about 42 inches per year. Of this amount, about 50 percent appears in the streams as runoff. The combined mean annual runoff of the Delaware, Ohio, and Susquehanna Rivers, at their farthest downstream measuring points in the State, is in excess of 81,000 cubic fee
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Charles N. Durfor, Peter W. Anderson
Geology and ground-water resources of Hays County, Texas
The Edwards limestone of Early Cretaceous age is the chief aquifer for San Marcos Springs and about 160 other springs and wells in Hays County, along the Balcones fault zone in South-central Texas.
Hays County is underlain by a basement of Paleozoic rocks; and in the southeastern part of the county the Hosston and Sligo formations of Early Cretaceous age, correlative with the Coahuila series of Me
Authors
Kenneth James DeCook
Geology and ground-water resources of Hale County, Texas
Hale County, in the southern High Plains of Texas, has an area of 1,033 square miles. The land surface is one of low relief, and the regional slope is about 10 feet per mile toward the southeast. Surface runoff drains into numerous playa lakes and two intermittent streams: Running Water Draw and the Double Mountain Fork of the Brazos River.
The Ogallala formation of Tertiary age is the principal w
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J.G. Cronin, Lloyd C. Wells
Geology and ground-water resources of Bartow County, Georgia
No abstract available.
Authors
M.G. Croft
Hydrology of upper Black Earth Creek basin, Wisconsin, with a section on surface water
The upper Black Earth Creek drainage basin has an area of 46 square miles and is in Dane County in south-central Wisconsin. The oldest rock exposed in the valley walls is the sandstone of Late Cambrian age. Dolomite of the Prairie du Chien Group of Ordovician age overlies the sandstone and forms the. resistant cap on the hills. The St. Peter Sandstone, Platteville and Decorah Formations, and Galen
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Denzel R. Cline, Mark W. Busby
Sediment characteristics of small streams in southern Wisconsin, 1954-59
The results of investigations of the sediment and water discharge characteristics of Black Earth Creek, Mount Vernon Creek, and Yellowstone River from 1954 to 1959 and Dell Creek for 1958 and 1959 indicate large differences in annual runoff and sediment yields. The suspended-sediment discharge of Black Earth Creek averaged 3,260 tons per year or 71 tons per square mile : the annual yields ranged f
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Charles R. Collier
Problems of utilizing ground water in the West-Side Business District of Portland, Oregon
No abstract available.
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S. G. Brown
Ground-water resources of the coastal sand-dune area north of Coos Bay, Oregon
No abstract available.
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S. G. Brown, R. C. Newcomb
Ground-water geology of Grayson County, Texas
Grayson County in north-central Texas is near the north edge of the West Gulf Coastal Plain. The county has an area of 927 square miles and had an estimated population of 79,500 in 1957. The major town is Sherman, which has an estimated population of 31,000. The northern two-thirds of the county is drained by tributaries of the Red River; the southern one-third is drained by tributaries of the Tri
Authors
E.T. Baker
Ground-water geology of Bexar County, Texas
The investigation in Bexar County was part of a comprehensive study of a large area in south-central Texas underlain by the Edwards and associated limestones (Comanche Peak and Georgetown) of Cretaceous age. The limestones form an aquifer which supplies water to the city of San Antonio, several military installations, many industrial plants, and many irrigated farms.
The geologic formations that y
Authors
Ted Arnow
Ground-water geology of Karnes County, Texas
The exposed rocks and those underlying Karnes County dip toward the Gulf of Mexico at average rates ranging from 20 to more than 200 feet per mile. The oil fields are on structures associated with faulting; the effect of faulting on the occurrence of ground water has not been determined.
The principal water-bearing formations, from oldest to youngest, underlying the county are the Carrizo sand, Ye
Authors
Robert B. Anders
Variations in the chemical character of the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
The chemical quality of the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg is influenced by three major factors: streamflow, anthracite and bituminous coal-mine drainage, and geology. Water samples collected at Harrisburg near the west bank of the Susquehanna River and those of western tributaries that drain limestone terranes are similar in chemical quality. The water is alkaline and contains calcium, magnesium
Authors
Peter W. Anderson